#friendo pk!

[pierswife]

🌙!

Fire Emblem bias time! I remember a WHILE ago some of the Matthew content you've made and honestly? Poor guy really does deserve some love so I'm super glad that you're there to give it to him. Do me a favor and punch him once for me though because I have had WAY too many close calls in FE7 cause of him /j

And I loooove your art! And the little bits and pieces I've seen of your FE Hack! If I ever have time I'm definitely gonna look into it more because the cover art you made was so good and I love the sprite work for the portraits.

[frenchiefitzhere]

Gonna hit you with a few questions (hope this helps <3):

-What's your favorite thing you've created recently? Whether it's something you're particularly proud of, something you've been looking forward to debuting, etc.

-What's a piece of media that you're always ready to gush about? Like you overhear someone mention a passing potential interest in it and you're (metaphorically or literally) sprinting over to share your love and expertise.

-What's your favorite dessert? Follow-up question: Is it something you know how to make personally/make for yourself?

Favorite thing I've created recently: We'll call this 'a thing' because it's a collection. I have the first four days of Redacted-tober queued up in my blog. I think some of the days will be something a little simpler, but I started writing "musical telegrams". I miss the days of just spitting out little fan art ditties, so I figured this was a great time to do it. I'm so grateful that @autisticempathydaemon set that up!!! 🌻 Piece of media I can rant about:

Have I preached to you about the 1990s animated series Gargoyles yet? Because it's amazing. It was my first fandom (which means, yep, my first fics were about Gargoyles, although I never published them anywhere). The animation was ahead of its time. And the CAST! (It was half the cast of Star Trek TNG + Keith David and a bunch of other talented VAs) I recently rewatched start to finish and it totally holds up. Favorite dessert:

For any time: Halo Top ice cream or a Frappuccino with coconut milk For special occasions: cannoli 🇮🇹 (I love cooking, but I don't make desserts lol)

[sincerely--me]

*Ness switches his strategy. The colors in his attacks shift to more blue and pink, rather than the usual orange it mainly was before.

[Strange Klug doesn't let up, casting Ignis and creating large flames which seperate the boys, circling around them. Strange Klug enters Ninten's circle and casts Oxblood as a red image of an Ox rams into into Ninten, then it bleeds and that blood deals poison damage]

*Ninten is knocked out.

• Ness used PK Rockin' Ω!

[thehugwizard]

Alright friendos, poll time!!! (3 hours and 19 minutes)

[sapphofrog]

hi friendo! its @acetheta i just wanted to make sure i use ur art for a pk thing (system) (with credit ofc !!)

ofc!!! i dont mind at all :D

[marblealphabetsoup]

Speaking of taboo stuff

I've always had a peanut gallery but there's this voice in my head that's just mine but a little younger. Which is weird because they're /she's probably the same age as me experience wise?

Feeling girly today, huh pest?

I'm not a girl.

Idk they've been around for a while and they're been more active lately which is weird considering I'm back in the environment where they're both consistently told to stick around more and frick off.

"Don't talk in a baby voice." Because that was you right? Just me but with an unintentional higher pitch that I wouldn't even notice until someone points it out because it feels natural to you.

As far as I'm aware, they're everything I should have grown out of, but don't want to? They're optimistic, but also not? They're childish, but thoughtful? I don't know what they heck they are but they're me just... brighter. Like if I was one a colorwheel they would be me but a brighter hue.

I know you're not a little even if you act like one sometimes. You're... more mature than that...

Oh do you want me to write?

Sure. Add a comma.

,

...

I think you're kind of right. You but me. I love you.

I'm... gonna leave that alone.

Anyway, they've been more active lately which is kinda normal considering we co-pilot a lot, but also weird because they're not usually THIS active. They've always been there, just not-

My letter(s) in the alphabet are A. He called me kid. He called you that too.

...

Okay, don't want anyone to know the second one, got it. I can see why you'd do that (oh yeah, ah, they deleted the second initial there). Alrighty. Just going to say it now, That letter A had a friendo because my initials are twofold!

This is ridiculous. I'm sharing a keyboard with myself. World's worst roleplay.

It's not roleplay, bud. It's you airin' yur brains out. :/

... you suck. This was meant to be talking about you not whatever the frick this is!

Rude. Talking about me when i'm right here.

Your're not real! I'm airing my bs to the internet while arguing with myself- You- you mentioned him above. Stop that.

