These threads are always boring because the answer is "well it depends on the author" so I thought I'd head that off: WHAT IF IT'S THE AUTHORS THAT ARE FIGHTING???
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
English
5' 8"
Trained Boxer, Mother Fucking Lord
Don Juan, "She Walks in Beauty", The Siege of Corinth
Ernest Miller Hemingway
American
6' even
Big Game Hunter, Boatsman
The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea
Two icons of masculinity enter the ring. One paragon of America, one paragon of Jolly Ole'. Figure the battlefield is some kind of wilderness, both dudes being renowned adventurers.
Hemingway definitely had more wartime experience, even though he didn't fight that much. Dude was *at* D-Day but wasn't let out the boat. Ole Ernie also had more hunting experience, but Byron, Lord Dandy was a well known animal lover and kept lots of exotic pets; was Ernie enough of a hunter to parry Byron's Animal Brethren Stampede Attack??
Course, when they get face-to-face, Hemingway gets that +2 Damage Against Lobsterbacks American Racial Bonus.
Keep in mind that in accordance with Hunger Games rules, Byron can expect Greek and Italian sponsors in addition to his native English; Hemingway can expect Cuban and French in addition to his native American. Not sure if bottles of fine olive oil are more useful than the world's finest smokes.
I think Hemingway takes it purely on the martial merits. He's got much more experience with killing, and many more brushes with death under his belt. Plus, Byron's got that clubfoot hobbling in open field.
But that said, I think Lord Byron takes it on the tilt. Hemingway was such a raging homophobe that I bet Byron could throw him off guard by going in for a kiss when they shake hands at the start of the fight. Byron's way more wily compared to Hemingway's Straight Forward At All Costs style, you better believe Byron could pull a fast one on Hemingway. Plus, Byron's daughter invented computer programming so we know dude had some strong seed.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
English
5' 8"
Trained Boxer, Mother Fucking Lord
Don Juan, "She Walks in Beauty", The Siege of Corinth
Ernest Miller Hemingway
American
6' even
Big Game Hunter, Boatsman
The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea
Two icons of masculinity enter the ring. One paragon of America, one paragon of Jolly Ole'. Figure the battlefield is some kind of wilderness, both dudes being renowned adventurers.
Hemingway definitely had more wartime experience, even though he didn't fight that much. Dude was *at* D-Day but wasn't let out the boat. Ole Ernie also had more hunting experience, but Byron, Lord Dandy was a well known animal lover and kept lots of exotic pets; was Ernie enough of a hunter to parry Byron's Animal Brethren Stampede Attack??
Course, when they get face-to-face, Hemingway gets that +2 Damage Against Lobsterbacks American Racial Bonus.
Keep in mind that in accordance with Hunger Games rules, Byron can expect Greek and Italian sponsors in addition to his native English; Hemingway can expect Cuban and French in addition to his native American. Not sure if bottles of fine olive oil are more useful than the world's finest smokes.
I think Hemingway takes it purely on the martial merits. He's got much more experience with killing, and many more brushes with death under his belt. Plus, Byron's got that clubfoot hobbling in open field.
But that said, I think Lord Byron takes it on the tilt. Hemingway was such a raging homophobe that I bet Byron could throw him off guard by going in for a kiss when they shake hands at the start of the fight. Byron's way more wily compared to Hemingway's Straight Forward At All Costs style, you better believe Byron could pull a fast one on Hemingway. Plus, Byron's daughter invented computer programming so we know dude had some strong seed.
