#hollow go brrr

[tagzpite]

my redesign on hollow ichi!

[blazingflareon]

i just wanted to draw the new outfit but uh. it got away from me lol

[dropout-ninja]

Art of @grollow and @arsonistmoth's ocs for @ashyronfire's Red Sky. (Tumblr eats quality, hate)

[richardazer]

I'm going to go BRRRRRRR for a quick second because of a stupid ragnamod and sun guardian jokes that literally didn't mean anything to anyone but mean enough to me to make this

MIANITE GODS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES!!

Yes, the world's are ancient and the filled with Gods and entities that sadly have been forgotten over time. It's uncommon to meet a worshiper that doesn't follow one of the sibling Gods but it's positive

A small village hidden away on a mushroom island housed a very rare religion.

Void worshiping.

Lady Void is a mischievous, hungry and powerful entity. It was compared to a siren because of its influence over any and all living creatures.

The call of the Void.

Was considered to be the entity reaching out and taunting its followers to join her. Anyone who followed the call of the void ended up giving their life away to her, feeding her.

Void is ruthless and it's everywhere: lava lakes in the nether; the sky; the ocean; even the mind itself housed void according to worshipers. That's why it was worshiped back then, unfortunately fear destroyed everything. Worshiping the Sun or the Moon was less lethal. (but the goddess of Death exists and no one bats an eye.. SOCIETY)

Many other religions developed explanations for the phenomenon. One of the most widely accepted one is: Ianite, though a keeper of the End, was placed in charge of the ocean to keep the Void at bay. Mortals believed the darkness of the ocean was the void spilling out into the overworld from old forgotten end portals trapped deep bellow surface level.

Void song.

Pete was born with an ability to hear the Void. His family believed it was just a child's imagination being too reactive to the worship around him. But he was on the same soul wave as the Void itself. It's an extremely rare phenomenon to be born on the same soul wave as a deity. Such mortals always went on to become the right hand of the deity and was valued as a bride between the God and the mortals.

Void worshiping is such an old practice even Void itself gave up on trying to reach anyone herself, she just sang and sang her endless sad song calling anything that could hear her to come merge with her, to feed her.

She sung beautifully, truly a siren but Pete never had the urge to follow. Until she realized she had an audience.

For millennia she wasn't able to connect with her worshipers, fearmongering and deliberate erasure destroyed her presence as a Goddess. Without power of the rituals and offerings she was reduced to just an entity. Her worshipers carried on what was left of the religion, not enough to nurture Void back to its glory but enough to keep her a sentient being.

Her first intent with Pete was to guide him to her, to the End and consume him. But Pete never understood her call. Only enjoyed the melody of her voice. A language barrier stopped her mischievous hunger. Instead her mission became to restore the language and traditions of the past, to nurture herself back to glory.

That's why Pete hears voices and most importantly singing, he's being guided, taught a language. Sometimes he gets visions of the sea, she wants him to find a specific abandoned End portal, one that used to lead to her humble temple. Sometimes he gets an urge to do a little ritual his mother taught him, but change a few things, mix up the order of the steps just for fun. He's having fun with his personal traditions not exactly wanting to have his identity wrap around them nor sharing with anyone. His only audience is Sparklez. The demigod was fascinated by traditions and cultures of the Gods and other creatures. Captain was the only one who got to unknowingly witness and experience the true Void worshiping, guided by the Lady Void itself through Petezahhutt.

[mettywiththenotes]

[bandnerdlevel43]

"I don't understand. Grimm was never like a father to me; more like a benevolent caretaker. We weren't close. Why do I feel this grief? Yet... he never told me about the Ritual. I had to learn from Brumm. Was he trying to protect me? Is that how fathers act? I wouldn't be the one to know. But... I never felt a connection until it was severed. Divine, I-" Grimmchild's voice cracked. "I feel empty. I'm so, so alone."

"I know, Little Spark," Divine murmured. "I understand."

Divine bent over to touch his back, pulling him close. Grimmchild hid in her safe warmth, feeling tears run down his face once again.

[Image description: Grimmchild, now older, is standing in Dirtmouth's graveyard, visiting a grave. Next to the grave is a small lit nightmare lantern. While crying, Grimmchild holds a delicate flower that's falling apart.]

[mayashesfly]

Suddenly,, thinking about a scenario where Quirrel ends up getting disarmed and losing his nail and he can’t defend himself effectively anymore. He’s a pillbug after all, a species that’s not known as a violent bunch.

His claws are blunted, not sharp. It can’t scratch another’s carapace easily nor effectively. And his mandibles are no help either, whether or not he has his mask on, as they can only nibble pathetically on the attacker(s).

