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Penn is just kass in disguise. I have no evidence or reason why but I believe it with my whole being cos where else could kass have gone

Ive been replaying Breath of The Wild in the free time I have (had), so have some quick sketches of some Rito designs I thought might possibly be cool.

Simple question :

Example of some of my writing, it’s kinda just a journal entry from Link’s perspective, nuthin too serious, I might make more entries for other things in my play though. I dunno

Divine Beast Vah Medoh Travel Log

(Did some writing from Link’s POV. It’s early game him [I have 6 hearts and barely any food, doing a run where I can’t fast travel, I have to give Link a sleep schedule to the best of my ability and at least one meal a day, though it wouldn’t be bad if he stayed up collecting bugs all night right???] But I wanted to kinda do a RP run to challenge myself and develop some new Headcannons. But here’s the stuff I wrote down as I did Vah Medoh! Enjoy :)

Link's Diary:

Word Count: 656

NIGHT 1

With Teba’s help, I was able to board the Divine Beast. It was a little scary with the cannons, as they sounded like Guardians, but it wasn’t too bad for me. Unfortunately though, we didn’t both come out unscathed as Teba was injured by one of the blasts. After a word of encouragement from him, he returned to the Flight Range. I hope he’s ok…When I registered the Sheikah Slate to Vah Medoh though…I heard a voice. He seemed…annoyed at me. He seemed to know what I was there for…Is it Revali? He sounds exactly like him…He challenged me to get the map, and I didn’t run into too much trouble as I got it. The air was filled with this sickly flaky stuff, ew. But, I found the first terminal!

DAY 1

Well, I solved the puzzle for the second terminal pretty fast, though I feel kind of sick trying to keep Magnesis up and working while Vah Medoh goes back and forth tilting this way and that…Makes me nauseous…I would try eating something but maybe lying down would help…Sorry Revali…I think. 

After a nap I do feel a bit better. I decided to get some fresh air, but it was a bad idea too…I got a little lightheaded from how high up I am. Though the view of Hyrule is so worth it…I got a picture of the castle too. It’s so small! I climbed to the very front of Vah Medoh and got a Giant Ancient Core! Not very excited to go back though…everything is so narrow…lucky for me I have the Paraglider, but I don’t think it would even last that long from how high in the air I am. Ugh….Nauseous again…this thing was definitely not built for Hyilans….ugh…DAMMIT I MISSED THE TERMINAL. And now Revali is laughing at me…great. I think I’m gonna vomit…I got another terminal though! It’s not the same one I passed, but it’s still closer to the goal. Two more to go! Revali even sounds impressed!

NIGHT 2

ONE MORE!! But I think I need to vomit seriously. Uh…Nobody look? Revali especially, I’m already embarrassed from earlier-

Out comes…the last two meals I had…ugsh….uhh…I feel terrible…I think I’m dying…I think I’ll lay down again…

…I had my first nightmare…It was…Unsettling. The cannons on Vah Medoh were all aimed at me, and I couldn’t move…Revali was it there too…He just repeated what he said in the memory I regained…Maybe the motion sickness got to me, hah…

DAY 2

Well, I’m at the last terminal. It’s now or never! I spent the rest of the night roasting a bunch of foods on the fire I made. Don’t worry, Vah Medoh isn’t flammable! I got the last terminal! It’s time to take this thing back from Ganon!

I…I did it. I freed Vah Medoh from the Blight…And almost….cried. Not from the fight but…I guess seeing Revali again did something to me…His spirit, that is…He seemed proud, unlike how he looked in that memory I gained…Maybe…Maybe he is proud of me? I don’t get why but…It made me really happy to see him. I’m glad that Rito Village is safe now though, and I’m glad for the new skill Revali passed down to me. It’s named after himself, which…isn’t surprising. The fight against the Blight was really tough and I got hurt a lot, but it was all worth it in the end, the Rito can fly freely in the sky now with no worries! I should probably go check on Teba though…

I checked up on him, he’s ok! I also spoke with the Elder, he said I would be the splitting image of my past self with the ‘sword that seals the darkness’ or something like that. Sounds important! Anyway he gave me a reward! It’s…It’s Revali’s bow..? Ok I think I need a moment, lots of emotions are being felt right now…

Divine Beast Vah Medoh Travel Log

(Did some writing from Link’s POV. It’s early game him [I have 6 hearts and barely any food, doing a run where I can’t fast travel, I have to give Link a sleep schedule to the best of my ability and at least one meal a day, though it wouldn’t be bad if he stayed up collecting bugs all night right???] But I wanted to kinda do a RP run to challenge myself and develop some new Headcannons. But here’s the stuff I wrote down as I did Vah Medoh! Enjoy :)

Link's Diary:

Word Count: 656

NIGHT 1

With Teba’s help, I was able to board the Divine Beast. It was a little scary with the cannons, as they sounded like Guardians, but it wasn’t too bad for me. Unfortunately though, we didn’t both come out unscathed as Teba was injured by one of the blasts. After a word of encouragement from him, he returned to the Flight Range. I hope he’s ok…When I registered the Sheikah Slate to Vah Medoh though…I heard a voice. He seemed…annoyed at me. He seemed to know what I was there for…Is it Revali? He sounds exactly like him…He challenged me to get the map, and I didn’t run into too much trouble as I got it. The air was filled with this sickly flaky stuff, ew. But, I found the first terminal!

