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Howdy, New Readers! Thanks for reading Exiern!
Written by Scott T. Hicken with art by Antipus, the comic updates Mondays. Please check out the Archive to enjoy the earlier adventures of Typh and Peonie!
Exiern contains mature themes and is best for readers 18+.
@Guesticus, yeah, I’m pretty sure this is a bit of lousy puppeteering. I’m surprised. I expected more skill from both combatants. The women wielding the weapons appear to have little control. So much for Peony’s protestations about how much she’s learned.
Their bodies are being compelled to fight at the best of their abilities until one of them pierces the orb of the other. Anyone interrupts and they both die.
The wild card here is obviously the North Wind. Even with both of them being puppets, it will be interesting to see how much influence the sword can have. According to canon, it will never lead its wielder astray. Question is, is Peonie actually wielding it in her current state?
@germanvisitor: Probably because longswords were one handed weapons, and they’re not wearing gauntlets so the two handed style for longswords, one hand on hilt and one hand on the blade forte (the strong dull bit just in front of the crossguard), would be inadvisable.
As to questions of them being controlled, check the previous comic. Teresa said “on OUR mark”, not “on YOUR mark.”
@anonymous: The two-handed style you describe is for greatswords. With a longsword, you should have the main hand just below the guard and the other holding the pommel at the end of the hilt, for improved leverage. (Incidentally, if you do it right, you don’t need gauntlets to half-sword. The blade only cuts you if it slips, which means you have the wrong type of grip.)
@germanvisitor: Yes, it *is* low on the list, because most people don’t know that you *should* use two hands to wield a longsword.
ow, right on the boobs.
Why ARE they fighting in heels?
@TJGalon: the boobs are padding.
@Saklad: They didn’t have time to go fetch their flats.
I suspect Spellsong is being used here
That padding is still connected to the flesh, so it still hurts (a lot)
Wait, are they actually being controlled? o_O
@Guesticus, yeah, I’m pretty sure this is a bit of lousy puppeteering. I’m surprised. I expected more skill from both combatants. The women wielding the weapons appear to have little control. So much for Peony’s protestations about how much she’s learned.
They are pretty much no longer in control, but how far that goes, is never fully explain I believe.
Oof, right on the old gravity-wells… >.<
Their bodies are being compelled to fight at the best of their abilities until one of them pierces the orb of the other. Anyone interrupts and they both die.
The wild card here is obviously the North Wind. Even with both of them being puppets, it will be interesting to see how much influence the sword can have. According to canon, it will never lead its wielder astray. Question is, is Peonie actually wielding it in her current state?
I guess, “why are they using longswords one-handed?” is quite low on the list of good questions. 🙂
@Arth Vex
It seems that Either Peonie’s wielding it or Teresa is… it’s certainly being wielded one way or the other.
@germanvisitor: Probably because longswords were one handed weapons, and they’re not wearing gauntlets so the two handed style for longswords, one hand on hilt and one hand on the blade forte (the strong dull bit just in front of the crossguard), would be inadvisable.
As to questions of them being controlled, check the previous comic. Teresa said “on OUR mark”, not “on YOUR mark.”
Yep!
Just As I Figgerd (It’s A Dream) 😉
@anonymous: The two-handed style you describe is for greatswords. With a longsword, you should have the main hand just below the guard and the other holding the pommel at the end of the hilt, for improved leverage. (Incidentally, if you do it right, you don’t need gauntlets to half-sword. The blade only cuts you if it slips, which means you have the wrong type of grip.)
@germanvisitor: Yes, it *is* low on the list, because most people don’t know that you *should* use two hands to wield a longsword.
Just waiting for monocle to cheat so Typhan can punch him in the face.
Ooo, just noticed: both orbs are, actually, over the hearts, not in the centre of the cleavage
What happens if one spellsinger runs out of breath? Does punching them count as cheating?
@Michael: I would imagine breath control is very high on the list of required skills for spell-singers.