#pilflip

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February's zine! Each scene is a 4-page spread making up a 16-page booklet. Originally, I was just going to draw one bug per page, but I got more than 16 bugs, and I am fond of making scenes and telling stories anyway, so that's what I went with. :)

Bonus flat view of the zine below the cut

[ceffarts]

Day 19- Pilflip

[hollow-knight-fights]

[silksongeveryday]

Journal Entry 72: Pilflip

(Drawing Hornet everyday until Silksong comes out - Day 615)

onto waterways entries!

also sorry for the very late post, weekend was busy, as mentioned on yesterday’s post

[sergeantsporks]

oh wow saw that last Hallow Knight repost and thought it was about Gilded Family for a solid minuet since you know "Hunter" and "Ghost" Helps that I misread PilFlip as Phillip lmao

Oh, lol. Easy mistake to make, both involve attempting to murder your creations

[maddusstuffs]

Hop or skip?

067 - Pilflip

[percivalias]

when the knights are hollow etc etc

[motheline]

Hunter's Journal #75 <Pilflip>

"Odd creature that adapts to changing situations by flipping over and using the limbs on the other side of its body."

"Adaptability is an important survival skill. If a problem seems insurmountable, try approaching it from a different angle." - The Hunter

[daily-new-vessel]

NO BUMPY IT'LL FLIP OVER

“Flip Over Bug”

It seem angry now...

I just notice that its name (Pilflip) is a palindrome. (read the same both forwards and backwards) XD

[rmiraka]

25.) Royal Waterways

The damp, the smell, the dark, the UNHOLY NOISES... Deepnest is a cakewalk compared to this soggy hell. 

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random HK enemies with markers

[fungal-wasted]

I'm having Colosseum of Fools thoughts now and I should be doing literally anything else. None of them connect to each other into coherent ideas so these are just stuff I've noticed and that I wanna rotate.

The fools are all infected, and every common fool besides God Tamer has Colosseum specific dream nail dialogue.

If the fools are infected are they being forced by someone else to fight? I kind of doubt it since their thoughts seem to imply they know they're fighting and see themselves as the strongest.

God Tamer has the same thoughts as any other infected husk though. Could it be that she didn't choose to be like this? Or perhaps it's just a detail Team Cherry didn't check for.

Who is putting all those cages in the arena? Does the Coloseeum have staff?

They seem to get bugs from far corners of the map including Queen's Gardens and Deepnest. No bees though, no Waterways creatures (flukes, pilflips) either.

Zote being in a cage implies they do capture some bugs to fight. Including "sentient" ones.

They have a bunch of sharp baldurs yet we never see adult ones, to the point where even the Hunter isn't aware if they're allowed to reach adulthood.

The public watching the arena

uses Geo

seems uninfected

Travels other areas of the kingdom like the Crossroads hotsprings

Comes from other lands (like Tiso)

Do you ever think about the Soul Scholars in the third trial? Did they ditch the Sanctum once they found it more motivating to join the arena? Were they taken away by others looking for recruits? The Volt Twisters imply willing training, even learning to use electricity in combat.

What about the mantises? Do they have a settlement? Would they be the same tribe that went to Queen's Gardens or is this a separate group? If they're different groups, which formed first?

Why can God Tamer be spared if her beast is killed before her? She definitely puts up a fight of her own to be considered dangerous, but she somehow maages to be spared if avoided. Why would the knight allow it? Why does the public do it as well?

Honestly just, Lord Food as a whole. Why is that corpse still there.

You ever think how this is the only place outside of the dream realm where we see a crowd? Maybe the kingdoms in the area are gone but there are definitely communities Still Doing Things.

Dude imagine a Colosseum vendor. You get charms from them or temporal upgrades for battle. Little Fool but Better.

Shade room. I mean, that one is probably there for game mechanics but could you imagine if they ever got any other void beings or even vessels to fight?

[hollow-knight-fights]

Round 1

[hallownest-in-minecraft]

A list of mobs and their insectoid counterparts

And, happy fiftieth post. This is the collection that I have deliberated on in regards to what mobs will be made into what as I progress with the resource pack. One such example has already come to fruition, though it is up to you to determine which, until I have more to show for this.

