Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 70/@comment-28892885-20161231013010/@comment-7464192-20161231053133

Alright, I'm still going to assume that they did it at least in part for themselves. Also the "curse the establishment" thing was just the quickest way I can explain the use of Disney as an omnipotent controlling figure while also making sure people see that ERB is owned by this too-controlling power. And the "why a russian royale over a German royale" was a callback to RedLuigi's question, word for word, and I was genuinely trying to figure it out myself. I concede in the idea that it was only a royale because of the running joke, but I will also hold onto the idea that it did have at least a little to do with Peter being Russian. And there's been a couple times at least where Lloyd was really excited to play a character because it played into his heritage, including Frank Sinatra, which he commented on specifically in the behind the scenes of Sinatra vs Mercury, so I was not pulling that out of my ass. And it wasn't about Artists vs TMNT being one-sided, it was about having fun with a suggestion they've been wanting to do for a long time that involved characters that must have had some imprint on their childhood and if it didn't then I'm legitimately surprised. And Im not saying it was just to make Lloyd's heritage look good, the point was they did it at least partially because Lloyd was really excited to do a character that represents his heritage well and maybe they'd want to do a similar thing with Peter.

Yes I agree that I may be incorrect here but maybe I am at least a little bit correct. We know ERB chooses battles sometimes based on what's important to them, maybe that included Rasputin vs Stalin.