#hk au

[lilybug-02]

Gotta be brave

Bug Fact: Rest and sleep is necessary for many species of arthropods. The more sleep a bug gets, the more likely it is to live longer.

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[maskerat]

Alice: madness returns x Hollow Knight

I thought this would be a neat crossover. I love both the games and A:MR was somewhat my childhood. THK has the dollhouse dress and Little Ghost has the default wonderland dress.

[xylo-art]

This is BASICALLY the plot of my dreaming kingdom au honestly if you think about it.

[hornet-enthusiast]

Idk if anyone’s done this before

[dairyfreenugget]

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I wanted to draw him comforting them, these two having a good relationship means the world to me <3

+Bonus (You know when parents attack their kids with kisses or tickles to make them laugh and feel better after crying? Yeah, that)

ID start: A digital doodle of the Pale King and Pure Vessel from Hollow Knight as humans, drawn in all blue hues. The Pure Vessel is crying and in visible distress while the Pale King is holding them close in a hug, with one hand on their head and gently licking the bridge of their nose. He says; "Shhh...it's okay. You're okay." End ID.

ID start: A digital doodle of the Pale King and Pure Vessel from Hollow Knight as humans, drawn in all blue hues. The composition is similar to the previous doodle, but instead, the Pale King is kissing their face while they giggle and wiggle their long ears, with a big smile on their face and their tears dried. End ID.

[ahollowmelody]

[gamergenia]

doodles of my favorite cat

[sevilai]

Tryna be a little less precious with my sketches. I can never get any ideas out the door because I can never polish them enough :')

Big on the idea that everyone is fine and the siblings just get to be okay and grow together. I'm huge on that actually. Some lil related headcanons under the cut~!

Ghost does indeed tire of the nail sometime around the (effective)age of 12, and in fact DOES join Sheo in art.

Hollow also does this, immediately after physically recovering enough from the sealing/infection deal to do so.

Both of them struggle with feelings of inadequacy with their work. They often paint together and help build each other up.

Hollow(Hero? I've been calling them that) is the type to shut themselves in a room for a few hours every month and walk out with bangers. Every single time. Would be a fantastic animator if the medium existed in Hallownest. Maybe it will someday!

Hornet's not good at drawing but is great at literally everything else. Sewing, crocheting, felting, sculpting, music, doesn't matter. She is unstoppable. Or she would be, if she ever finished anything.

They like to do trades a lot. "I'll paint you that book character you like for a plushie of this character I made." "Do you want a portrait? I'll make you one for a cool figure." It's mostly the vessels shoving art at Hornet until plushies come out.

[universe-xlll]

The twins having a tea party, a quick doodle I made on my phone. :]]

[lilybug-02]

Instant Checkmate.

Bug Fact: A species of Male Sea Snail, Solenosteira macrospira, carry female eggs on their shell. Not all of these eggs are fertilized by the one male though. It's theorized that the fatherly instincts, to care for eggs not of his own, are a desired trait by females. Pictures Below

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Not the Step-Father. The Father that Stepped Up 🥺 🐌

The male Solenosteira macrospira is on the left and is carrying snail eggs on its shell. 

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Regarding the tags left on my previous post ↓

YES this is something I really wanted to explore actually :3 so I hope you don't mind me rambling

Transcript and rambling beneath the cut

[Swap AU Hollow]

- closed off at the start, cares a lot, wants to know what happened post-abyss

- much more timid and wary

- over time gets braver

- fights until the other party is weakened, dislikes having to kill but will if they must

- extends to lesser bugs

- Not really resentful towards Ghost, more so sad and confused

- post-game/recovery period is similar to normal Ghost

[Normal Ghost]

- closed off at the start, almost apathetic but not quite?

- over time they start to care more and more

- adventurous

- fights until the other party backs down (or dies)

- extends to lesser bugs

- some resentment towards Hollow early on that fades as they progress

- post-game/recovery period they start learning to express more and are given more opportunities to be a kid

[Swap AU Ghost]

- fatigued post-game but more curious and adventurous now that they're free

- struggles to express emotion

- takes up drawing post-game as an outlet

- quiet but more investigative, more social

- complicated feelings towards WL, leans towards some bitterness

- Radi(?) fed into said bitterness to break them

- LOTS of guilt about leaving Hollow

[Normal Hollow]

- mostly tired post-game, lots of guilt/self-hateed

- hesitant to express emotion

- takes up cooking post-game as an outlet

- timid and shy, prefers to fade into the background (very difficult)

- complicated feelings towards PK, still loves him while understanding he wasn't. the greatest

- radi fed into their love to break them

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OKAY WOW, long transcript

I'm thinking a LOT about this AU now even though I mostly drew it as a joke when I first came up with it.

This gives me an opportunity to ramble about how I characterize the vessels! Even in my base-version of how I interpret them, I imagine when they were still in the abyss, Ghost was.. Generally the one who lead the two of them. Hollow usually just stuck by their side, being the more anxious of the two.

I imagine this is still the case in the Swap AU - So when Ghost is the one who makes it to the top, Hollow feels.. Betrayed, and confused. Why wouldn't their sibling, who they've depended on before now, help them?

Both I imagine are led on by their care for the other - Hearing them cry out in pain in the beginning cutscene. However, whereas normal Ghost at first treats the whole thing with a layer of resentment, Swap Hollow treats it more with.. Wanting to know why.

Meanwhile with the older siblings, I imagine Swap Ghost keeps some of those feelings of resentment - However, instead of at Hollow, it's more towards WL and themself for what she's done to their siblings, and they to Hollow. Post-game in the recovery period, they try to express more emotion, but struggle with it. They want to explore more once they're free! Both explore Hallownest, and explore the life they never got to live, whereas I imagine normal Hollow takes their recovery a lot slower and with more hesitance.

I'm still figuring this au out but, it's really fun exploring this stuff :D

[graphic-ginger]

some silly stuff from Vestige's solo au where he's a little badass :3 its basically just a main game protagonist swap but they're silly and emotional and I love them. This guy has mind to think!!! Get his ass!!!!

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[sweeneydino]

You don't wanna know.

[koumouby]

Ruined King AU sketches

[notfunkypicasso]

Hornet but animated?

[oneangrykneegremlin]

Not my favorite doodle with the villain but he’s fun to draw. I imagine before they get into a full on physical fight, PK and Blackwyrm just start screeching at each other like wild animals as a literal display of dominance kinda thing. And it is the most god-awful, disturbing, blood chilling sound known to bug.

A concept I have for Wyrms is they are capable of otherworldly sounds. A legend I have is that if you hear the cry of a Wyrm, destruction and death are sure to follow.

Still don’t have any names planned out so if you have any ideas lemme know and I’ll put them in a pile for consideration :)