#HK Collector

[sillybugblog]

bro is 100% goober and 0% sane silly void guy collector is really fun to draw

the grubnapper

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

[silverybeast]

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[probablyanalienindisguise]

Two little collector freaks ilt

[the-scrombler]

Part 2 of my Hollow Knight gijinka thing!!

Had a lot of fun with these ones. An idea I had for the more “animalistic” enemies in HK was to have them be conglomerations of discarded masks and corpses, the designs of which I took a lot of inspiration from the demons in Ultrakill.

I also had both the Grimm Troupe masks, and void related entities have a more ‘skeleton’ theming, it really makes the Troupe feel like more of a cult.

[breadmecoshy]

I swear, the Pale King just organized a conveyor belt for the production of minions from the void and delegated his duties to them

In my understanding, Lurien and the Collector were the two most reasonable specimens, so the King made them work. For free, of course, only out of a sense of love for its creator. And less autonomous samples became his kingsmoulds

Lurien was obviously entrusted with overseeing the City of Tears, but I think the situation is more interesting with the Collector

I think the King originally appointed him as a scientist who was supposed to study the effects and consequences of contact of living beings with the void. Is it possible to defeat the infection in this way or reduce its impact? It would be easy for him, since he himself is from the void

After all, he has his own tower with a study. But to be honest, the Tower of Love reminds me of one big room with soft walls for a madman, and it stands literally on the very edge of the city, isolated from it. I think the king initially saw that the Collector was not quite adequate, but he needed research, so he simply provided him with a tower with access to the Edge of the Kingdom so that he could catch unreasonable beetles there for research, and not cause problems in the city

The bug with the void flowing out of its eyes, in which we find the key to the tower, thinks that they have been together with someone for too long, and have become one. I think it was one of the assistants or workers in the tower who escaped when the influence of the void on the inhabitants of the tower became obviously detrimental. He locked the Collector up and took the key with him so that he could no longer "protect" everything he could reach

[zalupkina]

[chemical-heaven]

love these three

[i-cant-fkn-spell]

bonus

[conconpasta]

Rough as hell hk sketches as always

I'm really sorry for the hair loss of White Lady😭

А теперь обращение к уважаемой tenyardstowitchyard. Я надеюсь, Вы не против, если я нарисую вашу Хорнет гиджинку в вашем стиле, потому что мне не очень нравится, как она у меня получается в моем 😭

[ladytyburn]

I don't think I've ever shown you guys my Hollow Knight Characters as Dark Souls Bosses Meme drawings!

And a Bonus:

[anonymous-utility]

I caved in and made a vessel oc, though they are more of shade than anything. I was reading @ashyronfire fic White & Gray and got intrigued by the concept of void beings inhabiting masks that aren't theirs and what resulted is this little guy called Face Theif.

I'm not completely satisfied with it since I feel the concept would benefit from creepy crawly energy rather than sad clown energy but I tried.

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

Here's why I believe the vessels do infact possess the ability to speak! (It just doesn't come so naturally to them!)

So we know that the void corrupting their bodies is what supposedly destroyed their ability to vocalize themselves "No voice to cry suffering" as the pale king would say. I have multiple sources of evidence to suggest this isn't entirely the case!

1- the king was wrong about the void, and specifically the way it would effect the vessels, in more ways than one!

"No mind to think" and "No will to break" are both clearly and blatantly untrue and sort of the point of the whole game.

Both the hollow knight and Ghost are shown to posses strong wills, and individual thoughts and desires.

2- the pure vessels cut dream nail dialogue!

It's not "can not speak" it's "do not speak" Which implies that it is very much possible! (and also I wonder about the implications of pv thinking this in particular? I know it's cut dialogue but still.. very interesting.)

3- the collector!

The collector is not only a void being but more of one than any of the vessels, who do posses bodies of Wyrm and Root.

it is most likely a Kingsmould, or was one originally at least. And does not have an actual body of its own.

So the only other void beings in the game (the Kingsmoulds) are confirmed to posses the ability to speak. How this came to be in the collectors case is unknown but it certainly came to be!

I don't see why it would be impossible for any vessel to be able to!

[potatobugz]

im back to bugposting babyyyy

[ninnikunoodle]

[bluegekk0]

he’s like a fucked up enderman

i think this could’ve been better but it’s late and i wanted to get it done today