Came here for hollow knight? Came here for musicals?....so i made a thing.
Ive seen HK videos with this song and oh man it fits so well. So i tried making my own thing(if thats ok). I tried putting my gijinka designs into animations(animatic to be exact) so this vid is just for fun, and also a way to try the audio in flipaclip(still having trouble with it, exported vid doesnt seem to synch? or is it just me??). I hope the characters is still recognizable.
Song: Interlude IV (Showtime) by Zach Callison
Link: • interlude IV (Showtime)
To those who are asking. Yeah I did took 'inspiration' from 55 Chromosomes( kzhead.info/sun/arqkqLGsg5umnWg/bejne.html ) and Lemon the UPS man's( kzhead.info/sun/qpeolLqCbaGiZq8/bejne.html ) works, because idk their vids and concepts are so good and i wanna make my own(and i wanted to draw expressions so bad lol) So, if you guys didnt like me doing it. I could take it down for you.(well i just did this for fun anyways lol)
Wait REALLY? You took inspiration from ME?? I’m dying WHAT JSFHKJNSDKVJLGGFJF I CANNOT AAAAA THANKS This made my day jhsjhgcvxjahsbf
don't you dare take this down, you did amazing!
SAD-ist 🍉
DON'T YOU DARE TAKE DONW THIS MASTERPICE, YOU SHOWN A AMAZING JOB AND THESE CHANNELS ARR MORE LIKELY TO GROW! if anyone gets salty about, just ignore them ok? They just gibe these channels bad names
:D no need to take it down! very nice!
Everyone: "say the line Hornet" Hornet: "FINE, I'LL DO IT BY MYSELF" Everyone: *shivers*
"Then I give you the blame for this pain in my chest" honestly hits harder
@@teldd1194 idk I really like the "Fine, I'll do it by myself" but we can all agree the entire song is lit
Everyone: "SAY THE LINE HORNET" Hornet: "SHAWWW, GIT GUUUD" Everyone: "Not in the script but LETS GOOOOOOO"
consider : "if you won't GO I WILL! TO AVENGE THE LOST SOUL I KILLED!"
@@khloeg1649 like I said to Ted the entire song is lit so I agree
I love the representation of Hornets relationships with several people including her mother (and her “step mother”)
Step mother
And half-brother
Octavian tiolan The knight is not the white lady’s son because he is a vessel
@@jorgeg2577 Actually, all vessel's are King and Lady son's ... It's long story
jorgeg2577 All vessels are the kings children. The white lady birthed all of them and then they were infused with void.
The idea of Hornet having survivor's guilt after the Knight's passing is actually really interesting, I hope they somehow incorporate that into some of Silksong's story
They probably won’t, the creators said that you won’t need to have played hollow knight to understand silksong
@@really1583 that doesnt mean anything, they can fix that by showing a simple cutscene.
Leon More importantly, Team Cherry said that every ending is equally canon, including the Embrace the Void ending, which you can get without ever even going into the Temple of The Black Egg, so Hornet wouldn't have any need to feel guilty
@@worthlesshuman5041 so "Sealed Siblings" canon aswell? Is Silksong sequel or prequel??
@@fatis2745 silk song is probably going to be a prequel if every ending in hk is canon
"Show about to start. Don't be late." Silksong: "Coming soon" I: Ok, I'm definitely not late
Aaaany day now...
The five stages of grief are: denial. anger. bargaining. depression. acceptance. Yeah, add a 6th one going crazy
You'll never be late. No one will.
Just started playing Hollow Knight. Way late for that. Not for the sequel.
@@grug6587 the 6th one is memeing your own griefs
So are we gonna talk about how this is still fucking fire even compared to her new stuff?
sadly no, people don't appreciate hollow knight enough
@@sindarinlord yeah dream smp fans don't mention it they just say THAT'S SO Cool and stuff like that without knowing the context
I kinda miss her more underground and indie stuff like this, she hasn't done anything non-minecraft related in awhile. :]
@@TheNostalgiaJunkie same haha
@@TheNostalgiaJunkie it’s sad but her DSMP stuff is still good
Everybody here talking about how sad the animation is and about the voice actors but I'm appreciating how this person drew Hornet's hair, like how her hair is up until Hornet has finally had enough of the White Lady and snaps after she doesn't accept the blame for what happened to the Knight and taking off what was keeping her hair up. Like. Wow. Really good designs in this.
And with a phone no less
Wait. A PHONE!?
@@sarajohnson3537 Yup
Only using a PHONE!?
Little details can make a great difference
if you're ever feeling confident, remember this was all on a phone
Jesus christ shes talented you just shattered my confidence
well I mean. there's alot of good stuff made on a phone.
@@PS-vr1uv of course! but its still extremely hard to make art on a phone for most people.
