Super honored to draw @finrays wonderful Horizon OC, Sav! An Utaru healer/tinkerer, with a bit of a speckled past 👁️
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I wanted to design a Not Zenith™️ outfit for Beta! It’s a bit of a hodge-pudge of things people have given her. I wanted to go for comfy and secure, she gives me sweatshirts all summer vibes so I was going for lots of layers. She’s got a little something in there from everyone, except Kotallo who I headcanon takes her and some of the others in the crew to get tattoos after Singularity. She really takes to it, and has quite a few now. Some to express her journey so far, and some just for the sake of self expression alone.
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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. 🤩
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