Silksong E3 Demo Analysis

Holy crap! A fourth video in a little over a month! I sure am spoiling you all! In a bit of a surprise, Silksong was playable at E3 this year. There are a lot of small details to go over, so that's what I will be doing in this video.
This video is a little light on lore analysis. I wanted to keep wild speculation down to a minimum this time, since I really don't have many strong theories at the moment. But there are still a few connections we can make if we so please.
A very special thanks to everyone who recorded Silksong footage at E3 this year, including JammerProHD, Is Maui, Harker, and Rayan! Check the blogspot link to find links to their full videos.
Link to Nintendo Treehouse video:
• Hollow Knight: Silkson...
Video Script/List of Songs/Footage sources/Memes:
mossbag69.blogspot.com/2019/0...
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Video Chapters
0:00 Spoiler Warning
0:10 Introduction
1:34 Pharloom's Folly
3:40 Opening Cutscene
5:47 Moss Grotto
10:55 Deep Docks
15:00 Dying in Silksong
20:05 Deep Dock NPCs
24:26 Lace
27:48 End of Demo
28:43 Additional E3 footage
30:00 Leth
30:46 Release Date Speculation
31:29 Outro

[@mossbag69]

Okay, just to clear the air on some things. 1. I know that poems don't have to rhyme! I was being sarcastic, but apparently I didn't convey that very well. My favorite poem is "Red Wheel Barrow by William Carlos Williams: so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens 2. The angry rant at the 15 minute mark was also supposed to be exaggerated for comedic effect. Sorry if it seems to genuine and cringey.

[@Link9058]

I’m glad you always come back with a new comment for clearing things up even months later.

[@historyenjoyer6529]

I like your dedication regarding your content. Even moths after you still return to clear things up.

[@Link9058]

P.S Silk is stored in the shell

[@mrrainbow8638]

I found the angry rant funny. But I have a counter argument. She doesn't show void because she wasn't born made out of void, it might be a mixture of void and spider silk. I'm only saying this since it makes sense in my head when her items are in a cocoon. Also sorry for my grammer mistakes.

[@Justin-ee1mv]

We understood no worries, Keep pumping out great content mate

[@JONY1296]

What I learned: - Silk is important in silksong - Songs are important in silksong - Hornet is made of screen transitions

[@niclasthomsen7127]

Yeah thats about the gist of it

[@Not_ACubed]

Well done

[@DrFish-qo3tk]

You’re not wrong

[@DrFish-qo3tk]

@HollowAce76 your name is very fitting for this topic, and profile picture

[@Not_ACubed]

@@DrFish-qo3tk ikr

[@egreaterthan753]

"Isnt your job to see as little of the game as possible?" That made me laugh out loud

[@puddlepersonproductions]

Agreed

[@raiderexisok618]

Agreed

[@CatShapedDonut]

Agreed

[@The_Great_Alexander]

Cant say I agree as I had to stop watching the video because of major spoilers

[@marciturani6416]

Agreed

[@matiasmuller9801]

I can't believe that people say Hornet is void. She literally says "Though our strength is born of similar source, that part of you, that crucial emptiness, I do not share". She had just mentioned that the knight is imbued with void after going into its birthplace, so that emptiness she talks about is void, which she explicitly says she does not share. The strength they share is their father.

[@robert.7230]

People just like being stupid I guess. Really there isn't any evidence that hornet is void at all

[@BiggestOfAllYoshi]

People want to be different and special

[@loadingscreen8275]

Your saying the knight wasn't filled with void before getting the void heart?

[@n1tro72]

@@loadingscreen8275 he was filled with void, but couldnt use it until he got the voidheart

[@VGamingJunkie]

Also, in the Dream No More Ending, you literally see all of the void siblings (The Knight included) passing on, since their task is finished. Hornet stays behind.

[@dr.cardboard9597]

i must say i like how Hornet has Speak show up near npcs compared to the Knight who has Listen.

[@maxwell8773]

So ready to hear “SHAWW” 15,000 times in silksong.

[@StygianIkazuchi]

I already hear it instinctively anytime I hear ANY rendition of Hornet's theme.

[@Kleb-]

ADIIINO

[@playershiningmuffin3266]

*GADAMA*

[@zkull9982]

amiibo shaaaw...

[@germankaiser79]

Hegaaale

[@inari.28]

Petition to call the small crawling moss baby “mossbag”

[@iwilltakeyourpassword453]

Common team cherry we know you want it

[@Xedlord]

I really hope

[@MCjossic]

SIGNED!

[@KingPandeh]

Signed.

[@queen_lillith5]

I’ll sign

[@sirgator8946]

mossbag: "the platforming could become more challenging in silksong" my stupid ass who cant even *exist* longer than 20 seconds in the crystal mines in hollow knight: "ono"

[@purevessel1071]

And I thought I was bad at dying twice while getting Crystal Heart ;-;

[@galacticmoonwolf8462]

Me, who dies so much in the fungal wastes QwQ

[@purevessel1071]

@@galacticmoonwolf8462 Me, who gets killed by the Mantises every single time

[@galacticmoonwolf8462]

@@purevessel1071 oh yeah I can't get past them, I struggle at the first phase. Right now I'm a standstill. Stuck on mantis lords, just about able to beat Crystal guardian (the guy on the bench) and left to go to soul sanctum. I'm stuck on the miniboss there cause I'm avoiding the mantis lords fight. That and I hate the fungal wastes in general

[@wdfwork]

@Galacticmoonwolf. Pure Vessel on a different account. If you have Dream Nail, you can cheese Crystal Guardian easily, like I did. Just dream nail him for Soul, then spam spells. Spells don't wake him up.

