#Arrow Rants

[arrowintheoak]

Today on Arrow Rants About Stupid Stuff

I cannot STAND Apple (the company) and its stupid aggressively predatory business practices I hate it omg

And yet I can't freaking escape it bc it's the only company that offers a decent drawing app on a tablet I can fit in my stupid backpack

My apple pencil is giving out and there's no reason my iPad can't be compatible with the pro pencil except them trying to force me to buy more junk that they'll freaking kill in a year anyway

and yet somehow it's the biggest phone company and half the time I can't even find a phone case for my non-apple phone bc they've cornered the stupid market and drawn everyone into their stupid predatory trap bc they get everyone used to using apple and make it impossible to switch over to anything else bc once you're in and you get used to it it's different enough that it's too much work to try anything freaking else

Just OH MY GOSH

[lunarelly]

mwah mwah mwah i love you characters that are not entirely human thus separating you from humanity thus you grapple with your purpose and identity every single day for your whole life mwaaaaahhhh

[ganondoodle]

(WIP) procrastinating work by working on the reworked sky areas for totk rewritten

[amphibianaday]

day 1421

[blumineck]

question for you!! ive been doing some research on bows to draw and write about the character pictured below, the huntress from shattered pixel dungeon. i was wondering if you knew what type of bow would be closest to the one pictured in this art? i can't find any that curve so sharply that don't also have more than one string, and at this point i wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't one at all. thank you!!! i love your videos by the way they make excellent drawing practice :]

Ok, sorry @themichaelvan, I'm gonna piggyback a rant onto your ask.

One of the curses of being highly invested in a topic is that you start to get uncanny valley much more easily when you see it represented.

A lot of drawn or animated bows suffer from one of 3 problems:

1: the bow is shown at rest in a shape that just doesn't have enough length in the string/limbs to reach full draw (as in the above case)

2: the bow is shown at full draw in a way that could never return to a resting position (usually because the string is way too long, resulting from drawing the limbs too close to their resting position- see below)

Think about how long that string would be if it was straightened. There's no way the limbs of that bow are that long.

3 (usually in fantasy/gaming): the bow is designed in such a way that the limbs simply would not bend the way they need to (usually due to being unfeasibly bulky, or made of a material- e.g. A human spine- that just doesn't have the right kind of physical properties to make a bow from.

So, discounting 3., because people who draw those usually know they're ignoring physics and don't care (in which case: that's awesome, carry on!), how do you avoid this?

Let's look at the different stages of drawing a bow:

- at rest

This is a horsebow. It's 55" end to end. The string is completely taut at rest, and the limbs have a destinctive curve, which gives them enough length to reach a 30" draw. Bows with less curve (e.g. Longbows, and the one in the ask) would need to be a lot longer (68"+), to reach the same draw length.

- starting to draw

The limbs start to straighten slightly, but it's mostly in the limb tips, which frees up some string length.

-half draw

The ends of the limbs have uncurled significantly, but the curves closest to the riser (grip) are still mostly the same

-full draw (ignore my face)

The second half of the draw changes the shape more dramatically, as the central curves bend more sharply.

Notice that at each point, the tips of the bow reach mord than half of the length of the draw? If the string needs to cover more distance than the limbs, something's gone wrong!

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...anyway, to answer your question, the bow in the picture is probably a recurve or horsebow, but it's a bit too small, and the string isn't far enough along.

[lextheartguy]

I have some DC analysis, but please bear with me cause idk if I’m gonna be able to explain this well.

I think that Green Arrow is actually one of if not the main DC character embodying hope.

What I mean by that is that when looking at apocalyptic DC storylines there are four main characters that regularly represent hope in some capacity. Those being Superman, Nightwing, Booster Gold, and Green Arrow. And that amongst them I find GA to be the strongest and most impactful. Going over each of them quickly:

Superman represents inherent goodness and the hope that goodness will persevere in the face of evil. Which means that when he dies or goes evil that signals, essentially, that the gloves are off. That being solely good can no longer win the fight and hard decisions will have to be made. Like how they kill people in DC vs Vampires, how they abandon humans on earth in DCeased, or all the betrayal and moral ambiguity (even from the good guys) in Injustice. If Superman is gone then the hope for any semblance of moral purity is over.

