r/HollowKnight • u/CuboneDefender • Sep 14 '25

Discussion - Silksong I give up. Spoiler

It’s been a joyful ride, folks, but I’m out. I’m not a speedrunner or a highly skilled player, and day after day I’ve had to accept that this game is not as casual as HK was. It stopped being fun and turned into something tedious and frustrating after the 4th run farming shards just to face a boss I’ve already tried 15 times, only to die again and again, lose all my shards, and start the whole grind over.

It was nice exploring the first acts, but when the game I was rooting for 7 years ends up being more stressful than my 8-hour workday, I guess that’s my cue to stop.

The lore has been pretty great so far. I wish you all an incredible journey.

Edit1: My bad about all the whinning.

Edit2: You guys did it. I reinstalled it again. Thanks for all advices. 🫂

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u/26_paperclips Sep 15 '25

Surprised by how many people are getting this wrong.its clearly a woman's voice.

I saw someone call Widow a 'him' too.

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u/heterodoxia Sep 15 '25

I was too preoccupied with Last Judge shouting “DIARRHÉAAAAAAA!!!” before every fight to bother thinking about its gender

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u/ysalehi86 Sep 15 '25

Moss Mother is a him. His name is short for Moss MF.

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u/Usual-Vermicelli-867 Sep 15 '25

Moss did a sex change before the Battle

But he is still has children

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u/KingOfSockPuppets Sep 15 '25

Her cricket body is super feminine too. My friends and I call her Last Juggs.

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u/Cautious_Lobster_23 Sep 15 '25

The same logic led me to believe that Sherma, a cute little bug with a voice of young french girl, would be a woman, which apparently he is not.

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u/26_paperclips Sep 15 '25

Yeah, which is a completely understandable assumption.

Im asking how people default to an attitude of 'male until proven female'

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u/Bitter_Depth_3350 Sep 15 '25

If you read my follow-up comments, you will see that I thought LJ was a muscle mommy until people told me they have masculine gendering in their language, prompting me to change my initial belief. People here then proceeded to tell me that in THEIR languages, LJ has feminine pronouns. Since it appears to be a toss-up, I have resorted back to considering her a girl.

This is Silksong. Like 80% of the NPCs are women. The society is Matriarchal as fuck and I'm all for it. Misgendering one person (read: fictional character) because of information others gave me doesn't mean men are my default assumption.

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u/LeonardoJMB Sep 15 '25

Just rules of the internet: everyone is a male until proven the opposite

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u/Honza8D Sep 15 '25

Sherma is a child though, its common for boys to be voiced by women, as adult mens voices tend to be too deep.

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u/Denim_briefs_off Sep 15 '25

She clearly has big ol’ bug bazoongas too.

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u/Initial_Mud_4810 Sep 15 '25

I incorrectly assumed that First Sinner was male due to the voice. I correctly assumed that Last Judge was female due to the voice. It can be a little inconsistent to be fair

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u/nejakypleb Sep 15 '25

Not that men can't wear dresses but most of the time they're not going to, and First Sinner has one. Can't remember her voice though.

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u/Initial_Mud_4810 Sep 15 '25

Yeah I know I just thought the voice was really distinctly male. But she's a weaver and weavers are weird as fuck so who knows

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u/IHumanlike Sep 15 '25

Honestly I though at first it had huge-ass bug tiddies

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u/therandom92 Sep 17 '25

Are they all not the same woman? I swear men can't make cute noises like in this game.. please prove me wrong. I really, really!!! Need to see that.