Dual-Wielding/Quotes

Ranger: Behold! For as a ranger, I possess the rare and enviable Dual-Wield! [pulls out a second bow] Have you a sense of the sudden and violent brevity of your future?
Sarda: That's... This is what you're going with? Dual-wield.
Ranger: Moreover! As a ranger/ranger, I can dual-wield my dual-wield! [pulls out two more bows]
Sarda: What.

Ranger: Behold! The mythical art of quad-wielding and its dodecarrow storm!

Sarda: How are you holding those?

Ranger: It's not easy. Really hurts the neck.

—Eight Bit Theater

Lord Lefford: I saw that great hairy one today, the one who insisted that he must have two battle-axes, the heavy black steel ones with twin crescent blades.
Tyrion: Shagga likes to kill with either hand.
Lord Lefford: He still had that wood-axe of his strapped to his back.

Tyrion: Shagga is of the opinion that three axes are even better than two.

—A Song of Ice and Fire

"Drizzt's most endearing characteristic is that he ponces around using two scimitars -- and is still alive. (...) Historically, the various tradeoffs among Damage, Defense, Agility, Cost and Convenience have been resolved in favor of using one weapon at a time."

—The FRUA Newsletter, on a Forgotten Realms character.

"“If I were to pick up this cowering-plate, I would have to put down my second sword, ” a Scotsman thinks. “And surely that is madness.”

—The Team Fortress 2 blog, on a Scotsman's thoughts on shields.