#havent had an outlet about hk in AGES

[cerithium-bromine]

OKAY SO ALL MY TAGS DIDNT FIT AND IT WAS WAY TOO LONG ANYWAY SO I HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY. Sorry to op. You said 👍 but I have many thoughts.

recap (for myself) of the tags on my first reblog:

reblog#hollow knight#okay hi I know I don't blog about hk a lot but LISTEN#I HAVE THOUGHTS#ON THE DREAMERS#AND THE SOUL SANCTUM ESPECIALLY#also the general flow of trade and transportation in Hallownest but that's another can of worms#lurien in particular out of the dreamers just has a HOLD on me mentally like what is UP with this dude#he has the least canon info about him and who he was as a person. The most you get is his paintings and his telescope#and the fact that his butler was super duper loyal#the city of tears was HUGE. VERY important to Hallownest. And he was given the task of watching over it#and he clearly took it seriously!#but the thing is when the city was closed off because of the infection#did he make those decisions? Or did it come from the palace? Or another city authority?#if he did make the choice to cut off the city from the rest of the kingdom#what went through his head when that happened#did he feel bad? Locking out those who might have had hope for sanctuary? Maybe separating family or friends across the barrier?#the panic when it became clear that the infection was still spreading within the city#the gradual loss of everyone#falling to this mysterious sleeping sickness#the pleasure house dreamnail dialogue really makes me think#but Lurien went to sleep to stop it all so it makes me think he must have loved the city#did he go to sleep before the infection spread fully to the city? Or was it a last minute only kind of thing#like i know it was premeditated (case: Hornet) but when did they put the plan into action#probably decently early into the infection era#But that means Lurien wasn't there for the fall of the city either#so who made those decisions#AND MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LURIEN HIMSELF#who was he??? Was he a good watcher? Why didn't he ask for anything from the king for being a dreamer?#(and what did Monomon ask for? Because I don't believe she would have asked for nothing.)

CONTINUING THAT AND TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT ELSE I SAID:

Did Lurien know people in the city? Did he go on walks? Who else was on his staff? How important was he? Did he ever go to the palace? Probably. What for? Did he speak directly to the pale king? Did he have friends at the palace? What did he think of it? What were his thoughts on the hollow knight plan? Did he even know the nuances of it? How much did Pk share with the dreamers?

How closely did Lurien watch the city when he was not asleep? Because the soul sanctum had to have had a decent impact on the population of the city.

I have So many thoughts on the soul sanctum too but that's again another can of worms (haha). But in relation to the Lurien discussion, how did he not notice?? Or did he notice and let it slide because he was interested in their experiments? I can't believe that would be the case because of the sacrifice he made with no request for compensation. But still. The statement stands that there would be a LOT of missing bugs in the city and, from how the soul master seems to be still in his place, it looks like Lurien never uncovered the source of the soul for the experiments.

I know I'm rambling a lot but. This bug. Whatever kind of bug he is. Intrigues me. We know so little but there is so much to be gathered and pondered from what we do know. He has a defined persona in my canon but I want to know who he really was.

anyway. Apologies to all that suffered through this and again to sky for saying this huge thing on this post.

tldr. Lurien is an enigma and his relationship with the city intrigues me.

Actually, here

There is a post giving you a 👍 to ramble about less popular HK characters that you adore

What about these characters stuck to you the most when you got introduced to them? What's the reason you enjoy seeing and thinking about stuff with them? Is there a personal headcanon or such that adds to them and thus your love or interest for them?

The reasons don't have to be grand either btw!

You can also tag me on the posts if you want so I can reblog them and share but the main point is to have fun talking about them!