As of yet, this list is incomplete, as it does not officially include the new mobs of 1.19. I will need to review the additions to 1.19 and see what other ideas evolve. Based on everything else, I may consider a lifeblood butterfly for the allay and heavy fool or somesuch for the warden. I don’t have ideas for frogs yet, and I don’t remember if there were other new mobs aside from those three. If there are other non-1.19 mobs that I am missing, please let me know.

I am open to suggestions and feedback on ALL OF THESE IDEAS! Especially the ones with question marks or multiple options. Or, if you have questions about my thought process, I would be more than happy to answer.

It means I am indecisive but am also not sure what else I could do. I’m confident about most of these, but there are also a number that I’ve simply pulled out of a hat. Otherwise, the mobs may or may not be exactly like their Hallownester counterparts, but rather inspired by their design. I can simply make more stuff up if it comes to it, but please allow me to pick your brains first before it reaches that point.

I apologize, as I did intend to add links to every mob and enemy together for quick reference, but Tumblr took issue with it. Please note the focus is on creatures that are in or were supposed to be in Hollow Knight and nothing from Silksong.

The full list is under the cut!

Axolotl -> ???

Bat -> Belfly

Bee -> Hiveling

Blaze -> Either Grimmkin Master or Grimmkin Nightmare, depending on the palette

Cat -> Grub

Cave spider -> Deepling or Deephunter

Chicken -> Grounded vengefly or grounded crystal hunter

Cod -> Flukemon lower half

Cow -> Boofly

Creeper -> Volatile mosskin, fungified husk, or violent husk, again depending on palette and unique features from the other mobs

Dolphin -> Pilflip?

Donkey -> Blundering Obelisk

Drowned -> Flukemon

Elder Guardian -> Uumuu

Enderman -> Void construct, soul twister, or soul warrior

Endermite -> Shadow creeper or Mistake

Evoker -> Volt Twister

Fox -> Tiktik or Crawlid

Ghast -> Fungoon

Glow squid -> Ooma

Goat -> Great Hopper

Guardian -> Charged lumaflies

Hoglin -> Moss charger or flukemunga

Horse -> Great Stag

Husk -> Entombed Husk

Llama -> Giraffe weevil

Magma cube -> Infected balloon

Mooshroom -> Fungified elder baldur

Mule -> Some kind of horned beetle that looks similar to Stag but isn’t Stag

Ocelot -> Grub mimic

Panda -> ???

Parrot -> Maskfly

Phantom -> Vengefly King? Aluba?

Pig -> Golden jewel scarab beetle

Piglin -> Generic godseeker (Meaning, not the character of Godseeker, but a godseeker)

Piglin Brute -> Void-touched generic godseeker

Pillager -> Sturdy fool

Polar Bear -> Glimback

Pufferfish -> Hwurmp

Rabbit -> Hopper

Ravager -> God tamer’s Beast

Salmon -> Flukemon upper half

Sheep -> Large mosscreep

Shulker -> Sporg

Silverfish -> Dirtcarver

Skeleton -> Leaping husk

Skeleton horse -> Void-touched Stag

Slime -> Lifeblood balloon

Spider -> Corpse creeper or little weaver

Squid -> Uoma

Stray -> Slobbering husk

Strider -> Durandoo

Trader Llama -> Grimmsteed

Tropical fish -> Flukefey

Turtle -> Bluggsac

Vex -> Aspid hunter

Villager -> Various NPC characters ie cartographer -> Cornifer etc

Vindicator -> Shielded fool

Wandering Trader -> Brumm

Witch -> Salubra, Seer, or Jiji

Wither Skeleton -> Siblings

Wolf -> ????

Zoglin -> Infected moss charger or flukemunga

Zombie -> Wandering Husk

Zombie Horse -> Infected Stag

Zombie Villager -> Infected NPCs (or infected elderbug if I can’t do variants. Sorry elderbug, I love you, but you Are the face of generic villager types, and basic husks are already in use elsewhere. :( )

Zombified Piglin -> Infected generic godseeker

[cawareyoudoin]

On the other narrator in the Hunter's Journal:

⚪-in white are the names of the creatures and the first narrator's comments

🔴-in red are the Hunter's comments that don't mesh well or contrast the first entries

🔵- in blue is the text added by me, my observations and comments

Adjectives with subjective connotations:

Grimmkin "playful", "relinquish", "devoted", "terrifying" !!! fear !!!

