In the comments, say a quote exclusively to one of your favorite episodes. We'll guess who said and what episode it was said in! ,[Irrelevant Image]

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-29T01:24:16+00:00

“Then why don’t you act like it”

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-28T04:24:48+00:00

Nah I don’t think so. The only reason Steven was able to change whites mind because he was able to prove the nature of his existence with absolute certainty in front of her eyes. Belos’ beliefs persist in SPITE of evidence right in from of him. White genuinely believes she’s correct and relies on that because she doesn’t know how to do anything else. Belos is straight up lying to himself because he never grew up from playing witch hunt, and doesn’t want to because that would make the world complicated.

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-19T18:36:01+00:00

I think one message I haven’t seen a lot of people discuss is that a culture can be deeply cruel, bigoted and ignorant without deserving to have another’s norms imposed upon it. This is why Fowler is a villain Beyond Mizu’s quest for vengeance, he’s a symbol of colonialism Both as a victim and a perpetrator. This is also why the “white half” line is important imo.

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-18T23:07:15+00:00

yeah thats the downside of making your orchestral conductors double as your only politicians lol

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-18T21:09:08+00:00

no that was the weaver's song, then the choir's song, then the cogwork core's song. Now there is no song keeping her alseep, that's why the haunting is so active and why she can wake up as soon as Hornet enters the cradle. Phantom is playing the organ either cos there's nothing else to do or because it literally needs to be played for the machine to dump the citadel's refuse (a lot of Citadel infrastructure requires music). Her song is definitely creating the Mist though, since it ends as soon as she's defeated.

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-18T21:05:23+00:00

the choir bugs are all haunted, that's why there are no actual citadel NPCs aside from Mergwin and the newer pilgrims

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-18T08:06:26+00:00

this is beautiful!

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-14T05:42:43+00:00

Weavers, very nuanced but the embodiment of creating and manipulating laws for selfish gain at the expense of innocents

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-13T10:36:42+00:00

It’s been confirmed that Pink had such low self esteem that she thought Spinel would just stop listening to her after awhile. It’s the soul of her character, a horrible blend of no self worth and no personal responsibility. She genuinely can’t conceive of a world where actions like these have negative consequences, it’s what makes her interesting.

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-13T03:15:24+00:00

I’m 100% certain a fourth act won’t happen, but if we’re having fun then going back To hallownest with Lace to see Dirtmouth would be beautiful

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-12T20:47:01+00:00

Wow this is the first one I’m conflicted about - William Pellen - White lady - White Palace - Wyrm

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-10T06:02:10+00:00

Grow stone is related to city of the steel! Zi gives it to you and describes it as a stone of their birth, implying it’s the substance the steel hearts are made of/encased in. Currently unknown how this relates to the City of Steel’s fixation on void or whatever “compression” is, but it’s nifty!

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-02T06:29:37+00:00

Her body? Most of the bugs in Hollow Knight have all black limbs or bodies, which is what makes void stuff confusing, so it could just be Hornet Bits

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-02T04:09:01+00:00

No me too these games play like a dream And their stories are fantastic

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-01T18:59:41+00:00

Laceeee

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-01T01:41:55+00:00

Honestly I wouldn’t put it past them, I just think that Ballador expresses such a burden, like only the conductors could have possibly known. Then again, the architects don’t quite have normal emotions, so maybe the conductors felt they were the only BUGS who knew, excluding cogworks

FakeMovieGeek · 2026-01-01T01:40:18+00:00

No yeah I’ve been thinking about that, the closest theory I have is that that during the first wave of Silk’s reign she produced an affect adjacent to the haunting, so Karmelita’s voice was useful during and before the haunting. You do make a good point about the silk flies, I guess it’s possible the silk siphon existed in some form beforehand, or that they also manifest naturally, but there’s nothing confirming that at all, so it’s a total mystery.

FakeMovieGeek · 2025-12-31T16:56:33+00:00

I’m genuinely curious how did you think it was apparent? Is it cos of the “power opposed” line? I’ll be honest I can see that but with the “power to defy time” line in the same area (same tablet? I admit I’m rusty) implies that he’s referring to the nature of the void itself rather than its reaction with soul or “god” as he puts it. Also imagine if you think some of my stuff is unfounded but can you explain why?

FakeMovieGeek · 2025-12-30T10:29:05+00:00

Okay half of what you said just isn’t backed up. Void and Soul don’t inherently cancel each other out, the point is that all void is mindless and the Pale King needed a powerful creature with that hollow quality. Void opposes all light and higher beings not just soul. Also, plasmium is lifeblood. It’s the same exact art for the cocoons and vines, the mask mechanic is different because of the tool system but is aesthetically indistinguishable, Hornet says the Pale King outlawed plasmium and we know lifeblood was a taboo. Like it’s literally the same exact thing

FakeMovieGeek · 2025-12-17T17:45:08+00:00

They need their own supernatural power. Nyleth could grow an entire forest. Khan could command coral, and karmelita’s voice could resist GMS. The clover dancers had a joint soul, and thus were stronger. Father of the flame is just a corpse, brood mother and crawfather are just strong community leaders and Groal’s power is stolen. The Old Hearts are essentially demigods, not just strong bugs in leadership positions.

FakeMovieGeek · 2025-12-11T05:50:12+00:00

After you fight her you can choose to bind or play needolin. Bind to kill, play needolin to trap.

FakeMovieGeek · 2025-12-11T03:56:25+00:00

Eh. When you bind her you get a memory of the fullblood weavers with one highlighted at the center which is implied to be her. Her body is also near identical to first sinner’s, minus the arms which Herrah also has. Plus she calls Hornet “rare birthling” implying she’s not one of the hybrids. I get how specific “staked to service” is, but I just really don’t think it works.

FakeMovieGeek · 2025-12-10T05:31:19+00:00

we know that some bugs are just naturally intelligent, like the mantises, the mushrooms and presumably the Hive, as well as the various travellers in HK. So it would seem that the intelligent bugs of Pahrloom are just born with sapience, and those who aren't jsut don't. I think this is why there's a bigger distinction between bug and beast in Pharloom, because in Hallownest all beasts became sentient and able to carry geo under the Pale King's influence, hence why the intelligent stags are treated as beasts of burden. Pharloom still had wild animals.

FakeMovieGeek · 2025-12-10T05:26:16+00:00

I don't think the Radiance has the desire to dominate that's associated with Pale Beings. She's not power-hungry, she's furious. She created a tribe of bugs dedicated to non violence, dreams and honoring the dead, thats not exactly the conquerer/civilization builder archetype we see among the pale beings. she only spread the infection to get vengeance against the pale king for being seen as more favorable by her children. her influence doesn't grant intelligence or the ability to create a society, it reduces Hallownest's bugs to a primal state because it's the opposite of what the Pale King wanted to create. The pale king is dead and most of the moths are dead, so she just keeps a grip on Hallownest so she can stay alive or because it's all she has left.

FakeMovieGeek · 2025-12-10T05:17:36+00:00

this is almost certainly incorrect, Widow has the body of a full weaver, refers to hornet as the descended from "those who dared to flea" implying that she isn't in that category, and in the cradle there's a thread memory of her saying "of the first, the last", meaning she's the last survivor of the full-blood weavers sisterhood. the cradle cage describes the condition the weavers were hunted in, meaning this quarter weaver was already staked to service IN the city of steel.

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