#rope dart

[tallerthantale]

[archerinventive]

“You burn hot enough to light an ocean on fire.” -Robert Thier

A huge thank you to Dresden Blue for taking these photos of Ash and I having fun on the beach at Kindle this year.

Being out there among the mist and fire felt so surreal.

This is just a small selection of the moments she captured, but I'll be sharing more from her and other photographers over the next few days as I play catchup. :)

[nobuyukikamei]

“Every spin, every catch, every new technique—it all adds up to something bigger. Rope dart is more than just movement; it’s a dance, a flow, a connection with the moment. 🔥⚡”

[eobe]

✨🩵 Oh yes, the first time I made Padawan Eo‘s Jedi weapons 🤩

And ooooh, I got so much new lore about Eo, her time as a youngling at the Jedi order and those weapons. I will ramble as soon as I finished the design 😎✨

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[swampcanum]

Swordtember Days 24 & 25

Jeweled & Woven

[katherinetheassassin]

Old Star Wars oc, Korla

[cutecuttlefish]

The sword of the day is the rope dart.

The rope dart, or *shéng biāo*, is a rather unusual weapon used in Chinese martial arts. It consists of, as the name implies, a sharp steel dart on the end of a rope, usually around 10-15 feet (3-5 meters). It is used by swinging the dart to build momentum before launching it at a target, whereupon the attached rope allows the user to retrieve the weapon easily. Like most flexible weapons, it requires an enormous amount of training and practice to use effectively and also to avoid hurting oneself, so it was by no means a common weapon. It is, however, *extraordinarily* flashy and cool to watch.

[frostwing213]

It's so fun deciding to give a character a specific weapon because it looks cool, so then you spend 3 hours reading articles, watching videos, watching a 55 minute training video, and taking notes so that you can actually write the character using it.

[williammarksommer]

Fire Dance

Sacramento, California

A Road Home Along the Lincoln Highway series

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Tmax 400iso

[amekir]

she dart on my rope til I fire

[shytimelady]

"average college student goes through 3 bottles of Dawn a semester" factoid is incorrect. the average student goes through 0 bottles. Fire performers Georg, who regularly comes home doused in kerosene and has to decontaminate, is an outlier and should not have been counted

[archerinventive]

Happy Festival Friday!

Here's a flicker of frames from my last performance with Ashmo_fire at Shbang Festival.

So excited to be heading back to those same woods for even more magical memories. :)

[cardiac-agreste]

I am filled with excitement, nerves, dread, and pride to announce that I am taking part in the @mlbigbang this year. Starting January 8, I will be posting my Sabine fic, A Small but Stubborn Fire! AHHHHHH!

First, the team! The incomparable @uptoolateart beta read my fic, and helped shepherd it along. I've also got @naz-artz and @izanogi helping me bring visuals to Sabine's story. So many others have helped in great and small ways, and I'm overwhelmed with the support the community has given me since I decided to write my lil story. Which became a big story.

Synopsis: What if you were the parent of a teenage superhero, but didn't know they were? All you know is the nightmares, the panic attacks, and the bruises. She's missing school, she's disappearing on you, and she's not telling you anything.

So you assume the worst: Assault. Depression. She doesn't trust you anymore.

And what do you do when you realize you weren't thinking dark enough? That your fourteen-year old daughter is the hero who flirts with death on the nightly news.

More below the fold:

AO3-Style Tags: Marinette & Sabine; Tom/Sabine; minor Adrienette; Marinette Dupain Cheng; Sabine Cheng; Tom Dupain; Adrien Agreste; Rolland Dupain; Gina Dupain; Good Mother Nathalie Sancoeur; Sabine's mother!; Sabine's sister!; angst; hurt/comfort; Chinese culture; happy ending; inter-generational trauma; Sabine's mom, Gabriel, and Tomoe should start a Bad Parents Club; SABINE KNOWS KUNG FU; IDENTITY REVEAL; IDENTITY SHENANIGANS; SO MUCH DRAMATIC IRONY; Nobody better forget Marinette is half-Chinese; etc.

Excerpt:

She was surprised at how easy she found it to invade Marinette’s privacy this morning, and how quick she was to turn critical. It was Marinette’s diary, after all—she could write as sloppy as she wanted. Trust her.

“I’ll be back down in a sec, Alya. I can’t believe I forgot my backpack!” shouted Marinette from a few feet away. Sabine startled, but couldn’t see any way to avoid getting caught.

“Maman! What are you doing?!”

She spun around, schooling her face not to betray her guilt. “I thought I had left my ring up here last night after your latest nightmare. I was hoping you’d found it but forgotten it on your desk.”

Marinette ran over and scooped her diary up from her desk, closed it, and hugged it to her chest. ”The ring…on your finger?”

“What?” Caught. Sabine looked down at her trembling fingers. “Yes! Oh, haha! Silly me, it was right there the whole time! Oh, please don’t tell your father, he’ll tease me for days.”

“...right.” Marinette shifted from one foot to the other, seemingly unable to stay still. Sabine wondered if it was just the invasion of privacy that had Marinette anxious.

Marinette gulped loudly. She slapped her free hand over her mouth and laughed nervously. Then she spun around and rushed to her backpack, sliding the diary inside.

Sabine was proud of herself that in the end she hadn’t peeked, but at the same time she wished her eyes had accidentally scanned a few pages. She wanted the knowledge, but knew she shouldn’t get it this way.

She walked to the attic door and stepped through to the ladder. As she took the rungs one at a time, she ran her hand along the trim of the door, feeling the wood grain beneath her fingers, and she paused. “Marinette? You know I love you very much, right?”

“Of course!”

“And you don’t think I’m too hard on you?”

Marinette tilted her head and looked at her, her eyes revealing confusion and concern. “No, not at all! Maman, is there something wrong?“

Sabine angled her face down when she realized she was straining to smile. She inspected the ladder like she needed to pay attention while she descended, as if she hadn’t been doing this every day for years.

“No, nothing’s wrong. Sometimes parents want what’s best for their kids but don’t know if they’re doing the right thing.”

She heard Marinette shuffle toward the hatch and felt a hand slide over hers . There was Marinette, crouched low, moving her forehead in to touch hers, smiling broadly.

“I’m so happy you’re my mother. Don’t worry about a thing; I’m not going anywhere.” Her phone tolled with incoming messages, probably from Alya. “Ahhh!!! Except to school! Because I’m late! And grounded! Move, Maman!”

[tallerthantale]

Had a fun practice the other night.

[rope-dart-shots]

Neckspin into the Shoulder Shot for the Rope Dart! Lots of fun! Hey, so what kind of community is Tumblr? Would it be cool with y'all if I dress up in some Martial Arts Cosplay gear, and do some of these Rope Dart shots? I don't feel safe doing that on YouTube for some reason. It seems like there are more artist types here, that might accept me doing stuff like that? Heck, if you encourage me, I may plop down the $60 and buy a Scorpion costume, and do this!!

[williammarksommer]

Fire Dance

Sacramento, California

A Road Home Along the Lincoln Highway series

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Tmax 400iso