Husk hive "cowardly"

Mossy Vagabond "lazy, portly Mosskin. Easily swayed by others"

Ambloom "simple-minded"

Moss charger "timid"

Husk miner "precious crystal"

Obble "fat, slow, round", "discharges", "acidic"

Vengefly "pursues its prey relentlessly"

Brooding mawlek "ferocious but extremely social", "mingle"

Gruzzer "simple-minded", "haphazardly", "bumping into things"

Pilflip "odd"

Wandering husk "strange force"

Pale lurker "strange obsessions"

(various words suggest surprise/not understanding something)

Husk bully "aggressively"

Mantis youth "fiercely protective"

Mantis warrior "savage attacks"

Mantis lords "blinding speed"

Bluggsac "placid but putrid"

Little weaver "nimble", "domain", "waits in ambush"

Soul twister "vicious spells"

Fancy words, perhaps suggesting a scientific and/or higher education:

Volatile gruzzer "gruzzer swollen with infection and primed to burst"/"horrible goo and noxious has has started leaking from above. Is there a source of all this pestilence? If so, I haven't seen it" (the Narrator knows more than the Hunter- they have met the gruzzer personally)

Vengefly King "patriarch", "reinforcements"

Entombed husk "enraged by infection"

Maggot "looked down upon", "menial labour"

Squit "proboscis"

Mosskin "foes"

Fool eater "carnivorous"

Husk hornhead "uninfected creature"

Goam "seize prey"

Lifeseed "extracted and consumed", "healthful properties"/"drinking it" (different wording; note that every new skill the Knight gets is described by being "consumed")

Mosscreep "weakling", "amongst", "undergrowth"

Gulka "retracts protectively", "hard spikey balls"

Maskfly "harmless", "favours serene enviroments", "travels in flocks"

Durandoo "simple", "encased" "often found"

Aluba "passive", "prefers", "dwell"

Charged lumafly "generating electricity"/"a sharp, crackling flash" (different wording, also possible the Hunter doesn't know what electricity is, while the Narrator does)

Uoma "smallest Jelly form", "passive", "unaware", "electric charge"/"I have no idea what this is" (the Narrator knows more than the Hunter)

Uumuu "intelligent being that guards the inner chamber of the Teacher's Archives"/"be careful, strange and unnatural things lurk there(no description! The Narrator knows more than the Hunter- they have met Uumuu)

Massive moss charger "family of creatures" (knows concept of family?)

Fungoon "fully grown", "spits built up internal gasses at aggressors"/ "so round!" (the Narrator makes observations and conclusions, the Hunter just goes with the first thing that comes to mind)

Shrumal ogre "corrosive venom"

Aspid hatchling "instinctively"

Soul warrior "learned", "refined", "enhances", "prowess"

Flukemon "worm-like", "prefers damp, dark habitats"/"infest the pipes" (a curious researcher's approach vs an utalitarian one)

Dirtcarver "swarming predator"

Shadow Creeper "has never been observed to eat or drink anything" !!! (Not sure why I added these exclamations- I guess because that's something demanding long-term observation, when the narrator knows it instantly?)

Gorb "mysterious life-form", "distended"

Hopper "sharp proboscis", "drain vital fluids"/"blood it has stolen" (very different wording)

Lightseed "a single-celled organism"

Boofly "docile", "peacefully"

Fungling "passive", "internal gasses cause it to float"/"it drifts" (the Narrator knows more than the Hunter?)

Mistake "once a highly intelligent bug, deformed by the misuse of soul"

Corpse creeper "parasitic beast", "host"

Soul master "became intoxicated"

Flukemarm "insatiable breeder"

Flukemunga "aged", "grown fat", "rich refuse"

Crystal crawler "searing beams of light", "seemingly unaware"

Loodle "not aggressive in nature"

Nosk "mimics the shape of other creatures to lure prey to its lair"/In the deepest darkness, there are beasts who wear faces stolen from your memories and pluck at the strings in your heart. Know yourself, and stay strong. (very detached and objective compared to the Hunter)

Violent husk "maddened by massive infection", "no thought for its own preservation"

Furious vengefly "vengefly whose body has been distorted by continued infection."

