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Haiii my name is Sheppy/Shepherd [I am of age!!!!]
This is my Hollow Knight / HK Silksong blog :] my main is @crassinova
I mostly post ALLOOOTTT about my OC x Canon (Oronar). They are gay they are rivals they are insecure they are gay they are lovers they are the worse !!!!!
I also have my girlfailure mechanic KOTTTTERRRRR !!!
I am very oc centric here!! I love my ocs and I hope you love them too!!!!!!!
Since first playing Silksong, I've been pretty certain somebody on Team Cherry was either a woman or raised as one.
I wasn't sure who, nor did I particularly care for those details, and I certainly didn't speculate publicly. That's their business. But I was fairly sure there was a woman deeply involved with the game's creation.
Because while queerness and gender fuckery has always been built into the core of these games, Silksong specifically is, among other things, a game about mothers and daughters and complex female relationships. And while there are talented cis male authors who write some fantastic female characters, Silksong presents the exquisite, multifaceted grief of female identity with a nuance that can only come from the intimate knowledge of lived experience.
Anyways, congratulations to Ms. Jasmine Vine. May she be celebrated in the communities her work helped create.
I forgor to post this. But YEAH, here is another Silksong animatic! I wanted to make Hornet a bit more expressive than she usually is, pretty much projecting my feelings when I got dragged into the slab as I was playing. This song made it extra edgy, I am obsessed. (Make sure to turn on the sound on for full experience!)
Last art post for uhmm some days? Something something i convulsed and probably almost got hospitalized so my energies to draw are definitly slow down, im really sorry
there are lots of ways to interpret Lace's weird head... a bonnet, a wimple, a plush fortune cookie. But it's always looked like a kokoshnik to me, so I've turned it into one here. The designs on it are based on the ornate design flourishes found in the Citadel's architecture, and her clothes are a blend of Russian, Western European, and Central Asian influences. I'm not super sure about the lappets, but I thought it was funny to put bells on the ends instead of beads or tassels. Literally put a bell on this girl so she can't sneak up on anyone.
She looks human, but I imagine that she's still a magical silk-based construct. Kind of like how the Dimitrescu sisters from Resident Evil Village look perfectly like goth e-girls even though they're made out of swarms of flies. It's magic! Don't worry about it.
The apocalypse has come and gone, and against all odds, Pharloom remains standing. The time has come for Hornet to return to Hallownest, accompanied by friends and allies: Shakra hopes to explore the mythical land beyond the wastes, and properly lay to rest a member of her own tribe; Lace fears unraveling without the aid of a Weaver, while contending with the immensity of a future free of her mother’s threads; and the Green Prince lives only only to spite the Citadel, passively seeking a more honorable end than might be found in the rubble of his homeland.
Meanwhile, Hornet returns from Pharloom with magic and knowledge that might aid in the slow recovery of Hallownest and Deepnest–and perhaps offer the chance to call home the sibling she once thought lost to her forever.
Chapter 8: Is It The Light You Fear, Or What It Might Illuminate
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Lace, Hollow, and Shakra are chilling together in the Queen's Gardens; meanwhile, it's time for more Mantis Politics! A look at what's happening with Deepnest, Hornet's immediate future plans, and Vise's leadership ability.
Also, the Green Prince has a bit of a crash out! It was probably a bit overdue...
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Transcript:
Page 1
Lace: So... why are we shilly-shallying about?
Shakra: Hornet-Wielding-Needle--
Lace: Yes, yes... I know what the spider would do. But why wait?
Lace: You never hesitated in ransacking my kingdom. Surely for so savvy a wayfinder, the fungal expanse poses no more threat than Bilewater's detritus.
Shakra: Dondakku! Even if such conduct would not jeopardize my friend's alliance, this is no cursed land whose denizens attack with mindless abandon.
Shakra: It is no burden, child-wielding-pin, to rest... to reflect. It is a gift.
Lace: ....finding your "wisdom" dull does not mark me a child. In fact... I suspect I am very much your senior. You really ought to show me proper respect.
Hollow (signing): Okay!
Lace: No.
Page 2
Vise: Entrances to the Fungal Uplands have been secured, with minor activity reported at the gates of the Weeping City. However, Deepnest remains our primary concern.
Hornet: Apprise me of the current situation.
Vise: Ten or so cycles past, a routine patrol was ambushed without warning by a dirtcarver swarm. We hoped the incident isolated... but attacks persist, crawling ever closer to our core.
Hornet: Do you believe these coordinated strikes?
Vise: No. Though they demonstrate a viciousness not seen since the days of the infection, they overwhelm by sheer numbers rather than strategy.
Hornet: Ah! That is... concerning.
Hornet: But it seems unlikely a new power has emerged to claim the region. Something else has slunk from the shadows to disturb their nests. But what, I cannot say.
Page 3
Vise: The Gardens are not similarly besieged?
Hornet: They make a poor target, so steeped in godlight. However, I go soon to tend my mother's shrine; I will inform you, should answers present themselves.
Vise: In the interim, can nothing more be done? Perhaps the Lady might lend aid--
The Green Prince: Pah.
The Green Prince: I had feared you a dullard, but in truth you are a fool.
Helter: That's out of line!
Vise: Peace, Helter. Our new friend has been naught but courteous 'til now.
Vise: Insult or no, I would learn what provoked him so. Tell, then. What earned me so grand a title as fool?
The Green Prince: Mere disappointment that you so readily forsake your own tradition to chase pale grace.
Page 4
Vise: ...the Lady is an ally, one I thought we shared.
The Green Prince: Ally or no, she is a god. No good ever comes of drawing their gaze.
The Green Prince: Did you mistake me a wanderer? An adventurer? I am neither. Because of them, I am a prince without a people, orphan of a land lost to all memory but my own. Because of them, I am nothing.
The Green Prince: So ally with them if you must-- But know this: They will take everything, and they will not ask.
Page 5
Vise: ....
The Green Prince: ....
The Green Prince: I... I don't...
The Green Prince: Forgive my forwardness.
Vise: ...no, you honored my ask... now I will honor your answer and think on your words. for now, prior orders hold. Attend the borders...
The Mantis Lord: ....
Vise: I and my guard will take the lead investigating matters in Deepnest.
Vise: The meeting is adjourned.
The Mantis Lord: Foreign Lord, named kin.
The Mantis Lord: I would have us speak.
