Sword Guy the Sabreur

I'm new here and don't really understand how this site works. If I violate any invisible Tumblr rules, this is my preemptive apology. I'm sorry, I probably didn't know. I would love to be educated :)

[sw0rdguy]

I was told to make an intro post.

About me

Aliases: Sword Guy/SG/Max/MaxNovaTiger/Noah

he/him (possible that this will be updated at some point, idk. I will probably be introspecting until the day I die)

I love swords. And boats. And large swaths of any variety of nature.

I'm primarily a sabre fencer, but I've started getting into longsword fencing as well.

⚔️ HEMA Rating ⚔️

First-year undergraduate student (Geography & Comp Sci combined degree)

Maybe autistic (a lot of people think I am, but I'm not so sure. I think I'm just a little strange)

Interests (yay it's the fun part)

SWORDS I F#&KING LOVE SWORDS

I'm a HEMA fencer (much as it pains me to be associated with the hemaist stereotypes lol), focusing primarily on sabre fencing. Most of my training is based off of late 19th century Italo-Hungarian sabre sources (e.g., Barbasetti, Arlow). I also enjoy fencing longsword, but I only recently started training it regularly and do so much less than sabre. I'm also interested in getting into rapier at some point, but unfortunately, swords cost money. I do love doing rapier-like stuff with sabre though! (passata sotto my beloved)

All that is to say: SAYBRRRRRRR RAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Also: BOATS I F#&KING LOVE BOATS. Ahem. Excuse me.

I enjoy vessels that carry me upon the water. Could be of any variety, but my favorites are the options not propelled by an engine: kayaks, canoes, and of course any kind of sailing vessel. I love good stories about boats, both telling them and being told them (if you know good boat stories lmk). Also, if you wanna know why the Olympic should be the famous ship and the Titanic can suck my left nut, then I refer you to this post.

As you may have predicted, my interests in sabres and sailboats combine to form an adoration of pirate stuff (Cpt. Jack Sparrow my beloved).

Also: video games!!! Baldur's Gate 3 is tied for my favorite piece of media of all time. Much to my shame, I also play a lot of For Honor. Lots of indie games of various flavors.

Also: nature!!! I love backpacking and other forms of camping and just outdoor stuff in general. Anything that puts me right up next to nature.

Favorite things

SWORDS (and related items): sabres, longswords, rapiers, montantes/greatswords/claymores, poleaxes, billhooks, sallets, bascinets, hounskull bascinets, barbutes, etc.

BOATS: sailboats, kayaks, canoes, and the stories of the Endurance, the Olympic (NOT the Titanic), and the Imo

Games: Baldur's Gate 3, Firewatch, Inscryption, Red Dead Redemption 2, Split Fiction, Hades, Getting Over It, Hollow Knight, Titanfall 2

Music: Achilles Come Down, Will Wood, The Longest Johns, Hozier, The High Kings, Cosmo Sheldrake, Lord Huron

Books: Ranger's Apprentice, Mistborn, The Myth of Sisyphus, Animal Farm, Moby Dick, Elantris, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, The Book of Good Times, Everything is Tuberculosis (dw bean i will read Six of Crows at some point!!!)

Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean (especially the first one, but not a fan of the last two), Bo Burnham: Inside, The Princess Bride, Rango, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Lord of the Rings

did I mention I like swords?

(and boats)

[supreme-leader-stoat]

"Hm, I've already established that this nation in my story has a lot of sunflowers as a background detail, I should take five minutes real quick to see what those can be used for."

🎶You can eat the stalks! You can eat the leaves! You can eat the petals! You can eat the seeds! You can eat the tubers! Turn 'em into booze! Go and plant some sunflowers! If you don't you lose! 🎶

[hst3000]

They’re also one of the few plants which can reclaim fallout.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

They also scrub radiation and heavy metals from their environment, yeah.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Target audience reached.

[igothurtdoingsafetydance]

Except if they have absorbed radiation and/or heavy metals, then you really should eat them

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Eat the toxic waste sunflowers. You'll get superpowers.

