You know what I havn't heard anyone talk about yet?
The fact the Rito use what look like their own simplified version of compound bows.
So - for anyone who doesn't know archery, there's different types of bows you can use. The type you'll usually see in media is a long bow. (There's also flat bows, recurve bows, crossbows, etc.)
A compound bow is a more modern bow - and the most common type you'd probably use now days if you joined an archery club.
You can see the familiarities - the wheels, the supports, the shapes. The Rito bows are like a wooden version.
So why is it interesting? Well - they made the design choice to chose a more modern bow style rather than a more traditional one like a longbow dispite the fact the enviroments aren't modern. So this was a very specific design decision they made.
Why are compound bows more commonly used now days? Because they take less strength to pull and fire. Simple as that. To shoot a long bow, you need very good upper arm strength. Compound bows distribute the pressure to make them easier to wield if you don't have that.
Birds have hollow bones so that they can fly, and the Rito warriors seem to mostly have slender builds for dexterity. The liklihood is that they don't have incredible muscle strength. So using compound bows makes perfect sense. They can also be lighter, because a long bow or a flat bow must be made of a solid piece of wood so it can bend without breaking, but a compound bow is usually made from hollow pieces of metal (though theoretically could be made from wood), because they don't have so much pressure on them. So they'd be able to be flown around with much easier.
This probably isn't of any interest to anyone, but it was something interesting I noticed that I wanted to share!
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HORRA ITS DONE this was a very fun challenge to do :]
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LINK HAS HIS SQUAD
They found a way for the SIDE QUESTS TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT STORY WEIGHT. HE LITERALLY BEFRIENDED ALL OF HYRULE AND THEY’RE RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR HIM
AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON THE NEW CHAMPIONS
YES RIJU SLAY
LITERALLY
KILL GANONDORF KILL HIM KILL HIM
AND TULIN
TEBA’S SON
I REALLY DIDN’T THINK AN “OKAY LET’S GO” COULD MAKE ME FEEL SO MUCH
SO MUCH
AND SIDON
HE HAS HER TRIDENT HE HAS MIPHA’S TRIDENT ;-;
I CAN’T
KILL HIM PERMANENTLY END IT ALL YOU CAN DO IT I KNNOW YOU CAN JUST GO GO DO IT DO ITIOASDJGPOASIJDGOPIASJGDPIAOSDJGOPAISDGASD
Don’t worry, Yunobo, I know you’re there somewhere.
He needs you as much as you need him
Hold on
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It's so funny to me how in TotK, Harth is the one to tell Tulin "Go ahead and explore the giant swirling cloud of blizzard doom with Link! I'm sure it'll be fine." Just imagine that conversation between Harth and Teba later:
Teba: Where's Tulin? Why isn't he with you?
Harth: Oh I sent him off to explore the murder cloud with Link.
Teba: You did what
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"Go talk some sense into my son"
What if I dragged him into a dangerous quest instead????
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Since people seem weirdly interested in my info dump about Rito bows, I feel I may as well point out another thing.
I see it mentioned a lot that Revali's bow has this scrap of fabric tied to it and people theorising in fanfiction that it's something sentimental or represents something.
But it's actually fairly common to tie a piece of fabric to your bow, and you'll see that the other Rito bows have a feather attached to the supports for the same reason - because it shows the direction the wind is blowing.
Having something loose hanging from the top of your bow means you can see what direction the wind is blowing and how strong the wind is by the way that thing is moving in your peripheral vision without having to take your eye off the target.
So yeah! Another bow fact of the day for you guys from your resident archery nerd and birb boi enthusiast.
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