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[falconfate]

Hello ranger’s apprentice fandom can we talk real quick about the stupidest thing Flanagan ever wrote

It’s about the bows. Yanno, the rangers’ Iconique™️ main weapon. That one. You know the one.

Flanagan. Flanagan why are your rangers using longbows.

“uh well recurve arrows drop faster” BUT DO THEY. FLANAGAN. DO THEY.

the answer is no they don’t. Compared to a MODERN, COMPOUND (aka cheating) bow, yes, but compared to a longbow? Y’know, what the rangers use in canon? Yeah no a recurve actually has a FLATTER trajectory. It drops LATER.

This from an article comparing the two:

“Both a longbow and a recurve bow, when equipped with the right arrow and broadhead combination, are capable of taking down big game animals. Afterall, hunters have been doing it for centuries with both types of bows.

However, generally speaking and all things equal, a recurve bow will offer more arrow speed, creating a flatter flight trajectory and retain more kinetic energy at impact.

The archers draw length, along with the weight of the arrow also affect speed and kinetic energy. However, the curved design of the limbs on a recurve adds to its output of force.”

It doesn’t actually mention ANY distance in range! And this is from a resource for bow hunting, which, presumably, WOULD CARE ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING!

Okay so that’s just. That’s just the first thing.

The MAIN thing is that even accounting for “hur dur recurves drop faster” LONGBOWS ARE STILL THE STUPID OPTION.

Longbows, particularly and especially ENGLISH longbows, are—as their name suggests—very long. English longbows in particular are often as tall or taller than their wielder even while strung, but especially when unstrung. An unstrung longbow is a very long and expensive stick, one that will GLADLY entangle itself in nearby trees, other people’s clothes, and any doorway you’re passing through.

And yes, there are shorter longbows, but at that point if you’re shortening your longbow, just get a goddamn recurve. And Flanagan makes a point to compare his rangers’ bows to the Very Long English Longbow.

Oh, do you know how the Very Long English Longbow was mostly historically militarily used? BY ON-FOOT ARCHER UNITS. Do you know what they’re TERRIBLE for? MOUNTED ARCHERY.

Trust me. Go look up right now “mounted archery longbow.” You’ll find MAYBE one or two pictures of some guy on a horse struggling with a big stick; mostly you will actually see either mounted archers with RECURVES, or comparisons of Roman longbow archers to Mongolian horse archers (which are neat, can’t lie, I love comparing archery styles like that).

Anyway. Why are longbows terrible for mounted archery? Because they’re so damn long. Think about it: imagine you’re on a horse. You’re straddling a beast that can think for itself and moves at your command, but ultimately independently of you; if you’re both well-trained enough, you’re barely paying attention to your horse except to give it commands. And you have a bow in your hands. If your target is close enough to you that you know, from years of shooting experience, you will need to actually angle your bow down to hit it because of your equine height advantage, guess what? If you have a longbow, YOU CAN’T! YOUR HORSE IS IN THE WAY BECAUSE YOUR BOW IS TOO LONG! Worse, it’s probably going to get in the general area of your horse’s shoulder or legs, aka moving parts, which WILL injure your horse AND your bow and leave you fresh out of both a getaway vehicle and a ranged weapon. It’s stupid. Don’t do it.

A recurve, on the other hand, is short. It was literally made for horse archers. You have SO much range of motion with a recurve on horseback; and if you’re REALLY good, you know how to give yourself even more, with techniques like Jamarkee, a Turkish technique where you LITERALLY CAN AIM BACKWARDS.

For your viewing enjoyment, Serena Lynn of Texas demonstrating Jamarkee:

Yes, that’s real! This type of draw style is INCREDIBLY versatile: you can shoot backwards on horseback, straight down from a parapet or sally port without exposing yourself as a target, or from low to the ground to keep stealthy without banging your bow against the ground. And, while I’m sure you could attempt it with a longbow, I wouldn’t recommend it: a recurve’s smaller size makes it far more maneuverable up and over your head to actually get it into position for a Jamarkee shot.

A recurve just makes so much more SENSE. It’s not a baby bow! It’s not the longbow’s lesser cousin! It’s a COMPLETELY different instrument made to be used in a completely different context! For the rangers of Araluen, who put soooo much stock in being stealthy and their strong bonds with their horses, a recurve is the perfect fit! It’s small and easily transportable, it’s more maneuverable in combat and especially on horseback, it offers more power than a longbow of the same draw weight—really, truly, the only advantage in this case that a longbow has over the recurve is that longbows are quicker and easier to make. But we KNOW the rangers don’t care about that, their KNIVES use a forging technique (folding) that takes several times as long as standard Araluen forging practices at the time!

Okay.

Okay I think I’m done. For now.

