I am so incredibly normal about this man
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Smooches for all of the HZD faves, 2023 edition 馃拫
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avad excited to finally ditch the crown to join aloy and leave the sundom, arriving at her mysterious base for his first adventure just to be greeted by a glowing machine that immediately knows his name and entire history, his missing vanguard captain and missing sunhawk, a tenakth marshal from the clan that nearly jeopardized his embassy, the first utaru brave enough to fight the carja in the red raids, and a bizarre person from an advanced imperialist nation across the world all sitting in a lounge archiving apollo and blasting jackson five while aloy is in the corner playing space invaders with one hand and coding hephaestus with the other next to her apparent fucking twin and the asshole who founded the eclipse threat that kept his brother prisoner and nearly ended the world
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I've got my own thoughts about the Burning Shores, but I don't think Aloy falling for someone is out of character, because they've been slowly building up to that moment in HFW:
This extremely awkward conversation with Avad, who is trying to court her (a reminder that people are romantically interested in her)
Zo and Varl's relationship - I personally don't think her reaction was necessarily jealousy, just her being confronted with the possibility of falling for someone for the first time (after years of living as an outcast)
Finding out about Elizabeth's past relationship with Tilda, and that she wasn't as untouchable as she thought her to be
And finally, her conversation with Talanah at Barren Light about first love (or crush) - all but predicting BS
She simply found a home with people that she loves and trusts, and now feels safe enough to open her heart for the first time.
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But I never said the tribe wouldn't need you. The strength to stand alone, Aloy,
is the strength to make a stand. To serve a purpose greater than yourself. That
is the lesson you must learn, and remember it.
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Poor guy is just doing his best; who can blame him when the Savior of Merdian is so damn fine?
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You never told me exactly how your sister escaped the Mad Sun-King.
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an avad/aloy piece @spaceguylewis commissioned me from last year <3
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there are so many memes at my disposal rn
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avad killed jiran. with his own hands.
you can't take that away from him; it is fundamental to his character.
it is the thing he did that defines him as a ruler who wants to be good and kind, but understands that ruthlessness is a necessary evil. sometimes, you have to be ruthless to do good.
it is a stain on his honor that he carries and wears. it is the burden of his guilt that he bears with the crown. it is essential to his character to be someone who killed his father in order to save his city.
you can't take that away from avad.
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You think Avad's arms hurt from holding them out like that all the time?
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