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Recent Crop of Bagoas Stories
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:32 pm
by JoaoGenerico (imported)
Re: Recent Crop of Bagoas Stories
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:33 am
by the___ul (imported)
well, the story of the castrated count -
http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/C/ea_191725count_le.htm
I did like the storytelling and everything, but as a (sort of) swordsmand, I'd like to point out one little detail.
Rapier was not a flimsy duelling sword of a quite recent period.
Épée or a smallsword would fit the description in the story a lot better.
An old-school rapier fencing master would have stood a perfectly good chance against sabre,
most probably even when forced to use another sabre himself.
Should anyone want to read from real experts, instead of my ramblings, then
http://thearma.com/ is the way to go.
Re: Recent Crop of Bagoas Stories
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:07 am
by DeaconBlues (imported)
the___ul (imported) wrote: Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:33 am
well, the story of the castrated count -
http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/C/ea_191725count_le.htm
I did like the storytelling and everything, but as a (sort of) swordsmand, I'd like to point out one little detail.
Rapier was not a flimsy duelling sword of a quite recent period.
Épée or a smallsword would fit the description in the story a lot better.
An old-school rapier fencing master would have stood a perfectly good chance against sabre,
most probably even when forced to use another sabre himself.
Should anyone want to read from real experts, instead of my ramblings, then
http://thearma.com/ is the way to go.
Well, I just read the story myself and I really liked it, good story telling, good story.... well I would have liked to have read some sex scenes but this story was good enough without a sex scene.
As for the historical and technical accuracy or inaccuracy, I am sorry to say I myself have never learned fencing or any swordmanship, I don't know that I would know the difference between a cutlass and a sabre. I just know I liked the story.