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Question: If I were to write a story that involved lots of archery, I'd get in trouble for putting my real life into my fic, yes no?
But that doesn't stop me from READING. I'm reading this fic (HP), and I'm really enjoying it, because, HEE, it's about archery. And it's a crossover with DCU. I AM A WHORE FOR CROSSOVERS. So, MUCH LOVE to this fic, and its premise. But I cannot finish it. Because:
And when he looked in triumph at Malfoy, he found him looking at Harry, his hand drawing back an imaginary arrow. Harry blinked.
Malfoy let go, the empty bowstring reverberating with a low twang. 'Bullseye', he mouthed.
NO NO NO. I read this three times over to make sure I wasn't misreading, because this is basic physics. But let me tell you right now, if you do this to your bow, either A) your bow will explode, or B) the string will come back and hit you in the arm so hard, and this is a true story from yesterday morning (not to me, but I saw it and OMG), that the bruise that forms thirty seconds later will quite possibly be a centimetre high, ten centimetres long and five centimetres high, and it will look like the worst bruise of your life. And even if it's not the worst bruise of your life, it will indeed twang and it will HURT LIKE FUCK (this I do know from experience, fucking dry firing and fucking loose nocks).
AND, in this story, all the Slytherins know how to shoot. This is all fine and dandy, I'm willing to believe they can kill you with a bow, but a trained archer would never do this and, uh, I hate to be an elitest sporting snob but even though I want to finish the story I'm not sure I can.
A QUESTION: should I tell this author, or leave them be? Because how many archers can there be in fandom? I mean, seriously, I'm probably the only person in fandom who cares about this. AND THAT'S OKAY.
Question: If I were to write a story that involved lots of archery, I'd get in trouble for putting my real life into my fic, yes no?
But that doesn't stop me from READING. I'm reading this fic (HP), and I'm really enjoying it, because, HEE, it's about archery. And it's a crossover with DCU. I AM A WHORE FOR CROSSOVERS. So, MUCH LOVE to this fic, and its premise. But I cannot finish it. Because:
And when he looked in triumph at Malfoy, he found him looking at Harry, his hand drawing back an imaginary arrow. Harry blinked.
Malfoy let go, the empty bowstring reverberating with a low twang. 'Bullseye', he mouthed.
NO NO NO. I read this three times over to make sure I wasn't misreading, because this is basic physics. But let me tell you right now, if you do this to your bow, either A) your bow will explode, or B) the string will come back and hit you in the arm so hard, and this is a true story from yesterday morning (not to me, but I saw it and OMG), that the bruise that forms thirty seconds later will quite possibly be a centimetre high, ten centimetres long and five centimetres high, and it will look like the worst bruise of your life. And even if it's not the worst bruise of your life, it will indeed twang and it will HURT LIKE FUCK (this I do know from experience, fucking dry firing and fucking loose nocks).
AND, in this story, all the Slytherins know how to shoot. This is all fine and dandy, I'm willing to believe they can kill you with a bow, but a trained archer would never do this and, uh, I hate to be an elitest sporting snob but even though I want to finish the story I'm not sure I can.
A QUESTION: should I tell this author, or leave them be? Because how many archers can there be in fandom? I mean, seriously, I'm probably the only person in fandom who cares about this. AND THAT'S OKAY.
