I swear I’ve seen this exact pose in an illustration, before. I tried searching “coup de gras sword fight duel” and also “fencing fencer manual historic illustration” but couldn’t find it, sadly.
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Submitted 6 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I know exactly what image you’re thinking of and can picture it perfectly but couldn’t describe a single fuckin detail
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 6 months ago
It’s “coup de grâce” not “coup de gras”, that would mean “fat stab”
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
thats helpful ty
psud@aussie.zone 6 months ago
If the weapon was like these (the fine stabbing sword) add “rapier duel painting” or “… drawing”
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
You need to get out more, the internet definitely gets weirder.
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Get outStay in
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wait until he/she finds out ancient Romans love to draw and talk about penises, and being vulgar about people they detest on their wall writings.
I reckon it was from the Middle Ages and the influence of Christianity that people became more uptight with anything that is seen in public.
Etterra@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Weirder; this looks made out of actual dead frogs. Nowadays we’d just Photoshop this.
bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Her: You need to make your hobbies more kid friendly
Nobody:
Lilith_the_serpent@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Probably weirder
jenny_ball@lemmy.world 6 months ago
show me more from the mansion please
xerx@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
nationalgeographic.com/…/110209-maison-mantin-fre…
jenny_ball@lemmy.world 6 months ago
thanks! frogs was the best