>>10603443>80% of his blades are fucking backwards. this person doesn't understand how being the shredder works. he's the guy that shreds things.IMO it actually works better, Shredder's blades have never made much sense. I know Shredder traditionally has his arm blades facing point-forward, but think about that for a second. You can stab someone with the tips, but it's liable to get stuck in them, which would lock you into close-quarters combat. A backwards-facing set of blades would be streamlined, ideal for slicing at someone quickly and repeatedly. Think about the versions of Batman that have the forearm blades/spikes, they are always facing backwards for this exact reason. Facing forward looks threatening, but it makes very little sense.
>he's based on a cheese grater. -the pointy end points toward the thing you want to shred-That is not how a cheese grater works, have you ever seen one? It has sunken-in divots with sharp edges, not protruding points. If Shredder's blades were stuck onto a cheese grater, the cheese would just get stuck on the points, it would not be good at shredding. Eastman may have cited a cheese grater as the idea that inspired Shredder, but it does not work the same way at all. And desu, I think many creators have been blindly following the original Shredder's blade design, without considering how stupid the logic behind them is. The fact that this artist chose to reverse them tells me they thought about the practicality of the design.
