So, I felt it was necessary to make this in order to raise awareness in the greater horizon community. This is something I take very seriously. Please share if you or someone you know has been affected by this.
Definitely not a ripoff of my favorite paleontology meme which is definitely not a ripoff of another meme.
I like to headcanon that Melog is just the biggest busybody. It's been bored and alone on a dead planet for decades with no one to talk to, the mundane day to day drama of other people is such a novelty to it, it can't get enough. Plus it can become invisible and doesn't have a great grasp of privacy so it's forever listening in on conversations and generally getting way too invested in everyone's personal business.
Which means Catra, to her vast dismay, knows everyone's secrets. She would really REALLY rather not and has tried to teach Melog about boundaries but the creature does what it wants. But it means that sometimes she finds out about some misunderstanding or missed connection going on that is so downright stupid that it's just going to drive her nuts if she lets it continue so she begrudgingly has to insert herself into this drama to match-make or clear up an argument literally just so she doesn't have to hear about it anymore.
Which means, to her absolute horror she gets this reputation of being near psychic, so good at resolving personal drama that people come to her with their problems no matter how she tries to deter them and meanwhile it's really because Tealog over here is addicted to gossip.
Aloy and Beta after enduring isolated and traumatizing childhoods, crazed killer machines, immortal billionaires from space, and whatever nonsense Nemesis is bringing from light years away
When Tilda called Beta "the inferior copy," I was initially disappointed in Aloy because she did not respond to that provocation. However, then reviewing the scene, I noticed an imperceptible movement of her hand toward Beta, as if to say "forget it, don't listen to her, calm down and don't act." This made me smile again. Had you guys noticed it?