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Norland vs Bepo
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wow!! more people voted x3
and holy shit. I miss Mortal Kombat… so much.... SO MUCH FFFFFFFF.
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Wow, this is probably the most intense battle we've had that I've seen. Instead of one character getting brutally raped from the beginning.
And yes, Mortal Kombat was win (except for that shitty excuse for a game, MK vs DC. bleegh!)
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I have not seen that game, Neko
I feel I am such a loser gamer wise xDD but yes. I will always remember the classics from the '90s xDDand FFFF yeah this is pretty awesome u
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LOL no.
Dragon/Enel - Nami/Law - Moria/Beckman were much more intense.
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Is it bad of me to want a tie? because I'd so love to see a three way match.
I'll take this time to remind folks that, anyone who publically says they are trying for a tie, gets kicked out.
And if you're curious how that'd work, check last year's archives. There were a couple 3 way matches, and they sucked. The votes always split hero/villain, so one character got half the votes and the other two got 1/4 each.
GO NORLAND!!!!!
He knows how to party…
And kill gods.
Wow, those are badass. Where were those hiding all day?
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Hooray! I have a valid reason for staying up way past midnight!! oh, and Mortal combat theme FTW.
Edit: Thanks for the reminder Robby. just to clarify, though, I voted Bepo a long time ago anyway. I just meant it would be something interesting cuz I've never seen it happen (though Nami vs. Law was so close). but it looks like ties aren't that interesting from what you're telling me.
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LOL no.
Dragon/Enel - Nami/Law - Moria/Beckman were much more intense.
Agreed.
This one has been a steady race with Norland always barely ahead.
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LOL no.
Dragon/Enel - Nami/Law - Moria/Beckman were much more intense.
I wasn't paying too much attention to these then, I wish I was though, its pretty entertaining. =D
@robbybedfart:
Wow, those are badass. Where were those hiding all day?
I've been dying to post these all day, but before I was on a different computer.
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Voted for Bepo. >:3
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omg ONE VOTE APART! C'mon Bepo… you can do it! but even if you can't, Norland is awesome too xD
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C'mon Norland,keep the lead for 1 more hour!!!
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I will vote the first guy that someone tells me to vote for.
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Bepo is deserving of this victory!! Beary deserving!!!
Ahead by 2 votes oh yeah!
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BarrelCrate, you should vote Norland!
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I voted Norland. Sorry for those who were late. GL to both contestants.
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Vote Norland!!!!
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I voted Norland. Sorry for those who were late. GL to both contestants.
Really what Psycho Kenshin's post? I know he is a stupid ass that never actually said vote Bepo but still…
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Really what Psycho Kenshin's post? I know he is a stupid ass that never actually said vote Bepo but still…
My bad, it's just that I wanted to be addressed specifically to be sure.
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I saw that I was second, so I edited in BarrelCrate's name. Just like Norland, I won't lie!
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Will someone vote Norland to tie this?
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Yes Bepo Come Back!!! Dooo Et
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omg…....
BEPO BEPO BEPO..he's the come back kid..he's gonna do it!
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C'mon Norland,beat the bear who hasn't down anything!
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Bepo! Come on man! I voted for the Bear, letsee if every vote does count! If Law couldn't do this, then Bepo will. WOOOOO!!
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Voted Norland.. why? Because he's a underdog here, and he's awesome. I mean.. look at him. Everything about him screams AWESOME.
Norland isn't the under dog… lol
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wow 327-328…did not expect it to be this close
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I'm not so much doing this to get Bepo votes as much as I'm finding the statements that he doesn't "have a character" to be ignorant.
The Analysis of Bepo.
Bepo's First Appearance is nothing special. Simply part of the background because the focus is on Law. It's not until the Auction begins that Bepo is shown in frame holding his captains sword. At this point, you can only infer speculation since there is not enough evidence to prove anything.
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[/hide]After Luffy starts the fight at the auction house Law comments about marines already being at the Auction house. (Garps men who came for Ray) Oda felt it necessary for Luffy to point out the bears existence. Showing Luffy took notice of the bear and to have inadvertently the reader double takes the panel. Oda wanted to bring attention to Bepo. Making him more than an ordinary "background" character.
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[/hide]After the Supernova's show off their powers on the Marines Oda has Bepo take over for law to show case the character. This is the first time we see that he isn't simply a pet bear but can actually talk and fight.The only other member of a Supernova's crew to get this type of exposure is Killer of the Kidd pirates. (Though he is a supernova himself) While we may not know his bounty, at this point in the manga we can say that he holds an equivalent standing in Laws crew as Killer does in Kidd's crew. However this changes with the addition of Jean Bart who was an ex-captain himself prior to slavery. So while his "rank" is below Bepo's on a technicality Jean Bart is probably stronger then bepo. Making Bepo the Equivalent of "the Sanji" of Law's Crew.
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[/hide]The first time we see Bepo's weak disposition is when a Marine is shocked by Bepo being able to talk/kung fu fight. His weak disposition seems to come from a heighten sense of remorse coupled with a desire to please and be accepted. He has a When he does something that is considered odd or indecorous he emotionally sinks into himself. Cringing like a dog after being beaten for something it wasn't suppose to do. All of these become more apparent post Marineford.
