Makes My Simp Heart Cry And Squeal At The Same Time

Eetl Bug Fables

OH AND MUSE I LOVE HER

they’re a side character that’s been onscreen for 5 minutes to YOU. I’ve known them for hundreds of years

my headcanons about void in hollow knight :D i also think eventually, with the palace being so brightly lit, the void constructs thicken on the inside and have to be phased out

[id: a series of black-and-white labeled sketches. the first is a jar of black liquid, with text reading “void in its natural state- very goopy, like molasses”. the second is a picture of a cup of void, then a flashlight shining into the cup, then a solid block of void in the cup’s shape. text reads “exposure to light thickens over time, eventually turning it solid”. the third picture is of the lighthouse shining over the void lake. the top part of the lake is labeled “thick, immobile layer,” while the rest is labeled “thin liquid layer”. text reads “the void lake is too large to completely solidify, so the lighthouse works by thickening the top layer so the rest of the lake cant break through”. the next picture is of a mold for a void construct, next to a kingsmould with no armor, labeled “barbequed”. text reads “the void constructs are formed by exposing the void to blinding light inside the mold for a short time, essentially solidifying the shell but leaving the inside liquid”. the final picture is of the king looking at the young hollow knight, sleeping. text reads “being half pale being, the vessels are not affected by the light as strongly. however, exposure to bright light does make them sleepy”. end id]

I love this boy and his bunny

“Let’s Restore Time, Together!”

She’s adopted him as her brother, you can’t change my mind

Watched all of Halluva Boss (so far) yesterday and definitely have a favorite character! I decided to draw him ^^

idk if i've said it before, but another aspect about Hollow Knight's lore that compels me is that its a tragedy, but it's told through the story of the victims. The Pale King is a sterotypically tragic character in that the road to his damnation was paved by his own love, hubris, and damnation, but we don't deal with that downfall directly, and the game offers no sympathy for his situation. Instead, the characters who drive the story are the ones who would normally be the silent casualties accompying the downfall, or the victims of the protagonist's fatal flaw. We're given a story where for once, the focus is not set on the agony of the main character, but of the lives of the people he hurt, and we are privy to that pain and anger and sadness that was inflicted on the voiceless victims. We see the story unfold from their perspective, we watch them deal with the aftermath. And while they were discarded by the main plot of the tragedy of Hallownest after it was all over and done with (that being the fall), their pain isn't depicted as any lesser just because they were forced to be silent. Obviously they too are tragic characters, but they were forced into such circumstances because of their father's hubris and inability to concede defeat, and we see the refuge of his actions change the whole world despite it all, specifically because they loved their sibling too much to let them go.

Idk. It just hits different when you read it from that perspective, especially since it really drives home the fact that no matter how much the Pale King regretted his fall from grace, his emotions meant nothing because it still lead to his children suffering when they didn't deserve it. Hollow Knight is a story about the shadows of what many others would consider to be the main characters, and I love it for that

(Radi might also be a tragic character, as someone who was betrayed by her own people and then came back a monster when trying to chase her own glory, but we don't know enough about her side of the tale to say for sure, but I can say for certain that she makes a terrifyingly good antagonist)

Oh hell yeah

Miscellaneous Hollow Knight headcanons

Ghost uses sign language and Hollow writes what they want to say down! Hollow is completely mute and Ghost is nonverbal most of the time.

Hollow is often regarded as the "oldest" sibling, even though they're basically the same age as Hornet and Ghost.

The dreamers are all best friends, but Herrah and Monomon often start joke-bullying Lurien because he's a manlet and a Pale King simp. I honestly can't blame them.

Grimm was a hardcore theatre kid. He never grew out of it. He's seen way too many musicals to count, and if he existed in the real world he'd probably know the lyrics to every Hamilton song.

Pale King used a good chunk of Hallownest's tax money to pay for the purchase and installment of his buzz saws.

The Seer is a witch! If she were a real person, she'd have a shitton of tarot cards and crystals, as well as many, many books on spells and rituals.

Sheo is really skilled at makeup and face paint. I don't really have much to add, but it's a bit unsurprising considering he's an artist.

That's all for now! I may add more but idk

I made this chart of skin tones for my sister who struggles with picking skin tones. Anywhere you select a color on this page is a skin tone! Anyone can use!

More variants!

yippee