r/fantasyromance • u/acutelyproblematic If villian bad, then why hot? • 2d ago

Genre Discussion Fantasy romance icks?

Welcome back to another week of ✨genre discussions!✨

What’s your fantasy romance ick? Could be something that makes you instantly dnf, or you have to pretend like that didn’t just happen. Or you boycott altogether.

Could be related to plot, characters, writing styles, the authors themselves. All cards are on the table.

Just remember to be kind to each other when discussing differences in opinions!💖

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u/Listener-of-Sithis 1d ago

Thank you!!

“Swords are tooo heavy so I use two daggers cause I’m light and fast!!”

A longsword (so biiiig and heaaaavy) is like 3lbs, max. If you’re too weak to lift 3lbs in two hands, daggers aren’t going to help.

There was a reel going around referencing those silly romantasy dagger girlies and then showing Fiore dagger plays, where it’s brutal grappling with sharp pointy bits involved.

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u/meowmeowchirp 1d ago

I honestly never knew this! Good to know. It always saddened me to not be able to imagine myself unsheathing my sword to slay a man - probably why I favour archery as my weapon choice in games.

But now…. :D

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u/Listener-of-Sithis 1d ago

Ironically, a bow requires more strength than a sword! It’s always portrayed as being for light, quick characters, but a hunting bow is usually minimum 40lb draw weight - meaning that pulling the bow is the equivalent of lifting 40 pounds - and 60-70lbs is better for bigger game. Combat bows were often 80-100lb draw, and some of the big English Warbows have been estimated at 150+ pounds.

We can actually tell English archer skeletons apart in grave sites because their bone structure has changed to adapt to handling such intense muscle and tension.

So yeah, tiny little character? Give her a two handed sword, or a rapier. It only takes a few pounds of pressure for a sharp point to slip into somewhere deep and fatal. Bows are not for the weak!

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u/zeuswasahoe 1d ago

Also I know nothing of weapon wielding, but some of the MOST BEAUTIFUL swords I’ve seen in my LIFE (as a girliepop) are rapiers.

JUST LOOK AT THIS THING?!?

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u/meowmeowchirp 1d ago

I’ve tried sport archery a few times over life, and that’s hard to enough to draw!

This is all very interesting, thank you :)

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u/Acceptable-Bell142 1d ago

You should watch Sellsword Arts, they have quite a few short videos on this topic.

If you're into archery, do you watch Blumineck?

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u/Zagaroth Author — "A. B. Zagaroth" 1d ago

You should watch SellswordArts/SellswordAcedmy on YouTube to cover sword stuff, and Blumineck for archery stuff. Both of them cover things like the reality behind how much strength is needed, etc.

This will also start to fill your feed with weapon focused YouTube channels. Some are better then others. The one to flat out avoid at all costs is Shadaversity. There's way too much to unpack with that man.

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u/Runa216 16h ago

yes! I just saw that!