The Slow Walk: Difference between revisions

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Sengoku Shunsuke from ''Cyber City OEDO 808'' did this at the climax of the first episode. Somewhat subverted in that he realized his half-man-half-computer opponent was predicting his dodge moves, so when he started the slow walk his opponent launched attacks aimed at where he was ''expecting'' Sengoku to leap to and consequently missed. Sengoku ''did'' still take a few glancing hits, but just shrugged them off.

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== Real Life ==

* Stonewall Jackson had this reputation in [[Real Life]]. Rifles at the time weren't very accurate, so hits were rare. Still it takes a real [[Badass]] to be completely unfazed as bullets are whizzing by. Jackson was a deeply religious man who said (paraphrased), "If the Lord decides it's my time to go there's nothing I can do about it except be ready to meet Him." He didn't take lunatic chances, he just did what he had to do and didn't worry with a lot of ducking and dodging. For a most excellent and true-to-life portrayal of him watch Stephen Lang in Gods And Generals.

* In the Real World, this is basically what Humanity does best. As a species, we're a social pursuit predator. Of all the animals in the world, only canines can match human endurance, which is why they were one of the first to be domesticated. There are African tribes that hunt by ''walking'' after the prey, not letting it rest or sleep, until it just collapses. We are the goddamn [[Terminator]] of the animal kingdom. Canine endurance is why we got them to hunt with us. Horses are at about our level, but they're not hyperintelligent and they don't dump heat as effectively. In some climates we can out-perform them on foot. We're ''very'' slow, but we can keep it up for miles in high heat. Prey collapse can be due to heatstroke as much as exhaustion.

* In the Real World, this is basically what Humanity does best. As a species, we're a social pursuit predator. Of all the animals in the world, only canines can match human endurance, which is why they were one of the first species to be domesticated. There are African tribes that hunt by ''walking'' after the prey, not letting it rest or sleep, until it just collapses. We are the goddamn [[Terminator]] of the animal kingdom. Canine endurance is why we got them to hunt with us. Horses are at about our level, but they're not hyperintelligent and they don't dump heat as effectively. In some climates we can out-perform them on foot. We're ''very'' slow, but we can keep it up for miles in high heat. Prey collapse can be due to heatstroke as much as exhaustion.

** About horses specifically; this is both a reason for, and obvious in, their domestication for military use. Horses may have been faster in the tactical sense but strategically, they move about as fast as infantry formations. Because they could just about match human endurance allowed them to keep up in the long run, but they didn't go any faster.

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