The best weapon he has without a nail is his legs, he can possibly run and/or kick his attacker(s) but if they get damaged.....

It’s not all great though, since his long legs prevent him from fully curling up into a ball to protect himself. (He used to be able to fully curl up into a ball, but now that his legs are fully grown out he can’t :( ) So just imagine if Tiso was there.

To witness it all.

[thehappiestgolucky]

Somehow this was rotating in my head so I’m subjecting you all to it too

…oh yeah sure Volo’s there too ig-

[luriendotmp3]

something something bretta growing up in a super amatonormative society and she never really has crushes or anything, just is convinced she does because shes so lonely and craved friendship and validation but has convinced herself that any sort of caring or enjoyment of someone elses company immediately indicates romantic feelings

[idkshipstuff]

Hollow Knight hyperfixation go brrrrr

[i-have-no-braincells]

my brain wants to draw pokemon b/w characters as hollow knight characters. pls help i need bugs for the characters give me bugssss

[twisted-wonderland-but-gayer]

Woah wait you can draw too?!

Human of many talents I see

For someone reason I can only draw cartoon Freddy Fazbear.

Bro bet I will draw ur shark boy. I draw all kinds of aliens and horrors cause hyperfixations

[shandzii]

YOU LIKE HOLLOW KNIGHT!?!? AWAWAWW YES YESSSS anyway do you have a favorite character 👀

I've been a fan since 2018-ish heueuueue Just took a lil break bc other interests go brrr

Got pulled nack into it bc the Vocalized mod had me on my knees it's so good ouggh,,, and also its almost been a year since the last Silksong announcement so I'm preparing my gamer hands akhfskg

My heart belongs to Hornet 🙏 and I have a soft spot for Grimmchild wahhhh he's just a babie

Gonna ramble abt the game in the tags don't mind me wahhh

[aqqleshiqqing-archive]

happy halloween 🎃

super happy I got this completed! it's very messy but I'm still very happy nonetheless!! i had a lot of costume ideas going on for them but I like how these turned out~ I explain their costumes below, feel free to read <3

Stevaide: Danny and Sawyer (Cats Don't Dance)

I previously mentioned how I'd love to make an AU revolving around this theme because these two reminded me of Steven and Jaide a lot! You got this enthusiastic man who's looking forward to finding new things and is always looking on the bright side, and this down to earth lady who's only sticking to realism, a little sassy but she's understanding.

They have a lot of adorable "tension" going on that screams Stevaide so bad for me because their dynamic consists of them using their words to make the other fall harder and well... I happened to redraw the scene here when she checks off his wishlist and she says something like:

"Got (x) - check."

" Got (y) - check."

"Get the girl? .... check."

BANGER LINE. DANNY IS SO SWOONED I LOVE IT

Color Pallet Trio + Ethan: Slashers

I was initially inspired off these tiktoks made by @/themerkins where they dress up as slashers and go about doing mundane things but it's just funny because they're horror classic characters and they give off that one friend group vibe

I think it's pretty obvious who's who, since Slashers are pretty iconic when it comes to Halloween hehe but I had given each character a thought on why they'd dress up as that slasher

Red: I mean. I mean. It's kind of obvious is it??? Big silent guy. Looks a little scary.... also I'm very biased Jason is my favorite slasher so I gotta throw it on my pookie bear brrr

Blue: This one's mostly for the joke that I like to imagine he'd absolutely hate to wear this mask because he'd look not so cool in here PFPFPTTT also his spikey ginger hair popping out of the mask is a funny thought too

Jaide: Process of elimination ... and I think she would go ham with the knife glove

Ethan: He was actually gonna be Chucky (because he's a kid) but I forgot that the concept of TIME EXISTS so technically he'd be older by now so I went with Ghostface instead hehehe.

and that's it! supposedly I was also gonna add Manga!Jaide with Gold and Ruby, turn them into Hollow Knight, Hornet and Ghost... but I was tired so 🥲 but do imagine it for me pls 🥺

gold says get gud

[animehouse-moe]

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Episode 4: Hidden Inventory 4

Every week this comes around, and every week I hesitate on doing this. I know it's bad, you know it's bad, we all know it's bad. It's frustrating to see it ruined episode by episode. But at what point are these words hollow? How long until the point is made that this is just leaving a stain on Jujutsu Kaisen's legacy? I'm pretty sure most of the issues are apparent to fans. But I'm still here, unable to shake the frustration and disappointment that I try to expect each time. I guess if I'm going to grumble, it should at least be about the episode, so allow me to get started.

