So just for fun, I thought I'd dedicate a blog post to featuring the most popular archers of our time.
Legolas Greenleaf, of Mirkwood, Middle Earth.
Hawkeye, of the Avengers - a.k.a. Agent Barton of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Katniss Everdeen, of District 12, Panem.
Kili, of Erebor, Middle Earth
Merida, first-born of Clan Dunbroch, Scotland
Robin Hood, of Sherwood Forest, Nottingham. (Since there are so many different representations of him I just picked a picture of my favorite one. Yes, the Disney cartoon is my favorite version.)
Susan Pevensie, of Finchley - a.k.a. Queen Susan the Gentle, of Narnia
It's hard to say what has made archers so popular in entertainment... maybe boredom with guns, admiration for the skill required for archery, a hankering for something unique. Who knows? But I, for one, don't mind the trend at all. I like the variety it brings to books and movies. And let's face it: there's just something way too cool about a character with a bow in his or her hand, and a quiver of arrows on his or her back - whether it's a medieval-style weapon like Merida's, an elf-made weapon like Legolas', or a high-tech mechanized weapon like Hawkeye's.
Do you have a favorite archer character?
When I was younger, Susan was my favorite Narnia character because she was an archer :D I got a bow and arrows for my tenth birthday (still have it) and I loved it.
ReplyDeleteAnother archer is Angus M'Kethe from the Crown and Covenant series. He's pretty epic, too, though not very well known.
I love archery! I agree that people shooting guns in movies gets pretty old...
ReplyDeleteJust like I would rather watch a movie where the war is in the Crusades, and not a modern war with guns and bombs. Thruth is, I'd rather watch swordfighting than soldiers blowing each other up from miles away.
Back to archery, I started at camp a couple years ago, and now I have a nice silver bow (like Katniss', might I add...) and I love to practice. But I really don't like the modern compound bows all that much...
And you forgot a couple archers:
-Eragon and Murtaugh from, well, "Eragon"
-Gwen from "Princess of Thieves
-The Nightsisters from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars
-Will from "Ranger's Apprentice"
Sweet! I know and love all of those characters
ReplyDeleteAh great post. I love archery in fiction, it has so much more style and class than a simple gun
ReplyDeleteHawkeye is my fave...his arrow have the coolest techno tricks...though have you noticed Legolas never seems to run out of arrows...no matter how many he shoots?
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