I dont think so its like drawing on an empty paper but it just depends on how you use it
THANKS 🤧
1:42 just gonna point out the fact that Hornet has a cut on her cheek and at the end you can see a glowing thread. She stitched it herself, thats such a cool detail
What makes it even cooler is that if I'm not mistaken that's how she heals in silksong, the mechanic is her using her thread to stitch or bind her wounds. HONESTLY I CANT THIS ANIMATIC IS SO COOL
I can actually see her doing that.
I never noticed that that's awesome detail work
Oh god, that shot of the crying Shade strangling Ghost? “You choked him out of his goddamn mind” and the connection with “No mind to think” despite that Ghost is so obviously hurting? The implication of the White Lady being the one to encourage the Pale King? And those shots of Herrah comforting her daughter one last time, Hornet with Herrah sleeping, and then Hornet and Ghost talking after Herrah is gone and THEN HORNET *CRYING* AT THE ALTAR WITHOUT GHOST? Oh god, oh fuck, how are you so good at portraying her anger and regret and pain, oh fuck, my heart hurts, oh no.....
This got me fucked up..
This is so good im screaming
Aaaa I agree! And because Ghost was one of the "failed" vessels, that means they have emotion, too!
The Queen did encourage him. None of this could have been done without her helping him. She made children and then let them be slaughtered over and over again because they weren't good enough, then sacrificed the final one to save herself and everyone else. By the time we see her in the game she's barely holding onto sanity. Ghost came out of that hellish pit of Death and darkness just to sacrifice themself and Hornet started to believe that Ghost could be the key to finally put an end to this suffering but in a few endings Ghost sacrifices themself to keep it going and the cycle begins all over again. Ghost completing the ritual are always the worst choices because it never stops anything just buys more time killing Radiance is the only way to end it.
And around 1:33 with the shots of little ghost and the hollow knight hurt my heart
Me at first: Oh look, a cool humanized Hollow Knight animatic-- Me, 1 minute and 43 seconds later: *aggressive sobbing*
Hahaha
Yessss
Aggressive sobbing? Out of all the words you could have used...
@@trelltrell2253 Yeah?
@@trelltrell2253 you dont control what they Said/type.
"Look outside yourself" The white lady is blind Great animation
bruh momento
But she is well aware of many things, especially at this state before her 'weakening' which we see in the game.
@@girl1213 but this is based after the game
@@tortilla9176 The original game, nothing with the Godseeker soo...
And she literally rooted herself in there, so she's stuck as well.
I'm not even into the fandom, BUT THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY GOOD.
GO PLAY THE GAME IT'S ONE OF THR GREATEST METROID VANIAS OUT THERE
Get into this fandom
Yes, please do get into the fandom
GET THE GAME ITS ONLY $15 AHHHH IT IS THE BEST AHHH
@@taffles7498 it is very expensive from russian perspective, i could live for a week on those money. plus i don't like video games.
Man this is super sad. i never really thought about what the aftermath of the sealed vessel ending would entail, but it's sad to think that hornet might feel so angry about the knight's death :( Edit: and also I really love the detail about the knight confronting his fears and fighting his shade, this song fits so well!
He (the Knight) is really not dead , but being sealed is a faith worse than death, because even if he is Hollow or not , he is going to break, no Matter what, And Hornet in The Game knew there was a way to finally end the Radiance control over hallownest, but the Knight decide to do what the White lady said to him,be sealed, that's why Hornet is so angry at her by letting the Knight do the same as the Hollow Knight
Technically, they didn't die. Just encapsulated the Radiance again.
@@Solar_Axis Once the knight is free he's gonna be stabbing himself just like the Hollow Knight did
J r NO DONT YOU CANT JUST SAY THAT IM GONNA CTY
@@Entei707 no because in the true ending he doesn't contain the radience he consumes it with his siblings after that his purpose is accomplished so he returns to the abyss since he has already done what he was made for,he doesn't do the same as the hollow Knight
I don’t normally like humanoid hollow knight characters, but for this. I’ll make an acception Edit: exception
I don't normally up-vote posts with silly spelling errors, but for this one I will make an _exception._ xD
Sean P. Whoops
Your profile picture is just right for this comment
SAME
I know, right
Playing this at a slower speed and seeing each panel, it really gives you a better idea of the story. Seeing the pain, anger and regret Hornet is going through, her wanting- needing- for her family to be any type of normal again comes out so much clearer. And you can just see how manipulative, yet caring and regretful the White Lady is for everything that has happened... she just wants Hornet to be happy, yet it seems her words are only widening the barrier between them... She can never replace or lessen the love for Herrah and Ghost in Hornet's heart. At least that's what I've noticed.
The White Lady gives off mad puppet master vibes
@@Goofiest_goober838 Watching it again after awhile I agree, the love almost seems... fake, in a way. It's to strange how quickly the White Lady flashes to anger.
@@The_Lost_Anomaly Yes, even though Hornet is physically more powerful, the White Lady is pulling all of the emotional strings.
@@Goofiest_goober838 Sametimes emotions are stronger than physicality. You can stab someone and the scar will heal, but that memory lasts forever.
