Fuck it I wanna do this

can someone tell me how i can get invited to a swordfight in an open meadow at dawn?

"Maul wouldn't wear mandalorian armor because he relies too much on agility in combat"

Spicy Adventure Stories - August 1940 (Culture)

A comic about the spectrum of responses to stress - we talk alot about the more extreme ends of this and trauma, but the more subtle and every day responses can be harder to spot. if we can understand our own and other’s responses better, problems Are easier to confront and blaming is less likely to happen :) hope it’s helpful!!

Jurassic Fight Night 2021

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Neighbors are fighting. (via)

Society if Cas had visible wings :,)

So this little comic kicks off my superfresh, still warm Patreon Account: patreon.com/cottoncandyofterror - There are a few more panels that are patreon-exclusive and too spicy for tumblr :3

I would be so happy if I could welcome some of you over there :)

David vs. Goliath

FAIRY BOMB

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Some more Anakin vs Obi Wan fight pose drawings i’ve done recently!

Bury them deep and other spooky stuff of mine for the spooky month >:)

Undead creatures, lots of bones and some blood are included.

2020 Halloween post is here

Happy Macabre Halloween everybody!

sad!cute vs happy!cute

Writer's Guide: Hand to Hand Combat

Your character is unarmed and all they have left to fight with is their bare hands. If they hope for the enemy to catch their hands, you will have to write an effective scene. So how can we write a good hand to hand combat scene?

Most Common Moves

Now, I'm not going to list 30+ martial arts moves. Most of your characters will not be masters of kung fu or mixed martial arts. Most people who get into fights are novices.

Punch: a punch is probably to go to strike. Try not punch anybody in the face because one, they will expect it and two, it will hurt your hand. If you can aim for the soft parts of an opponent, kidneys or gut.

Kick: Kicking isn't pretty but it is effective. A good swift kick to the back of somebody's knee will fold them like a lawnchair.

Go for the groin: Man or woman getting kicked in the nether regions is no picnic. A good swift kick with your foot or your knee can incapacitate your opponent. Its not the most honourable of moves but it works.

An Elbow strike is effective: The elbow is your strongest point of attack. Drive it in to a windpipe or a gut and you can but yourself valuable time to retreat or stall your opponent from answering back.

Eyes: they are weak points. Jab somebody in the eyes with a thumb and they will stop in their tracks.

Throat: You can end any fight by going straight for the throat either grasping it in a headlock or jabbing it with a fist which can collapse the windpipe.

Bite: If you are unable to snack your opponent, use your teeth. The human bite is perhaps not as strong as a hyena's but it is strong enough to shorten your opponent by a finger or two.

How to Escape from Grips and Holds

Pinned from behind with your arms pinned: You have to stop your opponent from getting to a headlock. Move your hips to one side and strike backwards toward the groin or gut. This should weaken the hold of your opponent. Once the grip is loosened, turn toward your opponent and snack them into the nose with the heel of your hand.

Held from behind: Bend forward as far as you can making it more difficult for your opponent to lift you. Jab with your elbows back into your opponent's chest or face. Turn toward your opponent once the grip loosens and strike at the face or the groin again to subdue your opponent.

Headlock: If your opponent has you in a headlock, DON'T STRUGGLE. You could break your own neck. Turn into your opponent's side as close as possible. With your hand that is furthest away, hit your opponent into the groin or gut.

Pinned down on the ground: Most likely your opponent is using their own hands and weight to keep you down. If you can move your knees, try to jab them in the side or the groin to unbalanced them.

Things to Remember

1. The whole 6-10 minute bout only happens in films or controlled sporting events. Fights are usually over within a few minutes. (when writing effective fights, keep the pace short.)

2. Girls are vicious. I've worked in nightclubs and broke up a fair few fights. Boys will knock the shit out of each other but girls will tear shreds out of each other. I have known grown men to break up fights between guys but nobody wants to break up a catfight.

3. One wants the fight to end quickly. If you keep slugging at each other, you'll get tired pretty fast. Have your character try end the fight as soon as possible.

4. Nobody emerges from fights unscathed. Even winners may come out with black eyes, broken noses or at very least a broken lip. If you punch someone, you will likely bruise your knuckles if not split them.

5. If your character is fighting to survive, they don't have to stick to etiquette. They will have to do anything to survive even if it means doing something unpleasant like fishhooking or hairpulling.

Staying alive for the day when I can finally whisper to myself “I made it”

Jamil B. Holway, from Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry; “Throbbings”. Full quote and original post.

Werewolves fighting in a forest

Conversations with myself

AKA Virgils Variants

A thought I’ve been playing with for a while, finaly gets some more substance.

