a note to hawkeye fanfic writers
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amezriHey Avengers fanfic writers!
I am loving all the fics. Really. This fandom has eaten my brain and it's been a long time since one has done so. However, there is one thing that shows up in fanfic sometimes that is driving me nuts.
Hawkeye does not use a compound bow. It's a recurve bow. Yes, it's a fancy flip bow that doesn't really exist, but it's a recurve.
This is a compound bow:
This is a recurve bow:
This is a Hoyt Buffalo and it's most likely the base model for the bow that Hawkeye uses in the Avengers.
So there you go. If you must specify, it's a recurve, you guys, a recurve.
Also, one more thing that's directed at the fan artists: This has mostly stopped but, Jeremy Renner is a left-handed shooter. He holds the bow with his right hand and draws with his left. Which means he's wearing his arms guards (two Beiter arm guards on fours straps.. IDEK) on his right and a shooting glove on his left.
If you're drawing movie Hawkeye - bow goes in the right hand. If you're drawing comic Hawkeye, it's in the left.
(I'm actually mostly tweaked about the left/right thing because I kind of wanted to be a left-handed shooter, but my instructor sight tested me, found out I'm right-eye dominant, and now I'm a right handed shooter. Boo.)
I am loving all the fics. Really. This fandom has eaten my brain and it's been a long time since one has done so. However, there is one thing that shows up in fanfic sometimes that is driving me nuts.
Hawkeye does not use a compound bow. It's a recurve bow. Yes, it's a fancy flip bow that doesn't really exist, but it's a recurve.
This is a compound bow:
This is a recurve bow:
This is a Hoyt Buffalo and it's most likely the base model for the bow that Hawkeye uses in the Avengers.
So there you go. If you must specify, it's a recurve, you guys, a recurve.
Also, one more thing that's directed at the fan artists: This has mostly stopped but, Jeremy Renner is a left-handed shooter. He holds the bow with his right hand and draws with his left. Which means he's wearing his arms guards (two Beiter arm guards on fours straps.. IDEK) on his right and a shooting glove on his left.
If you're drawing movie Hawkeye - bow goes in the right hand. If you're drawing comic Hawkeye, it's in the left.
(I'm actually mostly tweaked about the left/right thing because I kind of wanted to be a left-handed shooter, but my instructor sight tested me, found out I'm right-eye dominant, and now I'm a right handed shooter. Boo.)
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Date: 2012-05-13 03:23 pm (UTC)Also, I love your Darcy/Clint art. They are my favorite right now. :)
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Date: 2012-05-13 12:59 pm (UTC)Also, I can change my dominant eye at will.
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