The Worst, Most Self-Defeating "Sword"... Magic Can't Fix That.

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It's an abomination. What were they thinking?! It's even worse when handling it in person.
I'd sooner forgive Thanos for snapping half the universe out of existence than for using this prime example of how NOT to design fantasy weapons.
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@DALKurumiTokisaki 21 күн бұрын

From what I gather the Thanos twinblade was made as a literal joke and reference to the Thanos Helicopter.

@julianvenegas642 21 күн бұрын

Ok.. that’s hilarious

@FrozEnbyWolf150 21 күн бұрын

A scene where Thanos holds it overhead, twirls it around, and flies home to his farm would have made that movie a million times more watchable.

@ohdannyboy4727 21 күн бұрын

I never noticed but it makes perfect sense. Explains why he doesnt really use it in the movies.

@Hassohappa 21 күн бұрын

I often find it appropriate to give the final villain of an 11 year, 21 film story arc a terrible joke weapon as a reference to a meme.

@sipenarekbecha7193 21 күн бұрын

@@FrozEnbyWolf150 or, the next best thing..make the Trio waited for him to 🚁 down from his mothership using this dual-blade 🤫

@markkodryk829 21 күн бұрын

- I wonder, why Loki presented me this sword? - So you get yourself killed? - Yes, it makes sense.

@Zephyr503 21 күн бұрын

'If only it rotated around the handle.' Skall accidentally recreates the Inquisitor lightsaber.

@RhinoBarbarian 21 күн бұрын

It did rotate around the handle in the film. You can see that right after Thor supercharges Iron Man.

@johannessmith1369 12 күн бұрын

NGL I actually do like the Inquisitor sabers.

@franktheprank7336 4 күн бұрын

@@RhinoBarbarian Yeah, and my question is how!? That thing isn't even fully circular... like the blades would just fly off as soon as you try and make it spin 😂

@RhinoBarbarian 4 күн бұрын

@@franktheprank7336 Simple: The tracks they are on are longer than the gaps. With the size of the blades, it can be accomplished very easily.

@johannestetzelivonrosador7317 21 күн бұрын

This is the perfect weapon for someone who wants his opponent to win

@johnkeyes9482 21 күн бұрын

So that’s why Thanos lost

@RhinoBarbarian 21 күн бұрын

I mean, Thanos's only real weakness in the comics was his subconscious urge to lose.

@HiopX 21 күн бұрын

one wound for you and one for me. Perfectly balanced

@robertagu5533 21 күн бұрын

Think it was less his choice of weapons as HOW he used it

@vitriolicAmaranth 21 күн бұрын

There's a weapon for everyone

@FarseerOfCearath 21 күн бұрын

I assumed the "bad" design was intentional. The dude's obsessed with "balance" at the cost of everything else, and this is a very literal way to show that.

@biohazard724 21 күн бұрын

He's also canonically self-defeating, so choosing a sword that has an equal chance to injure himself makes sense.

@assarhadon 21 күн бұрын

Then dual-wield identical swords goddamit!

@PatchedSphynx 21 күн бұрын

If anyone puts so much (over)thinking into their fantasy story they should be ashamed, but asking for some originality is not in the realm of thought or mental gymnastics these days, it seems...

@FarseerOfCearath 21 күн бұрын

@@PatchedSphynx Are you having fun right now? I _hope_ you're having fun.

@Empathy_is_Logical 21 күн бұрын

@@PatchedSphynx I take it you've never read anything about your favorite series and authors. I would encourage you to, knowing things and having critical thinking a lot cooler than being an Internet troll.

@capitanspoiler7393 21 күн бұрын

2:50 it only takes a single push to go from "parrying stick" to "parting stick"

@whyjay9959 21 күн бұрын

The divorcéemaker.

@badwrongfun5541 21 күн бұрын

Really making the Klingon Bat'leth look fantastic and practical in comparison.

@fernadogonzalez2940 21 күн бұрын

Hey the bat`leth is a dueling weapon nit really meant for practical combat

@Xyler94 21 күн бұрын

@@fernadogonzalez2940 The Rapier was also a dueling weapon... and more than capable of actual combat.

@aaftiyoDkcdicurak 21 күн бұрын

fernadogonzalez2940 I always thought a light batleth would be a good weapon but a heavy ones would make a great duel.

