Bow Rant
Okay. I can't take this anymore. I love the Avengers' fandom. Love y'all to death. But for the love of goddess. Google is your friend. Clint Barton is an archer. He loves his bow. He would not under any circumstance use a CROSSBOW. That is like sacrilege to an archer.
The word bow is not interchangeable. A crossbow is not a longbow is not a compound bow is not recruve.
Clint NEVER uses a crossbow in any incarnation (not in comics, not in movies, not in cartoons). In Thor, he carries a compound bow (and I would love to know the thought there because he's never carried one before) and in Avengers every picture, every shot has him with his normal recurve bow.
So all of you fanfic writers who keep writing the word CROSSBOW when you're discussing Clint...please, please stop...because you're making my head hurt! And making every archer I know freak out. (Not to mention my inner!Clint is screaming bloody murder.)
ETA: The Avengers @Avengers
Hawkeye’s weapon of choice is the recurve bow, along with an arsenal of custom augmented arrows. #AvengersFacts
To help you differentiate between the bows, I'm including some pictures. PLEASE USE THEM! And ASK if you have any questions. If I don't know the answer, I can point you in the right direction. Yes, I used to shoot, yes I know people who still shoot. We can help. And we're happy to help.
Compound Bow (what Clint uses in Thor)
Recurve Bow (what Clint uses in Avengers)
The parts of a Compound and Recurve Bow
Longbow
Crossbow
Military Crossbow
The word bow is not interchangeable. A crossbow is not a longbow is not a compound bow is not recruve.
Clint NEVER uses a crossbow in any incarnation (not in comics, not in movies, not in cartoons). In Thor, he carries a compound bow (and I would love to know the thought there because he's never carried one before) and in Avengers every picture, every shot has him with his normal recurve bow.
So all of you fanfic writers who keep writing the word CROSSBOW when you're discussing Clint...please, please stop...because you're making my head hurt! And making every archer I know freak out. (Not to mention my inner!Clint is screaming bloody murder.)
ETA: The Avengers @Avengers
Hawkeye’s weapon of choice is the recurve bow, along with an arsenal of custom augmented arrows. #AvengersFacts
To help you differentiate between the bows, I'm including some pictures. PLEASE USE THEM! And ASK if you have any questions. If I don't know the answer, I can point you in the right direction. Yes, I used to shoot, yes I know people who still shoot. We can help. And we're happy to help.
Compound Bow (what Clint uses in Thor)
Recurve Bow (what Clint uses in Avengers)
The parts of a Compound and Recurve Bow
Longbow
Crossbow
Military Crossbow