i know that when i finish a book or show or game i should move onto the next one because i have just so so many that are on my To Do list but i cant quite do that a lot of the time because i have to marinade or something. it took me months to start another book after house of leaves. i felt like i needed to show up at a class to discuss it. i don't know if i'll ever really get past the 20 books a year goal or the 10 games a year goal because i have a lot to think about.
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fe3h revalink au. i don't actually have a full-fledged thought for this one but i'm imagining byleth!link and edelgard!revali, and the [FE3H SPOILERS] scene where you kill edelgard in the verdant wind route and the quotes "your path lies across my grave" and the "i wanted... to walk with you..."
revali, who won't back down for what he believes is right even though he didn't foresee how the war he started would destroy the country, and link, who wants to save him but knows that even if revali loves him, he won't back down from his beliefs. revali who begs link to kill him when link gets the edge on him during their final battle, because if link wants to fix this country then it will depend on him taking revali down.
"well, then? claim your victory," revali grunts, barely able to hold himself up with his bow. if link doesn't kill him now, the blood loss will kill revali first. "strike me down. you must!"
"i can't," link whispers, blue eyes wide and teary. it almost catches revali off-guard; he's never seen link break like this. link, who is always stony-faced and expressionless, whose eyes are now full of tears, the grip on his sword with the barest tremble. this isn't how he wanted to see link cry for the first time... "revali..."
"even now," revali says, gritting his teeth, "people across this land are killing each other. if you do not act now, this conflict..." he winces, the pain flaring all over his torso. link twitches, nearly jumping forward to reach for revali. "... will go on, forever."
he looks up at link. the little hylian is crying freely now, face morphed into a look of anguish. revali's gut tightens, in pain, in regret. he wishes it wouldn't have to end like this, but he refuses to back down now. it's too late for him anyway...
"your path... lies across my grave," revali barely manages. "it is time for you to find the courage to walk it."
"no, revali," link whispers, tears continuing to pour down his cheeks. "we can fix this together, just come with me, please—"
"if i must fall," revali cuts him off, breathing heavily and shutting his eyes, "then let it be by your hand." he forces himself to open his eyes again and look up at link. "please, link. this is the only way."
"i won't," link says, wiping furiously at his eyes. he staggers forward towards revali, his sword falling from his grip as he kneels before revali and cradles his face. "this can't be the only way, we can still save hyrule together, our paths can still be parallel, please, revali—"
but it's too late. revali supposes he still fell by link's sword; this final battle between him and link did a number on him, and there wouldn't have been any way he could survive it with the amount of injuries he has sustained, regardless. link was always an incredible fighter. he wraps an arm around link and pulls him close, inhaling the scent of his once-lover for the last time. link throws his arms around revali's neck, desperately holding him tight.
then, revali pulls away and presses his lips to link's forehead. "i wanted... to walk with you..." he whispers, exhaling finally and his grip loosening. with link in his arms as he takes his final breath, revali is finally at peace now.
link realizes a second too late that those were revali's last words, revali's last breath, revali's last embrace, and he screams. link howls and shouts and wails, holding revali's body, not caring that his armor is seeping with blood or that his body is heavy and sore. he begs, calling for mipha or zelda to heal, for anyone to help, for the goddesses not to take his revali from him.
link sobs, holding revali's body tightly rocking back and forth. he did this, he killed revali. and perhaps it was a necessary evil, for the good of hyrule and to end the war, but it's an evil link will never be able to live with, the blood of his lover forever staining and burning his hands with sin.
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link needs therapy
you ever consider that link totally has like. all of the survivors guilt?
like my man was part of a group of 6 amazing, strong people, who he almost definitely respected and thought of as friends, and 4 of them died, one of them was trapped in hyrule castle trying to hold back the guy he failed to kill, and he was the only one who made it out okay in the end.
i think link would believe somehow that his failing to kill ganon lead to everyone elses death, even if it couldnt have been prevented.
like IMAGINE the survivors guilt this guy is going through. his friends are all dead, and he’s left in a shell of the world he once knew, and his last hope to get back the last remnant of his life is to finish the mission he failed.
and hes going through this all with amnesia, struggling to remember even why he has to do this all in the first place and why these people died.
like imagine you wake up and have no memory of who you are and how you got here, in a post apocalyptic place, and are told you have to go fight the guy possessing hyrule castle that caused this place to fall apart. and on top of that you keep getting these flashbacks and are piecing together your life, just to realize that even if you kill ganon, it cant bring back the people who meant so much to you.
man.
someone get this guy a therapist.
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in non locked tomb news (im sure there are some people who are sick of it and Im Sorry) i reread Ancillary Justice and wowee I absorbed so much more from the audiobook than i ever did reading it with my own two eyeorbs! the emperors name has been echoing in my mind for two weeks because the way the narrator pronounces it hits Just Right and feels good to my brain lol
anyway i think?? i want to read book two now???? its a nice little book on its own (which somehow seemed so BIG when i first read it) but im more interested now in how it continues than i was a few years ago
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