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Quote of the Day, At Least Hold Out For A Knighthood, Kid edition.

You’ve got the technical queen on the ropes, here.

People on the internet are saying I am the queen of Sweden, because in the legend of King Arthur, he was given a sword by a lady in a lake, and that meant he would become king. I am not a lady – I’m only eight – but it’s true I found a sword in the lake. I wouldn’t mind being queen for a day, but when I grow up I want to be a vet. Or an actor in Paris.

Because, really, you have folklore on your side on this one.  Have Her Nibs put you on the next Honors List, or however that works in Sweden.  Always Be Closing, Swedish Girl Who Found A Sword*.  Always Be Closing.

Moe Lane

*I know her name, but it’s probably best not to put that out on the Internet, what with it being a wretched hive of scum and villainy these days.

Looks like there’s going to be a new Queen of Sweden soon. [Sanitized.]

That’s how it works, right?

“It’s not every day that one steps on a sword in the lake!” Mikael Nordström from Jönköpings Läns Museum told The Local when explaining the significance of the find.

But that’s exactly what happened to [Swedish Girl Who Found A Sword], who found the relic at the Vidöstern lake in Småland earlier this summer.

“I felt something in the water and lifted it up. It was a handle, and I told my dad that it looked like a sword!” Saga told Sveriges Radio, recalling the moment. “It was pretty cool and a bit exciting.”

Continue reading Looks like there’s going to be a new Queen of Sweden soon. [Sanitized.]

SCAdian-trained woman demonstrates sword techniques to home invader.

This ended well.

When a man broke into Karen Dolley’s home on Thursday night, her training in medieval combat came in handy. So did her sword.

…which is to say, it ended with the guy cowering manfully in a corner and being really really really sorry that he had invaded the nice woman’s house and oh, wow, here are some wonderful policemen come to save him.  My only problem with this story? Pretty much everybody I know is going to send me a link to it.

Via Raw Story, which by the way is apparently having difficulty telling the difference between ‘cosplay,’ and ‘martial art.’ Ach, well, sometimes it’s hard for the mainstream to understand the counter-culture. I need to remember that.