Giles ,'Sleeper'
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The problem is, someone's just smacked you in the groin. You can take it in the squishy goolies, or you can absorb it in padding, or you can dissipate the force to places less delicate.
a) is apparently not fun b) makes you look a dork, so it ends up being c) which can lead to some very amusing ringed bruise patterns. But there's still pain. Or that's what they tell me.
a) is apparently not fun b) makes you look a dork, so it ends up being c) which can lead to some very amusing ringed bruise patterns. But there's still pain. Or that's what they tell me.
Bruising in the groin is no fun, surely, but better than the complete incapacitation brought on by testicular trauma which sends flood waves of nausea through your body and makes you gelid and fetal.
Well, like I said, most guys I know choose c, so I guess you have support.
Though there are some guys who just take the knock to nuts and keep moving.
I don't like them.
but I've read some hilarious stories about metal cups in baseball, most of which are about Gary "Ding Dong" Bell throwing in the dirt, hitting his catchers in the [then-metal] cup, and causing rather a lot of pain.
Well there you go. I stand corrected. There's them besides the martial artists who opt for metal cups.
The problem is, someone's just smacked you in the groin.
See, now there you go, reducing things down to the essentials. I don't know why, but this line makes me laugh. It's so... well, hard to ignore.
I wonder if Batgirl ever did.
No, he wouldn't say Ow. He'd just go a little more stoic for a few seconds, then tell her to try again.
You *know* she did, if only because of that great "You don't have to hold back with ME. Not ever," scene. And he'd totally react the way Connie described.
And he'd totally react the way Connie described.
I just don't see him telling her to try again unless she'd failed. And I don't see her failing.
Well, she'd never do it exactly to his standards.
Talk about killing someone with your pinkie -- Cass could no doubt rip a guy's cojones off with just her pinkie. Even if her pinkie was broken.
Cass? Perfect little Cassandra Cain? The Batgirl that's a better fighter than Batman? The Batgirl he let kill¹?
¹ Okay, there are some technicalities there ...
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Even if her pinkie was broken.
She did take Shiva with that broken arm, didn't she?
Yeah, Bats would be glowing with pride between whimpers of agony.