#dual handgun wielder….

[nonbinaryphantom]

for reaper au valerie i have this one gif playing in my brain everytime i think of her

[howtofightwrite]

I have read your post about how size doesn't really matter if the two fighters are equally trained, but I wanted to ask if the same holds true in an armed fight? Like sword fights and the like? Sorry if this has been asked before, or if it is not your specific area of expertise. Thank you!!!!

I'm pretty sure we've covered this before but I'll go again.

The way you've phrased it is a little vague, and the answers are different.

If you're asking about to fighters with roughly equivalent gear, then, no, their size and weight won't matter that much. If you have a thirty-six inch razor blade, and your opponent has a thirty-six inch razor blade, it doesn't really matter if you're an inch taller. Hell, at that point, it really doesn't even matter much if you're a foot taller, yes that means your effective reach is going to be a little longer (about 6.2 inches in this case.) But, the difference between being able to take a swipe at someone standing seventy-eight inches away from you, versus being limited to a mere seventy-two inches, isn't a huge deal. Now, that extra six inches of reach isn't nothing (and, realistically, those numbers will be a little lower overall (I'm halving average arm/span, and assuming they're six and seven feet tall, which does result in one abnormally high number. When you start looking at more nominal height ranges, like 5'7 vs 5'11, the actual difference in reach will drop around an inch. Bluntly, that doesn't matter.)

Now, if you're asking about their weapons, this is an entirely different situation. A specific case we had in the past was someone who wanted their dual wielding dagger user to go toe to toe with someone armed with a greatsword. In the real world, greatswords tend to have, at least, a sixty inch blade, while most knives are going to be under a foot long. In a situation like this, the greatsword creates a five foot kill zone around its user that the dagger wielder cannot traverse. As a result, they cannot attack the greatsword user without some serious creativity, or the element of surprise.

This is true for all weapons. They all have both a maximum and minimum effective range, and while the wielder can often do things to keep the weapon, at least, partially functional at very close ranges (such as pommel strikes, or half-handing), the effective range of a weapon is extremely important to understand. Also, and I hope this was clear already, but this applies to melee weapons. It's pretty common to think about ranged weapons having a max effective range, but this is just as true of a sword or spear. Similarly, as I mentioned, they have a minimum effective range as well. A lone spear user can keep themselves safe from a dagger wielder if they can keep the knives out of reach, but if the dagger fighter manages to get past their spearhead, that weapon is going to be far less effective (though, it won't become completely useless. It is still a staff, with pointy bits.) (Also, minimum effective range does apply with ranged weapons as well. Again, not something we think about often, but it is true, and why things like the eight foot rule exists for handguns.)

It's a little out of scope here, but the weight of your weapon is also extremely important. The heavier a weapon is, the faster it will tire out its wielder. And, to slightly oversimplify, an exhausted fighter is a dead fighter. This is why swords are remarkably light, frequently weighing less than two pounds, with the upper end of the spectrum (the greatswords like the Claymore or Zweihander) still weighing than a well fed, adult, housecat. Heavy weapons can easily become a death sentence to their user. And you do not need a lot of weight to get the job done. An eight pound hammer is both shockingly heavy (as weapons go), but it will do unspeakable things to anyone it solidly connects with.

In a competitive sense, if your weapon is heavier that will turn into a disadvantage over time. It's difficult to exploit in a one on one fight, but on an afternoon battlefield, where the fighting has been going since dawn, that will have had a chance to wear down the wielders.

So, yes and no, it depends if you're asking about the fighters, where it doesn't matter, or the weapons, where it becomes extremely important.

-Starke

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Taken [Mini Masterlist]

Mafia!AU

Pairing: Suho x Reader

Warning: Language; may have triggering situations including sexual situations, abuse, violence, etc.

Status: Completed

Summary: You were just a normal girl. You were just trying to get by. Until a rather unfortunate relationship brought you to the hands of Suho, the leader of the greatest mafia in the country.

Chapters

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Epilogue

Trivia

Suho’s POV:

Seeing reader kiss Chen

Seeing reader crying after seeing herself in the mirror

When reader sleeps in his bed for the first time

Asking reader to come directly to his room (Chatper 13)

When reader confesses to him

The first time he kissed reader

Seeing reader in Luhan’s dungeon

Lay’s POV:

Reader arriving at infirmary after being tortured

Members’ POV meeting reader for the first time

Xiumin giving Suho “the talk”

🎄Taken to Christmas

Moodboards

Mafia!Junmyeon - by @pikadae

Taken Moodboard - by @bubblepufff 

Taken Moodboard Masterlist - by @juditillaobsessions

Trailers

(1) (2) - by @5606milesfromchanyeol

Character Profiles

Suho

Real Name: Kim Junmyeon

Position: Leader

Specialty: Any weapon; prefers dual-weilding swords

Xiumin

Real Name: Kim Minseok

Position: Chemical engineer; second-in-command

Specialty: Any weapon; prefers knives & hand-to-hand combat

Chen

Real Name: Kim Jongdae

Position: Seeker (smooth-talker)

Specialty: Handguns & knives

Baekhyun

Real Name: Byun Baekhyun

Position: Hacker

Specialty: Swords & long-distance guns

Kai

Real Name: Kim Jongin

Position: Seeker (seducer)

Specialty: Hand-to-hand combat; always has a knife as backup

D.O

Real Name: Do Kyungsoo

Position: Assassin

Specialty: Snipers & guns; hand-to-hand combat

Chanyeol

Real Name: Park Chanyeol

Position: Arsonist

Specialty: Guns & swords

Sehun

Real Name: Oh Sehun

Position: Dealer (casinos & loans)

Specialty: Swords & handguns

Lay

Real Name: Zhang Yixing

Position: Healer

Specialty: Gun dual-wielder

Luhan

Real Name: Luhan

Position: ???

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