[tali-zorahs]

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[wrinkleintime]

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[archer-kacey]

Grant with fangs (spider)

[jojotichakorn]

feels only right to have visited the gmmtv building today, because it's actually my sixth bl anniversary!!! 🥳🎉🎊 exactly six years ago, i watched my very first bl, which was indeed a gmmtv bl, and i have been here ever since 😌

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[comicchats]

Green Arrow (2023) #14

Ah yes, DC's superhero litmus test

[the-zestiest-milk]

Yeah the BG3 got me. Look at my Durge, boy

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they're both just so cutting and sassy

[avirael]

FFxivWrite 2024

Day 16 - Third-rate

Nhagi��ra had tried to reason with them all the way to Gridania. Well, first he had tried to reason, then he had gotten angry, then once they had reached the city he had loudly started to protest against his mistreatment. But neither had his captors been swayed, nor had his screaming caused much more than curious looks and murmurs among the townsfolk.

In the end they unceremoniously threw him into a cell, as if he was a petty criminal, and told him that their superior would speak to him once he had time for that - whenever that would be.

As they slammed the iron bars shut in front of his face someone in the cell to his left was stirred from their sleep. Twocolored eyes observed him through the half-dark for a moment before the other person stood up and stepped closer to the bars. It was another Miqo’te, who mustered him with what looked like a mixture of boredom and annoyance.

“Now, what crime brings me the joy of your company?”, the Miqo’te said casually but with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

Defensively Nhagi’ra raised his arms. “I swear, I did nothing wrong! All I wanted was to get something to eat when these guys decided to arrest me for no reason!”

The other Miqo’te rolled his eyes.

“Don’t worry, I believe you. I mean, look at you. These idiots prolly just didn’t like your face. Not that it’s an ugly one…”

Nhagi’ra didn’t really know what to answer to that. Of course he knew that most Keeper tribes of the Black Shroud and the authorities of Gridania weren’t on the best terms but he had not yet experienced their prejudices firsthand. So instead he decided to return the same question.

“And what have you done to be here?”

The scowl on the Miqo’te’s face twitched into a smirk.

”Punched one of the tree-huggers in the face.”

“Oh!…”, Nhagi’ra raised his eyebrows and nodded. “Yeah, I‘m sure that works too…”

“Believe me, he had it coming…”, the other guy added. “Was bullying some poor Keeper at the market just because he could…”

Nhagi’ra sighed. “That sounds just as nice as the ones who nicked me…”

“The guy who threw you in here?”, the Miqo’te asked and grinned. “Once I get out of here I could beat him up for you, if you want…”

“Would that not send you right back here?”

The guy in the next cell laughed, a short laugh that sounded more like bark. “Would be worth it though! Now, come a little closer. I won’t bite… prolly.”

Nhagi’ra furrowed his brows but did as he was told. “They will let me out soon, will they? They have to see I did nothing wrong…”

“Good luck with that!”, the Miqo’te said and reached through the bars to clap him on the back. “I’m rotting in here since three days…”

“Well…”, Nhagi’ra grimaced and tried to choose his next words carefully. “Not to be pedantic, but I don’t think that’s comparable. I did nothing wrong, while you attacked one of them…”

The expression on the other Miqo’te’s face darkened. “Oh! Fine, Mr. I-did-nothing-wrong! How about you talk to the cobwebs in your cell then? Have fun on your own, thinking about how naive it is to think they will make a difference between you and me…”

With a slight growl he turned to leave. Hurriedly Nhagi’ra reached through the bars and tried to get a hold of his arm. “No! No, please don’t leave! I am sorry! I didn’t mean to insult you…”

“Alright, Mr. I-did-nothing-wrong, then tell me exactly what happened before you got here. After a while it gets horribly boring in here. I could use someone to chat...”

And so they talked for a while. Nhagi’ra explained the situation in his tribe, how getting food had gotten more and more difficult and what exactly had happened this particular day as he left to hunt. The other Miqo’te listened with a nod or a sharp-tongued remark here and there and when Nhagi’ra asked about him, the other guy offered some sparse information about himself.

Apparently he was an adventurer that had already traveled around Eorzea and beyond a fair bit. His visit to Gridania had only been for pragmatic reasons but he preferred to spent as little time here as possible. Going wherever he wanted and getting gil for jobs along the way sounded enviable to Nhagi’ra. For a while the Miqo’te talked about their travels and Nhagi’ra listened with great interest but even these stories were all told at some point.

After a few hours they simply sat on the floor beside each other, next to the iron bars and stared into the distance with bored expressions on their faces, waiting for something to happen.

“What will you do, once you get out of here?”, Nhagi’ra finally asked, while wondering if anyone of his tribe was already missing him.

“You mean if we get out here alive at all?”, the other one asked.

An alarmed expression appeared on Nhagi’ra’s face. “What do you mean by that?”