@irrelevantfish1978 21 күн бұрын

Actually, Skall has experimented with the Bat'leth in the past and concluded that it's surprisingly effective. I highly recommend checking those videos out, even if you're like me and don't like _Star Trek_ much, as they end up being a bit of a study in weapon design theory.

@robertagu5533 21 күн бұрын

Except that the famous Klingon "sword" has ACTUALLY been tested. Skall himself has even ran test on some such weapons... If your skilled enough with bladed/staff weapons or a mix of them Bat' leths ACTUALLY can make VERY nasty weapons just as designed an intended

@someguy6152 21 күн бұрын

3:47 Didn't he literally do that in the movie? His hand didn't spin but the blades did, that's why the "guard" is curved downward, they are supposed to spin around the handle, that's why they point to opposite sides. Not to say it's a "good" design, just that he did use it exactly like that.

@LordDragox412 21 күн бұрын

Yup, it has a Thanos-copter mode inspired by inquisitor lightsabers from Star-Wars, except he couldn't use it to fly.

@Intellyellthismyoldchannel 21 күн бұрын

A short but fun video The only thing I like about this weapon is that its based on the Thanos coptor. Sadly not all writers know anything about weapons so they try to just make something cool without keeping functionality in mind which gets us these monstrosities lol

@char1194 21 күн бұрын

On the bright side, it's a great throwing weapon, you can spin it all you want and not care about how it lands. And if your opponent picks it up, that's a free win!

@M.W.H. 21 күн бұрын

You can't even throw it right.

@yuvx8516 21 күн бұрын

With telekinesis wizardry it's alright

@LordDragox412 21 күн бұрын

@@M.W.H. It's said that Thanos could throw it and it would return like a boomerang. My question is how would he catch it? He could also extend the guard into a circle and make it spin (like Inquisitor lightsaber from Star-Wars), but sadly he couldn't Thanos-copter himself with it (unlike inquisitors).

@CursedLink666 21 күн бұрын

Add a pole through the handle and use it like a helicopter umbrella.

@FrozEnbyWolf150 21 күн бұрын

Like the lightsaber parasol used by Kouru.

@siekensou77 21 күн бұрын

If you extend the central handle into a pole length. It's much more usable. Polearm form.

@ArimarJ 21 күн бұрын

"perfectly balanced" because the center of mass is in the center, and as you strike your opponent you also strike yourself

@MrAllmightyCornholioz 21 күн бұрын

If magic can't fix then, then a cutting saw would.

@bjam89 21 күн бұрын

i like to imagine he did a british museum and got it from a planet of telekinetic beings, that used them as like spinning weapons of death via mind power

@chaook 21 күн бұрын

I'm waiting for the counter argument from Thanos in his homeworld being like "no this isn't fantasy, here's my not-really-resembling copy of the weapon! I'll show you how i damage enemies and myself with it!"

@LordDragox412 21 күн бұрын

Thanos: I heard about those cool helicopter lightsaber thingies that some so called inquisitor dudes had, so I ordered one for myself long ago from a galaxy far far away.

@gundanium3126 21 күн бұрын

There are actually historical KNIFES with this general shape, primarily the Sudanese double dagger, which is about 22 inches or 56 centimeters long and was one piece of construction. I have forded two blades in this style for the fun of the challenge, and it's the scariest knife I have ever tested. the blade actually does do the helicopter of death in one scene.

@Anino_Makata 21 күн бұрын

Okay, now this design makes more sense as a fighting dagger. So long as the points don't extend past the user's elbows, fatally injuring oneself would be more deliberate than accidental. And it could also have valid defensive applications, if you brace the downwards pointing blade against the forearm and block with it, like how you would with a tonfa. This concept just doesn't scale up to a sword design. The best example I can think where a double-ended sword could be practically used was in Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. Sentinel Prime had a blade like that when he dueled Optimus in the end, but he had his paired with a large shield. In that use case, it just becomes a short glaive without the reach advantage (because you can't slide your hand down the handle to gain extra distance). That's the best I can think of.

@guyincognito959 21 күн бұрын

As a shorter blade you can at least do two reasonable strikes (slashing up and striking the point down). And someone who didn't train with this would be at a disadvantage trying to pick it up. A big old stick would probably be better still, but if the blade is pointy you could use it to get through armour.

