#weapon% boomerang

[squish--squash]

can someone tell my axe to come back I uh. kinda need it.

[frickyesforumweapons]

[andonuts-about-you]

i love colors <3 anyway i think im done with my silly lil concept thing now

Edit: Newgrounds upload here!!

[fedoraspooky]

The downside of having an old west gunslinger type character for a dungeons and dragons 5e game is that now i have to learn how the heck to draw guns

[shikisei]

soul eater au

[anicomicqueen]

Zelda Theory: Fi the Fairy Queen

Okay, so this post by @twilight-linkess inspired me to move forward with a theory I had. This got way too long. Ye who travel onward beware. Here there be theories.

The gist of my theory is that Fi is a fully matured Fairy Queen and that Fairy Queen is a specific species of fairy. I also think Fi and all fairies (Fairy Queens, Great Fairies, Fairies, etc.) are  raised to help heroes with their magic.  With Fi, I think she excelled as a fairy which ended with her earning the title of “Sword Spirit.” And maybe was specially chosen for her particular set of skills to be the Fairy that would inhabit the Master Sword for thousands of years.

If this is of interest to you, I have some more to say...A lot more to say. 

So first things first.

Here is a Fairy Queen from The Wind Waker:

And here is an image of Fi from Skyward Sword:

These two look so so so so similar. Everything from base color palette to hair and nearly unreadable facial expression, with solid color eyes. The biggest difference being that the Fairy Queen from Wind Waker looks like a child but is apparently “much older,” according to the ZeldaWiki.

But if Fairy Queens were a specific subspecies of fairies, they could potentially have a lifespan of tens of thousands of years, meaning even if she is “old” by Hylian standards or Zora standards, or what have you, she could theoretically still be a child by Fairy standards.

The Fairy Queen and Fi also have similar powers.

The Fairy Queen in Wind Waker has weapon based abilities. I have yet to play WW, but according to the wiki, her specific ability is she imbues arrows with ice or fire powers.

Maybe each type of fairy has their special magic category. Fairy Queens are weapon/item related. Great Fairies are health or armor related, depending on the refinement of their ability. Regular Fairies are healing powers only. Etc.

And going off that, maybe at a young age, Fairy Queens would still have elemental or weapon-based magic, but would only be able to supply a smaller bit of magic to weapons and items such as adding elemental attacks.

Then as Fairy Queens age, they refine their subset of powers and undergo some form of coming of age ceremony where they are finally able to adopt a weapon form or are able to more powerfully perform elemental attacks. Like I dunno, harnessing the wind perhaps? Which takes us to the Gale Boomerang.

First, take a look at some details on the Gale Boomerang:

And some details on the Master Sword:

And some details on Fi’s body:

These inlaid gems are notably missing from the child-like Fairy Queen from Wind Waker, supporting the theory that she has yet to undergo her coming of age to become an item or weapon meant to aid the hero.

Fi on the other hand would have already undergone her coming of age, and based on her very terrible social skills and obsession with percentages, she was probably a prodigy even among Fairy Queens, resulting in her being specially chosen by Hylia to be a Sword Spirit. Tasked with assisting Hylia in creating one of the most powerful type of weapons heroes will use: A blade that seals darkness.

In Fi’s case, she was to become the Goddess Sword/Master Sword. But maybe the Four Sword, Lokomo Sword, Phantom Hourglass Sword, Great Fairy Sword, and Fierce Diety Sword are also Sword Spirit weapons crafted by a god and a Fairy Queen.

Anywho, that was a bit of a tangent, so what about the Fairy of Winds? What do they have to do with this again?

Well, Fi is a spirit that inhabits the Master Sword, which can talk to Link (and Zelda).

And the Gale Boomerang is another weapon with a spirit that can also talk to Link (and probably Zelda).

If both of these items are weapons with spirits bound to help the hero and they can both talk to the hero who wields them, (given that they still have enough strength and energy to do so), isn’t it possible that the Fairy of Winds and Fi are the same type of being? In this case, Fairy Queens?

