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Knight School'd 004

xailenrath

on Jan. 28, 2019

Red Tonya exemplifies one of the things I never really liked about the sword & sorcery genre –
And don't get me wrong, I like half-naked chicks with swords as much as the next guy, but:
A) swords are heavy. If you're too scrawny to lift one, let alone swing one, you're DEAD.
B) going into battle practically naked? I don't care how "distractingly pretty" you are, SOMEbody is gonna be immune to your charms sooner or later. One sword. One arrow. One touch from a flaming torch in the wrong place and you're DEAD.

It seems to me that any woman who would face dangers dressed like that is the medieval equivalent of a brainless Valley Girl-type bimbo.
Thus, "Red Tonya".

The Knights of the Red Flame (Dames Aquila, Melanie and Grizabella, respectively) are less than impressed.