Every time you've said something is impossible, I've done it... I'm starting to feel like a world record breaker... that or a hip young girl who keeps having the popo called on her for playing her new age music too loud. First of all, Sigurd is practically on Iolanthe's left side, let's get that straight; I've had her make enough pivots, she'd get a 10/10 score in a ballerina dance contest. At the end of the movement where she pulled the hoplon over her shoulder, the flat bottom of her hand would be facing Sigurd. She didn't need to reverse the grip at all, this was the planned angle. This is the angle it'd be most comfortable to raise and lower her shield. A better argument you could've made is that: The gladius isn't long enough to strike Sigurd's wrist in time. Or: In his drawback, Sigurd narrowly avoided the sneaky blade. I wouldn't have been bothered if you went ahead and posted that, without complaining OOC again. Let's just get this out of the way early. [@Drifting Pollen] Obviously Iolanthe can't move her arms without your divine judgment.