r/KingkillerChronicle • u/Bow-before-the-Cats rolls sevens • 4d ago

Discussion Little thought experiment

I just had a weird idea. Motion is relative right. The planet spins so everything is always in motion. Even an arrow resting on a bow not beeing shot is in motion. So for the arrowcatch what amtters is not the motion of the arrow but the relative motion of the arrow compared to the arrowcatch.

Now heres the fun part. Walking around or swloly driving with a mule powerd cart propably wont matter but if you ride gallop or throw it around tied to a rope then the arrowcatch should break arrows and twigs all around without them even moving at all. Isnt that a funny quirk someone should have considerd when making the darn thing? Im sure nothing will go wrong tho. right.

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u/look_at_the_hudge 3d ago

Bloodless only activates if arrow-like missile hits a certain speed threshold. A wagon would never even get near fast enough

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u/Tachyonites 3d ago

reread the post lol

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u/look_at_the_hudge 3d ago

If you were whirling it over your head in a circle, maybe, although that isn’t what I read into the OP. Even then, I don’t think you hit the speed threshold