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SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-01-27 15:07:31

Well, it sounds like an example of a trope being flexible, but it's a ZCE. Personally, I'd say a character wielding four weapons simultaneously would be a valid (if Exaggerated) example of Dual Wielding, but "Quad-wielding" is not context.

Edited by SolipSchism
Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2015-01-27 17:09:23

Right. The example needs more explanation. What does he quad-wield? When is it plot-significant?

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NemuruMaeNi Since: Apr, 2014
2015-01-28 02:07:04

It had form of a trope-name-altering sinkhole originally and nothing else. An example is likely present in the work, because just by reasoning here and now that the essential idea of the Dual Wield is that it opposes the usually-one-handed styles where one of the arms is free for other things (such as picking up flowers to smell in the middle of the fight). The character in question has four arms, so occupying all of those with weapons will net you quad wield and will put things in the same boat with two-handed characters dual-wielding.

With this in mind, I'm of course not thrilled about how Multi-Armed and Dangerous is presented in Dual Wield. What antes upping? That's not the essence.

Context is and was zero, no argument there.

Edited by NemuruMaeNi
desdendelle (Sergeant)
2015-01-28 08:45:49

Oh, that's Grievous. I added context.
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That page could use more context.
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