"Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process."
— E. B. White
That said, read the following only if you wish the joke to die, because I am about to dissect it.
There is a famous quote--nay, exchange--on the Internet from Princess Bride, in which Inigo Montoya is fighting the Man in Black, and after a spell, admits his opponent is better than himself. However, he subsequently informs said opponent that he is "not left-handed", whilst swapping his blade to his right-hand. Now, as he had been fighting off-handed up to this point, his sudden, remarkable increase in skill single handedly turns the tide of the battle.
Montoya's opponent also does this, in the same battle, with near identical results. It is from those two instances of the trope I appropriated the lines given to Nanoha.
Now, Nanoha is left-handed. I know this, you know this. This is, to MGLN fans, well established fact, and she fights all her battles using her left hand. The artist of the image we are discussing, however, is either not aware of Nanoha's handedness, or forgot.
Because in this image, Nanoha is wielding Raising Heart in her right hand.
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narocroc
1 year agoI WANNA BE YOUR FRIEND
PTEXIA
1 year agoamuro is a proud dad, nanoha just passed the badass test with full colors again
PTEXIA
1 year agosure she can, just configure the barrier jacket
PTEXIA
1 year agonow i realized that nanoha's jacket is made out of luna titanium and gundarium alloy, very tough to destroy huh?
Nitramy
1 year ago"Listen or be shot.
Fail to listen or be shot again."
nanapriss
1 year agoIsn't this a reversed pic of her from episode 9 of A's?
KillerSpoon13
1 year agoreminds me of a certain scene in crisis core...
Kuwago
1 year agoShe's halfway there my friend. All she needs is 'One-Winged Angel' playing in the background.
artanis00
1 year agoNanoha: There's something I ought to tell you...
???: Tell me.
Nanoha: I am not left-handed.
DarthTobi
1 year agoHave an internet for that reference, sir.
artanis00
1 year agoGratefully accepted, though some credit must go to the artist for setting that up for me (however, unintentionally).
MikeRosoft
1 year agoFor a moment, I thought the URL of this image had read "epic-fire-maneuver" instead of "epic-fire-mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha".
artanis00
1 year agoBah. Doesn't work with the sorting.
pyro archvile
11 months agoFixed that for you.
henmere
11 months agoHow to(?): http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/nm5211726
Sar.Saraneth
8 months agoBut she is.
artanis00
4 months agoThat said, read the following only if you wish the joke to die, because I am about to dissect it.
There is a famous quote--nay, exchange--on the Internet from Princess Bride, in which Inigo Montoya is fighting the Man in Black, and after a spell, admits his opponent is better than himself. However, he subsequently informs said opponent that he is "not left-handed", whilst swapping his blade to his right-hand. Now, as he had been fighting off-handed up to this point, his sudden, remarkable increase in skill single handedly turns the tide of the battle.
Montoya's opponent also does this, in the same battle, with near identical results. It is from those two instances of the trope I appropriated the lines given to Nanoha.
Now, Nanoha is left-handed. I know this, you know this. This is, to MGLN fans, well established fact, and she fights all her battles using her left hand. The artist of the image we are discussing, however, is either not aware of Nanoha's handedness, or forgot.
Because in this image, Nanoha is wielding Raising Heart in her right hand.