I see you have a sword! I have one too! They're very manly and tough!

[affablyevil]

I just spent the last hour trying to figure out a narrative ploy for an angel surviving getting stabbed with their own sword.* At first I thought "Hey, it's their own sword, it can't kill them!" But then I remembered that episode that I'd blocked out because it makes me so very sad and haven't been able to rewatch yet despite its awesome gods as well as the way Urinal was stabbed by Anna back in season 4 and probably a billion examples. Maybe it's a face stab thing? Or maybe it really isn't just possible. Clearly I need to rewatch episodes, oh woe.

Nothing will convince me that the sword Dean used to kill Zachariah wasn't totally Castiel's. Because I like it okay. That's going to be my bit of fanon and that's that. Plus the justice is delicious.

Anyone know what kind of swords they've been using as angel swords? It's almost looks like a gladius but the pommel isn't knobbed, plus the size difference so idk maybe — since that was added for grip and angel swords are manifested supernatural metaphysical objects anyway is it too different fffff. But it does look kind of Roman, if you kind of change out the hilt and squint? Yeah, maybe not, since their angel swords have been a slow taper and — whatever. I do like the general blade shape of the gladius or even the midrib shit going on with the xiphos and angel swords can look different if I want them to so. Nyah. Whatever, I clearly know nothing about swords how embarrassing.

This bit of OCD detail probably won't even make it in whatever it is I'm not writing anyway. I just enjoy the research frenzy. And imagining Castiel do that one-handed sword-twirl. What a bamf.

P. S. How awesome would it be to see an angel fight with one of these bad boys? I can dream, can't I?

While typing this up we had a 6.4 earthquake because Oki is TRYING TO KILL ME WITH NATURAL DISASTERS THIS YEAR. At least it's better than the 7ish one we had in February, though this one went on for way longer because it was only 10 km down.

* ETA: Turns out it was something I didn't need to worry about anyway! Way to fail, self.

Comments

[architeuthis.livejournal.com]

The angels' swords are more like giant-ass dirks than anything else, though they are two-edged with some kind of fuller, it looks like, and a typical dirk is single-edged. Still, they are about the right shape in profile (http://swordforum.com/fall99/mcrae-2.jpg), aside from the somewhat different hilt proportion. They also kind of remind me (especially when held underhand, because that was the style) of the dueling knives you got in Europe in the middle ages, which were big and pretty stout, with a two-edged triangular blade. I'd venture to say the swords on the show were designed special for it and are not based on anything in particular other than Rule of Cool. Certainly they're not off the shelf: that chrome handle is wildly impractical.

How awesome would it be to see an angel fight with one of these (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TzHPIcYqPuc/S0WkvKLjgEI/AAAAAAAACXY/yucDF8LN1Cw/s320/urumi.jpg) bad boys?

Oh shit yes. I love those.

[affablyevil.livejournal.com]

This definitely helps — yeah I was also looking at pictures of dirks but I kept getting discombobulated because they're so big (in b4 "That's what she said.") So I figured there ought to be a swordish model with that kind of (almost really basic looking) design, but alas.

For all that I really don't need to be thinking about Castiel dueling with other angels in Europe in the Middle Ages I'll have to investigate this since I actually didn't look into knives very much. More research investigating!

It's not chrome it's cherubic angelum okay. But yeah I'd agree that it is rather impractical, they at least look a little balanced? Maybe? Or maybe the props team just decided to have a hell of a good time and screw everyone.

Rule of Cool says we need urumi in this tv series, stat!

[anonijay.livejournal.com]

Pattern-welded swords?

Not that I'd know for certain, but it happens to be a minor area of expertise ;->

Gorgeous stuff
http://www.armart.antiquanova.com/Viking_pattern_welded.htm