Marcus Vance 🗡
@MarcusCVance
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YouTuber & TikTok sword & sci-fi guy. Writes about aliens sometimes. He/Him Business: [email protected]
Bethesda, MD
Joined March 2018
Peak.
Violence in Shadows. Tonight's piece was a little rushed because I started it late and wanted to get it done before heading to bed. It is mostly an experiment with flowing cloth and my usual experiments with shadows and lighting. Greyscale Digital
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So. You looking to buy a gun. 45 vs 9mm? Practically, 9mm. Bullets have similar kinetic energy these days, and more rounds = more chances. Semi vs revolver? 99% of the time you're better off with a semi. Easier reloading. Glock reliability? Most modern guns are just as.
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We have reverse grip shown with ~16 inch long daggers (and surviving daggers of that style and length). And we have niches where longer blades fill some role when held in reverse grip. I get that we want things to he clear cut, but the truth is more complex. And interesting.
@MarcusCVance Reverse grip only really works for daggers and other small knives that dont sacrifice any significant range or leverage when held in ice pick grip, its good for grappling with small blades and getting binds but swords dont work in reverse grip unless youre running away.
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I sure hope so!.
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We often say that reach is one of the biggest deciding factors with melee weapons. But we often prioritized carry carryability more.
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The Arditi were a group of Italian shock troopers in WWI who were feared by the enemy. They heavily utilized experimental armor and fighting knives—though not to the exclusion of other weapons. They also trained knife fighting skills from HEMA manuals.
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If someone says "reverse grip is always bad" then you can IMMEDIATELY dismiss their opinions on weapons.
@MarcusCVance Reverse grip is fine as long as you’re not trying to use it in a fight.
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Ok, elephant in the room. Is this a good use of reverse grip knife?. Yes. Pistol (revolver) plus reverse grip knife was used by Von Tempsky's raiders in New Zealand, and there's some evidence WWI Trench Raiders did similar.
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Epic.
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Cool to see Reivers in action, but. they can't see that dude 3 feet away??
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Comparing things to 40k is so interesting. If the scifi is more grounded, you get "no, do you see what Astartes fight? How big their gun is? They're scifi cranked up to 11! Insane on purpose!". Compare it to larger scifi and "no, 40k is such a smol bean!".
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Gotta say. I'm noticing some patterns with people who say "noticing patterns"
Right wing memes are Biden eating ice cream and noticing patterns. Left wing memes are fantasies of Trump dying and killing normies if they misgender a troon. I think I know who the bad guys are
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"I don't know the difference between sex and gender".
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"The LGBTQ+ community is shoving their sexuality down our throats.". Nazi sharing his fetish unprompted:.
@MarcusCVance Would you like some cheese with that whine, little cuck boy?.
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People like this ruin plausible deniability for their own side.
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This person is obviously Nazi-affiliated. 0 attempt to hide. But they're useful. Check out who they follow, memes they post, "noticing", what they say, who they repost. This person is telling you that those people/memes/etc appeal to and are used by Nazis.
@Observer194 @MarcusCVance You got any actual examples of that?.
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That's a really interesting graphic. I mentioned 4chan as a general "toxic internet culture had a hand.". This graph implies that it's more "left unhinged, right appropriate response.". Yet that's ignoring all the racist and Nazi slogans the shooter used. Perhaps intentionally.
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100 likes and I'll show you all my swords.
The Forever War is a military science fiction classic for numerous reasons. But could their soldiers beat up a Space Marine?.
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