Talk:Robyn's Crossbow/@comment-27144409-20191208233825/@comment-23915152-20191223045229

It might have something to do with it..to be fair though arm mounted crossbows are OLD hat in fictional media..Guts from Berserk has one, one of the Archer class from the Fate series is an incarnation of the legend of Robin Hood brought back to fight for the Holy Grail and he uses an arm mounted crossbow about the same length (entire forearm) as Robyn's, he also has a cloak that allows him to turn invisible and even makes his bolts invisible until they hit the target or another solid object. It all depends on when her character was concieved and who was behind it. Arm and wrist mounted crossbows did have a bit of a boom in popularity though with Assassin's Creed Unity with the Phantom Blade..there are many vids on Youtube of people trying to make small, compact, and decently powerful versions..though the collapsing bolts remind me of the Iron Man anime when he and Punisher went up against Black Widow and Hawkeye who had arrows that collapsed to able to fit into a small dispenser he had on his thigh.