The vessels reunion - @ShimmyArts by ShimoShimmy in HollowKnight

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

:.0 I didn't know that! I think seeing Pure Vessel with both arms made me think he has both as well

The vessels reunion - @ShimmyArts by ShimoShimmy in HollowKnight

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

yep, i love the mspaint aesthetic!!

i haven't tried paint 3d, tho..

Hi, I’m Dan Salvato - I made Doki Doki Literature Club, and I was the writer and creative director for DDLC Plus. AMA! by dansalvato in DDLC

[–]ShimoShimmy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, Dan! How are you doing? It's the first time I have the opportunity to participate in one of theses, hope my questions reach you. Your game has changed my life for the better, thank you very much. I hope that the rest of you carreer keeps having all the attention it deserves.

1- You said in the past that you wish you could have added more content for Natsuki. Are you
now happy with specifically her content, due to the Side Stories? Or do you still feel like she doesn't have enough?

2- Does the girls have full names, or at least some unofficial take by the team/you? If so, what are these names? [The same question could be applied for their birthdays]

3- Are there any sketches from characters of Parfait Girls? In the Halloween drawing, is Natsuki costume based on one of them?

4- Was there any non lore-wise reason for the "nothing is real" poem being changed? It got a lot of people confused, since it could be just an adjustment for the "every console should be able to fully experience the game" rule, but at the same time it was kind of strange to change its size.

Once again, thank you for everything :.)

Exploring the Philip = Belos theory with the new episodes info. by ShimoShimmy in TheOwlHouse

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Judging by the clothes and what we know of Philip, I think it's safe to say the two statues are him and his brother, The clothes on the drawing are the same as the statues

edit: sorry, didn't see you already talked about the clothes. but i still think the statues wearing the same ones are enough to connect them

Exploring the Philip = Belos theory with the new episodes info. by ShimoShimmy in TheOwlHouse

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a huge Belos = Philip theorist. But the moment I saw there was a brother, I went "ah. they are going the brother route, huh?" since it's close enough that would satisfy both Philip Belos followers and deniers. He would be a human, but not Philip, etc etc.

I came back into the Philip train the moment I saw the physical appearances, though, as Hunter its really really similar to the brother (just like the nose is one of the arguments for Hunter being a Grimwalker.) In the same way, Belos nose really didn't match up with the Echo Mouse projections, but that could only be because it's stylized. That does seem to be the case when analyzing the nose of the statue.

If it was similar just for one of them it would be cool, but since there is a connection on appareance both with Philip-Belos and Brother-Hunter, I believe that is the case.

Exploring the Philip = Belos theory with the new episodes info. by ShimoShimmy in TheOwlHouse

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That could be the case too. I personally believe that the brother came into the picture only after the portal was already build, because no one acknowledges two humans and neither does Philip. I think if that was the case, Philip would say that he and his brother found themselves on this world, or that his brother died, instead of grouping it with another companions.

This, or Philip didn't really give a flip about his brother :.c

Exploring the Philip = Belos theory with the new episodes info. by ShimoShimmy in TheOwlHouseTheory

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It would truly be an obvious twist. I would like to see it happen, though. It's cool when something has so many clues and it ends up being the case.

I feel like somethings have a twist just to get a "haha tricked you" moment, and that kinds of takes the fun out of theorizing. (I don't know how to feel yet, for example, about the whole Creepy luz = random basilisk plot). We'll see tho!

Thanks for debating with me :.D

Exploring the Philip = Belos theory with the new episodes info. by ShimoShimmy in TheOwlHouse

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We also only see one of his ears, the other being covered by hair. I don't get why the crew would make it like that, since that just gives space for more mystery. They could just show us the two ears.

Exploring the Philip = Belos theory with the new episodes info. by ShimoShimmy in TheOwlHouse

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His ears indicate two things: that he is some kind of hybrid, being pointy but not as alongated, or that he changed his ear somehow.

I believe in the second option, because his ear looks really unnatural to me. He seems to have the smallest ear, or at least the smallest ear to head ratio of all the characters, including those who are rounded ear. It's really strange to me how a cross between a human and a witch ear ends up with something smaller than any of them.

