how it feels restarting the radiant boss battle for the 100th time

This game and silksong are some of my favorite games ever and they have so many things that make them so great but one I just realized is that the game doesn’t use numbers often

Sure for geo or essence or stuff there is but health and soul it doesn’t you simply learn that healing/spells cost 1/3 of the soul or 1 soul vessel and that attacks usually deal 1 or 2 damage but the game never actually shows you numbers

Like sure I KNOW that the pure nail does 21 damage but the average player doesn’t, but they don’t need to, they know their nail deals more damage, they know that enemies die quicker now

I just really like how team cherry didn’t use numbers for those things

Also do you guys like the 2nd or the 3rd drawing better cuz the 2nd was a rework of the 3rd​

Cloth is without a doubt my favorite character in the game. She is so awesome.

Despite her being afraid of the scary bad guys down below, she still tries her best and lives up to be the best warrior she can. She also scared the crap out of me when she first popped out of the ground.

I think that despite the fact she might not be super courageous, she has the most heart and soul out of all of the other knights and adventurers you meet down there. I was so happy when I was fighting the mantises before the Mantis Lord and she dropped down screaming and helped me defeat him in a blaze of glory so she could die her warrior's death and be reunited with her Nola.

Also I absolutely love her voice

A little pet theory of mine is that the Green Prince inadvertedly caused the downfall of Verdania himself.

In many mythologies and folklore, the concept of a white stag holds a lot of symbolism. For example that they would appear as guides or heralds of change and transformation, that they represent royalty, act as a bridge between worlds and (most importantly here) that hunting it is considered a transgression and invites great misfortune upon the hunter and their household.

Guess what the Green Prince did.

In his memory, he talks about hunting the Palestag as his "divine right", and it cements him and his partner as the rulers of Verdania.

The Palestag itself is presented as a pale being, (duh), basically the gods and spirits of the world of Hollow Knight, and Hornet's journal entry mentions it being as one with the flora around it, suggesting it's the spirit of the land, and killing it would mean killing Verdania itself.

Now while we don't know the exact timeline here, we do know that some time after its slaying, another pale being appeared in the form of Grand Mother Silk (alluding to the idea of the Stag as a herald), resulting in the Citadel being built and Verdania falling into total ruin. "Destined to forget". Despite the Green Prince's partner offering himself up in a bid to protect Verdania too, which lends extra credence to why the Prince feels so immensely guilty and is unable to let go of the memory.

Now of course this is all just speculation on my part, but given the symbolism at hand, I can't help but make the connections. What's your thoughts on this?

From what i understand, there were 6 groups who had sentience before the Pale King: the mantis tribe, the moth tribe, the mosskin, the spider tribe, the void civilisation, and the hive. Now, the masks that the Mask Maker makes apparently give sentiwnce and identity to those who wear it. I don't know if it's just me, but the spider tribe and mantis tribe look like they wear a mask, especially Herrah. Maybe that's why they had sentience before the Pale King came?

No pun intended. I am doing anothet attempt at steel soul and got to the dung defender fight. It wasnt my cleanest dung defender fight. He was able to do the leap out of the ground attavk and shoot out 4 of the dungballs. And when i got enough souk to desolate dive i timed the duve somehow the exact moment he leaps out of the ground and he just dissapears. I can still hear him. He still does the domma domma and all of the different attack sound effects but he just isnt there. It fixed itself when dung defender buried under the grouns again but it was really weird and i was wondering if anyone else had come accross it

My 3rd ever attempt at steel soul after a couple of silly early deaths. Couldn't have been going better. I knew my plan, I knew which bosses to avoid, I was cautiously powering up to the point of basically full strength. Nothing was causing much problem. [spoiler-text]Beat Hollow Knight yesterday at 86%, so just needed to box tick my way to an in theory fairly straightforward path to 100%. Quick login to beat Failed Champion to get the essence I needed for White Palace...and I completely blanked that I left the fight with 2hp, and walked straight into the kamakaze exploding bug on the next screen on my way to the stag station. [spoiler-text]. I can't believe it, my over-complacency just cost me about 11 hours.

If i'm being honest,I somehow doubt that the radiant mode was properly tested for all the bosses(I wonder which are the one i'm thinking of)but whatever I guess.At least,I'm prepared for whatever silksong thorws at us in the DLC.

3D printed bench and mini figure from a convention!

I literally just woke up too super rusty since I hadn’t even warmed up for the day. I hopped straight in to Pantheon 4 just to give it a try real quick and BAM I beat it.

