Apr 7, 2022
Revali: I know we have some kind of unspoken rivalry—
Link (signing): Its not a rivalry, you’re just really mean to me.
Revali:
Link (signing): And it’s not unspoken, you talk about it all the time.
#(not directing this at you op ship or don't ship what you want but this whole post just reminded me of this phenomenon)#if there's one thing i don't get it's when people forgive zelda for being mean to link at first then changing & not revali#like look at his dialogue on vah medoh and after the DLC blight fights: he changed#he's playful when guiding link to the terminals...he roots for him/expresses concern during the windblight fight...he acknowledges#link's accomplishments....he praises him when talking about the true competition they could have had....#though even in his Mean Days diary entries he was like 'i totally believe link won all these fights as a child'#(also 'why won't link notice me boohoo' lol this bird really flew off to sulk when his attempt to impress link failed)#& even earlier in his diary he had tried to befriend him!!! he thought link's silence was him snubbing him what a travesty#(i really think he had a chip on his shoulder for being neither high-born nor goddess-chosen like the other people in the group--#he also went from being the big bird on campus to having peers with equal abilities so that probably didn't help his self-esteem)#RIP what could have been if revali wasn't socially inept and link didn't struggle with communicating#(also note the absolute PARALLELS of these two low-born prodigies behaving in different but equally damaged ways...the foilness of it all#link can't bring himself to talk & revali can't shut up)#anyway i mainly ship post-calamity revalink (though the 'Get out of my school' energy revali has pre-calamity is incredibly funny to me#like literally the only words/thoughts from this idiot are 'LINK LINK i love rito village LINK LINK' he lives rent-free in revali's brain#and there's no indication that link cares at all about his nonsense; dare i say it's like a bird beating itself against a window LOLLL)#.....final note: Creating a Champion revealed that revali was created to be link's rival like he was literally made for him lollllllllllllll#hm this all kind of went off the rails i should probably revoke my blogging privileges whenever it hits 3am