[@Brackerman]

The most unrealistic part about this is that Hornet's dress or cloak having pockets

[@EMLtheViewer]

Proof that Hallownest is more advanced than all of human civilization: women's clothes have functional pockets in the bug world.

[@nm9688]

​@@EMLtheViewer women's skirts did have pockets in the past tbh

[@andilenkwanyana17]

is this game still coming out 😢

[@retinazer92833]

​@@EMLtheViewerdamn those pockets on skirts so large they can fit whole ass buzzsaws an unlimited supply of bombs i wonder if hornets shell also produces bombs?

[@Syrius_Li]

"Little shadow" "Little spider" Ok then

[@aquaglow4188]

Melodyweeps “little ghost” is my favorite

[@calypsosystem3726]

@@aquaglow4188 it makea sense since the pale king was s m o l

[@BlueMaskGuy]

LiL SpaideR

[@rhayy]

perharps it's becuse the pale king was little, and every one that say it know about the relationship between king, hornert and knight

[@notadog8662]

hornet: ghost kight: spider hornet ):

[@HoundNL]

Every time i blink the world is consumed by void for a millisecond

[@sparkypack]

I can't believe people use such a simple transition to spread misinformation.

[@hampterlover224]

same

[@PABLO-dw5xs]

yoo i need to go to the doctor

[@gerald5561]

@@sparkypack in my opinion the transition is probably a gameplay mechanic I also think that the transition should have closed in on hornet instead of spewing out so that it feels like she becomes a cocoon. In the bench after dying hornet will be sitting in darkness and after the player moves, she can see all around the room but it’s just an idea fir this transition

[@Herbert-west-re-animator]

The bug that broke the seal of binding appears to be a lumafly, the same kind that is found in all of hollownest’s lanterns. Possibly these could be more important/powerful than previously thought?

[@samiradunstan2703]

Lumaflys have a single bright point of light along with glowing wings in the general anatomy of a fly whereas the seal breaker glows brightly throughout with similar anatomy to a dragonfly

[@joejardine4489]

Also seer seemed to transform into a lumafly when she ‘died’ so they probably a lot more lore around these guys

[@socks_andcrocs]

What about seer, since they turned into one?

[@ChadtronicFan]

If you look at a lumafly, it appears to be a single point of light with wings. If you look at these flies, they have a fundamentally different structure. It is possible they could just be less glowy, but I think it's not likely.

[@Shadykatus]

It looks more like the bugs that fly very fast in the background from the white palace, definitely significant.

[@Dbbens]

5:16 Holy crap, Hornet just fell into a massive pool of void

[@rafaelrivera2618]

Soon, people will say: "Pale King is actually Elderbug"

[@fr4781]

@@lordlawrence9781 I laughed way too much at this

[@syrupcakke]

nah m8 it's already cannon

[@odogar2738]

y....you might be on to something and I hate it

[@smallgator]

Nah fam hold up you might have something here.

[@rafaelrivera2618]

@@smallgator Nonononononono, waiwaiwaiwait I can explain it was a joke.

[@allanchicoine4797]

It's easy guys: Hollow knight : Soul (from the king) + Void (from the Abyss) Hornet : Soul (from the king) + Thread (from her mother which is freakin spider)

[@Xedlord]

Yeah

[@mckaygoodman6514]

So, since the weavers also use silk and soul, they may also be related to some higher being in some way?

[@captaindonut5240]

@@mckaygoodman6514 no, every living thing produces soul, except purely void creatures. Bc we get soul from every enemy

[@mckaygoodman6514]

@@captaindonut5240 but not everything manipulates soul. I'm asking if the weavers use soul for their spells, or just plain silk. And if so, if they can use soul due to a connection to a higher being, or just through study.

[@captaindonut5240]

@@mckaygoodman6514 oh my bad. I think they do manipulate soul, because the silk is used for all kind of magic things, not as ordinary ropes. They store things on it. If that makes them higher beings? They are related to Herra, so maybe Herra, and the other dreamers, are higher beings as well? Maybe that is just stupid. I would love a mossbag vid on this.

[@cilantroe]

The “invisible masks” glitch also happens with the Baldur shell in hollow knight

[@bfufhryrrhtjhxbdgkjgutitjh7877]

I've encountered a random glitch where a life blood mask just appears under a regular mask and flashes in and out of reality. It can never be hit so I get fewer masks and it only shows when the mask it's underneath breaks.

[@felixking-borrero4906]

I think its really neat that Deep Docks take elements from the cut Hollow Knight area, the Bone Forest. It was going to be instead of Ancient Basin, and be comprised of bone and lava. Cool to see them bringing back the concept.

[@AshenDust_]

The Forest of Bones is literally an area in Silksong

[@Kbecr]

Are you Felix my school Rosedale primary

[@colonelcorn5386]

“Hollow knight didn’t have enough areas like the white palace” *Path of Pain flashbacks*

[@zacross8504]

Vietnam Flashback Intensities

[@Daremodesu]

Path of pain is so good.

[@Tamashiki]

Hollow knight : path of pain silksong : web of pain

[@light6666]

*gets randomizer flashbacks*

[@ScarletEmber64]

I get it, but isn't Path of Pain part of White Palace?

[@nintendofan222222222]

I can't believe Ed from Ed Edd and Eddy is a vessel created by the Pale King.

[@noahsmith4980]

Wrong, they are the pale king reincarnated into the third, fourth and fifth forms. Obviously.

