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//Day 1 : Formal Dance

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//Day 1: formal dance

Aaand dip! ✨

In a world where the champions managed to defeat the calamity the first time around, these two idiots get to dance together (as they should).

This was supposed to be a comic, actually, because I wanted to combine both prompts (what are you waiting for and formal dance). I dont even have an excuse, because I Had Lots of time, ahh😅😅

Maybe I'll finish it in the future

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Revalink Week Day 1 - Formal Dance

Woohoo! One drawing down! Yay! (It’s late. I know)

Oh! And by the way, in case you’re wondering why they are frowning! Don’t worry! No bad vibes here! They are just a bit in awe :3 BUT! I hope y’all like this! And happy Revalink week! Expect more drawings from me :) Anyways bye bye for now!! ^^

[heleentje]

Revalink Week Day 2: "You can do better than that"

A short little ficlet for Revalink Week!

This takes place in a universe that's slightly to the left of AoC, where Revali doesn't resent Link nearly as much since Link hasn't yet drawn the Master Sword and therefore isn't the Hero of Legend.

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There is something uniquely frustrating about almost having to admit defeat to a Hylian soldier. Doubly so when the only thing that saved him were his trusty bomb arrows, set to go off in the soldier's face. Were it not for the Princess’ interference, Revali would have won, of course —

But oh, it was a far closer fight than Revali likes to think about.

The soldier — Link, Revali learns from the Princess’ frustrated bids for independence — has recently been made part of the royal entourage after excelling at killing a bunch of low-level pests. Admittedly, he wields a sword with unusual proficiency, for him to even give Revali a challenge, let alone come close to defeating him.

That is why it is especially galling to come across him during a visit to Hyrule Castle and be forced to witness him treating a bow like a fledgling would.

“What do you think you’re doing?” he asks, clicking his beak when Link nearly lets his arrow go wild. How does he purport to call himself an archer if he cannot even focus through the most basic of interruptions? Revali learned archery with someone always chattering at his head, until he wanted to scream at her to shut up, but at the end of the day, he could have a bomb go off next to him and still keep sight of his target.

Link lowers his bow, thankfully letting the string go slack when he does so. Revali has seen what passes for archery with the Hylians. He wouldn’t be surprised if they mishandled their bows as well.

“Champion Revali,” he says, with a wary kind of deference that rubs Revali entirely the wrong way. The soldier who fought him hadn’t held anything back. Now that he’s been assigned as the Princess’ personal guard, he keeps trying to pull away from the Champions. Mipha is clearly hurt by it, and that only serves to increase Revali’s annoyance.

“What are you doing?” he asks again. Link looks at the ground, clearly unwilling to answer. Revali tsks, taking his own Great Eagle Bow from his shoulder and holding out an expectant wing. Link stares at it for an uncomprehending moment, before some sense finally penetrates into his brain and he hands him an arrow.

Of course Revali carries his own arrows, but why should he waste a perfectly good Rito arrow on a Hylian?

He aims demonstratively, making a much bigger show out of it than he needs to. It’s not even a moving target — he could hit those without looking when he was still a fledgling himself. But hitting the target is only secondary. Perhaps this way, Link and any Hylians fortunate enough to be nearby can finally see what proper form looks like.

And Link is looking, he realizes with a pulse of warm gratification. He’s tracking the movement of Revali’s wings and shoulders as he takes aim at the target, and follows the arrow when Revali looses the string.

It hits dead center. There’s nowhere else it could have gone.

Link nods, blue eyes very serious, and he takes up his own bow again. The way he mimics Revali’s stance may be a little clumsy, but it’s miles better than it used to be.

“Don’t keep your shoulders so high,” Revali says, and Link actually listens. He’s not used to the new stance, so his arrow doesn’t quite hit the center, but with enough practice…

Although, something has been bothering him since that time when they fought near Rito Village.

Link is undoubtedly a far more accomplished swordsman than he is an archer, but Revali remembers him trying to shield with his sword arm, even though his actual shield was carried solidly on his left. It was always just the barest of moments before he corrected, but a weakness nonetheless, and one he’d made use of more than once during the fight.

Like all the Hylian soldiers, he wields his sword with his right hand, and he shoots his bow with it too. But the Hylian army has the unfortunate habit of prioritizing uniformity over skill. Unless Revali is sorely mistaken, Link is much like him and would be a much better fighter if he were allowed to use his left hand instead.

There’s nothing he can do about it. Not right now, at least, with the Calamity looming ahead of him. Link will need all his skills to even survive the oncoming battle, and letting him use the hand that comes naturally to him would require significant retraining. For a Hylian, he’s competent enough with a bow. It will have to do.

But after the Calamity has been slain by their combined might, then maybe… Revali has been training fledglings since he was little more than one himself and desperate to contribute something to the village that had taken him in. It is hardly a challenge anymore, not when the Rito thrive in the air.

A Hylian, on the other hand… Earthbound as they are, that will be a challenge to mould into a proper archer. And it’s a challenge Revali looks forward to.

But for now, he can at least give a proper example. So he holds out his hand again, and the corner of Link’s mouth quirks when he hands over a new arrow.

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Revalink Week Day 1: Formal Dance

Had trouble with this pose so we get my sketchy style here. Just colored Revali's dress for fun and definitely not because I accidentally started painting it on Link's layer

[ginneke]

Revalink Week: Bonus Day (TOTK)

Originally I wasn't going to write anything for this. I'd been doing my best to avoid spoilers and didn't want to so much as see the last trailer. (Most things I know about TOTK are against my will, lol.)

Alas, I got spoiled for one thing. So I wrote a very short fic during a 15 minute train journey 3 weeks ago and haven't touched it since.

Spoiler-tagged to help with blocklists, and in case this slips past your blocklist, full story is under the cut out of courtesy:

Characters: Link, Tulin. (Other characters mentioned, alluded to, or spoken around.)

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“Do you think he’d be proud of me?”

“…Teba?” Link thought it rather more likely that he would be worried. 

“Nuh-uh. I know I can made Dad proud. Even if he doesn’t think I’m ready yet. But…”

…Ah.

It had been quite some time since Link let himself face the regrets of the past. They had, after all, wanted him and Zelda to look forward, to the future. 

“Nevermind,” Tulin said quickly, tilting his head in a grin. “It’s the village that matters. I want everyone to be safe and happy, so I’ve just gotta be strong enough to do that, right?”

With that, he darted ahead across the golden grasses, his swallow bow bobbing on his back.

Link watched him go. He thought of a diary he was never meant to read. Dreams that their architect only saw half-fulfilled. He’d been pleased to know his Flight Range still saw use, when Link told him. He’d been strangely quiet when Link mentioned how the Rito trained their sons to emulate him.

Tulin was the last successor of that lineage. Link had to make sure he returned safely home.

“…What do you think,” he murmured to the winds. They seemed to curl around him, the smallest whisper of a reply where once he’d felt fierce columns swirl. “I think you would’ve approved. …right?”

The winds slipped away into silence.

[exceedinglygayotter]

I decided to write fics for Revalink Week 2023 since it sounded like fun. Here’s the first one!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46877125

Also fun fact: This is the 777th fic on Ao3 with the Revali/Link tag.