#“Because we're KNIGHTS”

[theowlgoesmoo]

I desperately need more smol Hornet. She's gonna punch the moon.

[mrspiffy123]

Hollow Knight's Adventures with Dewi

"Okay, dad! I'm heading out to the woods for a bit!" Dewi threw his bag over his shoulders and tied up his boots. He wanted to spend every possible moment in Hallownest that he could. His dad called back, "Again? You've gone out every day for the past month… just be sure you have your walkie talkie so I can reach you." Dewi was already halfway through the door as he shouted back, "Don't worry, I got it!" and leapt out of the front door, heading back to the cave to meet up with Ghost, Hornet, and all is other insectoid friends.

After some time, Dewi reached the cave Hornet had first brought him to. He'd gotten better at navigating with each visit. Just as Dewi was grabbing the flashlight out of his backpack, he heard a rustle coming from behind. Whatever it was, it sounded much larger than the squirrels and small prey he was used to seeing. He quickly turned around, but didn't see anything. Dewi held the flashlight close in case he needed to bonk anything and run. Suddenly, from a bush popped up to… horn? Antlers? They didn't look like any animal Dewi had seen before. Quickly, the rest of the figure followed until out from the bush appeared… a small, cloaked child. They looked even younger than Dewi, and the wooden mask they wore looked exactly like his friend, Little Ghost.

"Uh… hi?" Dewi lowered his flashlight.

The figure nodded.

"Sorry, I was just… um… meeting some friends here. Do- do you know them? They go by Hornet and Little Ghost- er, just Ghost… I guess"

They nodded again, this time more enthusiastically. The figure pointed to itself.

"You do know them? That's why you're wearing that mask, right?"

They shook their head and again pointed at themselves.

"You… Ghost, is that actually you?"

The figure nodded and walked up to Dewi. Even though Dewi could now see eyes through the mask, their gaze remained empty as usual. He did, however, notice a small sword hanging by their side. "You, still have your sword I see… no, what did Hornet call it? A nail! Though… I guess sword would be more appropriate now." Ghost followed Dewi's gaze and slowly unsheathed the sword. It hesitated in almost every action, like every movement was a conscious effort.

The sword was real, no doubt about it, but it was a far cry from the glowing, pure white metal either of them were used to. The edge was noticeably sharp, but the blade itself was made from a dull, gray alloy. As Ghost put the sword back in its sheathe, Dewi couldn't help but keep asking questions, "What's happening? Did this happen to anyone else? Are they okay? Are you okay? What's going on?" Ghost waited for Dewi to catch his breath before simply shaking their head once. "Nothing, you don't even know or why this happened? W-what's the last thing you remember? Can you act it out?" The little one thought for a moment. It took a step back and started mimicking vague actions. Old habits die hard, it seems, for even with its new limbs and dexterity, Ghost couldn't manage much beyond stiffly waving its arms about.

"I'm sorry, I- I'm not getting anything from that. You can stop." Ghost came back and sat on a nearby rock. The two sat together in silence for a minute, both trying to process what they've found themselves in. After a while, Dewi took off his backpack and began rifling around in it, "Are you… hungry? Do you still need to eat? Did you need to eat before?" Just as he asked, the two heard a rumbling straight from the little one's stomach! Ghost nearly fell off its seat in shock before quickly readying a hand on its sword. Dewi just let out a small chuckle, "I guess that answers all three! Here! It's the best thing I could pack this early in the morning." He handed Ghost a small foil packet. It took the packet, and simply… held it.

"Oh, right. You're probably not used to wrapping, let me get that for you," Dewi grabbed the snack and tore the top open to reveal two pink frosted poptarts. He handed one to Ghost, who again gave nothing but an empty gaze. "It… goes in here," Dewi pointed at his mouth a took a bite from his own poptart to demonstrate. Ghost followed suit, slipping the confection under its mask and pulling it back to reveal a small chunk taken from the corner. "Now chew it, like this," Dewi started chewing through his food, heavily exaggerating the motion. It took Ghost a moment to figure out the movements, but it eventually got a hang of the process. Dewi tried explaining the rest through a mouthful of frosting and jam filling, "now, you shwallow…" He grabbed his water bottle to wash down the rest. He was about to offer it to Ghost before seeing it clearly struggle to figure out the mechanics of swallowing. Dewi couldn't help but giggle at his friend so clearly out of its element.

"Dewi? Ghost? Is that you, little ones?" The two whipped around towards the voice. Behind them stood a woman much taller than Dewi. Her perfect posture would have made her look quite elegant if it wasn't for the ragged cloak she was wearing. In her hands were a ring and a small harpoon, both attached by a long thread of twine, and she wore a mask just like Ghost, only ceramic instead of wood. Dewi recognized her voice immediately, and her mask was unmistakable. Whatever happened to Ghost, it had happened to her too.

