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Title text:
Update: I would not have embarked on this powerscaling venture if I'd known how thoroughly Mark Twain was going to roast me.
Transcript:
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3288/
Still not half the Archer Zeno was
every time I get closer to his achievements, he's just a bit farther ahead
That'll be especially difficult because the apple blocks his view of the arrow he needs to split.
But he is just that good. He does not need to see it
protagonist confidently aims completely off-mark (not even in the right direction) and shoots; arrow gets halfway and sprouts cartoon eyes as it realizes how hilariously bad the aim was; stops midair, bends like a straw as it changes direction and proceeds to slalom its way through all the targets and 5 extra things just for the hell of it.
After embedding itself in the bullseye target it produces a cartoon gloved hand to wipe the sweat off the arrowhead and goes "fhew".
Plus, nonzero chance its a Patriot Arrow ™️
There's a lot of argument about how Odysseus shot through axes. But the one that makes the most sense to me is that they were the long kind without the hafts stuck in the ground so the holes lined up.
Sadly, I'm too uncultured to get the Mark Twain reference...
the explain link explains it.