Girls With Swords!, For Erin

[Gibbs505]

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[willowfall]

Chainmail is a bitch on nipples .... just saying.

Historical fact. It was universally just referred as mail since it was a give that that was to only way to make mail, via chains. It is only (a long time) after metal armor stopped being used on the battlefield that the general public started referring to it as "chain mail".

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willowfall

 

[malins]

Well it's not a sword, but...

(photo by Mikaella Speranskaya)

 

[Gibbs505]

Well it's not a sword, but...
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(photo by Mikaella Speranskaya)

An axe fits nicely!

 

[willowfall]

Well it's not a sword, but...
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(photo by Mikaella Speranskaya)

Totally true but an axe (along with spears and bows) are found much more often in female graves than swords. Makes sense it is a much easier weapon to learn to use. In fact it would have been an every day tool for everyone in the household.

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[Hugin&Munin]

I also spotted some girls with swords.

 

[cruxlover]

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Now that's my kind of armor: affords protection, but with maximum convenience!

But NO protection to the most vital part!

 

[Gibbs505]

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[Hugin&Munin]

But NO protection to the most vital part!

A girl who can fight with such a Katana doesn't need armor and the first one has a shield.

 

[Jollyrei]

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In an alternate universe, Marie Antoinette confronts the revolutionaries storming Versailles: "You want a piece of me, boys? Come and get me."

 

[malins]

Woman in armor have always excited me more than women in lingerie. Jeanne d'Arc was probably the first woman I fell in love with when I was still a child.

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another joan of arc impression


a shieldmaiden by Liiga Klavina, more of her art is in the witches thread


a Princess Fantaghiro impression, I used to watch that with my daughter


Some more women who have donned armor and/or picked up the sword
(or maybe, just have visions of doing that)

 

[Hugin&Munin]

And another fighter who wants to emulate Joan of Arc

 

[willowfall]

And another fighter who wants to emulate Joan of Arc
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Personally I'd much rather want my career to be Matilda of Tuscany rather than Joan.

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[Doragon]

Armor becoming fashionable?

 

[Gibbs505]

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[Hugin&Munin]

And I have some Asian swords girls here.

 

[Gibbs505]

Willowafall, your professional opinion please!

 

[Jollyrei]

Willowafall, your professional opinion please!

There are easier ways to do that, I think, but I see the attraction.

 

[Gibbs505]

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[Doragon]

There were female gladiators in Rome. Not as many as male ones, but they were much admired. And they fought topless.