#Genli

[rrain-writes]

Kass started playing on his accordion. Everyone seemed to recognise the song almost straight away except for 8 of the goddesses heroes, most assuming it was written after their time. Turns out, they were right.

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If you want to know what song they are singing, it’s called ‘fallen’ from a fan-made breath of the wild musical called ‘songs from the wild’. I highly recommend all Loz fans to check it out!

“Welcome to Rito Village!” Wild declared proudly, arms spread wide. He gave the others a minute to take it all in, most gazes drawn to the giant bird perched at the top of the village, before bounding up the steps.

The others followed him up the winding platforms around the village, and he quickly payed for beds at the inn for tonight, (they would have to double up to fit) then the group followed him to a platform which stretched out into the open sky.

A rito with blue feathers sat on the edge surrounding by a group of younger rito girls.

“Kass!” Wild cheered.

The rito turned at the noise, smiling as soon as they recognised Wild.

“Link! It’s good to see you!”

The younger rito all ran over, bouncing and demanding hugs.

“Link! Link!” They chirped.

Wild turned back to his brothers.

“This is Kass.” He introduced. “And these are his daughters, Kheel, Notts, Kotts, Cree, and Genli.”

“You and your friends should come here tonight, Link.” Kass said to Wild.

“Yeah!” His daughters cheered.

“We’ll be performing with Papa!” The rito with purple feathers, Kheel, said excitedly.

Wild laughed. “Ok then, we’ll have to see you then.”

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That night, the rito and the chain gathered at Revali’s landing to watch Kass and his daughters perform.

“Link!” Cree, the oldest of the daughters hurried over to them, quickly followed my her sisters. “We want you to choose the song!”

Wild raised his eyebrows. “Me?” He replied, laughing.

When the rito girls all nodded determinedly, he paused to think. His gaze travelled over his brothers, before he smiled and whispered something to Cree.

They ran back over to their father, telling him Wild’s song choice.

Kass started playing on his accordion. Everyone seemed to recognise the song almost straight away except for 8 of the goddesses heroes, most assuming it was written after their time. Turns out, they were right.

Wild, the little shit, grinned at them with a knowing look.

“So a long time ago, when our people rode high, and we lived with the goddess way up in the sky-“ Cree sang.

“Well, even back then,” Kheel joined in. “When an evil arose, every instance was thwarted by Hylia’s heroes.”

“And there was a sword,” Notts chirped. “Which shone like the sun, and one slumbered for seven long years but, when done-“

Kotts began to sing the next part. “The hero would use it to vanquish each foe! Or, at least that’s how I heard those stories all gooo.”

Wind grabbed Wilds arm. “They wrote songs about us?!” He exclaimed, eyes shining.

“Just wait for your part.” Wild laughed.

Wind gasped. “I have a part?!”

Wild nodded, smiling, then put a finger to his lips.

The sisters all sang as one. “Hylia, answer our call.”

Then it was Kass’ turn. “As long as our kingdom has prospered and thrived.”

“Hup!”

“There’s always been times when we’ve scarcely survived,”

“Hup!”

“But the goddess, she sends us a gift from on high: A hero, a princess-“

The family all sang: “A power diviiiine.”

“The stories all tell of a hero, that comes to the call of the wild. We wish someone knew if those stories are true, but the fun is in waiting around.”

The chain were all smiling and elbowing each other.

“So we sing of their triumphs and all that’s beside them, as we hear our destinies calling, and we… we remember the fallen.”

“Does anyone else have a story to tell?” Kass asked.

“Oh, I’ve got one!” Genli chirped, before starting to sing. “There once was a hero who fought with the dark.”

“And returned light to Hy-rule.” Her sisters sang.

“Ooh!” Notts exclaimed. “And he sailed the oceans with dolphins and sharks!”

“And the seas drained and life moved on..” The rito chorused.

Kree sang next. “He washed up on an island, then he shrunk down in size.”

“So we sing of these heroes, courageous and wise, and we pray that one will come to ensure our own evil’s demise.”

5 little rito then ran to Wild, asking him to sing with them. He shook his head, but own can only resist the young girls’ begging and Wind and Legends calls of ‘cuckoo!’ for so long.