Nightwing represents unity, community, and friendship. So when he goes (dies or otherwise) the superhero community fractures beyond repair. That united front is gone. Like how DC vs Vampires literally divides everyone into vampire and non-vampire, or how DCeased separates the leaguers but putting them on different planets, or the civil war in Injustice.

Booster Gold doesn’t appear as prominently, on account of being a smaller character, but when he does he quite literally embodies that the current future remains. If he is to be born 500 years from now humanity has to not only survive but be able to return to normal. So when he fades out of existence (or at least is supposed to) it shows that things have fundamentally and irreversibly changed.

Green Arrow on the other hand represents the perseverance of humanity. He has always been the “normal person” representing humanity in the Justice League. And that also carries over into DCs more apocalyptic storylines. If Green Arrow is still alive that means that they may have to bend their morals, they may be fractured forever, and things may never return to normal, but the earth keeps spinning, the stars keeps burning, and lives goes on. If Green Arrow is still kicking then hope remains.

[batlantern-abyss]

Hc that when Hal finally tells Ollie and Barry about him and Bruce's relationship they just do NOT believe him because they spent way too many years watching Bruce and Hal argue in meetings and be petty to each other

Like

Hal: guys, I'm dating Bruce

O & B: yeah ok Hal. Whatever you say bro

[whore-mel]

Guys I figured something out (not really)

So Dick Grayson was fired by Batman at the age of, let’s assume, 20-21. And at that time Jason Todd was recruited at 11-12. There is an obvious age gap. And we know from Young Justice that Roy Harper is older than Dick by four years. Will Harper being 18 when Dick was 14, let’s assume that’s true.

In the new 52, specifically Red Hood and The Outlaws, Jason looks about 22-23. But there is a significant age gap between Roy and Jason so Roy would’ve been in his thirties. So it’s clear they shrunk the age gap between them, meaning shrinking the age gap between Dick and Jason as well.

Meaning that when Dick was fired he was about 18 maybe even younger.

In the 2023-2024 green arrow comics, Lian Harper was reintroduced..meaning that the age gap between Roy and Jason, and Jason and Dick has been added again but briefly. Like they made it a bit bigger but not as big to keep the new 52 alive but also the old runs of the comics.

Not to mention Lian Harper. On her grave it said 2004-2009. She was born 2004. But in the new comics she’s obviously 13-14-15. (We don’t know the actual age), but she was born 2004 meaning she’s supposed to be 20-21. Also meaning that in the new comics she’s born in 2010 and maybe 2009 or 2008. But I assume she remembers the 2004 years and not the 2010 years. Same thing with Damian and the west twins and every character that has been deleted and brought back.

And I assume also characters who are supposed to be older due to them being born ages ago but are not aging in the comics also probably remember the older years where they were born and not the supposed year they born in.

End rant :)

[themotherofthehouse]

Arrow has to be the worst representation of Oliver. Ever.

This might be a “Ice is cold” take but oh my god.

So I’m watching arrow, (My Bf is a huge arrow fan) and I’m actually loosing my mind. Who is this?

Is this a distance relative of Oliver Queen who’s also named Oliver Queen and suspiciously has friends named after Oliver? Because genuinely. Who. Is. This.

I’m starting to think that they didn’t read a page of source material because why is Oliver a CONSERVATIVE Batman Punisher hybrid. Where is my funny sassy king?

And who the fuck is Laurel Lance.

[awkwardowl125]

I have a question, what is your opinion on the relationship between Dark Choco and Caramel Arrow? I personally see them in a platonic way, if not straight up siblings, with Caramel Arrow never giving up on him, despite her loyalty to Dark Cacao. I don't know, maybe it's just me and my huge admiration for deep male-female bonds with no romantic feelings whatsoever. I don't mind other interpretations but platonic male-female relationships just hold a huge place in my heart

I actually have a headcanon for this!! So, it's been revealed that Dark Choco taught Carrow how to wield a bow, and I saw that and ran. I headcanon that Carrow was abandoned by her birth parents, and Dark Cacao found her and took her home with him (Fic in the works rn actually 👀). Dark Cacao raised her alongside Dark Choco, who was being trained with swords and bows and all that jazz. When Carrow was old enough and with Dark Cacao's permission, Dark Choco began teaching her how to wield a bow (where she figures out her complex fighting style).

