director Ava DuVernay has offered her opinion in the debate over who would win in a fight between Darkseid and Thanos. The common argument has been doing the rounds on Twitter lately, stoking predictably heated debates, patronizing comments and lots of angry nerd yelling.

Comparing characters of similar power types and skill sets and engaging in passionate and lengthy arguments over which of them would win in a fight is a tradition as old as comics themselves. With Darkseid properly debuting in 1971 and Thanos first appearing a mere two years later with a look, if not character, that was directly influenced by that of the New God – not to mention both of them being warlords or immense physical, militaristic and cosmic power – this particular discussion has been running on and off for over 45 years.

A tweet from Blerds Online stated that even with all six Infinity Stones Thanos would still not be a match for Darkseid, which Ava DuVernay retweeted along with simply commenting “a little louder for the people in the back,” a statement used to express someone’s wholehearted agreement with a statement and belief it should be more widely disseminated. The influx of comments and expressive gifs were overwhelmingly in agreement, showing how widespread the belief is.

As the debate was raging a few days ago, a Twitter Moments poll asked the internet at large their view on the issue. After the casting of over 33,000 votes and several hundred emphatic comments made, Darkseid emerged victorious with 66% of the final tally. The simple statement “Darkseid is,” requiring no further elaboration of qualification, does not exist for nothing.

The power level of any given character is always dependant on who is currently writing them, meaning that they often fluctuate with the needs of the story, but assessed objectively, DuVernay’s assertion of Blerds Online’s statement is difficult to argue with, as we ourselves laid out a couple of days ago. People unfamiliar with comics history and lore tend to get most of their information from adaptations and as Darkseid himself (or even any of his avatars) has yet to be seen in any of the live action DCEU movies, general audiences are still a little unfamiliar with him. When weighing their second- or third-hand understanding of a character somewhat nebulous to them against their perception of Thanos – a physically overpowering, megalomaniacal war chief quite literally holding the cosmic power of the universe in his hand – it’s understandable why they would have difficulty imagining someone at a greater power level. Of course, this perception leads to the challenge of DuVernay’s New Gods adequately portraying the Lord of Apocalypse at such a level of virtual omnipotence that audiences will be convinced of the lack of contest, but seeing as she is clearly of the opinion herself it’s an encouraging start.

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Source: Ava DuVernay, Blerds Online

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