[sarkylittlemonster]

@sw0rdguy

[knightwithakay]

my montante instructor came by during longsword class last night and was like “hey. I found a guy to make me a flaming greatsword. If I did would you be interested.”

OBVIOUSLY I WOULD BE EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN A GIANT SWORD THAT IS ON FIRE, CHRIS

[knightwithakay]

update

I have never met a man more dedicated to becoming a dark souls boss.

[sarkylittlemonster]

@sw0rdguy

[libdibs]

If You Were a Fictional Character

I've seen a few moots doing this and it looked fun!

* Make this picrew of yourself

* Take this uquiz (How Fandom Would See You If You Were A Fictional Character)

...yeah that seems about right 😅🫠

Not sure who's done this already so tagging the besties @thetumblingmoron @redheadsramblings @woundedsoul12 @the-bear-and-his-sunbird @aurorabiggs @thepalehorsevictoria @kiir-do-faal-rahhe and anyone else who would like to play!

[churchedcannibal]

this feels fitting

@awkwardlyexistinginacorner @themonthguy @that-bisexual-manuscript @warrengodby2

I uh. Don't like tagging too much so anyone else can join and also nf anyone I tagged to join ofc!!

[howardisawkwardlyexisting]

Fitting but also surprised me a little! Anyways, go my moots: @thetravelingfrogwizard, @featured-the-creature, @ramdomassaccountname

[ramdomassaccountname]

Thx for the tag moot!!!

Yeah that checks lmaooooooooo

Love the picrew!

@lemonwater37 @theforgottennarrator @vibrantly-yours @bylercocaine @curiositykilledthecat37 @baskabytheanglerfish

And anyone I forgot!

[theforgottennarrator]

Woah thanks for the tag!!

Woah guys are you all really in love with me thats crazy/j

Uhh im kinda a liar the green in my hair is mostly gone and I’m literally planning on re-dying it pink this week but it’s not gone yet so it stays, also in the process of growing out my hair because god it’s fucking freezing outside everyone should be allowed to have long hair in cold countries Jesus Christ, anyway!!

Uhhh no pressure to any of y’all but I gotta tag some homies

@fallingstanleypines @a-crow-dont-know-the-smell-of-co @performance-system @fractoluminescence @kaihasmoreswagthanyou3 @holyfuckingskyblue

[holyfuckingskyblue]

not me dramatically shedding a single tear bc you consider me one of the homies-

i don't exactly have a concrete personality? I'm a fictionkin so its usually kind of just aligned with whatever character im feeling atm + some core traits so a lot of this is based on the Toy Soldier from The Mechs rn so. yeah i feel like this is. pretty accurate. idk

pov i dont remember most of ur moots so you put the like. three you remember off the top of ur head

@beanthebugboi @stupidsandwitch3 @hopingforsimplecandy @moon-and-fries @neverniko101 @i-know-too-many-greek-myths

[beanthebugboi]

Once again pretending I actually remembered to re-dye my hair (it is WAY overdue TwT) and also gave myself horns just for funsies

......I fucking what now

@sarkylittlemonster @ange-de-la-petite-mort @wrens-baked-in-sugar @sw0rdguy @girlcreaturething and uhh open tags because I'm not awake enough to remember names rn

[sw0rdguy]

One of my favorite picrew games so far, I think

[kuttithevangu]

In the 1600s in Prague fencing masters were forbidden from teaching Jews “their secret thrusts”

[sternfleck]

Bringing this out of the tags because it made me choke on my sandwich

[sarkylittlemonster]

@sw0rdguy

[perennial-lee]

Anti-revenge narrative this, anti-revenge narrative that, I personally think that Inigo Montoya had the right idea when he stabbed Count Rugen in the gut and said "I want my father back, you son of a bitch"

[galwednesday]

A lot of revenge arcs end with the hero saying "there's nothing you can do to bring my loved one back, so me seeking revenge is pointless." The Princess Bride's revenge arc ends with Inigo Montoya saying "there's nothing you can do to bring my loved one back, so there's nothing that can save you."