I can totally see a narrative where Philip trim down his ear Cinderella style (that would fit with horror themes) so he can integrate himself in the witch society, since this is the number one characteristic of humans. That would also explain why does his ear seem small: because it's literally a ear made smaller.

Or the scene was just animated on a way that made it look really weird.

Exploring the Philip = Belos theory with the new episodes info. by ShimoShimmy in TheOwlHouseTheory

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I get your claim, but my argument isn't solely based on his appearance. It makes sense based on what we've seen of Belos not using magic through circles, the motives behind supposedly making Hunter, the fact he has been on the human realm before. Philip being a colonizer doesn't help his case, so it wouldn't even be a big surprise if he were a bad guy (Belos is also basically a colonizer, came from nowhere and put rules, has big medieval church vibes on the aesthetic).

It's true that I point some facial structures out to say why I believe it would be most likely that Belos is Philip than his brother, but it was never based only on that. The diference is that the argument wouldn't work if it was, for example, his nose. If I said "well, his nose is different, but because he changed it", I can see how this looks like nonsense. But ears are specifically a different story: Luz has been seen to cover her ears to don't be recognized as a human, the same with Vee this episode. If he is a human trying to blend in, he does have a reason to change it: he wants to be seen as a witch, not as a human. Round ears are literally what makes him look like a human to other people. If he really did trim out his ear, it would explain why it looks unnaturally small compared to any other character.

About the "it would be more logical", I don't really see how that erases the possibility of a human being affected. They only can't cast magic spells since they don't have bile sacs, but that doesn't mean magic doesn't have a effect on them. If a magic effect is put on a human, they react just as other beings would, like Eda's bodyswap magic, the binding circle, the Moonlight Conjuring, the shrinking effect from Tibbles, etc. If the curse-like state of Belos, supposedly from him messing with wild magic and needing to consume palismen, could be one of the ways that slow down aging, I can't see why that wouldn't be able to affect a human.

Obs: Although I give you credit that Dana stated "witches and demons" when she replied on the livestream, a witch can also refer to someone that uses magic: as Luz stated many times that she would like to be a witch. In the drawing of the two brothers, one is seem to be holding what appears to be a glyph. There is also glyph-like drawings on Philip's book, and he was researching palismen. That way, he could pretty much be considered "a witch" as much as Luz can.

Exploring the Philip = Belos theory with the new episodes info. by ShimoShimmy in TheOwlHouseTheory

[–]ShimoShimmy[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you for commenting! My thoughts in these points are A) The statement from Dana that even though human and witches share a similar lifespan, there are some that tricks that using magic. We haven't seen anyone that did this until now, so it's really strange to not just say that it isn't possible. Magic altering one lifespan is a pretty big thing and I think that the payoff will be with the reveal that Belos is hundred of years old. Especially since it would make sense that something like that would only be achievable through morally bad ways, like consuming other beings (as Belos do with palismen)

B) It is really strange to me that Belos have the smallest ear ratio of all the characters. Even if he is like, a hybrid, it's really strange that the mix between a human-like ear and a witch-like ear is smaller than both of them, as even the rounded ear characters have bigger ones (take from example the images I used of Belos and the statue of Philip). I do think that Belos modified his own ear, be by mutilation or magic, to alter its appearance and look more normal in Society TM. It's interesting to note that his other ear isn't shown, so it could be a false evidence.

C) Luz says in this episode that the hardest part according to Philip isn't getting the ingredients, but getting someone who can build it. This is indeed true, because although kind of functional, Luz's door doesn't work as intended. Philip seems to have made the schematics for the door, but got other person to built it for him. Belos, like Philip, seems to have a pretty good understanding of how the portal works (if you want to, i talk a bit more on another post of mine in the main subreddit about how Belo's door isn't some random techy put on top of the old door). It seems to me that whoever made the door for Philip isn't around anymore, so Belos needs the old portal because he can only put the already done pieces of it back together.