Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 45/@comment-1608593-20140703015828/@comment-1608593-20140703060331

Don't be so quick to disregard the "variation" part. The variation can be as simple as "Smosh is against ERB, but not as themselves" or as loose as "Smosh and ERB will both be in a battle together". By that second definition, Anthony vs Ian vs Peter vs Lloyd counts as a variation.

Being artists from the exact same time is a better connection than a lot of other battles, even very recent ones. Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso was just based around them both being painters and nothing else. Plus "Artists vs Turtles because they have the same names" is a pretty weak connection itself. Which has been done before in "Napoleon vs Napoleon".

Their interest in Turtles vs Artists doesn't prove the exact way the battle is going to be either. ERB has taken liberties with their suggestions in the past to help improve them. And I'm sorry, but the turtles certainly do not deserve their own verses. Mario and Luigi didn't get their own verses because they're a team that works together. The TMNT are a team. The artists are not a team. They should not rap like one.

I could be wrong. Hell, I'm being so specific that I'm probably wrong in at least one regard. I'm just saying that this is the best way I can see this battle working, because all the other ways seem to either give too much to the turtles or too little to the artists IMO.