Talk:Hook and Darling/@comment-26397825-20151017091009

Scarlet cannot effectively dual wield his pistol and sword in a combat scenario, because the pistol handle is the wrong way around.

For him to dual wield, he'd have to pull his sword with his left hand, and pull his pistol with his right. Howeer, the way the handle is facing means that he cannot simply grab the pistol and have it ready for firing - he has to turn it around after drawing it so the handle is sitting in his palm properly, which would take precious moments of his attention away from the battle. The easiest way to fix this would be to turn the pistol around, so the handle is pointing forwards instead of backwards like it is now, but then he'd run into another problem - crossing both arms over his chest every time he wants to dual wield.

This restricts his movements quite a bit, lowers the fluidity of his upper body, and if he's silly and draws the weapons at the same time and has the gun hand on the outside, has a chance of cutting his arm open with his sword from the drawing motion.

Instead, what he should do is move one of his weapons, so they are both on the same side. Moving his sword will mean he holds his sword in hisright hand and his pistol in his left. Moving his pistol, but leaving the handle facing backwards as it is in the picture, means he will draw his pistol in his right hand and his sword in his left, the same as the current setup would be.

Of course, the alternate answer to this is simply that he doesn't dual wield at all - but that seriously cuts down on his combat effectiveness, as it means he has to sheathe and draw his weapons every time he wants to switch between melee and ranged combat. Way too much hassle; it's simpler and more efficient for him to simply dual wield.