We start round 2 off with a battle of heavyweights, Magneto our 4 seed vs Captain America our 6 seed. A classic battle of a hero vs a super villain. Captain recognizes right off the bat that Magneto spent time in Germany. He wrongly assumes Erik is a Nazi and starts to have WWII flashbacks, he charges in aggressively, however Magneto uses the cage bars to his advantage and is able to levitate around the cage. Captain's frustrations mount, but he was smart and did not bring a firearm into the cage, knowing Magneto could use it against him. Magneto realizes that while its an unusual metal, Captain's shield is still controllable, Magneto uses it to get Captain's arm stuck in the cage bars. He bends the cage bars around Captain, crushing him. Captain attempts to force the bars back, but Magneto is too strong, and he finishes Captain off in gruesome fashion.
Next is 3 vs 5, Thor vs. Voldemort. Voldemort starts off right away throwing killing curses at Thor, Thor deflects them all with Mojinor. Thor brings in a righteous storm, the wind picks up and Voldemort struggles to keep hold of his wand. Thor charges at Voldemort with Mojinor, and Voldemort attempts to block with his wand, however the hammer crushes the wand, with Voldemort left defenseless, Thor vanquishes him to a prison is Asgard.
Next 1 seed Optimus Prime takes on the 9 seed, the monster from Super 8. Both are the same size and don't have much room to move around the cage. In a clash of monster arms vs metal arms, neither seems to gain much of an advantage. Seeing that the fight is going nowhere, Optimus turns into a truck and begins to do circles around the monster while the monster clings to the roof of the cage, spinning trying to get leverage on Optimus. It takes Optimus a few minutes, but he gets behind the monster and draws his sword, finishing the monster with a sword through the thorax.
The last match of the second round is 2 seed Harry Potter vs 10 seed Conan the Barbarian. In another battle of range vs close quarters battle, Conan has to dodge many spells flying his way. Harry knows to beat Conan he needs to keep him at a distance. As stupify and disarming spells fly around him, Conan knows he is going to have to take a risk to beat the boy who lived. Conan narrowly avoids a disarm spell with a summersault to the right, as he stands up he heaves his sword with both arms at Harry, but the sword misses by inches. Conan, knowing he is beaten, bows his head to Harry and then charges, Harry hits Conan with a stupify spell, giving Harry the narrow victory.
The quarters come down to our top 4 seeds. Our first is the 2-3 match up, Harry Potter vs Thor. Thor walks into the cage cocky and defiant, with Mojinor down at his side. Harry tries to end the fight early and throws a disarming spell at Thor, the spell catches Thor right across the chest, but nothing happens. Thor laughs, knowing that even the most powerful wizard can't affect a God. Thor throws Mojinor at Harry who dives out of the way. Harry, knowing he has very little chance, throws his honor out the window and attempts the unforgiveable killing curse on Thor, however this also does not even phase the Prince of Asgard. As Thor gets closer Harry attempts to take Thor in hand to hand combat, but when his fists pound harmlessly off Thor's chest, Harry bows to one knee and yields, advancing Thor to the finals.
Next Magneto takes on our 1 seed, Optimus Prime. When the two match up in the cage, the size difference is comical, as Optimus dwarfs Magneto, however Magneto remains cool and collected despite his size disadvantage. The referee rings the bell just as Magneto raises a single open fist, Optimus looks perplexed as Magneto closes his fist, Optimus' arms close in around his torso, his legs fold up behind him, and Optimus falls to the ground. Despite what must be pure agony for Optimus, he does not scream out. Magneto has his foe beaten, but instead of just letting the battle be over, he crushes Optimus mercilessly. When Optimus was left as just a sardine can, Magneto walks out of the cage with out another word.
With both our quarter final match ups being complete mismatches, we have to hope our finals match is worthy of the characters it involves. Our 4 seed Magneto beat Jake Longerhan, Captain America, and Optimus Prime on his way to the finals, with Captain America giving him his only real challenge. Thor took down Megatron, Voldemort and Harry Potter. The referee calls for the fighters, Magneto comes into the cage. Thor comes from the locker room, but he comes in without his hammer Mojinor, or any of his armor. Thor is wearing just his blue spandex. Magneto smiles, showing no surprise or fear. As the bell rings, Thor instantly starts calling in some weather related assistance, a large tornado starts up in the distance. Magneto begins to bend bars of the cage around himself, by the time the tornado is on top of him, he is secured safely in his self made cage. Thor realizes the tornado is not going to destroy Magneto, so he lets it dissipate. Magneto unfolds the bars, and begins using them like tentacles whipping at Thor, Thor avoids them with some nifty rolls and ducks. The battle rages on for nearly twenty minutes, Thor gets some punches in, and Magneto connects with a few of his cage bar tentacles, but neither is heavily damaged and both are showing signs of fatigue. Thor, knowing there is no advantage for either fighter, shoves a fist to the sky, and in a flash of lighting, Mojinor flies into Thor's hand, he charges. Magneto sees his chance just as Thor is upon him, Thor raises Mojinor and brings it down upon Magneto, as the hammer falls, Magneto pushes his hands up in the air and pushes back on the hammer. The hammer is stuck straight up in the air, caught between the brute force of Thor and the magnetic control of Magneto. Like a tense arm wrestling match, the hammer doesn't lean towards either side, but as time goes on, the hammer begins to shake violently from the stress being put on it. Magneto, knowing eventually Thor's deity like strength will overpower him, blinks his eyes, his helmet begins to rise from his head, you can see the panic on Thor's face, but he cannot release the handle of the hammer. With a thrust of his head the helmet flies directly into the face of Thor, causing his arms to slack, the sheer force of Magneto's power sends the hammer slamming down into Thor's unprotected head. Thor falls helplessly back to the mat, the referee counts 1, 2, 3, and declares Magneto the winner.
So after all of this, Magneto wins the title of most powerful summer blockbuster character. Disagree with my results? Feel free to let me know in the comments section.
Tune in next summer when we see Captain America and Thor back in action against Iron Man, Batman, Bane, Catwoman, Edward Cullen, Spock, Superman, Hawkeye, Loki, Zeus, Spiderman, Lizard, Ethan Hunt, Snake Eyes, and Stormshadow.
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