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Freezer
Since: Jan, 2001
12th Apr, 2011 08:20:45 AM
My name is Freezer and my anti-drug is porn.
Imagine two chessmasters playing "against" each other. One can see the tension between the two as they try to out-Xanatos, out-Yagami, or out-vi Britannia each other, whatever you want to call it.
Then the narrative reveals that the whole thing was a set-up.
Sort of like Kayfabe, where every conflict is planned out, but this one spans nations, galaxies, large-scale conflicts like that. And nobody ever suspects a thing.