"I'll have 'weird ways to appreciate things' for one thousand, Alex"

[firecat]

This is a sword dance by Titos Tsai.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2QyjrFBujg

I didn't know sword dancing was a thing, but I'm not exactly surprised. This is humans we're talking about. We will do anything with anything.

I know zero about swords so I mostly look at it and think "pretty."

Some of the fannish characters I'm writing about know a lot about swords and it feels like they're crowding to the front of my head to appreciate it.

Here's another one, where he juxtaposes the sword with a calligraphy brush. This one tells more of a story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmwnpLQdIM

Comments

[firecat]

Clearly you know things that I do not! I'm sure that's how it's learned, at any rate.

[silveradept]

If "know" means "have occasionally watched this sport when it is on an Olympic broadcast or similar", then I suppose so, but that knowledge is definitely not rooted in having done any of such things.