#woevrns

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"Someone has to stop Zelda from doing stupid things, and if I have to be the one to tell her so be it"

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lore drop ... :)

lore time! / always accepting

grinning sooo widely, thank you for letting me ramble! this is kind of an addendum to my first post about rito as a language — with a focus on spoken rito and rito key because i haven't actually done more than touch on the former and i would like to make slight modifications to the latter. proper capitalisation and everything ahead because these notes will just be c+p from my big web of 'em sfdlkjf:

Rito as a spoken language is deeply rich and tonal. It has been described as "song-like" by many, which is quite fitting when it's been speculated to have evolved from Birdsong.

It places a heavy emphasis on tone, pitch, and inflection to distinguish words. This, in addition to the fact that it was developed by ( and for ) Rito throats and beaks, can make it difficult for non-Rito — and even Rito who have been largely removed from their culture — to learn to any stage of fluency.

Given their early migratory status as people of the Windlines ( that has prevailed still in the lifestyles of their nomadic flocks and nests ), language contact has been a rather present phenomenon that has shaped their language such that there are quite a few known dialects!

Dragonscale Rito: the standard dialect of Scales Atop the Mountain ( Dragonroost Island ). It has been thought to play a role in shaping that of Peaks Among the Ripples', though there is no actual evidence for this outside of the fact that there are some Rito whose lineage can be traced back to the flock of that era ( particularly to prominent figures like Prince Komali and Sage Medli ), and that there's a clear difference in sonic quality between Rito spoken by flocks that travel and ones that have settled. Nowadays, it's considered a form of Old Rito; the dialect as it would be spoken now in Tulin's era is better known as Ridgecrest Rito.

Wispen Rito: the standard dialect of — among others — Clouds Chasing the Sun, Quills Skimming the Waters, and Petals Adrift the Breeze. This is what Dineli grew up speaking and Singing before he migrated to Peaks Among the Ripples. This can sound drastically different from "grounded" Rito dialects; it took him a hot second to really understand the flock because of the big contrast in tonemes, syntax, and ( parts of, at least ) vocabulary.

Alpine Rito: the standard dialect of Peaks Among the Ripples ( Rito Village ).

There are more flocks that have unique, separate dialects of their own! These tend to be concerned with vernacular more than anything though, in that they may derive from a standard dialect and/or belong to a group of related ones.

As for Rito Key: as mentioned previously, this is Rito Sign Language. It is, notably, not a signed language, in that it isn't simply "Signed Rito" or trying to represent Rito on wings and hands, nor is it any given flock's "home sign".

I will admit that a signed language is closer to what I had in mind at first because I was ignorant to the difference and importance of that distinction. I sincerely apologise for it, that's entirely on me! I have adjusted my understanding of Rito Key accordingly.

Like other sign languages, it is visual-gestural communication, though there are still some vocal aspects to it because of their general culture and that emphasis on music in every line of existence. They are just much less defined and absolutely not necessary. Kind of an offshoot of being raised Rito, where you are encouraged to focus on further feeling the beat if you cannot hear it; Deaf Rito are much more likely to instinctively vocalise their mouth morphemes while signing compared to other Deaf peoples.

While vocalisation of mouth morphemes isn't necessary, because it's such a common feature, the sound of them can be used to clarify or accentuate signs just as much as the sight of them can.

I've already mentioned this but I'll say it again: the neat thing about Rito Key is that it is also something extensively taught to hearing Rito individuals alongside spoken Rito — its use as a nonspeaking method of communication is undeniably amazing in a setting like, say, the battlefield. Most grown travellers and warriors are fluent in Rito Key as a result.

The shared preference for visual and tactile communication between general Rito and Deaf culture also contributes to why it's been so normalised!

Even in small flocks like Peaks Among the Ripples, Deaf culture persists within it and between it and other flocks. I think by virtue of being so tightly knit as a people and the fact that Rito Key is a popular language for those who aren't deaf, 99% of deaf Rito are part of the Deaf community. The remaining 1% is kind of just me giving leeway for arbitrary, outlier stragglers.

