Dustloop:... and those are your basic blockstrings :)

Me: why do they have gaps?

Dustloop: pardon? you mean like frametra--

Me: look, this one ends with 214S. I'm too far away to immediately c.S or 5K again. my opponent could jump after that, or throw out a button. they could get out of pressure.

Dustloop: ...yes? is there a problem?

Me, wisps of smoke gently pouring out of my ears as I process the fundamental harsh realities of fighting game design: I don't want that