[beanthebugboi]

@sw0rdguy

[the-real-skeletor]

The super bowl or whatever I'm not american

[ghost-cassette]

Oh NOBODY'S going to be horny after this

[aquietquixotic]

Amazing tags

[sometimes-i-just-climb-things]

my ankle is so fuckin horny tho

[hybbat]

A victorian

[eldritchdraaks]

Every reply this is is another punch in the gut

[beanthebugboi]

@sw0rdguy

[ivymooon]

Getting to know your moots!!!

Thanks @itsamzz28 for tagging me luv 🩷

I would like to get to know some of my new mooties!🧸 @pervertedcrush @elskeerdeg @softtiramisu @everl00ng @axeedoll @ameliabedelia2 @angeerie (and of course, feel no pressure for this..)

1. Origin of your blog name - this is something that I came up with while just randomly going through my blog lol

2. Your "I'll always order this food" - I don't order food that often but when I do, it's always a pizza!

3. Your overused emoji - definitely ✨ and 😭...

4. Your current comfort movie/book/show - my current read! 'The Wedding People' by Alison Espach and 🤌🏻...I never expected it to be thisss moving! That rarely happens to me by any fuckin movie/book/show but this one's quite fine as hell ✨...also, I wanna hug Pheobe so bad 🥺

5. Song on repeat - I haven't been looping anything recently but lately I was obsessed with this song I recently discovered.. 'skincontact' by livingthing.

6. Latest obsession - creating moodboards!! And also collecting and pressing flowers and leaves..

7. Oddly specific things that bring you joy - I can never truly bring it to words how much i enjoy being alone in a darkly sunlit room in the afternoon with soft music playing in the bg where i'm just being creative 🎨

8. Smell that makes you happy - the smell of ground when it rains 🤌🏻🤌🏻 and also the smell of freshly cut herbs from my lil garden

9. Something you loved as kid and secretly still do - sketching and just doing random crafts..

10. Your phone wallpaper right now - a starry galaxy kinda image

11. Are you an early bird or a night owl - i'm definitely an early bird! cause I love listening to birds in the morning and watching the sky change its colours

12. What is your profession and do you like it - I'm looking for job rn.. often there are times when I really wish I wasn't in finance.. rather something creative. But also often times i think it's just fine, that it's doable.. I mean it's soo soooo mundane and deadly boring but it's not horrible 🙂

[the-bogginses-are-gay]

ty for the tag @sadiesinkobsessedsstuff + @scoopstroopog <333

Origin of your blog name: I think the bogginses are gay and I wanted to tell the world

My "I'll always order this food": I will never ever turn down some good gyoza

My overused emoji: definitely these💞😭

Comfort movie/book/show: number 1 comfort movies are the LOTR trilogy ofc, comfort book(s) are the Shadowhunter series by Cassandra Clare (yes, every single one), comfort show has to be BBC Ghosts or The Young Ones <3

Song on repeat: currently Shine by Take That 😭

Latest obsession: st5 brutally killed my stranger things obsession (for now anyway) so my obsession with in9+ is finally blooming bc I was repressing it to theorise and obsess about byler 😭

Oddly specific things that bring me joy: researching/learning about things that I'm really interested in on a good day with a good soundtrack, being able to spill my guts to my friends about whatever is rotating in my brain <3

Smell that makes me happy: books! new books, old books, they all smell like comfort and home <3

Something I loved as a kid and still do: singing and dancing really exaggeratedly and idiotically when songs I like come on.... it's genuinely terrible🤦

My phone wallpaper right now: photo of reece and steve I took when I saw stage/fright <3

Early bird or night owl: 100% night owl, I detest doing anything before 11 and I love being up till all hours of the morning

What is your profession and do I like it: I am a high school student in my last year and I kinda like it? I really like most of my subjects and teachers, and the social side of it isn't bad either, aside for one or two things I'd like to change. I can't wait to leave and live my life though haha

tysm for the tags, this was so fun to do <3

npt: @asneakyobserver @iwanderbecauseimlost @shadowyyyidk @muduus @bulionzkury @fosilizd @faguettism @stormy-days-27 @escapefromcamazotz @thewisestsorcerer @thegayestaddams @leofromsomewhere @epitome-of-stupidity @numenoria @sarkylittlemonster @justlikeheavenbyler + open tags! <3

[sarkylittlemonster]

Origin of your blog name: It's my ao3 username, and it was a reference to something my dad called me.

