1 | -> Those who live by the sword will be gunned down by those who don't. |
2 | -->-- '''Anon.''' |
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4 | |
5 | -> Any man who goes into battle without his sword is improperly dressed.. |
6 | -->-- '''Colonel Jack Chirchill''' |
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8 | |
9 | -> [[HeroesPreferSwords "I am the bone of my sword.]] |
10 | -> [[MadeOfIron Steel is my body, and fire is my blood.]] |
11 | -> [[StormOfBlades I have created over a thousand blades,]] |
12 | -> [[FateWorseThanDeath Unknown to death,]] |
13 | -> [[DyingAlone Nor known to life.]] |
14 | -> [[TrainingFromHell Have withstood pain to create many weapons,]] |
15 | -> [[BrokenHero Yet, these hands will never hold anything.]] |
16 | -> [[FieldofBlades So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works."]] |
17 | -->-- Archer, ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' |
18 | |
19 | |
20 | -> [[HeroesPreferSwords "I am the bone of my sword.]] |
21 | -> [[MadeOfIron Steel is my body, and fire is my blood.]] |
22 | -> [[BladeSpam I have created over a thousand blades,]] |
23 | -> [[TheDeterminator Unaware of loss,]] |
24 | -> [[SurvivorGuilt Nor aware of gain.]] |
25 | -> [[SwissArmySuperpower Withstood pain to create many weapons,]] |
26 | -> [[HeroicSacrifice Waiting for one's arrival.]] |
27 | -> [[ChronicHeroSyndrome I have no regrets. This is the only path.]] |
28 | -> [[PocketDimension My whole life was Unlimited Blade Works.]] |
29 | -->-- [[spoiler: Shirou]], ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' |
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32 | -> A properly balanced sword is the most versatile weapon for close quarters ever devised. Pistols and guns are all offense, no defense; close on him fast and a man with a gun can’t shoot, he has to stop you before you reach him. Close on a man carrying a blade and you’ll be spitted like a roast pigeon—unless you have a blade and can use it better than he can.\ |
33 | A sword never jams, never has to be reloaded, is always ready. Its worst shortcoming is that it takes great skill and patient, loving practice to gain that skill; it can’t be taught to raw recruits in weeks, nor even months. |
34 | -->-- '''Creator/RobertAHeinlein''', ''Literature/GloryRoad'' |
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36 | |
37 | -> A sword is always honest. |
38 | -->-- '''Esnar Din Kanavan''', ''VideoGame/GrandChaseDimensionalChaser'' |
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40 | |
41 | -> 19. '''"Silly Squall, bringing a sword to a gunfight..."'''\ |
42 | No matter what timeframe the game is set in -- past, present, or future -- the main hero and his antagonist will both use a sword for a weapon. (Therefore, you can identify your antagonist pretty easily right from the start of the game just by looking for the other guy who uses a sword.) These swords will be far more powerful than any gun and often capable of distance attacks. |
43 | -->-- ''Website/TheGrandListOfConsoleRPGCliches'' |
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46 | -> '''L. Bob Rife''': You're a dead man. You're stuck on the Raft, asshole. I got a million Myrmidons here. You gona kill 'em all? |
47 | -> '''Hiro Protagonist''': Swords don't run out of ammo. |
48 | -->-- ''Literature/SnowCrash'' |
49 | |
50 | -> ''The sword is a simple tool, but in the hands of a master, it becomes the most versatile of weapons, and just as the imagination is limitless, so too, are the possibilities of the sword.'' |
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