[@HornetIsVoid]

Noah Smith can you believe that people still think that Ed Edd and Eddy are vessels? SMH

[@OrchidAlloy]

@@noahsmith4980 Stimulaneously

[@sirpufflington8116]

I can’t fucking believe you didn’t know about that!!!! You’re not a true HK fan you fucking fraud! We ALL KNEW THAT ED WAS VOID ITSELF

[@interdimensionalgoober8769]

Sir Pufflington You dumb !idiot! you absolute _buffon_ you piece of *subhuman* trash, Ed is the true creator of the radiance and the entire plot of hollow |knight| is one of his schemes to get a jaw breaker.

[@Yoob-yh5gb]

The “invisible health” glitch that occurs when healing also exists in hollow knight, but the only ways to trigger it are with deep focus and Baldur shell, which nobody uses

[@Reginald_Ritmo]

The ledge grab is all I need to prove that this would be a great buy.

[@UserRedZero]

“I do have a life outside of Hollow Knight you know.” *Doubt.jpg*

[@pclouds]

He's right. He just didn't mention that the part outside is locked up in Silksong.

[@thecommentguy9380]

He said he has a life outside Hollow Knight, not Hollow Knight: Silk song

[@palchumfriend4887]

Vorenet?! oh wait, vornet, as in void hornet. ok good

[@manhphanhoang9555]

I mean Lace seems into Vore

[@rowanhollingsworth5231]

*VORE!* (makes a slow telegraphed attempt to eat your flesh)

[@garodhamakorzian3848]

*googles vore*

[@garodhamakorzian3848]

i have many regrets

[@rowanhollingsworth5231]

@@garodhamakorzian3848 I regret the sin I exposed you to.

[@alexparker5127]

I just assumed that tidbit about bugs losing their memories and minds when they leave Hallownest was nothing but lies and propaganda by the King. After all, quite a few come to Hallownest to explore it's depths and quite a few leave during the game as well including the knight himself.

[@IcePho]

I love how Forge Daughter laughs whenever you keep ringing her brother's bell helmet.

[@TheLewels]

Team Cherry before the Demo launch: "Please be careful not to say too much during the playthrough! There's this guy...." Mossbag: "So this is just a theory but...(╭ರ_⊙)" Team Cherry: *sweats profusely*

[@manamongmen3381]

Also Team Cherry: SILENCE HIS AWEFUL SPIES

[@steelram4098]

Mossbag was actually Dr. Evil all along.

[@videobeast286]

Moss bag ya hear my good what if the beast is a weaver a giant weaver

[@videobeast286]

Me not my sorry

[@GippyHappy]

"My biggest problem with hollow knight is that it didn't have enough areas like the white palace" You might be the only one to have ever spoken those words.

[@lackalrxklr2481]

I was shocked by the insanity of this thought

[@thezeitos469]

Thats it. Downvote, unsub (even though Im not subbed in the first place right now) and a report to the KZbin headquarters. People are getting canceled today.

[@Predalien3001]

Honestly I agree with him. I felt Hollow Knight was too combat inclined sometimes. The white palace was the only place that challenged your platforming ability, and (as far as I know, I am like 85% done with the game) that place is done after you get the half of the Kingsoul. In contrast, not only you have a TON of bosses in the main game, now you have Godhome, where you can fight EVEN HARDER versions of them. And honestly, after spending nearly 2 to 3 hours trying to defeat Nightmare King Grimm yesterday and dying over and over again, that massive boss rush to get to Absolute Radiance (which it seems to be the hardest boss in the game as well) does NOT sound fun at all to me. Idk maybe it's just a case of having to Git Gud (TM) or something like that, I'm not the "hardcore" Hollow Knight fan that some people are.

[@Notkikc]

judging by your comment you haven't seen it yet, but there is an optional super hidden zone inside the white palace, while it doesn't stop this statement from being true, it is another platforming area to see

[@hidden_souls1729]

@@thezeitos469 theres no other games that have immensly difficult platforming compared to path of pain also hornet should be more movement based so difficult platforming would make sense

[@indigoz4439]

ok so here's an idea: Pharloom's Folly is talking about the Weavers. the first line, "they see your beauty, so frail and fine," sounds like it could describe the weavers phisicaly. the second line, "they forget your peace, woven of faith and toil," might mean that while being used to produce silk, the weavers have been worshiped(sort of) and mostly peacefull. the third line, "they forget you're heart, bound in slumber and servitude," could mean that the bugs of Pharloom have used the weavers for silk and kept them in a slumber for such a long time that they have forgotten that they are sentient beings( or something like that). and the last lines, "when you wake they shal see your truth, a beast's nature bare to all," could mean that when the weavers are freed and awoken (possibly by hornet) they will reveal their true spider's nature, possibly being violent (because anything at all from Deepnest is 100% death in every way and can go f*ck itself). ok, this is pretty out there, but i thought it was a possibility and I hope i'm at least a little right. Edit: I'm not sure how the bells tie into this, so I'll just leave that up to you, mossbag and fellow viewers (i almost capitalised the m. that was a close one lol)

[@void_wyrm]

Yeah my thoughts exactly. And I think the poem works as a prophecy of sorts, and also its indirectly referring to Hornet.