My "I'll always order this food": Uhh, I actually can't think of one for this. I will always order a milkshake tho

My overused emoji: 😔👍

Comfort movie/book/show: Oh, there's so many. For movie, Oscar, for book, These Is My Words, for show, Sherlock

Song on repeat: Me and Michael - MGMT

Latest obsession: The Hobbit

Oddly specific things that bring me joy: Ripping the labels off clothing. Hanging upside down in bed. Eating an ungodly amount of fruit.

Smell that makes me happy: Rain!!

Somethings I loved as a kid and still do: Messy painting 😔

My phone wallpaper right now: Sherlock and John in front of a bus

Early bird or night owl: Kind of a bad at every time pigeon.

And I'm not comfortable enough to answer the last one. :)

@beanthebugboi @wrens-baked-in-sugar @p3iskos @girlcreaturething @earth2snail @fishboysthings @sw0rdguy @dinosaurthatforgottogoextinct + open tags!

[sw0rdguy]

Origin of blog name: My friend called me sword guy when talking about me online because I have swords and I love swords and I fence, so I adopted it when I joined the platform. Sabreur because I love sabre the most.

My "I'll always order this food": Not on every occasion, but if a place I'm probably gonna go back to has buffalo wings, I try them every time. Gotta find the best wings place.

My overused emoji: I don't really overuse any emoji

Comfort movie/book/show: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Song on repeat: Philomena - The Decemberists

Latest obsession: Deep Rock Galactic (ROCK AND STONE!!)

Oddly specific things that bring me joy: aligning the stack of used trays at my university dining hall so that they all slot together nicely

Smell that makes me happy: This probably sounds weird, but, my friend's hair (reminds me that someone likes me enough to want me to be that close to them)

Something I loved as a kid and still do: Video games!!

My phone wallpaper right now: a dumb photo of my friend wearing a cartoon chicken-shaped hat over her eyes

Early bird or night owl: I'd say night owl but I think that'd be doing actual night owls a disservice. Definitely not an early bird.

What is your profession and do you like it: I'm a university student, trying to get a job helping with geographic research.

[machine-unlearning]

It’s Wikipedia Article Wednesday!

Share an interesting Wikipedia article!

I’ll start with a lesser-known problematic ship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Tayleur

RMS Tayleur - Wikipedia

RMS Tayleur - Wikipedia

[beanthebugboi]

@sw0rdguy

[sw0rdguy]

Thanks for tagging me in this, good and interesting article!

[iseulcottage]

Babushcats by Selynn Lee ≽ܫ≼ ˙ᵕ˙

[sarkylittlemonster]

@beanthebugboi @wrens-baked-in-sugar @p3iskos @earth2snail @girlcreaturething @lovelornloserboy @charlietheengineer @sw0rdguy

[shadowqueen2024]

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

Thank you for tagging me @death-in-a-tar0t-card!

Last book: I'm actually in the middle of listening to two audiobooks, the first is Lover Awakened (#3 in series) by J.R. Ward, and the second is The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.

Last song: Secret Santa by Natalie Jane

Last movie: I'm not much of a movie watcher (I prefer series most of the time), so the last movie I saw was a random version of Beauty and the Beast on YouTube while I was writing my presentation for English.

Last series: I just finished Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Friends.

Salty or sweet: Depends, honestly. But majority of the time, I prefer salty more than sweet.

Coffee or tea: This also depends. I usually have coffee when I don't have the cream that I put in my tea. Otherwise, it'll be tea all the way.

Working on: My new Joel Miller fic, Finding Hope in You, and a little one-shot for Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead because I'm starting a rewatch (I stopped at the beginning of season 8 and desperately need to rewatch it before I get tons of aspects wrong from the show lol).

