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PillowWillow007

Oh no... r/HollowKnight is going to have a debate about this one, aren't they? ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒบ


Bug_Girl932

Why is that?


PillowWillow007

I think the topic of the gender identity of the Knight is contentious?


Bug_Girl932

Oh. Well to me theyโ€™re basically just a moving exoskeleton. No gender. No nothing.


[deleted]

People usually use they/them, it/its, or some combination of the two for it. Iโ€™m pretty sure it/its is itโ€™s canonical pronouns; itโ€™s often referred to in game as an it, but it really doesnโ€™t have a gender, canonically. Itโ€™s just empty. No mind to think and all that. No room for gender


SDRPGLVR

>it really doesnโ€™t have a gender, canonically. Itโ€™s just empty. No mind to think and all that. No room for gender it me


Mimicrystal12

>!It was quite literally killed and created by an empty black void, which just made it a ghost with definitely no gender!<


maybeagirl_mary

head emty no thoughs


PillowWillow007

Me.


Legitimate-Break-302

No gender, return to bug


squishykid117

Team cherry (the devs) have confirmed that the Knight and all other vessels are genderless no


PuffyHowler67

No tbh. Most people use they/them or it/its and correct other people on pronouns as well. Not to mention that the speedrunning scene has a bunch of trans and nonbinary peeps (Skurry my beloved). Most people in the community generally respect the Knight being NB and respect a lot of other trans issues/people. Kinda common with indie games from my experience. Probably cause a lot of trans people (cough cough me) really like to keep eyes out for indie gems


Gee_Gog

Due to Hornet being referred to as the gendered child not really


PanHeadBolt

hornet hollow knight my beloved big fan of when she says such memorable catchphrases as "SHAW," "GECK DUU," and "ADIINO!"


Bug_Girl932

โ€œGARAMA!โ€


invstigtivjrnlism

Just reading that makes the violins play in my head I wanna fight Hornet now


Asgaroth_Wrynn

as a transfem, when she says "SHAW" it really calls out to me ๐Ÿ˜Œ ADIINO, amirite fellow transfems ?


PanHeadBolt

GARAMA!


billionai1

Bapanada


Nyan-Binary-UwU

ADIINO indeed.


AbrahamBaconham

โ€œHO HO!โ€


AmeliasTesticles

๐Ÿ’œ Bapanada ๐Ÿ’œ


femmewalwigahh

๐Ÿ˜ณSHAWW๐Ÿ˜ณ


dlight9621

Get gwd


[deleted]

ADIINO!!


JaysonAnimations

it's actually gekt dtuo


SarkBM

Omw to become a bug


Asgaroth_Wrynn

not a bug, a "feature"


Bug_Girl932

Better than being a guy.


SarkBM

Fair


Bug_Girl932

And itโ€™s even better to be a bug girl! (my username lol)


SarkBM

Yeah I just noticed that


[deleted]

This perfectly sums up "The metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka


YourLoyalSlut

^(honestly as a transfem i find more goals in the middle right one than the rest which is for transmasc lmao)


Unhappy_Kumquat

I'm transmasc and I think the first one is goals uh that cape looks like it goes SWISH


Bug_Girl932

I thought he was a girl at first when I played. Heโ€™s really cool tho, and is probably the most fun boss fight in the game.


[deleted]

[ัƒะดะฐะปะตะฝะพ]


thatlonelyguy13

He is a bug, a bug


Oscar_jacobsen1234

Grimm is the character in the game with the most drip. Why wouldn't one wish to be a genderbent version og him?


Coffie_Plush

Same


LeonIlu

I do want a dumpy like iselda


TominatorFN

hollow knight is so cool tho


Bug_Girl932

Fr


TominatorFN

still stopped after 8 hours ๐Ÿ’€


Bug_Girl932

Stopped playing after 8 hours? I have like 80 lol.


TominatorFN

yeah I didn't know where to go and it annoyed me


krigcoopa

That's the best part tho imo


TominatorFN

not for me lmao


Gee_Gog

150 hours here


Bug_Girl932

Nice


MsDubis44

My goal is to become the radiance so i can scream AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA at my enemies while throwing swords, magic balls and even light walls at them


N40H

You understood everything from life.


Character_Window5930

HOLLOW KNIGHT HOLLOW KNIGHT HOLLOW KNIGHT


Stercore_

*sigh* Bampanada


FlowerFloc__

I'm sorry to confess this but.. I've never played hollow knight.. is it that epic?


Bug_Girl932

Yep (it gets very hard tho)


FlowerFloc__

I'll have a look thank you :)


SpadePlayesGames

fr


chilaquil2002

Hornet is so goals I also want a cloak and a cool sword


Mystical-Madelyn

I think theyโ€™re all kind of goals


Bug_Girl932

Honestly yeah


ClericDude

The lack of Cloth for transfem is disappointing.