DAY 1

Well, I solved the puzzle for the second terminal pretty fast, though I feel kind of sick trying to keep Magnesis up and working while Vah Medoh goes back and forth tilting this way and that…Makes me nauseous…I would try eating something but maybe lying down would help…Sorry Revali…I think. 

After a nap I do feel a bit better. I decided to get some fresh air, but it was a bad idea too…I got a little lightheaded from how high up I am. Though the view of Hyrule is so worth it…I got a picture of the castle too. It’s so small! I climbed to the very front of Vah Medoh and got a Giant Ancient Core! Not very excited to go back though…everything is so narrow…lucky for me I have the Paraglider, but I don’t think it would even last that long from how high in the air I am. Ugh….Nauseous again…this thing was definitely not built for Hyilans….ugh…DAMMIT I MISSED THE TERMINAL. And now Revali is laughing at me…great. I think I’m gonna vomit…I got another terminal though! It’s not the same one I passed, but it’s still closer to the goal. Two more to go! Revali even sounds impressed!

NIGHT 2

ONE MORE!! But I think I need to vomit seriously. Uh…Nobody look? Revali especially, I’m already embarrassed from earlier-

Out comes…the last two meals I had…ugsh….uhh…I feel terrible…I think I’m dying…I think I’ll lay down again…

…I had my first nightmare…It was…Unsettling. The cannons on Vah Medoh were all aimed at me, and I couldn’t move…Revali was it there too…He just repeated what he said in the memory I regained…Maybe the motion sickness got to me, hah…

DAY 2

Well, I’m at the last terminal. It’s now or never! I spent the rest of the night roasting a bunch of foods on the fire I made. Don’t worry, Vah Medoh isn’t flammable! I got the last terminal! It’s time to take this thing back from Ganon!

I…I did it. I freed Vah Medoh from the Blight…And almost….cried. Not from the fight but…I guess seeing Revali again did something to me…His spirit, that is…He seemed proud, unlike how he looked in that memory I gained…Maybe…Maybe he is proud of me? I don’t get why but…It made me really happy to see him. I’m glad that Rito Village is safe now though, and I’m glad for the new skill Revali passed down to me. It’s named after himself, which…isn’t surprising. The fight against the Blight was really tough and I got hurt a lot, but it was all worth it in the end, the Rito can fly freely in the sky now with no worries! I should probably go check on Teba though…

I checked up on him, he’s ok! I also spoke with the Elder, he said I would be the splitting image of my past self with the ‘sword that seals the darkness’ or something like that. Sounds important! Anyway he gave me a reward! It’s…It’s Revali’s bow..? Ok I think I need a moment, lots of emotions are being felt right now…

love it when half awake thoughts are actually pretty cool ideas

so in a lot of legend of zelda fanworks and aus i've found, the creator has link speaking in sign language which is pretty cool in my opinion

But that's got me thinking; what about the other denizens of Hyrule? Not all languages on earth use a universal sign language, so i imagine with such exaggerated diversity (completely different species) in Hyrule, they wouldn't either. Therefore I have come up with some vague-ish ideas of what the other peoples of Hyrule might use as a method of nonverbal communication. I'm using Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom as the base for this.

also note I'm not versed in sign language at all, so there will be mistakes.

I'll start simple, Gerudo.

The Gerudo people are most similar to Hylians in appearance, both are basically humans though they are treated as a different 'species' as far as I can tell. But it still makes sense to me that their sign would be most similar to Hylian sign, just some words might get a bit lost in translation.

Next up, Gorons.

Due to their bulkier appearance and larger hands, their sign might include their arms more prominently. Certain motions and swings might be dangerous for the other species, but other Gorons would be able to take an accidental hit. They do still use their hands and fingers, but less so than the more human-like species, and the motions would be more like a game of charades.

My favorite, Rito.

Due to their fingers also being feathers, Rito use their feet by tapping their claws, clenching toes, or stomping. For more complicated words they lower their wings so their feather-fingers are in view of the person already looking down and combine motions alongside their feet. Rito sign isn't very common however due to the difficulty of standing, signing, and focusing on what they're even trying to say without stumbling. It's even more difficult to understand while in the air. Only those with impeccable balance even bother unless necessary.

And finally, Zora.

If you look at the Zora's design, their gills are along/near the latissimus dorsi, an easy place to see both on land and in water. Due to this and how water can get extremely dark the further you dive, I imagine it would be pretty cool if the Zora could activate some sort of bioluminescence in their gills to flash in sequences similar to morse code. This would make it easy to see even underwater, and the ability to essentially shut the light off would keep them safe from underwater threats. This idea also comes from how I think it would be difficult to verbally communicate underwater and while swimming at fast speeds.

Like I said, I've limited this to botw/totk for simplicity's sake, but I know there's all sorts of different species in the other games, so it might be cool to explore their nonverbality one day.