If so, the Fairy of Winds may have at one point been able to manifest a physical body like Fi’s does in Skyward Sword after they inhabited the Gale Boomerang. Which I think is a pretty neat idea.

And I like to think that if the Fairy of Winds were able to manifest, she would have similar diamonds on her chest and head, she would probably be dressed slightly different, and she would probably have different base colors.

And—

Wait...

There is another weapon that can do all these things as well now that I think about it.

I’ll be right back.

Okay.

Look ye upon Ghirahim:

Did you notice he also has those diamonds? And the hair? And the eyes? And he can turn into a weapon? And he can talk to the hero as well as the person who wields him?

Because he can!

Which means...

That’s right! 

Ghirahim would ALSO have to be a Fairy Queen. Or a Fairy King, perhaps? 

Ahhh! 

((Okay, future Ani here. This all starts to devolve into pure insanity and  headcanon from here on so like, if you’re anybody is still around and still reading, feel free to stop reading now. Or carry on. Thanks for reading this far. 😅 ))

Okay hear me out. But like, what if Fairy Queens/Kings are all inherently good from the beginning? Because their purpose is to help heroes. That would mean there is a chance that Ghirahim was at one point good. Possibly really good at performing Fairy Queen/King magic even. Maybe even a contender for being chosen as the spirit for the Master Sword. Maybe he resented the fact that Fi was chosen over him and Demise saw the opportunity to act, corrupting Ghirahim forever.

Or maybe Ghirahim was the first Sword Spirit, but was eventually forgotten after Fi came into being centuries later. The new and improved Ghirahim. And then Ghirahim and Demise both fell to the darkness of envy, corrupting both of them forever as Fi and Hylia took center stage among the gods.

Man, I have many new headcanons about an entire race of Fairy Queens and Kings that I need to make more notes about now. 

All I can think is that they train for millennia to hone their skills as children, then as they get older they must undergo their own trials, just as Link must in the various games. This is turning into an anime in my head now...I have a problem. 

But seriously! 

Maybe the better they perform in their trials, the more glorious the weapon they turn into. 

So for the Fairy of Winds, they weren’t the top of their class like Fi or Ghirahim who earned the Sword Spirit title, rather they earned the opportunity to be a magic item that would forever be passed down among heroes to aid them in their quest. Maybe they couldn’t be a Sword Spirit because their elemental magic was too good to be anything but an item tied to their area of expertise. 

And like, what if as the years go by, the magic drains the fairy of their vitality?

Everything gets more difficult with age. 

Even for fairies. 

That’s why the Gale Boomerang speaks only once to Link in TP. She is old and tired, but still willing to help, even if this is the last of her magic. 

The same problem can be seen with Fi in BOTW. It’s why Fi can no longer manifest a physical body and can rarely speak anymore. 10,000 years was a long time, even my Fairy Queen standards. She finds herself resting more frequently and for longer intervals, but she has a duty. What if she feels like Link falling was her fault in her old age? (I’ve seen fics on this and they have been great, btw.)

Maybe in the next game, Link will have to put Fi to rest and transfer a new Fairy soul into the Master Sword. Or maybe another sword will need to be forged with a new Sword Spirit. 

Ya know....just some thoughts I’ve had. Definitely revamped after that comic. 

I’m hyped. 

Thanks for reading!

[sliceoflifebear]

please rate fungus stick

Welcome back to Stick Weaponry! @mossy-corpse submitted this beauty of a weapon. This is a Druid Boomerang. Guaranteed to spread moss on enemies. Maybe even do some poison damage!

Warning: Druid Boomerang may be sentient!

I would give this a solid 8 out of 10. Could use some trimming or have it grow into an even more wild weapon.

Folks feel free to submit your own stick weapons for rates and reviews!

