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Guest 1: Thanks for the review and title as well. Though two-on-one advantage doesn't mean anything considering the humongous gap in power levels between Smallville and Arrowverse Kryptonians.
Guest 2: Thanks for the review. The fight is more of a bonus and true winner is decided based on character, which is how it's being decided so far. There is actually one more chapter in the future which will end with a draw between the two characters.
Chapter 25- Kneel before the True General
"And we meet again, folks!" Wade said as he walked to the podium and all applauded for him. "Last time we were here, both Lawtons managed to take the other down but only the Arrowverse version won because of being a superior character."
All laughed and applauded at that as Wade said. "Today, two different Kryptonian generals will battle each other. Actually, make it three but two of them are on the same side. General Zod and Astra and Non."
All applauded hysterically as Wade said. "So on one side, we have Zod from Smallville, played by Callum Blue. He was first seen in Season 5 when Brainiac chose Lex Luthor to be his vessel. He eventually released Zod from the Phantom Zone into Lex's body, and then he caused a lot of destruction, even wanting Lana Lang to sire him an heir. But Clark eventually fought him. Zod was winning the fight of course, but then he pulled a classic 'Kneel before Zod', which Clark did. But then Clark pulled a classic Reeve move in which he shook his hand and then burnt the Crystal of El onto him, sending his wraith back to the Phantom Zone, freeing Lex. In Season 9, Tess released a clone called Major Zod and several other clones from the Orb into the real world. These clones only had memories up to the point where their DNA was harvested, so Zod didn't know he had caused Krypton's destruction. Yes, he was responsible. However, Zod did remember Jor-El denying his attempts to resurrect his son. They interrogated Tess Mercer, but the troops imprisoned him as well. But he eventually won their trust and made them all kneel before him. Clark wanted to help him. Eventually, when Zod got injured, Clark used his blood to save him, which also gave him abilities. He then posed as the Blur to manipulate Lois into helping him, and later killed his own wife Faora when she refused to support his way. Tess tried to stop him but he burnt portions of her body, almost killing her. During the final battle with Clark, he accidentally revealed to his soldiers that he murdered Faora, and then they all joined Clark. They were all transported by the Book of Rao to a new world. Zod used blue kryptonite to keep himself on Earth but Clark fought him and stabbed himself with it, letting Zod go off too so the other Kryptonians could deal with him. They sent him to the Phantom Zone, where this clone fused with the original wraith, thus completing Zod at last. When Clark and Oliver arrived for an investigation, he had them captured and made them battle each other in a gladiator style match to the death, but Oliver stole his crystal and they managed to escape while also destroying the crystal, stranding Zod inside forever. And that's the end of Zod for ya all!"
All applauded as images of Blue's Zod appeared on the screen behind Wade while he continued. "On the other side, we have Astra In-Ze and Non, played by Laura Benanti and Chris Vance respectively. When they learned Krypton was dying, they tried to save it but eventually turned to crime to do it, and so Alura actually had to use Kara to capture them and sentence them to Fort Rozz. In Season 1, both decided to continue their agenda on Earth. They were opposed by Kara, and once when she was captured, she also revealed the truth of her capture to Kara. J'onn was captured by Kryptonians however, so a trade was made to free Astra and save J'onn. Non tried to ambush the good guys, but Astra stopped him. When Non incapacitated Kara with Black Mercy, Astra told Alex the way to save her, which she did. She then fought Alex and J'onn and almost killed the latter, until Alex killed her to save J'onn. Her death had an effect on Kara and she didn't speak to J'onn for sometime, because he lied that he had killed her. On finding out the truth however, she did forgive them both. Anyone else find this melodrama really stupid though? But then again, that's CW for ya! And they redeemed irredeemable jackasses like Malcolm Merlyn and Damien Darhk, who didn't even deserve it, while Astra, who did show redeemable qualities, was killed off unceremoniously."
All laughed at that and applauded too due to the truth in what Wade had said as he continued. "Anyway, Non still continued her agenda in his own way, even unleashing Myriad until it was stopped, and then Kara stopped and blinded him at last, ending his threat."
All applauded as images of Benanti's and Vance's Astra and Non respectively appeared on the screen behind Wade as he said. "Now we will see who kneels before who."
All applauded hysterically as the fight came on.
Zod was flying in the air, enjoying his Kryptonian abilities, when he saw his way blocked by Astra and Non. He snorted as he straightened himself, deciding to see what they had to say.
"We want you to serve us", Astra said. "Your power will help us win."
