2974 Are You Offering Me A Duel
on November 9, 2016
Chapter: Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Crossover
Characters: Hank, Lord Trahl Alla'a, Mike the Microraptor, Princess Gaggia Shadowtalker, Scale, Sir Idries of Falconheim
Location: The Black Mountain
Scale, Hank, Handler and Gertrude are all visiting us from “Cowboys and Crossovers”
http://cowboysandcrossovers.thecomicseries.com/comics/
Drawn by Ron Bender (Well, when they aren’t being drawn by me, that is…)
Don’t do it, Hank! It didn’t work out for Marty McFly, and it won’t work out for you!
Ouch, Hank is a mean shot and good at handling a banjo, but a swordfight? :-/
Wonder if he can use a stand-in? The Blade Maiden is on her way :p
Being a western style sheriff, I’m pretty sure Hank’s going to be quite good at handling a bowie knife or similar short, sharp and brutal weapon.
Which means if he gets inside the swing range of that sword (you tend to have to keep someone at arm’s reach with a sword), Princey is going to be backpedalling really fast with a trained knife-fighter in his face.
A real man uses the weapon he’s trained to use and has put his trust in. Just because it isn’t someone else’s weapon doesn’t make him less of a man. To do so is a fools gambit.
Boys.
It always comes down to a sward wagging contest. Whose is bigger, who can handles theirs "better" ….
Helps the girls feel superior 😀
DING! DING! DING! You got it in one! Don Pardo, tell 3Xp4t what they won!
"They’ve won an all expenses paid vacation of 6 days and 2 nights to scenic Detroit, staying at the newly condemned Hotel 6 on 8 Mile road!! In addition they’ve won a free copy of our home game, a case of Turtle Wax, and a year’s supply of Rice-a-roni, the San Francisco treat!"
But *he’s* not a real (hu)man, he’s a phony elf!
Does machismo really cross races, or is this guy just using it to bait Hank?
Face me when I have the advantage. Like a REAL man. A real STUPID man!
Seems that men have really given themselve the "brave but stupid" stereotype…
"Brave like hero, smart like streetcar."
Historically, the difference between a brave act and a stupid act is whether it worked. If it works, you are brave. If it doesn’t, you’re just an idiot. In either case, survival is optional.
At first I thought the thing at her foot was a cat o’ nine tails, but then I realised it was yet another of those delightful details.
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Missed that… thanks for pointing it out!
Big talk coming from a mere elf, Prince! Shoot him right between the eyes, Sheriff! It worked on the superior gorgon, didn’t it?
A real man uses his fists!
A real man removes his sheath by tempting a rock viler into a game of doggy death pull with razors for teeth in the middle of the motorway at night 😀
You’ve got to be kidding me. *shoots knees* Who ever falls for that?
Ah, an IQ test!
A real Alligator Man would wait until he’s in the bath tub!
The sheriff, however, need only remove his heel spurs or his badge and use it as a ninja throwing star!
Oh Jeez,,, and he’s just stupid enough.
NO, "real men" fight with their Fists!
Heh heh, feeling lucky, Elf?
like you’re one to talk about being a real man, mister fancy pants.
First, shoot both of the elf’s arms. Also both his legs. Then accept the duel.
Hank if you fall for this someone needs to slap the stupid off you
Because that would be stupid?
You are an expert in the blade, I am not. Further, I am not here for a ‘fair and honourable’ fight, I am here to arrest a criminal. If that criminal resists arrest, as the Gorgon did, I will use lethal force.
(okay, not exactly Faux Old West speak, but that is the essence of how he should reply to the stupid challenge)
He could also toss him a pistol and offer to have a shoot-out, which is just as absurd (and historically only happened very rarely, no matter what Hollywood says)
On top of that, if you are in a fight to the death, being ‘honourable’ about it is quite frankly stupid. Which is WHY there were few actual shootouts.
No, Hank! No, no, no, NO! You’re not there to "prove you’re a man", you’re there to apprehend a wanted criminal. DO NOT fall for the "face me on equal terms" gambit, you have a job to do and an oath to uphold.
The amount of reactions suggest that this is quite credibly an effective taunt. I’m not sure what that says about my gender…
It’s a standard trope, the person losing challenges the person winning to a ‘fair fight’s on the grounds that the person winning is a coward, knowing – or at least believing- that they will have an advantage in the ‘fair fight’ (thus it’s still not ‘fair’) and will be able to win or at least escape. The other – often the hero – will agree because they will seek to protect their reputation as brave and honourable.
And apparently, stupid.
Not having seen many real fights I don’t know if it works IRL, but it sure does in fiction. Usually. There are exceptions, like Indiana Jones in Raiders, and Mal Reynolds in Serenity and Firefly.
The elf never stated swords… just blades.
*throws bowie knife into right shoulder, then throws second bowie knife into right kneecap*
"There, I faced you with blades. And you’re on the ground screaming in pain and bleeding. Guess I win."
*draws blade, shoots him in the legs* "So? Faced u with a gun…"