Slobbering husk "completely consumed by infection"

Broken vessel "shattered corpse, reanimated by infected parasites"

Aspid hunter "bests its prey", "corrosive"

Soul twister "arcane knowledge"

Mantis youth "abdomen"

Mantis warrior "bladed forelimbs"

Words suggesting the narrator is small (and also might be fond of Grubs):

Gruz mother, Hive guardian "huge body"

Winged sentry "vast cavern"

Hwurmp "tiny and placid", "enormous size"

Garpede "giant burrower", "tirelessly"

Great husk sentry "attacks cause heavy damage"

Oblobble "larger cousin"

(all of these would not fit the Hunter's point of view; comparing these creatures to the Hunter's size makes him be on par with them, or even bigger)

Gluttonous husk "corpulent"

Tiktik "small, sharp claws"

Sharp baldur "bred for battle"

Battle obble "raised in the Colloseum. Although trained for combat, its movements and attacks are still haphazard"

Shardmite "feeds on crystal dust"

(this ties in with the "scientific education" section a bit, but these observations seem like something a smaller creature would make- the Hunter certainly wouldn't bother)

Grub mimic "assumes the shape of a harmless creature to lure prey"/ "a weak little grub"

The Collector "dark figure locked inside the Tower of Love. Preserves Hallownest's creatures in glass jars with particular attention given to Grubs"./"a shadow that sometimes flits through the caverns, making strange noises to itself. I've never seen it clearly so I have no idea what type of creature it is" (the Narrator knows more than the Hunter- they have met the Collector personally)

The narrator respects skill, and values courage and honour, while the Hunter doesn't:

Hornet "skilled"

Dung Defender "skilled combatant", "assails intruders"

Hive knight "loyal protector", "ferocious in battle"

Mantis lords "finest warriors"

Belfly "will give its own life"/"no regard for its own life" (the Narrator respects self-sacrifice?)

Husk warrior "wields a nail and shell"

Moss knight "trained in the ways of the Nail and the Shell" (note the difference: capitalization of Nail and Shell when it's a respected foe)

Mantis youth "proud tribe"

Royal retainer "most loyal and devout"/"simple, weak"

Traitor lord "deposed", "turned against his sisters"

Shielded fool "fighting for glory"

Husk dandy "limited offensive ability"

Stalking devout "worshippers of Herrah the Beast"

Zote:

Zote "a self-proclaimed Knight, of no renown. Wields a nail he carved from shellwood, named "Life Ender" (the Knight is then not self-proclaimed??? Where did their title come from?!)

Grey prince zote "figment of an obsessed mind. Lacks grace but becomes stronger with every defeat" (the Hunter obviously wouldn't know that)

Winged zoteling "grudgingly assists its master in combat by lazily flying towards foes in a nonthreatening manner"

Volatile zoteling "deals poorly with the pressure of existing and quickly explodes"

I copied almost the entire thing about Zote, because this is the most emotional, petty, and subjective the Narrator gets.

This is all to say: I believe it is the Knight writing these entries, and that this can tell us a lot about their personality.

My only issue, as usual:

Primal aspid "wilder, ancestral form of the Aspid. Once thought extinct, they have reappeared st the edges of the world." ??? How would they know that ???

Actually, there might be another, real issue: the Dream Warriors get additional lore in their descriptions which the Knight might not have knowledge about... Unless the Dreamnail grants it after defeating them? I'll go with that. That's the biggest hole in my argument though.

[incorrecthollowknightquotes]

Grimmchild: "Ghost would babysit me on Saturday nights. And in my head, when I was a little kid, I thought that Ghost was like 25, 30 years old. I was just talking to my dad the other week. I found out that when I was 10 Ghost was 13. So why were they in charge? All they could do was fight the husks a little faster than I could. 13 when I'm 10? That's just like hiring a slightly bigger child. That would be like if you're going out of town for the week and you paid a pilflip to watch your pet tiktik."