Why are arcanists left handed?

[Warghoul570]

Why the hate for us lefties???

[DeaconMoore]

Why the hate for us lefties???

Because being a lefty just isn't right.

[Iscah]

Because being a lefty just isn't right.

On the contrary. Did you know that the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, and vice versa?

Thus, only lefties are truly in their right mind.

[Gemina]

Irl I am right handed. Very right handed. My left hand sucks at doing things...

Except pool/billiards. I, apparently play that left handed. I had no clue, I just picked up the pool cue and started playing that way. After a while someone asked why I played lefty when I was right handed. I watched other people play, and sure enough I was playing opposite the handedness of everyone else. So I tried "fixing" it. Boy, did that mess up my game.

Maybe they have my pool quirk on those jobs?

Yay! I'm not the only one! I have next to no dexterity with my left, but I've sank an 8-ball or two with it.

To me, the rightys are the weird ones because it makes sense to me to bridge the que with my dominant hand for accuracy. But I have other odd quirks as well. I was in track, softball, and basketball in school. My coach asked me on several occasions if I was left-handed, and it's was because I would take the right side of home plate to bat, and jump hurdles and do layups springing with my left foot. But like pool, I felt I did things this way because I was indeed a righty but I was the only righty doing it. He thought he nailed it when he thought I was right-handed left footed, but when playing soccer or kickball, I'd kick with my right -

I'm just twisted. Simple as that!

When I think about ACN, I would also sheathe my book on my left side and swap the book from right to left when drawn depending on what I was doing with it. It actually really hurts to get hit with the spine of a book. It's like a piece of wood!

[Zeldert-Castiel]

Because being a lefty just isn't right.

Because Sinistrophobics...

[Eloah]

I'm left eye dominant and right-handed. I hold a bow with my left hand and draw the bow with my right. I can't shoot left handed, tried and failed lol. Maybe I'm a mutant.

This is me. Never tried shooting a bow before but I think your dominant eye and dominant hand are usually reverse of one another. Something about blocking out the actions being performed on that side to get a clearer view.

Basically, closing one eye creates a scope effect, blocking the one side and bringing the other in better focus. If the eye you left open matched the side you were to shoot from, your hand, arrow, etc, would all be in your face. At least that's my interpretation, it what do I know, I use a book to fight. And an evil fairy it seems, lol

[AxHell]

So much conflict in this thread over lefties and righties...I guess there are no right sides haha.

[Transient_Shadow]

It's a style choice.... Why is this even a question?

[Kazrah]

I'm left eye dominant and right-handed. I hold a bow with my left hand and draw the bow with my right. I can't shoot left handed, tried and failed lol. Maybe I'm a mutant.

An eyepatch on your left eye would probably be a better alternative.

As for the original question, I'd think it's because Arcanists rely on glyphs, which are more on the artistic side of math, and the left hand is controlled by the right half of the brain, which is usually associated with art and other creative factors.

[Nedkel]

We should have an option to switch between left and right handed characters.
But i guess it would cost animators their hands, hehehe.