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Eleven (Stranger Things) VS Pennywise (IT)

Mkay so there's been a popular battle idea going around...

(The picture of El there isn't canon powers btw, it's a crossover, but it looks cool so who cares-)

Since I'm in both the Stranger Things and IT fandoms, I thought I would give a NON-BIASED opinion on this.

Eleven vs Pennywise, WHO WOULD WIN IN A BATTLE??

So first, let's talk advantages and disadvantages.

Pennywise advantages:

1. Shapeshifting
2. Deadlights
3. Speed
4. Cannot easily be harmed.
5. Heals extremely quickly.
6. Feeds off of both fear and insecurity, which unfortunately for El, she has a lot of those.
7. Has very minor telekinesis of his own.
8. Can give illusions.

Pennywise disadvantages:

1. Can be weakened if El has a low fear factor.
2. When it comes to shapeshifting, Pennywise must abide by the rules of the shape It takes.
3. Has been defeated by kids Eleven's age before (the Losers Club).

Eleven advantages:

1. Does not get scared unless she is reminded of her past.
2. Extreme telekinetic abilities.
3. Has a past of fighting.
4. Has defeated large monsters before.

Eleven disadvantages:

1. Is still human, so she can get hurt the same way we do and takes longer to heal.

Aight, now that that's done, time for the explaining part!

While Eleven could take on Pennywise for quite a long time, this fight would definitely not be as easy as defeating the Demogorgon. Sure, the Demogorgon has sharp ass teeth and is scary af, but that thing lost to Eleven because unlike Pennywise, the Demogorgon has no special powers.

Eleven also gets scared when reminded of her past. And example of this us when Eleven's sister Kali gave her an illusion of Dr. Brenner in season 2, and Eleven screamed and cried. The thing is, just like Kali, Pennywise is fully capable of creating illusions. He could either shapeshift into something from Eleven's past to scare her, or he could give her an illusion to scare her.

To stop this, Eleven is still able to hold Pennywise in place with her telekinesis. Folding his body in unnatural positions would have no effect on him because in IT1... welllll... we see this:

{WARNING: UNSETTLING GIF AHEAD}

However, his insides, like the brain and heart and all that shit, are still vulnerable. Eleven could use telekinesis in that way as well.

So here's my opinion:

THIS BATTLE COULD LITERALLY GO BOTH WAYS.

We see in IT2 that Pennywise is defeated when the Losers face their fears and end up ripping Pennywise's heart out.

Eleven could do the same thing, but she could face her fears and destroy Pennywise's heart completely using her telekinesis alone.

However, there is also a way Pennywise could win. Even being trapped in telekinesis, Pennywise can still give Eleven illusions of her past that may strike fear into her, which gives Pennywise more power. If she feels even the slightest bit of fear, Pennywise will feed off of that and use that against her. In this case, Pennywise will easily be able to trap Eleven in the deadlights, which can have one of three outcomes to humans:
1. Becoming paralyzed (both mentally and physically, like Beverly did).
2. Going insane
3. Death

So in a way, this battle could potentially have two outcomes... idk-

It's 5:00am y'all, this is what happens when I go to bed earlier than usual and wake up in the middle of the night... I'm gonna go back to bed now...