chasin down a daydream 💫💫

eugene really out here reminding us the importance of sleep.. 💤

bonus;

QUIRIN’S HAND.

But what I’m gonna talk about here is Adira’s decision to throw Hector, and how she executes it.

 First interesting thing, she has her sword fully behind her back before his feet have left the ground for this jump strike.  In this gif you can catch more easily what Adira seems to, which is him, shifting his weight to jump.  She only really has about a split second to make this decision, as you can see by the original speed of the clip here:

and by putting her sword behind her back she eliminates the possibility of seriously injuring him, or allowing him to injure himself in his single minded anger.

When she catches his wrist his expression actually shifts from surprise, to anger  (cause she’s not playing the game right by not using her weapon), to realization mid throw.

BUT, the real interesting thing here is how she uses her foot to flip him.  It’s not a kick per-se, like other times in their fight.  This is far more about keeping his momentum going and adjusting his trajectory so he will flip, as opposed to slamming him face first into the floor.  Instead this sends him more into a roll motion so he’ll land on his back.

This reminds me of martial arts throws in that it’s over the shoulder and you use your enemies momentum against them.  Just, usually they’re not jumping.

Using her foot distributes the motion, keeps it more fluid, and probably actually keeps her from hurting him (and his shoulder) worse.

Her foot is supporting and suspending him midair here by the midriff.  Honestly, it looks like most of what she’s doing here is designed to minimize injury for him as much as she can afford.  

I like to think they’d visit Old Corona to celebrate Varian’s birthday, unfortunately for Quirin.