"Hornet!" Dewi nearly leapt at her with a hug. She tried to stop him, but the kid's enthusiasm broke through her guard and toppled them both to the ground. "Dewi, please refrain from doing that again! I am not yet familiar with having only four limbs." She nearly had to pry Dewi off her. "Sorry! You don't know how long I've waited for that, now that we're the same size! Well… human sized, at least," he did his best to help Hornet as she slowly got up from the dirt.

"Dewi, what have you done. How have you made us both higher beings such as yourself?" Hornet straightened her mask and dusted off her cloak.

"I didn't do anything! I don't know how to turn bugs into humans!" Dewi was getting increasingly exhausted with Hornet's insistence on Dewi's status as a "higher being". He sat back down on his tree stump, defeated. "To be honest, I kinda hoped I'd get to be a bug and explore Hallownest with you guys. That place sounds so cool…"

"I wouldn't wish such things, Dewi. Even after you and Little Ghost triumphed over the Radiance, Hallownest is still a dangerous place. With your luck, you would wind up alone, or worse, stuck with Lemm." Dewi perked up at the name, "Who's Lemm?" Even in the current situation, he couldn't stop asking about Hallownest. "Just a crotchety old hermit. Lives in the City of Tears, hoarding and obsessing over his relics. I do not believe he would take kindly to your presence, Dewi. Apologies, I did not mean that as an insult."

"Uh… none taken? Oh! You're probably hungry! Ghost is it okay if I…" he plucked the poptart out of Ghost's hands. It hadn't taken more than that first bite, anyway. "Here!"

"What is this?" Hornet eyed the pastry with suspicion.

"It's food!" Dewi continued to offer it with a smile, "it might be a little sweet, but I really like them!" Hornet grabbed the popart cautiously before breaking off a piece and slipping it under her mask, being sure to keep her face hidden from Dewi. She chewed for only a few seconds before spitting on the ground.

"PLEH! This is the food of higher beings!? Is this even natural?!" She was kind enough to give it back to Dewi instead of the ants.

"Well… my dad says they have all kinds of preservatives. He doesn't like me eating too many. Calls them 'an affront to the natural order' but I think they're really tasty!" He breaks a piece off for himself before giving it back to Ghost who continues to hold it absentmindedly. "Here, have some water," he offers the bottle to Hornet.

She grabs the bottle, "This is simply water? Not another disgusting concoction of higher beings?"

"Well you don't have to be mean about it… but yeah, it's just water." He takes the bottle when Hornet's finished and sets it back in his back. He offers Hornet a seat at their new, impromptu meeting spot, to which Hornet silently obliges.

"Dewi, we need to know what is happening, and we are unfamiliar with your world. We do not know if this has happened to anyone else, or who. Are you willing to guide us?"

@lilybug-02 @violetthunderstorm

[its-ya-boi-cade]

[starflungwaddledee]

sadly wasn't up to drawing anything today even though it was my beloved blueberry's birthday, sorry 😔 but instead i baked cookies!!

happy birthday meta knight!

[therealraewest]

I can't believe Khonshu took Steven and Jake in the divorce

[twilightfreefaller]

THE KNIGHTS OF ANGST

Well i got involved in some silly fun and suddenly ended up drawing an anime team up shot of me and a few other users. We got lore and everything! We are The Knights of Angst protecting The Beast of the Forest, guardian of the Fountain of Fluff, from the Hunters of Fluff who would exploit The Beast and disrupt The Balance!

Also for anybody interested in who's who in this picture.

(SIDE NOTE: Anybody who suddenly finds a silly fun thing turning into an RP on somebody else's post. Please. Remember you are spamming them. If they aren't a participant of the impromptu RP or you don't know if they're cool with it. Please move somewhere else. That's just basic RP etiquette. And I'm sad to say I forgot that for a hot second. SO just consider this a PSA!) (Also: Keferon had nothing to do with the spamming they just ended up in the pic as the magic macguffin everybody was hunting.)

TAGS! @writinginkpen @glitchgh0sty @madcoincidence @spector-author @cosmique-oddity

Ghosty, Spector, I know you aren't in the anime team up pic, but you were part of the silly fun so I added you to the tags.

[lordgeneralsix]

Thinking about how Istvan watched his family get murdered and became a warlord and desensitized to and an enjoyer of violence, especially in the name of people he loved.

and then he killed Erik’s family and raised Erik to become desensitized and to enjoy violence, especially in the name of people he loves.

And then Istvan had his fingers in Skalitz, killing Henry’s family, driving the man to vengeance, with Henry eventually becoming desensitized to violence and enjoying it enough to be willing to kill in the name of his loved ones, so Henry kills Istvan.

So Erik, who loves Istvan, becomes desperate with bloodlust and grief, swears to destroy Henry, and in the process rampaging through the Jewish quarter of Kuttenberg.

Samuel is no stranger to violence, but the pogrom is what makes him snap, makes him desperate for vengeance for those he loves. So he too craves the killing of Von Bergow, and he does not care if that kills him in the process.

its 👏 a 👏 cycle 👏 and it’s actually driving me insane.