Virgil was sitting on the floor. Patton was napping again and Logan and Janus had both gone somewhere to do research, making him promise that he wouldn't wander off without either off them. Both assuming King was too self absorbed to seek Virgil out unprompted. Virgil was pretty sure that if it took him too long to entertain the king some way he would grow bored. And a bored creativity was a recipe for chaos in the best of circumstances. Thoughts whirled around in Virgil's head. Manifesting as a storm of shadows around him. He wished he could make sense of it all. It was like a cacophony of voices in his head. Like... Suddenly he had an idea. Thomas had felt this way before. And Roman's solution was having their discussions with Thomas rather than just in his mind. Maybe he could do something similar? He had a pretty good idea of what... 'variants' would be needed to make him. He took a deep breath and focused, it was worth a try. "I still say we kick his butt!" A voice growled. Virgil opened his eyes and found his attention drawn to a hoodie wearing figure of solid shadows with angrily spiked hair. His figure was defined by red violets. Stitches reminding of Virgil’s hoodie sat on his body and neck. He looked angry, but Virgil knew that it was not at him, mostly anyway. "Confronting him hasn't gone well so far. We should just hide away until he's cooled down. What if he decides to hurt us or the others next time?" Another figure with more indigo leaning colors lighting up his blacks worried. His hair was combed over his stitched up face. Neither figure was very detailed, but Virgil knew who they were, fight and flight. "It's useless. We don't stand a chance. No matter what we do we'll mess up," Virgil looked back. There was a much smaller version of him curled up on the floor. This one void of any color just black and shades of grey. Doubt. Listening to him would get him nowhere. "You are probably right. So we might as well try our best," Virgil reasoned. "Yuck. Good thing no one else heard that. That sounded almost optimistic," he noted, looking at Patton who was still fast asleep. “Can’t... get rid of me... that easily," a lighter voice breathed heavily. All heads whipped around to find a figure of bright violets standing on shaky legs, clutching his stomach, fighting to maintain a smile. "Excitement!" Virgil gasped as Fight hurried forward to stabilize the injured variant while Flight whimpered and Doubts wailed mournfully. "It'll be ok... with everything going on I'm just a bit... numbed I guess," Excitement assured them as Fight made him sit down. Virgil felt his chest tighten. He rarely allowed himself to indulge in excitement completely, but it was his favorite part of his purpose. This was bad. Was this just how he imagined his variant’s to manifest at this time? Or was this really the state he was in? It seemed accurate. Part of him wanted to just go up to King and give him an unfiltered piece of his mind. Another wanted to make sure no one got near him for as long as possible. And it was hard to find anything to be excited about. Though he’d felt some vague echoes of it earlier. It was an involuntarily response to receiving any sort of praise or approval. And king knew enough about him to use it to tempt him closer, clearly. Just like how Janus had known to use Roman’s need for complements and admiration against him. “Now there’s another side I’d like to introduce to my…” “Fight please stop!” Flight pleaded. “You are going to get us in trouble!” he insisted. “Well you’d have us do nothing at all!” Fight argued. “How is that going to help Thomas huh?” he demanded. “Both of you are right. And wrong,” Virgil muttered. “I think… I think we’ve made some sort of progress with king…” “Or he’s made progress with us,” Doubt interjected. “He is going to hurt us, or make us hurt the others, just you wait,” he worried. “That… Is a possibility…” Virgil allowed. He wished he trusted Janus enough to ask for his input. If anyone could help him see King’s end goal and method it was him. But Virgil didn’t trust Janus. “King is the twins combined right? So… I don’t think he’s lying… Neither really liked lying. He might think he’s telling the truth at least,” Excitement offered meekly. “Figures you have all of my softer spots,” Virgil sighed, still worried for the state of this lighter variant. “But maybe you are right. Maybe… Maybe King won’t lie directly or intentionally. But… I think he picks his words with care. To provoke as much emotion as possible,” Virgil reasoned. King definitely seemed like he was living by Shakespeare’s words. And if all the worlds a stage, then as an actor he had to guide the audience to follow his narrative and feel for his story. King definitely considered himself the protagonist. The question was… Was Virgil the villain or an audience member? As far as he could tell, he was the most impartial party present. Other than Thomas. Virgil was used to being the bad guy. But King didn’t act like he was. He hadn’t been nice exactly… But he hadn’t been as hateful to him as the others. It wasn’t personal between them. Not like it was when Virgil heard him speak to the others. ‘Young one’ he’d called him. He’d been… he hadn’t been so scary then. When there were no others around. Of course that didn’t last long. But it hadn’t felt too personal until he imitated the twins. “And wasn’t that just what we deserved? Why would he believe all that? We were terrible friends,” Doubt pointed out. “Not always,” Virgil countered. Thinking off patching up Prince after a wild adventure and debating Disney together. And then of watching bad horror movies with Remus and trying not to laugh at his jokes. Debates with Logan. Baking with Patton and making puns. Even moments with Janus where they just enjoyed each other’s snarky sense of humor. He wasn’t perfect, and he had never claimed to be. But he could be kind of alright too. “Not often enough. If we were, then Roman and Remus would still be here,” Doubt pointed out. He had a point there. “I thought we agreed that listening to him wouldn’t do anything?” Fight snapped. It worked, Virgil was snapped out of his spiral before it could really start. “Right… Right…” he nodded. How had he gotten here…? He was trying to figure out where he stood with King. Maybe that uncertainty was part of his torment. He’d much rather know for sure that King hated him just as much as the others. Then at least he’d know. Uncertainty made him jumpy. “Which is why we can’t push our luck,” Flight pointed out. “Hide until we have something to offer that will make King want to listen to us,” he suggested. Virgil nodded. That was a plan he supposed. But what if King got bored and came looking for him before he was ready? What if he didn’t want to give Virgil too much time to prepare for their next… whatever it was? “Then we do what we do best,” Excitement smiled softly. “Pretend nothing can hurt us and focus on one task at a time?” Virgil guessed. “And slowly dig our way into other people’s hearts. We’re an acquired taste. It takes time to appreciate us,” he explained. Virgil chuckled. And just then Patton stirred, making all variants disappear. Virgil sighed. That… Was kind of helpful. He didn’t feel quite as much of a mess anymore at least. Though he wasn’t sure what he should do exactly. Maybe... Maybe excitement had a point. You catch more flies with honey after all Though if he was honest, he wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to give Fight’s plan a try should it present itself. It was a very tempting thought... However he went about it. Somehow he had to get things back in order. Maybe not how it used to be, because clearly there was too much broken. But not how it is either. There had to be a middle road though. And listening to and understanding King, might be the key.

KAU

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