Pfft I wonder what this would look like on pk.

I'm not using that.

Above you also agreed to let me talk it seems.

Regretting that now.

yeah, I want to be done with this too

seeya!

... they're still here this is just weird.

[exispencer-crisis]

OH MY GOODNESS LOOK AT THIS PICREW.

Y'ALL.

A little disappointed in the lack of glasses bit STILL.

Friendos!!!

@axoofthegrim @archaicfirehydrants @tranny-physiccs @empress-of-light2005 @resetium @pk-lovi-doodles @justsomespiders

PLEASE make this a chain I need to see all of the creechur.

guys i’m CRYING this “yippeee” picrew is hilarious please make yourself and/or your fave and show the plenum !! here’s me and zoro

[vivifrage]

Pardon Jaxx Doing a Ramble About Hollow Knight and MCR

(spoilers ahoy!)

OKAY BUT

Seriously, y’all. Mama is such a perfect fit for The Hollow Knight in particular, and the Vessels as a whole? The entire theme about someone who’s been through hell but going unappreciated, losing everyone around them in the process? Hoooooo boy!

I’m gonna put this bad boy under the cut because we are doing a lyrical breakdown, friendos!

Mama, we all go to hell Mama, we all go to hell I'm writing this letter and wishing you well Mama, we all go to hell Oh, well, now Mama, we're all gonna die Mama, we're all gonna die Stop asking me questions, I'd hate to see you cry Mama, we're all gonna die

This part could go two directions. It could be about the Pale King drowning the eggs in the Abyss or whatever, and it could be about The Hollow Knight being imprisoned.

“We’re all going to die,” could be the many, many Vessels, or it could be THK admitting that they’re not hollow and pure. By being imprisoned, they doomed Hallownest; they would never be able to protect it adequately.

“Stop asking me questions,” leans more towards imprisonment, methinks. Poke THK’s facade too much, and it falls apart. Which means all The Pale King’s work is for naught, one definite reason to cry. Now, would that mean Hallownest is, again, doomed, or that PK is going to have to kill more of his children in an attempt to get the ‘right’ one? And no matter what, it would mean PK and WL have been depriving their thinking, willful, ‘living’ child of an actual childhood.

And when we go don't blame us, yeah We'll let the fire just bathe us, yeah You made us, oh, so famous We'll never let you go And when you go don't return to me my love 

This strikes me more as the imprisonment. We’ve got them leaving (deployment as far as I can tell in the song’s original context, THK being sealed here), and fire. Which, the Radiance is associated with light/the sun; she’s not the most fire-related, but hey, she and the Nightmare Heart appear to be related anyways! Plus, it’s a trial, it’s the Infection, all contained in them. Plus, you could argue when you release them and fight them, the Infection sure does bathe the battlefield from how much there is.

Now, Lemm mentions there’s really nothing speaking of The Hollow Knight, but they have a statue in the middle of the city, and bugs apparently come to worship at the Black Egg Temple. Now, who do they worship? Radiance, THK, even the Dreamers? Who knows! Could be any. But whatever happened there, PK seems to have made some effort into letting his child be known. Plus, you know, THK is one of the final bosses, the first character to appear on-screen at all...

“We’ll never let you go,” could also go two ways. It could be THK’s adoration of their father - the two could not let each other go and thus THK was no longer pure, if they were pure in the first place. It could also be about the siblings; they’re attracted to you when you go to the Abyss, and the Void definitely left a stain on PK’s mindspace, judging by his throne room, if it didn’t outright kill him.

And, of course, “When you go don’t return to me my love,” is the imprisonment. They’re never supposed to be free. The funny thing here is, the Godseeker endings imply they have the strength to leave the temple, even tangled in their chains. But, for some reason (gameplay-wise an obvious reason but we’re talking story here), they don’t leave otherwise. Their will to keep The Radiance as contained as possible?

Another fun bit: the chorus gets backing vocals, which could well be the other Vessels piping up.

Mama, we're all full of lies Mama, we're meant for the flies And right now they're building a coffin your size Mama, we're all full of lies 

THK’s impurity and the fall of Hallownest. They’ve been ‘deceiving’ Hallownest up until they’re sealed, dooming it - the ‘meant for the flies’ and ‘building a coffin your size.’

