Episode 460 - Enough trope to hang yourself with
Jan 5, 2020
Happy 2020 all you lovely people who listen to us! What we're talking about today are tropes in fiction that bother us because they don't exist in reality: they ONLY exist in fiction pretty much. In the cover pic we have an image from The Witcher: he has two big longswords on his back. In fantasy people always carry longswords on their backs. This is a trope that only exists in fiction because you can't draw a sword longer than about 60cm from your back. So people just didn't carry swords like this. Even if it was only to transport them (although ta transport only option makes a sort of sense). This was only even rarely done with Asian swords. We'd LOVE to hear about more of these that other people have noticed!
Topics and Show Notes
Other ones we cover in the cast are things like defibrillators restarting stopped hearts, people flying back when shot, walking away from an explosion and not flinching, guns clicking all the time and always needing to be cocked, corsets being the worst thing ever and always being word against bare skin, people being fine after being knocked out, the “Heimlich maneuver” being the best way to stop someone from choking, and a few more…
People tell us more and also tell us why we're wrong.
This week Gunwallace has given us the theme to Runner - Breathing evenly, gauging the distance, examining the terrain… one, two, three… GO! Eating up distance with very bound, forward progression, moving, moving, pounding on and on, lungs heaving, arms swinging, legs rise and fall, feet slam heel first into the turf and spring away on the ball. An anthem to sprinting! With touches of Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Topics and shownotes
Links
Problems with the heimlich manoeuvr - https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/the-heimlich-manoeuvre/3053794
Featured comic:
Runner - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2019/dec/31/featured-comic-runner/
Featured music:
Runner - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Runner/, by JC Mraz rated T.
Special thanks to:
Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/
Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean
Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes
kawaiidaigakusei - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/kawaiidaigakusei/
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