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    On 15/12/2018 at 0:52 PM, The Old Hack said:

    The point is that even stepping on a d4 HURTS. Just because it is less hazardous than stepping on an actual caltrop doesn’t mean it isn’t worth avoiding.

    Actual caltrops do  go through shoes, it's worth noting. That said,l I would think Grace would actually be fine with the D4s if she trod on one - and would like you see caltrops due to better awareness. I tried one myself today, with my own tough feet, and I'd say short of jumping on one from a great night they aren't that much of a bother. Lego is easy too. The d4 would be a bit of a suprise poke if I didn't see it - but not much more than that.

    That said - Grace doesn't go barefoot outside that much anymore.

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    Grace is transforming into her Squirrel form.
    At that size, the caltrops are not dangerous, and she can probably fit about fifty dice in her squirrely cheek pouches.

    Actually, although she hasn't done it in a while, Grace didn't wear shoes for a long time - which means she likely still has very strong feet (depending on how long ago it was). People who have never worn shoes can actually walk over cactus needles, broken glass, and really sharp stones - never mind Lego!

     

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    I agree the remark is separate, and I think it's almost certainly due to prejudices about how men 'should' look. From the joke at the end, it's pretty clear it has nothing to do with any kind of fighting style - and from the comic you linked it's clear he has no trouble at all with girls having hair waaaay longer than Eliot's in a fight. Grace's hair is almost a tripping hazard, by comparison - but he has not and probably never will criticise that.

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    But I don't hear anyone saying this to Grace or Ellan, and he isn't talking about Eliot's alternate female form. He's talking about Eliot's hair in general. But why is it only men have vulnerable hair in combat? You see - this is why I smell sexism.  These standards are all applied to one gender, and having long hair never seems to have been a weakness for any female hero I can think of.

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    Err, how do you equate recommending a haircut with sexism?

    It's a common double standard to expect men to always have short hair - and to tell them to cut it if they don't. Can you see him saying the same thing to a girl? It's pretty sexist to expect men to have short hair, but not apply that same standard to women. I say he should keep it - he looks nothing like Ellan with it long, especially with that distinctive style. He would, however, look identical to Magus if he even trimmed it back to how it was.

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    I'm thinking it's more of a jab that Elliot's had that hair style for a while and that he's due for one.

    I'd have to reply the same one to this. Guys with longer hair always get these kinds of comments. When I was in college they were a regular occurrence.

     

     

     

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    I'm really glad to see someone raising awareness of what OCD really is. Sometimes it's like sharing your head with a bully who actively hates you and picks at your every single fault - imagined or otherwise. Sometimes it involves cataloguing every single mistake or bad thing in your life and repeatedly stewing on them. The part that people see is only a tiny fraction of it, and it almost unanimously it seems to make them feel like they are the real victims of your condition. Which is awful.

    But mostly it's like having a godamn fire alarm klaxon going off in your head almost constantly, with the brief silences that almost make things worse by showing you just how good it is when that sodding alarm isn't going off. A truly OCD person can become stressed over literally nothing because their brain invents hypotheticals that are often impossible or stupidly unlikely.

    And yeah, a lot of the time preforming a specific repetitive action switches off that alarm for a while and soothes your nerves. That action can be tidying, or flipping a light switch to make sure it's off, or washing your hands to get rid of germs, chemicals, or just vague 'contaminates'.

    Or arguing on the internet to quell the little voice that says 'the other guy is right'.

     

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