@@Goofiest_goober838 She is a pale being Hornet would be more powerful since she's a main character and main characters are almost always the strongest in their respective franchises
This was the first SAD-ist animatic I ever watched... Little did I know I'd be back for MCYT nearly 3 months later
Same. I watched this on loop for days before I even bothered to look at SAD-ist's name, and didn't remember it was the same animator until after "Dawn of the 16th" dropped. Sad, but at least I know I'm watching her animatics for their quality rather than the hype I feel because of their connection with the DSMP.
Same I didn’t even know it was her
you should look at her other HK animatics :DDD
Mine was escapism
God I watched this thing over and over too, before dsmp started. Good times
DUDE YOU’RE SO GOOD AT ANGLES AND EMOTIONS
he would be a great mangaQ
You mean at everything??
tHe aNgLes OmFg aNd tHe EdItInG (cries from jealousy) After 4 months I am still jealous of her skills :( Such talent. I don't deserve to breathe the same air as this god
Wow (I just randomly commented this for some reason)
sorry but, *you're
I'm not even in the Hollow Knight fandom and I still fell in love with this Edit : I'm not surprised that people want to play Hollow Knight from just watching this lmfao
Me too
Same-
i wanna be in the fandom now
@@vsuvi *are you prepared to feel true pain, anguish and sadness?* Because I kid you not the game is frustrating but fun
@@youreverydaywriter1687 IM PREPARED!!!! ive been through many fandoms before
Lyrics: Key: C = Christie (White Lady) Z = Zach (Hornet) C: We're finally free. Welcome home. It's just you and me now, standing alone. The world is ours. Z: No it isn't... C: Get in the car . Z: This isn't finished . C: What? Z: Even though the kid's dead I'm still seeing red. I'm just a shell of his form that his innocence shed. C: He lived a good life and he gave it to you... Z: Oh, is that right? You know it's not true! Look at him showered in blood and flowers, now look in my eyes, she still holds the power. After years and tears and confronting his fears he's dead on his record for the world to hear. And they'll all think that it was suicide, but Christie I know it was you, inside. C: I saved him, I held him, 'til the moment he died! Z: You choked him out of his own goddamn mind! You promised the world to him; a goddamn lie. C: What do you want from me? Z: Oh, look outside yourself! C: I won't help you take her down. Z: Fine... I'll do it by myself! C: You don't need it. Z: Oh, I know that I need it. C: She's been gone for years, I know you can beat it! Z: No, look in the mirror, you know we both fear her. We're one and the same; we're afraid to be near her. We utter the name with our spirits defeated, but you let me kill him. You're worse than Juanita! C: I told you to end it, it was all for the best. Z: So I have you to blame for this pain in my chest... C: No! Z: If you won't go I will, to avenge the lost soul I killed. C: You're filling your heart up with hate. All the same (Z: No!) as the kid (Z: No!) that you just left (Z: No!) facedown on the (Z: No!) pavement! (Z: Save it!) Z: It's time I made a statement: "A pity this city has ruined us. We could've ruled Hollywood just the two of us, but Juanita has just made a fool of us." C: You're lost. Z: One, two, three, four: Is this what love is really for? Is this all I get for being yours; the kid in front of me in blood and gore? Five, six, seven, eight: Years put to waste for all I hate. They'll all know Juanita's fate! Z: Show's about to start, don't be late...
Big pp man BIG PP MAN
this comment is underrated as hell..
@@starlaser100 i mean i wouldn't say that all he did was comment the lyrics like you could have just looked for it yourself
I'm new to this fandom so I don't know the lore, but can you explain who they are
@@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 Christie and Zach are the characters in the actual song. In the video, Hornet is the one with the needle and White Lady is the tree.
So when I first watched this, literally months ago, I knew absolutely nothing about hollow knight and I just thought the animation and poses were absolutely killer but now-. Now I have context-. Oh no my poor heart. This is even more beautiful with knowledge
I haven't played the game but I have researched it ALOT just for understanding more of this animation. I still don't understand half of the lore but... the things I understood was enough for me to be sitting here watching this for the hundredth time. It was really...
Survivor's guilt.
@@comictitan4509 yEAH
EXACTLY I watched this animatic MANY times before getting into the game, didn’t watch it at all while playing, and now I’ve watched it after beating the game and it is GLORIOUS
Don't mind me, just rewatching this for the 100th time
It's currently my 17th time watching this. I'll come back when I react more than 100
Relatable
I put it on Loop on PC XD
did ya see the pale king in the white lady when she said "died"?
those are rookie numbers
I literally tried to like the video several times this is my new favourite hollow knight video
Lewis Gardener dude same it’s so good
@@sandwick4147 Same
I love the humanized designs so much. This is absolutely amazing. This concept where Hornet confronts the White Lady is something I never knew I needed to be made canon. This makes the first ending even more sad.
The animation? Amazing. The angles? Stunning. The representation? On point as heck. Hotel? Trivago.
