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* '''Defied''': Alice describes the kind of sword she wants to TheBlacksmith. she tells her not to be so stupid, and that he'll make her a practical sword.

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* '''Defied''': Alice describes the kind of sword she wants to TheBlacksmith. she He tells her not to be so stupid, and that he'll make her a practical sword.
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** Alternatively, any time that Alice doesn't spend fighting, she spends sharpening her sword.

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** Alternatively, any Any time that Alice doesn't spend fighting, she spends sharpening her sword.



** Alternatively, the sword is that sharp but Alice [[AwesomeButImpractical finds it impossible to maintain the edge]] and so [[TooAwesomeToUse rarely if she ever actually uses]] it or even removes it from the scabbard- and, when it does get used, it's so badly maintained that the legendary edge has been lost.
** Alternatively alternatively, Alice can't even keep it in a scabbard, because the sword cuts right through it.
** [[RunningGag Alternatively alternatively alternatively, the sword is sharp enough to split atoms and cause nuclear fission, which kills Alice.]]

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** Alternatively, the The sword is that sharp but Alice [[AwesomeButImpractical finds it impossible to maintain the edge]] and so [[TooAwesomeToUse rarely if she ever actually uses]] it or even removes it from the scabbard- and, when it does get used, it's so badly maintained that the legendary edge has been lost.
** Alternatively alternatively, Alice can't even keep it in a scabbard, because the sword cuts right through it.
** [[RunningGag Alternatively alternatively alternatively, the The sword is sharp enough to split atoms and cause nuclear fission, which kills Alice.]]

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** Alice's sword can, if plunged into the Earth, break all the way through to the other side.

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** Alice's The sword can, if plunged into the Earth, break all the way through to the other side.can cut you just by looking at it.



** Alice's sword can, if plunged into the Earth, break all the way through to the other side.



** The sword can cut you just by looking at it.
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* '''Plot Foundation''': The sword can be used to cut through anything, up to and including reality itself. [[TheWorfBarrage Which only shows how ]] ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucked]]'' [[TheWorfBarrage the protagonists are when it fails to kill the show's]] BigBad, an unstoppable EldritchAbomination.
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** [[ILoveNuclearPower The radiation is what gives Alice her superpowers.]]

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** [[ILoveNuclearPower [[RadiationInducedSuperpowers The radiation is what gives Alice her superpowers.]]
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* '''Plot Foundation''': The sword can be used to cut through anything, up to and including reality itself. [[WorfBarrage Which only shows how ]] ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucked]]'' [[WorfBarrage the protagonists are when it fails to kill the show's]] BigBad, an unstoppable EldritchAbomination.

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* '''Plot Foundation''': The sword can be used to cut through anything, up to and including reality itself. [[WorfBarrage [[TheWorfBarrage Which only shows how ]] ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucked]]'' [[WorfBarrage [[TheWorfBarrage the protagonists are when it fails to kill the show's]] BigBad, an unstoppable EldritchAbomination.
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** The sword really is that sharp, but Alice still needs to physically push the material apart to cut into it. As a result, the sword doesn't appear to function that differently from any other sword in actual combat situations.

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** The sword really is that sharp, but Alice [[RequiredSecondaryPowers still needs to physically push the material apart to cut into it.it]]. As a result, the sword doesn't appear to function that differently from any other sword in actual combat situations.



** Alternatively, the sword is that sharp but Alice [[AwesomeButImpractical finds it impossible to maintain the edge]] and so rarely if she ever actually uses it or even removes it from the scabbard- and, when it does get used, it's so badly maintained that the legendary edge has been lost.

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** Alternatively, the sword is that sharp but Alice [[AwesomeButImpractical finds it impossible to maintain the edge]] and so [[TooAwesomeToUse rarely if she ever actually uses uses]] it or even removes it from the scabbard- and, when it does get used, it's so badly maintained that the legendary edge has been lost.

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