A Lockwood & CoNsPiRaCy (also, rapiers!)
Added 2023-10-21 05:00:03 +0000 UTCHope you enjoy this video, which is the last swordy one for a while (unless I get very inspired in November). The campaign to get me to watch Lockwood & Co. finally worked :D
Link for those of you for whom Patreon videos are tricksy: https://youtu.be/c0Jqyh_xAqo
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I remember the "golden blade" being a character in the books. Admittedly he was never described with fabulous eyeliner, or specifically called "golden blade" but I do believe he is from the book. Such a bummer they cancelled the show, I was curious to see where they were going with the changes they made. And the cast was pretty good too
Zoe Patton
2023-10-29 21:57:55 +0000 UTCI may be mistaken of mixing this with something else, but I think the answer to "why they need to be sharp" is a mix of a mind game/belief/symbolic "if this is perceived as a weapon by participants in a fight it acts as a weapon better" thing in these books.
Michael
2023-10-23 09:52:42 +0000 UTCBest of luck moving house! Thanks for letting us know about the coming schedule, I'm looking forward to the fantasy heroine re-run. I think they use edged weapons rather than, say, fireplace pokers for three reasons: 1. Availability -- there's no market for cosplay fireplace pokers, and they don't wear out enough to be made in quantity. 2. Ergonomics -- swords are actually designed to be swing (wildly?) about oneself without repetitive stress injuries. 3. Instructors -- who specialized is teaching how to swing a poker? Nobody. How many people know fencing? Hundred if not thousands of people.
Allan West
2023-10-21 12:52:28 +0000 UTC3:00 "Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you?"
Anders
2023-10-21 12:37:08 +0000 UTC