😂😂😂
Good advertising.? 😂
lol
this is like a text rick roll and im all here for it
This animation made me buy the game
That's great!
same
Same
Same, I just got to Hornet
Hollow knight is one (if not the) best indie game(s) in history
There are so many beautiful details in this its hard to talk about them all. The different colours of the shots on the beginning, choosing to focus on potential interactions between WL and Hornet, Hornets complex emotions on her past roots and present situation! Long story short thank you for this good content
I love how at 1:23 it implies that they could have gotten a better ending than just "The hollow knight" ending if they just worked together.
This fits surprisingly well and expresses the way I think we all feel when getting the ending where the knight contains the infection.
Honestly the first time I heard about this game my brother tried to sell it to me as having two sad endings. The first one I got was beating radiance. The second was sealed siblings. And I cried when I realized the fate of the little knight.
Please don’t take this down I’m literally crying because it was so good.
This is so good,the animation,style,and how well you portrayed Hornet's emotions! I could see Hornet blaming White Lady,it sort of was White's fault. She could have done better in saving Hallownest. And Ghost just looked babey in this animation I WANT TO HUG HIM!! And Radiance looming over Hornet,it's like she saying,"Child,I took your entire family from you. Your mother sacrificed herself because of me. Your sibling is in tremendous pain,all because of me." 'You choked him out of his goddam mind!' with the crying Shade strangling Ghost,really hit me.I would actually die to make Hornet feel better,and to make Ghost come back.
@insomnia is a bish pretty good-
They named little knight ghost
Oh hi again i saw in Hornets voice
@@WandererBasil hey look who I found
@@mister_dadstersays_hi7372 hey!
I love how this implies that after this ending the infection still isn't over. It looks like Ghost gained emotions because of Hornet, and it looks like she knows about it. This is why Ghost also fails at containing the Radiance, so Hornet still sees her influence and is fighting it herself, like it's corrupting her. So, in a desperate attempt, she goes to see the White Lady to seek help, but doesn't get it. So... she will fight alone again, just like she did before. It's such a good animatic, I get goosebumps every time. Great job!
The little white threads from Hornet’s needle especially at the end... the detail in this is incredible and the fact that it was finger on a PHONE SCREEN makes it even more so
*"Listen to your mother", they said. "You'll be fine", they said. Look where that got me...* *Chained up in an egg and sealed away from rest of the world*
. . . Why the frick did you stab my feelings like that?
@@itzquintle9479 -Not- Sorry
Andddd that’s why I chose to get Dream No More. But then again White Palace sucked. If your dead uh, whatever Hornet helps you.
@@NexTheForgettable You get hurt, hurt 'em back. You get killed... walk it off
@Amari Christopher Clyde Yes we know, but that doesn't mean we can't mourn Little Ghost
*uploads at 2 am* I don't need sleep, I need to see this.
*laughs in Pacific Time Zone*
same
Laughs in Mexican
Sleep is for the weak
@@TheSoulkeeper26 polymathic sleeprhytm might be something for all of you. First 2 weeks are hell but after that it's great.
"SO I HAVE YOU TO BLAME FOR THIS PAIN IN MY CHEST" Goddamn beautiful, has made me cry more than once, such a powerful song, and the animation is phenomenal. No such thing as enough props to SAD-ist.
Sadist has such an amazing way of showing emotion holy shit The facial expressions are just pure fucking diamond
She did it in her phone using her finger!!
I love the designs of all the humanized bugs in this! Especially Radiance, the Pale King, and Little Ghost. It only shows a few seconds of them, but they look so amazing! I also like the image of Ghost's shade choking him. The facial expressions are absolutely perfect, the hatred and regret and sorrow and memories. I love it so much! Anyway I might've rewatched it 20 times after it was released-
“i also like the image of the ghost’s shade choking him”
@@blurob1326 that doesnt sound wrong in anyway.
this is now a canon event that led to silksong
Honestly that'd be awesome!
@@juangutierrez673 yo like what??
@@juangutierrez673 The thing is, that scene isn't happening, hornet is just stating, "we could've entered together" insinuating the radiance ending(I'm unaware of the actual ending's name) but instead, they just got the first ending, where the knight replaces the original hollow knight in contaning the corruption, but I could be wrong.
@@juangutierrez673 This is not true, becase they are talking about how the knight locked himself in the black egg temple, I'm not so strong in the lore game, but from what the animation is implying, it looks like the hornet is aware of the radience, and is confronting the white lady for events that aren't cannon which happen after the knight replaced the corrupted hollow knight.
silksong is before the hollowknight events
I knew nothing about Hollow Knight, but after watching this I binged the hour long lore vid by mossbag. I am now sad. ._.
welcome to the club ;-)
This hits so different, I became a dream SMP fan purely because of her animations and now I’m a massive hollow knight player so watching these knowing it’s from sadist is beyond full circle
The overlay of the Pale King over the White Lady during "till the moment he died" and the silk stitching on her scratches on the last frame GOD this is immaculate
this song really does fit hollow knight so well. i thought it was made for the song the first time i listened to it, because it was just *too perfect*
If you think that this song suits the hollow knight lore you should listen to 'blood in the water'
@@shanecostanzo3830 oh yea tht song very good piece of music
@@shanecostanzo3830 by who?
