#from a birds perspective

[gnomewithalaptop]

Icon. Jaime gets superpowers for all of three days and he's already completely fed up with everything

Bonus dinahbabs on the other end:

[muchmossymess]

uh oh guys, hot take alert:

i think revali may have invented hand held aerial archery HEAR ME OUT- (this is a long one boys)

okay. evidence one: why the fuck would a rito shoot like that. like, it makes nearly zero sense, it would be such a hindrance to their flight and their main stake is that they can be higher than you can shoot whilst still pinging you... which revali has overcome with his gale

evidence two: tulin and the concept arts. obviously rito style archery would be held in their talons. before totk came out idk if anyone had really thought about it too much, but the developers had, as you can see in concept art (from the creating a champion book). and like, its logical, powerful, and allows for peak maneuverability. also, when in flight revali (and teba) holds his bow in his talons before switching to his wings. surely its easier to keep it in your wing (obvi ignoring the effects to flight but hes doing that anyway firing the damn thing) rather than switch back and forth- unless you were taught that way, because why would you hold it elsewhere, you need it in your talons to shoot.

evidence three: we dont see any other rito do it (...kind of). throughout botw and totk, we never see another rito flying with a bow in their hands. in totk, its mostly tulin, who holds it in his talons, but in botw the big one is teba. during the medoh quest, he actually gives *link* his bow, and therefore does no shooting in the sky. teba and harth had both tried to take on medoh before, but we never see this, and while they holds their bows in their hands *on the ground,* we dont see it.

...except for aoc (uh, spoilers?). there are two times we see a rito other than revali hold their bow in their hand for aerial archery. but it is not with any rito soldiers, either during cutscenes (the bows are only on their backs) or gameplay (they swoop down, and then hand hold bows on ground. they arent seen flying at all but thats prolly for the same reasons as botw: its very hard to code that (and so they write the lore around that fact)). the first time we actually see another rito do this, we dont see it. Its teba, as he comes thru the portal, but all we see is the arrow shot, and then him freeze frame with the bow in one wing. we dont see the bow in his hand for the rest of the fight. the second time we actually see him fighting like this, it *is* in the air, but its noticeably different to revali.

hes a lot slower, it clearly takes a LOT more effort to shoot the bow, and he only pulls off one arrow at a time. its canon that revalis bow is heavier/harder to draw, and he manages to effortlessly stream arrows whilst fucking floating midair. i think teba, forever a revali fanboy, heard of how the champion mastered his own style of archery and sought to teach himself, but lacked one key thing: revalis mastery of wind.

evidence three point five: revali could easily use his powers to hold him in the air longer/slow his descent long enough for him to fire his shots. it makes sense, really. if he can use his gale to propel him, he can sit on the updraft for a hot sec, or even curve the path to carry him along while he lines up the shot. this would mean he wouldnt need to flap as much as other rito, who would obviously need to keep flying

evidence four: revalis fighting style and his needs. revali works with non rito, obviously. he needs to be able to communicate with them on the battlefield, and they wont understand the muffled chirps if he holds his string in his beak, so he needs his mouth free to speak hylian. also, revalis main tactic is fly up with gale, shoot, fall, either shoot more or use velocity and weight to knock around opponents, and then fly back up. he often needs both feet planted firmly on the ground to get a good hold of his gale, something that is harder to do if you have a bow in the way.

also, take for example the kick he delivers link in their fight (aoc). that would possibly damage the bow, or give the opponent a chance to grab his weapon, if he held it in his talons. and to switch from feet to back is a risky maneuver during freefall, and could lose precious seconds, and then when you get back in the air you need to get it off your back again. its much easier to keep the bow loosely in your wing the whole time, meaning your free to attack melee, land and rise all while not wasting a single moment getting your next shot lined up.

so yeah, i think the rito used the talon grip for aerial archery, and would often use the hand held method on the ground for a variety of reasons (more powerful shots?, easier in some situations like hunting), but revali was perhaps the first to use hand held aerial, another reason he was one of the greatest archers ever.

[bantersnatch]

Where did the wing thing come from for Host!Vic?? Is it fanon or did I miss something

hello, friend! in s1e11, martha tops and lucian azathoth place a curse on host!vic that manifests like this:

fan content has generally taken this and run with it -- it's both a fun character design element and very thematically interesting for those of us with an interest in theorizing about bianca and the show's meta narrative!

i highly recommend checking out oli's (@/moonpleaser) beautiful art tag if anyone hasn't already and wants to see more host!vic with wings. it's a canon tidbit that's become important to me largely thanks to his art and now i think about it nonstop <3

[sondermouse]

[kai-rio]

realised people might want this, so here!!

a beckory playlist me and my friend @justjanee made, with almost 900 songs (aiming for 1000)! mix of angst and fluff :)

[bcat-23]

Got new paint markers and made this

[limeartichoke]

starts vibrating like a cicada

[buskingalbatross]

phil lester said read more rpf

here's one about phil and dan and the isle of man

[mc-tummy-blur]

It probably gets lonely up there

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Check my pinned post to see links on how you can help the people in Palestine

[bbirdlord]

This guy 100% has some form of OCD, I can smell it on him. He’s obsessed with saving humanity because of REM’s sacrifice and compulsively helps people at his own expense. He punishes himself or becomes extremely self critical when he feels like he’s failed (my boy you’re just like me fr). His world view is initially very black and white, right or wrong, good or bad (common with OCD). I hope he gets some therapy and a Prozac prescription

[jagged-peaks-number-1-fan]

I'M GOING TO THROW UP LAUGHING MAN....YOU DON'T GET IT THIS IS SO FUNNY. clear sky reacting like this is a fucking youtuber ad read. "This is so sad! But here's a way to be less sad. Let me introduce you to the sponsor of this video, Leaving The Mountains On The Sun Trail,"

[midnightwind]

rubbing my greedy little hands together because I realized I could write more Lucanis PoV during the regret prison

[skyheld]

writing isn't going well so i'm back to playing origins and. i swear every second word that comes out of morrigan's mouth hurts now

[boxwinebaddie]

oh freckle, freckle⠁.. what makes you so s p e c i a l?

[snowangeldotmp3]

maybe i will elaborate later maybe i won’t but something that i did not catch until rewatching little women (2019) is how greta gerwig has this common thread tying her movies together and that is change. like, yeah okay all movies have change they have to have change in order for the narrative to progress. but lady bird, little women, and barbie are all connected by their themes of change and growing up and not wanting to grow up and having to anyway. it’s why beth has to die in little women—beth represents innocence and childhood and therefore has to die; it’s why lady bird calls herself christine in the final moments of lady bird—her mother was right; it’s the entire thesis of barbie (2023) etc etc.

[squirrelmop]

late at night drawing practice.