>The Sword of the Morning?
>No, no, the dual-wielding anime larper!
>Oh.

>>211729807 (OP)
Still probably the best example of dual wielding in recent memory. It's not perfect but could've been a lot worse.

>>211730734
>It's not perfect
It's fucking ASS
Dual wielding does not work with real actors. Puss in Boots 2 had some good dual wielding

>>211729807 (OP)
>watches show with dragons
>complains about some faggot waving two swords around

>>211729807 (OP)
I don't really know how they could have shown him face off against like seven dudes with only one sword and not get stabbed in the back instantly.

>>211729807 (OP)
Why fantasy armors looks so bad despite the immense budget behind these projects?

>>211729807 (OP)
The armor in that show and tv in general is so fucking ugly. It’s a shame because plate armor is so cool

>>211732182
a shield

NOWY TENDS

anyone who ever liked this show past the age of 16 is retarded
it was never good

>dual wielding swords is dumb because... because... because it just is okay!!!

>wow, I can't wait for them to portray [insert scene from the books] in the show!
>they finally do
>it fucking sucks
looking back, this was the entire show in a nutshell

>>211732182
basically the same but wielding a Greatsword with
>such speed!
I can see it
I thought his duel wielding was cool actually, but it's retarded they take a guy known for his single sword use and then do this with him. It just shows how they didn't give a fuck really about the source material and these microcosms cascade until you get season 8.

>>211729807 (OP)
Who would win in a fight?

>>211733545
What shows am I allowed to like? I'm 35.

>>211733594
not game of thrones or breaking bad or any other reddit crap

>>211733594
Berserk

>>211733658
Okay, can you name one show I am allowed to watch? Would be a lot easier than picking at random and getting your permission

>>211732182
With a greatsword

>>211733658
Come on now, state your favourite show so we can all laugh, you try hard faggot.

>>211733671
no it wouldn't
it's very easy to not say some gay shit from the 2010s

>>211733658
Then name something we’re allowed to watch.

>>211733706
then ago ahead tell me what's laughable about MASH or Miami Vice, you fucking faggot
or just keep crying about wasting 10 years of your life on a show that sucked ass from season 1 like game of thrones

>>211733594
Anything with Christian themes or direct stories from The Holy Bible.

>>211729807 (OP)
>spins the swords
>drops one
>looks like a muppet
>women laugh

>>211731517
>watches movie with elves
>complains about aBMW 5 Series 530i with optional heated seating

>>211733671
Landman, Yellowstone, Blue Bloods.

>>211733718
Can you name a single show that isn't "gay shit"?
Even just one?
You're come and tell me what shows I can't but are too much of a pussy bitch to name a single one you'll stand behind?
Pathetic, womanly behaviour.

>>211733718
>It’s very easy to name something
>Refuses to name anything
If you’re going to be an arbitrator on quality, you need to be confident on naming quality.

>when people think they'll get me to stop liking what I like
haha, I'm glad you're so concerned with my taste, though.

>>211733749
I haven't even watched gamed of thrones, you fucking shite stabber, guessed you wouldn't post your favourite show, because your an edgy try hard faggot.

>>211733773
>swords exist in the setting along with dragons
>cars don't exist in the setting along with elves
whoopedy. /pol/fag memes have fried your brain

>>211733749
>MASH
>Miami Vice
ohhhh nononono
I think the retirement home is that way, unc

>>211733784
Fuck off.

>>211733848
I named my two favorite shows, retard
you should kill yourself for defending reddit bullshit
>but I don't even like
you still got AIDS from doing this

>>211732182
https://youtu.be/5mJj16dE07s

>watch a show
>enjoy it
>people get mad
haha.

>>211733858
What's that anon? You're talking about internal consistency? You sure you wanna go down that road?

>>211733891
Oh you were being serious, fucking kill yourself

>>211733946
>have bad taste
>get laughed at
>"jokes on you, I like the attention"

>>211731517
>watch scene with character famed for wielding a massive, possibly magical greatsword
>complain about him dual wielding two normal longswords instead

>>211730851
>Dual wielding does not work with real actors
Not with European hand+1/2 swords. All kinds of dual wielding throughout history world-wide that was brutally effective. Not this.

>>211733976
post another 10 awful reaction images, surely you'll be less of a fag after
but make sure to tell us all how you think emilia clarke is both hot and a good actress

>>211733957
>wielding two swords at the same time is as internally inconsistent as a car existing in a fantasy medieval setting
From all the things you could say about the scene, eg how the actor can't dual wield, terrible choreography, etc, internal consistency isn't the hill you want to die on

>>211733979
I do, thanks for the (you)

>>211733858
It's just a meme anon, settle down

>>211734005
>Say the fag austically screeching, in a thread about a show he doesn't like, trying to police what people watch.

