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[zlukaka]

Everything movies taught me about archery is wrong. This is a complete mind-blower. 8D

If you are even remotely interested in archery or medieval combat, check this out, it’s just great!

[luffik]

OMFG EVERYONE PLEASE DROP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND WATCH IT RIGHT NOW O_O

[secondlina]

HOLY HELL

[medievalpoc]

Not only is this fascinating, there are a lot of images from art history here. It just goes to show that what you can learn from the past isn’t limited to facts you can know, but things you can do.

My favorite part?

He learned this doing research for LARPs (Live Action Role Playing):

Lars Andersen originally started using bow and arrow to fight in pretend battles during Larps (live action role play) events, where he played a soldier in a medieval-inspired army. While Larps can be about anything – the Danish/Polish Harry Potter inspired larp College of Wizardry (cowlarp.com) recently got world-wide media attention and there wasn’t a rubber sword in sight there – many Larps take place in fantasy worlds inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. And it was at one of these Larps, that Lars started to learn to shoot fast while moving.

In 2012, Lars Andersen released his video, “Reinventing the fastest forgotten archery”, where he showed how he had learned to shoot from old archery manuscripts. Using these old, forgotten techniques, Lars demonstrated how he was now the fastest archer on the planet, and after its release, the video got 3 million hits on YouTube in two days.

Since the 2012 video was released, Lars has studied and practiced, and he is now able to fire three arrows in 0.6 seconds – a truly stunning feat making him much faster than the legendary fictional archer Legolas (played by Orlando Bloom in the Lord of the Rings movies).

The time benchmark he was trying to achieve, according to the video, was the expectation of the speed at which “Saracen” archers were expected to shoot. In fact, most of the source material as far as I can see isn’t European.

A lot of the techniques described are also used in Mongolian Archery, which requires being able to shoot from horseback, and is traditionally practiced by men and women. You can see a video here.

[unfocused-overwriter]

Holy shit I want that in my book but who wouldn’t call it unrealistic???

[the-silent-screamer]

ARCHERY!!!!

[the-huntsmans-homebrews]

https://youtu.be/BEG-ly9tQGk?t=180

Debunks Monks’ Ensnare Missiles and the whole disadvantage on ranged attacks within five feet of enemies.

Remind me to rework my Sharpshooter archetype with these things in mind.

[snarklordofthesith]

Hawkeye!

[generalistherbalist]

Brb learning to shoot a bow by studying ancient texts

[theladynina]

@claroquequiza thinking you might like this as much as I did

[muchymozzarella]

Please reblog this even if you don’t care

They’re trying to erase the existence of the rape victims of Japanese soldiers in World War II because they think the reminder of their crimes might make Japan a little bit cross

Duterte, the absolute coward, is more worried about women criticizing him than actually honoring the women this country needs to remember

Please don’t let these women be silenced.

[marzipankartoffeln]

my god do you remember not being acutely aware of the fact youre a girl?? it must have been when i was 11 or 10 maybe. emily bronte saying ‘i wish i were a girl again, half savage and hardy and free’. do you find yourself envying dogs and birds or anything that doesn’t have to be pretty to live?

[originaldoll99]

why

[mxnrique]

LET HER SPEAK

[shartmart]

Justin: *nukes America* *everyone dies*

Beliebers: #WeStillSupportYouJustin #YoureJustYoung #Justin4President #ButNotInAmericaCauseItsGone #swag

[theonion]

[sneakyfeets]

[ithelpstodream]

[contemporarysnowflake-deactivat]

For the allies (and autistic people) who need it 💙

[elierlick]

Important info for Autism Acceptance Month! 

[michaun]

Giving Myself a Beard

Bonus:

[traptacular-deactivated20180125]

[goobra]

i HATE when a woman character is oversexualized and people are like “it’s her CHOICE as a woman to wear makeup and a push-up bra as body armor!!” like ????

do y’all realize that characters aren’t real? that someone like wonder woman did not “decide” to wear a miniskirt and heels? someone else, a creator, a designer, chose that?

[goobra]

like black widow is not a real person. she’s not “empowering” herself by wearing a tight leather suit with a bunch of cleavage showing. she’s playing into a fantasy.

somewhere down the line, a real life human being is making the decision for the female character in question to be oversexualized. that’s not a character “reclaiming” anything. that’s some guy in charge being horny on set. and that guy is probably joss whedon.

[glompcat]

It’s a minor pet peeve, but it is everywhere today so errrr…. please keep in mind that “Rest in Peace”/RIP literally comes from a latin phrase and is a very very deeply Christian expression.

When talking about the departed, Jews say “may their memory be a blessing.”

So please, when talking about a dead person who is Jewish, try to keep in mind that RIP is a Christian phrase.

[meggory84]

I learned something today, so I’ll pass it on so someone else can learn too

[catchymemes]

[thekinofpumps]

Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein is not the monster.

Wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein is the monster.

[ruthbadergirsberg]

[fromthewildwood]

I said many ignorant people nowadays thought ‘Frankenstein’ was the name of the monster, and not of the scientist who created him. Mary Shelley said, ‘That’s not so ignorant after all. There are two monsters in my story, not one. And one of them, the scientist, is indeed named Frankenstein.’ 

(Kurt Vonnegut)

[breakintherain]

It makes you want to give Mary Shelley a high five. I’m glad she knew how brilliant she was all along. 

[thewaysidedreams]

Proof once again that women know where shit is at. People argue nature versus nurture and she was already saying it doesn’t mean shit in 1818. You are your choices; ‘cool motive still murder’ at it’s finest.

[alientoastt]

my grandma’s barn cat is doing a great job !!

[frankfurtschooldropout-deactiva]

Tumblr is missing from Apple’s App Store

The company says that it’s working to resolve ‘an issue’ with the app

Best app update this year.

[poetrylesbian]

We’ve been quarantined

[mahoippu-deactivated20200905]

just want to put some emphasis on this:

Apple has removed apps from the store in the past. Earlier this year, it booted Telegramafter it became clear that the messaging app was being used to distribute child pornography. Apple’s iOS guidelines make it clear that any apps available on the store must have some sort of content filter to screen out such material, and Tumblr is famously permissive of NSFW and adult-oriented content.

we’re not really shocked though, are we?? we all know how @staff @support loves to ignore the actual issues at hand with their poorly designed report and block system.

[ursawood]

your choices in deltarune DO matter because if you’re mean to ralsei i come through the screen and send you to prison

[sleepygaymerdisease]