So I was just thinking about Renn, and about her love for archery. I found it pretty incredible that a twelve year old, with barely more than five years of experience, could outshoot clanmembers who’d been hunting for longer than she’s been alive. I think that for her, there’s more to it than the thrill of the hunt, or the satisfaction of hitting a target. I don’t even know if she’s innately more talented than the average person, or if it’s purely through practice. She might very well have innately better hand-eye coordination, but we don’t really know. And I don’t think it matters either.
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I think that there are a few more reasons she’s so passionate about her bow, besides enjoying archery for the sake of it. I think that she used archery as a way to distract herself and keep herself busy because she wasn’t very well liked in her clan, and also to define herself as something other that a mage.
We all know how much she disliked learning and using magic. It was probably a way to see herself, and for others to see her, as a hunter first and foremost (I think it was even mentioned somewhere in the books). I’m not saying she’s only into archery to gain more acceptance in the clan, but it might’ve been a factor, even if only for a while.
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Other reasons are also that Fin Keddinn made her bow and taught her how to use it. He was her favorite person, and it was their special thing. He also taught her to shoot shortly after her father died. Shooting became a way for her to channel her grief, and to find a sense of control after feeling powerless to do anything while her father was missing, and even moreso after the news that he’d died.
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It might as well just be that she’s just innately better and therefor it was more enjoyable and satisfactory for her and that’s why she’s so passionate, but I would be very surprised if the above reasons didn’t have anything to do with it.
But either way, if the above reasons are true, and she didn’t start to love it purely out of talent, it’s became such an integral part of her, and she became so good at it, that she’ll never willingly give it up. Even though she’s not with her clan anymore, worrying about her unpopularity, being pushed to become a mage, seeing Fin Keddinn, or grieving about her father.
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