@gundanium3126 21 күн бұрын

@@Anino_Makata@Anino_Makata (I am not a martial arts user; I am a humble smith, so I can't judge based on use, but I can judge based on design) agreed, but well, the question is, is it a true sword for Thano's who is about the same height as the hulk at eight foot five inches tall or is it just a oversized knife . (going by them fighting in Avengers Infinity war as Thano's height is not listed on marvel fandom but the Hulk is) or is it more an oversized knife? eather way with how its designed, like 2 buster swords ducktaped together it does not work. the advantage of a knife with this shape is it's offensive options.

@kombucha_director 20 күн бұрын

@@gundanium3126the blades in the movie are proportionally bigger, so it is sword sized for the purple dude. If some had doubts whether Thanos is crazy, his weapon of choice should answer that :D

@gundanium3126 14 күн бұрын

@@kombucha_director I was recalling the scaling too. and thinking its the equivalent of a longer dagger approaching short sword size on both ends.

@ub-4630 21 күн бұрын

It doesn't even look good (TO ME). You can't even do anything practical with it.

@user-xx1hv4yj2d 21 күн бұрын

That's an issue with many fantasy weapons for me. Not just they would be impractical irl, they feel impractical even within a setting. Like, even when characters use them on a screen, you don't understand, how they manage to do it. For example, Frostmourne is a badly designed sword, but it looks like a sword still. You believe it can be used like one. And the staff like Thanos' blade... It cannot be used like a sword, neither even like a double lightsaber. Seems like Thanos himself is not completely sure, how to fight with it. He shows neither some cool choreography, nor any interesting ways to use it. He just swings randomly, and somehow manages to defeat everyone. It just looks dumb for me.

@mr.kittysavestheworld695 21 күн бұрын

This weapon gets clowned on a lot online for being ludicrous and impractical (which it would be, don't get me wrong,) but within its context, I actually think it makes a lot of sense, and is pretty cool. In the movie, Thanos does just magically spin the thing with some kind of telekinesis, as well as boomerang it the same way, and its shape would make it extremely good at that specific thing, which makes me think that was the entire point. If that's how it's _intended_ to be used as its primary purpose, and wielding it as a regular weapon is more of just an afterthought, then the design isn't really bad at all, and even makes a lot of sense. Its unwieldiness could even be a benefit in that case; if its owner lost it, and someone who didn't have telekinesis picked it up, they'd have an extremely difficult time using it. Of course, the movie does have him swinging it like a regular sword as well, but that could be a case of inconsistency/lack of communication behind the scenes. But overall, I don't think the Thanos twinblade is as stupid a design as people make it out to be, specifically because of the fact that, in-universe, it can actually spin like a helicopter blade via space techno-magic. Designs that are smart and functional when supernatural powers are involved never really translate well into real life.

@HiopX 21 күн бұрын

OMG it's the Thanos-copter! Why did I not realize this?

@davidweihe6052 21 күн бұрын

I assume that the Thanos-copter is from the Comics (which I never read) and not from the 1970s animated TV programs or from the Avengers: movies?

@LordDragox412 21 күн бұрын

A puny imitation of Inquisitor-copter from Star-Wars. He couldn't even use it to fly! >:P

@umbranoctis4348 21 күн бұрын

Would make for a great Elden Ring twinblade, so long as it only activates Seppuku on the first attack you perform, not all of them.

@NeutralDrow 12 күн бұрын

Twinblades were the first thing I thought of. The second was "why is the grip so *_SHORT_* ???"

@umbranoctis4348 12 күн бұрын

@@NeutralDrow I guess they just wanted to make the Thanos-Copter joke, and a purple CGI-dude isn't gonna complain about how uncomfortable the handle is.

@chrisdonnell7200 21 күн бұрын

It's like all the disadvantages of a reverse gripped sword, without the few advantages of a double bladed sword. The downward blade is pointing towards you so like, it does less than nothing

@sandoe41 21 күн бұрын

@02:51 - World's fastest vasectomy...

@Hypershell 21 күн бұрын

There is a Hylian Shield and Master Sword behind him, and he gets the Thanos Copter instead. The sacrifices this man makes...

