#hollow knight dewi

[lilybug-02]

Kind of Important.

Bug Fact: Hummingbird Moths mimic the look and behavior of Hummingbirds to avoid predation.

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[mrspiffy123]

Hollow Knight's Adventures with Dewi

"Okay, dad! I'm heading out to the woods for a bit!" Dewi threw his bag over his shoulders and tied up his boots. He wanted to spend every possible moment in Hallownest that he could. His dad called back, "Again? You've gone out every day for the past month… just be sure you have your walkie talkie so I can reach you." Dewi was already halfway through the door as he shouted back, "Don't worry, I got it!" and leapt out of the front door, heading back to the cave to meet up with Ghost, Hornet, and all is other insectoid friends.

After some time, Dewi reached the cave Hornet had first brought him to. He'd gotten better at navigating with each visit. Just as Dewi was grabbing the flashlight out of his backpack, he heard a rustle coming from behind. Whatever it was, it sounded much larger than the squirrels and small prey he was used to seeing. He quickly turned around, but didn't see anything. Dewi held the flashlight close in case he needed to bonk anything and run. Suddenly, from a bush popped up to… horn? Antlers? They didn't look like any animal Dewi had seen before. Quickly, the rest of the figure followed until out from the bush appeared… a small, cloaked child. They looked even younger than Dewi, and the wooden mask they wore looked exactly like his friend, Little Ghost.

"Uh… hi?" Dewi lowered his flashlight.

The figure nodded.

"Sorry, I was just… um… meeting some friends here. Do- do you know them? They go by Hornet and Little Ghost- er, just Ghost… I guess"

They nodded again, this time more enthusiastically. The figure pointed to itself.

"You do know them? That's why you're wearing that mask, right?"

They shook their head and again pointed at themselves.

"You… Ghost, is that actually you?"

The figure nodded and walked up to Dewi. Even though Dewi could now see eyes through the mask, their gaze remained empty as usual. He did, however, notice a small sword hanging by their side. "You, still have your sword I see… no, what did Hornet call it? A nail! Though… I guess sword would be more appropriate now." Ghost followed Dewi's gaze and slowly unsheathed the sword. It hesitated in almost every action, like every movement was a conscious effort.

The sword was real, no doubt about it, but it was a far cry from the glowing, pure white metal either of them were used to. The edge was noticeably sharp, but the blade itself was made from a dull, gray alloy. As Ghost put the sword back in its sheathe, Dewi couldn't help but keep asking questions, "What's happening? Did this happen to anyone else? Are they okay? Are you okay? What's going on?" Ghost waited for Dewi to catch his breath before simply shaking their head once. "Nothing, you don't even know or why this happened? W-what's the last thing you remember? Can you act it out?" The little one thought for a moment. It took a step back and started mimicking vague actions. Old habits die hard, it seems, for even with its new limbs and dexterity, Ghost couldn't manage much beyond stiffly waving its arms about.

"I'm sorry, I- I'm not getting anything from that. You can stop." Ghost came back and sat on a nearby rock. The two sat together in silence for a minute, both trying to process what they've found themselves in. After a while, Dewi took off his backpack and began rifling around in it, "Are you… hungry? Do you still need to eat? Did you need to eat before?" Just as he asked, the two heard a rumbling straight from the little one's stomach! Ghost nearly fell off its seat in shock before quickly readying a hand on its sword. Dewi just let out a small chuckle, "I guess that answers all three! Here! It's the best thing I could pack this early in the morning." He handed Ghost a small foil packet. It took the packet, and simply… held it.

"Oh, right. You're probably not used to wrapping, let me get that for you," Dewi grabbed the snack and tore the top open to reveal two pink frosted poptarts. He handed one to Ghost, who again gave nothing but an empty gaze. "It… goes in here," Dewi pointed at his mouth a took a bite from his own poptart to demonstrate. Ghost followed suit, slipping the confection under its mask and pulling it back to reveal a small chunk taken from the corner. "Now chew it, like this," Dewi started chewing through his food, heavily exaggerating the motion. It took Ghost a moment to figure out the movements, but it eventually got a hang of the process. Dewi tried explaining the rest through a mouthful of frosting and jam filling, "now, you shwallow…" He grabbed his water bottle to wash down the rest. He was about to offer it to Ghost before seeing it clearly struggle to figure out the mechanics of swallowing. Dewi couldn't help but giggle at his friend so clearly out of its element.

