Prisoner Builds Final Fantasy Arsenal Out Of Matchsticks

[AbstractStream]

That's impressive to be made just out of matchsticks. Probably was made out of boredom though.

 

[Robert Ewing]

Of course, in the UK, "authorities" consider anything with an edge narrower than the edge of one's hand to be "sharp enough to cause harm". I'm surprised they didn't just come out and say "We confiscated them to make sure he didn't accidentally hurt himself."

True, I remember hearing once that somebody was seriously punished for being found 'sharpening his chin on a wall, intended for grievous bodily harm to a fellow cell mate.'

I shit you not.

 

[Humza Ahmad]

They need to put these weapons in a prison museum if one exists.

 

[Ghengis John]

They should give us this guy's name so we can send him a big stack of Shonen Jumps to occupy himself with. I dunno when they put him away. I do know that in american prisons prisoners aren't even allowed to follow the news for fear they'll get into fights over their political opinions. If that's the case in the UK this guy might not even know they caught Aizen.

And that is how a real man breaks out of prison. With materia and zanpakuto AS BIG AS A HUMAN TORSO!

Honestly though, if he were really planning to use these to harm someone, why put so much effort into it? People may be pretty crazy in prison, but if I were gonna stab a guy, I would use something more utilitarian. Small and pointy is easier to hide than TORSO SIZE!

Well, maybe he respected his enemy and wanted him to go out in style.

If he really respected his enemy then that Tensa Zangetsu on the left would have a manji for a guard and some links of chain on the end. This man would have brought dishonor to both his and his adversary's families had he used such a blade. Not to mention that he probably didn't take the time to make a badass coat and cover himself with bandages. HOW CAN SOMEONE USE TENSA ZANGETSU WITHOUT A BADASS COAT AND BANDAGES!?!?!

On the other hand we can't rule out the possibility that he was working on that stuff too but just hadn't acquired enough matches yet.
I mean of course weaponry would be first priority, think about how ridiculous "MAN BUILDS COAT OUT OF MATCHSTICKS, REASONS UNKNOWN" would look in the papers.

Oh they'd know the reason alright, they'd know! It was to save his girlfriend from the freakish phoenix guillotine! And to prove his honor to a girly man wearing hair decs who's also a huge douche! He would have been the most honorable warrior in all of soul society had he only put forth the extra effort on the badass coat and bandages... and if he hadn't been found out. That probably would have helped too... as well as soul society actually existing. All that stuff would've helped.

You can trust The Rail Tracer on this folks, he's the expert on going out of your way to impress a beautiful (warrior) woman.

 

[Tenbob]

From right to left:

Cloud's Buster Sword: Final Fantasy 7
Siefer's (not Squall's) Gunblade: Final Fantasy 8
A carving knife. (Don't recognize it from any particular series)
Ichigo's zanpakutou, Zangetsu: Bleach
Renji's zanpakutou, Zabimaru: Bleach
Kenshin's Reverse-blade sword: Rorouni Kenshin

Definitely Squall's gunblade- Squall's was the revolver, Seifer's the more modern pistol.

 

[MonkeyPunch]

Yeah the inmate definitely made those to harm others... as you can see he chose the most ergonomic and useful designs for that goal.
I mean he obviously made the gunblade so that he could easily conceal the weapon in his trousers.

I love the fact that they think that an inmate built some props out of matchsticks is the "dangerous" part. Yeah that was totally what he would use to cause ruckus! Not the 5 million matchsticks he could use to ignite the sh!t out of pretty much anything.
(In fact with that many match heads, you can actually create a type of gun with a pen Did it myself in my youth)

Shame they had to confiscate them... seems like at least this inmate was passing away his time by being creative.

 

[Draconalis]

How does it look like a keyblade?

Because it's a piano key-blade.

In any case. Time and nothing to do has lead to many prisoners being VERY creative. My uncle made an entire painting using M&M's coloring as ink.

 

[Guardian of Nekops]

I do have to wonder how long the guards neglected to look wherever he was hiding those... that's a LOT of work and a lot of collection, right there, if those are made of matchsticks and not just wood.

They're lucky they didn't find a fully operational Iron Man Mark 1 suit in there, is what I'm saying.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Even if he sharpened them, what possible use could he get out of them? I mean, they're made out of matchsticks and glue, the moment he tries to hit someone with them they would break apart into hundres of pieces.

I say let him keep them or at the very least keep them on display.

 

[2xDouble]

And the third one looks like Faust's giant scalpel from Guilty Gear

Spoiler

But I could be wrong here.

Possible, but the long, thin section has a visible sawtooth edge, and is visibly narrower than the larger "scalpel head" section. I would say that part is the blade. I just can't think of anyone of note that uses a carving knife... someone from Silent Hill or Resident Evil, maybe?

Definitely Squall's gunblade- Squall's was the revolver, Seifer's the more modern pistol.

True, but the shape of the blade doesn't match.

Spoiler: Squall's

Squall's:

Spoiler: Siefer's

Siefer's:

...or it could be just a generic "gunblade".

After all, I can't imagine they'd have lots of time to play video games or watch movies in prison... so he must've made these from memory, which makes the fact they're recognizable at all that much more impressive.

 

[2xDouble]

*snip*

Ahem... look one post above yours. As you can see, I already said that.

 

[Paragon Fury]

Right to left:

Senbonzakura - Captain Kuchiki's Zanpakuto

Zanbimaru - Lt. Arbari's Zanpakuto

Zangetsu - Ichigo Kurosaki's Zanpakuto