#Plainsong

[fogsblue]

P is for Plainsong 🌿

HFW Alphabet

[a-night-like--this]

Robert Smith sings “Plainsong“ to his wife Mary at The Cure’s show in Hollywood Bowl on May 24th

Vídeo by semper_knarf

[tare-otome]

The Second Verse

I loved doing this quest chain but i was not expecting the beautiful sight of the Utaru standing near the Land Gods with concern and reverence, and hearing the Plowhorns "sing"~

I walked around slowly for a while just taking in the feeling of harmony and listening to the machines and people sing together.

This quest chain was so beautiful it literally made me cry. I love the idea that the Utaru had such a harmonious relationship with the Plowhorns, with the incorporation of colorful ritualistic handprints of reverence in celebration of renewal. This might have been the most heart fulfilling quest for me.

[bloomingdead]

i can't stop thinking about Zo from hfw, and how underrated she is. she barely knew Varl for like, what? a week? before she was willing to riskitall for him and his best friend. took care of an injured Aloy for two days just for this bitch to wake up and disrespect her beliefs. and still took it in stride, no, took it SERIOUSLY! she "betrayed" her community and her spirituality in order to find out how to protect both. it wasn't arrogance that drove her to disobey the Chorus and to want to find out what happened to Re, Fa, and the other landgods. it was compassion, for her people and her gods.

Zo was a healer in the Red Raids. she tended to wounded soldiers and buried the seeds of those who fell. she lost her whole family while contributing, finding her village to be massacred when she returned. the smell of burning flesh she said, had stained her mind. she sought out vengeance and lived to regret it when the attack on Barren Light brought the memory back to her. and yet these experiences did not scare her away from becoming a gravesinger, basically a hospice worker.

when faced with the truth of her people's gods, she cries. not because they had to kill one, but because the idea of her gods not being gods at all is incredibly upsetting. Zo grew up in this culture, and it all turns out to be a comforting lie. except, as Zo explains, it doesn't change the importance of the grimhorns to the Utaru. because even if they aren't spiritual beings, they are still the reason for their harvests and the cultivation of their society. the Utaru still would not exist as they do without the landgods of Plainsong.

i love love loooove this detail about her personality; her willingness to find inspiration in tragedy, to seek truth and justice regardless of what the people around her or even she herself, believes. she's willing to challenge herself no matter how difficult in order to overcome her fears or ignorance. even when she's being BULLIED by Erend, she never raises her voice or throws insults back at him. she only challenges him (to some sparring) in order to prove to him that she is in fact a worthy opponent, and by association so are her people. she's a vegetarian, which is never treated by the narrative as weakness or softness. just a fact of her society; they eat plants, grow plants, live in homes and adorn themselves in clothes all made of plants. she's gentle and soft-spoken but also tough and vengeful. these traits coexist within her without ever appearing hypocritical. she's so real, and so smart. and she's going to be an amazing parent, i hope she doesn't get written out of the story of the next game bc of how hard it is to animate 3d babies. but she does deserve some fuckin peace and rest lmfao

[hunterofthejewel]

Aloy in a basket near plainsong

[anaugust]

Afternoon nap

[robo-dino-puppy]

flora of plainsong

[horizonjade]

Utaru landscapes

[notyouranointed]

Storytime

[h0riz0nstuff]

Just Plainsong Stuff

[ginagloria16]

The album "Disintegration" was released in 1989, when I was 19 years old. Since then, it has been a benchmark for me, especially this song. It's as if Robert is singing this just to me.

"Sometimes you make me feel Like I'm living at the edge of the world Like I'm living at the edge of the world "It's just the way I smile, you said"

It's just the way I smile. I told him.

[redshoes-blues]

(the best and most beautiful song ever made. btw)

[cicadaknight]

Life in Plainsong

[tare-otome]

Aloy Meets Varl & Zo in Plainsong About the Chorus

[horizonlandscape]

Plainsong 

[hunterofthejewel]

Some utaru enjoying life