[@SpiderSpiderOnTheWall]

Maybe bells keep them at bay? Like how loud noises scare the monsters in A Quiet Place

[@deadchannellollol]

@@SpiderSpiderOnTheWall Headcanon acquired, this comment section is *enlightening*

[@SpiderSpiderOnTheWall]

@@deadchannellollol uh oh

[@A_Surpluss_of_Stupidity]

"Silksong is nearing completion"

[@simonscience5846]

"all enemies give off silk, that appears to be the common thread between them all"

[@waffles1295]

Was that a pun

[@IvoryDelfin]

walter

[@hawkz3613]

@@waffles1295 ...yes

[@Prisma_Axolotl]

Damnit

[@Surreal_Sheep]

Also “This thread might be tied to why these bugs are cursed”

[@spooxdiddo7888]

"Hornet is void" is the equivalent of the "Flat Earth" but for the hollow knight community.

[@revaxx3075]

But hornet is void and the earth is flat and the moon is cheese and kids will get autism if they get vaxxed

[@felipecosta-kv2fx]

She is not made of void, But she has void in her skin

[@justice8718]

I think Hornet is void in the same way the hollow king is void. The hollow knight and the other pure void beings are special cases that has their void be more physical instead of evaporated as they are physically made of it.

[@larshaukenfrers]

@@revaxx3075 Big ooof

[@loto7197]

Doesn't she explicitly say that she doesn't share that part of the knight?

[@TheTopHatNerd-sz7dp]

The void is the friends we made along the way

[@markgresch9944]

As far as Pharloom's Folly, they may be talking about Hornet herself, as her mother was Herrah the Beast. She's supposed to be pretty, frail and fine in appearance as the hunter describes her as nimble. She's a spider, hence the woven of faith and toil and has been one of the few fighting against the infection and trying to save Hallownest in the last game. She never really had a chance to interact with her mother or father and rarely let her emotions get in the way of serving the kingdom and the last part kind of implies the game. Hornet is a spider, or a beast as her mother was once named. She's about to go to town, and their folly was messing with her.

[@isaiaholaru5013]

I agree. Great insight.

[@aydust4744]

why would a poem about hornet be in another civilization and why would it be written before they knew of her existence

[@SomeRando5370]

@@aydust4744 that poem could be from the future or past, plus its possible hornet used to live in Pharloom or something like that

[@strato8147]

hornet to knight: little ghost lace to hornet: little spider they really seem to like nicknames huh

[@xolhex9220]

Lace to The Knight: Tiny Ghost

[@Sbeigiie]

The second hollow knight game is Silksong with Hornet being the playable character and Hornet has called the Knight as Little Ghost. And Lace has called Hornet as Little Spider. So- But that's just a theory, a HOLLOW theory-

[@athinakokinis8578]

@@Sbeigiie and then Lace is hornet's lost sister.

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

@@Sbeigiie it’s a hollow theory alright

[@riverajustinmarks.]

@@Sbeigiie This means the next game they'll be making will be about Lace. It all makes sense now.

[@zaneflory]

"The development of Silksong is wrapping up" *cries in 2021* Edit: *cries in 2022* Edit: *cries in 2023* Edit: *cries in 2024*

[@dumbaigd3863]

Read in 2021

[@figmentedphantom3368]

@@dumbaigd3863 11 hours ago 🥲 it’s never coming out

[@lydiajackson6741]

take faith, brethren... 2022 at the latest

[@roxylori]

Here’s hoping this ages poorly by tomorrow’s direct

[@FloopGloop]

@@roxylori welp

[@ivasanchezify]

"Coming Soon"

[@hyperspace2752]

The amount of salt during the "Hornet is a void" segment is too fuckin much. I love every second of it . Thank you mossbag for making my day 😁

[@bung2265]

Dude!!!! When I close my eyes everything turns black!!!! Am I void???

[@watered3235]

I'm afraid of going downstairs at night for fear of falling into void

[@markogolem9537]

No you are a screen transition

[@ceris_N5]

Your profile image is void

[@theunknown4834]

SINGapore Pls don't use this anymore By a Singaporean SINGING along now

[@theunknown4834]

Mossbag: loves fortnite Also mossbag: types fortnight Studying I see

[@MoonPatch]

Wait...tougher platforming challenges than Hollow Knight *Sweats profusely*

[@Mossenstein]

*path of pain flashbacks*

[@catjam9498]

Literally every single inch of the white palace: finally, my true successor

[@thedamnguy2896]

*sweats in white palace

[@jacobhu4431]

*Cries in deadly vines*

[@Caharadras]

I have not done the path of pain, but there was a lot of swearing and screaming involved when climbing up to the throne room... Anyone who can do this without the wasp charm is OP... Or has no life, it can only be one of these two IMHO.

[@doc8616]

Its 4 years already 😭

[@shadow_knight4977]

I just figured out why the enemies have a stagger animation! It’s hard to catch but you can clearly see hornet hit the enemy multiple times and the hits do not break it’s stagger. This is different to hollow knight, in which hitting a staggered enemy nearly always results in them becoming unstaggered. hope this helps anyone else who was confused about the animation!

[@m.s.e.advanced2842]

Instead of a hunters journal every enemy will have a description written by Mossbag

[@lemmonboy6459]

M.S.Piranha Plant Advanced The descriptions range from “Bug with nail.” To a 3 thousand word document on why the bug has wings.

[@TheMuslimMan1337]

@@lemmonboy6459 Hornet description: is void

[@solacech.]

@@TheMuslimMan1337 "or not"

[@DementedDuskull]

M.S.Piranha Plant Advanced Mossbug: "This is a bug covered in moss" -Mossbag the Keeper

[@lectisternium_]

Lace’s description: big white meanie with a sharp stick

[@karlm115]

Full game is just a Mossbag video explaining Silksong lore

[@steelram4098]

*I'll take your entire stock!!*

[@varundommeti878]

Tbh I wouldn’t complain

[@RGBtvhead]

I would be fine with that.

