Talk:Lo Po Bia Elaine/@comment-26846012-20161018150344/@comment-5693502-20161019000941

On the topic of the weapon being a blade, I'm in agreement with Athanos.

On the topic of people mistaking needle-wielders for sword-wielders, I think that stems down to Regulars wielding their needles as if they were swords. It seems to be quite common, a prime examples being when Boro, using a needle, defeated Blue Skin via bisection at the waist (a move more akin to a bladed weapon) rather than via impalement (or similar). It doesn't help when prominent Regulars like Shilial Zahard use weapons like this. Despite noting she isn't very good at swordsmanship, I think it became clear after her weapon snapped that Shilial was wielding a needle rather than a sword. At best, one could call it a modified rapier (which just means that despite technically still being a sword, it functions much more like a needle).

All in all, it's an easy thing to overlook ^^