TheArcaneAxiom

@highscribeofaetherium

To be fair, I did have to Google “obscure sword terminology” to come up with Ricasso. But yeah, it’s an obsession XD

lol

@savannah_grace2009

See? We all have our weird, fanatic obsessions XD

@highscribeofaetherium @jonas

Most people have an obsession, but it usually isn’t chickens.

@savannah_grave2009

Most people have an obsession, but it usually isn’t swords.

@savannah_grace2009

To be fair, I did have to Google “obscure sword terminology” to come up with Ricasso. But yeah, it’s an obsession XD

@jonas

lol! I’ve just never had any desire to learn about swords XD

Though if you asked me anything about CHICKENS…or DOGS…or HORSES….I could tell you anything you wanted to know lol

@savannah_grace2099

It’s kinda an obsession.

@jonas

Yeah lol.

@highscribeofaetherium

How do you know so much about swords???

@highscribeofaetherium

It sounds like Picasso, which is obviously a name.

@jonas

Yeah, that’s what was kind of funny about it lol

@savannah_grace2009

And in both cases, the decision was reached by the owner not wanting to continue the conversation.

@jonas

Yep 😂 a tang is the part of a blade that extends into the handle (you probably knew that one, right?), and a ricasso (great, now autocorrect wants to always make it capitalized 🙄) is the blunt part of a sword just above the cross guard to allow you to wrap your finger over the guard.

But Ricasso isn’t that bad, right? I kinda like it X…

@jonas

2/3 of them did, anyway.

@smiley

I can relate to this more than I can say!!! and it’s so hard, I’ve tried talking to my small group about it but none of them are really writers and it’s just really hard

Yeah. It’s so hard because no one understands how hard it is being a writer unless they are one, and no one really understands what we’re going though!

@savannah_grace2009
Conviction didn’t.

@highscribeofaetherium

I’m assuming tang and ricasso are both parts of a sword, judging by it suggesting pommel?

I love how the swords keep naming the elk for their owners XD

Wow, that was long.

Zahlin

What are you going to name him? The Sword asked out of nowhere.

“Who?” Zahlin said.

Your elk. He needs a name.

“Why?”

Because that’s what humans do. I don’t know. The Sword said, Maybe Pommel. Or Tang? Does he look like a Tang to you? Or wait! I know! Ricasso.

“Ricasso?”

Isn’t it a great name? The Sword asked, sounding very ple…[Read more]