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Revali headcanons I came up with
- Avid linguist, loves language
- have you heard him talk?? His voice is like silk and he knows it
- knows the basics of every language just so he can switch out of nowhere and watch everyone be surprised/amazed
- loves using long confusing words when talking to people he hates so he can be like “oh, sorry- you don’t understand? I’ll put it into dumber words next time”
- give him a dictionary, he’ll become insufferable for the next couple days (or weeks)
- hates adults, loves kids. They’re small and easily amazed and love him. He let’s his guard down in favor of talking to them- which evolves into him mothering random kids, especially rito children. Tells them to keep their conversations a secret tho
- has to resist the urge to pick up and walk off with people’s children (they’re his now). He probably once accidentally abstemindedly braided a little girl’s hair then had to bribe her not to tell her parents that THE great Revali braided her hair and told her a story
- doesn’t want anyone to see him holding one because he doesn’t want to seem somft. Will probably adopt a kid or two once he finds a mate
- king of trash talk
- he’ll make surface insults, but heavens forbid you call him anything back. He’ll become the definition of verbal assault and won’t let up even when you wave the white flag, if anything he’ll just get worse
- Don’t get into a name calling contest with Revali. He’s a dictionary of mean words. Not even swear words either, he gets really creative with insults. Asinine is one of his favorites.
- Likes putting things around his neck, usually scarves but probably wears necklaces on his own time- maybe even under the scarf. Admires gerudo jewelry a lot, and if Urbosa maybe caught him once buying a gerudo choker to put under his scarf, she doesn’t say anything
- Gets along with Urbosa the best. Mipha and him just don’t talk much because she doesn’t like him being mean. Daruk, well he doesn’t like death mountain and Daruk kinda gets on his nerves. Zelda and him bond over being exasperated with Link, he has great sympathy for her because she’s worked herself to the bone yet has nothing to show for it. Urbosa can kind of understand his want to prove himself to the world, she doesn’t mind his insults- she’s thick skinned. They both bond over being protective of Zelda.
- Plus he likes gemstones, although he’d never admit it if asked. Talus hunting is a favorite pastime of his because if he kills it then the gems are all his. Doesn’t even sell them, just takes them to jewelers to be made into pretty jewelry. Sapphire in particular. Has a lot of pretty stuff, but doesn’t wear it because he’s still a warrior.
- Probably has a chest plate made specifically for heat control, Urbosa got it for him so he doesn’t have an excuse when she drags him to something out in the desert. (He’s good for molduga hunting). She trades him hydromelons for wildberries when they see each other.
- has a little war going on with Link.
- Tried everything he could think of to get Link to fight him- no use. The Hylian instead started acting nice to try and get Revali to stop harping on him. It pisses off and flusters Revali because he has no idea how to fight with nice.
- Extra Revalink Headcanons below
- One sided fight. Revali called Link a bitch, and in response Link gave him a Christmas present. Even worse Revali couldn’t reject it because it was a pearl necklace with a diamond in the middle- how on earth did Link figure out his shiny obsession??
- has no idea what to do about Link. Nothing’s working
- Urbosa accidentally sees it one day and asks where he got it, and Revali has to do the whole “oh this I’ve had it for ages I honestly don’t remember” thing, while Link’s in the background grinning because Revali actually liked it.
Revalink prompt - Mute Revali
- Okay so, I’ve read a bundle of stories where Revali learned minor signing in order to communicate with Link better, but it got me thinking about Revalink sign conversations and all of a sudden I just sat up and thought “What If Revali got turned mute?”
- Like an incident just took his voice away for a few weeks (or better yet, his voice gets stolen by Astor and he’s gotta track that bitch down to get it back)
- and Revali would be crushed because he can’t be silent, he gotta talk and boast and be the thespian he was always meant to be! How will anyone know how great he is without him reminding them all the time? There’s gonna be moments when he opens his mouth trying to talk and just suddenly... can’t. And things he does and wants to say just get skipped over because of it.
- At first he tries to ignore it, but by day 3 literally everyone can see that he’s going insane just because of the issues it’s causing. First little stuff to piss him off. Like the Innkeeper couldn’t understand him saying he wants to be waken in the morning and Revali wakes up at noon pissed.
- But eventually dangerous miscommunications start happening. Revali was told to scout ahead, and now couldn’t properly convey there was a frost talus heading for them so the gotta mOVE NOW!
- And the best part? He always mocked Link for being mute, and now he himself cannot talk. And now Link’s gotta teach him sign. Meaning he’s forced to make nice with the person he hates or else he doesn’t get any form of communication at all.
- Bonus points if only Link is fluent in sign and the other’s only know little tidbits, making Link the only person Revali can actually have conversations with. (Plus now they get to have secret conversations only they can understand).
- Revali suddenly has to spend all his time with Link because he’s the only one he can actually talk to. Though he hates having to swallow his pride and point to stuff to ask what the sign for it is.
- Revalink scenes galore
- plus they end up bonding over things like people assuming stuff and idiots not knowing sign just being irritating. Just being mute in general. Plus Revali eventually realizing how (not just degrading) but outright rude it is to assume you know everything about a person that doesn’t talk. And that sign is a actually really important language to know because the people that speak it are physically unable to commicate in any other way.
- Revali learning that- no, the silent knight is not dark and mysterious and thinks himself higher than everyone else, he just can’t speak and has a very neutral face even when impressed. Even better is when people assume Link and Revali are exchanging super secret information when they’re really just signing about how fucking humid the weather is down in Faron. (Humid weather make’s Revali’s feathers fluffy).
- Insert scene where Revali watches Zelda have a one-sided conversation with Link where she goes “I don’t need you hovering, I’m cabable of taking care of myself” When he was trying to tell her something helpful. Cue shocked Revali being like ‘does that seriously happen?’ and Link goes ‘All the time’. And Revali being appalled at the amount of assumed ill intent behind everything Link does.
- Tons of signing conversations
- Revali gets a couple months to see what it’s like to be in Link’s shoes, and realizes a lot both about himself and about Link. It’s the wake up call he needs.
- When Revali finally gets his voice back, he offers to be Link’s translator. They go everywhere together. They’ll still have signing conversations with each other too.
It it just me or does posting chapters for revalink fans kinda feel like feeding ducks bread crumbs
But what if… REVALI’S GALE + BULLET TIME + BOMB ARROW SPAM
find a man who's love language is also an obsession with blowing things up
revalink collage? 🤭🤞
I hope this is accurate I like the bird man
direct art pt 3-
This man is in love. I know the switch 2 isn’t like…4k (I think?) but still the graphics are insane, like the games already looked good, but now… my storage is gonna hate me- imma be taking SO many pictures
CORRECTION: it is in 4K, i just don't pay attention-
alt versions below the cut:
revalink,
sidlink,
and last but not least miphlink