Npt: @kokoluwie, @ess-evo, @cherrycokeispunk, @missadangel, @littledes1re, @rosharanfiction, @mystickittytaco, @iamsherlocked-1998, @thought-you-knew

[selene-muse]

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

Thank you for the tag @shadowqueen2024 <33

Last Book: Currently reading His & Hers by Alice Feeney

Last song: Gravity by Sarah Bareilles

Last movie: The Ugly Stepsister by Emilie Blichfeldt. It's a Norwegian horror movie, and it's so good. Basically, Cinderella, but from one of the stepsisters' POV.

Last series: His & Hers on Netflix. Amazing! I still can't stop thinking about that show. If you're a fan of mystery thrillers and a plot twist you didn't see coming. I highly recommend watching it.

Salty or sweet: It's 50/50 for me, but leaning more towards salty.

Coffee or tea: Coffee, unless I'm sick, then tea.

Working on: Oh god, too many things. Ghost!Bob Reyolds, a Rhett Abbott fic, an Eddie Munson fic, 2 Bob Floyd fics, and a Jake Seresin fic :') I blame my ADHD.

Npt: @of-apollo @abbottsdarling @lives-in-midgard @past-llife @haroldsdream @inthedayswhenlandswerefew @iristheplanet16 @aquarecs @ladyartemesia

[of-apollo]

tag 9 people you want to get to know better!

thank you for the tag !! <3

last book: in the middle of reading still life! but my last book was the virgin suicides!

last song: a new argentina from evita

last movie: the muppets most wanted :’)

last series: uk traitors! i am insane about it

salty or sweet: definitely sweet

coffee or tea: i love both but leaning to coffee

working on: so, so much, both for here and irl. for here, my request from follower celebration. irl, a lot of gaming stuff, university stuff, i graduate from my other degree soon, start driving soon, going on a date tomorrow. there is a lot to unpack!

no pressure tagging … @doyelikehaggis @lives-in-midgard @westviewheartss @r6ven @oceanslogy @sidkneeeee @bobbiereynolds @voidreynolds @nomajdetective

[sidkneeeee]

tag 9 people you want to get to know better!

Thank you for the tag @of-apollo 🤗

last book: I couldn’t even tell you, it’s been so long 😩

last song: Gabriela by KATSEYE

last movie: (all the way through) Sinners

last series: The Studio

salty or sweet: definitely sweet!

coffee or tea: COFFEE 🤤

working on: myself 😅 finding another job, starting to exercise more frequently, starting new hobbies and resuming old ones too

🏷️: @aliancvnas @novastarambeau @lillybahng @damimami1994 @bruceewayne @spider-starry @lostinlovingrevery @snake-cutie @dance-is-life27 @princessanglophile and anyone else that would like to do it 🥰

[princessanglophile]

tag 9 people you want to get to know better!

Thank you for tagging me @sidkneeeee love you 🤗

last book: Don't really read anymore. I think the last one may have been The Haunting of Hill House?

last song: Play Me by Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue

last movie: Song Sung Blue

last series: Stranger Things

salty or sweet: Sweet

coffee or tea: Hot tea, cold coffee. But overall coffee.

working on: My mental health. Trying to do better.

Tagging: @our-future-is-up-to-us-2 @ophelialoveshandsomemen @unificsation @sluppybunny @squishyfruitloop @djojonas @wiltingtulips @bruceewayne @toilandtrouble1031 + anyone who wants to play

[our-future-is-up-to-us-2]

Omg, thank you for the tag @princessanglophile!!

last book: Veil (Kotteri)! But in terms of like, a book book, nothing...

last song: I Love You So by The Walters (if this on loop doesn't count)

last movie: Song Sung Blue!

last series: Sanditon (2019)

salty or sweet: Sweet!!

coffee or tea: Coffee!

working on: writing, taking better care of myself, self-confidence/trying to put myself down less, finding a job!!

Tags: @gingerpeachtea @maki-matsurra @your-local-neighborhood-nerd @fangirlmenace @indignant-isaac @takemybluesasread @star-keepr @ethanoic-acid-boy @sarkylittlemonster along with anyone else who wants wants to join!

