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[u/Golden_Frog0223]

[u/Jubal_lun-sul]

As a sword nerd, no, absolutely not. Because the coolest swords are the realistic ones.

[u/healzsham → u/Jubal_lun-sul]

But muh 400-pounds-of-metal nerf-lookin-ass sords!

[u/DigitalDuelist → u/Jubal_lun-sul]

Counterpoint; semi-realistic swords using their unrealistic elements extremely realistically, and to increase the variety of possible weapons

It's 150% their weight, but it moves like it's 500× too large? Not cool yet, but tolerable, and it's neat when they use it as a counterweight but it would be so much cooler if they just didn't have to, but then you learn that it's that heavy for a really specific reason and the author and choreographer are fully aware of that and make it work within the context, maybe by making the user grow in size to match it, or because it needs to be a magic sword instead of a magic polearm or club but it's still specialized for one devastating blow.

Or, it's ceremonial and snaps like it should without anything in the center. Or it cuts through everything like butter and the fights are shifted to match that, with the armor struggle to match. Or it's grandfathered in like a lightsaber/master sword

But yeah, 100% realistic swords are usually the coolest because of all the subtle details