Concept: Fighting Styles
Tom being the best fighter for a while in s1 not because he was technically skilled, but because he was reckless. For a group not used to having to fight or die, as a zombie he didn't feel the same strain on his body as he fought.
Heavier swords, more power behind his movements, less pain after each hit taken. Tom took over the battlefield because he was a zombie, unable to feel the consequences of his reckless, destructive behavior.
Which is why, when the playing field was leveled through gear and improvement, Tom started to fall behind in combat prowess. Why Jordan began to outmatch Tom.
Jordan was pure technical skill. He was meticulous and methodic in his practice, preferring the discipline of bows over the raw power of swords. He took his time, planned his blows, and knew where to best hit his opponent. Tom didn't feel pain as much as the others, but a good strike still would take him down and have him grit his teeth.
Tucker focused on his swordsmanship and working shields into his style. If Tom was sheer force, Tucker was a solid defense. The first time Tucker blocked Tom's sword and held firm, a shift happened between them. It wasn't Tom dominating every fight anymore. It was a genuine battle, an actual dance of blades.
Sonja isn't a fighter, but she's quick and agile. Unless she has to make a stand, she runs, darting between trees and bushes and rocks and leaving people behind in a daze of twists and turns. When she has to fight it's with a single shortsword, allowing her to sneak in quick, shallow hits that wear you down over time. Against Tom, she is at a disadvantage, but if need be she can work to wear him down until one of the others arrives.
Wag doesn't fight in any traditional means. He is a magic user through and through, even when stripped of it. With his magic he is a force to be reckoned with, able to conjure up a quick defense or blast out a strong offense. Without it, he works on deceptions and slight of hand. It's similar to magic, really, all about getting the opponents focus away from what you're really trying to do. While his form with a sword is sloppy at best and his bow aim is barely there, as long as he can get you distracted he stands a fighting chance. And if things go south, one good misdirect is all he needs to a quick exit.
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Posting this with no context
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i will never get over the accidental trans/non-binary coding of just ianite as a concept btw. what if you entered into the world and were told there were only two options for you to pick. the entire world functions on this rigid dichotomy, and now you’re expected to fall into either extreme. not just expected, but pressured.
but neither of them feels right. feels like you. so you make your own choice. a third option, one specifically forged to fit your very being. one that makes you happy, that doesn’t make you feel trapped in a box of another’s creation.
and everyone laughs. they tell you that’s not how it works, you can’t just do that. that’s not real. you’ll snap out of it eventually, come to terms with reality and pick a real side for once.
but you never do. you find a community, people like you, proof of your existence and that there are others like you. that you’re not alone. that there’s life outside of the dichotomy, that your own path can be forged, that your ideals and beliefs aren’t the joke everyone’s made them out to be.
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The one fact that makes me believe that Sparklez is part ender dragon, is that he HATES rain (in game) like all Ender creatures do. XD
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listen listen listen - IF jordan were to be in life series his glasses color would probably change so why not give it lore where the Ianites from different universes are havin a friendly competition and when one loses a life, a different jordan variant takes his place >:]c
(im not gonna say anything about Admiral Flash except season thr-)
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The best thing to come out of this mcytblr sexyman competition is the fact that even after he died, Technoblade is still destroying Captain Sparklez at competitions. Jardon does not get a break, ever.
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i Do make all my tubbos trans with the chosen name of tuberculosis but it is very important to me that if he was cis he would still be named tuberculosis because jordan is Fucking Weird okay. there is not a universe where that boy’s name is not short for tuberculosis 2 me
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I’ve been rewatching Mianite s2
“that would stick in Mianite’s craw the soldier who turned and formed the Blood Knights come to fully support me.”
Holy shit, am I reading that right? Soldier who turned? Was I fucking right about Jeriah?? Jeriah’s a god hater!
“bloke” “bollocks” “buggering”
Canon British accents :(
“Fox, that look suits you.”
“Don’t call foxy those names”
Rare Martha W, cause she’s so right, that look does suit her. Also Dianite calls Sonja “Foxy” sometimes to refer to her, i think it’s really cute.
“Old woman, tell me. are you more enraged that I now hold his blade? That sparkles, will soon receive it? or is the larger issue it was given to Helgrind, and not you. if he molds your decisions so, is that why you followed his example and left as soon as times became rough?”
“It wasn’t the city that won me. It was the bloke.”
“I would never betray my one and only”
“I think it must’ve been from Father…”
“She kept saying he was close but not her Sparklez. I don’t know what she meant.”
“then you’re a fool. Just like Spark.”
SPARK RIZZWAY MENTIONS !!!!
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