Originally posted by Diablo
Again : which is why a magical sword which could APPEAR/DISAPPEAR would work.
Not the sword all the time, but the sword sometimes.
We know Kurt will always try to find a peaceful answer FIRST. But when it comes to monsters and/or big mamma demons, he has to own a weapon !
Even if it can appear and disappear at will, it is still always at his beck and call, as if it were hanging at his hip. There's little difference.
A magical weapon spells character trademark, no matter whether it can disappear or not. The problem with a trademark, ESPECIALLY a weapon, is that pretty soon it would start showing up all the time, and that it would soon be inconceivable that he enter a battle wihtout it.
Of course, I KNOW Nighty would try to find a clever solution first, but the problem with having a sword to fall back on is pretty soon he'd dispense with other methods and just use the sword. I like the fact that in this series, he's fighting weird and creepy things that make him unsure whether or not a sword would be effective, like the ghosts/zombies promised for the next arc. He needs to rely on his head, not on a problem-solving weapon.
I trust Roberto and Darick completely to keep the series fresh and interesting, but I'm speaking in the sitch that this series reaches 50+ issues, where the artist/writer changes that Marvel is so fond of would become an issue (God forbid!). New or temporary writers not so used to the series tend to fall back on "easy answers" rather than risk making a huge goof-up.
I liked the fencing at the beginning of #3, because it was a diversion from the main plot, and still something Nighty's expected to indulge it. But at the climax and crunch scenes, I prefer him using his ingenuity above relying on a weapon. We give him so much credit for intelligence, it would be a shame to see it turn into "hack foe with sword".
If he NEEDS a sword, than hell yeah, I wanna see him use one. But if there's a better, funner or more creative answer, I'd prefer he take that.
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