Well, Mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue 

THK sure did get real mangled. An arm instead of legs, yes, but also note the tongue; they were not allowed a voice. Even during the Pure Vessel fight, when they try to scream, there’s no sound coming from it, only the soundtrack.

These lines also involve a sort of toadlike, goblin-y voice. The Radiance?

You should've raised a baby girl I should've been a better son 

Now, I don’t like gendering THK. But it can be hard to avoid. In this particular instance, I could see the first line going two ways - are they talking about Hornet, the baby girl who the White Lady and Pale King would have been left to raise after Herrah was sealed away, or is THK talking about themself, and how they should have been left out of the Void and raised as a normal god-baby? The implication they’d be a girl for the latter one is interesting; I know I saw someone posit that Myla’s song, when she sings about the (feminine) knight, she could mean a folklore version of THK. Also everyone defaults to calling them a boy when they gender them so I find it fun to shake that up.

“I should’ve been a better son,” gets back to the purity issue. They could try and try and try, but they would never be good enough. They would never be what they needed to be. Baby has anxiety and impostor syndrome, huh? The goblin voice/Radiance also returns here; possibly her taunting them with their shortcomings?

If you could coddle the infection They can amputate at once You should've been I could have been a better son 

Again, the first bit ties to how mangled they are when we find them. They did coddle the Infection! And it sure did take their arm! But also, and I think this is part of the original context, too, it’s about emotionally cutting off from the child in question. Which, again, could be THK alone, could be the Vessels as a whole.

We also get more lovely guilt from THK at the end there, but what’s the “You should’ve been?” Are they accusing their parents of something? That they should have noticed THK wasn’t pure? Whatever it is, they cut themself off and reiterate the entire thing as their fault.

And the goblin/Radiance comes back for the amputation and ‘better son’ line. Which, considering what she did to them...

She said, "You ain't no son of mine For what you've done. They're gonna find A place for you And just you mind your manners when you go And when you go, don't return to me, my love." That's right 

Well, the first line is just a bullseye on the dartboard, isn’t it? The White Lady seemed to be more detached from the Vessels than her husband was; she will claim you as her spawn, eventually, but only in a factual matter in that she helped conceive the Vessels. Those ghost babies aren’t her children any more.

‘A place for you’ and ‘Mind your manners?’ The Black Egg Temple returns! And we also get a peek at all the royalty and nobility The Hollow Knight was raised around. They were a knight, of course they would learn to behave properly, and their parents would be concerned with propriety.

Mama, we all go to hell Mama, we all go to hell It's really quite pleasant Except for the smell Mama, we all go to hell

Oh, there’s some Abyss right there. Possibly the Black Egg Temple again, too. THK did go from one to another, after all, with a brief bout of the Palace/Hallownest in between. Which could get at the two lines in the middle. “It’s really quite pleasant,” well, the Abyss is the Vessels’ birthplace/home. As for “the smell,” I imagine the Infection doesn’t smell like roses. Sunshine, maybe. But mostly disease. The two lines don’t go together as much, unless it’s THK trying to put on a brave face in the temple.

2 - 3 - 4 Mama! Mama! Mama! Oh! Mama! Mama! Mama! Ma... 

This one starts a little angry, a little taunting, but it still sounds like a child calling for their mother. And especially at the end, where it turns to one long scream. They’re really just a kid who, despite everything that’s been done to them, wants their parents.

And if you would call me your sweetheart I'd maybe then sing you a song 

This switches to “Mama’s” voice. Is it the White Lady and the Pale King loving their child, deep down, and if they had said something their parents would have taken them in as a child/heir and given them the affection, attention, and validation they sought? Or is it more taunting? There is some doubt, there, with the “maybe then;” THK cannot guarantee their parents would love them for who they are.

But there's shit that I've done with this fuck of a gun You would cry out your eyes all along 

And we’re back to Gerard. The first line’s not that easy to work with; what did The Hollow Knight do themself that could get that sort of statement? Work with the Knights/PK? Something with the Radiance?

The second, though, normal bugs infected with Void appear to leave black tear stains on their faces. The broken masks in the Abyss display this, Godseeker has Void leak out her eyes, and the lighthouse keeper seems to meet the same fate. So... shoutout to that!

We're damned after all Through fortune and flame we fall And if you can stay then I'll show you the way To return from the ashes you call

And here’s where we get a whole chorus of voices. The Vessels have something to say! Damned to die in the Abyss, coming back as little ghosts (”returning from the ashes”), falling from what could have been life as nobility. And, of course, those siblings sure love to latch onto you whenever you come visit. Don’t know what they mean to show the way to, though.

