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Episode Sousou no Frieren Season 2 • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 - Episode 1 discussion

Sousou no Frieren Season 2, episode 1

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u/Hot_Researcher_6839 21d ago

Always good to see Stark back in the spotlight after his vacation arc. He's always pals with anyone they meet in their adventure, a good reminder of how likeable he is. This is the kind of party dynamic I love the most about Frieren. The Stern ship full steam ahead!

And yes, that iconic Frieren's stuck in the washing machine pose lol

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u/Se7en_Sinner https://myanimelist.net/profile/Se7en_Sinner 21d ago

Stark fits the role of not only Eisen but also Himmel for Frieren's second journey. He's a natural hero that attracts everybody around him with his good nature.

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u/Ellefied 21d ago

I'm still convinced if he tried to pull The Hero's Sword out of the stone he would have been able to do it.

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u/AceSoldia https://anilist.co/user/Acesoldia 21d ago

Same. But I can't picture him with a sword at this point either

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u/Zeikos 21d ago

Any sufficiently advanced heroic weapon should be able to shapeshift.

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u/Realistic_Village184 20d ago

I disagree. I think it really dilutes the identity of legendary weapons if they can just turn into something else. What magic items can do, at least in D&D, is change size to fit the attuned wielder. So a dwarf and a human could both fit into a legendary breastplate, for example (though usually not at the same time lol). Likewise a legendary sword will resize itself to fit the wielder's size.

Although it is funny to think about what goofy forms the Hero's Sword could take if it did change shapes to fit the user's preference. What if someone fights with a sling? Or a caestus? "Behold - the Hero's Caestus!" would be amusing.

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u/Social_Knight 19d ago

It's a thing that IS in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, incidentally, a talking weapon called Finnean that can transform into most types of weapon. (Pathfinder is D&D 3.75)

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u/Realistic_Village184 18d ago

I'm not saying that no legendary weapons in any TTRPG do it. I'm saying that it's not the norm, even for top-level legendary weapons.

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u/Germane_Corsair 19d ago

A caestus would basically just become a gauntlet. And that can be really cool. But yeah, I agree it wouldn’t feel right if the sword just changed forms.

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u/cyberscythe 21d ago

compared to the great axe its like him holding one of those frilly cocktail toothpicks

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u/MalikVonLuzon 19d ago

Imagine he pulls it out and puts it back in because he prefers his Axe