I don't think she was talking about actually hitting anything...just the sound it made.
Hitting things is kinda easier than making the noise, at least in my bullwhip experience.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
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§ ita § - Aug 06, 2004 9:05:30 am PDT #2211 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Aug 06, 2004 9:09:14 am PDT #2212 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
She can make the cracking sound -- she demonstrated it when she was on Oprah. But it was nothing fancy, and she required a much bigger wind-up than Catwoman does in the movie.
Sean K - Aug 06, 2004 9:13:11 am PDT #2213 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hitting things is kinda easier than making the noise, at least in my bullwhip experience.
If you can make the noise and hit something at the same time, the whip becomes startlingly lethal.
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2004 9:16:18 am PDT #2214 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
startlingly lethal
Startlingly so? Isn't the bullwhip considered to be a weapon?
Nutty - Aug 06, 2004 9:18:57 am PDT #2215 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think most people forget that the cracking noise is the tip of the whip breaking the sound barrier.
I don't think, formally speaking, most people would call a bullwhip a weapon, until it was used on them personally.
Sean K - Aug 06, 2004 9:19:34 am PDT #2216 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Isn't the bullwhip considered to be a weapon?
I thought so.
Startlingly so?
Yes! Startling! If you can hit somebody and make the sound, you're talking about carving bigger, deeper chunks out of them, as the sound comes from the tip breaking the speed of sound (or so I understand).
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2004 9:21:23 am PDT #2217 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think, formally speaking, most people would call a bullwhip a weapon, until it was used on them personally.
Then what is it? Schroedinger's leather strip? And does one allow a knife the same latitude?
If you can hit somebody and make the sound, you're talking about carving bigger, deeper chunks out of them, as the sound comes from the tip breaking the speed of sound (or so I understand).
To me that's a bit like saying guns are startlingly lethal if you hit your target.
It's kinda how you're supposed to do it. Not startling. Appropriate.
JohnSweden - Aug 06, 2004 9:23:15 am PDT #2218 of 10001
I can't even.
"When you get your first crack, you just want to keep on cracking."
No smoking the good cat crack jokes, not even a Christina Aguilera corset dress joke? Have I logged into the wrong board?
Jessica - Aug 06, 2004 9:24:01 am PDT #2219 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think I'd be a little startled if someone killed me with a bullwhip. Though if I had the capacity to reflect on it afterwards, it would probably occur to me that I shouldn't have been, because of the whole weapon thing.
Jesse - Aug 06, 2004 9:24:45 am PDT #2220 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And does one allow a knife the same latitude?
Knives at least have other uses. What else is a whip for?