User blog comment:Happy9999/Alex Delarge vs. Norman Bates/@comment-4661256-20160512203723

Hey man, I just wanted to say kudos for one of your first blogs. It's not too bad considering you're a new user. I'm also a fan of the pretty original battle concept. Some advice--using tables, tabbers, or other similar types of organizational tools will work wonders for both visual clarity and ease of use for a voter. You also might want to have a few more pictures and perhaps a quote for each warrior. However, you certainly have the basics down (brief bio, weapons list, and X-Factors). The biggest thing I'd encourage you to work on is organization. Anyway, just wanted to throw that out there.

EL ALAMEIN'S EDGES:

 Close Range: Cane Dagger vs. Needles:  I swear that Norman Bates never used knitting needles in Psycho, and I don't know where that idea came from. I mean, I suppose I understand the idea, since Mrs. Bates was an old lady and old ladies knit, but, c'mon. Norman never used needles in the film. Anyway, that gripe aside, the cane dagger is still more practical as a weapon, considering its blade has more reach, it isn't nearly as brittle or flimsy, and it's packaged quite nicely inside Alex's cane, which he's already carrying around with him. The only "advantage" the needles really have here is their lighter weight, but that's just because they don't really weigh anything at all. This is a curbstomp win for Alex DeLarge.

Edge: Alex DeLarge

 Mid Range: Cane vs. Kitchen Knife:  The cane has the longer reach, but Alex doesn't really kill people with it, he just likes to beat them up. While it does have the dagger hidden within, which is nice, the cane itself is simply a blunt clubbing weapon, which will require multiple (repeated) strikes to the head or spine to inflict potentially lethal damage. The kitchen knife is shorter, and it is an improvised weapon (but then again, so too is the cane), but the fact remains that its blade has the potential to inflict far more severe trauma with considerably less effort. The threat presented by blood loss only increases the lethality of the knife. To top it all off, the reach of the cane could work against it the closer in the two fighters get to one another, while the knife won't suffer from this drawback in a hand-to-hand brawl.

Edge: Norman Bates

 X-Factors:  Okay, so pretty much we have Alex, who is marginally stronger and faster, up against the stealthier Norman. It's kind of hard to quantify mental health/intelligence on these two, and I'm not entirely sure I agree with Norman being the saner/smarter of the two, but I haven't seen A Clockwork Orange in its entirety, so I can't contest this. Still, it would really help to know where the battle is taking place, but Norman's proclivity to strike when least expected could certainly help him out, and it might negate Alex's physical advantages (at least in the initial encounter, which might be all he needs). Most importantly though is killer instinct, because Alex doesn't kill so much as he likes to terrorize and brutalize. Norman Bates tries to kill as quickly and effectively as possible. For that reason, I think Norman has a huge edge.

Edge: Norman Bates

WINNER: NORMAN BATES

Norman Bates wins not necessarily because he's a better fighter, but because he's a better killer. The cane won't stack up as well in a fight against the kitchen knife, which Norman has used to dispatch his victims in a few swift stabs, whereas Alex prefers to kick, punch, and club his victims as they lay rolling around on the floor. Alex is a sadist, which means he's objectively more brutal, but that won't matter when Norman goes in right for the kill as soon as the fight starts. To top it all off, Norman Bates is much stealthier than the rough-and-tumble Alex DeLarge, who makes his presence known quite loudly as he goes looking for fights in the streets. If it were a weaponless brawl Alex DeLarge would certainly take it, but the fact is his cane is outclassed and he won't try to put Norman down permanently with the first strike. Norman will try to kill Alex as quickly as possible.