How about this weirdly jittery zoom out on Toji? No, it's not a stylistic choice because there's examples of similar zoom outs appearing later on in the episode just fine.

Obviously bad animation/direction isn't enough for this episode however, as events get wildly changed around. For example, oh I don't know, basically the entirety of Geto vs Toji? It takes place throughout all the buildings rather than just on the ground for one. It also rearranges dialogue and conversation specifically to fit the new angle for action that they chose. And honestly? Probably a bunch of other things I'll also mention throughout this fight.

How about this entirely weightless png slide of Geto down into the buildings?

Or what about this piece? Geto's Rainbow Dragon doesn't die, no. Rather, for some unknown reason Geto just releases his technique? The Dragon itself doesn't seem in danger of being killed at this point in time, so why he would release it and stop putting pressure on Toji in this specific moment is beyond me. Shifting the point of the dialogue between the pair to after they engage one another in a fight just seems like an insane decision, personally. Geto isn't a rash person, he's calculating and cunning. He makes one lunge at Toji in the manga, realizes that he's overstepped his ability without information, and hears Toji out to figure out his weaknesses. But here, here "haha Rainbow Dragon go brrr".

Hmmm, what else. What about Geto pulling out the gat to mimic Toji? Yeah, that happens in the anime, he whips out his hand to fire off cursed spirits like bullets. For what reason, only the JJK staff and God might know. It's also just painfully poorly animated. Literally just a lateral head shake for Geto while the cursed spirits effectively appear out of thin air (which we've established is not accurate or truthful to Geto's ability).

Anyways, Toji goes off on his explanation of his Heavenly Restriction and Wormy, and there's some good stuff mixed in. Decent direction and solid storyboarding, but overall provides only a bit to alleviate the monotony of exposition. They're still just walking down a hallway side by side, Toji's not really doing any character acting or anything, and Geto isn't offering much either. For how hard they worked to get to this point, they do very very little with it.

Also, this is supposed to be angry Geto??? The desperation, the frustration at the fact that Riko was killed in front of him, that Kuroi is probably dead, that Gojo (in this moment) has been killed. It lacks absolutely any substance or rage that can be found on Geto's expression in the manga. I've said it a bunch of times before, but this whole idea of "simpler character designs for better acting" is such a bold faced lie when they can't even get close to the expressions of the manga.

Ah, I know what's next! Insane dialogue changes for what seems to be no reason! And no, it's sadly not just a one off thing with this example. They shorten Geto's monologue about the Rainbow Dragon to this insane statement which implies that Geto has several Rainbow Dragons. And no, it's not a mistranslation, this is what the JP dialogue is actually saying (which is disparate to the JP dialogue of the manga).

Alright, rewind a little bit and enjoy: bootleg Strange Fake fight. Seriously. The scale is just plain wrong for this sequence. They've completely overpowered Geto here and for no reason, and even worse it's a detriment to his sensibilities as a character. Geto doesn't just throw random crap at full power for no reason, he's calculating and intelligent. Just another shovelful coming out of the hole MAPPA's digging themselves.

I think it's pretty clear that MAPPA's been struggling really hard with animation lately, but just to make it abundantly clear, here's a sequence from Toji in today's episode. Just the most typical and heartless anime slashing sequence you could find.

The more I write, the more I really want to give up because it's so depressing to break down all the terrible work on such an incredible sequence (let alone series in general).

Anyways, unironically, the best sequence in this episode is the one that has absolutely no significance to the story. Toji dropping Riko's body off to the Children of The Star has apt and effective direction that makes the conversation less monotonous, and even sneaks in solid symbolism to reflect the words being spoken. MAPPA really seems to have negative interest in action series as of late, and would much rather be a 3D-centric, drama-focused studio. And if this is the disparity in quality between what they have and what they want, I say give them all the easy shows ever. Beats them brutalizing beloved titles.

Alright, onto the real painful part. I don't even know what more I can say of actual significance since I just despise it so much. I'll start with this though: they wasted Gege's dialogue about Toji going to hell. Straight up wasted it. Didn't even show Gojo while it was being spoken, which was the whole idea. Gojo, the heavenly sorcerer that resides above all others, and Toji the hellish demon who is placed beneath everyone. Just a total waste.

It's expected, but man I don't know if they could have butchered Gojo's reintroduction any more than they did. The insanity, the delusion, the actual experience of the high he's in currently. None of it appears on his face where it should. The eye is perfectly round when it should be more shaky, the smile isn't the slightest bit twisted, he isn't looking up nor is his head tilted downwards. Just every bit of detail is removed from this sequence.

