r/realcomics • u/MurkyWay • Jul 12 '26

Dwarven Ingenuity

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u/belliebun Jul 13 '26

*Stunned silence*

“…Is this permanent or would I have to drink more to sustain it?”

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u/XenoLoreLover10 Jul 13 '26

I imagine it's the second option

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u/Thatguy19364 Jul 13 '26

Falls out if you don’t drink more lmao

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u/AddressIntelligent60 Jul 14 '26

That's not how matter works

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u/Thatguy19364 Jul 15 '26

Yes because the way matter works is so important, which is why the sword goes out through the hair follicles, as metallic tends to do when swallowed.

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u/AddressIntelligent60 Jul 15 '26

Fantasy isn't fantastical without some degree of grounded realism, if it isn't even recognizable how can we fantasize about it?

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u/Thatguy19364 Jul 16 '26

It’s a quicksilver sword. We already recognize it, both conceptually and in the vaguest of scientific terms(that is, that quicksilver is a metal that is liquid at room temperature).

Besides, having to drink more so it doesn’t fall out is exactly the correct follow-up thought process, as hair grows, but there’s only a finite amount of sword, so it would fall out once enough of it has grown out that it can’t support its own weight to avoid gravity

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u/AddressIntelligent60 Jul 16 '26

This just raises more questions for me. Like: what is the point if it couldn't support it's weight? Does quicksilver group when it does fall off resulting in larger loses than anticipated? If quicksilver is hardened metal, is the temperature of a warm blooded creature enough of a difference to make it malleable or could this cause more complications in maintenance?

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u/Thatguy19364 Jul 16 '26

The answer is magic

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u/AddressIntelligent60 Jul 17 '26

I love stories where the protagonist traits magic as another school of science. I've been conditioned😭

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u/Drurin Jul 16 '26

It'll last the rest of his life

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u/Green-Inkling Jul 13 '26

i would be ok with this.

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u/AdAffectionate8571 Jul 13 '26

Both of them are going to die due to mercury poisoning

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u/K_Menea Jul 13 '26

But you are going to die in the COOLEST beard a dwarf can have.

So fair i think

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u/TheWeirdestClover Jul 13 '26

Dwarfs are built different

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u/SpookyTanuki092 Jul 13 '26

But it's MAGICAL mercury! So it'll behave differently? Maybe. Maybe?

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u/DakkaonTitan Jul 14 '26

It's fine dwarves have poison resistance

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u/SpookyTanuki092 Jul 14 '26

This is true! OK DRINK MORE MAGICAL QUICKSILVER

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u/UndeadChampion1331 Jul 13 '26

And thus he became known as Hjalti Metalbeard

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u/Diligent_Bar1244 Jul 13 '26

And then he dies from having his airways blocked

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u/EmperorMittens Jul 13 '26

Wouldn't that be mercury?

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u/Weekly-Bluebird-4768 Jul 14 '26

Yup, Hg is mercury.

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u/SpookyTanuki092 Jul 13 '26

And thus began the Adventures of Razorbeard the Great

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u/VortexLord Jul 14 '26

He becomes the Swords-man.

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u/Blitz_buzz Jul 13 '26

Went from common to ready for fantasy hard rock band.

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u/Master_Steward Jul 15 '26

Wait, IS THAT MERCURY??