[@daleo9677]

Better than anything else. Also, hi Bee!

[@karlm115]

@@daleo9677 oh FUCK LEO IS THAT YOU? How you doing man?

[@aAtom596]

Coming soon... Four and a half years ago...

[@brownhood712]

Pov: Your looking at the comments about how Silksong hasn't released yet after two years...

[@ummmno3871]

*you’re But, yeah. Sucks.

[@joelbouma1640]

Uhhhh yeah... but like twice that now

[@EmericMAMBOLE]

Can't wait to see Hornet roast people with her dialogues

[@shadelunatic2156]

Hornet : *Denies warnings from Lace* Bosses : Saaay whaaat ?

[@android19willpwn]

I swear if we don't get an "GIT GUD" as she delivers the final blow to the final boss I'm gonna start a fucking riot.

[@EmericMAMBOLE]

@@android19willpwn facts

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@android19willpwn Final Boss: H-how could this be happening!??? Hornet: Git Gud bitch!

[@flip.flap.]

"Your threats are worthless. If you are my foe, cease this prattle and raise your blade."

[@Pikamew-alt]

Alternately, the plague doctor/bird things could be mosquitoes.

[@sparkypack]

The mosquito nest >_

[@grim3532]

are you telling me I can finally get revenge?

[@Kazzildo]

we already have bats smaller than bugs in Hallownest, why not birds the same size as bugs now... (joking)

[@mohammednajl5950]

Mosquito vs primal aspid

[@thegreenwolf8838]

@@mohammednajl5950 Primal Mosquito 😳

[@dastanghaedrahmati6977]

what I find interesting is that poem also applies to Hornet's character, they only see her looks, they see that she has faith, they forget that she has a cause to serve, and when she wakes up (seal of binding being destroyed) everyone will see that she has a beast's nature; as in her mother was Herrah the beast.

[@gamingchannel4]

If it leaks soul like a non void being, it doesn't leave a shade like a non void being, and it feels, thinks, and speaks like a non void being, it probably is a non void being.

[@JadeBlades098]

"I wonder if maybe this string of hers is some mystical power that is imparted to everyone in Pharloom." >Hornet is literally a spider.

[@JadeBlades098]

@ARTEM DORDZHIEV Nah fam she's a spider. She's the queen of spiders' daughter.

[@JadeBlades098]

@ARTEM DORDZHIEV Her name is Hornet because the queen bee is the one who raised her and taught her to fight.

[@JadeBlades098]

@ARTEM DORDZHIEV Just a bit.

[@breadifies2800]

@ARTEM DORDZHIEV herrah and the pale king *banged* and out popped hornet. She' called hornet because she was taught how to fight in the Hive.

[@ruansasa289]

@ARTEM DORDZHIEV herrah is The mother of Hornet

[@csidesummit6436]

Team Cherry: Hey where should we put the screen transition? Also Team Cherry: What’s the best place to annoy Mossbag?

[@aidanhuang2491]

Silksong coming soon… Video posted 4 years ago

[@JustAnEevee]

The weird butterfly things appear in multiple places in the White Palace in Hollow Knight. They kind of just... fly away in the background. Noticed them when first getting to the White Palace on my own. I was like "I-it's the things!! From that one scene in Silksong!!".

[@realcupojoe]

When attacking siblings, void entities, no soul is obtained When attacking Hornet in her fights, soul is obtained Coincidence? I THINK NOT

[@elecstorm3701]

Pale King: "Void for you, void for you, void for you, void for y-" *notices* *it's* *Hornet* "No void for you. Yo mama wants you to have a soul or something like that."

[@toi-anneditmore930]

Here is a conter argument and a counter to the counter. BuT ThE PuRe VeSsEl GiVeS SoUl. The hunters journal say that it's shell gives off a pale light, so that pale light is probably reminiscent soul.

[@miguelneto1000]

Broken vessel gives soul too, i think that is something that all the bosses do

[@toi-anneditmore930]

@@miguelneto1000 not the collector

[@rafaelrivera2618]

Or, in other words. Hornet is not made of *V O I D*

[@asterisk4540]

Me: Don’t you wanna go in blind? Also Me: Fucc it

[@novavirus7497]

*mostly* blind

[@asterisk4540]

Hecc yea baby

[@TheTwilitHero]

That's me with literally every game these days.

[@milenmladenov8242]

I started Hollow knight after watching a KZbinr up untill the Soul Sanctum and I decided the game looked cool. Hadn't even fought the Mantis Lords by the time my impatient ass knew 60% of the game's lore.

[@QuokkaWaka]

@@milenmladenov8242 I did go into the game blind, but after I got the dreamers I was worried I would reset if I beat the game. I looked up all the endings and spoiled it all. I was so close to going into one of the best parts of the game blind, but I screwed it up for myself. Yay me.

[@hylianglitchmobber7570]

Official release date confirmed!!! It's _"coming soon"_ I can't imagine it should be too far off from their reveal stream

[@SL33PY_ZZZ]

18:33 was the best part it was so funny XD

[@frogenjoyer3278]

Hornet: *uses a saw* Pale King: Im so proud of you!

[@miamesa8652]

SAAW!

[@Silverstar-wt5rj]

@@miamesa8652 noooo stop I’m dead

[@Silverstar-wt5rj]

Papas boi

[@chrysiewright4292]

Gasp itz a buzzshaw

[@cosmic-3-]

Buzzshaw :)

[@xdfeverdream8122]

Absolutely love that Hornet stitches up her wounds to heal.