@uncabob214 21 күн бұрын

Hot tip about driving. Do not, and I repeat myself, /do not/ move your hands past each other while turning a steering wheel at any speed higher than a crawl. You'll make it dangerously difficult for yourself to suddenly change directions if you need to swerve to avoid something.

@akiltherealdeal 20 күн бұрын

I AM LOVING THIS SERIES OF VIDEOS. Keep em coming!

@Psycho-Ssnake 17 күн бұрын

I appreciate that lady showing all the silly stuff and talking about it all from the pov of marital artist, business owner & as a fan of various media. Thanks Miss Cool Lady for doing all this with our boy Skall!

@serpentinious7745 5 күн бұрын

I couldn't even suspend my disbelief with this during the movie. Giant battle going on and my eye still went straight to the sword and I internally screamed, "WTF were they thinking?!"

@drivanradosivic1357 21 күн бұрын

Lengthen the Grip, into a Double headed sword spear and include a mechanism to separate the blades, and it is MUCH more usable.

@abangf 21 күн бұрын

If they lenghten the handle a bit and make the blade face the same way. Might work.

@jennerdalay4300 20 күн бұрын

Thanos: II require a weapon like no other. Armorer: Say no more! (Proceeds to make thee most DOUBLE K.O. weapon ever)

@CDKohmy 21 күн бұрын

Your parrying device idea works best if held flat on like parrying daggers were. The only two positions I could think to work with this are Di Grassi's broad ward or a high hanging/ox guard.

@Leprechaunproduction 21 күн бұрын

I still prefer to think that Thanos needed a weapon really quick, so he plucked the rotor off his helicopter and said, "Eh, good enough."

@lucamonticelli267 21 күн бұрын

I am pretty sure in the movie the blade spinns without Thanos moving the hand, still not sure it was an intended design or it was impossible for the actor to actually perform the motion.

@JeffHays 21 күн бұрын

This sword is so cool ... if you need a cooling fan.

@JanetStarChild 21 күн бұрын

I'm loving this; Skall is in rare form; showing stupid fantasy weapons no mercy. I really hope we reach a renaissance in pop-culture when functional, practical, realistic weapons become popular and prefered over excessively stylized, janky, gaudy abominations.

@adrammelech6323 19 күн бұрын

Someone at Marvel saw Cloud's sword and said "we need two of that"

@edspace. 21 күн бұрын

I think I found a technique for making the Thanos sword work: Give it to a rotary drone (since their structure wouldn't be hindered by the design since the sword would be underslung from the drone body) and then Thanos can control it (although from the clips of the Avengers films I've seen he's more the army commander and so when the 2 big armies face off at the end of Endgame he ought to be coordinating strategic and perhaps operational military matters so perhaps should give a drone pilot this job) without it being a biomechanical issue.

@temperededge 21 күн бұрын

I have it! It was meant to be a thrown weapon, but Thanos, like all great military commanders, needed a "pointing stick" more so he never got to use it as it was intended.

@benjaminotalora363 21 күн бұрын

This randomly reminded me of a silly fantasy weapon idea I had as a kid lol basically it was a sword with a second, smaller blade poking out horizontally from the pommel. The idea was that if you missed a stab or a swing you could throw out a second slash with the pommel blade as you wind back up for another swing. Mostly I just thought it would be funny to have a weapon that looked like you were holding a giant letter

@Asasz6 Күн бұрын

No, see, what actually happened was that Thanos picked up this cursed sword as a child and then spent the rest of his life trying to find a way to get rid of it or at least fix it so it's a usable weapon. His final attempt was to get rid of half of the universe in hope it'll get rid of half of this monstrosity to be left with a normal sword, but that failed. All that balance stuff was him being too ashamed to actually admit the issue.

@JackEspadas 21 күн бұрын

The replica itself is beautiful, what a great work. I know it's a stupid design, but it looks really cool and goes with his "balance" theme

@SyntheticFuture 21 күн бұрын

That Loki staff is the background looks nice though 😁

@sbrunscheon 21 күн бұрын

I'd love to see a follow up or additional testing with the Zombie Tools Sharkalope

@alexanderren1097 18 күн бұрын

She had WAY too much fun pushing that sword into your nads!

