#pineapple speaks

[thekindredcollective]

it has come to my attention that the rat kingdom is being conflated with the rats astarion ate and frankly this is the best case scenario

[pomegranarchy]

my hc classpects for hornet and hollow knight (spoilers)

*cracks knuckles*

first of all, don't take this too seriously. this is for fun.

second of all, i'm going to explain how i personally define the related classes and aspects ill be talking about here. that will be void, light, and blood as aspects, and knight and prince as classes. the reason i say 'personally define' is because the classpect system is HIGHLY subjective and the agreed upon general consensus for any given class or aspect tends to summarize to a few sentences or less. for some classes, maybe a few words.

so:

knight - a serving class that maintains their aspect, or maintains with it. a knight tries to keep their aspect intact and healthy, and does so by utilizing their aspect as a defense or a weapon (whether literally or metaphorically)

prince - a destructive class that destroys their aspect, or destroys with it. they often echo their opposite aspect due to the fact they're destroying their main aspect, and tend to be considered aspectless

void - mainly literal void, misfortune, obscurity (but can also be doubts, large distances, irrelevance, mysteries, secrets, etc)

light - mainly literal light, luck, knowledge (but also can be relevance, attention, symbolically larger-than-life, insights, clarity, etc)

blood - mainly literal blood, bonds, and relationships (but also can be obligation, attachment, restriction, unity, social rules, etc. restrictions on a social or personal level, vs doom which is restrictions on an existential or impersonal level)

awesome. now watch me put this all together.

the knight of blood is someone who will (or try to) maintain rules and order, and/or group relationships. they're a defender of their people. with hornet, she is literally referred to as the 'sentinel' of hallownest, and her familial ties (aka, blood relatives) are quite important to her and the game. hornet doesn't stick around for reasons like law or magic, instead she continues to defend hallownest because she feels obligated to keep serving her mother in return for being given life. (quote, "It's quite a debt I owed. Only in allowing her to pass, and taking the burden of the future in her stead, can I begin to repay it.")

a very blood-bound attitude, id say! a familial bond that she feels obligated to serve, by maintaining and protecting hallownest. she only stands back and allows ghost to intervene because she sees that they can possibly replace the vessel (maintaining the status quo) or destroy the radiance entirely (protects hallownest, more in line with the original intent of the plan)

she is maintaining the attachments and obligations left behind by both parents. (for pk, this would be defending hallownest's secrets and the right to enter the black egg.) she only goes against these due to another family member, the knight/ghost. and even then, in a way where ghost is still falling in line with those previous ideals.

her main weapon is a needle and her silk, both commonly used tools in deepnest. that being her and her mother's home! another blood tie.

a prince of light, meanwhile... while light initially seems counterintuitive to assign to the hollow knight, i think it highlights the tragedy of their story.

hollow knight has... an interesting relationship with attention, being known, having purpose. they are given massive importance as a savior of hallownest. there's a big ol' statue of them in the middle of the biggest settlement in the kingdom! so much work and heartache went into making them and that the plan would carry through. we can assume that, in the past, almost everybody knew who the hollow knight was and what they were meant to do. they're the savior.

and yet. and yet! all of this is not about the knight themselves. its about the idea of the knight. they are thought of as lightless, both as being made of void (light's opposite, in homestuck and very likely in the hk game as well) and considered lacking the ability to think or own a will. and after hallownest's fall, all of that previous importance and attention crumbles away. even in hallownest's heydey, the knight themselves is shrouded in obscurity, their origins unknown save by a select few. and nobody knows they do have a mind.

hk is intended to trap the old light, if not outright destroy it. in their failure, they instead end up destroying the knowledge of hallownest and the importance it used to have. as well as their own. in both the pure vessel and hollow knight fight, they also literally try to destroy using light (soul magic and infection, respectively)

i don't want to heavy-hand it but you can absolutely go on about the destruction of light/knowledge/importance.

that's all i got for now, though. if you read all of this i hope you enjoyed :]

[averygaypineapple]

ok but now that im older, looking back at the tv shows i watched as a little kid i have many questions but ones always stuck out to me:

what the fuck was toopy and binoos relationship??

they called each other best friends and im pretty sure they werent siblings, but at the same time they slept in the same bed and kissed each other goodnight

like what was going on there

[bumblebeebowties]

short story/poetry dump

“rising action”

simon had never walked this wood before, and the sleepy sprawl of writhing trees punished him for it. it punished him, for the winter air bit cold, and the night swept through a wind that sang long forgotten sorrows... long, long forgotten.

Perhaps only the foolish, or perhaps the miserable have trod this path, he thought.

he traipsed along, cane clicking across the rough, beaten, battered, and bruised pathway. there was no urgency in his gait. 

"what a lovely evening." he mused aloud, defying the wind's cacophony of musics. village life had taught him to appreciate nature, lest you be carried away by that wicked beast--ambition. 

"you know, as i walk this path, i wonder how my daughter is getting along. she's only seventeen, you know." he said, the moon's light flickering off of his glasses whenever the clouds decided they'd pass. 

"ha ha ha... maybe this hoary mind has lost it. i suppose going loony talking to the trees would be better than going loony talking to yourself, eh?" the trees did not respond nor did they find it humorous. he took their expressions for scowls. "i'll decide to overlook your attitudes, friends," he stopped to look around and announce, "for I've a fancy that you shall all be happier on the morrow." with that, he continued his gait.

"X is my heart" 

where x is my heart

and the problem is u 

the solution's not easy as 2 plus a 2. 

for where two hearts gait 

two minds grow irate. 

they sensibility re-appropriate. 

but statistics don't matter, 

when you catch my eye. 

i'm incredulous when away my heart pries.

it lurches and skips 

it misses a beat 

when you look my way 

or when our eyes meet 

because for all your good graces 

and little taboos 

despite my mind saying 

"the answer is two!", 

my heart cannot stop asking 

where x is my heart, 

and the problem is you.

what's your solution?

"tradegy reigneth"

when mind is frayed from face to face, i find then thoughts of thee buy thoroughfare unfair. your world is gray, your grin so gloom'd; or so hope not i humbly 'sume of you.

anxiety finds partner 'round and aims. so harrow'd, gun in one, your hand held oth'r, gun trifled, trigger grasp'd. then lack of care did call upon your head.

so tradegy reigneth the king in much, so lack in life or lack in love this king.

[averygaypineapple]

nothing like spending your hours making a snufmin fanfic, in the hopes of FINALLY posting something to your ao3 account, but deciding not to because of your anxiety haha

[averygaypineapple]

ok but seriously what the hell is going to happen on september 20th

either a whole group of people is gonna die, world war 3 begins, the world ends, or we get sum alien ass

im so scared but i dont have anything to live for so im pretty chill right now