#hcc 2023

[dino-trash-kieran]

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

Please enjoy this little fic that's been sitting and waiting in my Google docs for a... Good few months? 😅 I finished it WAY to early lmao.

Anyway! Do read, and thanks to @horizon-events for hosting the Creation Celebration that prompted me to write this!

[lupinaria]

My piece for Horizon Creation Celebration 2023. Thanks to those at @horizon-events for putting all this together! I had a great time working on this and seeing everyone's work.

[farthaz]

For the Horizon Creation Celebration 2023, we created this little poster with Sophie (Twitter). The idea is to display the Tenakth tribes and what they have to offer. A mix of editing and virtual photography :D @horizon-events

[emtazer]

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

Written for the Horizon Creation Celebration 2023 @horizon-events

Summary: During the course of Forbidden West, Aloy decides that she wants to tell Erend how she feels about him. Maybe an Oseram custom could help?

Takes place during the events of Forbidden West, no Burning Shores. 

Rating: T

[littlelionpaw]

My entry for Horizon Creation Celebration 2023! @horizon-events

The cover Illustration is a little bonus ;) The fic is the main event!

Freaky Friday (3156 words) by littlelionpaw Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Horizon (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aloy & Beta (Horizon), Background Aloy/Erend (Horizon) Characters: Aloy (Horizon), Beta (Horizon), GAIA (Horizon), Erend (Horizon), Kotallo (Horizon), Drakka (Horizon), Sylens (Horizon), Original Characters Additional Tags: Post-Game: Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores, Sister-Sister Relationship, Freaky Friday Situation, Inspired by Freaky Friday (2003), Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Sisters being sisters, POV Aloy (Horizon), POV Beta (Horizon), They fight a lot, Don't worry they'll make up, Trauma, Self-Discovery, A Little Bit Of Ereloy, Light Ereloy, Feelings Realization, A bit of Magic, Original Banuk Character, Panic Attacks, Canon-Typical Violence, Psychological Trauma, HCC 2023 Summary:

„There are few things that annoy Eputak more than not listening. The old shaman cackles softly as her fingers find what they are looking for. She can’t make her own people listen, but maybe those sisters will. The fire is dead, but a few embers still glow in the encroaching darkness. This will be enough.”

Aloy and Beta find themselves in a rather peculiar situation – they somehow have switched bodies. While the sisters, aided by GAIA, search for a way to reverse the switch, they also try to hide their “condition” from their friends.

[little-box-of-wonders]

Blooms of War, Laurels of Peace: A Horizon fanfic

Summary: It was an ebb and flow, a push and pull, a dance unique to them. Carja and Utaru, sun and earth. Two tribes historically opposed, two elements that should not coexist in harmony.

But in each other they found balance, purpose…and something more.

For the Horizon Creation Celebration 2023 event from @horizon-events.

Screenshots by Stef (RadiateLove on AO3). These are so lovely; thank you for letting me share them with my fic!

COMPLETED 12/15/2023

Chapters: 5/5

Chapter 1: Tension

Chapter 2: Truce

Chapter 3: Trust

Chapter 4: Thrill

Epilogue: Tribute

One thing I love about Horizon as a series is the possibilities it provides to expand upon the existing lore and explore different dynamics between characters. It's interesting to find similarities and contrasts and how those play off each other, which is why Zo and Avad appealed to me as a pairing.

This fic idea came from a discussion in the Kotaloy Elysium Discord server sometime last year about how Zo and Avad could be a potential match. They both stepped up as reluctant leaders for their respective tribes: her during the Red Raids to help push the Carja back at Barren Light, and him to liberate Meridian from Sun-King Jiran's reign of terror. Both lost the person they loved most before their time, making them kindred spirits in that regard. And, my sense is that they would come to understand each other despite their different upbringings and experiences.

The challenge for me was to create a believable romance between two characters that haven't met canonically. There isn't much action here compared to my first longfic or other subsequent fics I've written, but I hope the dialogue and the descriptions are engaging and help depict the developing relationship between Zo and Avad, as well as the friendships she has with Erend and Kotallo.

I'm happy to have participated with other talented writers and artists in the Horizon Creation Celebration 2023 event. It's been amazing getting to focus on these two characters and expand on their canonical background while bringing my own interpretation. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing this fic.

Please consider sharing the other #HCC2023 works on Tumblr and other social media and looking up the collection once it's up on AO3. 🤩

[robo-dino-puppy]

For something a little different than my usual virtual photography, here's my project for the Horizon Creation Celebration hosted by @horizon-events!

I'm really happy with how it turned out - and I'm excited to see everyone else's creations! More info below the cut ↓

I had this leather bag that I found at a thrift store, but it had somebody else's monogram on the front that I never liked. I always planned to do something about it - and I thought adding the medallion from Rost's armor would be the perfect project. The stitching of the medallion required the most work by far, but I also added a little Nora-inspired feather-and-bluegleam charm to the strap.

I didn't buy any supplies for this - everything was sourced from things I'd already collected (...hoarded?) in hopes of using them in a project someday.* The medallion uses reclaimed leather from an old purse, some blue cord I'd saved from... somewhere, and red cord of similar provenance. A stiff piece of plastic from packaging serves as interior support, and a strong magnet is currently holding it to the bag. I may attach it permanently, but I didn't want to yet in case I decided to use the medallion somewhere else!

All the feathers were found on the ground - there's an obvious jay feather (Steller's jay's in my neck of the woods), a white feather (most likely from a gull) that I colored with alcohol ink, and what I believe is a pelican feather - you can barely see it behind the purple one. The cords holding the feathers were all from my stash as well.

The "bluegleam" is a quartz point colored with glass paint. I'd had an idea for sculpting and casting the bluegleam cluster Aloy wears on her Frozen Wilds armors, but I wasn't able to get a finished product I was happy with. I'm not giving up on it, though - hopefully I can manage it someday!

*Which, honestly, is a miracle. I finally used stuff in a project! See, keeping interesting things is more than just adding to clutter!

[melikochan]

My entry for @horizon-events: a cover for @mr-jaybird's fic, Verdant Limbs Wither; Still the Seed Rises. Give it a read!