Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20200125231407/@comment-36926079-20200215044446

Black Wolf of DMND wrote: - Name: Swan Song

- Wielder/'Maker: Sarah Mantega

- Classification: Undetermined

- Weapon Derivation: Violin/Sword/Quiver; Bow

- Design: An angular 4/4 violin with slots around the neck for arrow storage. A small gladius-style sword is stored under the neck of the instrument. The bow can extend from 75 to 100 cm.

- Aesthetics: Violin- Pink base; grey edges, pegs & emblems; brown neck; dark purple interior. Sword- Brown handle base, dull pink & grey grip, silver blade, pink accents. Bow- Pink base, grey details. Arrows- Brown shaft, silver heads, flight & edge colours depend on Dust type.

- Dust Usage: Arrow edges are Dust-treated. Fire explodes on contact; Ice freezes the target; Lightning stuns the target, similar to a Taser; Air increases the arrow's speed & pushes the target backwards on impact; Gravity impacts with increased force and pierces most Grimm armour.

- Usage: Prefers ranged combat due to her Semblance; only uses the sword as a last resort (e.g. defending her position.)

- Notes: Posted on the user's birthday :-) As a fellow violin player, here are my complaints:

It'd be impossible to draw the gladius from under the neck of a violin. You wouldn't want to draw a sword from your back anyways, and the gladius sheathe would just rattle while playing the violin.

I really hope you didn't think the violin bow could be a real bow. I hope no one thinks that.

I see no advantage to using a bow over a gun, even in RWBY. I'm sure only Cinder has used a bow (crossbows don't count) and she doesn't even use it anymore. Probably for flavoring/pun

Those slots around the neck of the violin would ruin the sound production. Even with an electric violin, the arrow slots would alter the resonance of the violin and could decrease the tension created by the neck.

The violin needs a case. Instruments are fragile, so unless you have your aura protecting every little scratch or nick your violin gets (which I imagine would be very taxing), your instrument would become severely damaged in a matter of weeks, if not days.

Recommendations In Order:

Leave the violin looking like a real violin. Please don't mutilate any instrument in that way. :(

Make the violin have a case. You can use the case as an unorthordox method of storing extra ammo/weapons (though you'd have to make adjustments to the case), and it would make transporting your violin so much easier.

If your OC can afford those expensive arrows, they have enough money to use a more effective option- a gun. A gun is much easier to transport than a bow & quiver, and is no less effective. You can use a bayonet to replace the gladius.