#the AFTG fencing au exists EXCLUSIVELY inside my head but GOD do i think about it often

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ok foxes fencing au because i need to

the fact that they're a team of 9 works out great because you can only have 3 people per weapon competing at a time (unless you have a substitute) (sorry seth)

divided into threes by what weapon they fence, i have changed this since my last post about this au:

sabreurs: andrew, kevin, renee

épéeists: neil, aaron, allison

foilists: nicky, dan, matt

why did i split the monsters up? you'll never know

the twins fence different weapons weapons but in similar-ish ways, they're both small targets, but andrew moves much faster by choice. he's able to intimidate his opponent with a strong offense, feint a retreat and then return for a wrist hit when they extend their arm. aaron is much better than andrew on the defensive, so i put him in epee because the no right of way rule means you need strong defense to prevent double hits and i think he's really good at that

kevin breaking his left hand would be equally shitty for his career as a fencer but ALSO him being able to learn how to fence RIGHT handed is entirely plausible because i know people who have learned to fence with their non dominant hand i have even done it myself. it would change the sword he uses and his general technique but it can be done

neil and allison are also both epee

everybody is at least SEMI competent in every weapon in case there's a situation in which somebody has to sub in for someone else in a different sword

this means that the scene in TFC where kevin gets neil to shoot at andrews goal until he gets tired turns into neil picks up a sabre and andrew parries every hit he makes until neil cannot hold the sword up anymore. cue shenanigans

why did i choose fencing for this? because your big Final Battle™ is OBVIOUSLY kevin vs riko in sabre and also fencing can be incredibly homoerotic if you're not a fucking coward

dan wilds deserves to hit things with a sword

renee is sabre because its aggressive and it's fast and its also about respect and learning your opponent just as much as it is about skill. to be a good sabre fencer, you have to know how to move and when to use those techniques, you need to be able to read and predict your opponents movements and if they do something different, figure out a different option on the fly. it's about logic, violence, and respect all mixed into one and renee walker speaks to me what can i say i love her your honor

now. i don't care HOW fucking edgy the ravens are. they are NOT fencing in black kit. black kit is for COACHES ONLY. they will be in WHITES like EVERYBODY ELSE. if they REALLY WANT TO they can have ravens on the backs of their lamés but THATS. IT.

the foxes have fox paws painted onto the sides of their helmets

the perfect court's numbers are tattooed as well as being on the shoulders of their jackets

jean is épée, riko is sabre

jeremy and cat are foil, laila is epee

i will explain more of this when i think enough about it