Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.szaf.org!inka.de!mips.inka.de!.POSTED.localhost!not-for-mail From: Christian Weisgerber Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (WFC) Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:53:47 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:53:47 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: lorvorc.mips.inka.de; posting-host="localhost:::1"; logging-data="40417"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@mips.inka.de" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (FreeBSD) Bytes: 1686 Lines: 20 On 2024-04-19, James Nicoll wrote: > Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland > https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/restless-spirit | If she punches you, it’s with a be-ringed fist (silver knuckles | rather than brass knuckles). It doesn't work that way. When you punch someone with your bare fist, you hit them with your knuckles if you do it correctly. Hitting with your proximal phalanges, where rings are typically worn, is a good way to break said bones, and wearing rings will not help or even make this worse-- think how the force vector acts. Brass knuckles are a connected, rigid structure with a grip that transfers the impact force to your palm in line with your forearm. A set of rings on your fingers does NOT work like brass knuckles. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de