#to some people there is no legitimate and tangible history of this hobby before a certain liveplay starting with critical.

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"Play other games" yes absolutely but I'd like to propose a corollary of "play older games" where everyone has to engage at least once with a game that's at least twenty years old (specifically a publication at least twenty years old. no cheating.) and find one web resource that's at least ten years old or print resource at least fifteen years old discussing it.

#I think it would be good for people who have never known a tabletop environment outside of heavily fandom-ified post 5e online spaces #rambling #a surprise for queue #not obligated to love anything back there but sometimes people post stuff that makes me think like. #to some people there is no legitimate and tangible history of this hobby before a certain liveplay starting with critical. #I think it's also just fun to go back to the very earliest publications of a system and see the vibe #I feel like a lot of modern tabletop games spring into being with so much polish and so little grunge and that's a shame #a cousin to the effect of the polished art book zine huh #or like. not even just the vibes on earliest publications but for PF (younger than my frame I know) the first pubs pre-date the system #which is a fun quirk in and of itself! #go read things older than PF though seriously. non-d20 things even.

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💕 ravioli

Leans in too close to the mic: this is definitely the only one I’m gonna get for him so instead of giving one thing I’m gonna just….ramble.

Things relating to ships he’s got: I got NoneThings relating to ships I’d want: I’m sitting in this fandom dropping hints he and Mipha are endgame like literally anyone on the street or online could come up to me and ask for a my reasoning in list format and I’d have one printed in advance …. everyone in the world is just afraid of their combined powerThings relating to him re: relationships on the whole: Ahem.

- Slow burn and only slow burn. It’s basically enforced by his lifestyle and personality, honestly. He doesn’t do spontaneous romance, feels Nothing at first sight, and could only form a lasting bond of that nature with someone after getting to know them – which isn’t just a discussion of family history and favorite color, ‘know them’ means their actions, their thought processes, a working theory as to what makes them Them. It’s relative of course, and there’s instances it could be a shorter process than others, but on the whole - yeah! Slow burn.

- The tricky mindset of his that absolutely everything has to be demonstrable and tangible is a double edged sword in these matters. On one hand, it means he isn’t going to be all talk or empty words: if he says something he means it, and if he chooses to be involved with someone he’s going to take it incredibly seriously, all the time. This means he’s always set to 100% sincerity and takes genuine joy in making your life a little easier when he can ( like in easy terms he would absolutely be the boyfriend you call over to help you rearrange your heavy furniture and even though it’s his one day off he’ll do it, and do it without hesitation ), it also means he’s going to be largely insecure about anything he can’t assist with, or with himself as a whole if he feels like he has nothing to offer. On the off chance he forgot something important you do deserve to be mad and he does suck and you deserve Better, Clearly. I can’t really call it a positive trait or a flaw because it has qualities of both, and also it’s just….his personality, but in an ideal relationship the person could nudge him out of thinking he has to be constantly demonstrating, that nothing has to be transactional or earned to deserve affection.

- Beaks are not lips and Rito, therefore, can’t kiss! Just facts. Instead they just…….nuzzle, more or less, and Hold. The single most trusting, tender, intimate physical gesture possible would be angry birdman taking a second to rest his forehead to the other person’s chest. That’s Maximum soft and he’d die before admitting it. The lack of ability also means that being kissed throws him for a pathetically noticeable loop – like….the feathers puff up, there’s an out loud ‘HUH’, and the gears in his head are all but audible. Got the drop on him. Again - he’d die before admitting it.

- He would also rather die before living like a pack animal; dating or no, the whole ride-on-back thing is a hard no, he’s too proud and he has very legitimate concerns about the safety of the notion. ( Bear in mind the options are, like…the person clinging awkwardly to his back or him holding something in talons, and neither option is exactly five star safety – and this is before we remember that his specific method of flying involves AGGRESSIVELY vaulting himself Several Hundred Feet Into The Air, and no, he’s not – no, no, not even a conversation. ) That said, in the instance of a fellow Rito, he could be persuaded to take it easy on the aerial showboating for a more relaxed flit around.

- He loves! People! He can respect!!! Any partner needs a strong work ethic, strong morals, a particular skill or area of knowledge ( they don’t necessarily have to be the Best, just something…noteworthy and personal, to make conversation about and perhaps maintain individual hobbies ), enough presence to keep up with him as he does tend to swallow a room, ability to own their successes, so on. He doesn’t need someone to necessarily spoil him with attention ( he’d dislike it, actually ), but as with all socialization he does demand respect enough for his abilities, and the positive traits he knows he has. 

- He’s actually garbage at wooing because he’s just never done anything goddamn like it before, and it’s. Embarrassing. He alternates between ‘I will calmly demonstrate my worth and wait for them to clearly signal interest’ and ‘I will do Every stupid and amazing feat I can invent on the spot whenever they’re within four miles of me because then they’ll Have To Love Me’. Bless him, he tries. Interestingly, unless the partner indicates a clear preference, the big gestures or anything particularly flowery dies down once it’s an established relationship. He defaults to more reliable, practical daily things; preserves the colorful for special occasions. ( The exception would be letters, which are….given the way he talks and how much worse it would be with the time for forethought, invariably flowery as ALL HELL. )

- You know that ‘being liked by a person who hates everyone else’ thing? Dating him is That. And it’s not passive like - it’s constantly demonstrated like. Ride or die. He is on your team, come hell or high water. 

- He loves baths! Loves them! And it’s nothing to do with the traditional romantic connotations, it’s just that the dude’s constantly in the cold and works out like an Olympian athelete – to just sit in a large tub of hot water is relaxing, and he savors it. Actual high Re.vali romance is having a bath ready for him and then just reading some book he recommended in the same room, with minimal conversation. 

- WAY BETTER at compromise than anyone would guess after looking at him on a surface level. Way better. Again, he prides himself on function: he’s a smart guy, he understands that any duo is going to have an element of give and take, and he can be surprisingly generous.

- Mate For Life Guy.

#triiforced #DON'T COME CRYING TO ME ( revali : headcanon ) #me staring into the sun for three hours: why does he take up This Many Of My Braincells I could be doing ANYTHING ELSE