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I've been doodling ideas for HK themed tarot cards, I may never finish any of them, but I thought I'd share some of my favorite sketches so far :3
I've done quite a few more than these, but I like these ones the best right now
I've put (probably too much) thought into the symbolism of the cards and their elements when making these and I've tried to either stay true to the original symbolism or adapt it to something that makes sense in Hollow Knight. If you're interested in a specific one, feel free to ask! Otherwise I really don't feel like writing all that down lol it is a lot of jumbled ideas.
I'm aware two of the aces are flipped the wrong way I can't be bothered to fix that yet.
#hollow knight#art#digital art#fanart#my art#hollow knight art#hollow knight fanart#monomon the teacher#hk monomon#hk midwife#hk snail shaman#hk ze'mer#hk traitor's daughter#the traitor's child#? I don't know how to tag her#hk hornet#hk tiso#lurien the watcher#hk lurien#god there's so many character tags someone help me#hk vespa#hk pale king#the pale king#herrah the beast#hk herrah#hk quirrel#the white lady#hk white lady#tarot#tarot cards
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I don't think it was an outsideness thing after all...
#hollow knight#hk ze'mer#hk traitor's child#hk traitor's daughter#hk mantis lords#hk traitor lord#bear with me the mantises seemed pretty cool with ghost given they had showed their strength#i believe they wouldn't have had beef with ze'mer for being an outsider#now courting their beloved flower is another thing-
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does anyone else care them......
#na draws for you#hollow knight#hk#ze'mer#traitor lord's daughter#sry the composition looks rlly empty I drew this in 20 mins and didn’t feel like cropping
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doomed bug yuri so crazy it makes me SICKK
#hollow knight#hk#hollow knight fanart#traitor lord’s daughter#ze’mer#gray mourner#grey mourner#not tagging this as rgu but.yeah#pretend i have been active posting art ok#me when i draw art that caters to me and like maybe 3 other people
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before pride month ends anyone wanna become a gay bug with me /joke
#hollow knight#hk#happy pride month everyone#lace#hornet#lacenet#steel soul jinn#confessor jiji#jiji x jinn#paintmaster sheo#nailsmith#sheosmith#ze'mer#traitor lord’s daughter#ze'mer x traitor lord's daughter#relic seeker lemm#quirrel#lemmquirrel#hk is the master of tragic/toxic yuri ngl. all its sapphics are so angsty. even cloth & her dead gf man#i loved drawing zemer & traitor's daughter i should do so more in future ngl!!!!#jokes on yous it's no longer pride month in my timezone as im posting this because my ipad ran out of charge before OOPs#kris art#can i say zemer/tldaughter is actually my fav hk ship? i just have no ideas for it bc it's epitome of tragic yuri & fully over
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Day 4: rare ship
I'M STILL AT IT I just couldn't bring myself to draw for the past few days, and with that in mind I might just take my time and do a belated Goretober next month and just do a small Halloween illustration this month
ANYWAYS, Pale King x Traitor Lord for this day's prompt. It was between this and QuirrelHollow but while I saw quite a few people who enjoy that ship, I only know of 3 other people who like TL x PK and 2 of them are my friends 😭
Prompt list under the cut
#hollow knight gijinka#hk gijinka#the pale king#hk traitor lord#and his daughter in the background#spooky arts#PK has like. 5 layers minimum on himself in this pic thats so funny to me KDHDJD
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Had this thought in my head but I would like to think that Ze'mer and Traitor Lord's Daughters relationship is like Jamie and Aurélia's relationship in Love Actually.
If you haven't watched the film or don't remember who they are, Jamie was the writer who went to the cottage and ended up falling in love with his housekeeper Aurélia. Now they don't speak the same language, he speaks English and she speaks Portuguese. He ends up learning Portuguese and proposes to her in broken Portuguese while she ends up responding in broken English yes.
I know there is a fanfic of a similar scenario, here it is. It is where Ze'mer tries to communicate with the traitor's daughter and end up falling for each other. Man, I really love reading fics about them as they both deserve much better.
#hollow knight#hk headcanons#headcanon#crack canon#i guess?#hk ze'mer#hk traitors child#hk traitor lord daughter
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Hollow Knight NPC Fight: Round 1, Wave 1
#hollow knight#hollow knight game#hollow knight poll#tumblr poll#tumblr polls#tumblr competition#round one#hollow knight npcs#hknpc#deepnest#queens gardens#herrah#traitors daughter#hk herrah
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the mantis tribe is still really weird to me. i find it incredibly strange that more people don't think the violent isolationist tribe with an honor system centered solely around physical power, whose leaders you defeat in combat thus gaining you the respect of the tribe, is just a bit odd
#like if people want to talk abt racism in hk at all they point out the weavers#when...#the mantises are right there...?#not 2 mention the sole blame for ze'mer and the traitors' daughter (unnamed lol) relationship not working out is put on the mantises#bc of course it is
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I’M GOING TO FUCKING KILL ZOTE
#HE FUCKING SEDUCED MY DAUGHTER. GET AWAY FROM BRETTA YOU SHITEATING PRICK#I KICKED YOUR ASS IN THE COLISEUM ONCE I CAN DO IT AGAIN#IM GONNA FUCKIBG CRY SHE GOT RID OF HER PLUSHIES OF ME. SHE WROTE A STORY ABOYT HIM INSTEAD#HE TOLD HER I WAS A TRAITOR IM NOT BRETTA I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUU#HK BRETTA#HK ZOTE#HELLSHIRE HERESY#hollow knight liveblog
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Symbolism in Hollow Knight is one of the most interesting and amazing parts of the game and story.