[@ghosttoadsarecute8755]

@m cthe entire vid is spoilers

[@brodyferencak4177]

@m c If you don't want spoilers, maybe 1. Read the spoiler warning at the start 2. Don't come and watch the video in the first place Or 3. Learn that literally the first thing you do in the entire game does not count as a spoiler

[@monovailable442]

Correct me if i'm wrong but I think _they were joking_

[@brodyferencak4177]

@@monovailable442 ah, sorry. I just can't stand when people are actually like that. I can usually detect jokes better than that. In fact, I'm usually the one who says that!

[@monovailable442]

@@brodyferencak4177 lol it's all good

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

16:03 notice no void particles upon death too

[@filiurwish1858]

The similarity between the poem and Hornet's situation here is interesting too. She is literally bound and pacified somehow, and as soon as unleashed the threads around her destroy the heck out of a whole bridge.

[@malaizze]

Normies: _hyped for Silksong_ Me, an intellectual: _hyped for Mossbag's creepypasta_

[@thehollow4820]

Stop copying other people

[@thehollow4820]

@GameBoy Cooler except for the fact that I'm bad at naming things and I didn't know that jirard existed when I made that name.

[@ExitNoel]

Chris the completionist wow you sure showed them...

[@oogabooga9573]

@GameBoy Cooler i just read this thread and dare i say im very amused

[@piecheese1214]

@GameBoy Cooler He changed his name, lol

[@keithredacted8154]

This is going to be hard for me to admit but I have to face my demons eventually. Before nine months ago, I am ashamed to say that I was once a "Hornet is Void" believer. I know, disgusting. It was a truly dark time for me. I can not even begin to express just how sorry I am for all the hollow brethren I have tainted with my ideology. Everyday I regret my actions as little ghosts of my past still continue to haunt me. On late September of last year, you brought me out of the dark and it changed my life forever. Thank you. Now with this new revelations, I can finally see how truly wrong I was. Forgive me Mossbag for I have sinned.

[@steelram4098]

It seems that the lore master has acknoledged your plea and forgiven you for your sins. Also hi, glad to see you're alive and well. 😀

[@adroitws1367]

hey wheres the shitpost?

[@nikolapetric7089]

I need your video NOW!!!

[@IottiPH]

Can't wait for some Silksong memes, Keith...

[@bugdracula1662]

I too have had thought that team vornet was correct but now I see that vornen’t is correct

[@laffinggas8068]

Wait this was made *3 YEARS AGO!?* I was like "Oh wow did new silksong stuff just drop" apparently NOT? Also Lace in silksong probably works like Hornet in HK1, where you fight her once here, then again later. That's probably what the different backgrounds and one fight being more intence then the other is about.

[@lazyninja1793]

17:38 Idk mossbag, I think it just makes more sense that Ed Edd and Eddy are all void beings created by the Pale King

[@nicolrb2210]

I think that screen transition represents her vision going black after D Y I N G

[@ezequielmatheusmonteirodas4697]

Nah 100% sure it's void (insert image of "Hornet is void change my mind")

[@ezequielmatheusmonteirodas4697]

BTW soon MatPat will do a theory about how everyone os made by Void

[@billcipher3180]

Nah it's her spider beetle juices violently exploding from her body as she dies... try to get that image out of your mind

[@deadass849]

@@billcipher3180 jokes on you i will get those horrible images out of my mind with r34 of hornet

[@deadass849]

@Dragon Scales Inc. & Fox of Legends bruh

[@hhhhh5661]

Lace is actually trying to save you from the final part of silksong, the Pantheon of Hallownest and Pharloom, which has every boss in Hollow Knight and Silksong consecutively and if you die you restart from the beginning

[@lollyguy1266]

How tf do u know

[@ryanst-georges4633]

This is real challenge

[@hawkz3613]

@@lollyguy1266 bruh

[@gengibre_vulgo_henrique]

If you die you restart from the beginning of the game

[@noahklahn1545]

@@gengibre_vulgo_henrique That's not funny, that's traumatizing. I am starting to get flashbacks.

[@skeleton_master.]

4 year old video: She said that the development is wrapping up. This is definitely true

[@CouragelessOne]

19:05 Imagine if hornet comes back and has to fight the frickin shade lord to get her money back

[@nachoqueso4679]

When I heard "greater emphasis on platforming", I instantly had flashbacks of the sawblades

[@larshaukenfrers]

Mossbag also said that there were not enough areas like the White Palace.

[@nachoqueso4679]

@@larshaukenfrers ye, I wrote this comment right after I heard him say greater emphasis on platforming, so I didn't hear that part yet when I wrote the comment

[@larshaukenfrers]

@@nachoqueso4679 I just wanted to point out the madness behind that thought. More areas like the White Palace and the new movement system in Silksong are gonna kill me.

[@nachoqueso4679]

@@larshaukenfrers oof

[@larshaukenfrers]

@@nachoqueso4679 Big oof

[@glitchedcrow2522]

I learned literally nothing except that the entirety of the moss creatures are Mossbag's family

[@hornetisvoider]

Lmao

[@lucasisofdarkness5423]

Yes

[@VanellamonSpring]

Lmao

[@treverdavis1324]

Lmao

[@trynt_xasan]

Um you accidentally capitalized mossbag

[@mrtortoise3766]

We had a functioning demo over 3 years ago and we still waiting

[@mitchsz]

I'm not yet prepared for a HK game where the protagonist can talk

[@masterblaster4753]

They're giving you time to prepare

[@alif4598]

@@masterblaster4753 a bit too much time at this point

[@mangoalias608]

ok now are you prepared?

