#but im deadass serious when i say that barely anyone talks about his character as a whole

[lucyshypemaster]

keefe was actually insane for this

[hatenostorms]

aoc spoilers under the cut !!!! like, please don't read if you haven't finished the game !!!!

hi yeah so ive seen some posts about the way revali was written in aoc and like i just wanna,,, ramble a (very tired and incoherent) opinion.

so yeah, revali could've been written better in aoc lmao uhh... while i understand that he's an asshole, and i think his hostile attitude towards link is understandable, whoever wrote him decided to just... crank it up 10x from botw which i don't know how to feel about.

Like i was kind of taken aback when he was insulting link (before they go to the korok forest and you play with vah medoh) because like it felt insanely uncalled for? and yeah of course the bitterness of link just kinda being there when he hasn't even proven himself, i can get that. but he called him pathetic or some shit (i don't remember lmao) and i just ???

In botw revali wasn't as much of a dick, and in the memory link has of him, his gripe with link didn't feel as weirdly aggressive?? like in aoc he was just aggressive for not much of a reason and it was like,,, oh okay i guess

flash forward a bit, link gets the master sword. revali is still kinda like,,, whatever idk he didn't really even mention it for some reason (that i can remember). but when you help him on vah medoh, again his reaction is like, weirdly aggressive. this interaction wasn't as bad for me, as it felt like something he'd say tbh but also when thinking back to botw and you freeing vah medoh, he was so much more encouraging and not as bad? like i get his pride and stuff but... whatever i don't know what else to say on that lol

also, they really focused revali on link, and not him interacting with the other champions, impa, or even zelda. He feels insanely underdeveloped in comparison. even when he was with teba, they barely gave any sort of reaction from revali like they did with the other champions meeting riju, yunobo, and sidon. like he barely spoke to anyone and it feels like we were were robbed of that. a heart to heart with link after vah medoh, with teba, even zelda or mipha??? ANYTHING would've been nice. it felt as if he was there just to be the jerk of the group, almost like comedic relief except now people are gonna hate on him more :,,,) they didn’t have to make him the most “uwu i love everyone” type of guy but ffs give me SOMETHING. 

also yeah that, it feels like the writers wrote revali with the intention of making people hate him more than they already did. like you give him no development, barely any interactions with the group aside from him insulting link, and aside from the absolutely hilarious "don't screw it up!" line at the end, we were robbed of him feeling like an actually fleshed out character. to be fair, the other champions weren't exactly the most fleshed out, but they were made to feel, in comparison, more likeable; and they had more genuine conversations and interactions as i mentioned. 

then we get to the end of the game, and i feel like ive barely seen revali the entire time other than when i played as him (which was often but that's not relevant sjsndkwndj). aside from idle unvoiced text that was shown during missions with him (which doesn't exactly count because it's not plot or story based), he barely got enough screentime in game. it's disappointing, im ngl.

i know nothing is this serious and revali is just a fictional bird man but i do love him a lot and feel like the way he was written in aoc was just not very good, and will only fuel people's dislike of him and once again they'll ignore the more complex parts of his character and dub him the "asshole that bullied link". revali is so much better than that and he deserves better writing. they tried to make king fucking rhoam seem more likeable than revali like are you deadass... that mf gets a “redemption” but revali, one of the MAIN CHARACTERS gets jack shit????? lmao ANYWAYS.... 

also its 4am so if there are any general inaccuracies or grammar mistakes don't roast me im literally exhausted AJSJEKSBEJ i just needed to talk about that because while I've seen some posts about this some of that was on my mind.