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Randomly came across one of my old illustrations. This was done waaay before silksong and had no context other than me messing around with texture brushes and thinking it would be interesting to put Hornet in white and surround her with some vaguely gladiolus-like red flowers. Anyway, maybe someone will enjoy this
Guys I think Phantom has found a way out of Exhaust Organ
Aside from art I do some crochet occasionally so I decided to give them a try. I'm very much an amateur so the propositions are kinda all over the place and I didn't have good materials to make the pin, but I'm happy with the results nonetheless
Trying to take good photos was harder than the entire project I swear
PLEEEEASE IF THAT FIC EXISTS LET ME KNOW bc I couldn't stop thinking about them either... Hollow Knight games can be beautifully tragic but what if I take my favorite characters out of their situations™ and let them just hang out together
🫡I'll get on it!
I did get started on one draft and it wasn't going anywhere :'> I'm typing down ideas for a new plot and already I have an ending in mind vbasjvba
And the art ;; Would it be okay if I borrowed some of these for the fic?
Yay!!! And yes absolutely I'm glad to contribute
Guys I think Phantom has found a way out of Exhaust Organ
Aside from art I do some crochet occasionally so I decided to give them a try. I'm very much an amateur so the propositions are kinda all over the place and I didn't have good materials to make the pin, but I'm happy with the results nonetheless
Trying to take good photos was harder than the entire project I swear
PLEEEEASE IF THAT FIC EXISTS LET ME KNOW bc I couldn't stop thinking about them either... Hollow Knight games can be beautifully tragic but what if I take my favorite characters out of their situations™ and let them just hang out together
Do you have patterns for the silksong crochet projects?
They look amazing and I would love to make them myself
Thank you! Unfortunately I don't really create patterns, most of the things I crochet are either freehand or adjusted on the go, or done in some stupid way only my mind could conceive. I try to take notes, but arranging them into proper patterns would require a lot of clean up and additional explanations. I'd also have to crochet each project more than once to confirm the pattern actually works as intended. That's time and level of commitment I can't afford atm.
I might share my notes and some progress pics eventually but good luck trying to decipher that mess-
Guys I think Phantom has found a way out of Exhaust Organ
Aside from art I do some crochet occasionally so I decided to give them a try. I'm very much an amateur so the propositions are kinda all over the place and I didn't have good materials to make the pin, but I'm happy with the results nonetheless
Trying to take good photos was harder than the entire project I swear
Since this post has gotten way more attention than I expected I blame y'all on getting me actually invested in this silly AU. Btw I finally have a name for it – Bound Bond
Anyway, have some more Discarded Lace AKA Myth, she's actually very fun to draw
Does Aida and Lace become Lost together, or does only one
Good question, I was actually having a hard time thinking about this whole AU as a story but then I decided it would be easier to think about it as part of the actual game
So, in this case, it would depend on player's actions. I imagine both of the siblings want to help each other be cut free from GMS's influence but keep it a secret from each other. Like they both want to do the same thing but pretend to be okay with how things are. Because Lace believes that Aida lived and trained here for so long they would feel like they wasted their life if everything suddenly crashed. And Aida believes that Lace is still too fragile, emotionally and physically, to have the strength to face the cruel world.
So in Act 2 there would be a quest where you can help one of the siblings, and it depends on who you find first. If you find Lace, there will be some dialog, a fetch quest, and then she's the one who decides to free you from GMS in the final fight, just as original. But if you find Aida first, they'll give you a different quest (probably the killing enemies kind), some dialog, and then they will be the one to strike GMS at the end and become lost.
Then in Act 3, no matter who was lost, the other sibling begrudgingly becomes your ally and appears as NPC occasionally
(I just feel like, as cool as it would be, final boss fight against two of them would be a bit much lol)
I have. thoughts...
Upon their death in act 3:
“Sister, you will always be my white knight…”
“Sibling, you will always be seen…”
“no matter what our mother says or does…”
“no matter how much you fray and decay…”
(Simultaneously) “I’ll always… be with you…”
(I forgot to put this with the rest of the yap sesh lmao)
Pain and suffering. A very normal amount of tragedy for Hollow Knight universe. Beautiful, though đź’”
Being. Not normal anymore.
(Also eating your art since it’s freakinge gorgeous)
In the timeline where they’re both abandoned, the mist and the smog are technically right next to each other, after beating both bosses, and going back to their respective rooms will grant you two new tools
Mask of the spectre: yellow tool, has you slowly regain silk, but using silk in any way will take one more strand than it normally does
(Shattered mask taken from the phantom of the organ, commissioned personally)
Fading cloth: blue tool, silk skills cost 2 silk instead of 4, but the effect can only be used once before it has to recharge for 8 seconds (pairs with egg of flealia to make skills cost only 1 strand, but it takes 14 seconds to charge as a cost)
(Unraveled arm of the myth, lost in battle)
Upon taking both of these items, a new pathway opens up near the sinners road gate, one that leads upwards, but west instead of east
Both tools must be sacrificed to enter this area because team Cherry are EVIL and they would do that
Miasmic mireland:
Noxious swamp born of exhaust and smog, a byproduct of the starvation of verdania, instead of drying out like they did, this area festered like an infected wound.
