While the way Legolas shoots wasn’t normal, it wasn’t impossible. One of the main advantages of a shoulder quiver was that after releasing the bow your hand was right next to the next arrow. Skilled archers could fire somewhat accurately in rapid succession and if they hit a vital organ then death could come in minutes. Hitting the heart could be fast enough to drop people but even hitting elsewhere in the torso could drive someone to the ground due to pain, trouble breathing or hitting the spine. Also, nocking a historic arrow wasn’t much of a process, you didn’t have to get it to stick on the string and then change hand position. It could absolutely be done in a single fluid motion.
And remember, we don’t watch movies about “average archers” that aren’t amazingly accurate and fast who are just shooting 1 out of the 500 arrows in a volley. We watch movies about the insanely good archer sniping people in rapid succession, hitting the heart or the spine and dropping them off horses.
haha infection on the way
I hate the idea of Hawkeye so much
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It’s better than how shotguns work in movies at least. If he were to make a video about that, now that would be hilarious.
Eh, shotgun was better IMO.
While the way Legolas shoots wasn’t normal, it wasn’t impossible. One of the main advantages of a shoulder quiver was that after releasing the bow your hand was right next to the next arrow. Skilled archers could fire somewhat accurately in rapid succession and if they hit a vital organ then death could come in minutes. Hitting the heart could be fast enough to drop people but even hitting elsewhere in the torso could drive someone to the ground due to pain, trouble breathing or hitting the spine. Also, nocking a historic arrow wasn’t much of a process, you didn’t have to get it to stick on the string and then change hand position. It could absolutely be done in a single fluid motion.
And remember, we don’t watch movies about “average archers” that aren’t amazingly accurate and fast who are just shooting 1 out of the 500 arrows in a volley. We watch movies about the insanely good archer sniping people in rapid succession, hitting the heart or the spine and dropping them off horses.
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Damn I really want to watch LOTR now
He really needed to ride a shield down some stairs
Fuck Gus Johnson, not gonna support anything he does with a click
It HAS to be all the god damned children on here… THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO A STORY! How are we still not understanding this after depp v heard?
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Sorry Gus I can’t watch your video, I’m gonna be out drinking with friends