Blade Below the Shoulder/Playing With

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    Blade Below the Shoulder: A sharp bladed weapon that is attached to the arm, springs from the arm, or IS an arm.

    • Straight: Ninja Kenshin wields a foot-long retractable blade attached to his left vambrace.
    • Exaggerated:
    • Downplayed: Kenshin has spiked gloves.
    • Justified: He’s an assassin, and as it turns out blades that seamlessly retract into his sleeve are easy to hide.
    • Inverted: ???
    • Subverted: Kenshin flexes his arm and poses as if to call forth the blade… and activates the smoke bombs he placed there.
    • Double Subverted: He’s pressed the wrong button, and after the smoke clears he sheepishly unretreacts his blade.
    • Parodied: Kenshin has trouble keeping his blades retracted when around his crush…
    • Deconstructed: Carmillia has Wolverine Claws that retract into her flesh, but not the regeneration to protect her from the damage done. She’s none to happy about this.
    • Reconstructed: ???
    • Zig Zagged: Sometimes Kenshin has arm blades, some days he doesn’t, and sometime he has a bootknife instead.
    • Averted: All weapons are wielded, and no retractable blades appear.
    • Enforced: ???
    • Lampshaded: “Why not just carry a sword?” “…It’s the principle of the thing!”
    • Invoked:???
    • Exploited:
      • Kenshin keeps his blade retraced until the villains least expect it.
      • He uses the armblades so he can fight and gesture rudely at the same time.
      • He uses armblades so he doesn’t forget to bring a weapon with him.
    • Defied: “No, Timmy, you can’t have the vambrace. We don’t trust you around concealed sharp objects anymore…”
    • Discussed: “Bet he has trouble picking his nose.”
    • Conversed: There’s fanart of the above incident.
    • Played For Laughs: Kenshin modified the claws to go *Snkit* when exposed.
    • Played For Drama: ???

    * Snikt!* Back to Blade Below the Shoulder!

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