I’m amazed at how well this works. All the tiny details showing the conflicts in her head, all the people she knows that have been affected by the Radiance. It’s sort of like seeing Undyne the Undying. You know she can’t win but... we’re cheering her on anyways.
The first time I watched this I didn’t know anything about hollow knight. Now I’m rewatching it after playing hollow knight and knowing it’s lore, and I gotta say, it hits different.
OKAY IM BACK NOW AND READY TO LEAVE A PROPER COHERENT APPRECIATIVE COMMENT. Good god. Where to begin? First off, as usual, your artstyle is beautifully expressive and your angles and animation are mindblowing. The way you portrayed Hornet's emotional state while still very much retaining her personality (even though she's not usually an openly emotive person) really struck a cord and is one of the most heartbreaking aspects of this video. Your gijinka designs themselves are SO incredible and immediately recognisable, even to someone who's never seen them before! i instantly recognised pk, the white lady, and herrah with absolutely no trouble. And I ADORE the dark irisless style you use for the eyes- i feel like it makes it so that despite them being gijinkas, there's an element of otherness to them, which is absolutely gorgeous and fitting for hollow knight as a whole! moreso, the story of this is just... so incredibly heartwrenching! i dont see many people acknowledging the white lady's part in this- or specifically how you, as Ghost, find her in her chambers and she essentially gives you half of a charm and tells you "hey, i hope this helps you go get sealed and be alone, possible in tremendous amounts of pain, forever despite knowing for sure vessels aren't pure and having had first hand experience in the matter. nice chat c:". Like thats your own mother telling you that! Holy shit! And Hornet's justified anger- her having clearly developed fondness for Ghost and caring about them- it makes me ache so deeply. There were so many beautiful sequences in this as a whole! The White Lady and PK overlapping at "held (them) til the moment (they) *died*". "blood and gore" - shifting between ghost and an infected thk... Ghost "facing their regrets" and having their weeping shade LITERALLY suffocate them. Hornet's sequence of steadily losing everyone- the hollow knight, her mother, ghost- and all the adults in hornets life; pk, herrah, and wl... It's so beautifully tragic. Her anger. Her loneliness. The depth of her determination. Hornet's *had enough*. She's lost everything to post-radiance Hallownest; her mother, two of her siblings, her childhood to a burden she never wanted- and with the eradiction of the infection, the only purpose she ever knew. additionally you draw ghost like SUCH A CHILD... IT HURTS SO MUCH. to see them like that, so obviously small and vulnerable and alone, having gone through so much unspeakable pain and lost so much and gotten nothing but eternal lonliness in the end... awful. so so incredibly awful, so painful and poignant and emotionally evocative to so perfectly characterise them as the child that they are. i think gijinkas were the best option for a video like this. TLDR: i love literally everything about this. thank you SO much for such a gift, ill watch it many times
Thank you so much for this comment Homie 😭🙏 You put in words everything that needed to be said about this amazing animation!! Let’s not forget that it was also made in flippaclip (I believe) I really love the way you took the time to explain your opinion on this and actually tell everyone what is happening. Highly underrated comment.
I gave u the 300th like but that comment needs more like, 3000 likes. And... Yes. I cant write something like that emotional because my english is not enough, but I really want to see some flashbacks like that in the Silksong. Because it really can be great.
@@Air_Head007 omg thank you so much this is so sweet 😭 i really just enjoyed this animatic a whole lot and wanted to express it thoroughly
@@nillays ;w; thank you so much aa
eternally existential No problem my dude. 👌👌👌
This is so stunning, I don't even know where to begin with how much I love this. I don't think about this ending much because it's so heartwrenching; but you've perfectly captured exactly *why* it's so heartbreaking. Hornet isn't usually openly emotive, but you've portrayed her complex feelings on her past and her pain and anger at this ending so thoroughly in character. I love your portrayal of the White Lady as a big part in causing the whole tragedy; I feel like a lot of people overlook her role as just as much of a well-meaning villain as the Pale King, so this is a very good and refreshing take on her! And as someone who puts a lot of focus on facial expression and emotion in my own art, the angles and body language and faces in this absolutely blow me away. I lowkey want to study this thing frame by frame to learn how you do that. This animatic is *brilliant.*
Dis animatic was made in fliaclip i think
i watched this 3 years ago before i even knew hollow knight; i though nothing about it. now that ive actually platinumed hk, the references, and animation are just top tier
I am here to apologize for leaving this in my recommended for so long
apology accepted
@@localinsane21 Thank you :)
I love the tiny details like hornets cut being stitched at the very end
i'm really digging this depiction of the white lady as a grand architect of manipulation! I mean, if i'm not mistaken, she is supposed to be a god(or godlike) creature on the pale kings tear, and we see /hear of his power, but the white lady? not as much. She never struck me as either powerful, or scary, but when she is just smiling at Hornet's accusations at 0:40 It got me. if they ever made a hollow knight movie, this would make a great after credit set up for a squeal!! this is just fantastic work!!!!!
