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@InspectorCaracal i'm going to blame vampires for this
either that or this is like the anime equivalent of that one ancient chinese general where everyone was all "oh shiiiit you guys he's really good at tactics what's he gonna do" and what he did was he rode out and started just juggling
and everyone was so wigged out thinking that this was the first part of some totally bonkers plan that they ran the fuck away
there was no plan. (except juggling)
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@InspectorCaracal Tactical Stripping As Battlefield Technique, a treatise by the esteemed Ms. Bayonetta, with a forward by
hold on i've got to grab to more games i haven't actually played for this peak archetype
Ghiraim, who showed up to casually menace Link in a zelda game i haven't played (see following: https://media1.tenor.com/images/32d16f9cecf689258e2e5b9aa80ab366/tenor.gif?itemid=13471668 )
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@wigglytuffitout I actually have a character who uses heavy-handed come-ons as a weapon in fights against straight guys lol
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@InspectorCaracal i mean given the panic a "sounds gay, bro" can induce in a pack of frat boys, it's just sensible tactics honestly
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@wigglytuffitout i mean it's more likely to be the fact that there is a surprising amount of gay romance about fighty dudes in fantasy ancient china out there but sure we can go with "terrified his enemies into running away by hitting on them" xD