Have you been diagnosed yet?

>>211734104
ESL

>>211734104
>I haven't even watched game of thrones but I'm in a thread defending it because negativity is heckin gross

>>211734044
No no, I’m with him. If the setting has fantastical magic and flying fire-spitting dragons, why can’t someone have invented an affordable German-engineered car with internal combustion engine? Why is that the unbelievable part and not the giant dragon?

>>211733988
Dual wielding longswords is retarded in a vacuum

>>211734044
>wielding two swords at the same time is as internally inconsistent as a car existing in a fantasy medieval setting
Indeed it is in the case of ASOIAF, glad you agree. It's a setting that realistically proves in it's first season the difference between the use of armor and not via the Jorah duel. It's a setting where armament, shields, armor is meant to matter like it does irl. To suddenly, randomly, in the worst season of the show, introduce badly choreographed animu dual wielding and correlate it with the existence of *dragons* is woefully idiotic. I'll accept the concession

>>211734170
>newfag /pol/ tourist doesn't understand how greentexting works

>>211734153
I don't even own a TV, imagine come to this shite hole, for anything other than shitposting.

>>211734209
>imagine not being white
no thanks

>>211734170
Meryn Trant killed one of the greatest swordsmen in the world because he wore armor and the swordsman was only really effective in street duels. That was another point in the same season. Needles are amazing at killing people but worthless against armor.

>>211734209
>imagine come to this shite hole

>>211734228
Yeah I'd say it's horrible. Your point.

>>211730851
nobody cares nerd it looked fucking cool

>>211734294
>Your point.
Yes, and now I have enough points to win. Go clean your favela.

>the horribly shameful thing Howland Reed did that made him spend the rest of his life hiding in the Neck and never contacting his liege lord except when Robb raised his banners was.... using a numbers advantage to win a fight Ned knew was unwinnable without a numbers advantage

>>211733993
Yeah, a sword and a small dagger works
Like in Puss in Boots

>>211734675
Howland Reed basically doesn't even exist in the show anon- it's still canon he blasted Dayn with telepathically infused Valyrian Steel buckshot to take him out and that's what got him placed in house arrest

>>211734271
Are you retarded? Meryn Trant beats Syrio because he's fighting with a wooden sword dumbass. If he had an actual sword, rapier or not, Trant would have been dead.

>>211729807 (OP)
I'd rather fight with a long two-hander than two shorter one-handers (but I'm a Gemini lol); back in high school, it's what I preferred in our boffer-weapon d&desque larp (even though sword & board is best, I just would rather carry MORE SWORD than a shield).
>pic unrelated: kill marking for the sole air-to-air combat kill by the f22 raptor (a balloon)

>>211735123
Forgot to say but figured it was implied: I would regularly go up against dual-wielding players, and win by virtue of my longer reach and faster footwork; against shieldusers, I found backpedaling laterally and spiraling around them so they have to keep spinning to cover their unprotected flank worked best (especially if it opened up a shot for one of my friends). Sword & shield was the most difficult combo I'd face, which is when I'd bring out my handaxe and try to hook the shield out of the way with it to open up shots for my sword. (Yes: the handaxe was throwable.)

>>211729807 (OP)
>>211733557
>muh heckin books
who gives a shit, the author cant even be bothered to actually write this scene

>>211729807 (OP)
This is like when the fat retard playing Sam was mad at people asking him why he was still fat because it's not realistic.
>b-b-but muh dragons and magick!
All that high fantasy stuff has no grounding in reality, so it can do whatever. Being obese and fighting with swords are realistic things that we can only suspend so much disbelief for before it becomes silly. Dual weilding long swords in a series once praised for its realistic brutality in fight scenes is beyond retarded, high fantasy elements be damned.

>>211733576
well 7 swords is more than 2 swords

Guy had a good look, regal but intimidating at the same time. Good line too. Shame about the shitty choreography.

>>211736023
That actor was good in Black Sails.

Is he the most masculine lookmaxxing mewing character ever?

>>211737135
>>211736023
Completely wasted on that short, minor role. He should have been cast as someone recurring.

>>211736023
A lot of people love Jim for the fight and the great 2 sword fight that was book accurate

I really just loved his "lord stark" line. Said everything about him you needed to know. Respects tradition and has honor and acknowledges Ned as a better. But he looks away while saying it angry at what he did.

