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rionaleonhart) wrote2022-03-06 06:24 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2022-03-06 06:24 pm
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You May Lack Sense, But You Don't Lack Courage.
Horizon Forbidden West is a vast, beautiful game with plenty to talk about, but I'm going to make an entire entry focusing solely on one specific sidequest, and you can't stop me. (The sidequest in question is 'The Gate of the Vanquished', the culmination of the desert water dispute.)
I don't want anyone to kill each other in this water dispute! I like both the commander and the challenger and I don't want them to fight to the death!
WHY IS THE GAME MAKING ME CHOOSE A SIDE BETWEEN YARRA AND DRAKKA, NO
I like both of you! Don't get me involved in this dispute! Worse: I'm leaning more towards taking Yarra's side (although I think they're both mistaken), but I like Drakka more and I really don't want to fight him. He's the first Tenakth friend I've made!
I took Yarra's side, and Drakka said 'You really are something, Flame-hair' and 'Nice knowing you, Aloy,' with perfect sincerity, while preparing to kill me. I like that he still admires me, rather than flipping straight to anger.
I'm really sad about fighting Drakka. But I ship him just a tiny bit with Aloy (or at least I like to think Drakka is one-sidedly interested in her, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE; I'm not sure Aloy's into anyone), and I suppose having one half of my ship reluctantly kill the other is at least an interesting outcome.
Holy shit, I'm so upset about how that quest played out. I'm startled by how upset I am.
I'll be honest: I was so unhappy to have killed Drakka that I reloaded and sided with him instead. WHOOPS. I can't just murder my first friend among the Tenakth!
'I'll miss your bow. And your company,' Drakka says, after the fight. This reload was worth it. I'm not sure siding with Drakka was the right political decision, but it was the right decision for my heart.
He asked 'What is this thing?' when I visited him at the village later, and it's not clear what he was asking about, but I hope it was our relationship. I want to confuse and intrigue him. (And our relationship is definitely confusing, given that we're on good terms but I helped to kill him in another universe.)
I don't think I'm capable of writing a series of ficlets where Aloy bangs her way through everyone who's into her for stress relief, making it very clear that she's not interested in anything romantic, but I would if I could. The characters who are just here for a good time are delighted; the characters who want a more long-term connection are confused and upset by the arrangement, but they'll take what they can get and quietly have emotions about it later; Nil goes 'well, this is pretty good, but it'd be better if we were murdering people.'
I don't want anyone to kill each other in this water dispute! I like both the commander and the challenger and I don't want them to fight to the death!
WHY IS THE GAME MAKING ME CHOOSE A SIDE BETWEEN YARRA AND DRAKKA, NO
I like both of you! Don't get me involved in this dispute! Worse: I'm leaning more towards taking Yarra's side (although I think they're both mistaken), but I like Drakka more and I really don't want to fight him. He's the first Tenakth friend I've made!
I took Yarra's side, and Drakka said 'You really are something, Flame-hair' and 'Nice knowing you, Aloy,' with perfect sincerity, while preparing to kill me. I like that he still admires me, rather than flipping straight to anger.
I'm really sad about fighting Drakka. But I ship him just a tiny bit with Aloy (or at least I like to think Drakka is one-sidedly interested in her, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE; I'm not sure Aloy's into anyone), and I suppose having one half of my ship reluctantly kill the other is at least an interesting outcome.
Holy shit, I'm so upset about how that quest played out. I'm startled by how upset I am.
I'll be honest: I was so unhappy to have killed Drakka that I reloaded and sided with him instead. WHOOPS. I can't just murder my first friend among the Tenakth!
'I'll miss your bow. And your company,' Drakka says, after the fight. This reload was worth it. I'm not sure siding with Drakka was the right political decision, but it was the right decision for my heart.
He asked 'What is this thing?' when I visited him at the village later, and it's not clear what he was asking about, but I hope it was our relationship. I want to confuse and intrigue him. (And our relationship is definitely confusing, given that we're on good terms but I helped to kill him in another universe.)
I don't think I'm capable of writing a series of ficlets where Aloy bangs her way through everyone who's into her for stress relief, making it very clear that she's not interested in anything romantic, but I would if I could. The characters who are just here for a good time are delighted; the characters who want a more long-term connection are confused and upset by the arrangement, but they'll take what they can get and quietly have emotions about it later; Nil goes 'well, this is pretty good, but it'd be better if we were murdering people.'