@ryokkeno 19 күн бұрын

An exotic weapon that you would never swing in a "normal" way. I rewatched Thanos fight with it and he swings with his arms considerably further away from his body than someone with a normal sword would(props to the choreographer for that fight, that must have been a pain to make look smooth). instead of swinging and using his joints he tends to keep his elbow permanently bent a certain amount to keep the blade far away from his body while swinging with the predictable angles that would require. He also chains attacks along the rotation the weapon requires and uses it as a defensive weapon a lot blocking several strikes with the broad flats and of course beams attacks with the Soi Soi Soi Helicopter.

@JUDE-fn3ee 21 күн бұрын

I could watch Mississauga cuts forever 🙌

@danstotland6386 21 күн бұрын

OBVIOUSLY the sword maker should consult with master Skallagrim for a design overhaul

@Skallagrim 21 күн бұрын

Your sarcasm is no match for my cranky ACKSHUALLY! :p

@danstotland6386 21 күн бұрын

@@Skallagrim How can I defend against your knowledge, experience. and belligerence? I hereby surrender.

@WolfJarl 21 күн бұрын

Meanwhile in the comics Thanos doesn't use a sword and instead flies around on his suped-up flying chair complete with its own weapon systems.

@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 21 күн бұрын

the menace of Metron

@MasterF3 21 күн бұрын

This makes me curious to see Skall review the Warglaives of Azzinoth.

@MechaBorne 21 күн бұрын

I might be wrong but don't the blades rotate around the hilt? like a physical version of the Inquisitor lightsaber?

@AscendantStoic 21 күн бұрын

What did it cost you!? Thanos: A lot of self-inflicted injuries xD

@SiriusMined 21 күн бұрын

Thanos spun it in one had, and also threw it like a boomerang

@dr.ryttmastarecctm6595 21 күн бұрын

It is a wall-hanger only. Even the Klingon _Bat’leth_ has its pointy parts aimed at your opponent.

@KG-2137 21 күн бұрын

Ahhhh the reverse canted quillons thing, I just want to cry when I see it, and I see if more and more often for exemple in fantasy designs, Those designs sadly pop up not only in werstern rpg games, western book ilustrations, but also I saw it in relativly new animes and it was in more than 2 titles. I love those reverse canted toward your own wrist quillons, that want to break your own wrisst or deflect incoming bladde straight into your own forearm.

@mohammednegm4007 21 күн бұрын

This arc is looking fire so far ngl

@irurwurst 21 күн бұрын

i saw this movie and I honestly had no memory of this weapon. I just recall a hazy sword-like object vaguely being swung. so even its bizarre uniqueness didn't really leave any impact, at least the way they showcased it.

@StarshadowMelody 21 күн бұрын

"thanos is still humanoid" Okay now I'm curious, design a fantasy race for which this _Would_ be practical.

@nashd1821 14 күн бұрын

thanos just took the saying double edge sword to a whole different level 😂😂😂

@ricardocavazos1316 20 күн бұрын

Lol it's the first time I notice, that thing is hideous, awesome video Skall

@mewrrrrr 21 күн бұрын

The helicopter of death thing you mentioned was actually done by the gelgoog from gundam

@Rabijeel 21 күн бұрын

Simple Solution - Backhand-spinning. Makes it more useful. And is pretty thematic for it.

@drewforchic9083 18 күн бұрын

The thing is, it does actually spin rapidly in the movie. Thanos does that to create a shield against Iron Man's laser fire, like the Inquisitor's lightsabers in Star Wars Rebels. But double bladed lightsabers work where this one doesn't because the blade functions in any direction at any speed, and needs much less leverage to swing, so flicking the back end at someone is easy and still dangerous. This thing would weigh so much that moving it effectively would be ridiculous. However, it does look cool in action.

@lady_draguliana784 20 күн бұрын

I think they'd intended him to throw it more, hence the helicopter blade... for fun: if I were to try to use it myself, I would hold it as pictured, so that the reverse blade's sharp edge was away from my body, and I would thrust with it and make a hook-punch motions, levering the spine of the reverse blade on my own ribs. but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to Comic-Book-Boomerang around, they just didn't do that as much in the films (the did a little bit, if I recall correctly, just not as much as it's designed for).