AND YES, I LOVE PLATONIC MALE-FEMALE RELATIONSHIPS AND NO, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!! :DDD

[sunshinecatie]

Read one of the blandest takes researching for my thesis today and no you all are subject to hearing about it too. "Judd Winnick gave Mia Dearden HIV to make a statement" (This was said in support of some iffy statements following an interview Chuck Dixon did back in 2007). Well, pardon me, but no shit, Sherlock. Winnick's Green Arrow is explicitly designed to make a statement. Mia Dearden is an underage sex worker who got raped by her father when she was 9 years old. She ran away from him and sold her body to older men and took drugs to survive on the streets. She was lured in by another man who promised her food and shelter in exchange for selling her body and that's all she knew how to do (also, technically this wasn't even Winnick. This was Kevin Smith). Mia getting diagnosed with HIV is probably the most accurate next step for her development. Her entire existence was to humanize people with HIV and AIDS. Winnick wanted people to start to villainize the illness not the actually people, which the media was doing at the time. The arc itself is absolutely gorgeous and heartbreaking at the same time. The concept of such a heavy topic actually being handled with dignity and grace is astonishing, especially for the polarizing world of the comics industry. I will forever be a Mia Dearden and Winnick Green Arrow defender until I die. Just say you don't understand, but don't talk to my daughter ever again.

[super-hero-confessions]

[astraeajackson]

guys I made a trials of apollo roleplay account for the arrow of dodona and i'm bored so if you've read the books or you're bored like me spam asks so I have something to do😭😭😭

tagging @chaoticcatbehaviour @whats-a-lester @ all my mutuals @the-tortured-fangirl-department @ukelele-boy @apollogies-p + ANYBODY WHO KNOWS WHAT TOA IS BECAUSE I'M BORED

oh the rp is this lil guy @thyarrowofdodona btw and yes it is not very aesthetic but in my defence i used up all my aesthetic skills on my own blog😔

[anyknotrants]

I know Oliver Queen is normaly a drama queen, but in the Super Hero Girls series? OH MY GOD-I fucking can't

That guy makes the drama of all the bats look normal

[cryptic-arr0w]

I know some ppl have already talked about this but um

Why do people always forget that comic books were originally made for kids

“why does Robin exist?” “Robin is a child soldier” COMICS WERE MADE FOR KIDS SO OBVIOUSLY THERE IS GOING TO BE CHILDREN CHARACTERS

And a lot of ppl don’t know that Batman used to be silly but then in the 80s( I think) there was a rise of people who like the darker Batman comics so they did that but now more people Don’t want darker comics so DC is making more light hearted(like BWFA) comics ☹️

[glitter-stained]

Developing life skills and being on the nerd websiteTM is so funny because my mutuals will be like "here's a rant about how a very serious world issue permeates in fandom, my personal rating of Flash villains, sex post, list of least favourite ants organised by size, and now here's a reminder of how to safely bake cookie dough and not get salmonella nor e coli. And I'll be like hell yeah, here's a rant about classism linked with psychophobia in dc, my personal rating of green arrow trick arrows, sex post, list of dsm-5 criteria for a disorder, and now here's a reminder that you can salvage the completely burnt bottoms of pots pans you thought you could never use again after a kitchen disaster by repeatedly treating them with boiling hot water. (Idk if it's safe, but you can do it.) Friendly reminder to wait until the water has cooled down before using a sponge to rub the partially detached burnt food off of the pan between treatment, and that hot metal also burns. Green Arrow's trick arrows are so incredibly funny, what the fuck is the difference between independence day arrow and normal firework arrow. Why do you randomly carry the wedding arrow around. Imagine Mia reaching for the wrong arrow and the villain of the week is showered in wedding rice and they just look at eachother like um. What.