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Hollow knight characters7/22/2023 The only potential issue on that front is that they’re only genderless because they’re “unnatural” and that’s obviously not an optimal connection to have. The genderless vessels are pretty cool, I agree. As I said, making a queer character in hollow knight that is mandatory to see and to know is queer would be incredibly hard, seeing as you can go the whole game without even seeing corny and iselda. I do dislike that sheo/nailmaster is missed based on choice, but they do get an achievement, making them required to see if you want to do everything. Without a love interest of some kind it’s very hard to organically have a queer character (when we’re talking about sexuality, of course). Both instances have queer people that just exist, and their queerness is necessarily made obvious. In what way are they going to make that explicit without it seeming forced? Who on earth could be a female love interest to show her sexuality with? The only way they could really have the rep organically was with couples (like sheo/nailsmith) or what they did with the grey mourner. You say they should be queer main characters but there aren’t any straight main characters except zote. They aren’t highlighted or treated any differently to the rest of the characters. I guess what I’m trying to say is they don’t seem to be there for a purpose- they just exist, like how myself and many others just so happen to exist in the world. If they wanted to be praised by media for having gay characters they would be mandatory parts of the story. For the lesbian you have to find a desolate dive area in the resting grounds and a bunch of breakable walls to reach her. For the couple, you have to upgrade your nail fully, choose a certain action, and then go visit sheo again. I love how it clearly isn’t just for representation points- you can easily play through the whole game without seeing any of this. The gay couple (their achievement is literally called “happy couple” so that’s what I think the intention was) make me happy as their characters aren’t overly flamboyant and feminine. For the lesbian, she just asks you to go place a flower on her lovers grave, and that lover happens to be female. ![]() It doesn’t hit you over the head with it either- and for these characters, it’s not a defining trait, no more than being straight is a defining trait. They don’t play huge roles, and that’s perfectly fine. In game there’s a mourning lesbian and (debatably) gay couple. Hollow knight should be seen as an example of how to do representation. r/demonssouls /r/darksouls /r/darksouls2 /r/darksouls3 /r/bloodborne /r/saltandsanctuary /r/castlevania /r/metroid Ultra-high-resolution Interactive Hallownest Map at with downloads and making-of videos.These sites have cool Hollow Knight content! Beware spoilers! Windows, MacOS & Linux | Steam - GOG - Humble Bundle.Use the code below in text comments to mark spoilers. Take R34 discussion to the appropriate community. When posting art please link to the source in the comments and/or put the author's name in the title of the post.Please limit self-promotion to no more than 1 post per 24 hours and no more than 3 posts per 7 days. Do not post referral links of any kind.Images & video should directly feature a game character. Please keep posts relevant to the game.All memes and shitposts can be directed to /r/HollowKnightMemes!.Mark submissions as having spoilers by putting "spoiler" in the title. ![]()
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