ok but hollow knight is about being a son and silksong is about being a daughter OF COURSE it all makes sense
the expanded richness of the text from HK to SS is also a commentary on how much fuller your life becomes when you live true to yourself, when you forsake all the roles that society would force onto you and embrace the role that you want for yourself, oh my god it's all there
hollow knight is about the devastation that results in trying to fill an impossible role forced on you by society and silksong is about rejecting those impositions and becoming your best self despite everyone trying to stop you, like i fucking can't with these games, they're actually fucking perfect














