#mayhaps miss girlboss moth is not always a grade A asshole. but she's been kicking my ass and causing my sibling immense pain | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

elvesofnoldor · 3 years

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diversity wins! the poisonous light that’s been killing and possessing the minds of thousands from the land of dreams and the dead is a woman and also maybe the sun!

#mutuals on my dash saying shits like 'isn't it sexy when the sun/entity of light is a corrupting source in a fantasy world'#and im like....hey...i hate recommending people things but you wanna look at hollow knight or. like. what #mae overshares #been thinking about radiance lore while trying to kill her #ive seen her boss fight before. ive watched lore videos. idk why i was only now registering the fact that she is the sun #ms 'literally a brilliant orange orb on the horizon' radiance who says 'DAWN WILL BREAK AGAIN' when you dream nail her. who'd have thought #i think i was always assuming that she's always been Like This and that she is not a necessary part of this world #i was like 'yeah the world is stuck in a perpetual night. almost as if it was missing the sun but maybe it's just like that'#cause i was inclined to believe she has always been an asshole. just like i always liked to think the pale king has always been an asshole #but that can't add up. the actual moths used to worship her (make sense. she is a light source lmao). and they were...NOT possessed. i think #but if she wasn't always the source of a plague. what the hell happened and why would the pale king wanted to lock her away #kinda funny that the pale king is a wyrm aka a worm but like. a god. and moths and butterflies were worms #and pale king and radiance both have built-in crowns. indicating their godly status. maybe they were kins #maybe the pale king just wanted to eliminate his rival. but clearly his kind isn't easily slain. so he has to lock her vengeful spirit away #and he was willing to create and killing thousands of vessels (aka his children) to find a perfect one for this purpose #the plague is just a manifestation of the radiance trying to dig her way into the world of waking and living again #it wasn't super clear. but i personally like the narrative where the pale king. in his desire for absolute control & power over his subjects #indirectly caused the plague that doomed his subjects. his kingdom and eventually. himself #mayhaps miss girlboss moth is not always a grade A asshole. but she's been kicking my ass and causing my sibling immense pain #and therefore there's beef nevertheless

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