He looked nervous in front of the crowd, but he quickly grew in confidence.

“The stories all tell of a hero, that comes to the call of the wild.” He sang. “We wish someone knew if those stories are true, but the fun is in waiting around.”

Wild grinned as he began to dance with Kass’ daughters, all of him joining his voice with their own.

“So we sing of their fables, and through every tale, we can feel all our worries are stalling.”

Wild looked over at his brothers, who were all cheering him on.

“As we… we remember the fallen.”

#Legend of zelda #linked universe #fan fiction #four #hyrule #legend #lu #sky #time #twilight #wind #Warriors #wild #kass #Notts #kotts #Genli #kree #kheel #songs from the wild #fallen #rito

[mikaiink]

Genli, the caregiver & culinary enthusiast .||

Might be getting better at this? perhaps... [[ !!! Spoilers Ahead !!!]] Genli, is one of Kass & Amalia's daughters; I remember her from BoTW being the one who wasn't that fond of singing but was very enthusiastic about food. Specially the dish known as Salmon Meuniere - which becomes the key of a quest, in order to get the sisters reunited and sing at Warbler's Nest. Later on she finds appreciation for singing with the help of Link (which she roasts and says "You don't look strong as Teba...If you fight that bird monster, you'll probably lose!"- I found this hilarious) and the return of her father, Kass.

During the events of ToTK, similar to her sisters- she is given a role. Luckily for her, is one involved with food. Mostly focused on recollecting and making food for the villagers- in which Link helps acquiring the necessary ingredients. Out of all sisters, I feel she would travel for a bit to different regions- to learn new recipes and techniques when cooking. But will come back home and settled-down, opening her own kitchen to feed not only her own folks but travelers as well.

#BoTW #ToTK #ToTK spoilers #Rito #Genli #fanart #wip #Am I going to draw all the ritos? #Well... that's my goal #It's my journey arc #of learning how to draw ritos X'D

[inthegloomglow]

Seeing the baby rito growing up makes me feel like some proud older sibling.

#totk #spoilers #tears of the kingdom #genli #kotts #etc #kheel #and tulin! gah #he’s so big

[thecozypenguin]

So did anyone else read The Left Hand of Darkness and notice that Genly and Harth show up in Breath of the Wild as Rito? Or was that just me?

#character inspiration #the left hand of darkness #ursula k leguin #books #genly #genli #harth #legend of zelda #breath of the wild #tears of the kingdom

[ringneckedpheasant]

[strangers in a strange land, wanderers in a vast and unknowable universe]

#primary visual inspo for this was a glow in the dark glittery unicorn puzzle I was obsessed w as a child #tlhod #the left hand of darkness #ursula k. le guin #genly ai #therem harth rem ir estraven #marcusart

[asparklethatisblue]

Eyelashes frozen shut, thawed with a kiss.

A while back @aurpiment made a comment about Genly and Estraven based on The Kiss, as a concept. And? Fellas, I had to

#the left hand of darkness #genly ai #therem harth rem ir estraven #my art #fellas is it gay to travel 80 days across the ice with your not yet friend and then kissing his eyelid? #well? is it? #I’m really pleased with this actually even tho I wish I could make it look more painterly

[art-of-pluton]

"Like the end and the way"

I think about The Left Hand of Darkness literally every day since I first read it in july

#my art #the left hand of darkness #ursula le guin #tlhod #therem harth rem ir estraven #genly ai #art #artists on tumblr #artwork #illustration

[hermitmoss]

Illustrations by David Lupton from the Folio Society edition of The Left Hand of Darkness.

