#if xero had known the entire vessel plan he 100% wouldn’t have needed the infection to turn his nails against the king

[thehappiestgolucky]

Someone in the tags of my last Xero post (you know who you are) talked about the similarities between a doodle and Hollow so naturally I couldn’t stop thinking about Xero and Hollow.

I love the idea that Xero was a loved and respected knight. The idea he saw Hollow as a child and knew, knew, this was a child. And Hollow so, so young, feeling guilt about even letting this knight show kindness and love to them - when they were meant to be hollow (oh but they couldn’t be)

Do you think they felt guilty? When they overheard Xero raise his voice at the King, quickly hushed, because he dared suggest Hollow was a child? When they started seeing this knight less and less, scared that their father was furious at him? When suddenly this knight was executed, for betraying the king? Was it their fault? Should they have never allowed him to be himself, ran to avoid indulging in the tiny moments of someone looking at them as a person? Did they even know Xero was falling to the infection? Would that make it feel worse?

They were both victims of an infection, bound by gods with their own desires. No one wins in a gods game.

#hollow knight #doodles #hk xero #hk hollow #feeling so many feelings for them rn #tw impalement #<i have been trying for ages to get a proper tag whilst not being yeeted off of tumblr search dear god #LISTEN hollow in fix-it fic would feel SO guilty about failing #and I just #i can’t WORD IT UGHHH #i have another xero related doodle dump but its much nicer au than ‘hee hoo knight who got caught in the wrong cross fire’ #*holds heads in hands* #if xero had known the entire vessel plan he 100% wouldn’t have needed the infection to turn his nails against the king #but he didn’t. and he feels horrible for not fully knowing the story behind hollow. but how could he? #it’s just - dshdjksdjkshdjkhsdjkshdhsdjks #do people get it? do you understand my tired untangable brainrot? #i am thinking a lot about xero again. no one is surprised