"Dewi? Ghost? Is that you, little ones?" The two whipped around towards the voice. Behind them stood a woman much taller than Dewi. Her perfect posture would have made her look quite elegant if it wasn't for the ragged cloak she was wearing. In her hands were a ring and a small harpoon, both attached by a long thread of twine, and she wore a mask just like Ghost, only ceramic instead of wood. Dewi recognized her voice immediately, and her mask was unmistakable. Whatever happened to Ghost, it had happened to her too.

"Hornet!" Dewi nearly leapt at her with a hug. She tried to stop him, but the kid's enthusiasm broke through her guard and toppled them both to the ground. "Dewi, please refrain from doing that again! I am not yet familiar with having only four limbs." She nearly had to pry Dewi off her. "Sorry! You don't know how long I've waited for that, now that we're the same size! Well… human sized, at least," he did his best to help Hornet as she slowly got up from the dirt.

"Dewi, what have you done. How have you made us both higher beings such as yourself?" Hornet straightened her mask and dusted off her cloak.

"I didn't do anything! I don't know how to turn bugs into humans!" Dewi was getting increasingly exhausted with Hornet's insistence on Dewi's status as a "higher being". He sat back down on his tree stump, defeated. "To be honest, I kinda hoped I'd get to be a bug and explore Hallownest with you guys. That place sounds so cool…"

"I wouldn't wish such things, Dewi. Even after you and Little Ghost triumphed over the Radiance, Hallownest is still a dangerous place. With your luck, you would wind up alone, or worse, stuck with Lemm." Dewi perked up at the name, "Who's Lemm?" Even in the current situation, he couldn't stop asking about Hallownest. "Just a crotchety old hermit. Lives in the City of Tears, hoarding and obsessing over his relics. I do not believe he would take kindly to your presence, Dewi. Apologies, I did not mean that as an insult."

"Uh… none taken? Oh! You're probably hungry! Ghost is it okay if I…" he plucked the poptart out of Ghost's hands. It hadn't taken more than that first bite, anyway. "Here!"

"What is this?" Hornet eyed the pastry with suspicion.

"It's food!" Dewi continued to offer it with a smile, "it might be a little sweet, but I really like them!" Hornet grabbed the popart cautiously before breaking off a piece and slipping it under her mask, being sure to keep her face hidden from Dewi. She chewed for only a few seconds before spitting on the ground.

"PLEH! This is the food of higher beings!? Is this even natural?!" She was kind enough to give it back to Dewi instead of the ants.

"Well… my dad says they have all kinds of preservatives. He doesn't like me eating too many. Calls them 'an affront to the natural order' but I think they're really tasty!" He breaks a piece off for himself before giving it back to Ghost who continues to hold it absentmindedly. "Here, have some water," he offers the bottle to Hornet.

She grabs the bottle, "This is simply water? Not another disgusting concoction of higher beings?"

"Well you don't have to be mean about it… but yeah, it's just water." He takes the bottle when Hornet's finished and sets it back in his back. He offers Hornet a seat at their new, impromptu meeting spot, to which Hornet silently obliges.

"Dewi, we need to know what is happening, and we are unfamiliar with your world. We do not know if this has happened to anyone else, or who. Are you willing to guide us?"

@lilybug-02 @violetthunderstorm

[kksanartist]

"Another Bug Friend?" A fan sketch of Nate AKA Dewi's Dad and Bug!Dewi by @lilybug-02

Love both of them and I did asked about Nate meeting Bug!Dewi but in the end, I just draw it myself instead lol.

[bugandbones]

Bug Sam and more

These funky bugs have been rotting my brain to mush

Thoughts time

Sam and Hornet would have the CRAZIEST BEEF

The only reason Sam hasn't gotten her ass whooped is because Dewi forbids it

I had this idea awhile back when bug Dewi was first introduced where our girl Sam gets buggified and transported to Hollownest (Will Dewi) and obviously nobody knows what's going on but Sam gets it in her head that "these bugs know magic. They know what's going on, they are just keeping us here." And she tries to convince Dewi but he (obviously) trusts his bug friends more than his cousin (who tried to sell his friends to the government) so she sneaks away down the well and attempts to find a cure herself.

Zote would be the first to notice that she disappeared

I think it would be incredibly funny if The Collector found Sam

Shenanigans :)

(None of this is canon, Sam belongs to the one and only @lilybug-02)

Slay the day away girl your art brings light to my life

[greencharisard]

Fanart for @lilybug-02!

I don't often post here but I just had to, Dewie is so adorable and I love the concept of a human interacting with the Hollow Knight world and I'm surprised it hasn't been explored more.

Hornet is eepy after babysitting everyone, Ghost is combat stimming, Quirrel is questioning his life and Zote is Zote.

Hollow knight AU by LilyBug art by me, do not copy, trace, repost, reuse ecc without my permission please.