[@JocaPlays87]

Please be prepared by now

[@whitedwarf3777]

At this rate I think that Team Cherry is not prapared either ;-;

[@EvelynNdenial]

a dress with pockets?! then how is it that half of hornets lines aren't "look at my dress. it has pockets!!" it'd be like that if i were her.

[@DontmindmeImhereforthecomments]

My first thought was exactly this! Maybe an added comment for comedic effect that will everyone who _knows_ go: "Aha! I get that. We also mention it if they exist."

[@robert.7230]

Well are there any other characters so far that even have a dress? None come to mind for me.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

It's so cute when girls do that istg

[@lookbehindyourback6910]

Its all about you. So narcissistic amd toxic

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@@lookbehindyourback6910 no, you're just dumb.

[@Itz_R3dox]

Dam three years later 😢 were still waiting…

[@yhhoasacura]

OH DUDE I JUST LOVE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH YOUR CONTENT AND YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR! CHRIST SAKE I'M LAUGHING SO HARD RN

[@purevessel1071]

You aren't the only one. I love mossbag's videos!

[@itcheebeard]

"There wasnt enough areas like the white palace" Hey, shuddup! The devs might hear you!

[@Significantharrassment]

It's to late

[@IdkDieGODiguess]

bro white palace is amazing

[@ItsVenti]

I like the white palace, it's not even that hard

[@superxiphias]

Yeah the white Palace may be hard, but it's very fun to do!

[@robert.7230]

Personally I agree with mossbag, there should be more platforming however not as challenging as the white Palace.

[@thecolorpurple6401]

Ah. *So hornet is made of screen transitions.*

[@singe6264]

Underated comment

[@thecolorpurple6401]

sherbertea :3 =D

[@normalhumanbeing6066]

Copied comment

[@mauz791]

@@normalhumanbeing6066 yup, but nothing can be done

[@mightypurplelicious3209]

wut

[@Gh0st1Knight]

Claim your "Waiting For Mossbag's Silksong Trailer 2 Gameplay Analysis" ticket here. 🤝

[@Masonsstevens14]

This is super exiting, I cant wait for Silksong!

[@limonero8757]

19:29 Why doesn’t Hornet leave a shade? Why doesn’t Hornet leak void like the Knight when at one health? Why would Herrah sacrifice herself for brood, if her child would be killed and hollowed out by void? Why does Hornet say “your birth” to the Knight when talking about the Abyss? Why not say “our birth”? What is the purpose of putting void in Hornet if she’s not meant to be a vessel for the Radiance? Why does Hornet say she lacks the crucial emptiness of the Knight when we know that “emptiness” is a phrase completely synonymous with the void? Why does Hornet have a gender? Why does Hornet say the bindings of the Black Egg would drain her if she’s a void being? “How can my feet smell if they don’t have a nose?” You can read this through the link in the description of the video, but I´m writing it here for the lazy ones.

[@laubra5227]

Limonero I love what you said last

[@musaran2]

I am only distantly interested in the lore, but still baffled that people would think hornet is void. The game is pretty ham-fisted in driving the point the siblings are not the same, and quite the opposite.

[@adamapple8638]

@@musaran2 I think they just don't want to be wrong at this point

[@calligraphy4244]

I’m bothered by the 3rd question.. Vessels aren’t hollowed out by void? But born with void..?

[@adamapple8638]

@@calligraphy4244 it's implied that their body inside their shell is hollowed out and then replaced with void

[@EpicPodcastClips101]

“The fights will be faster and more engaging” I took an hour to defeat lost kin

[@SamueL-td7fb]

I spent a whole week trying to beat Hornet 1

[@doomclasher9287]

@@SamueL-td7fb yea it took me 45 minutes to defeat Hornet 1, but less than 30 minutes to defeat Hornet 2

[@patrickma4220]

Wait like, you dodged the blobs in his arena for over an hour, or it took you an hour of attempts to beat it? I really, really hope it's option B.

[@shady7919]

*cries in the radiance*

[@ImLiterallyGutsFromBerserk]

@@SamueL-td7fb I beat Hornet 1 first try with no (then) knowledge of the game

[@David111IsHere]

Imagine how good the game is now, almost 5 years later 😭

[@alvinip9128]

Hornet is a child of the pale king after all it makes sense that she could retain a mind and her memories after leaving hallownest

[@Azzar19]

I'm pretty sure Ed, Edd and Eddy were consumed by void

[@schmooferino6441]

GAME THEORY: ED is THE KNIGHT?

[@QuokkaWaka]

Secret ending leaked

[@HandmadeGoose97]

The Ed, Edd, and Eddy Jaw breakers are void confirmed

[@DoodleWill]

Spoiler: The Pale King is a son of a shepard.