[sarkylittlemonster]

Last Book: These Is My Words - Nancy Turner

Last Song: Down South - Jeremy Loops

Last Movie: Code 3

Last series: The Righteous Gemstones

Salty or sweet: Sweet :)

Coffee or tea: Tea

Working on: Finishing short story, writing fics, learning embroidery.

@fishboysthings @sw0rdguy @girlcreaturething

[sw0rdguy]

Last Book: Everything is Tuberculosis - John Green

Last Song: Thus Always To Tyrants - The Oh Hellos

Last Movie: Deadpool

Salty or sweet: Salty

Coffee or tea: Tea

Working on: Editing a Hades video I made with my friend, figuring out what to do/where to be over the summer

[unclefather]

[psych-is-the-name]

[shinekocreator]

Okay, this is actually funny

[beanthebugboi]

@sw0rdguy

[thelocalmuffin]

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

[yeahwrite]

Writers: It's asking to read your Google Docs and be able to 'summarize' things from them and such things. I just turned all mine off.

[last-starry-sky]

Because this isn't mentioned above, also go to google.com/drive/settings and turn off all the annoying bits that interface directly with docs there.

This is all in the "privacy" tab of your settings. How fun that everything is hidden two layers deep. 🙄 This DOESN'T get rid of the stupid little star constantly asking you to use it, unfortunately, but that's what the picker in ublock is for. 😉

[buf309]

More detail instructions for OP's post for those who are confused. This is done from the browser on my laptop, I don't know what they look like on phones.

When you click the first link gemini.google.com/extensions, you need to click on the setting icon at the bottom, then choose "Extension", like this:

Scroll down a bit, you will see the options, turn them all off.

Then, you click on the second link myactivity.google.com/product/gemini, you'll see it tells you that it's already "turn off". NO! IT'S NOT! You have to click on that "Turn off" option, it'll drop down a menu like this:

Turn that thing off. Until that button shows you have to click to turn it back on like this:

And then, click on the delete button down there too, even if it says there's nothing to delete, just do it as a caution.

After you's done with those two. You go to your Drive, find the Setting button.

Click on the "Privacy" tab, choose the button "Manage Workspace smart feature setting"

Tick both of those off, then click Save. Or if you still want to use Google AI assistant for some reasons, please read the fine lines very very carefully.

Only then, you can feel safe enough with this force AI assistant bullshit. FOR NOW 🤡 All these steps still can't get rid of that Gemini blinkblink icon though >:(((((

Repeat for every one of your google accounts 💀

[sarkylittlemonster]

@beanthebugboi @wrens-baked-in-sugar @s0l1v4g4nt @earth2snail @girlcreaturething @sw0rdguy

[sw0rdguy]

Thank you

[satan-offical]

You like my hands? Heh... Wanna see what they can do? *pulls out a sword* ON GUARD 🤺🤺🤺 THOU ART NOT READYE FOR THINE FIGHT OF LIFE 🤺🤺🤺🤺 SHWING SHWING 🤺🤺🤺🤺

[beanthebugboi]

@sw0rdguy

[shitilyposting]

"I don't wanna bother you"

Have you considered that this is how your presence feels?

[beanthebugboi]

Music swaps are the besttttt, I'm currently compiling a list that's at least 25% Will Wood while listening to video game OSTs and folk music (two genres that I have absolutely underestimated until now)

[beanthebugboi]

I take it back, because how tf do I explain to this guy (who I JUST became friends with) that "this song goes so hard that it somehow triggered a phantom wing shift /vvvpos" without sounding absolutely insane

[beanthebugboi]

ok it's been over a year since I posted this and I just re-found it, and it's kinda funny in hindsight because I did actually end up coming out as otherkin to the person this post is about (hi @sw0rdguy )

[sw0rdguy]

Woahhh I forgot that was November 2024. It's been a good year. Well, not entirely, but you've been the best part of it <3

[beanthebugboi]

Well we both know my memory is shit BUT I actually did put the link in one of the previous reblogs!! https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=n0TTcu89AC8

[sw0rdguy]

YIPPEEE good song!!

[mitrakats]

Soldier Poet King

Hello people of tumblr it’s my first day here….hope that’s okay…….