I wonder why more people didn't realize rheagar didn't rape lyanna simply because Dayne would never serve a dick like rhaegar so loyally if he was bad

>>211729807 (OP)
2 full-length swords is incredibly clunky and awkward regardless of how strong or ambidextrous you are.

You need 1 to be shorter than the other.

>>211737309
>I wonder why more people didn't realize rheagar didn't rape lyanna simply because Dayne would never serve a dick like rhaegar so loyally if he was bad
retard, the entire point of Aerys' kingsguard is that they're the finest knights in the realm, literal "white knights" serving a complete monster

>>211729807 (OP)
Retarded anime shit for a guy described as fighting with just one sword. Jorah fight in S1 vs Dothraki guy is cooler

nice one DnD.

>>211737309
>>211737403
>"white knights" serving a complete monster
Exact same as Jaime too. Everyone thinks he's just a douchebag prick angry all the time. But he's angry since he's constantly insulted for his finest act of stopping a mad king intent on massacring a city. He feels he can hardly do anything without breaking oaths to someone or other. Dayne and them label him traitor.

>>211738096
>he's constantly insulted for his finest act of stopping a mad king intent on massacring a city.

Are you fucking retarded? Jamie became a KG to fuck Cersei, and He only kileld Aerys after his own life was in danger. He was fine with his dad sacking the shit out of KL, and if Tywin didn't do that Aerys wouldn't have tried to blow it up.

>>211738178
You're an idiot that didn't pay attention to anything kek

>>211738280
>It's ok Jamie has no problems killing kids, he doesn't want to fuck his sister anymore! redeemed!

>>211733658
The Prisoner
Twin Peaks
Babylon 5

>that boy had wanted to be ser arthur dayne

>>211733670
But that was garbage, even the old animate was trash and the recent one had the most godawful cgi. I can’t understand how you can take a manga that’s known for its great early chapter art and make it look 3d and cheap.

>>211730851
This guy still watches cartoons for kids lol

>>211732257
>despite the immense budget
the budget goes into the producers' pockets, not into special effects or props

>>211733594
You shouldn't watch shows anymore at that age

>>211738677
Yeah that's much more childish than swords and dragons

that scene is actually retarded in terms of dual-wielding because of that constant spining
when you spin a sword like that, you use a single finger to rotate the hilt around. Durnign that time, a single swing from other guy will disarm you. Well, the fight would be done instantly if someone did a classic overhead swing and force him to block with both hands since you're not blocking such move with one hand especially when you're constantly spinning your swords
Half of the guys would be easily alive with minor wounds, because his slashes in reality lack force to deal such a deep wounds as seen in the show. But well, it's kind of fantasy show where normal sword breaks on contact with some zombies, and then the same zombie can throw a spear/javelin with the power of a balista. You can even see the people there slowing down their swing to avoid his dual swords from bouncing off them
But then again, in novels he should use a 2h sword with such speed that it was impossible to approach him outside spear range or bow/crossbows. It would be even more effective here because he could easily kept everyone at range with hsi wide arc of swings. it also kind of explains why Ned uses his clan heirloom aka 2h valyrian steel sword instead of stashing it somewhere.
>>211739187
>>211738677
If you don't do something, like watch shows because of some "adult" ruleset, then you're not any diffirent than a kid who also needs to abide similar rules. If you're an adult, you do what you want and what you enjoy. What society gonna do, storm your house and screech at you? It's childlish to think constantly about other people opinion on what you should enjoy and adjusting/limit yourself because of that. Grow up, those "kid shows" are made by adults for gigantic money

>>211739372
This is also true for all the men refusing to piss sitting down

>>211734271
Meryn fucking Trant?!?

>>211738677
Lmao you didn't just say that in a got shitters thread, did you?

Bet you guys didn't know gregors helmet was made out of Arthur daynes

>>211743804
Proof

>How do we show combat at the tower of joy and Arthur Dayne, the greatest swordsman in all of Westeros, wielding Dawn, a sword made from a meteorite, making it possibly the most unique sword in the entire story?
>I know, we'll have him dual wield the cheapest prop swords because that's badass. And that way we can get away with the most underwhelming fight choreography and cinematography in the entire show.
I think amidst all the bullshit and retarded decisions D&D made with this show this might be the thing I hated the most.

>>211733993
>All kinds of dual wielding throughout history world-wide that was brutally effective
Effective in dueling maybe. Dual wielding has never been a viable option in warfare.

>>211733749
>MASH
250 episodes of war is...LE BAD!!!

>>211733993
Dual wielding is a build that only works in bronze tier. If you're a Filipino and you're fighting other Filipinos, you can get away with fighting with two knives.

If you actually rank up to like gold of plat and you're fighting against countries who have put points into their tech tree, you should probably abandon the dual wield life.

