#i love this bug so much

[accultant]

@swarmcall :

Another strange concept he got to learn. Birthday. Faintly  ( and fondly )  remembering when people swarmed his way to congratulate him for his hatching anniversary. It was exciting  —  now not the one receiving but offering his own thanks for the other being alive. That was all of that about. The wizard told Cricket so. Celebrating being alive.

For the occasion, the half-insect brushed his ever-fuzzy hair back, got some help with tying it, before he faced the birthday-subject.

     ❝ Iago  !  ❞     A call that turned out more than a loud whisper when he spotted them. Amber orbs behind red glasses glanced down to his palm, reading.     ❝ I kongratulate you to your hatch- no, wait . . .❞    A little pause,     ❝ . . . To your birthday. I am very happy you are not dead. You are alive. That is very good. I am glad. Here is your present, ❞

A rather simple bouquet of flowers ; Cricket snuck in some lavender  &  other more useful herbs between proud petals. Why would one want only plants without a proper use  ?    ❝ These are for you. I dearly wish you a wonderful day. ❞

━━★. *･｡ﾟ✧⁺ happy hatching, Iago ! | @swarmcall

Iago, as usual, is charmed before Cricket even speaks. He looks more excited than the birthday girl* themselves and they suspect he might've dolled himself up for the occasion, noting the effort to tame his hair.

"Cricket," they reply when he exclaims their name. Whatever he thinks a birthday might be is sure to provide a day's worth of entertainment. They can't help their small smile at the whole display -

You are alive. That is very good!

Instantly, simple endearment turns into full-fledged adoration. Iago is shot over the moon and their heart is struck right at the specific angle with those words that makes them light up. They really like what Cricket has decided birthdays are about.

He's handing them a bouquet while they're still repeating his words in their head. They'll have to add these to their flower press - it's gotten a lot of good use lately. They're proud of their growing collection. Iago holds the plants close to their chest and smiles at him - a real smile, not the half-twitch they sometimes manage.

"Thank you, Cricket. I am alive. I think that is very good, too," they say quietly, conspiratorially, like sharing a secret. Speaking normally again, they hum, "Say- did you do something different with you hair?"

[quirrelfan]

what is the reason you love quirrel so much? i do know that sudden and unexplainable attachments to characters happen (for me it’s revali from breath of the wild. idk why but i love him so much (yes i realize he’s kind of a terrible person)). but i’m just wondering if there’s any specific reason you love him so much?

Yipee, my first ask!!!

It's hard to keep this brief so...:)

When I started Hollow Knight, Hornet was my favourite. I never went to Black Egg Temple so i never saw Quirrel until Lake of Unn.

When I first met him, I didn't think much, but thought he was neat (like all of the characters I've interacted with up to this point).

I missed him in Queens Station because I went to the bench first, then went to interact only to find that he was gone. However, I did not recognize him, so I pretty sad to miss the interaction.

City of Tears rolls around. And oh boy I was so excited to sit with a friendly bug! I sat with him for a while, enjoying the atmosphere, then realised that he is the same guy from Lake of Unn, and that Lake of Unn guy is the same guy as the Queens Station guy. I immediately liked him so much more when I realised this. I loved that he was also exploring! The bench also gave him bonus points, and it became my favourite bench.

Now I became *VERY* excited to explore, to find him in the next area, hunting him down so I can talk with him more. But I never saw him in Deepnest, nor did I see him in Crystal Peak. The next time I saw him was outside of Teacher's Archive. I was SO happy!

And what sealed his place as my favourite character in Hollow Knight (and soon to be overall favourite character alongside Hawks) was the Uumuu fight. I did not see him when he shows up in the fight, but I heard his voice and immediately got hyped. And saw that he was helping me. HELPING ME!!! I did not care how much i died, I never raged at Uumuu at all. I was having a blast. The moment I heard him in the fight, he became my favourite in HK.

Afterwards, I then decided to explore Resting Grounds. My memory of it was foggy, and I wanted to see what was up with that.

I accidentally walked into blue lake.. and there is my friend! Quirrel!

