Oh wait I didn't post this here, did I? My lesbian RainWing OCS! Playing Scales and Squares. I just noticed I forgot to color the RainWing banner's pink thing but oh well
Ohh how I love HK comics!! Oh my gosh, Hornet's interaction with Quirrel. They both speak so fluently but Hornet's is, like, so much sharper. And I love the panel where she discusses Quirrel's purpose while staring at the Monomon statue! And how Hornet's blade is always in her hand while Quirrel's is by his side and much more relaxed, even at her.. Slightly threatening presence. Hornet's text is very stringy and then Sentinel's is square-ish which is always a detail I love :]
And then Second!! Both sentinels are so alike, and then that last panel hit me so hard. The bit of red in the void. Hornet's protection over graves still hasn't changed.
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For me, one of the most important moments in Silksong happens shortly after the start of Act 3.
(Spoiler Warning)
From the beginning, the state of Pharloom has always been bleak. By this point, you've seen both the Citadel's rotten core and its ruination of the lands surrounding. And now, things are somehow worse--your attempts to free yourself and the people you've come to care about instead personally initiated the apocalypse. You descend from the cradle injured, barely able to stand at points, only to be confronted with enemies many times more powerful than they should be.
You survive the encounter, but you're far from safe. But your attempts to push on result immediately in collapsing amid the rubble of a Citadel that is barely recognizable. The screen fades to black and...
When your senses return to you, you're back at Songclave under Sherma's careful watch--wounds likely patched with the medical supplies that you helped him secure, in what now feels like another life altogether. It's far too grim to call the moment beautiful, but it is a relief, the first that you've had since the god-trap snapped shut.
But what marks this moment as significant to me isn't this spot of safety in the middle of an ongoing apocalypse. It isn't the relief that Sherma has survived, or even the pride at the mantle he's grown into as a leader and caretaker. What's most important to me is how you arrived in Songclave at all:
Many a poor pilgrim has already been lost to the destruction.
You might have been too, if not for some fleeing pilgrims who found you fallen and carried you back to us.
Therein lies one of the core philosophies of the Hollow Knight games: that the world is inherently uncaring and cruel, but those circumstances do not create people who are inherently uncaring and cruel.
You survived because some random pilgrims found you, and though they were fleeing for their lives in the middle of a world-ending disaster, chose to carry you to safety.
This wasn't a friend like Sherma or the Second Sentinel; this wasn't a designated rescue crew looking for survivors. This was a group of random refugees, who could have endangered themselves further by rescuing an injured, unconscious stranger.
You never learn who saved you, never get to learn their motives or thank them for their help. The incident as a whole is never mentioned again.
And your rescuers, if they survived, likely never realize that their act of anonymous kindness towards a stranger during what was likely one of the most dangerous, devastating crises of their lives.... could very well have saved all of Pharloom.
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 7: The Shape of a Future You Can't Yet Grasp
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It's been ten thousand years since we had a chapter properly focused on the green bean, but it looks like he's finally stopped dissociating long enough to participate in the plot. It's probably because of the Emotional Support Grubs, let's be honest.
At any rate, we're kicking off his plotline properly, with mantis politics and the introduction of the only major original character in this comic--Vise, a mantis who until recently existed in my notes exclusively as "Himbo Mantis."
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Transcript:
Page 1
Vise: A challenge to the Lords?
Hornet: Yes. My companion seeks passage through mantis territories... however, we have been informed that travel through the wastes is restricted at present.
Vise: You have been told true.
Vise: The Second passed during your absence. The Last remains strong in mind, but increasingly frail in body. Until a new Lord is named, our borders remain closed.
Hornet: Frankly, I had expected you to be Shakra's opponent, Vise.
Vise: Alas, no. As bearer of the Mark, you know well the pride of my people--change does not come easy, and I will not prove the taint of my lineage by seizing power not freely given.
Page 2
Hornet: Regardless, I should like to meet with your Lord, if only to declare my return to Hallownest. I would have your Guard as escort to avoid any undue confusion.
Vise: An excellent suggestion! Your presence would be most welcome!
Vise: And your green friend's as well, should he wish to join us.
Lace: Wait! Why is he invited, but we are not!
Vise: ...
Vise: ...because he's a mantis?
Hornet: ....
Lace: ....
Hollow: ?
Vise: ...no?
The Green Prince: ....
Vise: ...Helter, he's a mantis.
Helter: As you say, sir.
The Green Prince: ....
Page 3
Vise: So, foreign bug... From where do you hail, if not a distant tribe?
The Green Prince: Ah... but by your own decree, am I not a mantis?
Vise: Ha! You speak well, fair kin! However. Were it not so, what might you be?
The Green Prince: ...I am a Verdanian.
Vise: Auntie, what is a Verdanian?
Hornet: Him. Clearly.
Vise: ....
The Green Prince: ....
The Green Prince: And you are the prince of these lands?
Vise: ...I beg pardon?
Page 4
The Green Prince: They treat you as an heir apparent... so I had assumed you of royal descent.
Vise: ???
Hornet: The mantises swear fealty to neither god nor queen.
Hornet: Their rulers are elected by council, often based on demonstrations of leadership and martial skill--both areas in which Vise excels. But the Lords have not ceded power.
The Green Prince: What stays his claws?
Hornet: The current stewards have held jurisdiction since my youth--longer than memory for many a mortal bug. Under their guidance, the tribe maintained sovereignty despite the encroachment of the Pale.
Mantis Youth: Vise! You're back!
The Green Prince: So it is an issue of politic rather than strength-- To depose a leader so regarded would reflect poorly, even in tradition's name.
Vise: Denna! Mel! Claws! Claws! We've spoken about this!
Mantis Youth: But we missed you!
Page 5
The Green Prince: ...
Vise: ?
The Green Prince: ....
Vise: Hello Auntie!
Emotional support grubs!! Oh my gosh I love how Lace switches from elegant to 0_0 expression. And her hiding behind Hollow. Lace's expressions throughout this comic in general are so funny to me. And Hornet has the mark of pride, if I understand that correctly! Makes sense. I want a Silksong mod adding in Sisters of Battle so much, now that I've seen this. Vise is immediately so silly I love him. Vise calling Hornet 'auntie' lol
You ever discover some cool niche media. And then you're looking for content on it? You find some art/story someone made of it and look at their other things.
...And then suddenly it makes since, your journey is not unique. The person who's cool art you look at for one niche fandom has 7 other of your favorite things and it's just like kajdjfitjtmtjg. I'm not alone!! Yippee! Someonw else like me!
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