shadeXether

Hello, welcome to my blog! I'm Shade, an artist and writer who is very hyperfixated on Hollow Knight and Silksong. Even though I'm very socially awkward, I am always open to making friends so just send me a DM! I do sometimes take a while to reply though. Also my art commissions are open if you're interested!

[shadexether]

It has just come to my attention that despite having this blog for 3+ years, I do not yet have a pinned post- I guess it's time to do something about that

Hello, my name is Shade and I do lots of art stuff! I use any pronouns and go by shadeXether on all platforms (though I'm only really active on tumblr, Ao3 and semi-active on Discord.) I don't have a super consistent posting schedule, sometimes it's three drawings a day, other times none for a week. Also my commissions are open, feel free to DM me for more info :3

My main hyperfixation is Hollow Knight and Silksong, so if you also like those, PLEASE BE MY FRIEND! Even though I'm pretty socially anxious, I will happily talk about if for hours if you let me. HKSS is the main thing I post about, but I also post lots of stuff about my OCs! I'm a furry and character designer so you'll see lots of that here.

Anyways yes, I am pretty awkward socially but I do like making friends so don't hesitate to reach out and say hi, especially if we have shared interests! I might not be the best at casual conversation but I promise I don't bite. I'm not intimidating I promise, trust me I am just as afraid to reach out as you are.

Tags I use for my various posts:

shade's meaningless nonsense - just random stuff that I have no idea how to tag

shade's doodles - lower effort art that didn't take me too long but I still liked enough to post

shade does writing stuff - fanfictions that I write! Mostly Ao3 links and stuff

shade's various creatures - my OCs!

being silly with the mutuals - lighthearted and silly interactions with my beloved mutuals

Also the tags for the original world I've been creating!

void imps - the name of an original species I created to live in the world I've been working on. They aren't exactly and open species in the sense that there is an official guide but you're free to make one if you want I guess!

aetheria - the name of the original universe I've been working on! I'd be happy to be asked questions about it but do be warned that I may never stop talking once you get me started.

I think that's about it! This may update in the future but until then yay pinned post done wahoo! Can't believe it took me 3 years to make this.

[uurru]

Sentinel is here to remind you to go to sleep💛

[harboretum]

Like clockwork

[harboretum]

For reference

[cat-faces]

[falazaria]

@greypaw

[shadexether]

Silly flea stamp thingy that I made, free to use no credit needed

[shadexether]

More Silksong textpost memes but even gayer than usual this time because it is the month to be loud and gay whooo!

Happy pride month! :D

[dajo42]

it’s been ten years

[geniusoflove]

its been 12 years

[shivshivshivvyyy]

13 years

[pinkthinkspalistineshouldbefree]

14 years

[momperlman-deactivated20251022]

15 years

[dammmithardison]

16 years

[thswrtchdthng]

Loss is a dancing queen, young and sweet, only 17

[transfemme-shelterdog]

Happy Lossaversary

[shadexether]

This started out as a doodle but I got carried away whoops

Also I kinda do question if they'd be able to even find any gayer bugs to kill, the Green Prince is already dead.

[strugglescug]

i really like plasmium......

[shadexether]

Oh god I spent way too long on this

Happy Pride Month! I usually don't talk about my orientation other than just the fact that I am queer in general, since a lot of times when I've tried to in the past I just get told that it's too confusing, but since it is the month to be loud and gay I figured this would be a good time.

I am asexual and panromantic, which means that while I do not experience sexual attraction, when I do experience romantic attraction gender just doesn't play a role in it for me. I've seen a lot of people being confused because they aren't sure if they are asexual or pansexual and not knowing that the panromantic label exists, so I really wanna be able to tell more people about it just in case it helps even one person!

Anyway, happy pride! Remember, you don't owe anyone anything about your sexuality and if they don't respect you for who you are, then they don't deserve your presence in the first place.

[shadexether]

HAPPY PRIDE MOTH

Was talking with @diablo-sera-tops and this beautiful thing was created

Some context:

I love the pride moth. Pride moth will protect all gays and queers.

[shadexether]

Almost pride month,,,, we are so close to our full power,,

[roookspirit]

paws paws paws

[shadexether]

I love this design so much. Woke up one morning wondering how many of my favourite design traits I could fit into a character and this thing was the result. My beautiful lab experiment of whimsy

[shadexether]

Draw me a flea please you've not posted one for days I neemd fle

Emergency flea delivery for anon!

[ideavian]

Lace

[shadexether]

Me and one of my friends have been playing around with a concept for when the Silksong pantheons finally arrive (which I'm sure they will at some point) of who the final boss will be. Basically, we have reason to believe that it might be the Shade Lord.

(Also obviously spoilers for Hollow Knight and Silksong ahead)

So this is working off of the theory that the pantheons will be hosted within Godhome or at least somewhat relating to the Godseekers, which is of course not confirmed yet. What is confirmed though is that Silksong takes place after Hollow Knight, and since we see The Knight's shade in the sister of the void ending, that likely narrows it down to dream no more or embrace the void. Not enough is really known about the Shade Lord to know if The Knight's shade would be able to split off from the other shades that form the Shade Lord, but since it is all of the shades fused together, I don't think it's too far to speculate on that for the purpose of this theory. In other words, Shade Lord could very well be cannon in the Silksong timeline.

This brings us back to Godhome, which we can pretty safely assume got absolutely trashed during the embrace the void ending as well as having the Shade Lord as their highest god. If the Godseeker has the delicate flower, then we also know that she survived and likely teleported somewhere else entirely since she's completely gone by the time the void subsides. Essentially, what I've been thinking is that she teleported back to Pharloom, potentially even where you see her in the surface town back in the secret memory in Hollow Knight. Since Godhome is hosted within the Godseeker's mind inside of the dream realm, the chaos still going on in there would still be present and by the time Hornet is able to enter (possibly using the elegy of the deep to see the moments right after the Shade Lord destroyed the place?) and will have to fight through the pantheons to face the Shade Lord.

The thing that really sets this in place for me is the thematic parallels this could have between the two games. Hollow Knight has a theme of going downwards ("Descend into a vast, ruined world") While Silksong focuses on climbing upwards ("Ascend to the peak of a haunted kingdom") But in Hollow Knight, that gets reversed and the goal is to ascend through the pantheons to reach the very top and face the light that is the Absolute Radiance. It would be so beautifully poetic if Silksong also reverses that and makes the pantheons about descending further and further down all the way to the very depths of the world to confront the source of the void itself. After all, Pharloom is being plagued by the void in act 3, and what better way to eliminate it for good than to literally fight the Shade Lord?

Or maybe we'll get a harder version of Grand Mother Silk or Lost Lace, that'd be really cool too. Who knows, though I doubt we're gonna get four fights against Lace, three is already more than I was expecting.

Either way, we don't know if Team Cherry will return to the HKSS universe after the final Silksong DLC, and if it really is the final fight we ever get for that world, I don't think there's any better character to give it to than the Shade Lord. Of course though, this is just a theory that me and my friend have been working on and could be completely wrong. It's really just our predictions on what may happen with nothing further to back it up and this could very well change even as soon as Sea of Sorrow releases. BUT, if we are right, then I want to have this post out in the world years in advance just to be able to say that we called it.

[wordfather]

what in the world could i have pinned for this to happen

[wordfather]

[wordfather]

its ok