>>211729807 (OP)
The show was unwatchable way before this happened

>>211744091
>sword made of meteorite is full of imperfections
>would be weaker than any metal on earth
>Why didn't the show just stick to realism

>>211730734
>have character with epic unique sword
>then also give him another normal sword
retard

>>211733594
Star Wars

>>211736508
Rogers unironically did nothing wrong

>>211729807 (OP)
This was one of the only good instances of dual wielding I've ever seen.

>>211737309
>and the great 2 sword fight that was book accurate
wut?
Also with all the theories abound about the Aerys' knigsguard they had to make the character as 1D as possible just to finish the show

>>211733594
Antiques Roadshow

>He dreamt an old dream, of three knights in white cloaks, and a tower long fallen, and Lyanna in her bed of blood.
>In the dream his friends rode with him, as they had in life. Proud Martyn Cassel, Jory’s father; faithful Theo Wull; Ethan Glover, who had been Brandon’s squire; Ser Mark Ryswell, soft of speech and gentle of heart; the crannogman, Howland Reed; Lord Dustin on his great red stallion. Ned had known their faces as well as he knew his own once, but the years leech at a man’s memories, even those he has vowed never to forget. In the dream they were only shadows, grey wraiths on horses made of mist.
>They were seven, facing three. In the dream as it had been in life. Yet these were no ordinary three. They waited before the round tower, the red mountains of Dorne at their backs, their white cloaks blowing in the wind. And these were no shadows; their faces burned clear, even now. Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning, had a sad smile on his lips. The hilt of the greatsword Dawn poked up over his right shoulder. Ser Oswell Whent was on one knee, sharpening his blade with a whetstone. Across his white-enameled helm, the black bat of his House spread its wings. Between them stood fierce old Ser Gerold Hightower, the White Bull, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.
>I looked for you on the Trident,” Ned said to them.
>We were not there,” Ser Gerold answered.
>Woe to the Usurper if we had been,” said Ser Oswell.
>When King’s Landing fell, Ser Jaime slew your king with a golden sword, and I wondered where you were.”
>Far away,” Ser Gerold said, “or Aerys would yet sit the Iron Throne, and our false brother would burn in seven hells.” 1/2

>>211750961
2/2
>I came down on Storm’s End to lift the siege,” Ned told them, “and the Lords Tyrell and Redwyne dipped their banners, and all their knights bent the knee to pledge us fealty. I was certain you would be among them.”
>Our knees do not bend easily,” said Ser Arthur Dayne.
>Ser Willem Darry is fled to Dragonstone, with your queen and Prince Viserys. I thought you might have sailed with him.”
>Ser Willem is a good man and true,” said Ser Oswell.
>But not of the Kingsguard,” Ser Gerold pointed out. “The Kingsguard does not flee.”
>Then or now,” said Ser Arthur. He donned his helm.
>We swore a vow,” explained old Ser Gerold.
>Ned’s wraiths moved up beside him, with shadow swords in hand. They were seven against three.
>And now it begins,” said Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning. He unsheathed Dawn and held it with both hands. The blade was pale as milkglass, alive with light.”
>No,” Ned said with sadness in his voice. "Now it ends.” As they came together in a rush of steel and shadow, he could hear Lyanna screaming. “Eddard!” she called. A storm of rose petals blew across a blood-streaked sky, as blue as the eyes of death.
Imagine reading all that and your only takeaway is "woah, cool swords and action shit". Dan & David are spiritual niggers.

>>211729807 (OP)
This looks beyond terrible.

Is Dawn the strongest Valyrian steel sword?

>>211751240
it's explicitly not Valyrian steel, but an unknown material with similar properties

>>211737135
>>211737279
Garland Tyrell right there.

>>211751240
it's not valyrian steel

>>211729807 (OP)

Watching that shit-show again, the guys behind him had to keep pulling punches because there were so many chances to stab him, they had to stop themselves. Saw the same shit with the new Jew Wars, with Kylo or whatever his name was, fighting a bunch of goons and they could have killed him a hundred times in the fight, but deliberately had to aim at the floor, aim at nothing, etc, when swinging at his back

>>211751438

How do you still get smoked when you've got the most OP sword in the series? That sword couldn't even handle 2v1? That's bullshit, fatty is a hack

>>211756375
>How do you still get smoked when you've got the most OP sword in the series?
Howland Reed either poisoned him or warged into him to open him up for a killing blow from Ned

Here's the scene in the books.

>>211756422
outnumbered + ned's a pretty good fighter, I think he also brought Ice to the tower of joy but I might be wrong