#the swordswoman

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Memento

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ooo boy here we go :D (this list is in no particular order)

Harley Quinn from DC (her journey from being the jokers "property" to becoming her own independent professional BAMF antihero is inspiring and I love her)

Abigail Hobbs from nbc Hannibal (watching her struggle to deal with her past and her father while enduring accusations from the fbi/reporters and being forced into the murder husband's life during this whole thing is so fascinating and I wish I could know more about her as a character)

Allison McRoberts from Kevin Can Fuck Himself (the blurring of lines between her trying to break free from her horrible husband while becoming horrible herself and trying to fix it is a refreshing choice and I'm glad to see more problematic/complicated protagonists)

Nica Peirce from Child's Play/Chucky franchise (she is a clever kickass survivor and I hope she gets her revenge)

Furiosa from Mad Max Fury Road (she is a beautifully unstoppable force of nature and I love her no notes)

Jennifer from Revenge (while I'm not a fan of the rape revenge genre, I enjoy seeing her fight back against her attackers and reclaim her sexuality)

Annie Newton from The Invisible (I doubt most people have seen this movie but please, go watch it, she is amazing)

Kat/Joan from The Blackcoats Daughter (I love this movie and I love this character, despite how little dialogue there is you can still feel the loneliness consuming her)

Carrie White from Carrie (this victim of abuse did nothing wrong and did not deserve to die your honor)

Erin Wyler from The Swordswoman (I just read this book and I am in love, this character and her journey is incredible)

favorite character from any media BUT it has to be a woman. in the tags now go (pls talk to me about your favorite fictional women pls pls pls pls)

[bitterly-almond]

AU: Kuina lived and her father was supportive of her ambition. He sent her to Wano to learn the way of the swords so they meet again when Zoro arrived at Wano.

I just rlly wanted to design a giant Kuina after seeing how big Kiku is :)))

[harrowedsoup]

I refuse to change my headcanon that most of the other people at Canaan House probably thought Gideon was Harrow’s pretty boy toy until she showed them she could actually fight because she acted exactly nothing like a real Cav in anyway. A teenage ruler shows up with a hot butch that clearly isn’t trained to be a ninth Cav or even a normal-ish one? Come on. They probably thought griddlehark were over compensating trying to hide by staying away from each other. 

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Utterly blown away by the kind words and responses to the previous Harrow piece everyone! ❤️

Here’s the matching Gideon Nav, in the same Alphonse Mucha x The Locked Tomb series! (I know, armour isn’t strictly canon, but it’s badass, so yeah. No apologies) Enjoy!

PS: Both this and Harrow will be available in 11” x 17” print form at Otafest this upcoming weekend! (I’ll be at the charity Sketch Drive all three days)! If you’re planning on coming out to the Con, stop by and say hi! :)

[crystallizedtwilight]

Motivational speaker Buggy!

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Tanith wearing the dancer of Ranah set 😳

[haematinon]

Created for my upcoming book Ergo Cosmos! A free chapter is available; if you are curious, just let me know.

"The swordsmanship schools of Bas and the other Mercurian capitals of the Twilight Belt have never produced a finer fighter than Felicissima, daughter of the Grandmaster Felice. And there are no better schools in the Solar System."

[elmushterri]

(There’s been some confusion, I’m a real fencer, not a cosplayer 😭😭)

My friend and I took some amazing and edgy glamour shots of me in steel fencing kit holding a steel sword yesterday, I’ve just been playing about with them.

The red band around my arm would signify who I am in the tournament (You’re either Red Fencer or Blue Fencer, they don’t call out your name during a fight), and well, my best friend’s steel jacket is already blue so that makes me Red Fencer. And fits with my Jupiter persona—

They’re very album-image-esque. Me, getting into music? No wayyyyyyhhhhh unlesss (I don’t just foreshadow nothing!) (Don’t worry I have a musical background + bits of musical theatre too, I promise I’m not a YouTuber who just decides they’re a singer 😭😭😭) For fun, anyway.

Side note: Not all the guards I did in those shots are real fencing guards, sometimes we just wanted a good shot.

