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Horizon: Zero Dawn AU where the Faropocalypse never happened, and instead Head of Miriam Technologies Elisabet Sobeck is able to tend to her family (Forbidden West spoilers tagged '#fw spoilers'!)

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Welcome!!

Hey, hi, hello and welcome to Project Another Dawn! This is the sole mod and artist, Robin (main: @robinpixels) speaking. Here's a handy dandy little navigation post for this here 'modern' AU for Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West: Where the Faropocalypse was prevented from occurring, Gaia is a human and married to Elisabet Sobeck, and much more!

Unfortunately, due to its nature as an askblog and me running this scene purely for fun as a student fresh out of college, there's no consistent schedule to be had and posts related to the same threads of storyline can appear quite out of order so to start making sense of things, all the answers on this blog are divided into two broad categories:

1. For the beginning of this blog's content (dating back to 2017, can you believe that?) and more recent responses concerning the time of the Sobeck family + co's early years, click here!

2. For responses pertaining to the Sobecks after a time skip to the present day--taking place after the twins enter their college years, that is--head over here!

**In the cases of both, start at the bottom of the page and scroll up to read the tagged answers in order of their post date!**

For more specific, arranged post-by-post breakdowns of the linear progression of specific arcs/relationships/etc in the story, please refer to this separate masterlist!

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And please keep in mind these general rules when submitting an answer to this blog (you may submit unlimited numbers of questions, as long as they abide by these guidelines and just general common sense):

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Please enjoy your time here, be courteous to others, and take care!!

-Mod Robin

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((long time no Another Dawn!! :'D take this silly as an apology for missing the sisters' and Lis', and Gaia's... birthdays on here, whoops))

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Rost, what’s you favorite memory of Aloy and Beta?

GAIA: It really is lovely knowing he adores our two girls just as much as he does his own.

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Aloy, what's a secret that you kept from your moms about something you did as a kid?

ALOY: Damn..would it kill you all to lay off a little??

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I just love the idea of Aloy, Beta and Lis being these amazingly smart and badass woman that could probably take over the world if they wanted to but put a pretty girl in front of them *cough* Varga/Gaia/Talanah/Alva/Fedara *cough* and you can visibly watch thier brains shirt circuit and ooze out thier ears

((the true gay agenda is crumbling to pieces when a cute sapphic compliments you genuinely

that's it that's the end all be all moral lesson in this blog))

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My thoughts on Ikrie’s and Vala’s relationship in a nutshell:

Vala: “BITCH (loving)”

Ikrie: “NERD (affectionate)”

Aloy/Beta (and friends): “Oh will you two just KISS ALREADY!”

(OH ABSOLUTELY LMAO they're IMPOSSIBLE)

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So i'm gonna join the "i didnt know you're robinpixels" club and say akcbksbfksnsksidn HI I LOVE YOUR ART IN BOTH ACCOUNTS THANK YOU

(ASKLFJSLDFLSD THANK YOU!! <33 Ooh that makes me genuinely curious now--should I link my main more clearly on this blog?)

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Consider, if you will, TalanahxBetaxAlva.

Why?

Because what’s better than JockxNerd?

JockxNerd²

(👀 jock x nerd^2!! it's an idea w potential!)

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YOURE BACK!!!!!

w00t w00t!!!!!

(I know you never really went anywhere, but I love this blog, and I reserve the right to be excited damn it!)

(ahaha thank you!! >:D dw, yeah, definitely more stuff to come in the future!!)

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Hey Alva -- what's your perfect date night with Federa?

BETA: O-Oh, Alva! It's you--hi! I--Yeah, I'm around, I'm up, what can I do for you? BETA: BETA: .... BETA: You found a WHAT?

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So, since it looks like you’ve taken a shine to Beta/Alva, is that going to change anything for this AU?

((:3

:3c))

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jumper weather + long time no see!! :3

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gotta look bangin' for date night out w the wife 😔 sorry aloy

((also hello!! mod ro here!! still alive + kickin'!! just recovering from a very strenuous art phase ahfhsd be back soon!! <33 in the meantime have this old silly))

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

We’re thrilled to share our contribution to the Horizon Big Bang 2022, False Negative!

The fic is by @abalidoth and the comics and titlecards are by @robinpixels. We’re both super proud of it so I hope you take a look! Comments, kudos, and reblogs all greatly appreciated.

Chapters: 10 (with 10 comic chapters) Fandom: Horizon: Zero Dawn Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Alva/Beta/Federa from Horizon: Forbidden West (and every pairing contained in that triad), Aloy & Beta Additional Tags: Adventure, Romance, Trans Female Character, Nonbinary Character, trans Federa, nonbinary Beta, Trans Mentorship, Worldbuilding, this is our get-along road trip, rivals to allies to lovers, Happy Ending, Includes illustrations and comics, Autistic Beta, lots of cute machine characters, machine tamer beta

Summary:

Beta accompanies Alva and Aloy to Quen lands to reactivate Leviathan. As if dealing with Aloy’s departure, hostile Quen, learning to override machines, and inscrutable pre-Plague technology wasn’t enough, she has to hide her affection for Alva and cope with meeting Federa. But when an unexpected change in Quen politics threatens to shatter everything, Beta and Federa must join forces to save Alva, Leviathan and the Quen. Will their alliance remain temporary, or grow into something deeper?

[abalidoth]

HEY Y’ALL I DID A THING

I’m super SUPER proud of this fic, and the art that my artist @robinpixels did was INCREDIBLE, so if you’re a fan of the Horizon series, please check it out!

[robinpixels]

SURPRISE ITS A LONGFIC/WEBCOMIC WOMBO COMBO

@abalidoth was my absolutely wonderful pair-up for the Big Bang and I single-handedly blame them entirely for how badly I’ve been brainrotting over these three the past four months, their narrative Beta is one of my absolute FAVOURITE things they’re such a darling little shit HI YES HELLO HERE WE GO

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I didn't realize you were also Robinpixels! I've been been following that account and this one for a few years now and had no idea! You rock!

((hehe, yep that's me!! asdlk;fjsadklf maybe I should've linked the two accounts sooner, but then again I'm pretty sure I did and the links just don't show up on mobile otl so i apologize for that ;o;

thank you so much!! <33))

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HOLY FUCK YOURE ALSO ROBINPIXELS??

HOW DID I NOT PUT THE DOTS TOGETHER UNTIL NOW IM SUCH AN IDIOT 😭😭

I was like “wow projectanotherdawn and robinpixels are my two favorite horizon artists!! and their art styles are so similar too!!” And then I thought about it real hard for a moment and gasped out loud

anyway forgive me. love ya though 😂😂

((ABFBSNFJSJFJDHD yeah it's me!! I used to have a much messier sketch vibe to P:AD for the feel it gave and how fast it made answers, so the resemblance may have been a lil less clear then!

And aha don't worry, I have the memory and object permanence of a goldfish myself at times so I can hardly fault you for missing the connection XD Thank you so much!! 💕💖))

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I have this image in my head, that anytime Aloy stays up to late, Varga just picks her up like a sack of potatoes and carries her to bed, with Aloy just blushing as red as her hair the ENTIRE time.

VARGA: I'm not over at her place all the time but-- VARGA: When I am--only way I can get her to rest sometimes, aha!