agreed
Hornet has reason to be angry...but it's mainly at her father, the Pale King (that's the real Juanita if you think about it), who is the architect of everything, especially the loss of bugs in Hornet's life. The White Lady's crime is being completely compliant with it and not stopping it since as the Pale King's equal she had the ability, but chose to follow him without question. So Hornet's real problem with the White Lady isn't so much she's a grand architect of manipulation as it's not being the mother she's supposed to be to the Hollow Knight and all the other Vessels. She KNEW the Hollow Knight wasn't perfect, yet she didn't stop his fate. So the Radiance wins because one of the most powerful of bugs didn't tell her partner to let go the kingdom and sacrifice himself instead.
Agreed, I didn’t even notice her smiling at Hornet’s accusations, awesome job catching that.
She's not the grand architect, she was just complicit. The Pale King is the one who committed the deeds, she's guilty of letting him.
*Me who got the “Dream No More” ending* “Um I’d like to make a complaint”
It's sad alot of people missed these older animations because the dreamsmp ones blew up and cover all this up
GO! 👏 OFF! 👏 HORNET! 👏 Seriously though this is fantastic. The lyrics fit surprisingly well, the expressions and animation are emotive and snappy, the fast cuts add to the rising tension, and the emotion is *palpable.* Absolutely fantastic work, I’m going to rewatch this constantly.
I know! So good!
I don't know why the singers sound so damn familiar, but it hits so hard. (Edit: I'm well aware that it's the SU VAs, thanks for letting me know in the replies.) This idea that the Queen was at fault for this, enabling the King to do all of this but not taking the blame... Holy shit, it's amazing. That overlay when the Radiance appears over the White Lady gives me such Salem vibes from RWBY, like as if she looks back on herself or something and realizes her mistakes
The singers are the voice actors of Steven and Connie from Steven Universe
it's the SU peeps
@@Purpie_Slurpie I knew it! Is this from SU, or just the VAs? I haven't watched Steven Universe Future but I feel it would fit right in with some parts I've heard about.
@@abaddonarts1129 the VA of Steven has an independent album and the song is from there. It's really good, I'd recommend a listen.
Zak Efron is Steven's Voice actor. From Steven Universe
The flash of Ghost and Hollow comparison on what happens to the when sealed just sends chills all over my body 1:34
Every time there's the flashes of past things, it's so good. All of it is good, but the choices of what to include where in the little flashes is a masterpiece.
OH MY GOD. Usually when I see interlude IV animatics the lyrics don't make sense with the fandom/story, but THIS IS PERFECT. I could tell EXACTLY what hornet was feeling and the artstyle was breathtaking. Ya done good.
I found this before I played Hollow Knight. It just.... Fuck it just hurts so much more now that I know all the endings.
The characters have more emotion in their faces than most other animatics i've seen of this
This is literally the best Hollow Knight content I have ever seen.
The game?
@@twittersucks8297 yeah
I don’t usually comment but I wanted to let you know that your animations are legendary!! Your ability to express emotion and movement through your art is unmatched by many other artists I’ve seen. I always find myself watching all of your animations over and over again because every frame is so cool! You’ve inspired me to start animating! Keep up the great work!
THIS GAVE GORB SHIVERS, BUT THE GOOD KIND.
"SHE STILL HOLDS THE POWER" AND "THEY ALL THINK IT WAS SUICIDE" the radiance and the hollow knight's "sacrifice" god this song fits so well
HOLY HECK- This is amazing! The facial expressions and the poses- just * chef kiss * ❤
Lyrics for anyone who was lost in some parts: We're finally free Welcome home It's just you and me now Standing alone The world is ours No it isn't Get in the car This isn't finished What? Even though the kid's dead I'm still seeing red I'm just a shell of his form That his innocence shed He lived a good life and he gave it to you Oh is that right? You know it's not true Look at him showered In blood and flowers Now look in my eyes She still holds the power After years and tears And confronting his fears He's dead on his record For the world to hear And they'll all think That it was suicide But Christie I know It was you inside I saved him I held him 'Til the moment he died You choked him out of his own God damn mind You promised the world to him A god damn lie What do you want from me? Oh look outside yourself I won't help you take her down Fine I'll do it by myself You don't need it Oh I know that I need it She's been gone for years I know you can beat it No look in the mirror You know we both fear her We're one in the same We're afraid to be near her We utter the name With our spirits defeated But you let me kill him You're worse than Juanita I told you to end it It was all for the best So I have you to blame For this pain in my chest NO! If you won't go I will To avenge the lost soul I killed You're filling your heart up with hate All the same (No!) As the kid (No!) That you just left (No!) Face down on the (No!) Pavement! It's time I made a statement A pity the city has ruined us We could've fooled Hollywood Just the two of us But Juanita has made a fool of us You're lost One two three four Is this what love is really for Is this all I get for being yours The kid in front of me in blood and gore Five six seven eight Years put to waste for all I hate They'll all know Juanita's fate Show's about to start Don't be late
@Connor Reese to be honest I figured it out but I just put those for the peeps who are new and look in the comments for lyrics. =3
@@ekscaseygaming9656 Didn't you just copy-paste what it said on google?
