#no Laissa your sunbathing spot very much isn't Medoh's spire

[heleentje]

I've read your Moonlight series before totk even released and now that I'm playing it, I keep wondering. How do you think Moonlight Revali would feel about Tulin being the (keeping this non-spoilery) "chosen" in this generation?

Oho, now that's an interesting question!

(I will be going into spoilers here, both for totk and for Moonlight and its sidefics, because it's easier to talk about things that way.)

I don't think we'll ever include the events of totk in the Moonlight universe (these characters have suffered enough already), so there probably wouldn't be an occasion for Tulin to actually become the Sage of Wind. But let's assume for the sake of argument that the sages do awaken (preferably in a way that doesn't ruin the whole of Hyrule again).

Revali's reaction, as with most things about him, would be... complicated.

I do not think he would be jealous. Revali built his entire self-worth on getting where he is on his own merits, without mystical lineages or magical weapons. If anything, Tulin being a sage would only serve as vindication to him: he developed an ability that rivals that of the Sage of Wind, and he did it all on his own. He Is Just That Good.

... Or is he?

Because Revali is a creature of crippling self-doubt hidden behind a thin veneer of overconfidence, I do think he might actually start to wonder: is he also descended from the Sage of Wind? Sure, Tulin is in no way related to him, but Moonlight!Revali only ever knew his mother, not his father. The ancient sage lived untold millennia ago; realistically, every living Rito would be related to the sage in some form. So what if all the things he thought he accomplished on his own were just a manifestation of his lineage?

(At this point, I would be remiss not to mention the Great Eagle Bow and why both the sage and Revali have it. And here I'm going to go with @ginneke's headcanon that this is all a predestination paradox, and Zelda was the one who helped develop the weapons for the sages based on what she remembered of the champions' weapons)

Now, this is story logic, not real-life genetics, so I am of the opinion that Revali is 100% not related to the Sage of Wind and developed his Gale all on his own. But it's a fun bit of doubt to pile on top of him :D

And there's another aspect of his life where Tulin awakening as sage is relevant: Moonlight!Revali becomes Tulin's teacher (as established in Harmonize your own worth). It's something he has done before and enjoys doing, and he clearly wants to pass on his own abilities. So I think he'd definitely be proud of Tulin for developing Gust! It is a pretty spectacular thing to do at such a young age, and a credit to Revali as a teacher.

... Which would be another thing that Tulin becoming the Sage of Wind would throw into question. Because was it ever really because of Revali's teaching that Tulin developed Gust, or was he always destined to, because of this ancient lineage?

In short, the whole thing would do a number on Revali's psyche, though not necessarily in the ways you might expect. And of course, he'd definitely be trying to replicate Gust for himself! He can already go upwards, how hard can it be to move forward?

(Knowing Revali, very :3)