[ritoposting]

Playing through Hyrule Warriors again, and I think that there is a interesting thing hidden in there about Legend that can be taken by looking at Ravio's fighting style. Canonically, Link and Ravio are mirrors, being near-opposites in personality, but having the same ideals and goals, as well as being the same where it matters, such as their heroism and kindness. Rav is cowardly, prefers to be compensated for his work, and before HW had never finshed an adventure, though he had begun at least one, as the items he rents out were his. Link on the other hand is courageous to a fault, has never been seen to request compensation for doing good (though, he often receives it unasked), and if we are going off of the "ALTTP is the same link as ALBTW" interpretation, has finished several adventures already, though if we are going in cannon, he still is trying.

Looking at this intentional mirror, we can then compare his fighting style to that of what I imagine his link's would be. He fights using his hammer as a primary tool, swinging it in wide, hard hitting sweeps that interact with several of his other tools. He also uses a wide array of bombs, an ice rod, and a boomerang, with his specials using the triple-shot bow (and even light arrows!).

With that, that grabs half of ALBTW's items that he has on-hand and uses widely, being bombs, ice rod, boomerang, and bow. We know that neither him nor Legend like to fight with the sand rod (and its already on another character, being spirit), so we can assume with this that likely, Legend usually carries the hookshot, fire rod, tornado rod, and bow with him, alongside his lantern and bug net. There are some ideas we can create with this, either taking the mirror literally (replacing the ice rod with fire, the boomerang with tornado rod, and the hookshot being used for stunning and for utility), and that is interesting in itself, showing a Link who uses his sword as a method to make space for him to use his items to devastate the battlefield using the terrifying power of the upgraded fire rod from ALBTW, but this discounts his other items from his other adventures.

For me, I always see Legend as being a mage/item master first, and a swordsman second. He uses his sword in desperation or finish off an enemy pestered by his items, and fluidly switching between his variety of magical rods, seed launchers, medallions, and bladed projectiles like the bow or hookshot, to provide greater distance pressure and crowd control than he could do with his sword alone. I also think this allows for cool shots such as "Legend holding 3 different magical rods and combining the elements", or "Legend renting out his items, writing a letter to Rav about how his system works".

[smallpumpkinboi]

Sokka not using his boomerang was a COWARDLY move

[wuffgang-ameowdeus-moozart]

sth sth eddie is a vampire and steve's weapon of choice is a bat

[cactus-juciest]

just wanna say that I’m a huge advocate for maikka fwb (friends with blades)

[frickyesforumweapons]

[starrysharks]

!!? which 3 ocs would you hire as bodyguards against the rest of your ocs

hmmm... three of my little guys vs all of my little guys... i'd say a lot of my ocs are a bit OP, but only in their respective universe or domain ;_; i would've said cheshire for example but he can only use any sort of world bending power within the starsaints carnival! otherwise, i'd choose octavia (as she always has cleaver pet with her, who can greatly help with the durability of most weapons so long as it's attached to it), nova (not only because of optico hammer but also because optico has a shield form even though he can only stay in it for a minute or two), and needles (for pins, though every fight is going to have to last 7 minutes or less or she's gonna get bored!)

[misterbaritone]

Y’know I’m glad they gave Tanya a tri-section staff in the new MK game. It’s an underrated weapon fr

[dravidious]

In Hyrule Warriors there's a weapon for Toon Link, the Sand Wand. Naturally this is an item from a Zelda game, and one that I recognize and remember using, but I couldn't quite remember which one; Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, or Link Between Worlds? I've played all of them, but it's been years. However, I DID remember that the sand wand raises up square blocks of sand, in a fixed grid. Link Between Worlds uses a fixed grid with its ice wand item, and I distinctly remember the sand wand having a similar highlight preview of what blocks will be raised when you use it. I also remembered it raising a straight line of blocks in front of you, in strict orthogonal directions, which is exactly how Link Between Worlds' item controls work, and very much NOT how Phantom Hourglass or Spirit Tracks' controls work.

