I’ve been thinking over the prevalent ships being f/m in the Horizon fandom and why that might be (as a Bi woman) apart from the usual.
And it’s not really surprising to me at all now that I’ve gone over it properly, and I’d love other WLW’s input as well!
It’s simple: there’s no main female companions aside from maybe Talanah (which as we’ve seen is the biggest f/f ship in Horizon) and even she was sidelined in HFW (I think it was due to covid complications but still such a shame)
Think about it, we have awesome female characters but there’s always barriers that prevent ships from properly forming, let me walk through it:
Talanah - a fan favourite, who was sidelined in HFW and was chasing after Amadis anyway (aka a relationship block)
Petra - she’s around and flirty but we never linger with her for long, we’re off doing quests for her instead of with her.
Ikrie - DLC side character that we never hear from again, need I say more?
Alva - a companion, but she’s in an established relationship and arrived a lot later in game.
Zo - again, a companion but in a relationship with Varl and now pregnant.
Whereas the male companions are in abundance and we spend more time with them on quests without a blockage:
Varl - A companion we spent a quest with in HZD and in HFW we spend a lot of time with him at the start (until his relationship establishment) and Gemini.
Erend - A companion we’ve probably spent the most time with across both games, many quests he’s involved with and/or follows you on.
Avad - spent some time with him, he was an important figure in HZD with a clear interest in Aloy.
Nil - All the bandit camp quests we do alongside him on HZD and the races in HFW.
Kotallo - Again, spent a lot of time with him on quests in HFW with no relationship block put in place.
Until Seyka, we didn’t really have many options for a major f/f ship, so I’m not surprised by the lack of prevalence, it’s a totally unfair bias! So it makes some sense for Seyka to be the first female love interest, because she’s quite literally the only one available and designed for that purpose lol
If you watched the NIMONA movie, enjoyed it, and want to support it and other (gay) media like it, consider slamming that double-thumbs-up button on Netflix. I know what you’re thinking: Netflix has a double-thumbs-up button?! That’s what I said too. But I have it on good authority that this is a metric with serious weight for Netflix and it’s something they take into account when deciding whether to invest in other similar (gay) properties. So send Netflix a message and give that sucker the ol’
hey so i made a massive database of 900 (and counting) sapphic books, sortable by age, genre and rep! take a look if u feel so inclined (and maybe retweet my tweet?). there’s a submissions page if u catch any i’ve missed (or any incorrect info on them), but pls do check i’ve not just sorted it in a way you don’t expect!
edit, 24th may: i took the site off w*x because it’s an israeli site, so the new address will be @sapphicreadsdb on here, though there may be some delay in it being functional again
the ninth house being called the house of the sewn tongue. the sewn tongue, a ritual quite unlike any other form of necromancy that prevents the subject from speaking on a certain topic. the sewn tongue, which appears to be at least part flesh magic, something very much not typically associated with the ninth, and the only way to subvert it being to remove one’s entire jaw. harrow kissing ianthe to confirm the sewn tongue was still in place. alecto kissing/biting harrow and verbally identifying her as the blood of anastasia. anastasia, who believed she had perfected lyctorhood, only to “fail” and “force” john to kill her cavalier to “save” her when she tried. anastasia, who in all likelihood had to be forcibly prevented from speaking the truth. anastasia, who then founded the ninth house to guard alecto and made some arrangement with her. the ninth house, which at terrible cost ensured that the blood of anastasia lasted those ten thousand years. the ninth house, the symbol of which is a jawless skull