(sorry I've been holding onto this bc I love it v much and was waiting until my brain functioned for a proper answer, but thinking about cycles today reminded me of this so I think I have a good enough answer now)

you're absolutely right, I have nothing else to add about that but instead I've been thinking about something I hope is explored in the third game - which is the possibility of breaking these cycles. we've seen henry struggle with this idea himself, trying to control his own appetite for blood by protecting semine and maleshov, denying erik's duel, sparing brabant, etc,, and even gameplay wise just sparing enemies when they surrender. we know henry doesn't really enjoy being a tool of war, but he's not immune to it's effects. no one is.

which brings me to mercy and the healers of kcd. henry learns many skills on his travels, but the most valuable thing he learns is how to heal people. I cannot stress how incredibly important healers are, and henry sees first hand how important it is to be there for people even if they won't make it. he cures the plague in merhojed when he didn't have to - he just wanted one man but he spends time talking to the people, helps a widow bury her husband, is beaten by a grieving man, risks himself getting infected by investigating the dead and being close to the sick, then he goes to find brother nicodemus to help him deduce and make the cure, there he'll find johanka who's treating the sick and wounded, and he'll once again be able to soothe their pain. he doesn't have to, but he does.

then in the second game he's saved by a selfless herbwoman, can make potions for himself and even give them to people in need, heals zizka's men, watches samuel and katherine comfort a dying man, meets musa who heals people before and during the siege (and all three of them can give henry the strongest quality potion - henry's merigold decoction/saviour schnapps), he can give the clothes off his back for ambushed strangers, heal a poor fool with atrocious luck, and once again can be merciful to his enemies. he doesn't have to, it is so easy for him to turn his back or end another life, but he continues to hold out his hands despite his own suffering because he's seen people do the same.

henry is part of the cycle of violence just as much as everyone else, but what separates him from his enemies is that he allows others to escape through him. these are the most honourable people; the preservers of life, not the takers. and I truly want this to be explored further, to show that henry is capable of breaking - or rather controlling - the cycle and making sure the victims of war can rebuild what was taken from them, just as he can.

[magicalgirlmindcrank]

Elden could have been actually good if it had like 50 bosses that were unique instead repeating the same ones again and again

[pinkd3mon]

This had context but I refuse to tell anyone

[brawlmetaknight]

still thinking about this actually WE WERE SO ROBBED. this would have given some much needed exposition to dedede's role/motives in sse. i could be wrong but i've always imagined he was trying to defeat and put one of his badges on meta knight like he was doing with the other characters, but he sure picked the worst time to start beef lol. judging by the phrase "unwittingly", i assume he didn't mean for meta knight to lose the halberd, but ultimately meta knight couldn't concentrate on defending his ship when he also had dedede attacking him out of nowhere.

[starflungwaddledee]

[stage 3 loaded. now playing: yawning yonder.] a little overbright, a little fuzzy on the edges; you're full of pins and needles.

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[chiropteracupola]

And you would not believe me if I tried / To tell you all the things I've seen / And all the places that I've been / So pour the hall another cup of wine...

[a cei for @mortiscausa’s ’march to camelot,’ for the prompt ‘kinship’]

[conchfritters]

last post complaining about genshin's writing for the month Anyway i think blorbofication happening in canon is the best way i could describe a lot of the problems i have with it ex. kaeya's relationship with diluc (or klee) is almost the only focus we get on him now, other than his brief appearance in the sumeru archon quest which was just saying his backstory basically with very little actual reaction or characterization on his part OR dainsleif's (also a problem i have in the albedo homunculus reveal in shadows amidst snowstorms). i haven't done his hangout because i. don't care enough to sit through an hour for each route with the quality of content hoyoverse puts out but looking at the ending options i feel like. they missed the opportunity to expand on things we already had for kaeya in favor of Oh he babysits klee! Oh albedo is here! Spend money to pull albedo!Venti cameo! What do you mean him and amber have a complicated dynamic. What do you mean he's apparently beloved by the elderly of mondstadt and the one who wraps up all the incidents there. What do you mean bennett trusts him as an omniscient big brother according to his official cn character profile. We made him talk to diluc again isn't that enough kaeya for you? and it sucks because kaeya feels like a rubik's cube with an onion's layers and like one of their best character personalities in content where he's actually kaeya and not just diluc's brother who is sad and also pretty! we never see anything about his relationship with jean, who he is the Most Trusted Aide of, or mondstadt at large! because every day we get closer to fanon kaeya being canon kaeya and it's just. You can have canon kaeya and fanon kaeya will follow but if fanon kaeya is at the forefront you're just immediately losing all that depth and it's going nowhere

[ragsy]

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[jack-the-fool]

AU where the directors' plans get derailed because Bal wasn't able to hold Ambrosuis back in time and the ceremony got delayed because he beat the ever-loving shit out of Todd

[birdyverdie]

Confession: I was the one who sent that first Darkest Dungeon anon ask to @/blanchebees. I just didn't realize people would follow up on it AHAHA