Land of Stars and Sentinels

Had an argument with someone who didn’t understand how Squall’s gunblade worked.  They thought it fired bullets and I had to explain to them that no, when he pulls the trigger it sends a vibration down the blade that does extra damage.

I have ascended to a new tier in Final Fantasy nerdom.

But honestly if you don’t understand how the gunblade works then what the hell.

  1. babyplunnies reblogged this from samletbird
  2. noctishearttherenewed reblogged this from etoranze and added:
    I’ve come across that too. It makes me laugh.
  3. etoranze reblogged this from noctishearttherenewed and added:
    Still my favorite weapon from any FF. I despise when people new to Final Fantasy insist that Lightning’s gunblade is...
  4. theheadofbalambgarden reblogged this from samletbird and added:
    was not zidane or bartz? is everybody an idiot?
  5. samletbird reblogged this from irreverberate and added:
    EXACTLY. This exactly. THANK YOU. Why can’t there be more people like you? I mean, the vibration in the blade would be...
  6. irreverberate reblogged this from samletbird and added:
    YESSS Finally someone who understands that Squall’s gunblade doesn’t fire rounds. I’ve gotten so tired of dealing with...
  7. nemfx said: except in the promo art the gun is shown with bullets, so im guessing that it probably either fires low caliber bullets (22s or so) or blanks.
  8. shiroikamisu reblogged this from samletbird
  9. daxxglax said: What I don’t understand is how your wrist doesn’t break when you use it. Why design the hilt like that? Why not just put a button on it, not a whole revolver
  10. buttpilgrim said: yessss fellow FF8 fan, although I don’t think they ever actually explain how it works anywhere, that’s the most solid answer
  11. thevvioletprince said: no I won’t stop reading tags! you can’t make me! :P
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