[@MrPF]

Things I hope to see: -Dreams and Void expended upon -The Hollow Knight as a NPC -Mentions about the fate of the White Lady and Unn -Bretta -At least 1 journal entry about wtf happened to the Knight after creating or summoning the Shade Lord

[@neyte7313]

Why though? Why Bretta? If she is strong enough to survive in the wastelands then EVERYONE is able to. She pretty much commited suicide. (Also, dreams were a thing in Hallownest with moth tribe, Dreamers and Radiance. Pharloom doesn't have anything to do with dreams, plus Hornet doesn't have a dream nail) (Also, White Lady and Unn are unrelated to Hornet. Her parents are Pale King and Herrah)

[@MrPF]

@@neyte7313 I just want to see a continuation of her story Dreams are not tied to the Radiance, Hallownest or the Moth Tribe, the Radiance is a higher being that lives within the Dream, anyone can create their own Dream world if they want to, also the Grimm troupe is still around, which means Nightmare is still a thing Hornet has nothing to do with Unn and not much connection to the White Lady, but they are still extremely powerfull entities, without the Radiance who knows what they will do to Hallownest, that's why I wish we can get at least a mention to what is going on in Hallownest after the Radiance was killed

[@aaaa-kr1qb]

If you mean The Hollow Knight as like your character in the first game then hes kinda dead or sealing the radiance

[@palico004]

@@aaaa-kr1qb Actually he may not be dead. After becoming completely void he goes on to defeat Radiance completely in the True Ending. I believe he won't make an appearance in Silksong but I would love to hear him mentioned as I really grew attached to him and he deserves recognition for his legendary feat.

[@palico004]

@@neyte7313 I doubt Bretta is dead. While we may know that Quirrel and The Knight are the only known characters to survive beyond the Howling Cliffs. I think for Bretta to make it to the Fungal Wastes where she is rescued I think she has some abilities in survival. She is probably a terrible fighter but maybe she can run really fast? Who knows?

[@lorax9644]

24:14 "They see your beauty so frail and fine" might be referring to the weavers and the third line "The forget your heart, bound in slumber and servitude ," might be referring to how the weavers have been imprisoned by the bugs of pharloom for their silk since we see in the trailer hornet literally getting powered up by a weaver bound in silk.

[@robotleo]

Hornet:keeps a giant sawblade in her pocket pale king:that's my girl

[@retinazer92833]

hornet: *makes 87 lead daggers out of 30 bone pieces from dead bugs, keeps an unlimited amount of grenades and living homing self destructing insects in her skirt* *pale king and herra bouta be real proud with this one 💀💀💀*

[@shellyvision9693]

As discussed on an Anonymous Shade live stream: Hornet isn't Void. She's sans.

[@cryxbxby656]

Why does have only 2 likes it's hilarious lmao

[@doomclasher9287]

Anonymous Shade pog

[@ddt9292]

SHAAW

[@merrittanimation7721]

Hornet at the Kingdom's Edge: "You're gonna have a bad time"

[@thefatassskeletonthatbefri3554]

Sans is Ness : 50 iq Sans is Patrick : 75 iq Sans is Steven : 100 iq Sans is Hornet : *10000000000000 IQ*

[@spiderdian2]

BIRDS? What about Mosquitoes???? SMDH You can even see their abdomen for a few frames

[@kesthetrashman3090]

yes

[@chef168]

Thedian I was going to type something about how the beaks could be like those weird bug youngest or something

[@dunkerdoodle]

yes

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

Proboscis!

[@sylviatoamst1316]

personally i was thinking weevils, their antennae and proboscis seem a bit stubby for mosquitoes

[@dim4ik326]

обожаю твои видосы. лучшие разборы HK. просто лучшие

[@ZachPlum]

This gets recommended to me every couple of months and I cry every time

[@MrNathuss]

Needle : Is perfectly balanced. Thanos : This... does put a smile on my face

[@john_tgb4457]

Theory. Hornet is related to thanos?

[@ateacup2788]

@@john_tgb4457 Theory: Thanos is void

[@inezukoi8229]

My exact thoughts dang it

[@prettyoriginalnameprettyor7506]

Pale king thanos confirmed, he threw all the failed vessels into the abyss

[@katie-ampersand]

@@ateacup2788 Theory: Thanos is a screen transition

[@PlumDaPlum16_17]

Hey could this be the reason ‘the beast’ wanted a child with the pale king? So that one day a demigod could free the weavers from whoever has imprisoned them?

[@christophvonpezold4699]

This is a really underrated comment, amazing idea!

[@SH-tk4lx]

@@christophvonpezold4699 indeed !!

[@mparker123]

I think the Weavers made a deal with Herrah, their dreamnail dialogue suggest they created the Weaversong charm to protect Hornet in exchange for something ...Herrah... ...Princess... ...For protection... ...For bargain made...

[@VerdesArt]

Good theory!

[@lackalrxklr2481]

interesting point

[@katewinston6333]

Those little Ed Edd and Eddy clips made me smile so much. You won my sub with those

[@kriptosl2129]

the demo is out, finally! I'm so glad

[@Talon323]

Im gonna bet that mossbags creepypasta is about a world where hornet is void.

[@mossbag69]

The darkest timeline!

[@shiratama2681]

"This greater emphasis on platforming" ANGRY PATH OF PAIN NOISES

[@obscure_genesis]

Platforming is the best part of the game, and Path of Pain was sick.

[@madflam3192]

@@obscure_genesis but hard

[@obscure_genesis]

@@madflam3192 I mean, for me it was easier than fighting bosses. I finished path of pain in 40 minutes without too much trouble. I spend over an hour on bosses + rage. Platforming is precise, so the only bullshit is your own mistakes.

[@madflam3192]

@@obscure_genesis it take me 3 day to do it yes im bad and a extra 2h 'cause of the joycon drift i have

[@Obsrange5176]

@@obscure_genesis the bosses are the best part

[@Ruebeabea]

There's a typo in the spoiler warning. This is how I gain plesure.

[@elsolitariodrogado]

Well I honestly think that the fact that the screen goes black when Hornet is defeated could be a way of saying that she is forming a silk dome around his "Remnants"