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I've been getting some surprised comments recently, so I guess it's time for another episode of: why am I pole dancing?
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where are quiver's muscles o.o
seriously archery if anything requires more musculature than melee, you can get by with finesse with a sword but there's no getting around how shooting a decent warbow is basically like pumping 50kg of free weights every time you draw
it uses the back more than the arms, so more lats and dorsal than biceps and triceps, but STILL
This is a great question! And i'm gonna be as honest as I can with the answer!
I initially defaulted to a slim body type for Quiver, since her narrative role is to be sort of a cute nervous disaster of a superhero. Making her realistically built for vigilante parkour archery would evoke more confidence and competence and visually undercut her presentation as an underdog.
To that end, I figured she would rely more on things like trick arrows with funny gimmicks and maybe explosives rather than purely strength based stopping power.
That said, I think underneath her jacket, she can almost certainly be a little bit jacked in her dorsal/lats as you suggested. I imagine a future bit where people can't really tell how buff she is until she flexes and then:
Hopefully that answers your question!
As an aside: In my research for this character I have thoroughly enjoyed the videos made by blumineck. His videos are very charming and informative. I wholly admit to indulging in some of the low-hanging fruit tropes he has discussed in his videos about Skinny Archers and Female Archers.
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"I also wanna keep this huge... Lump of rope out of the way. (You see how I'm avoiding saying knot because of Tumblr.)"
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Anyone remember a documentary from long ago (1973) entitled "Chronicle - The Longbow" and presented by actor Robert Hardy?
It's not on YouTube, and I haven't seen it for years - but I do have the associated book...
...so this next bit isn't just from memory.
Besides history of the bow itself, the documentary included several dramatised reconstructions of notable longbow incidents, including a couple from the 1180s as described by chronicler Gerald of Wales.
He tells, for instance, of a mounted man-at-arms in service to Lord William de Braose who was shot through the thigh and nailed to his horse. When he turned the horse to flee, he was nailed through the other thigh as well. That qualifies as Pinning Stuff with Arrows in my book (and in Hardy's, which is where I confirmed my recollection of it).
The arrowhead would have looked like this...
...or maybe this.
...and this image by Robbie McSweeney of Guillaume de Mello ca. 1185 shows armour similar to what that man-at-arms would have been wearing:
If Gerald isn't "drawing the long bow" himself - which means "exaggerating for the sake of a good yarn", and is an idiom still sometimes heard today - then each arrow would have penetrated:
the skirt of his hauberk (chainmail coat),
the gambeson (padded under-coat) beneath,
the chausse (chainmail stocking) under that,
one side of his linen braies (long pants),
his thigh muscles,
the other side of the braies and chausse,
the leather saddle-skirt,
and finally, as much depth of horsemeat as qualifies for nailing or pinning.
Um...
OUCH!
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Dear shitty gun nuts. You can keep your photoshopped pictures of women with big boobs carrying guns
We’ll keep our pole dancing nerdy archer thank you very much :)
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THE ARCHERY GUY SPOTTED IN THE WILD
#textpost tag#id rb add this on the original post but the original post is about tiktok discourse so fcking dumb i genuinely do not want to acknowledge i#in the slightest#blumineck
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Ballerinas are passé. Get an archer for your music box.
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Read the remaining facts, plus myths, quotes, faqs and an epic quiz at: Archery Facts: 50 Secrets Every Bow Enthusiast Should Know
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Reminded me of a certain arrow bard. But unlike @blumineck , Link can't nock an arrow in this position.
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HUGE NEWS: I've made the decision to hand in my notice at work, so as of September 15th I'll be full-time focusing on archery, pole and content creation!
Thank you all for your support so far, and here's to the future! If you want to help support me, please consider subscribing to my Patreon: you'll get bonus content and insights, and you'll be helping me make these videos!
Alternatively, please keep liking, subscribing, commenting and sharing, so that the algorithms know I'm out there!
Love,
Blumineck/ David the Arrow Bard/ Archery Mythbuster guy
P.S. As a side note, this means that I will soon get to give myself a job title- suggestions go in the comments 😉
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Can you shoot a bow at point blank range?
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i love this guy
#david the arrow bard#blumineck#i would just like to say thank you for always creating fun and informative content#and also a huge thanks for that last shot because oh my god
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Just a DnD-themed pole dance. Because why not?
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I want to OBLITERATE this twink. 😍
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