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My brother in suffering you are a relic of a fallen feudal slave state who is kept relevant as an anti-communist propaganda icon by the American state. (hexbear.net)

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[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

Stories don't have to be true, and one story I did read was about them being competing contemporaries trying to make a superior blade, one of them cutting too forcefully and the other being very gentle and smooth, or something like that.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

That seems to be how they're frequently depicted in media. And also lol "oh no my sword is too good at cutting! It's evil cutting!" playwrights lol.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 4 weeks ago

I did like the Taoist idea I read a while back about a blade being sharp enough to sort of unmake something as it cuts through it, keeping its edge by not hitting any points of resistance that it didn't need to.

I even worked that into a key moment in my second book, from an antagonist character that had a habit of breaking swords a bit too much before that moment.