"I do not serve anyone", Zod snarled. "And considering that I am the better character, you should serve me."
"You're better than me? How?" Astra asked. "I wanted to save Krypton from destruction and I went about it in an extreme way is all. My Myriad was going to be a good way of making it easier, as all would be forced to my way of thought, which is exactly what all of us needed in that time. You're just an evil general and cliché villain who wants to take over the world. How many times have we seen that? Far too many."
Zod actually let out hysterical laughter at that. "You call me cliché? Did you actually bother to watch Smallville? Probably not, just like the Arrowverse writers who made a Smallville scene during Crisis without actually having seen it, as that one scene proves. If you actually wanted to do good, then why do you have this reckless idiot working for you?"
He pointed at Non as he said that.
"Hey!" Non said angrily. "I agree with her way."
"She doesn't want her niece harmed. Yet you still do it", Zod smirked, making Non shut up. "And you're far worse in the execution of Astra's plan than Astra herself."
He turned to Astra and said. "Learn something from Thanos. Those who follow him actually agree 100% with him and follow his orders perfectly. You should learn that. And everyone who follows me agrees with my way of thinking. And unlike you, I don't need a program to do it. I have my way with words."
Astra said. "I had redeemable qualities. You didn't. I could be redeemed."
"Maybe, but that doesn't make you a very good character", Zod said. "Because you're actually a gender-bent version of me made up to battle a gender-bent version of Kal-El!"
Astra's eyes widened in horror and she actually gasped as Non grasped her shoulders for comfort while Zod smirked, knowing he had gotten to them now.
"You can't even deny it because it's the truth", Zod said. "I am a superior character, as my motivations were fleshed out in detail during Season 9, including Jor-El refusing to bring back my son. And I use my brain much more, manipulating my people, having Doomsday as my child, manipulating Zor-El by using his hatred of Jor-El, and giving roles to my disciples like Nam-Ek and Aethyr. I was so dangerous my host needed to have abilities before I possessed them. You both are just "dumb, emotional punchers" whose plans aren't that smart and can be taken down and deconstructed by anyone with a brain, which no one in Supergirl has due to terrible writers."
Astra and Non both let out cries of rage and war before charging Zod at full speed. Zod simply flew higher into the air, dodging their, from his point of view, sloppy attacks.
Astra flew up at him again but he avoided and grabbing her by the foot, swung her around in a rotatory motion before throwing her back at Non, crashing them both to the ground.
He then descended as both groaned while getting up. Astra charged him again but he got behind her and grabbing her in a chokehold, snapped her neck effortlessly.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Non yelled in horror and rage as he charged Zod and tried to punch multiple times but he effortlessly dodged all times before upper-cuttting Non away.
"Kneel before Zod!" Zod declared to the weakened Non who groaned on the ground. Realizing he couldn't win, Non got up to his knees and kneeled before Zod, making him smirk.
"That was a good decision", Zod smirked before suddenly snapping Non's neck. "But with that power level, you are as useless to me as a human."
"And that, people, is why you should always kneel before Zod when he tells you to", Wade said as all laughed and applauded hysterically for Zod in the round. "While Astra showed redeemable qualities, Non was a one-dimensional bad guy and Zod was much more compelling and powerful than both of them. Scoreboard!"
Smallville: 15
Arrowverse: 9
"And ball is in Smallville's court again", Wade said as all laughed and applauded. "Well, now we will meet next time where a construct battles a Coulan."
All applauded hysterically again as Wade said. "Until next time."
I am one of those people who believes that Astra could have been redeemed if allowed to live and I did like her, but that doesn't change the fact that she was basically a gender-bent Zod. Because clearly, the Supergirl writers didn't know much about her character so they just copied Superman's adventures to write for her show.
And Non was a creepy lame guy, so he dragged her down.
Zod was a very compelling character on Smallville, and I loved Callum Blue in the role. Now we can all agree that while Smallville did some stuff very nicely, it also screwed up some stuff. But Zod is among the stuff Smallville did nicely and he was also among the things the show did best. While he didn't fill in the void Lex's departure had left, he was still good enough to fill half of it and Season 9 was great because of him and a lot of other stuff, like Absolute Justice.
Also, in case anyone's wondering, this story still has 14 or 15 more chapters to go due to how many similar characters we still have got. It will reach a maximum of 40 chapters now that I think about it, though it will probably be a little less than 40.
Anyway, hope everyone enjoyed and see you all next time where Brainiac 5 battles Indigo.
