They just don't write good fantasy like this anymore.

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• JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wait, is sword a euphemism for penis?

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  • oeverbloem@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A lot of people keep asking me questions that are answered by the cover of my book…

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    • sbv@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It says right there. Like three times. Which isn’t suspicious at all.

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No! Absolutely not! Down boy! Bad doggy!

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not seeing it.

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• MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wait… is this a real physical book? I’ve had this picture for awhile but I thought it was one of those “your childhood ruined” type deals:

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  • gnu@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The cover art is real, but the words have been changed. The real book is The Sword of Bheleu.

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    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      tips cap Much obliged!

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    • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That shows a different cover, this is the cover that was modified: m.media-amazon.com/…/91jeN-jF02L._AC_UF1000,1000_…

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s definitely not a real physical book. The Author’s name is not real and I’m pretty sure it’s an anagram of something involving ‘penis,’ just looking at it, but I don’t feel like figuring that out. Someone else is welcome to.

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    • JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Halt! Mr Penis, sir.

      That’s the best I’ve got.

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    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Challenge accepted.

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• SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I loved those great illustrated classics.

  Still tricking me into believing I read stuff like black beauty or count of Monte cristo

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How the hell do you sheathe and unsheathe a sword from your back? 🤔

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  • ArgentRaven@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shad from the YouTube channel Shadiversity made a back scabbard that actually works, but it’s not historical. Historically, people didn’t really do it.

    He also made a bow carrier on his back, to mimic a lot of movies and games.

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    • AEsheron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To be a bit more precise, people did sometimes carry swords on their back, but generally not into battle. It was more comfortable for travel, but impossible to draw, so when they were expecting trouble they would move it to the hip.

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  • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You don’t. If you carry your sword sheathed on your back, you first take the whole thing off, like a backpack.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ask the people who made the Highlander TV series. They apparently unsheathed them out of their ass.

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• HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Unsheathing that bad mamajamma requires at least two hands. Small hands, though. For the picture.

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