By my verdict: GAUCHO is the winner!
OXY
Realism [+3]
Your realism really traveled around the scoring as the fight went on so it was hard to put an exact finger on this. You had some really great moments that I thoroughly could envision and appreciate, especially at the beginning, but as the fight went on you seemed perhaps more rushed or defeated and didn’t react as consistently. For instance you didn’t respond to Gaucho’s magic correctly (when the eagle’s talons touched you) and you took too much damage in that last post looking at the roll and situation. However for the most part I found your attacks, defenses, and injuries very fair and I really liked how often you mentioned the environment and your injuries from the posts prior. Just clean up some of the other issues and you’ll be hitting a +4 pushing a +5 in no time.
Emotion [+3]
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts. Oxy was absolutely hilarious and you never lost the emotion throughout the post or over the course of the fight, yet you still remained clear and concise. Excellent!
Prose [+3]
You had some great writing, though it did take me a moment to grow accustomed to the different way you write Oxy, always referring to ‘you’. Although I don’t think this is grammatically correct, I can see it is a stylized choice. Very inoften did I find typos or grammar mistakes, and for the most part you had flow and transition to your work, but it never gripped me or left me feeling awed. This may be related to the nature of the character though which has an underlying tone of humor and zany antics.
Readability [+2]
Easy to read, no major issues!
Finally tally: 11.5+11= 22.5 HP
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GAUCHO
Realism [+4]
I so badly wanted to give you a +5, you wrote amazingly all throughout the entire fight and had such great attacks/defenses/injury that I felt like I was watching the fight not reading it - however you forgot your costume in the first post! Otherwise excellent job incorporating your surroundings, the build of you and your opponent, realistic timing/positioning/damage input and output, just everything!
Emotion [+2]
I know Gaucho is a simple man and that for what emotions he had they were displayed, but overall I was left wanting more. You really got emotional at the end over the cape, but the other posts before it were much more fight technicality oriented so that overall brought this score down. However you still do great work managing to get feelings out of a bay rock.
Prose [+5]
I loved your writing from beginning to end. You have a really easy flow, excellent grammar, no typos I could find, and just your word choice is lovely. Excellent!
Readability [+3]
Very easy to read and understand, I never had to go back over something you laid it all out with clear locations, directions and wording.
Finally tally: 42+14= 56 HP