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@woevrns | cont.

of   course   he   * really   knows   what   zelda   thinks.   they'd   been   inseparable   even   * before   the   calamity   had   struck,   and   since   then   even   more   so   ( barring   the   hundred   year   crisis   where   the   both   of   them   had   given   up   * everything,   of   course ).   she   has   the   beginnings   of   guilt   hidden   in   the   way   her   brow   furrows   at   the   mere   thought   that   she'd   even   tried   to   * lie   to   link   in   the   first   place,   turning   around   with   a   sorrowful   look   in   her   draconic   eyes. "it's   not   ...   that.   grief   is   a   natural,   scientific   process   that   all   beings   go   through   -   that   is   a   fact.   it   just   ...   it   * technically   happened   to   me   so   long   ago   that   i   ...   don't   feel   worthy   of   mourning.   it   feels   like   a   different   * me   should   be   here.   not   ...   "

Link is quiet for a long moment after she trails off. The wind shifts between them, catching the ends of his scarf, stirring pale strands of her hair the only sound as he looks at her the way he always has when she starts retreating into herself; steady and patient, unwilling to let her disappear behind logic and technicalities.

“You think the person who lost everything stopped being you just because time passed.” His gaze softens, and he takes a slow step closer, boots crunching faintly against the dirt. “Zelda… you carried that grief for a hundred years. Even when you were alone. Even when there wasn’t anyone left to see it.” His voice lowers. “That doesn’t make it less real. And it doesn’t mean you missed your chance to mourn.”

He knows that feeling better than most; waking into a life that no longer fit his own memories, walking through ruins people expected him to recognize as home. Sometimes the past felt like it belonged to someone else entirely. Someone stronger. Someone deader. But he’d never looked at her and seen a stranger.

“You’re still the same person who stood in front of the Calamity and refused to let the world end. You’re also the person standing here now. Tired. Hurt. Trying to keep moving anyway.” A faint crease forms between his brows. “And both of them deserve kindness.”

[vigilantdesert]

omg are you still doing pigeon stuff i love pigeons what type do you think zelda is

can i send you a shitload of pigeon pics

ask me about pigeons you coward alSO YES SEND ME ALL THE PIGEON PICS

Easy! We're also venturing out of the realm of domestic pigeons, but Zelda is a pink necked green pigeon. They're utterly stunning (though unfortunately most of the pics you find are enhanced/ai; they're gorgeous but some colors don't really exist in nature). They're native to Southeast Asia, and they're frugivores, meaning they subsist almost entirely off of fruit! This makes them enormously important to the local ecosystems as pollinators and seed distributors.

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" you're an idiot. " + link.

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Link liked to think he could usually handle himself in a fight, and that was mostly the case. Except of course when he was attacked from behind while fighting a Lynel, which was only made doubly more complicated by the fact that the second monsters that attacked him was also a Lynel.

He'd just managed to duck out of the way of the downswing of the first monster, when he was suddenly hit from the side by something that, for a wild moment, he thought must have been a bolder. As he tumbled through the air, however, vision spinning and head throbbing like a drum, he caught sight of the second Lynel. Usually the monsters were quite territorial and took pride in facing him in solo combat, but apparently that didn't extend to doing their best to beat him to a pulp.

Link wasn't entirely sure what happened over the course of the rest of the fight. He remembered firing off some arrows, flipping into a flurry rush of swings as his weapons nipped at the sensitive tendons on the lower half of the monsters. All the while, a dull thudding in his side kept him company, a thudding that sharply increased when both monsters finally dissolved into dust and Link slipped down to a knee, just catching himself from face planting.

Managing a half-smile, half-grimace, he shot Zelda a look that he hoped seemed cavalier, fisted hand circling on his chest. << Sorry. >> And he meant it too. It was sloppy of him. He should not have been caught by surprise.

[vigilantdesert]

pigeon facts???? whatcha got for me this week

Ask me about Pigeons you Coward

Ooooh okay the reason people joke about "never having seen a baby pigeon" is that A), domestic and feral pigeons are (mostly) descended from rock doves, so they prefer to nest very high up in human made structures (Which are closer to cliffs than trees), and B) pigeons grow up very quickly! It only takes four weeks for them to grow to adult size and flee the nest. You also haven't seen pigeon eggs because they only incubate for two weeks. While I love rats, and dislike the phrase "rats with wings" because it sees either as a derogatory creature, I understand the comparison in this aspect; pigeons do not have a breeding season and can raise an entire clutch in just six weeks. Sometimes the mother will lay a new clutch before the old one has finished growing up (in which case, the father shoulders the first clutch and mom cares for the second).