Can I request some hcs of how do you think Revali would act with children? I read in Creating a Champion that he opened the Flight Range to the other Ritos and children too because he wanted to nurture the next generation of warriors. I think it's cute... it adds a lot more depth to his character, as people tend to see the bad of him. (I played AoC and I hated how they stressed his bad traits :( )
It all depends on the child, I think.
Revali is ambitious, determined, and individualistic. Those are traits he gravitates towards in other people, so if a child really wants to become a poet or a soldier, you have his respect and attention. If a child strikes out on their own to learn a unique skill outside of their everyday life, say a tailor’s daughter wants to learn swordsmanship, that’s pretty cool. And if a child wants to be on their own and do things on their own time away from their rowdy friends, Revali thinks that’s pretty neat.
If a child doesn’t fall into these very specific categories, Revali’s interested but in a lofty, waiting kind of way. Like waiting for a flower to blossom and show its colours.
Children frustrate Revali because they are curious and indecisive. He knew early on what he wanted out of life and went for it, no matter what others thought, and foolishly expects that of others. He’s impatient, some kids are just boring up to a certain point. He has a set number of habits, likes, and dislikes, so the fact some children have so many opinions despite being so young is both exhausting and humorous. He also thinks they are pretty gross, do not slobber on Revali and do not touch him with sticky hands.
Revali cannot look after children on his own without getting upset. He’ll snap and go in a corner to glare or perform a simple task like polishing his bow or mending supplies, something quiet and detailed. Most times the kids stop what they are doing to watch, and Revali revels in being able to impart an important task.
Hylian children frustrate him most for some reason coughLinkcoughcough
He does not use nicknames with kids. He likes using their proper names.
“My mother calls me Tamsen, but my name is Kliver!”
“Your mother really ought to know your name by now, Kliver, you’re what, five?”
“Well. Six and a half years is a fair bit of time to be so difficult, wouldn’t you say, Kliver?”
Cue the awkward mother standing in the background knowing Revali is being pleasant because her child is around, and the moment they leave, she’s in for a lecture on respect.
You know those stories about a little boy who wants to be an artist and then the dad tells him he’s gonna be a linebacker? Do not pull that shit on Revali. Allow that kid to flourish or you are losing that child.
Revali makes kites for flightless kids.
Revali’s favourite method of distracting kids? Create an updraft. Throw apples into the updraft. Promote target practice with specially prepared little bows and arrows.
This man can be sweet, but no one must know the depths of his sweetness
Once a kid is older than, say, twelve? Then Revali gets a little sterner and what some people can read as mean. Now he aims to test a child’s ambition and determination. “Are you sure you want this? Can you stick with this? Is it worth it?”
(If you just met the guy as an adult, of course he’s going to question your capabilities, he doesn’t know you)
Nurturing Revali becomes Mentor Revali.
Wait fuck. You know what? He’s Gordon Ramsey.
With children and people in their early twenties, he’s not an absolute asshole. You get flavours of it from time to time because nobody’s perfect, but at the end of the day he’s going to want you to succeed. If the thing that gave you joy as a children doesn’t, he wants to help with that either by rekindling that joy or finding something else.
With adults, he expects, nay, demands a level of professionalism, decorum, whatever. Which is why parents who don’t respect their children’s choices infuriate him to no end. I think Revali’s parents let him make mistakes, ribbed him a little, but supported him. I think he expects that of all people.
But I hope that metaphor makes sense.
