The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Something That Has Always Bugged Me
Fcrate:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on June 27, 2022, 03:52:15 AM --- No, you could crack a rib with a really good jab. You wouldn't hold the staff at the very end where you would have poor control.
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Yes, if you planned on fighting one handed, and already had a decent grip on the middle and an obliging opponent who doesn't care if you hit them.
I try to make allowances for the story, action scenes don't have to be realistic. In fact, beyond a certain point, realism has a negative impact on the audience. Imagine an action scene that goes like this: Will attacked Cane with a powerful right hook, hitting him square in the jaw. Cane reeled back two steps, pulled a gun that was tucked into his pants and shot Will in the face. Pieces of Will's brain splattered over me, and by the time I overcame the shock of seeing a friend die so quickly, Cane was emptying the rest of his bullets into my chest. The end.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Fcrate on June 27, 2022, 07:22:14 AM ---Yes, if you planned on fighting one handed, and already had a decent grip on the middle and an obliging opponent who doesn't care if you hit them.
I try to make allowances for the story, action scenes don't have to be realistic. In fact, beyond a certain point, realism has a negative impact on the audience. Imagine an action scene that goes like this: Will attacked Cane with a powerful right hook, hitting him square in the jaw. Cane reeled back two steps, pulled a gun that was tucked into his pants and shot Will in the face. Pieces of Will's brain splattered over me, and by the time I overcame the shock of seeing a friend die so quickly, Cane was emptying the rest of his bullets into my chest. The end.
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If Harry were an ordinary guy, I would totally agree with you, but Harry is a wizard and this is a fantasy. Hey there are no two hundred and something plus year old guys running around either, let alone one smacking people and breaking bones with their walking sticks. This is traditional for wizards from Gandalf through Harry and beyond, remember the scene in "Two Towers"?
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: g33k on June 27, 2022, 03:43:00 AM ---I'm gonna be a bit contrarian here.
Sometimes he DOES just use it as a "big stick" to whack things, no magic included... and it is a big stick.
Two hands helps with a staff, for sure... BUT ... (and I'm just sayin, here) a "nightstick" (tonfa) is a similar-diameter stick, explicitly used 1-handed.
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Maybe Harry has just one hugely developed arm from solo manipulation of his staff on a repeated basis?
Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on June 27, 2022, 12:59:18 PM ---Maybe Harry has just one hugely developed arm from solo manipulation of his staff on a repeated basis?
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Hell(boy)Harry
g33k:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on June 27, 2022, 12:59:18 PM ---Maybe Harry has just one hugely developed arm from solo manipulation of his staff on a repeated basis?
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Must.
Not.
Make.
Deadpool.
Joke.
<fails miserably>
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