{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "the only problem with scythes as a weapon is that you can't design one without some joyless realist deciding it's their duty to...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/696268532830388224/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://valtsv.tumblr.com/post/691871113335144449/anyway-i-love-you-scythes-i-love-you-swords-taller\" target=\"_blank\">valtsv</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://valtsv.tumblr.com/post/691870693907922944/the-point-of-a-scythe-is-to-look-wicked-cool-and\" target=\"_blank\">valtsv</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://valtsv.tumblr.com/post/691870558365892608/the-only-problem-with-scythes-as-a-weapon-is-that\" target=\"_blank\">valtsv</a>:</p><blockquote><p>the only problem with scythes as a weapon is that you can&rsquo;t design one without some joyless realist deciding it&rsquo;s their duty to remind you how impractical they would actually be in combat. it&rsquo;s always &ldquo;but a scythe would be useless in a real battle!!1!&rdquo; and never How was the scythe the scythe looked fun it was fun.</p></blockquote><p>the Point of a scythe is to look wicked cool and make you look wicked cool when you swing it around okay your facts and logic have no power here. suspend your disbelief boy.</p></blockquote><p>anyway i love you scythes i love you swords taller than my entire body i love you giant guns mounted on tiny shoulders i love you whips whose length changes depending on how far away your target is i love you throwing knives i love you dual wielding i love you physically impossible combat scenarios and weapons whose only purpose is to look awesome to my eyes</p></blockquote>\n<p>If you haven&rsquo;t grown up in a culture where people were already using them for ages scythes are less intuitive to use than you might think</p>"}