But I'm not sure. So I google the sand wand to check and... it's from Spirit Tracks? And its control scheme is completely different from what I remember..?

I google the list of items in Link Between Worlds, and find the sand ROD. Apparently it's in BOTH games with a slightly different name and controls. So that's why I couldn't remember which one it was in.

[thepoliticalvulcan]

Techno-apocalyptica & Schizophrenia

Spoilers for Fallout

The rational part of my brain recognizes that the timing is too close for that poor guy who self immolated in front of Trump's court proceedings to have seen it or know much about it. However, I'm struck by the big reveal of Vault-tec conspiring with other corporations, oligarchs really, to end the world so they can all be the unquestioned absolute rulers of their Vaults and then take a "free market approach" to rebuilding civilization. It is unsettling the degree to which this is reminiscent of the theses of the now deceased gentleman's manifesto, an admittedly deeply troubled document full of an inability to accept that despoilers and despots might arrive at similar processes by similar motives independent of one another, or the inability to distinguish between cautionary tales and propaganda.

Having skimmed that manifesto and then watching Fallout, it does make me wonder. Could there be ideologues and plutocrats who have talked themselves into razing entire economies and livelihoods, perhaps literally through violence, under the idea that this would be "creative destruction?"

Unfortunately the answer is actually yes and its no paranoid delusion since this is the fervent belief of those among the fever swamp religious right who believe that prodding Israel into first rebuilding their great temple and then getting eradicated for their trouble will kickstart the End Times. This is one of those instances where I think materialist philosophy and materialist explanations simply cannot account for the elite doing things that are against what a rational person would believe is against their interests: whether its starting wars, pumping money into obvious scams like NFTs, the metaverse, and now their new religion: AI; but ultimately even the rich are simply a variable number of monkeys who happen to own a stupendous number of typewriters mindlessly pounding away trying to create value.

It is fashionable on the materialist left to assume the rich know what they're doing and are pursuing their self interest at our expense in a lawful, rational evil way.

Unless they're not. Unless they're possessed of grandiose and mystical delusions, a spiritual level belief in the goodness and wisdom of the Free Market, or in a God that is whispering in their ear and confirming all of their biases.

What is clear to me is that Max Azzarello was a mentally ill man desperately trying to make sense of a deranged world that seems to offer cruelty from the top. He deserved intervention long before he met his fate. He deserved a kinder world. He definitely misjudged Matt Groening. He tried to find order in the madness of our variable number of unhinged billionaires blindly groping for profit and indifferent to who they smash. I disagree with that order. I disagree with him ending his life. I pity him, for I think our society and its cruel oligarchs failed him.

I think he was broken by a reality that was too grim to face and he resorted to connecting threads that had no business being connected, but the theses of mad oligarchs plotting to destroy the world because they know their positions are untenable, that they are unwilling or unable to live peaceably and sustainably with the goose that lays the golden eggs, and thus absolute rule must logically be their endgame since eventually, one would assume, perpetually failing upwards, scam after scam, like Sam Altman of Open AI, or Elon Musk, must cease to be satisfying.

What if they're not actually content to simply jockey for position on the leaderboard of capitalism, admittedly while trampling the rest of us? What if in their bones they think they're the only ones fit to rule and merely influencing society by creating incentives and disincentives, creating the structures we bounce around inside of, is not enough?

I think Mr. Azzarello was wrong about the tech oligarchs for the most part. Except for the ones who are mixing a toxic stew of Laissez Faire, Francoism, and their own personal bespoke interpretations of the Bible.

Those people are real, some of them are quite powerful, and I do think they'd end the world if they believed sincerely that it would kickstart the Rapture under the assumption Christ will anoint them as his ministers since they proved to be oh so good at wealth management.

I'm fine, really, I have no intent to harm myself or anyone literal or proverbial enemies of mankind. Please don't send that bot to inquire after me, unless Tumblr is going to start letting it speak aloud and sound like Matt Berry for an upgrade. That would actually be pretty rad.