Re: (WFC) Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

On 2024-04-19, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/restless-spirit

| If she punches you, it’s with a be-ringed fist (silver knuckles
| rather than brass knuckles).

It doesn't work that way.

When you punch someone with your bare fist, you hit them with your
knuckles if you do it correctly.  Hitting with your proximal
phalanges, where rings are typically worn, is a good way to break
said bones, and wearing rings will not help or even make this worse--
think how the force vector acts.  Brass knuckles are a connected,
rigid structure with a grip that transfers the impact force to your
palm in line with your forearm.  A set of rings on your fingers
does NOT work like brass knuckles.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de