Credit for for original shots: @ashrimpyshrimp

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Mercurius Pretty, PC-98

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the lantern and the amazon

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[neodiekido]

god fuuuck maki and peko both losing their sense of self and becoming killers in order to protect their childhood friends..... I'd say they could connect over this but i think seeing peko and fuyuhiko would probably fuck with maki a lot because of her own childhood friend dying despite maki's efforts to protect her

[valentinemichaelsmith]

a chance encounter.

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[hubristicassholefight]

Swordswoman showdown FINALS

Hornet (Hollow Knight) vs Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)

(Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")

Propaganda below cut

Hornet

Technically its not a sword but she wields a needle in a setting where swords do not exist and she wields it in an exceedingly swordlike fashion so. She counts; Girlboss demigoddess spider lady. She's been protecting an entire kingdom for longer than many of the other characters have been alive. She systematically kills her siblings for being too weak. She's simply the best.

#im pretty sure hornet can beat like. anyone in a fight.#have you ever fought hornet#its so fucking hard getting past her every time i play hk i go literally insane.

#i remember getting stuck on the first hornet fight on mt first play through and bring likr#''omg the boss fights in this are so hard!!!''#like what. you're not even half way through what are you talking about#you can't even DASH honey. you don't know what's diffcult or not in this game.

So, SPOILERS

but I feel like the "she systematically kills her siblings" part needs a little clarification. See, one of her siblings was used as a living prison for an angry god and that uh. Didn't work out for the sibling in question or anyone else.

This account is itself heavily abbreviated but it's likely that any other sibling Hornet encounters will be trying to take over as the god's new prison. She appears to challenge any sibling she sees to battle, in order to test their resolve against herself and her needle - would they actually have a chance against that god?

We never actually see her kill any siblings, but she does quite pointedly tell one of them that (to paraphrase) "My needle is lethal and I would feel no sadness in a weakling's demise."

Feels like a relevant quote. In any case, if they can't beat Hornet, it seems like her needle would be a far more merciful end than what the god would grant.

Anyway, a bit of additional material for @swordswomanshowdown :

As is the case for any cool swordswoman, it's not just her sword that's lethal, it's her with it. And Hornet's needle was custom made for her - the creators have said that, while other needles exist, hers was made specifically for her to wield, and its construction allows her to use her spider silk better in combat.

And another thing that I think makes her a good swordswoman: she's actually pretty thoughtful about how she uses it. There's a least one instance where she tries to warn someone off before fighting them! At the same time, when she does fight, she seems to enjoy it - during her boss battles, you can hear her laugh sometimes, as if exhiliarated. She's really got it all, as a swordswoman!!!

#HORNET SWEEP CMON PLEEEEEEASE#shes gay. shes the only sibling with a gender. shes a spider named HORNET. look like croissant. whats not to like

Xena

Warrior Princess

She wields a sword and chakram. Just had to submit a biconic swordswoman.

i love her. she made me gay as a kid. Anyway, her weapon of choice is her sword, she is obviously very good with it

#unfortunately i have to choose and i have to choose xena#a) utena had no warcry. b) xena fought gods. c) xena has kickass goofy comic book combat which is my favorite

xena didn’t just fight gods. she fucked up a girl’s life so bad that she (calisto) devoted her entire being to destroying everything that xena loved that ended up with calisto becoming a god in order to destroy xena, which didnt work because xena entombed her in lava. and then when xena and gabrielle encountered calisto in the (christian) afterlife (different from the greek one which they also fought her in), calisto dragged gabrielle to hell so xena became an archangel in order to save gabrielle and then sacrificed herself in order to undo all the harm that she did in calisto’s life and then when not!jesus (played by timothy omundson) revives xena and gabrielle, calisto impregnates xena with the reincarnation of calisto’s soul in order to end the cycle of hate. xena doesnt just fight gods. she creates and destroys them

#this isnt even mentioning her fighting julius ceasar several times#telling brutus that caesar is not his friend#xena and gabrielle’s souls reincarnating across centuries in order to kick ass and fall in love all over again#or the time xena became a god but tbh that ep is kinda ‘uhhhhh…..’ even if they did hire a consultant for it

#I think everyone here knows to vote for Xena. I think a couple people here might have some propaganda for Xena saved already#everyone remember that Xena/Gabrielle is CANON and that's a pretty big deal also#(does anyone have that Xena Loves Trans People interview around because that would also make good propaganda)

I love Xena ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️