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Marcus Vance
@marcusvance.bsky.social
Sword & Sci-Fi Guy on YouTube and TikTok
Contact: mvancevideos@gmail.com
Any authors have some sword questions?
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I've been getting real tired of so many AI slop history/sword/military videos that are just... wrong.

So I made a channel dedicated to debunking them.
October 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Forever War is a military science fiction classic for numerous reasons.

But could their soldiers beat up a Space Marine?
youtu.be/h1NPsyebiNQ?...
August 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Marcus Vance's Sword Knowledge Level surpasses Italian fencing master Fiore de Liberi.

Fiore is recognized as one of the best sword masters on Earth

Vance achieved this NATURALLY with his unorthodox nerd lifestyle
August 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I've noticed that the research is my favorite part of work, but it's difficult to do that alongside feeling like I need to regularly put out stuff.

So I've been working on front loading. So far haven't quite gotten to the point where I can shift focus.
August 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Forever War is a staple of military science fiction.

It focuses on a soldier jumping forward in time due to FTL travel coming back to a new Earth after each battle.

The weapons are blueprints for future scifi.

But can their soldiers beat up a 40k Space Marine?
August 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
For the record, my first published short story had 5 em dashes—one every 100 words!—and I wrote it in 2018.

A.I. does use more em dashes than the average person, but not the average author.
July 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Law enforcement are instructed to focus on the green zones in order to keep batons "less lethal."

Striking other areas can be seen as an escalation of force.
June 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
People are tired of hearing this, but I just find it so funny how I went from posting that no one asks me about to talk about Rebel Moon guns to getting harassed by Snyder bros to becoming the most popular Rebel Moon lore youtuber on the platform and doing more for the series than any of them.
April 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Yeah? Well at least 40k implants don't make people go crazy like Cyberpunk!"

My sibling in the Omnissiah, Space Marines no longer care about humans and the Ad Mech despises meat. They are cyberpsychos.
April 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"This is a social experiment to see if I can get away with acting like a jerk."

Boring.

I've been trying to undo the "katana sucks" public sentiment that came from people overcorrecting anime nerds
April 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Accidentally ended up with two of these since I didn't realize there were two editions...
April 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It's probably the fur, but this lamellar armor just looks way more intimidating than standard plate.
April 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Norwegian peasant militia axes were weird. But the curved head was so you get the leverage of an axe, but a similar drawing/cutting motion you get with a curved sword. It's one of those designs that didn't really make it.
March 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Imperium of Man barely has railguns small enough to give to Space Marines.

Cyberpunk has railgun pistols that are seen as a common Corp concealed pieces, and they can penetrate over 16 feet of dense concrete (likely ~2.4 feet of armor steel).

The Tau don't even have that.
We gotta stop this "Warhammer 40k is more advanced because it's 40,000 years"

Space Marines get stronger by getting injected with hormones and eating ceramics for a year so it fuses with their bones.

Cyberpunk has a nanite injection that rebuilds muscle casually over 2 weeks.
February 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We gotta stop this "Warhammer 40k is more advanced because it's 40,000 years"

Space Marines get stronger by getting injected with hormones and eating ceramics for a year so it fuses with their bones.

Cyberpunk has a nanite injection that rebuilds muscle casually over 2 weeks.
February 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Contrary to what movies say, it's not difficult to use a sword.

They weigh about 2.5 pounds, and, according to some, only take about a week to learn proficiency.

Gaining expertise requires more time, though.
February 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Stumbled on an active sword auction and immediately want the first two.

I'm afraid to scroll down more
February 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
As a content creator, I can 100% guarantee that you reaching out to a creator you like and telling them you like their stuff will absolutely make their day.
February 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Since I've been talking a lot about Cyberpunk VS Warhammer 40K, here is a 2020 bolter.

.71 caliber (18mm (approx 18x50)) rocket propelled armor-piercing incendiary round.
Has an onboard ballistics computer, and the projectile can be guided.
February 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
He was a competitive kickboxer.

A basic SoB rose to top ranks in unethical military school as a child and then went to unethical special forces school as an adult.

It'll be fast.
February 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Love how the Acceltra in @warframe.com is more like a fighter jet with wing missiles
February 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Compared to real atmospheric diving suits, this thing probably weighs over 800 pounds and the plates are likely an inch thick—so comparable to an APC in protection.
Heretic Naval Raider

"The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned..." - WB Yeats

Depicted here is an Anointed Raider, their armor doubles as a diving suit, allowing them to infiltrate coastal defences undetected.
January 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
December 22, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Tell me your favorite sword and I'll rank it purely based on personal preference
December 12, 2024 at 5:17 PM