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i saw an onrushing storm. the future comes hungry, for man and machine. it will catch me, i expect. catch us all.

- brin

#hzd machines #this really captures how frightening that thing was #hzd

When quiet descended, Banukai finally felt the machines bow their heads, and her werak wept. The Light she held within her drifted from her wounds and rose to the sky. And for just a moment before life left her, Banukai knew the truth of the Blue Light, and she felt peace.

- Shaman oral history

emmbeaart

first in a series of #horizonzerodawn inspired pieces! i've had this image stuck in my head for years so its nice to finally paint it :) 🌿

Paintings in Devil's Grief. I assume Banuk? Doesn't quite look like their style, though. Maybe another Nora Seeker.

and another thing about aloy horizon. i absolutely love the way forbidden west shows her discomfort around community with its gameplay, even if it wasn't an intended effect. the way the fov shrinks whenever you enter settlements, the much louder ambience and tighter corners, sounds you hear nowhere else in the world, the fact you can't run anywhere too fast without hitting things, the constant chattering. and then the way it all fades behind you the moment you leave, the camera zooming back out, the sigh of relief you experience because of it. all of this was present in zero dawn, but it feels so much more prominent here. the claustrophobia of it all makes you so much more single-minded whenever you're there, in the same way aloy probably is; just get in, get what you need, and get out. back into the wilds, where it's quiet and you can think. even the home base feels tight. you go there to check in on everyone, to make sure all your equipment is up to scratch, and then you leave. from a gameplay perspective you're really only ever there to tick off quest markers, and that disconnect feels very much like how i imagine aloy interpreting it. It's just very cool to have a narrative about learning to be closer to people when all the main character and the player wants to do is be alone in the wilderness.

annabellioncourt

No, no, you misunderstood me. The best trope isn't the villain gets the girl, the best trope is the girl gets the villain.

#signal in static #alternatively: exactly who got who on the floor of volunteer quarters was up for debate etc

owlswatch

Alva would have an AO3 account

owlswatch

I don’t think Alva would actually write RPF but her in-universe take on [insert your ship here] would have a hilariously similar quality to it imo

#love getting to see my ships from an outsider pov

ao3legendarium

idiots in love core

#signal in static

photomodes

i don’t pine for the old ones. they had their time, their works are finished. all their inventions are under mountains now. rust on bones. my sisters and brothers of the forge will make a new world.

- petra

#hzd