Heroes Prefer Swords: Difference between revisions

** ''Blazing Sword'' also discusses and attempts to defy it briefly: [[Chivalrous Pervert|Sain]] insists early on that "the lance is more heroic. A knight should look heroic, don't you think?" and so refuses to [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors|use a sword against the axe-wielding]] bandits they're fighting. It doesn't last.

* Most [[Nippon Ichi]] [[Turn-Based Strategy]] games avert this simply by the fact that they allow your characters to arm themselves with any weapon they like, although promotional images and videos may associate them with a certain weapon, and/or they start with a certain weapon. That said, three of the four protagonists from ''[[Disgaea]]'' start with, and have proficiency in, swords, but Adell from ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' fights with his fists. Prier from ''[[La Pucelle Tactics]]'' is nominally shown wielding a baton, but she's just as likely to [[Groin Attack|kick evil in the junk]] as she is to bash it upside the head. Ash and Marona from ''[[Phantom Brave]]'' are often shown not using weapons at all, although Ash again often plays it straight like Laharl. Nippon Ichi's first heroine, Cornet from ''<nowiki>[[Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure]]</nowiki>'' uses her namesake (A trumpet-like musical instrument). Revya from ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'', who has no choice in weapon selection, wields a great sword that's also an [[Artifact of Doom]].

* In the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series, the [[Original Generation]] characters technically use [[Humongous Mecha]], but some of these mechs utilize swords as their main melee weapon, and some don't.

** Cybuster - Sword

 

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* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', John Egbert wields hammers, if only because they were the first weapon he could find. (And due to the video-game like system the universe uses, it's difficult for him to change his [[Weapon of Choice]] once he chooses it.)

** His vastly cooler friend Dave Strider, however, uses swords, starting out with a [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana.]] But John's [[The Hero]] and Dave's [[The Lancer]], so it's definitely an exception to the "main character uses swords" rule. {{spoiler|Later it breaks in half, making this a full aversion for the heroes as Dave continues to use the half-sword}}.