Good Weapon, Evil Weapon: Difference between revisions

* Dirk, Longsword, Etc: Sign of a [[Knight in Shining Armor]]. Heroic. If used by a villain, it will generally be a [[BFS]].

* [[An Axe to Grind|Axes]]: Evil, unless used by [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarves]] or heroic barbarians.

* [[Drop the Hammer|Hammers]]: More likely to be good than axes due to not overtly spilling blood, and normally used by [[The Big Guy]]. Sometimes shows up in the hands of brutish bad guys, though.

* Club: Either way; [[Spikes of Villainy|bad guys like to add spikes.]] Generally a sign of brutish, unintelligent characters.

* [[Hand Cannon|Hand Cannons]]: [[Anti-Hero]]. Common in [[Film Noir]], detective stories and cyberpunk.

* Submachine Guns: Mainly used by mooks, antiheroes or villains.

* [[Sniper Rifle|Sniper Rifles]]: Sign of a villainous assassin, [[Villain Protagonist]], or [[Psycho for Hire]]. Hero characters using one of these are usually in the role of the [[Hero Secret Service|guardian angel]], the guy whose role is to shut down bad guys trying to ambush another hero.

* [[More Dakka|Machine Guns]]: Evil.

* [[Blade On a Stick|Polearms]]: You don't see many of these outside of mooks, though more sophisticated warriors such as the [[Lady of War]] might use them.

** Another exemption is any Chinese action film set in the Three Kingdoms period, as at least one of the main [[Authority Equals Asskicking|Generals]] favors a polearm.

** If they resemble animal claws more than artificial weapons, you're probably dealing with some sort of shaman or druid.

* [[Torches and Pitchforks|Torches]]: Mainly the preserve of antagonistic mobs, and villains. May also be used opportunistically by good guys in a pinch.

 

 

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