rating cookie's forms while chopping wood part one
from someone who's taken classes
starting off very strong! she's using both hands; sliding her top hand down when she swings. her body is angled correctly, although she does seem to slightly lose her balance at some point, judging how she moves her front foot. crucially, she doesn't seem to be looking at the target, so 9/10
you may think i'm biased, but this is genuinely alright! she's not exactly holding it correctly, but that's fine because of the short distance. she's going for accuracy rather than power, which, for a beginner, will yield better results. i wouldn't hire her though. 7/10
no. she's looking at the target for a second, she's not even pretending to hold it right, i- ugh. her feet aren't on the ground, meaning there's no power and next to nothing is going to happen to that wood. she is managing to hit in an arc down and below her waist, so she scrapes her way to 1/10
here's the Actual Axeman- ..... maybe the axe is far too small, but dude, no one is above proper form. i'm perplexed. its very natural for him, and you can tell by the fact he doesn't brace at all for impact. but... he's hitting the wood adjacent to his shoulders. he's holding it like it's a tennis racquet. i was hoping for better. 6/10
he's trying to go for the biggest swing, and the transfer of weight is too much for him. the axe looks like it could slip out of his hands at any moment. he's angled himself right, but that's how you get this big swing. bonus points because no one should have given him an axe. 2/10
cheating bastard. i guess??? i fucking GUESS??? their form is good??? but there's no way i can't give blackberry a 0/10.
he's not a lumberjack, we get it. i don't know why he's bending like that, or why he's leaning back. there is attempt to hold it correctly, but his right arm should be much nearer the head of the axe. 4/10
theres a tiny rebound on the axe, and he loses his balance (very similarly to alchemist!), so he shouldn't be swinging it this far. he wouldn't get anything chopped quickly or neatly, per se, but it would be fine for firewood. 7/10
dreadful!!! on god!!! his coat is making me SO nervous. he's doing some strange hip action that puts his leg muscles at risk of being pulled. he's likely to harm someone else, if not himself, chopping that high. 2/10
he has no fucking clue what he's doing. clearly, he's only been observing tea knight - the one-handedness (literally. he only has one arm), the unblinking, the shoulder-high chops.... he assumes proper form like the book-smart nerd he is, but, to be honest, he's more helpful around his antiques. 3/10
part two
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On the topic of log cabin on the knee adventures... it's probably a decently fancy rich person cabin with magical central heating and the like, but I imagine there is a wood burning stove as well, just in case.
Sure should that need ever contrive itself they could just stick a fire glyph in there, but they need to be extra prepared, and there's a big stack of firewood that needs to be cut down to size, and one Amity who is antsy enough from being in the same relatively small house and bed with Luz for the past week and needs to get the energy out, sooo, off to chopping... just in case. with some contrived on the spot excuse for why she isn't using an abomination that nobody believes.
Naturally Luz is worried and sitting out there to 'watch for slitherbeasts' and totally not to watch Amity using an axe or appreciating her buffness at all... and conspicuously not mentioning the fire glyph. Whether or not Amity knows about the fire glyph depends on whichever is funnier. Luz's presence does lead to a lot of wood being chopped though.
Hunter is just... not going to involve himself in this situation or interrupt this bizarre ritual, not whilst Amity is holding an axe anyway. it is keeping Luz distracted, relaxed and happy though, (or he's discretely using plant glyphs to add more wood to the pile to fuck with Amity and mess with her head)
ALL OF THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY. i'm an ETERNALLY huge fan of "for some reason i had to go out in the cold to chop wood for six hours. and then wade into a partially iced-over river. no science can explain this"
hunter discreetly adding wood to the pile is Killing me. he's like well! luz is distracted and amity clearly isn't running out of energy. win-win :)
luz would tell him to stop doing it if she noticed but as mentioned, she is.... distracted.
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I’m currently on the hunt for what appears to be some Shrek lost media?
So, I saw this tweet:
And through conducting some further research, I found this article:
Now, my issue comes in because the link leads to a completely dead website. So, I need to bring this to everyone’s attention so we can try and find this video!
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