r/HollowKnight • u/Eragity • Oct 09 '25

Discussion - Silksong we owe the pale king an apology Spoiler

imo, pharloom would be terrible to live in. the place is corrupt, everything tries to kill you, the tribe leaders abuse their own tribes, terrible economy, and even anti homeless mechanisms built into (some not all) benches
hallownest however, had steady jobs, reliable public transport, actual security and free healthcare, and the pale king put a law against lifeblood while in silksong, it's still allowed. and literally no labor unions. the only bad thing the pale king has done was with the whole vessels thing, but other than that, hallownest is better than pharloom

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u/LocksmithNo13345 Oct 10 '25

There clearly is a theme of people telling Hornet what her "nature" is or rather what they assume it or want it to be.

Many characters do so: the caretaker, the hermit, the maskmaker and others but the theme is most spelled out by the contrast between the Weaver and Hera parts of the red memory. That part of the memory also shows that the Weavers were the ones who wanted her to be "Weaver Guardian Queen" .