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A lot of people? It launched today and Theriocephalus
is the only one who has edited it.
Maybe talk to them or look at the draft
and see if something's wrong?
Please,
- Quote specific examples.
- Explain for each how it isn't a case of Artistic License.
From context I assume you are meaning that the examples about unstringing a bow are factually incorrect (for some reason). But you haven't said what specifically is the problem with the entries (technically you haven't even said they are incorrect).
As a side note, I'm not really a fan of these kind of "tropes", since it doesn't seem to be a narrative shorthand for anything, and it always devolves into nitpicking between "experts".
I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose meThat particular bullet-point in the trope is about unstringing a bow to store it to prevent damage.
There's several entries that cite it when characters are just carrying around a bow "holstered" and strung for personal defense, or when it's kept at the ready for home-defense like the Wheel of Time example.
In these cases where it might be needed quickly that would be about like carrying around an unloaded gun
- Final Fantasy XIV: Bows are always holstered while strung up and quivers worn on one's back rather than one's side. In addition, several attacks involve the use of Multishot to hit a wider area or fire multiple homing arrows at once, though these are justified by the use of magic in tandem with archery.
- Horizon Zero Dawn:
- Aloy typically has her bow strung at all times, and she can hold it at full draw for an indefinite length of time.
- Mount & Blade: The commander of the watch insists on the common error of leaving a crossbow strung when not in active use (especially during rain), claims that unstringing it is a dereliction of duty, and has Bunduk horsewhipped. Later, Bunduk deserts his post and gets drunk in a tavern using money stolen from the commander, before being recruitable by the player.
- The Order of the Stick: Haley, the party's rogue, is typically depicted as keeping her bow strung at all times, even when it's kept slung across her back when not in use.
- The Wheel of Time: Lampshaded in "The Dragon Reborn", when Rand and Mat attempt to sneak into a farmstead's barn to spend the night. The farmers threaten them with bows, and Rand points out that the husband has too many fingers on the bowstring. The trope is also played straight in that the farmer has the bow at full draw throughout the scene, and that throughout the season, Rand's own bow is only ever shown being strung, even when not in use.
I'll mention this to the other mods, because my lack of experience with TLP means I'd feel more comfortable deferring to the mods who are active on TLP when it comes to whether this needs to be unlaunched.
Also, for future reference, problems with newly launched drafts should be reported in the TLP Crash Rescue thread
and not ATT.
Since this is a single bullet point (and maybe contributors on the TLP misinterpreting its meaning?), I'm really not inclined to unlaunch a fully wicked trope. If individual examples are justifiable or there's in-universe reason for a character keeping a bow strung, they probably aren't examples of Artistic License.
I assume that if these examples are problematic, then it's just because people saw the bullet point and said "Oh, I guess this example counts". Because archery isn't something everyone knows a lot about.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI don't think it needs unlaunched
I just think all the examples not pertaining to specifically storing it away need to be removed or modified and the bullet point clarified. As of now people seem to think you unstring a bow every time you put back on your back or otherwise "holster" it and are troping based on that.
Should also be clarified compound bows work a lot different than traditional two-piece bows because of the materials and pully system.

Scrolling Bows and Errors and I'm noticing a lot of people citing the keeping a bow strung thing for situations where unstringing it would make no sense like temporarily "holstering" during a combat mission or carrying it around for potential self-defense in a fantasy setting
Edited by CryptidProductions