#tlhod #ursula k le guin #uklg #the left hand of darkness #genly ai #therem harth rem ir estraven #*

[agoddamneddelight]

Genly and Estraven and their journey across the Gobrin ice

I also made a book poster for tlhod with this drawing under the cut :)

#they are constantly rotating in my brain lately #the left hand of darkness #genly ai #therem harth rem ir estraven #tlhod #ursula k. le guin #i made estraven a bit too feminine #sorry my friend #my art

[estravens-tits]

- The Left Hand of Darkness out of context

#the left hand of darkness #tlhod #ursula k. le guin #genly ai #therem harth rem ir estraven #lhod #left hand of darkness #ursula le guin

[catadromously]

my piece for TLHoD Secret Santa 2023, organized by the inimitable Anjael! You know when you're on your way to do a radio interview and you end up walking at the back of the entourage with the alien who just showed up in your city, and he starts trying to tell you that vertebrates on his planet have evolved flight? What a day huh

#corey art #the left hand of darkness #tlhod secret santa 2023 #had such fun playing around with this scribbly style & working outside to in :) #also I think I'm the most satisfied I've yet been with the way their faces came out so yayyyy. them. looka t the them. #iirc Genly has a line like 'only Estraven ever seemed truly curious about my world and how things worked there' ... fascinating stuff!

[bisclavaret]

old-er drawing when i'd just finished reading the left hand of darkness for the first time

#the left hand of darkness #genly ai #estraven #therem harth rem ir estraven #ursula k. le guin #tlhod #my art

[estravenlover]

genly ai pov chapters during the ice crossing: estraven is a conundrum. estraven is the most infuriating man I’ve ever met. etrasven is so womanly. I can’t pin him down. what the hell does he mean by that. he’s so soft looking. he did this for me. who is he. he’s looking at me with his womanly stare again. he is pissing me off. he’s so earnest I’m scared. I need my best friend.

estraven pov chapters during the ice crossing: *logistics* “dear journal, here at the top ten things i noticed about mr. ai today” *licks genly’s eyeballs until his lashes unstick then makes them dinner* “he is like a baby and doesn’t take care of himself right I need to do it but he is also so strong so much stronger than me” *gently rubs out frostbite from genly’s face* “dear diary, here are my further contemplations on me mr. ai’s psyche” *logitics* “we cannot touch” *logistics* “genry, please trust me I’d do anything for you to trust me teach me telepathy so I cannot lie to you” *ruminations on the state and the nature of life*

#left hand of darkness #therem harth rem ir estraven #estraven #genly ai #ursula le guin #teehee!!! #okay but this book is Not about this #it’s just also got this #these chapters took me out

[blackandwhitecircus]

Uni keeps making me have Left Hand of Darkness takes

#original post #the left hand of darkness #ursula k le guin #cringefail protagonist genly ai

[aurpiment]

tlhod’s Gender Situation as written in 1968 (published in 1969) was about a man from Earth who goes to another planet inhabited by alternate-bio ambisexual humans who are completely like Earth humans in every other respect. The man from Earth at first expects them to be like men in a way that’s recognizable to him, and that expectation causes him some struggles in relating to them, but he then comes to accept them on their own terms.

An updated look at that Gender Situation might be about a nonbinary person from Earth who goes to another planet inhabited by alternate-bio ambisexual humans who are completely like Earth humans in every other respect. The nonbinary person from Earth at first expects them to be like nonbinary people in a way that’s recognizable to them, and that expectation causes them some struggles in relating to them, but they then come to accept them on their own terms.

Mutatis mutandis since “nonbinary” is a way, way broader category than “man” (hello multigenders I love you) but people who have never heard of gender are going to have a different, for lack of a better word, thing going on than someone who is familiar with a gender binary and has rejected it.

(I also think having a normal earth queer person interact with members of a fantasy gender/lack of gender would be interesting. Real deal meets metaphor. It’s like if an actual trans woman met Jadzia Dax.)

#mt #the left hand of darkness #the way some people read the book and go ‘silly Genly Ai! of course they’re not men they’re nonbinary’ makes me go #‘you ARE Genly Ai 2.0.’ #and I say this with love because he’s a great character but also with a bit of mischief #Joanna Russ’s take on the gender situation was ‘if a woman went to a women planet she would think it ruled’ #but the women from the woman planet are actually recognizably women and are also from earth #not a spec-bio new human #that the earth woman tries to fit into an existing framework #so of course she thinks it rules. they’re lesbians. #meeting women from Planet Lesbian would obviously rule #so I think Russ has addressed a completely different gender situation #but she thought she addressed the same one

[theygotlost]

finished tlhod 😐👍

#the left hand of darkness #tlhod #ursula k. le guin #genly ai #therem estraven #mine