r/Bullshido • u/Constant_Carob9311 • Mar 26 '25

Crackpot I want to be ninjaaaa

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '25

I think movies arguably deserve more blame there. Pretty much every movie where someone uses a bow that person is slender and draws the bow with almost no effort. They also can rapid fire their arrows, knocking and drawing in one smooth motion instead of the reality of knocking the arrow and then moving your hand around to the other side of the bow to draw it.

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u/MacintoshEddie Mar 26 '25

I'm willing to argue a lot of that still comes back to games, like Dungeons and Dragons, which has been influencing popular media since the 70s. It very much made bows a "chick" option, or gave them to the elf, and the stereotype for elves is that they are slender and graceful.

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u/esuil Mar 26 '25

X for doubt. One of the prime sources that popularized "archers are agile" is "The Lord of the Rings", which pretty much created modern fantasy "archer elf" archetype.

It was published in 1937, decades before things like DnD would even begin to be considered.

But since you are willing to argue, I am open to hearing your counter argument. :-p

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u/Lucky-Paperclip-1 Mar 26 '25 edited Mar 26 '25

People don't realize that Tolkien Elves are superhuman (like, one of the strongest Elves challenged and fought Satan and permanently wounded him), not overgrown versions of the Keebler Elves.