• bouh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s all because of Tolkien! He made those elves graceful and adept with longbows!

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Tolkien made the Noldor (ancestors of the Middle-Earth elves) basically a race of bodybuilders swinging massive axes and hammers. They are described as tall and strong, and loving to build and craft, a race of smiths and builders. They’re very much not the lithe-and-slender bowmen of D&D.

      Tolkien’s elven bows are often described as shooting (much) further than others. You don’t launch an arrow a greater distance by aiming it carefully, you do it with by making a heavier bow and pulling back harder.

      Don’t blame this one on Tolkien, it’s 100% on Gary.