[ejsuperstar]

I wasn't gonna do more art fight but I wanted to try something new with drawing and Dewi was RIGHT. THERE

@lilybug-02 Dewi :3

[lilybug-02]

Sam supremacy 🫡

I absolutely love the pigtails. She looks so done with everything ❤️ also I love your art style! It’s so pretty

@lilybug-02 your Sam is just shisidjcgbdbdndjjdjdkdk

Love her so much she’s me like three years ago (and now im Dewi, is this progress or regress)

[lilybug-02]

Like playing with a baby bear...

Bug Fact: Many Scorpion mothers will carry their babies on their back for protection.

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[mrspiffy123]

archiveofourown.org/ works/62310703/chapters/159428908 I put a space in /works, remove that and the link will work. It's your first chapter (with credit given in notes) to Hollow Knight's Adventure's with Dewi. If you dont want it to stay up I will take it down ofc.

I will continue it on there if you say I can, if not i'll write my own next chapter on Tumblr.

I have my own AO3 account and I can go post it myself if you really want me to. I appreciate you noting that it was mine originally, but I'd rather not have my work reuploaded elsewhere without my permission

And just to clarify this, violetthunder didn't initially write Ghost and Hornet becoming human

It was a big chain of events, starting with violetthunder writing a short snippet of Dewi being turned into a bug, to which I added on and we created a fun chain of writing. Another user then sent lilybug an ask about the reverse scenario, which is what got me to write Hollow Knight's Adventures with Dewi

[crescentmoonsandroses]

Inktobertale Day 29: Beetle

I haven't actually played Hollow Knight yet (it's on my to-play list), but I love what I've seen of the art and stuff, and @lilybug-02's Dewi's Adventures in Hollow Knight comic had me really invested despite knowing next to nothing about the world. So my mind went to the Knight when I saw this prompt. Plus, it meant I didn't have to draw a bug, which is great since I have a phobia of bugs and I did NOT want to have to look at reference pictures for them.

I'm sleepy so it was done pretty quickly, but oh well lol

Ink!Sans belongs to Comyet. Hollow Knight belongs to Team Cherry.

[lilybug-02]

Fhfjggngkfn oh my gosh YES. LETS GOO :D I’m glad I’m not the only one who think the Human-Bug interactions would be a neat idea! Ahashschsfj I love your art here. Your style looks so sketchy and cute 💞💕 Macy looks so sweet. I’m sure Dewi would infodump on every bug she’s met.

AUS WITH HUMANS IN BUG WORLD i love the idea tbh it's so fun!! i actually have an AU with a human in HK, but i rarely do much with it her nickname is "earthshaker" real name is Macy she gets the name from when she fell down and caused a lotta stuff to collapse it's also why she has bandages around her arms are from the bad fall they got scraped up. to be a large mammal in a world full of little arthropods gotta be careful when your basically godzilla to them. Lil buddies!!! ALSO DEWI IS LITRALLY SUCH A GOOBER,

Dewi belongs to -> @lilybug-02

humans and bug buddies!!

[zeydaan-isabella]

Dewi Meets Grimm

Artfight attack for Lilybug-02 - based on their Hollow Knight comic. Dewi meets the host of the nightmare king. Let's hope he knows how to bow.

[erijuice]

a quick sketch of dewi and maggie meeting each other, bc i've been quite interested in @lilybug-02's "dewi's adventures in hollow knight" and have been using it as inspiration for my series "tales of bugaria."

i think they'd both be best friends, dewi would infodump about his love for bugs to maggie, and maggie would show her little bug family to him, though dewi might develop an urge to capture the little team snakemouth..

whatever, i just think they'd be a perfect human duo.

[ostebee]

For newcomers: what is actually Lost Above Pharloom?

It's my Silksong AU with small sketches (they aren't lined up chronologically despite being called chapters) revolving about adult human Anna and Hornet. During Hornet's big fight against the Bell Cult she retreats and ends up in strange garden, that belongs to humans and from now on Hornet is discovering big vast world of humankind. Also it features Lacenet (ofc platonic, you know little ol' me) and is a small vent for me.

It's not connected with @lilybug-02 Dewi's adventures in Hollow Knight, but highly inspired.

[lilybug-02]

Tis but a scratch!

Bug Fact:  Stick Bugs will often imitate twigs swaying in the wind by rocking back and forth as they move.

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Will Hollow Knight's Adventures with Dewi be continued or will I have to continue it myself?

I didn't have any future plans for it. Knock yourself out! :P

This all started anyway because I continued the fic @.violetthunder wrote. It's on brand to make this collaborative!