User blog comment:Wassboss/I'm too Shrexy for my Shirt: Gaston vs Prince Charming/@comment-5795750-20161128055709

BG1's "I use antlers in all of my decorating!" Edges:

Melee: Yep, two melee weapons is better than one, especially when both of them have a longer reach than the puny knife; and even if you think that the battle axe can be discarded in the comparison, it's still knife vs sword and most of the time the sword wins out

EDGE: Prince Charming

Ranged: Again having 2 weapons is better than 1 and even if you were to disregard the blunderbuss, the edge would have to go to Gaston still considering that even though the crossbow is the more advanced weapon which can fire the deadlier arrows, its so slow to reload

EDGE: Gaston

Henchmen: Yeah I'm having to call this a tie since the villagers are more loyal to Gaston and have the greater sense of tenacity and brutality about them which will cause them to never back down; yet the fairy tale villains have weapons with greater range plus they also have some degree of experience behind them - I will concede, though, to EA's point that the villains are really a bunch of sissies... I would also like to add that it isn't out of the question for the villains to actually turn on Charming after they are charmed (no pun intended) by Gaston's manliness in comparison to Charming's own scrawny frame (with hints of femininity in his attitude)

EDGE: Even

X-Factors: Average of 56.25 for Gaston; Average of 62.5 for Prince Charming

EDGE: Prince Charming

Overall Winner: I'm afraid I have to give a dissenting vote here too and say that Gaston takes the cake here. To be honest (as I too have watched the Shrek films), Prince Charming is just one annoying arrogant brat and his fighting skills as seen in the films are meh (if not non-existent) compared to Gaston. Furthermore, Gaston with his superior ranged weapons can actually pick off the villains one by one from a greater distance than Charming can with his crossbow - or at the very least distract/suppress the villains long enough for the villagers to come in a like a mob and overrun them. And while Charming has the better melee weapons in comparison to the puny hunting knife, I think Gaston will be able to hold his own against puny Charming in a close confrontation.