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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or that they're holding the bow drawn for a long period of time, waiting for the order to "fire".

Long bows averaged a 200lb draw weight. Try holding that for 5 minutes.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Archers of the day:

[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Literally - you can pick out English longbowman bodies from the shape of their skeletons

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Now I'm imagining a swole skeleton with buff bones

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's mostly their twisted spine, as far as I'm aware.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

You just have to ruin everything, don't you?