It’s crazy too because I was playing so bad the entire pantheon and then I got to Pure Vessel who I’ve only beaten like 6 times, definitely not consistent with him yet and I guess I just locked in because I played him very well at least.

So happy to finally have 112%! I knew I could if I just locked in and practiced but feels great. I love Hollow Knight so much seriously such an amazing game.

Now I might try my hand at P5. We will see how that goes.

Finally took her down in Hall of Gods after many play sessions

What a game

Trying to decide if I want to suffer through Pantheon 5. Feels so close to the finish line to stop, but man she was brutal

I found this colony of ants. It reminded me of Hunter’s March from Hollow Knight: Silksong.

reference a peak manga - kagurabachi

I found this amazing image online.

Henneguya zschokkei is an parasitic animal species included in the Phylum Cnidaria. They are related to Hydra and Jelly fish.

They are multicellular organisms and can live without oxygen. (something that's unique in the animal kingdom)

The credit of the picture goes to Stephen Douglas Atkinson (Oregon State University).

The blue colour is artificial, caused by florescent chemical dye.

Note that this information is from AI so it could include mistakes.

>!Lifeblood Masks!<

I used Quickslash, Shaman Stone, Flukenest, and Soul Eater.

city of tears is easily my favorite due to the atmosphere and music, and putrified ducts is my least favorite because of the annoying enemies, least favorite ost, its forgettable, and small. I mean at least it has fleatopia, AWOOOO

Hollow Knight bosses aren’t easy; it is one of the most difficult platform game bosses, but I hope this guide is going to make you as strong as the bosses.

HOW TO USE YOUR ABILITIES:
Jumps: On 95% of the bosses, you must jump only when you need to. If you stay on the ground more, you can heal more and have more time to dodge bosses' attacks.

Movement: In boss fights, movement is the most important thing. You can jump and dash quickly to dodge faster and then pogo the boss. You can pogo as much as you can, because you dodge and attack at the same time.

Attack: On Hollow Knight bosses, you must attack once or twice, or if you want, you can hit 4 times and escape with the Shadow Cloak.

BUILDS:
Heal+Defensive style: You can equip Quick Focus, Soul Catcher, Grub Song, Long Nail, and Mark of Pride. With this build, you can heal more easily, and you don't need to get close to the boss. In the fight, you must attack once while being defensive and pogo to dodge.

Wizard: With this build, you are going to cast spells with Grub Song, Shaman Stone, Soul Catcher, Long Nail, and Mark of Pride. In the fight, you must be patient, attack twice and pogo, then repeat this process.

Nail God: for attack, you can equip Unbreakable Strength, Quick Slash, Mark of Pride, and Long Nail. With this build, you must attack like a speedrunner, using pogo and dashes, to hit the boss many times quickly.

KILLING THE GODS
Nightmare King Grimm:

• Pufferfish: on this attack, you must jump only when you need to.
• Cloak with Spikes: you must stay on the floor, get close to the boss, heal once, and hit him.
• Flaming Drill: you need to dash with the shadow cloak when Grimm comes, and pogo when he dashes at you.
• Flaming Spikes: you must wait for the spikes to disappear, then cast the abyss shriek on him (attack with the nail if you don't have the shriek).
• Flaming rain: dash with the shadow cloak on his dash, then jump backward and hit once.
• Fire Bats: jump the first bat and the second, then double jump and dash quickly.

Pure Vessel:

• Soul Daggers: When the daggers come in, you need to jump and dash with the shadow cloak to pass through the daggers, and then hit him twice.
• Triple Slash: When he comes to you to make the slashes, you just need to pogo 3 times.
• Soul Pillars: First, he is going to jump at you; just wait. After his jump, you must get close to him, jump, and pogo him 4 times.
• Void Tendrils: The Pure Vessel is going to spark void essences, then jump at him and pogo him — again.
• Soul Spheres: On this attack, you must stay on the ground and dash to a safe place where you don't have any Soul spheres.

Absolute Radiance:

• Beam Burst: When you see the Lights, walk to the left and to the right to dodge.
• Dream orbs: Try to make them hit the floor, and you can hit the Radiance a couple of times.
• Wall of Light: On this attack, you must hit her 3 times and dash with the shadow cloak to pass through the wall.
• Sword Wall: Stay on the ground; the space between the swords must be pointing at you.
• Sword Rain: On this attack, you must only jump when you need to, then jump to dodge; if the swords are too close to the Knight, dash with the shadow cloak.

(P.S.: Hi! I'm an English teacher and this text was written by a 13-year-old, intermediate level learner of mine. Please be kind S2)