I just finished it, couldn't believe that Strahd was Luke Skywalker's mother the whole time! /spoilers
Exactly.
They're charging stations for the 'birds' (government spy drones).
It always stuck in my mind, along with his movie/book adaptation with this godawful bright blue sword. Made me start thinking the guy was far less into actual historical combat than his fantasy fetish version of it. Then he went full tradcon anti-SJW, and like... yep. That fits.
His instructors told him it was dumb. Anyone LOOKING can see it's dumb. But he has convinced himself that he knows better and this is a secret super move the Wole Don't Want You To Know (or some shit). Arrogance personified.
Talking of Shad and HEMA, I remember one of his videos where he defends a really stupid move – jumping backwards and shoving your sword out with both arms. He shares a video of him doing it, where he's obviously unbalanced and his thrust is robbed of all force by him moving backwards... 1/2
... lick it. What do curse taste like?
Tree rights are a real concern for everyone. Kier Starmer's only make up 0.0000000000001% of the population. By his logic he would be an acceptable casualty to stop his wholly fictional crimes.
I'm not saying it's a good principle mind...