Combat Stilettos: Difference between revisions

* Subverted in the ''[[Kate Daniels]]'' series when Kate slips off her stilettos in preparation for a fight.

{{quote|If I kicked him, the heel would slide into him like a knife - but I'd have a hell of a time getting free.}}

* In one of the ''[[Fearless (novel)|Fearless]]'' novels, Gaia gets attacked by a bunch of thugs while dressed up for dinner with her dad. She reflects that one advantage to fighting in evening wear is that high heels can be used as a weapon. In her case, it [[Justified Trope|makes sense]] that she would be able to fight in heels, as she's been extensively trained from childhood in just about every kind of martial art with a name. Even though she hates wearing heels, walking and fighting in them probably isn't much of a problem for her.