• Infynis@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Could also be that Klingon muscles are different from ours, they have a whole bunch of redundant organs after all, and the Batleth is designed to take advantage of their unique strengths

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      1 year ago

      That is a excellent point, I hadn’t thought of that, I just assumed all humanoids are about the same, but your totally right

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      1 year ago

      All the extra pointy bits could be good for puncturing multiple organs at once

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      1 year ago

      Physics does not work that way, you insolent fool!

      Regardless of Klingon muscles, the fact that the blade sticks out sideways from the handle creates a lever arm that tends to make it droop due to gravity whenever it’s held horizontally. Even if Klingon hands are different, they’re not that different that it’s somehow advantageous to keep torquing upwards so the blade points at the opponent instead of the floor.