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Hk Little Ghost - Blog Posts
A collab with @omletiko :D
Quirrel by me
Lemm by @omletiko
Ghost in first by me
Ghost in second by @omletiko
All the art I did for the last fundraiser in one place!
I'm once again offering art in exchange for donations to help my friend make his rent before June 1st! We're still at the halfway point and I haven't been given a lot to draw yet.
Please if you would check out my post Here on how to get art after you donate, or even just check out his Ko-Fi Here. I'd be so happy to draw your favorite characters for you!
"Hyper realistic Hollow Knight 3D fan film"
Everyone! Watch this!
Ghost from Hollow Knight is disabled, and here's why
Obligatory disclaimer, of course, that this is just a theory. It may not even be what the creators intended! But it’s special to me, which is why I want to share if. And I think that a well crafted theory with textual evidence is far better than any inflammatory thumbnail by a YouTuber with enough charisma to overcome his utter lack of reading comprehension.
So, to start, I’ll explain the particular disability. Put simply, being filled with the primordial darkness soup has detrimental effects on one’s health. It takes the place of blood, but it’s more viscous, which means that the heart is constantly working overtime just to pump it properly.
So, what are the symptoms of this? Well, the most prominent one is this: Ghost is able to fully recover their health simply by sitting on a bench. If you’re wondering how that could possibly be linked to a heart condition, it’s actually based on my own experiences with POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. It’s a health condition that’s affectionately known as “can’t fucking stand disorder” or less affectionately known as other, more explicit things when it’s causing me trouble.
To get personal about my experience with POTS: I get dizzy standing up, or standing too long. I use a cane to support myself, and I need to drink what amounts to salt water to raise my blood volume. The blood volume is important, for reasons I’ll get into later.
So, on the surface level: they’re disabled because they need benches to recover. But bear with me, because I think it goes a little deeper and a little weirder. Here’s my theory.
Ghost was intended to be invincible. They don’t take contact damage. Every time they take damage, it’s actually just them flinching and their heart rate increasing.
I know, it sounds insane, but I promise that there is evidence to support this. The first piece is the Pale King’s ambition. He created everyone in the dead baby pit to be invincible, right? The perfect vessel to seal away the Radiance, no voice to cry suffering. But then we also know that the Hollow Knight themself wasn’t perfect. They were weak specifically because they wanted to be loved. They were weak because they had a heart, they had emotions, because their traitorous heart pumped blood too fast and it made them vulnerable, because they felt fear. It’s poetic, in a sense.
Diversity Loss! The dead baby pit created in a fruitless effort to save the remnants of a crumbling kingdom is made up of disabled bugs who were subject to a fuckshit eugenics experiment, yippee!
Another interesting piece of supporting evidence is the existence of Lifeblood. The heretic Joni pioneered its use, and there’s some weird implications that maybe this wasn't the best idea, but hear me out for a second. What if it’s literally increasing blood volume of our protagonist to give them some protection from the symptoms of what is effectively a goopy heart disease? The name is quite literal, actually.
The final piece of evidence? Look at the effects of the Fury of the Fallen charm. This one is like adrenaline overdose, complete with pulsing visual effects meant to set you on edge. While this charm is equipped, the knight won't even perform their idle animations. It's a small thing, but I think it is definitely meant to indicate that they're too pumped with adrenaline to have the focus to do this little things. All of that energy is dedicated towards not losing control, one way or another.
Overall, like I said. It’s not something I can prove, but it is backed up by some canon evidence. And it adds to the tragedy, I think, of a scared bug with a bleeding heart.
HOLLOW KNIGHT SPLASHARTS
(old drawings - reposts) 2021/2022
Hollow Knight - Bundled Up
Do ghosts get cold? Do shadows? Do little pieces of the void feel the chill?
hollow knight if it was WOKE
hhey remember this video:
well I decided hollow knight needed one too
i present to you my magnum opus:
I made some baby hornet requests at Instagram and I simply love these ones <33
Here, take your daily dose of cuteness with this Hornet spending some time with her siblings at their mother’s gardens
baby beans
we all don’t want to let quirrel go to blue lake
I made this
and then this
AND THEN THIS
(it’s a coin bank)
This is beautiful! I was just expecting a picture, not a whole comic! By the way, I only saw this on Epiphany which is the 12th day of Christmas...so you are quite fine in taking the extra time. I find it a wonderful way to celebrate.
(Sorry for taking a few days to answer this one)
Not an ilustration but a small comic this time, just a simple interaction. If ghost could change their cloack I would love to get the fur thing from Mato, like, idk after learning all nail arts you visit him and get it as gift.
Thanks for your suggestion I hadn't actually thought to make something christmas related.
Family Portrait...or it will be once Lurien finishes his sketch!
I decided to give all three of them new outfits because of 1) time has passed and 2) Herrah is around to make her babies some cute outfits.
Reblog to tell me what you think!