Overall, the story has a very interesting take on Light and Dark. Not that one is better than the other, not that one is more powerful than the other, but that both are inherently selfish because when they are present there can be nothing else. Nothing except for people, who cannot be all encompassing.
The Radiance, the White Lady, and Pale King all dominate something for the better or worse of those weaker than them, or those around them. The Void consumes all that enters it without discrimination.
Even those who are Infected but still are not 100% zombified are those who chose Infection out of selfishness. All the Traitor Mantises wanted power, and idk what to tell you but it's called a Colosseum for a reason.
Not to mention things such as the King's Brand and Delicate Flower, which can be interpreted in many ways. Personally, I see the Delicate Flower as a symbol of 'I'm not fragile, just delicate. Handle with care, I'm not leaving.' It's persistence within softness and gentleness.
The King's Brand I interpret as taking on responsibility not because you want to, or because you have to, but because nobody else is strong enough to. It's not necessary to beat the game, but by taking it you learn just how far down the rabbit hole goes (haha get it)
No to mention how the characters are. They are caricatures first. The failed oldest child, the forgotten daughter. The desperate king and his parasitic wife. The vessel. A man who can't stand on his own feet, only the ones he paints for others to see. The girl who doesn't think she's good enough unless someone else tells her she is. So many!!
And then there's Jiji who eats stinky eggs lol
But Shades!!! I don't see people talk about how Shades are talked about as stains of regret. Ghost can't be a pure vessel because of that line! They are filled with regret.
Think. Why do you come back, but nobody else? Why do you get a shade and nobody else? It certainly can't be a vessel thing, we don't see it anywhere else but the Void, the Pale King's greatest regret.
The game starts with the screams of the Hollow Knight, and Ghost going to the place those screams came from. Every single ending of the game releases the Hollow Knight from the Radiance.
So I ask again. Why do you get a shade?
Well I have one answer. Because dying is leaving the sibling you thought left alive to a fate worse than the Void. Because leaving them to that endless agony isn't what you came home for. Dying is regret and anguish and a determination to continue, because there is no way you leave anything the way that it is now. For the first time, a vessel not only lives, but wants to live.
The power of three Beings runs through all of them, it only takes the want to harness it to show that.
anyways if you have any other thoughts on HK symbolism n shit pls add on
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I just realized I forgot to actually post these whoops
Swaps for Hornet and Quirrel in the roleswap AU I’ve been cooking up!
#hollow knight#hollow knight au#hk hornet#hk quirrel#hk hive knight#roleswap au#hk traitor's daughter
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hi. its theory time again. traitor lord and his sisters are all transgender.
so. female mantids are bigger than the males. its very very common and i don't specialize in bugs (yet) but i haven't seen a mantis species where the males are bigger than the females. get where im going with this
females have wider abdomens with fewer segments. generally full grown females can't fly because of how heavy they are. males have skinnier abdomens with more segments, and are also more agile than females.
oh yeah. and traitor lord used to be referred to as female before team cherry decided to change it.
(img source) so to restate: theyre all transgender. once again this has been my awesome video game theories stay swag and like idk team cherry loves trans propaganda
#thumbs up#also came up with this one months ago when i first got into hk#i think this'd also apply to the traitors daughter. though we don't know if she's fully grown. or if that even applies#since shes ..............dead#anyway#team cherry pays Some attention to irl bug lore but not to most of it.#so i think that this wasn't really intentional but the thought fits so well that youknow. yeah#hollow knight#headcanon
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lets get married!!
#hollow knight#pride 2021#sheosmith#hk ze’mer#hk traitor’s daughter#hk traitor’s child#hk ogrim#hk dung defender#hk hegemol#hk isma#hk dryya#nailmasters#nailmaster sheo#nailmaster mato#nailmaster oro#hk nailsmith#hk sly#hk ghost#hk the knight#something end off pride month!!#these bugs gay as hell#good for them#alien pep
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Free HK Pride Icons: The Traitor's Child 2/2
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#hollow knight#hk art#the traitor's child#traitor lord's daughter#i'm just gonna tag my headcanon name for her:#zinnia#ze'mer#mysterious ze'mer#grey mourner#pride icons#bags art
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inktober day 14
heather // bad fortune, illness, curse, death
poor creature
#i've always wanted to know more about traitor lord and his daughter#like.. what were their relationships?#did he become infected before or after she passed away?#so many questions so little answers#btw i want to believe he still loved her#even though he was slowly going insane#please i need more lore related to them#inktober 2022#inktober2022#planttober2022#hollow knight#hollow knight fanart#hk traitor lord#traitor lord#my art
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