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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 2808072" data-attributes="member: 1015">But... I find it just so amusing when I see gamers romanticize ancient/medieval weapons while decrying guns. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />So Inara is a Jedi knight now? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />The Star Wars movies (especially the prequels) have shown repeatedly that a trained force-user with a lightsaber is pretty much a superhero.Maybe he's a japanophile?  I'll bet that as soon as the events in Serenity were over he went home and ate pocky while watching magical girl anime. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />In real life, the katana was hardly ever used as a battlefield weapon.  Samurai would instead use bows, polearms, or rifles.  Katanas were mainly used for ceremonial purposes, duels (which happened rarely, because contrary to common belief, very few samurai were skilled swordsmen), and executing enemies or commoners who didn't show proper respect.In Serenity, the operative seems to prefer using his katana as a tool of execution.  His real weapon of choice seems to be martial arts (which was a good thing for Mal, because if the operative would have had the good sense to use a gun, the final battle may have had a different outcome).If Inara would have picked a shotgun, I wouldn't have anything to complain about. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In CQB, I'd probably rather have a MP5 or M-4 Carbine, but a shotgun is still a damn fine CQB weapon.</blockquote>

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