“Dalamud?”, the Miqo’te asked and pointed to one of the windows through which the red glow of the lesser moon was visible. “Haven’t you heard? The Garleans want to throw a moon on us. Shouldn’t be long anymore… Not that I would be sad about seeing Gridania go…”

That in fact was news to Nhagi’ra. Puzzled he whispered, “The wise women of my tribe said this was Menphina’s way of punishing us…”

“Oh, that’s cute…”, the other Miqo’te chuckled and shook his head. “But if I really get out of here before the moon falls from the sky, I’ll leave this fucking town as fast as I can… maybe go to Limsa. Get drunk and see what happens… I would really recommend you to do the same. Don’t waste your time in Gridania. They will always just treat you like some third-rate outcast here. Something they can kick around for amusement or to feel important. In Limsa no one cares what shape your ears or tail have or what color your eyes or skin are… I know a few people there, who could get you some jobs to get started…”

“Really?”, Nhagi’ra asked excited and the Miqo’te shrugged. “Why not? You seem like a nice guy. You in Limsa, that should be fun…”

But just as Nhagi’ra was about to ask why he thought so, two Gridanian soldiers entered the room and walked over to their cells.

The two men stopped in front of the other Miqo’te’s cell and unlocked the door.

“Oh, are you bringing me coffee for breakfast? How kind of you, that wouldn’t have been necessary…”, the Miqo’te asked sarcastically.

The men glowered at him.

“Shut up and follow us! Bowlord Lewin wants to see you!”

“Doesn’t that sound like fun?…”, the Miqo’te joked but turned to Nhagi’ra one last time. “If you really go to Limsa, look for a man called Baderon. Tell him, Nyx sends their regards!”

“Thank you!”, Nhagi’ra replied and then added, “Good luck! And try not to punch any more of them.”

Before he left the Miqo’te looked over his shoulder one last time and smirked.

“I can’t promise that…”

[houseofmad]

“𝘓𝑜𝘷𝑒 𝑠𝘵𝑎𝘳𝑡𝘴 𝘢𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝘦𝑒𝘭𝑖𝘯𝑔,

𝘉𝑢𝘵 𝘵𝑜 𝑐𝘰𝑛𝘵𝑖𝘯𝑢𝘦 𝘪𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝘪𝑐𝘦;

𝐴𝘯𝑑 𝐼 𝑓𝘪𝑛𝘥 𝘮𝑦𝘴𝑒𝘭𝑓 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝘰𝑠𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘺𝑜𝘶

𝘔𝑜𝘳𝑒 𝑎𝘯𝑑 𝑚𝘰𝑟𝘦 𝘦𝑣𝘦𝑟𝘺 𝘥𝑎𝘺.”

- Justin Wetch

[lolathepeacocklord]

MY LOORD, I NEED HELP!!!

i need references for angry archer for my future art projects! He's so stupid i love him so much, i couldn't stop thinking abt him!!

PLS give me any screenshot that u have for refrence i am going insane!!

GOUUUWWWHHH THE ARCHHHHHHH lucky for yewwwwww I am also incredibly freaked up about this guy specifically, and I have quite a few images of him I cannot lie😼😼‼️🔥🔥🔥let me rally all these freeks upppppppppppppp

[randomnameless]

Very important information from the artbook like,

Do you want to know why Reimann has no dialogue with his fellow Cornians ?

What Hermann looks like under his armor ??

Or what is Anton's nickname ???

Yeah I nerd about minor bosses and Npc sue me

Lin brings sexy back, fanservice for everyone people !

Alcina is disappointing, as always, nothing screams strong and scary woman like, uh, bending like she does.

The designers really wondered about the physics of having a giant mutant rat wearing a mask, but handwaved it away with some "tg c'est magique"

My man Gary wasn't just a bad guy, he had strong feelings for his queen ! How's that that doesn't net him any points ???

:'(

Pour one for science, the devs forgot to give him battle lines against his former Cornian allies :(

Anton (the guy who tries to kill Gilbert in the coliseum) was Whack a mole Anton, bcs he runs away when you kill 50 enemies ? And Giethe has a chicken memory !

Nothing screams funny and lovable like a loser hunting an old woman or rounding up subhumans to sell them as slaves !

GG to his seiyuu who managed to convince the devs to put Beaumont twice in the story, but I guess, much like FE Tellius'Oliver, he was thought as a cartoon vilain that's why his actions are uh, so easily forgiven.

Hermann was the chadest mf around, who was only supposed to appear on one map but became playable in two, and even joined the postgame roster !

Blame the lack of time for the devs not managing to draw him without his helmet, but fwiw, we know he's "very charming"!

[amiharana]

not to actually be delusional but why does revali have gold shit braided into his hair and why does it lowkey match link's hair color.