@@Mercy_of_the_Devil Ye. I did but there are a few people out there that just don't wanna. so I did it for 'em
We're finally free, welcome home. It's just you [Hornet] and me [White Lady] now, standing alone. The world is ours. No it isn't. Get in the car [egg]. This isn't finished. What? Even though the kid's [The Hollow Knight] dead, I'm [Hornet] still seein' red. That's a shell of his form that his innocence shed. He lived a good life and he gave it to you. Hoho! Is that right? You *know* that's not true! Look at him [Ghost] showered in blood, and flowers, Now look in my eyes - she [the Radiance] still holds the power. After years and tears and confronting his [Ghost's] fears, He's [HK] dead on his record for the world to hear. And they all think that it was suicide, But Christie I *know* it was you inside! I saved him - I held him til' the moment he *died* You choked him out of his own G*d d*mn mind! You promised the world to him, a G*d d*mn lie! What do you want from me? Oh look outside yourself! I won't help you take her down... Fine. I'll do it by myself! You don't mean it! Oh I know that I mean it. She's [Radiance] been gone for years, I know you can beat it. No, look in the mirror. You know we both fear her. We're one in the same - we're afraid to be near her. We utter the name with our spirits defeated, But you'd let me kill him! You're worse than Juanita [the Radiance]! I told you the ending. It was all for the best! So I have _you_ to blame for this pain in my chest? NO! If you won't go I will. To avenge the lost soul I *kill* You're filling your heart up with hate, All the same (No), As the kid (No), That you just left (No!), Face down on the (No!) Pavement! (Save it!) It's time I made a statement. A pity this city has ruined us, We could have ruled Hollywood [saved Hallownest] Just the two of us but - Juanita has just made a fool of us. You're lost. 1, 2, 3, 4. Is this what love is really for? Is this all I get for bein' yours? The kid in front of me in blood and gore?! 5, 6, 7, 8. Years put to waste for all I hate! They'll all know Juanita's [that evil's] fate! Show's about to start - don't be late.
@@Mercy_of_the_Devil Heeeeey (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*･✧ Now we both did it! =D
Now I know I watch a sadist Animatic before the dreamsmp
I know that there are other great parts of the video but these scenes at 0:26 fits with the voice so well that I rewatched it so many times.
OMG THIS IS SO GOOD, I LOVE HORNET'S EXPRESSIONS, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE REGRET, ANGER AND ANGUISH IN HER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
0:53 literally the best part >.>
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Take a minute to pause on the frames of the radiance… she’s terrifying and I love it
“How many times have you watched this?” “Yes” 0:00 Replay button for my fellow obsessors
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The “so I have you to blame for this pain in my chest” part, so good. That scene always sends chills down my spine, very good animation, would recommend
This is my sister, this is my brother, we are siblings and we care for eachother!
And fuck Drista!
Oh the other animation with that song XD
because we are siblings and we have same hair :D
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Thats a happy ending..
i genuinely get chills every single time i watch this, no matter how many times i've seen it
This is great. Even after so many years it gives me chills
the way the song fits the story of Hollow Knight is so fucking uncanny. And those animations just it so much emotion and power...WELL DONE
I love this and desperately want more. The emotions and storytelling conveyed through this is absolutely amazing I love the detail. The reluctanct, yet furious actions of the Shade, how Hornet seems to blame herself, the flashes of The Radiance and The Pale King. The way it seems Ghost really did have emotions. Its just....perfect.
I remember browsing KZhead 12 hours after this came out, and I saw it and immediately clicked, as I'd just started playing Hollow Knight and was obsessed with it. This was the first fan animation I'd ever watched, and my introduction to how amazing the people in this community really are. I had this video on loop for hours that night. Thank you for making it.