@ShadowWalker-ng1it 9 күн бұрын

I think the only way this can work is if you make the handle twice as long as the blades remove the circle guard and you end up with something close to a quarterstaff with blades on the top and bottom that requires immense training to use without cutting yourself

@gg_sam7847 12 күн бұрын

I kinda just assume because he's already so much bigger and stronger than most other humanoids he doesn't need to do large follow-through strikes. And that he mostly uses it to dismantle heavily armoured individuals/vehicles with short powerful strikes, or he uses it as crowd control for when he's surrounded by a lot of smaller weaker enemies, probably employing a lot of pivoting in his style and using the bottom self facing blade as an immediate rear-sweeper when he turns

@wakkaseta8351 21 күн бұрын

You're looking at it as a double-bladed sword when you should be looking at it as a half-swordable double-headed spear.

@victorcast2467 19 күн бұрын

I'm really enjoying this series

@VoltocityGEL 13 күн бұрын

What’s interesting about double-ended weapons is that the bigger the handle and smaller the weaponized bits are, the more practical it gets. I’d theorize that the shorter the blades and the longer the handle on a “twinblade” weapon, the more effective and less danger you yourself it’ll be. That’d eventually just be a spear with a butt spike though. Or just a quarter staff, which is entirely handle, but significantly more useful than this design.

@GingerRazz623 20 күн бұрын

Lol, I was just going to say what you said just before 4 minutes. Inspector Gadget with that sword would be terrifying.

@natureboynatureboy7190 21 күн бұрын

Thanos...never... needed...a sword...to be intimidating

@theaikidoka 21 күн бұрын

If both sharp edges faced in the same direction, then although it would be VERY heavy and clumsy in comparison to a staff, it would be safe to use.

@aaronottermann5824 21 күн бұрын

I love how it says 'double edged sword' in the online shopping screenshot even though this is clearly a double bladed one.

@Madman13K 17 күн бұрын

A double edged sword in the figurative sense is something that works against you as much as it helps, and I think it's fair to say this most definitely is that

@rafaelramires5883 21 күн бұрын

Remember the time when Thanos had a Yellow Helicopter? I think that he just saved the blades for, like, Good memories? XD

@Rodclutcher 21 күн бұрын

Love it SKALL

@ikenosis8160 21 күн бұрын

Yeah the Thanos war Glaive made absolutely no sense. Especially when it spun arpund rewlly fast.

@dalaneasterland4458 21 күн бұрын

If I could afford the cosplay Thanos blade I'd make a Thanos hand that looks chopped off and put it up on display lol

@CharlesBronson-uv3dq 21 күн бұрын

Magic can fix that. I have never seen Scalla throw lightnings.

@jackbaccarat4084 21 күн бұрын

Wanna see Skall talk about Prince Nuada's Spear from Hellboy 2 the Golden Army. Whether it's the iklwa inspired short spear or the lance like long spear variant, it is a genuinely amazing fantasy weapon.

@Brion57042 21 күн бұрын

Good gods... It's like someone wanted to give Thanos a bat'leth, but was told they needed to make it Not a bat'leth.

@Amiko-do4dj 12 күн бұрын

The handle has those pieces jutting out because they connect to each other to make a circle so the blades can spin on the circle, much how the Sith Inquisitors double bladed lightsabers would....

@quint3ssent1a 21 күн бұрын

I think Thanos' sword was made for him so he could still grip it with his uberglove on. This thing was massive, so the handle would need extra space, but it wasn't meant to be two-handed at all. Maybe he's just that much of a Chad that he just swirls that thing one-handed.

@Fishhunter2014 21 күн бұрын

That’s not a sword that’s a helicopter tail rotor - which is infinitely more terrifying.

@giggityguy 21 күн бұрын

It makes very slightly more sense based on the way that Thanos uses it in Endgame. He swings it sometimes, but the most distinctive thing that it does is spin independently, in the axis in line with the edge. That is why the edges are on opposing sides, since they would cut in the same direction as it spins. It actually reminds me a lot of the (admittedly much vilified) inquisitor sabers from Star Wars, where the blades can rotate around a stationary ring hilt. If you watch in slow motion, a very similar action is happening here, where Thanos' hand and the grip stay motionless while the ring-like guard and blades spin around them. How? Idk, space magic. I have serious doubts about the usability of such a design. Lightsabers at least have the advantage of not having to worry about edge alignment. In this case, lining up a cut seems exceedingly difficult. But at the very least, the form does somewhat fit the function: a pair of blades, meant to be wielded with one large hand, that spin around an axis.