Yes there are maggots here, the water is brownish green with algae and sludge, sugarcane grow tall in the background, with greyed silk strewn across them, and dark brambles crawl along the ground. It’s hard to see, as per its name there’s a thick light gray fog that’s always present
Mosquitos, mites, a variant of roach with wings that pounces on you. As well as a harvester butterfly tribe that no longer exists, with only an abandoned village high in the canes as proof they once existed
Not even the citadel ever came here, so this place was a refuge for the silken siblings, even as it rotted
2 bosses reside here:
1: the harvester - a harvester butterfly who’s wings are coated in sludge, fungus grows from their face, blinding one of their eyes. And wielding a very worn grave scythe (I may draw this one cause I like them a lot, so I’ll refrain from saying much :3)
2: coming back here in act three let’s you access a room above, just below the underworks. Here both silken siblings lie beside each other, surrounded by wilted flowers, playing the elegy of the deep to them transports you to the Aida and Lace fight, since in this AU you wouldn’t have fought either of them like this (with lots of extra HP to accommodate for your increase in skill)
Beating them gives you an old heart:
“woven hearts” “they beat erratically and anxiously”
I have no clue how act 3 would end in this AU lol, maybe you fight GMS herself, trying to cling onto her kingdom like a protective beast. With hornet herself escaping from her clutch by biting off her arm
Will now likely doodle these guys cause I love them
YOU'RE COOKINGGGGG as evil as putting another Bilewater-like area in the map is, fitting
Also yeah the only problem with this AU is that some major plot points suddenly need an alternative (like obviously the whole damn Act 3 deal) or additional explanation (if looking at non-discarded option) but. That's mostly how AUs work so. I'll figure something out if needed lmao
Uh- I've made a one off silly design post with prime Phantom (Aida) and discarded Lace (Myth) but looks like I'm getting pulled back into the fandom so. Here are some fake screenshots based mostly on @lordmem3z69 's suggestions about gameplay (thank you 🙏)
Since I’m a FREAK and love imagining AUs, here’s my take on Aida gameplay wise :3
Found first in upper hunters march (in the room that connects to the sprint spire), where they warn them pharloom is expecting them, and congratulate hornet for making it this far
Aida - “Spiders child, of those who dared to flee, I’m sure pharloom has given thee a warming welcome.”
Hornet - “these wilds are sure giving me a welcome alright, but enough of that, state your purpose pale one” “I can see you gripping your spear tight”
Aida - “now now, at ease, spider. For it is not you I seek, not now at the very least, hmhmm…”
Aida - “I have kept my eyes upon thou ever since your great tumble from our grand steps, such a climb is impressive, I commend thee”
Hornet - “if you’re here just to flirt, I ask you keep it short”
Aida - “hohohuuu~ you entertain me, spider, go, continue your climb by fang, claw, and paws, there is so much you still haven’t seen…” (then they javelin throw their spear, and dart off)
They meet again at the bridge connecting the blasted steps and shellwood, where Aida sits looking over the edge, playing a string that’s strung across their spear like a viola
Hornet - “you again… couldn’t resist my charms, now could you”
Aida - “alas, you enamor me too much to keep it inside, spiders child” “I ask you show me, show me you have what it takes to bear the truth, of what lurks above, of the web that entangles us all”
Hornet - “I accept your challenge, the wilds have failed to take me, and you too shall fail”
Aida “of course… (they then mutter under their breath) “I won’t let them have you…”
Boss fight:
Aida starts off by stringing a web that connects the bridge back together, careful as this web can be broken if hornet pogos off it too much. If it does break, Aida will cast a spell to string it back together after 10-15 seconds (they are immortal during that brief period)
Aida is more of a spellblade, and likes to stay at medium range, if hornet is too close for too long, they’ll increase aggression till she leaves the range for at least three seconds
They’ll often jump into the air and weave spells, ranging from pale nails that lock onto hornets position, webs that extend and trap hornet for two seconds, allowing for big damage she can’t escape from, and along with the classic phantom slam and parry, variants of those will be mixed in to keep hornet on her paws (get it because spiders don’t have toes… whatever)
With phase two starting, the wind kicks up, and both petals and sand swirl around the battlefield, Aida grips their spear with both hands, and, with runes now visible on their blade, start spamming sharpdart to dash left and right across the screen. Getting hit by this will do two damage, and they’ll grab hornet, leeching five silk from her spool vampire style.
Speaking of which, at the end of most combos (snd as just part of their moveset) they’ll lunge forward with their hand out and attempt to grab hornet, if successful they’ll bite down and drain five silk from her spool.
Upon defeat, they fall off the bridge, in the background you can see them launch their spear into the wall, and then dart away.
do not. give me more cool ideas- the urge to draw is becoming too strong to resist- oh no (jk, this is so interesting, I'm glad my silly designs inspired such elaborate ideas!)
Just remembered I have free will. Have some weird bugs
Basically silk siblings if they didn't get separated. Inspired mostly by randomly finding Lace's theme played on organ and Phantom's theme played on strings
