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Paradoxic (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
2025-10-02 20:46:44

Yeah, no, it’s not badass decay, it’s the natural consequences of what happens when a Force user who didn’t actually get formal training goes up against two individuals who did. Not to mention Anakin was literally a prodigy in terms of combat, on top of being the Chosen One?

HMSquared Since: Nov, 2018
2025-10-02 20:55:51

Granted, I haven’t watched Clone Wars in a long time, but I don’t remember Ventress’s defeats feeling like decay. If anything, they gave her character development.

JMan34 (Troper Youngling)
2025-10-03 00:40:17

I am not sure what the full scope of Badass Decay is admittedly, but this does seem like a bit of a stretch. Ventress being strong and skilled doesn't mean she is some unstoppable machine, and the two characters she is going up against, Dooku and Anakin, are pretty well beyond her skills.

Edited by JMan34 "I created a legacy so resilient that now you come before me."
Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
2025-10-03 10:18:20

She gets beaten by the (apparent) Big Bad and the guy who eventually kills that guy. So yeah. Misuse there.

Also, another issue with this particular example is that she gets beaten by Dooku like, immediately. There's no decay there, she's firmly and immediately established as not as powerful as Dooku.

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