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Caranthir Oronar
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 Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:59 am Post subject: If Riders had bows..
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Why didn't the Black Riders have bows, ay? It would make more sense to shoot Frodo at a distance instead of riding up to him, be seen, and get drenched! They just HAD to try out those fancy Morgul blades... 
Just a thought! Discuss, rant, etc. |
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Elegost Eruaphadion
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Haha, but there'd be no fun in that, would there? 
Besides, such characters don't use a bow. They're too cool.  |
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Caranthir Oronar
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject:
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| Elegost Eruaphadion wrote: | Haha, but there'd be no fun in that, would there?
Besides, such characters don't use a bow. They're too cool. |
That's what I don't like about Sauron... he is as stupid and gullible as he is evil and powerful. Who cares about looks?  |
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Miriel
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| The morgul knife was no ordinary knife. Sauron had carefully poisoned it, remember? They probably did not want to take the time to poison the tip of an arrow. They were in haste. Besides, I'll bet the nazgul do not know how to shoot with a bow. |
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goldelf
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:03 am Post subject:
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| ^true.wraiths probably dont have very good aim anyway.and i think it has more effect when theres a black rider chasing u with a big shiny cruel sword than trying to shoot at u with bows and arrows.just my thoughts. |
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*Telcontar*
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:26 am Post subject:
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I think its writen that Nazgul gont see well on day light...
And that dont see wery well at all...thay use other sences...i think  |
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Lolindir Alcarin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:46 am Post subject:
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| well so is it,Nazgul follows only the ring I think so they are verry dumb lol.The dark servants of Sauron (but the best is when Aragorn throws a torch in ones head haha).However its written that they dont use bows so that the lil hobits can run away and the story becomes more interesting. |
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Aerlinn
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:11 am Post subject:
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It's the same kinda question as "why didn't they shoot Frodo to Mount Doom with a katapult?" Lotr just doesn't work like that  |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:56 am Post subject:
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| ^yeah, if they did that the movie would be considerably shorter and filed under the "Comedies" at the video store. |
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Elenthari
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:02 pm Post subject:
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| The Nazguls can't shoot with a bow because they CAN'T SEE.They can only "sniff".They are using the horses to see,remember. |
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Haldir of Lórien
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:12 am Post subject:
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| ~Miriel~ wrote: | | The morgul knife was no ordinary knife. Sauron had carefully poisoned it, remember? They probably did not want to take the time to poison the tip of an arrow. They were in haste. Besides, I'll bet the nazgul do not know how to shoot with a bow. |
Wellllllllllll it doesn't take too long to poison arrowheads 
And I'm pretty sure that anyone in Middle-earth who could wield a weapon could learn to shoot with a bow...
.............. if they could see |
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*Telcontar*
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:38 am Post subject:
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| Elenthari wrote: | | The Nazguls can't shoot with a bow because they CAN'T SEE.They can only "sniff".They are using the horses to see,remember. |
That's what I try to say....
How can you ask such q.? Aarlinn...you're right.... |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 5:00 am Post subject:
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^Upssss.I haven't seen your post Telcontar  |
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Princess of Ithilien
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject:
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| Did you see those snazzy gloves the Ringwraiths were wearing in the movie? How would they hold a bow with spikes on their hands left, right, and center? |
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Haldir of Lórien
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject:
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| Their gauntlets were more scaly than spiky... they were scaly so that the Nazgűl could move their hands properly. If they were able to wield their swords with so much control and without the gauntlets interfering, I don't think archery would be much of a problem... if they could see. |
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Princess of Ithilien
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject:
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^shh...we can pretend, can't we?
Why would they have to shoot Frodo anyway? They were only riding the horses when Frodo was on Glorfindel's horse back to Rivendell--and that was after they had already stabbed him. They were chasing him to get the Ring. If they shot him, he wouldn't nessecarilly fall off the horse. And if they had were trying too poison him, they'd be aiming at his heart, right? Arrows wouldn't really help if they couldn't get their horses fast enough to get in front of him and turn him into a wraith-like...guy...person...thing. |
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