We all carry on (We all carry on) When our brothers in arms are gone (When our brothers in arms are gone) So raise your glass high For tomorrow we die And return from the ashes you call

The Vessel chorus continues. Which, considering Ghost/the Knight, they certainly carried on after all the other Vessels died, and THK failed in their duty. They will continue. They will do what must be done, because that’s how they can be put to rest again. In Dream No More, all the siblings, Ghost and THK and all the ones in the Abyss, gang up on the Radiance and, once that’s done, they sink into the Abyss again. Their duty is over. They don’t have to linger any more, children that could never grow up.

Which, in the end, they seem to celebrate their deaths, perhaps bitterly but it’s something so clear to them. Are they angry at their parents for killing them and raising them again, only to leave them as restless spirits? Are they cheering Ghost on with their mission and looking forward to the Radiance’s end? Both?

And, at the very end, there’s no lyrics for it, but we hear “Mama” crying. Which, is she the Pale King here? The White Lady? Could very well be both. Both seem to show great regret over what happened; the White Lady bound herself up over it, and the Pale King stole the entire freaking palace away into the dream realm, and you find him dead, the throne room stained, with Void bubbles floating around, and I interpret his dream nail line as being very bitter and regretful.

Mama sent her baby away and now gets to live with regret filling the hole in her heart where they once lived.

[adamarinayu]

I have yet another question, sorry. Is Pikappa bad?

Never be sorry, friendo!

This is a very opinion-based question, so if someone disagrees with me I am truly sorry but in my opinion and those of my friends in the discord; yes.

Explanation below.

The plotline is convoluted and not very good in the first place, the characters backstories are twisted, PK’s origin is redone, Uno’s entire character has been assassinated by the writers and replaced with a fake, and Donald and Uno’s friendship has been absolutely destroyed and broken down from “sarcastic and sassy, but caring, partners” to “overcontrolling weirdo-creep boss and hapless employee”. 

Okay no but seriously what they did to Uno, and Uno and Donald’s friendship, is one of my biggest problems with the series, terrible plot aside.

Let me put this a way anyone who’s been on my blog for more than two seconds can understand… you know how I’m Donald/Uno trash?

In Pikappa, I actually think they shouldn’t even be friends, the relationship has been ruined just that much and Uno’s character completely undone. Everything that makes him human in PKNA? Gone. No funny quips, no sassmastering, no teasing, no playful banter, nothing.

You remember these?

(Just three out of many examples of Donald and Uno’s relationship in PKNA and can I just say Uno expressions (especially the last one) give me life)

Yeah, well, here’s what Pikappa did, courtesy of the Discord server;

I’m sorry but this is creepy as heck.

Oh yeah they also cursed us with holographic Uno with no fashion sense whatsoever;

I don’t care that he looks almost exactly like the Android Uno design I use more often than not, those shoulder pads are a crime against humanity and honestly this image is just cursed.

The only thing I can say I legitimately liked about Pikappa was they showed us a non-evil Due/Two. I just wish his being good didn’t come at the cost of Uno’s characterization and humanity.

[sketchijay]

A very PK happy birthday to my friendo, Cez! :>

(howdoesacroconawwearabirthdayhat?)

[pierswife]

💛!!!

💛- friend

YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Everyone is so friendshaped and I love it

[a-wolf-among-men]

I love how because of anons Threshie now has a lot more character than actual pk thresh it's great

//I literally was talking about that with my friendo last night when I got home and yes its pretty fucking great

[sincerely--me]

[Lucas]

N-no?!

(You shouldn't make jokes about this, you know!)

Hey so like, physically. How are Arle and Schezo?

Were they healed? Should someone go check on them?

[Ness]

... You'd be amazed at the wonders of hotels like these...

[pierswife]

F/O of the year? Gonna have to say scaramouche!

The Scara Era, if you will--

[sincerely--me]

[Tracy]

(Sprinkler system? Maybe if I could use PK Fire, or... wait!)

*She looks in her pockets for something...

Wow! I can't believe I'm on a mission! I'm like a Squidbeak Splatoon Agent!

Don't get carried away! This place is dangerous!

[Tracy]

It'll be fiiine.~

*She's using some kind of PSI... or... trying to.