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Who is the hotter Hollow Knight character?

Herrah

Zote

Voting ended onApr 25, 2025

#zote boat im begging

tisodying

doodles for me to relearn how to draw on non-display tablet again ft. the nailmaster most normal sibling feud and Ah fuck if i throw him out I'll have wasted all that time and resources

#TISORO ON MY DASH.?#either way i love to see aus where Oro winds up w Tiso somehow theyre fun

I went back to read the 57 precepts (which had slipped my mind for a while) and I was going to commit to reading them all but I got stopped by #2

"laughter spreads like a disease, and soon, everyone is laughing at you."

This line now has meta context 4 me, and it's sad.

YEAH A LOT OF THE PRECEPTS ARE EXTREMELY SAD….

Like. Ok so the story of how I got attached to Zote was that my best friend Kenny was like “hey I started playing this game called Hollow Knight and there’s this guy Zote I think you’d like”

So I watched Kenny play Hollow Knight and instantly I was like. Yeah! That’s a me character! I love this guy!

Which was followed by me going on a wiki dive to read all his dialogue and his full story and just sitting there like “oh no… Oh No… OH NO…. OH NO YOU’RE SAD” and that was that and now he’s the most important guy in the world to me and only I’m right about him

#the only im right about him thing is a joke. but also not #i used to run an ask/rp blog for him but ive since abandoned it bc rping on tumblr is rly difficult for me #but hes still extremely important to me and always will be #and im very attached to the backstory ive built for him taking from what he says in canon #i could soapbox abt how his precept abt honesty puts everything into a different perspective from the fandom take but i just got home #point is zote said a lot of things that resounded w me as an abused kid and it put him into a different light for me #so im like. very aggressively defensive of him #im known in my friend groups for turning zote haters into zote fans

Reclaiming my status as The Zote Guy

57precepts

If I had the mental fortitude to put together a character analysis for Zote itd be all over for the hk fandom

probablyaseamonster

You’ve piqued my interest and now I require what you speak of

probablyaseamonster

If you make this character analysis I will help you make a 2+ hour long Zote Spotify character playlist. Promise.

57precepts

I already have one 😎

57precepts

In fact here it is! It… sorely needs some revision because I made it during a phase where I was sticking Every Song to him but 🤷 five hours of zote music

Be warned it contains themes of abuse though! Listen with caution

#Spotify

57precepts

If I had the mental fortitude to put together a character analysis for Zote itd be all over for the hk fandom

probablyaseamonster

You’ve piqued my interest and now I require what you speak of

probablyaseamonster

If you make this character analysis I will help you make a 2+ hour long Zote Spotify character playlist. Promise.

57precepts

I already have one 😎

#granted that playlist is extremely headcanon heavy and. a very emotionally heavy playlist but its fine everythings fine #(says the guy who projects on zote hardcore)

57precepts

If I had the mental fortitude to put together a character analysis for Zote itd be all over for the hk fandom

57precepts

Grabs u by the arm. Listen to me. Read Zote’s dialogue. Read it again and again and then tell me about how hes sooooo funny and full of himself and a liar. Read his precept about always being honest and then tell me again he makes shit up. Do it (I will bite)

#every now and again i need to get back on this soapbox. zote has a lot of dialogue that implies he was mistreated heavily in his youth lol #he genuinely believes every single thing he says #and his colosseum dream nail dialogue implies he was always held to a standard he couldnt reach no matter what he did #and like ive said it before ill say it again. as someone who was abused as a kid a lot of what he says sticks out to me as. similar #hes everything to me btw

If I had the mental fortitude to put together a character analysis for Zote itd be all over for the hk fandom

#yes im posting here again. i miss my special little guy

Its just my nature that I use this blog to zotepost then disappear from it for months and then come back to zotepost again

Its midnight and my fire alarms r going off babey

I know everything about Zote. Team Cherry hire me

#im kidding. mostly!

57precepts

This is just a personal theory but I'm like 99% sure ppl like tiso more than zote even tho they have very similar personalities is bc they can't draw zote as a hot twink

YEAH. YEAH

Not only that but the thing that strikes me is.... they aren’t as similar as people think. Yes, they’re both abrasive, but its like. How do I word it

Tiso is cocky, Zote is too confident. I know thats. Basically the same thing, but I cant figure out how to explain the difference better. Tiso thinks he’s hot shit, he thinks so for good reason too! (I mean the fandom forgets Tiso’s whole point is that even the best get cut down but thats a convo for another time) But overall that’s gone to his head and made him a cocky bastard. Like, one of the first things he says to you is an invitation to square up, and then he has dialogue about how itd be too pitiful of an end for you.

Zote, on the other hand, at least from his own perspective, has had to claw his way to where he is now from the bottom up. He thinks he’s all that because hes been the only one he can rely on, he’s very assured in his capabilities because of that. He just wants to be left alone like? He gets snappy and irritable but ultimately the only reason he threats is bc. Ghost is getting involved in his business and he doesnt like it. And its at this time I wanna point out, Zote lacks the knowledge that we players have that Ghost is a child. Given Zote’s implied history, I don’t believe he’d be as harsh if he knew.

I dont know how to explain it better rn but to me there is a very distinct difference between the two’s self-assuredness. People just like Tiso more because he’s commonly perceived as younger and ✨attractive✨

Basically. A majority of the hk fandom neglects these facts and while people are free to characterize how they want, it irks me to see two of my favorites twisted into characters they arent, and then see one made a punchline and hated because of traits he doesnt even HAVE while the other is loved for the same traits. I’m not saying people have to like Zote or hate Tiso, but... there’s a notable bias, I think.

#self rb #i forgot abt this post but im right