O HMY GOD THE DESIGNS- HERRAH LOOKS SO GOOD, HORNET LOOKS BADASS AND THE WHITE LADY LOOKS SO MAJESTIC AHHHHHHH THANK YOU SAD-IST FOR GIVING US THIS WONDERFUL MASTERPIECE
So here’s my takeaway. It’s a couple years after The Hollow Knight ending and while the Radiance was successfully sealed off, the Knight is in there, basically dead. Pre-Fall the White Lady suggested the creation of the Vessels but let PK take credit, especially when it failed. She never cared for them, it was PK who actually did, and it hurt him every time he had to throw one away, it hurt so much that eventually he hid away and killed himself. White Lady’s motive for this was so that she would wait until the true Hollow Knight to rise up and seal away the Radiance so that she could become the true emperor of Hallownest. After Hornet and The Knight killed THK and the Knight sealed away the infection, Hornet started feeling guilt over killing her brother and leaving another to rot. She wanted nothing more to kill The Radiance and free her best friend, or at least retrieve his body. The white lady wasn’t going to let that happen, because that would show the Citizens of Hallownest that the creation of the vessels was unnecessary, and so they would revolt over losing their kingdom and minds, and WL would no longer have intelligent bugs to serve her. Hallownest may be free of the Radiance, but she still clings to Hornet’s mind, infecting her, but not in the way the citizens of Hallownest know. The Radiance wants to be killed. The last thing she will do is completely destroy Hallownest and finally get revenge on the one that locked her up.
Amari Christopher Clyde that was just a simple mistake. Also she can move, she just tied herself down. It’s not hard to break free of rope
Amari Christopher Clyde also I’m not sure if that’s canon
Nah, White Lady doesn't seem to care about ruling. And she does seem somewhat guilty for her part in things. Also you're wrong about most of this, Hollownest is already dead and gone. White Lady doesn't have any followers left. Sounds like you're trying to shift the blame from Pale King onto White Lady for no reason, when canonically her biggest crime was compliance with his whims.
on let's see ... the 5th rewatch now. i love this so much! just imagine the pain hornet has gone through :(
every frame is a master peice
I never get chills, and I never understood what people meant by it, but when I heard "So I have you to blame for this pain in my chest." I actually shivered. Great work and while I am glad to see this channel getting so much attention, I am sad to see that the last hollow knight animation was a year ago.
holy heck I started playing hollow knight over again and I just "killed" Herra... This video came right on time, it's SO hecking good, oh my goodness. The execution is just... mua! Chef kiss! This seriously hit me in the feels. And you made the right choice using gjinkas. Seeing the expressions are amazing!!
Everybody's being serious but I'm here putting the song through google translate until it's complete nonsense. My favorite line from the google translated lyrics is: Christie stop inhaling my *Balloons*
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I think that's my favorite line aswell. The emotion that's packed in those words is just so unique, it's painful.
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i miss the old sad ist stuff, i had a hollowknight hyperfixation around the time this came out and i religiously watched it everyday
this made me buy the game and now that I've played it I'm even more in awe of this animatic
i really love this. At 1:17 I love the flashing of the characters behind hornet and I especially all herrah stuff. I also just love the whole ending with the counting and stuff. This whole video is amazing, your art is lovely, keep up the great work!
Hearing Steven coming out of hornets mouth is weird to me. Still great
The memories make me cri
Not i knew it
Wanting to play hollow knight purely because of this video? Haha,,, couldn't be,, me,, right? Time to add it to my wishlist
Oh, that blink with Pale King was great. Great stuff
My god, it's amazing. I especially like, uh, man I dont know theres so much. I was going to write about the "ghost confronting their fears" but then I remember the the part with the "suicide" and WL making ghost do it. Also the small details in the flashes, or her binding her wounds with silk. Its just so good
Okay, it’s been 2 hours and I’m done being in shock, so I’m going to try again with the comment.. Uhhh okay so basically, I’ve been a fan of yours since you made Hamilton animations (crazy, somehow I got into Hollow Knight a few months after your first HK animation), so you’ve been _kind of_ a big inspiration for me for quite a time now. I just can’t believe that someone I’ve looked up to (I’m not sure if I should phrase it differently, but whatever) got inspired by something that *I* made (partially, at least). This looks incredible and *MILES* better than my animatic, I have to say. So I hope this comment is better than my fanboy-y “OMG YOU GOT INSPIRED BY ME” thing, cuz that was kind of cringe bro. But anyway, thanks, you pretty much made my day :)
Normally I hate it when people try to translate the designs of Hollow Knight characters into human form, but I LOVE these designs, and this song fits way too well!
this animation made me buy the game but other than that i didnt watch any videos on hk, and after completing the game i gotta say this makes a lot more sense
:0! Sad-ist,My inspiration to try draw and animate! It's been a while. I know we're not close or anything but this video is amazing! Everything you make is amazing! I really loved how you draw them! You're the most greatest person of all!
Officially_Ai dude same I haven’t felt any inspiration lately but this just gave a burst of inspiration and now I’m gonna draw the characters
I LOVE THE EXPRESSIONS AND YOUR ARTSTYLE IS ALWAYS SO CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL AND THIS WORKS SO WELL!!!!
rewatching this later, after having a proper understanding of hk’s lore (read: i dove too deep help) just makes it so much more impactful. like it was good before but now i actually know what’s going on and sidiwoksow
Is anybody gettin shivers while watching this? NOw that's when you know something is AMAZING