#Duels

[achromatophoric]

Pre-Wenclair. In the middle of a circle of students, Wednesday has a hand to her cheek. She glares at Enid, who looms over a discarded glove.

Enid: Wednesday Friday Addams, I challenge you to a duel!

Wednesday: An unexpectedly bold move, Sinclair.

Wednesday: *nods* Fine. I accept.

Enid: *relieved exhale*

Wednesday: As the challenged, I choose sharp instruments—

Enid: *glances nervously at the crowd*

Thing: 👍

Wednesday: —and adhering to Addams family tradition, the challenger may select our weapons.

Enid: *gaze snaps back to Wednesday* Then I choose your sharpest blade.

Wednesday: *arches one eyebrow*

Enid: Your TONGUE—

Wednesday: *other eyebrow joins*

Enid: —against MINE.

Wednesday:

Wednesday: Pardon?

Enid: *nods* You heard me. Tongues.

Wednesday:

Wednesday: Ah… I must point out that technically, in this context, a sharp—

Enid: Technically, in this context, are you being a coward?

Wednesday: *bristles* Never. What are the conditions for victory?

Enid: To first moan.

Wednesday:

Wednesday: *de-bristles*

Wednesday: S-Sunset?

Enid: Fine with me. Our balcony.

Wednesday:

Wednesday: *swallows and nods* Tongues at sunset, our balcony.

Wednesday: I shall… um— Until then.

Wednesday: *spins around and hastily storms away*

Enid:

Enid: *turns to the watching crowd*

Enid: 😐

The crowd:

Enid: 🤗

The crowd: *CHEERS*

[deadpresidents]

What was Alexander Hamilton's relationship like with the presidents he knew?

Hamilton was very close to George Washington, but had significant issues with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. And, in 1797, Hamilton very nearly fought a duel with James Monroe but, believe it or not, they avoided bloodshed because an acquaintance helped squashed their beef. Who helped broker the peace between Hamilton and Monroe? AARON BURR. History is amazing, isn't it?

(We can all admit that Alexander Hamilton's issues with...you know...basically EVERY Founding Father suggests that maybe HE was the issue, right? I'm an Aaron Burr Guy, so I might be biased, but where I come from if multiple people want to kill you, you are probably the problem.)

[that-gay-jedi]

Is that a lightsaber in your pocket or did your penis just cut my fucking hands off?

[vertigoartgore]

The cast of Sam Raimi's underrated western The Quick and the Dead : Leonardo DiCaprio (before Titanic), Gene Hackman (soon after Unforgiven), Sharon Stone (after Basic Instinct) and Russell Crowe (some years before Gladiator).

[thatsbelievable]

[legend-had-it]

rip zoro you wouldve loved being a cowboy

[illustratus]

The Knight Errant | Le Chevalier Errant

by Gustave Doré

[tentacion3099]

[victusinveritas]

Victorian ladies knew how to settle their differences. (Illustrated Police News, via Newspapers.com) This leaves out the topless duel between Austro-Hungarian nobility.

[uchiha-namikaze-spawn]

A type of fanfiction I need that is extremely rare to find is how used the characters are to something.

Like, jutsus, for an example, imagine Boruto (I'm going for Naruto: Next Gen for a better understanding) watching Sasuke and Naruto do signals with their hands too fast for human eye to capture and he stops and just thinks how difficult and how many times these shinobi had to use these hand signs in order to be able to even make it one handed - as its Sasuke case, in which he can even use another person's hand to use jutsus - and Boruto just ignores Kurama, sharingan, etc., etc. and focus on asking Naruto if he even knows what he is doing.

After awhile it must become muscle memory, right? You know you want the result to be a huge tower of water and just effortlessly acts on it, your brain not having to think it through, think about every detail so you don't end up with a small water puddle instead.

I know that Boruto is used with "the fastest you can hand sign the more skilled the shinobi" yadda-yadda but- imagine he has a moment to think out of the box as he analyses his father dueling with his sensei just for the sake of it-

[atyd1960]

The Marauders as duels:

Lily & Pandora: The justice fighters- they’re out to get the ministry of magic, these bitches better watch out.

Remus & Mary: Gryffindor house’ Casanovas- everyone’s in love with them.

James & Marlene: Quidditch team buds- they will make you run laps around the castle at 5.50am, stay safe.

Evan & Barty: The unhinged due- they have genuine murderous intentions, they’re terrifying.

Regulus & Peter: The sulkers- don’t talk to them, they’re brooding.

[microcosme11]

General Jean-Louis-Ebénézer Reynier (1771-1814), Engraving by Elisabeth G. Herhan after a drawing by Jean-Urbain Guérin (wikimedia commons)

Reynier was the man who killed General Destaing in a duel because Destaing was insulted by Reynier's book about the Egyptian campaign. Destaing unwisely challenged him. Naps was pretty ticked off about it, but Reynier was too good to get rid of, so he served in countless campaigns after that. He was finally taken prisoner at Leipzig. The Russians offered him a commission but he declined and returned to France in a prisoner exchange. He died soon afterward, apparently being completely worn out.

[francepittoresque]

26 juin 1599 : arrêt du Parlement contre les duels ➽ http://bit.ly/Arret-Parlement-Duels Après les guerres civiles qui désolèrent la France vers la fin du XVIe siècle, les duels devinrent si communs que le parlement de Paris, usant de ses prérogatives, rendit un arrêt en forme de règlement dont on ne peut trop admirer la sagesse, et le premier d’une série d’édits prévoyant des peines sévères pour les contrevenants

[deer-vertebrae]

no we have to set the date now. i gotta make sure i have the right socks. yeah for the duel. yeah the one with you who else am i dueling to the death? lmao. but yeah can we schedule? to plan in advance. gotta wear my socks. they have little strawberries on them in rows like 🍓 🍓 🍓 🧦. yes. for the duel, geez. ok next tuesday? ok cool thank you ill see you then have a good day!