He sunk into himself because he was impolite in answering her question with a tangent question. The purpose was to give the reader information on how Boa tracked the submarine but he kept the responses of the situation in character.
In the scene regarding female bears. It seems the two nameless members are having a back and forth discussion which Bepo is not a part of. However he is close enough to hear them talking. When they talk about finding female companionship Bepo gets excited about the prospects of finding himself a female bear to court and tries to get involved with his crew mates by contributing to their discussion. They go on to castigate him for his idea of female bears since they are assuming there are no female bears in Amazon Lily and find his comments idiotic. What is also shown on this page though is the placement of the crew. Law is sitting by himself thinking. The direction the two nameless guys were facing in their discussion was towards two other members forming a typical square formation. Bepo however is far away from the group showing Bepo is an out cast within the crew.
The last panel with them in the sub mimics the formating of the previous picture. With one guy on the left and right and bepo away from them. (As shown with Oda drawing Bepo around a corner.
Again showing that Bepo isn't "in" the dicussion he's just off handedly stating his thoughts out loud and being yelled at for it.
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[/hide]As we'll see later, the other crew members unnecessarily treat Bepo with contempt. This lack of confidence and constant belittling makes Bepo feel like the low guy on the totem pole as shown with his interaction with Jean Bart.
While he may be weak willed he tells Jean Bart that Jean is the new guy and thus Jean will be below Bepo in the crew hierarchy. Bepo is trying to establish a position away from the bottom of the barrel.
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[/hide]As we see later though Jean Bart is the one Law is depending on rather then Bepo, with Bepo's attempts coming up short. Meaning Bepo is still low man on the totem pole despite being a higher "rank". Jean Bart seems to honor Bepo's claim of senority durning the moment of urgency by handing Luffy off to Bepo rather then over looking him.
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[/hide]The last panel we see of Bepo is this one on their ship with him asleep. Oda's character placement is beautiful because it visually shows how the crew is divided. There is Law. The Captain. Then there is the crew on the the left and Bepo to the right of Law away from the rest of the crew. Bepo's only connection on the ship is Law and he doesn't "belong" with the rest of the crew. But even so Bepo's and Laws friendship is a unique one. There is a closeness and trust. Kind of like a man and his dog. (In this case Bear).
But it's sad at the same time that the only connection Bepo has on the ship is Law.
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[/hide]I know some of you feel the Bepo Apologizing is a running Gag (which it probably is). But Oda's running gags tend to be "in" character of the person who commits them. So while some of you may simply laugh it off and think nothing of it. This IS part of Bepo's character. And i find him a really big sad teddy bear in need of a real big hug.
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[/hide]Except that it's Bepo ordering Jean Bart to catch them and not Law. =x
Relooking thats true. xD. The Font similarity Between Laws statement threw me off. Law isn't ordering Jean Bart Bepo is. So it seems Bepo has gained "some standing" with Jean Bart below him.
But it does show though that Jean Bart is honoring the heirarchy established by Bepo…
So maybe theres hope for Bepo to turn his crew standing around :o.
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OMG, this just might turn out like a Nami vs Law type deal. I say people should vote for…..I really can't decide so um here's some Norland and Bepo campains,
Norland::
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"You will all vote for me."
Vote for EPICNESS!!Bepo::
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You shall vote for the bear…..or else.
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Tik Tok, Tik Tok
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C'mon,2 more people vote for Norland!!!
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I'm back!! What did I miss? … nothing much apparently. It's been going on like this for a while eh? Finally some intensity to liven things up!
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I smell secret APFORUMs society gathered together fixing our votes to make intense matches full of suspense :ninja:
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Tik Tok, Tik Tok
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vfqDoDZSiRc/SqSFHLdbTiI/AAAAAAAAAzw/EeToD96_DCo/s400/worried.jpg
lol, when i saw this i thought of the Jeporady theme song
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Now for some chibis!!
And other awesome Norland things >:3!
! Remember, he is a botanist, along with being an ultimate badass God slayer. Just sayin'
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Bepo… He has an action figure.
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Come On, People!
A Vote For BEPO Isn't A Vote For NORLAND But A Vote For An Epic None Flashback Character.
Leave The Epic Flashback Character Status To Hiruluk, Please.
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Now for some chibis!!
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab45/Cat_Monster/Random%20crap%20to%20post/1179346462059.gifI love that picture!
Vote for Norland!!!
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come on guys , vote norland
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I nominate Mingo22 as the worst poster of all time.
And I voted Norland.
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I nominate Mingo22 as the worst poster of all time.
And I voted Norland.
Cross threading a discussion i see. keep your off hand remarks to yourself good sir and stop getting pissy about my post in Mafia 2 thread.
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330-330
so…exciting
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I nominate Mingo22 as the worst poster of all time.
And I voted Norland.
Why? For the lengthy analysis of a character, which makes some good points and refutes the idea that Bepo doesn't have any personality? or was it something else?
Edit: ^^ Oh that's how it is.
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wtfbbq….2 votes for norland out of no where
we need more bepo!
Finish him Norland.