After talking, i sat with him. For a while, but just too short. I left and said aloud (because I was on call with my friend), that i'd come back to him later. I exited the area and decided I wanted to sit with him a little longer.

And his nail. I realised what it meant.

My friend was gone.

His entire storyline (i watched the rest of the interactions on yt), his love for exploring, his appearance (friend shaped) his aid in the battle against Uumuu, his bench, the foreshadowing, the detail of the subtle change in his voice after he removed Monomon's mask.

Everything. Everything about this bug made me love him so much. Yet it is also like one of those "no particular reason" situations. It's everything and nothing in particular at the same time.

Seeing him makes me happy. He makes me smile. His voice in the Hallownest Vocalized mod always makes me smile so fucking much. The Quirrel comic, and when it got voiced over by the Hallownest Vocalized actors. That makes me so incredibly happy as well. (This reminded me to buy the collectors edition of HK so I can get the physical comic and whatever other cool stuff it has).

I have a save file where I'm just at the Quirrel bench. It makes me happy.

I am happy to show my love for Quirrel, whether it's my ita bag, or my rambles about him, or that Quirrel Location written series I made.

I am so happy my friend got Hollow Knight. He didn't try convincing me to play it, I just ended up buying it on the switch. I knew of it beforehand, but my friend is why I got the game. I have him to thank for my love for my now favourite game and for Quirrel.

I know I talked a lot, but it's difficult to explain without going through every little bit, because everything about him makes me love him.

I like that this was my first ask I've recieved. As Quirrel would say:

"I like that. I like that very much."

[banquetsinger]

Hollow Knight humanization based on my cosplay of them

[bug-s0da]

blehhh...

i made an aa/lawyersona of @snapscube :3 we all know and love the lawyer+silly girl duos of ace attorney but it's about time the silly girl became the lawyer

[impossiblepackage]

[egophiliac]

buckle up lads we're going BACK INTO THE BOOK

[lilybug-02]

The plot thickens!

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very stylish back fan.

[kavaleyre]

“After 200 years, you can forget how much color there is in the world.”

[ooliecat]

love your robots

[shkika]

exactly where u belong

[doctorforks]

nothing more terrifying than fyodor's face range

[xylo-art]

I just read @dooblebugss latest chapter for their fic The Lost Kingdom of Hallownest and I just HAD to draw this...

[inzuinzudesu]

A Christmas gift for @kawkawsrii! Happy holidays!

Bonus: they went to the grandline and will come back in part 2???? i hope so?????????

Bonus 2: cute ass lil shits whom i desperately wanted to put in but couldn't cuz i'm silly like that

[heartfulselkie]

Lady Noire sure is a delightful creechur

[zivazivc]

“Floyd, could you sing to me?”

The big brother looked up from where he was tucking the blanket under Branch’s feet. “Sure thing,” he said with a light smile.  “What would you like to hear? A lullaby?”

“I don’t know,” Branch mumbled as he nestled his head into the pillow. “You choose.”

Floyd could still see a crease of worry between his baby brother’s brows. He softly brushed a thumb over it in a silent reassurance that everything was going to be okay before he turned around to reach for their dad’s old guitar.

I think Floyd would often sing to Branch to get him to fall asleep, usually the songs and lullabies their parents sang when the older four were still little.

I know in the movie it seemed like they all left right after their fight, but I like to imagine that they just stormed off to cool off and that they actually left in the following days. And that this was the last song Floyd sang for Branch that night. :')

Both Sides Now (specifically this cover by Voncken) Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They snow and rain on everyone So many things I would've done But clouds got in the way I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It's clouds’ illusions, I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancin' way you feel When every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show You leave 'em laughin' as you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow It's love's illusions, I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say "I love you" right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way But now my friends, they’re acting strange They shake their heads, and say I've changed Well, something's lost, but something's gained In living life each day I've looked at life from both sides now From up and down And give and take And win and lose, and still somehow It's life's illusions, I recall I really don't know life... I really don't know life at all

[artsyaxolotl]

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