Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27350660-20160330094943



We've all seen this characteristic stance Weiss has where she holds her sword across her shoulders, left hand by her right shoulder, facing her opponent side-on. (Demonstrated here by Miss Scarlatina). Now superficially, that seems to me a pretty stupid thing to do. She's exposing all of her left side, she's not ready to parry anything and she's almost begging any right-handed fencer to stab her anywhere from her toes to her face. I've also seen her in a more sensible stance, sword out in front of her, which is what you'll see every sword fighter do. Now I've read somewhere that Monty Oum was himself a fencer, so he would have known about this. So why does Weiss do this? To extend her range? She'd be much better off holding her sword across her hips facing the other way. Are her back muscles stronger than her chest muscles? Even if they are, the thrust won't be stronger than when she lunges, bringing her left leg and body weight into play. Is this just a dramatic flourish?

Why yes, I'm writing about Weiss preparing to stab someone why do you even have to ask? 