And once more, the injustice done to Gojo through this sequence. Just a completely different expression and feeling for his character that I can't get behind. It's also really frustrating that they moved Shoko's explanation of reverse cursed technique, so that now Gojo's just rambling complete nonsense.

Last comparison. I don't even have anything to say.

Moving forward again: yeah yeah Toji's brutal compared to the manga, they can't capture any of the emotions of the characters, the fight begins and we see the Red from the trailer finally. And then we get Gojo just tweaking in midair. It's like they didn't even attempt to try.

Alright, weird stuff next. They totally misunderstood what Gojo's monologue is about. It's that it's not about Amanai, it's not about Toji, or revenge, or power, or what's right and wrong: It's about Gojo. The one that stands above the Jujutsu World as its God. But instead, they make it about Amanai, they bring back the same OST from Okinawa, and they mimic its direction. I would share it, if I could be bothered to record the sequence. But I can't, so people can go check it out if they feel the need to further understand what I'm talking about.

Anyways, here's the anime's rendition of the infinitely famous panel, which they fail at in incredible fashion.

And now, for the start of Premature Death because I can't muster further interest in critiquing Gojo vs Toji. What a weird choice. They padded out the episodes, while at the same time rushing them, and they chose to start Premature Death in this episode. Are they eying the start of the Evening Festival before Gojo's Past is finished? Only God knows, but hey, at least they're consistent with messing things up.

The weakness in Gojo's expression is gone, replaced with some weird sense of nobility and maybe even holiness in its depiction. They mess up Geto's regret when he sees Riko dead in Gojo's hands, seeing only disgust painted on his face which makes the absence of his regret and sorrow far more palpable (detailed via the wrinkle in his chin as he attempts to stifle any crying).

It's just.... painful. It hurts, it hurts to see them misunderstand Geto and Gojo so thoroughly. To see the two sides of the same coin butt heads and drift apart. To see one full of emptiness and another with too many emotions to list be replaced with the literal examples of their characters. It just plain hurts.

It just lacks any understanding of the significance of these two characters through this moment. That this sequence, right here, is where their rift begins to appear. Not that it has, but that it begins to. They are not past arguing with each other or not seeing eye to eye, but rather approaching that junction, and this piece of Gojo and Geto being separate and not facing each other fundamentally misunderstands that. There is no fracture here, there is no deciding moment at this junction that separates the pair like that.

And then we just end the episode (finally) on a totally hollow and weightless scene of Geto.

Congratulations MAPPA, you've done an incredible job of ruining Geto's character, destroying Gojo's past, and missing the point of Toji. I think visuals are one thing, one thing that you can forgive from time to time. I think changes, depending on their significance can be agreeable as well. I think mixing the two is something that should very rarely be done in the first place. But here, here we have MAPPA doing it consistently and with explicit intent that I just can't believe has any ties to trying to provide a better version of the manga. They simply don't, and I don't even know if they can, understand. They can't grasp the concept of the strongest, of his isolation and weakness, of his apathy and disinterest. They can't grasp the idea of the forsaken, living in the shadow of a God, devouring the evil of the world to make it his own. They don't understand the man who left it all behind, who wanted to shed his pride, to be free of his titles and perception.

It hurts to see something so important be so misunderstood by the ones that should know it better than anybody else. I might have been able to stomach the spotty animation and odd storyboarding, but I can't accept the fact that they've failed to convey the most important pieces of this story.

[devilcatdarling]

Hi I saw a post in my feed about exploring the jealousy aspect of yearning and pining in ships and my Hollow obsessed brain immediately went brrr so I'm here to ramble about how there needs to be more fan ship content of THK being a jealous and overly protective lover

They're so emotionally repressed and have nothing of their own. They've never had anything. They've been a tool, a means to an end, a thing undeserving of love and an ounce of positive attention

And they know this. They know they're a failed broken thing without purpose. They aren't going to impose themselves upon someone who deserves far better. They'll stuff the negative feelings down and burn quietly. Choking on the poison of their negative emotions alone

But damnit that doesn't stop them from WANTING. From absolutely burning up from the inside out with jealousy and hurt and bitterness. From wanting to latch onto the single person who showed them something else other than pain. They'd be envious of others, getting the opportunity to openly indulge in that affection without fear of rejection. They want that attention. That scrap of something to cling to

The rejection sensitivity for them would be through the roof

The jealousy and bitterness clashing with their nature to repress and "do not feel this emotion" is a bountiful feast of yearning and slow burn romance just waiting to be explored and we need more of it