Injury – T. G. Shepherd

5 – Facing Off

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:09:02 +0000

Mockingbird came out of the shadows between one breath and the next, moving fast. In one of those motions that didn’t seem…fair, somehow, she caught one of her batons on a rebound. The other one – the one that had hit him, numbing his left arm – it was still at Castle’s feet. He snatched it up, holding it in front of him in a guard position. She smiled. “You want to play in my house, Frank?

Source

9 – Fight In The Air

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:06:52 +0000

Mockingbird’s staff snapped downward at where his hip had been. If it had struck he’d probably not be able to walk for hours at least. She pulled the strike when he moved out of the way, spinning the long metal pole back up and into a ready posture. Smooth, calm, professional. She had to have noticed how shaky the structure they were standing on was. No unnecessary damage to the thing that kept...

Source

10 – Punisher Takes Stock

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:06:18 +0000

Castle pressed his fingers to his side, checking to make sure the damn woman hadn’t broken his rib. No. It hurt, and it was tender but not mushy and he could breath fine. He didn’t feel the pull of severe damage, just an ache. He went to ground behind one of the pillars, taking stock of his weapons. Knives and hand guns, check. He’d left the rifles in the van, hidden a few blocks away — a mistake.

Source

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...

Source

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.

Source

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.

Source

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.

Source

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...

Source

30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 19: John Wick Must Die (58:40-59:25)

T.G. Shepherd — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:55:28 +0000

Hey folks. Since my first choice dropped John Wick I’ve moved onto another streaming service for the movie, which is a fifteen seconds behind on the time codes. I’ve flipped to their timing as of now, at some point I’ll likely edit all of this to the DVD time codes. Maybe. Also, this is the climax of the fight so I’m running it a little long to get to the end, which oddly then makes it sync back...

Source

30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 18 (Repost of Chapter 1) Perkins Takes A Bite (58:25-58:55)

T.G. Shepherd — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 03:00:00 +0000

Perkins Vs John Wick (58:25-58:55) This was my inaugural post because of a coincidence. I was asked twice in one month by random people if I knew why Perkins uses her teeth hold her jacket during this fight. It’s a moment that watching it I thought “Maybe five percent of the people watching this are going to know why she did that. Maybe two percent.” By happy chance the sequence also starts with...

Source