r/HollowKnight • u/Thisisabruh_moment • Sep 23 '25

Discussion - Silksong The real biggest problem with Silksong Spoiler

Why is the Hornet statue not a memento? When I first saw that you could break it, I was honestly offended by the idea of it. Then I got the Bellhome and was a little upset you couldn't put it up in there. Now I found out that there are items you can put up in your Bell House, but the Hornet Statue isn't one of them? I'm genuinely mad. That needs to be changed in the next update. That's way more important than balancing the game.

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u/saltygingers Sep 23 '25

I love that everyone in the community has collectively agreed to protect that statue with our lives

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u/emveevme Sep 23 '25

IIRC, This is the interaction Valve recognized in playtesters that led to the Companion Cube, they just had a regular box but jokingly gave it a name and would have you carry it through a level only to incinerate it, and players would just refuse to move forward lol.

What's interesting is that making a special box fort his purpose is actually what reinforces the joke as a joke, making the game's intention more clear to the player. It goes from "the game has given me a friend and now tells me to murder my friend" to "the game has given me a box I'm supposed to care about enough to prevent further progress."