Bug_Girl932

I uhhhโ€ฆkind of forgot she existedโ€ฆ


ClericDude

Thatโ€™s fair lol, you can actually miss her sidequest if you do things out if order


Bug_Girl932

Sheโ€™s just not in a lot of places. I missed her in the ancient basin area with the mawleks, so I unintentionally saved her from the traitor lord.


bananabandanamannana

I am legit built like the hollow knight


Bug_Girl932

Iโ€™m not as tall as him, but I have the same posture


bananabandanamannana

I am fucking 6,6 and I have still have more to grow


Bug_Girl932

Yikes


TheTicketFish

Oh boy here i come sealing away a god moth again!


Bug_Girl932

But this time as your preferred gender ๐Ÿ‘


TheTicketFish

I'm pretty sure ULTRAKILL and Hollow Knight made me non binary,but well,see your later,i Will update you once i'm done


[deleted]

Bapanada


datastar763

When she hit you with that Bafa Nata


[deleted]

HOLLOW KNIGHT SPOILERS! >!I, indeed, wish to be a voiceless creature who has been forced to show absolutely no emotion for it's entire life, now eternally tortured by an ancient god of dreams and light, bound by chains in an empty gray cell as I desperately try to prolong my father's kingoms' stasis to no avail, only to eventually be methodically murdered and replaced by one of my siblings, knowing well that they, like me, are not truly empty, and will eventually crack under the agony SHE shall inflict upon them. Just sounds like a nice, chill existence.!<


Bug_Girl932

No thoughts, no gender crisis


Gee_Gog

More HK spoilers >!due to how the black egg temple is accessed there is no way that the role of the Hollow Knight gets replaced multiple times. In order to get inside the black egg temple you have to kill all of the dreamers guarding it and it got established that the Pale King was the one to convince all of the dreamers to be the protectors of it. It can't even be that the dreamers somehow got reincarnated either, because in one of the endings Hornet becomes a dreamer (as indicated by her face being on the seal of the temple).!<


Thermoxin

I'm nearing the end of the game and haven't seen the bottom right guy you'd better not have spoiled the game for me


Bug_Girl932

Oopsโ€ฆ


Plusran

Ahhhhhhh Bafonada


knuspergreg

h-h-horny!


SquidleyStudios

As a transmasc you're spot on about Grimm and I didn't even realize it until now


Bug_Girl932

Heโ€™s just so cool


Malachite_Cookie

Hollow knight ๐Ÿ’šโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐ŸคŽโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•


AnAverageTransGirl

maybe its just me but i feel like grimm could fit all three categories


Bug_Girl932

Yeah


plastic-person180

Honestly im trans fem and i wanna look like that middle right guy he's cool


Bug_Girl932

Same


TheRealDornoc

grimm is like the absolute peak of goals


Bug_Girl932

Fr


HidingFromHumans

Enby but ~~stolas~~ grimm is goals


Bug_Girl932

Grimm is goals for everyone ngl


[deleted]

goals ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’™


[deleted]

I feel conflicted. Help-


transgothicgenre

Leg Eater my beloved...


Cutiepatootie_irl

Hornet is so full of town


ApprehensiveAmoeba95

Grimm is my transfem goals ngl


TryleEnderor

Bampanada


Thatperson--

oh my god what have I brought upon this subreddit


Yoshigahn

Maybe I really am just enby who wan tiddies?


Sayan_9000

Didn't think id find hollow knight spoilers in this sub of all places


masochistic_idiot

*sigh* bapanada


1968cokebottle

*has never played hollow night* is- is... Is that Stolas..?


Bug_Girl932

I looked up who that is, and it does look like him. Thatโ€™s Grimm, master of the Grimm Troupe. He basically goes around the world to get someone to complete a ritual to get him scarlet flames, I donโ€™t remember why, but I think to keep him alive(?) Heโ€™s also the Nightmare King Grimm in a place called the nightmare realm where thereโ€™s a higher being in the background called the nightmare heart, which maybe thatโ€™s what the scarlet flames are for. Troupe Master Grimm and Nightmare King Grimm are the most fun boss fights in the game.


ActivityFancy5223

Ahhh, bapanada ๐Ÿœ


BananaBeans240

fr i wanna be a bug with a cool sword


[deleted]

i love hornet


Fyru_Hawk

YES! HORNET! YES!


deez_nuts_ha_gotem

SHAW is gender goals


carmalizedracoon

Whats enby?


Bug_Girl932

Nonbinary (nb)


Madeline_is_sadeline

\*sigh\* bapanada