Blood – T. G. Shepherd

11 – Charge!

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:05:46 +0000

Castle charged forward like a bull. He knew that if he stayed out from her again he was going to pay for it. He pulled one of his knives, not wanting to be barehanded against her. He had to get close, grapple, use his body weight to get her down, hold her down. He didn’t need to keep her there, just to keep her occupied long enough to finalize his agenda. If he had to stick her in the leg or even...

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12 – Combat

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:05:16 +0000

Frank rolled to his feet and saw … A flash of motion, as Mockingbird landed on the walkway in front of him, several dozen paces away. The sway had been caused by her landing. He drew one of his knives and raced towards her, intent on stopping her cold before she realised he was there. He almost made it, his first strike sending her scrambling backwards, nearly stumbling. Her batons came up in...

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13 – The Big Choice

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:04:37 +0000

Punisher pulled out an incendiary grenade. It was sleek black matte one, with no identifying marks on it. He’d probably made it himself. It was likely immensely powerful. “No. Damn it, do not do this,” Mockingbird hissed at him, dragging her badly bleeding hand into her chest, hoping to staunch the flow. “Not in here, who knows what god forsaken chemicals this place is soaked with. You’ll burn the...

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14 – Finale 1

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:04:08 +0000

Desperately, Mockingbird leapt towards it… Despite the blood, the pain, her hand reached out…and caught the bottom of the grenade right at the end of her leap. She went headfirst over the railing, tumbling towards the ground but she managed to weakly bat the grenade back at Punisher as she fell. Spinning in mid air she heard the whump of ignition, felt the wave of heat even below the explosion.

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15 – Finale 2

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:01:18 +0000

Desperately, Mockingbird leapt towards it… And slashed out with her remaining baton as she went head first over the railing, tumbling and spinning to land on the hard floor below. One knee flexed till it touched the ground. Super hero landing, she cheered to herself. She felt the baton make contact with the grenade, sending it flying hard and fast through the air over Punisher’s head.

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Interlude: 30 Seconds Without Fear (Daredevil Season 3, Episode 6 “The Devil You Know”)

T.G. Shepherd — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 05:52:03 +0000

Streamed on Netflix Canada 41:00-47:05 Before I move on to my next long form break down ( Atomic Blonde #30AtomicSeconds) I wanted to pop in a slightly longer post about one of the best fight scenes in superhero media, from Season 3 of the Netflix Daredevil series. All my blog posts will carry the hashtag #30SecondsOfWick and be considered part of that series but also their own hashtags.

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 23: This Isn’t A Fight (1:29:30-1:31:00 plus a bit more)

T.G. Shepherd — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This last fight isn’t really a fight. It’s a Shakespearean tragedy played out in minutes of screen time. So I’m going to do the whole thing in one post. There isn’t a great deal about it that’s interesting or sophisticated fighting, not like Wick’s desperate war with Perkins or his slaying of Kirill. This isn’t a fight. It’s fate. Things I skipped over: John taking his somewhat anticlimactic...

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