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HOLLOW KNIGHT SPLASHARTS
(old drawings - reposts) 2021/2022
Slink aka "what if I made THK a little uglier/more unnerving by bug standards?"
Its shaking hand clutched at the fistful of feathers. Wisps of smoky darkness oozed from between its fingers - floating into the air and dripping to stain the ground simultaneously.
Void.
They were all void.
Gone was its holy plumage of shimmering pale light - wings now gleaming only with wicked black emptiness. Every shaft and barb coated in the physical manifestation of its greatest sin.
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Doodle based on snippet from my AU where the Hollow Knight is a fallen angel.
You know what I always considered a really weird detail about the Pure Vessel's cut Dream Nail Dialog?
"Do not think, do not speak, do not hope, do not..."
"Do not speak"
Why? Why 'speak'? Why that word, specifically?
"Because it references back to the "No mind to think no will to break, no voice to cry suffering" thing, duh.
Well, yes.
But the other two parts of PV's DN dialog directly contradicts two of the requirements the King gave for a "Pure Vessel" -
Hollow CAN think; the dialog itself is proof of that.
And Hollow, by the very fact that they need to tell themselves NOT to hope, suggested that they did have some sort of hope they were attempting not to experience. To hope is to have a will for something, a desire, a wish. A will that the Radiance HAD broken to infect them.
So that just leaves us with "Do not Speak" and "No Voice to Cry Suffering"...
And if Hollow has a mind and a will...
Do they also possess a voice as well?
Why else would the word "Speak" be used as the direct contradiction for "No Voice"? Why else would the Pure Vessel need to remind themselves to not speak?
It makes me wonder if the King was wrong about even that aspect of the Vessel(s).
And the other thing that I find interesting: What is the Pure Vessel refraining themselves from saying? What do they want to say that they aren't allowing themselves to?
Just some food for thought
Hi this is my first post so I don't know if I need to credit people but I do not own these characters. I just have obsessions with characters who have been hurt in way more ways than one. Credit to Elden Ring, Hollow Knight, and Alan Becker for creating characters that I just love and would give a hug to any time of day for any reason.
I have an obsession with these three. Would give big hugs to all of them.
Thank you so much OP for doing all this work. It makes attempting to draw Hollow Knight a lot easier.
you've probably seen this before, or made the connection yourself (ignore bottom right corner)
but there's also this:
The flowers of the Queen, the crown of the King, and the Hollow Knight
Perfectly NOT Fine: Chapter One
Hollow Knight Fan Comic: Traditional Art
BLURB:
Instead of Deepnest, the Knight went up through the City of Tears to escape. What would happen but being found and adopted by none other than the Watcher himself.
Tell me, what happens now? After all, the Knight has a twin in the White Palace down below....
PROLOGUE: https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/738374720772292608/script-out-of-nowhere-you-came-needing-someone-to?source=share
CHAPTER ONE:
SCRIPT: In the bottomost of Hallownest, there lies the White Palace, Where within ruled the Pale King, shinning and wise. I served this most glorious king, my son, as his Watcher. As his servant, I gave him everything. My service's reward was the entrusting of duties, treasures, and secrets. A reward only given to Her Majesty the Queen.
One day, His Majesty called me aside, desiring to share his secrets. O my son, I had no fantom of the darkness he would share. The only thought in my mind was how I could serve. After all, my liege lord needed all the help he could gather to defeat the Blazing Light.
His majesty was so eager, I recall, to share his secrets. I expected the project to be a grand scheme, a mighty warrior, or a secret weapon. But the last thing I expected to see...was you. A you that was cold, stiff, and lifeless while still drawing breath. Speechless, I observed this test that was required. Clueless, for I left you at our Spire.
What kind of test was this? Whose loyalty was tested? The father or the son? The only reward one could hope to earn was the approval of one's liege lord...
Somehow, the test was passed...but what His Majesty said and did surprised me more. "This 'construct', so capable, will be the vessel to seal away the Blazing Light." "YOU need not be so horrified at such a small thing." The king assured me.
I was horrified, my king not at What...but FOR WHO.
PROLOGUE:
https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/738374720772292608/script-out-of-nowhere-you-came-needing-someone-to?source=share
COVER:
https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/738375072551682048/part-1-prologue?source=share
CHAPTER TWO:
https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/741443039477858304/perfectly-not-fine-chapter-2?source=share
BLURB:
Instead of Deepnest, the Knight went up through the City of Tears to escape. What would happen but being found and adopted by none other than the Watcher himself.
Tell me, what happens now? After all, the Knight has a twin in the White Palace down below....
Part 1 / Prologue:
https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/738374720772292608/script-out-of-nowhere-you-came-needing-someone-to?source=share
Part 2 / Chapter 1:
https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/739098346305781760/perfectly-not-fine-chapter-one?source=share
Part 3 / Chapter 2:
https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/741443039477858304/perfectly-not-fine-chapter-2?source=share
Part 4 / Chapter 3:
https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/743988423774371840/perfectly-not-fine-chapter-3?source=share
The Doomed Siblings
I never draw these two have nice wholesome sibling bonding moments, it's always only agony.
The Hollow Knight
I cannot listen to the Sealed Vessel theme without feeling depressed, this Poor innocent Vessel and all the suffering it had to endure all because of a selfish king...
Oh finally, Runt with both of their Parents in the same Pic.