@dainishauka7205 21 күн бұрын

thanos sword works best with an overhead slash- gives a new meaning to samurai bump on the head when using longsword after katanas :p

@nosrin1988 21 күн бұрын

OOOOOOOO it's a reference to Thanos' Helicopter!

@BiasFree 21 күн бұрын

Perhaps a subtle nod at why Thanos's obsession with his philosophy of "Balance" is ultimately self defeating?

@SOOKIE42069 21 күн бұрын

thanos's... thing... is basically a discount version of Zidane's Butterfly Sword in Final Fantasy IX, which has a bunch of beautiful variations but all featuring a much longer handle between the symmetric blades on the end. almost a double ended polearm more than a sword.

@alphega1983 21 күн бұрын

It might be more practical if they increased the central hand grip area to properly accommodate both hands and reduce the size of the blades. It would basically become a dual bladed spear

@LocalAnonOnTheInternet 21 күн бұрын

Dude is channeling his inner AVGN

@Miking008 10 күн бұрын

3:52 I HAVE actually seen this done in a video game. The Gelgoog has a move like that in Mobile Suit Gundam: Earth Federation vs Zeon for the PS2.

@AEsir_Goji 21 күн бұрын

Reminds me how I feel about single hand double bladed lightsabers.

@aaronottermann5824 21 күн бұрын

Yeah but at least you have infinite edge alignments in the lightsaber, it's just a super stick that you can only touch in the middle.

@AEsir_Goji 21 күн бұрын

@@aaronottermann5824 true

@DaikoruArtwin 21 күн бұрын

If this is meant to be a helicopter weapon, there definitely needs to be more space on the handle to comfortably spin that thing. Especially with hands as big as Thanos'

@Gil-games 21 күн бұрын

I would call your attention to the blood elven guards in Silvermoon city! (World of warcraft)

@NicholasNappi 20 күн бұрын

Lmfao you said exactly what i was thinking literally the only purpose I could think that would actually work with an abomination sword like that is seppuku unfortunately. But you said exactly what was in my head when I racked my brain trying to think of a situation where a sword like that would be affective in real life.

@anderporascu5026 21 күн бұрын

Either this was Marvel's bright idea or Thanos had a bigger ego than sense.

@WhammeWhamme 14 күн бұрын

this is not a wallhanger blade. this is a CEILING-hanger blade, as then you can fix a motor to it and it doubles as a ceiling fan.

@DesignIncase 19 күн бұрын

Rewatching the fight from the movie. Thanos doesn't really use it all the much and when he does he's doing this wide swing but also trying not to slice off his arm. Really doesn't make sense. Keep the top half of the sword and just use a shield like Captain America. The helicopter move he does it mechanical. Seems like Thanos really wants a polearm.

@MauricioOsuna-et8et 21 күн бұрын

Hey Skall, one thing I was thinking while playing Warframe and seeing the bows some enemies use, that visually have an energy shield on front: Are there real-life Shield Bows? Like yes, I know, ridiculous and impossible when you have to keep your arm straight, the "weight" would be unbearable! But right now I'm thinking of something in the vein of a GREATSHIELD that you PUT ON THE GROUND, so it's more of a greatshield with a hole you shoot through, a PORTABLE ARROW SLIT SHIELD if you will. I would envision such a 'device' being deployed on defensive positions where you can funnel enemies into one area so accuracy would be unnecessary, just shooting from a defensive position minus the investment of a proper wall - and portable.

@Crazael 21 күн бұрын

I think if the handle were about five times as long, with the overall length remaining the same, you could probably use it kinda like a quarter staff. It would still be awkward and require specialized training to use, but it wouldn't be quite so bad.

@devin5201 21 күн бұрын

I think that sword was made specifically for that one scene where he spins it to block a beam attack and nothing else cuz even when he uses it for hitting he doesn't really make use of the twin...ness, just swings it like a regular sword.