Season 27, Week 2
Vivi Ornitier
(Final Fantasy IX)
 
That little bitty cute adorable huggable black mage is baaaa-ack!!! While all of his massive amount of fangirls try to glomp him at every turn, Vivi is - attempting - to prepare for battle againt Vinsfeld... by making thousands of plushies in his image. Vivi would just love to hang around and listen to Vinny talk in a monologue for hours about his PURE IDEALS!!!, but the little black mage decided that he'll save himself the trouble and sic all of the girls on him - by offering them plushies for killing him! After all, while all of the Godlikes might have amazing power in the Arena, no one can stand against a screaming herd of fangirls who want their very own Vivi to love and huggle and squish and feed and adore and...

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It's always a pleasant surprise when Vinsfield can feel completely superior to his foe. After all, he might have been manipulated by Irving Valeria in all his plans, but his opponent this week is a literal puppet. And not even a particularly good one - Vivi's black magic is basic and his hit points are a joke. The little runt might be able to resist the magic damage of Incur My Wrath, but Vinsfield's durability is more than enough to tank through anything Vivi can throw at him until he scores a kill. And that's assuming he doesn't hit with the attack's chance of instant death, rendering all of Vivi's magical protection and annoying elemental absorption a moot point. Either way, the game is his, and Vivi goes back to the scrap heap.


CmdrKing
Vivi and Vinsfeld decided to settle their match in a new way; politiking. Whoever swayed the most voters to a proposal of their choice won.

In politics, all things ultimately devolve to two competing forces in the public interest: securing the national defense from foreign attack, and protecting the children.

Vinsfeld is of course a terrorist, and a huge threat to the security of all nations. His pursuit of his Pure Ideals is singleminded and brutal, and he will not stop until he has succeeded.

Vivi, obviously, is one of the children.

A quick look at any news outlet would show that combating terrorism and defending the national interests has a commanding lead in the public attention.

So you'd think Vinsfeld would have a commanding edge. But you'd be wrong.

You have to remember, both contenders are from video games. And in games, someone must always think about the children.

Remembering this vital truth, Vivi thus captured the meddling housewife vote right from under Vinsfeld's distinguished, bishie-esque nose, and walked away with the win.

Odessa has sworn revenge of course. To quote, they will "destroy everyone Vivi has ever known." Their first target? Zidane.

Odessa may see a sharp rise in its popularity in the near future.

Vivi Ornitier: 62
Vinsfeld Rhadamanthus: 27

SageAcrin
Vinsfeld, deciding it would look bad for his public appearance to beat up a small child(Even terrorists have to keep up appearances. After all, sink too low, and people start associating you with Zidane.), decided to instead challenge Vivi to a race.

Perhaps he thought it wasn't obvious to everyone besides himself that his longer legs would be a vast advantage. Who knows.

At any rate, he would have won, too.

Well, except that he got lost.

Well, it was less that he got lost and more that the path move.

Vivi has some powerful fans.

Totally lost in the middle of a forest, Vinsfeld wandered into a cottage, hoping to find someone to give him directions.

Unfortunately, it turned out to be Leblanc's summer cottage.

Worse-or better, depending on the point of view-Leblanc happened to be on the rebound, after she'd finally been dumped by Nooj.

Vinsfeld's going to have a long stay in those woods.

Brett with Atreyu
Go Vivi!