#revali
rereading revali’s diary made me remember how good his character actually was…
like i often joke to myself that revali stans act like he’s sooo complex and they’re reading too far into him because he’s another conventially attractive male character (yes, even though he’s a bird) but in reality they aren’t really making anything up when they talk about him.
age of calamity really did massacre this character by making him an arrogant jerk 100% of the time. its defense was that revali really does have the skills to back up his claims, and everyone else believes his self-praising words. but they completely missed the most crucial point: he himself doesn’t.
revali is incredibly insecure. this is shown time and again in breath of the wild. he doesn’t think he’s good enough, and is always pushing himself harder in private. when people are around, he suddenly switches back to his stuck up self. he tells everyone he’s a great warrior and hero because he needs to believe that for himself.
and even when revali is a pompous jerk in breath of the wild, he’s not nearly as cruel as people act like he is. (or as he is in age of calamity, for that matter.) he’s not so bluntly abrasive that everyone around him immediately rolls their eyes. he can still act like a team player. he doesn’t just say awful things out of left field (like in aoc).
revali says in his diary that heis trying to understand other people, namely link and zelda. he’s a work in progress. if he had gotten more time, i believe he would’ve gotten even better.
revali’s death surely put him in his place…
we hear the sos signal in the divine beast suddenly come in fast and high pitched. the music that sounds like a bird struggling to fly, frantically flapping its wings in the heavy wind.
it sounds like fear. the fear he felt 100 years ago as he was dying, the fear that any honor he once had was gone, the fear that the ‘pathetic knight’ he belittled could really be his only hope, and even he could die here too.
we hear revali ask link, with all the genuineness in the world, to avenge him. and when he does, revali can only admit defeat. link has saved his soul, but more than that, link has bested him.
that’s the peculiar thing about revali as opposed to the other champions- they were all honorable warriors willing to die for their cause. but revali in particular,upon his defeat to windblight ganon, seemed less hurt by his physical death than by the destruction of his pride. he literally died and lost his physical body and is now a ghost and he doesn’t seem shaken up about it much at all. all he cares about is still winners and losers.
once it’s undeniable that link could do something he couldn’t, revali allows himself to rest and stop trying to one up link. he lets himself die. finally, he’s at peace.
that’s probably why revali’s theme sounds much happier than the others-the conflict within link to be resolved here is not so much coping with the fact that a beloved friend has been untimely ripped away from him, like the other champions, but that he needed to make things right with someone. and once that was taken care of, they could both be satisfied.
it’s in this character resolution that you feel happy in this scene. that was the most important thing between them, and it’s something that can be fixed even though one of them is now dead.
tldr: uh yeah so revali is a great character in breath of the wild. that’s basically it. and this game’s tragedy is written well and really lingers in your heart. and i’m crying now goodbye
every possible line of Revali’s dialogue during the Windblight Ganon fight. this… was a labor of love.
Sooooo I‘ve started playing botw and I freaking love it!!!!
Revali is one of my favourite characters in the game and I had this story idea of Link and Revali switching races for a certain amount of time and learning two work out how to fight and live like the other (pretty tropey plot alá try to walk a mile in my shoes, but I kinda love it and it really works for their dynamic) so I‘ve drawn some boards for the concept. More may follow. Hope you like these though^^
I like the gap between those clothes.
Tried my hand at needle felting for the first time and made a lil Ravioli. I think he turned out pretty cute! Inspired by some very adorable chibi Revali art by @aukives
雨音
6月に描いたイラストの小話
(100年後しれっとリーバル生き返ってます)
P.1
revali:…hey.
revali:What’s the point of this?
revali:It only protects your head from the rain.
revali:I don’t mind this kind of rain.
revali:Why don’t you just wear a hood?
revali:It’s good to have both hands free.
link:Well…
link:Yeah, I know.
P.2
link:The sound.
link:revali:Sound?
link:I like it.
revali:Sound… hey…
link:It muffles all the noise.
link:It washes away all that stuff.
link:And…
link:And when you hold it in your hand…
P.3
100 years later
link:…rain?
link:I hate it.
link:I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to stop my journey…
revali:Maybe it’s because you’ve chosen to take the road less traveled.
revali: glad to hear the noise is gone.
revali:Isn’t there some other reason?
link:What do you mean?
revali:Nothing.
link:Oh…
P.4
link:Because that day was the day we were freed.
revali:That makes a lot of sense…
link:Is that so?
link:Oh, you’re worried about me?
revali:No way.
link:But…
link:On rainy days, you’re with me like this.
link:Maybe it’s not so bad to listen to the rain in silence.
P.5
link:If you had it, you wouldn’t be flying away, would you?
revali:That clumsy knight-errant of the Kingsguard is gone.
revali:But you’re still you.
revali:Now and forever.
revali:I wouldn’t fly away, but I’d complain, right?
link:Please don’t do that.
phantom thief revali sketchpage commission for @coconi !! <3
i fell in love with this concept and had a blast designing him and doing the little shitpost doodles;; thank you so much for giving me the honour of bringing your idea to life!!
Beating about the bushby@umbreonix
[close-ups under the cut cause this one is a big boy]
afternoon nap
もふもふスヤスヤ
Link goes and lets his hair get messy because he loves it when Revali fixes it, send tweet
sorry had to draw this sdghjk-
Fluffy