#So pk wanted to capitilize on that

[ruthlesslistener]

Okay, small theory that may not be possible but is still fun to think about: Those tablets that the Pale King put talking to Higher Beings are actually for Higher Beings and are an attempt at establishing some form of relationship with other God-like beings, but failed due to Higher Brings being so used to competing with one another for resources. It just strikes me as interesting as to how the Pale King was intent on being worshipped but also didn't mind the presence of other Gods or even rulers, he still tried to implant his will upon others but he still try to back off and let other Gods and Tribes do as they will.

I think you're actually in the realm of canon with this one! In the Wanderer's Journal, the ladybug character (fuck forgot her name, it's late) mentions that the lore tablets are entirely incomprehensible to her. Whether this is because she's an outsider to Hallownest or not isn't made clear, but one thing is for certain, and that is that higher beings like Ghost have no trouble with them. So it is very likely that those lore tablets are only understable to other gods, since they're not mentioned by any other bugs and seem to whisper directly into the mind of the listener with the voice of the Pale King (which is a bunch of incomprehensible whispers and echoes to us).

I personally think that the tablets PK put about Hallownest were a mixture of an attempt at courtesy and establishing territory- it would explain the arrogance, at least, as well as the outlandish claims of power. For the Pale King and the White Lady were kind of odd in terms of gods, with how they chose to rule in the guise of mortals instead of a distant power that lived apart, so it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to pick up on bug politics as a way to be more 'civilized', or if it was merely PK leaving his thoughts among his territory so that it would be commemorated through time eternal. It seems to have not had much of an effect on the neutral gods, at least, as everyone either appears to consider him as pitiful at best or a mild irritant at worst. Discounting Grimm, of course, because Grimm is another fuckin' weirdo and should not be counted among typical gods when analysing their traits.

And the thing with PK is that I think he was very self-aware of his boundaries, and didn't ovrrreach much. That isn't to say that he DIDN'T conquer land and be an absolute pain in the ass to civilizations that didn't want to deal with him (looking at the succession of Greenpath to build Fog Canyon here), but I do think its telling that the only god he tried to directly oppose was the one who was also a being of light with a strong influence on their follower's minds. It's like when two different species fill the same ecological niche, leading to competition (take lions and hyenas for example), but in the case of gods and worships, there can be only one. So neither the Pale King nor the Radiance could live anywhere close to each other, but the reason why PK and WL can be married and not cause any problems for each other/why PK encourages other Higher Beings to be themselves is because they don't pose significant competition like Radi did. Sure, there might be territory scuffles, and poor Unn for sure had her land slowly eaten away at her by two ambitious young gods, but if neither poses a threat to the other's supply of worshippers, then why bother with a fight? Better to passive-aggressively eye each other over territory borders than to throw hands over followers who don't even care about your element in the first place.