#the dream realm

[tonythr]

Floating platforms in Hollow Knight are weird, lore-wise

Soooo I haven't seen anyone actually talk about this, but those things just keep *bugging* me.

These things.

Why did Team Cherry put these particular platforms in the background?

Ok, there are numerous floating platforms in this game, of course, because the player needs them to traverse big spacey rooms vertically. They're not even an issue lore-wise, because their existence can be explained by them being attached to the fourth wall, which is what the player looks at the Knight through. It's basically a game construct that we are not supposed to think about as a part of the suspension of disbelief.

BUT THOSE THINGS are not attached to any wall! They're just. Floating. There. In the air. Without any support. And THEIR existence can't be explained by the game wanting to provide the player some convenience. The Knight can't interact with them, we never see anyone else use them or even acknowledge them, so they MUST be something that TC put there for lore reasons, as a part of that beautiful thing that we call environmental storytelling... Right?

That or they just put them there without really thinking about the implications that this anomaly creates. But that's a boring and very unlikely explanation, so I'm just going to discuss what that might mean for the game's lore, assuming they're put there intentionally.

So, I have several thoughts on why those platforms might exist as a part of the in-game universe.

First theory. Hallownest is literally frozen in time

Ok, so this is probably the most obvious one. Throughout the game we see some evidence of the Kingdom being literally put on hold with the intention to keep it alive indefinitely.

This is pretty much what is implied in the tablet in the Pale King's workshop - that PK was trying to literally pause Time itself, so that the inevitable Dawn would never Break.

(Quite an interesting theme, actually - the idea of avoiding the inevitable not by trying to actually avoid letting it happen, but by delaying it by an infinite amount of time. It deserves its own post, really)

So, with Time itself being literally frozen, it's pretty safe to assume that this is exactly the reason as to why some parts of the Kingdom are literally stuck in one place, right? I mean, it's pretty much a trope to have floating rocks and buildings in a place that is stuck in some kind of time stasis. I'd say this is a pretty solid assumption, but when we actually look at some of the other parts of Hallownest we see that it's pretty lively for a place that is frozen in time. The rain is pouring, the stalactites are falling, all those machines in the Crystal Peak are still working...

Some of that stuff can actually be explained by either the Radiance's influence or the Knight's movement. The Infection is presented as the inevitable force of change that resurrects everything and moves it towards Light. The air thickens, the bugs arise from the dead, the Infection takes over the Crossroads, the Moss cultists get turned into mush, and so on. Meanwhile, other creatures possessing a Will are also capable of bringing change to this land. The Knight constantly breaks things, forces the ground to crumble beneath its feet, and overall just brings destruction to Hallownest, bringing the world closer to its natural end. It's no wonder that the stalactites start falling conveniently right as the Knight passes underneath them.

BUT there are still many things that can't be explained so easily. Like, if the Kingdom is supposed to be frozen in time, then why is the rain still pouring? Why is the Wyrm's ash still falling at the Kingdom's Edge? Why is the sand still falling from the ceiling? Why do larger things seem to be fixed in place, while smaller things are seemingly unaffected by the Kingdom's stasis?

That and the fact that at no point we see these floating platforms being acknowledged by the game's lore in any way other than those two places makes me think that this theory is probably incorrect, unlike the next one.

Second theory. Those two particular places are just that special.

The only two places where we actually see floating platforms being a part of the background (if I'm not missing any) are located near some of the most mysterious places in the whole game.

First, we have the ones that are located near the Colosseum of Fools. To be honest, even the interactable platforms there just seem useless, as some of them don't even protect us from the Bellflies. They all look like some kind of decoration (alongside with those strange thin pillars with circles on top of each) leading us along the road towards the corpse of a huge beast which the Colosseum is located inside. What even is this creature? Is it a higher being? Is it a Wyrm (don't mossbag me, he's wrong about those things being its claws because we see a third one in the foreground lying aside from the main structure, detached from the body)? Is the Lord Fool its reincarnation? Is it connected to the Ancient Civilization? How are there so many warriors there? Why does it still thrive after everything that happened to Hallownest? There are so many questions about that place left unanswered that I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the magic of the Colosseum actually affects time and/or space around it, making it possible for the floating platforms to exist.

Second (and this is the most important one), we have the platforms that are located inside and outside the Hive. As far as I know, this is the only place in the whole game that has this many floating platforms located in the background.

This basically confirms that this is absolutely NOT a coincidence and is a part of the intentional in-game lore. The whole place is floating!

The Hive seems to be in its own kind of stasis, probably due to its isolation. Vespa says that going against nature is a folly, so this anomaly is probably something... natural.

And you know where else floating things are a natural occurrence?

The Dream Realm.

So, the Hive and the Dream Realm are both places that are tied to the Light, which is a kind of force or energy that can alter reality and even create new realities, which are not necessarily bound by the usual laws of space and time. The Hive is not located in the Dream Realm, and it's safe to say that it's not some kind of in-between-the-worlds situation like with the Lifeblood Core, so the stuff that's going on there is less crazy than what we see in the Dream Realm, but it is also the only material place that is connected so heavily to the Light, so it is safe to assume that the anomaly that lets the platforms float is directly connected to that mysterious force.

The only thing that I can't understand is how the Light in those places connects to the Colosseum of Fools. It's not a well-lit area, and even inside the arena the only source of light is just regular fire. Could it be that this mysterious force is not defined by the Light itself, but by something more... incomprehensible?

I wonder what that force even is. The Radiance is definitely not the only source of it, and we know we're gonna see some really shiny stuff in Silksong. I personally hope for more platform lore.

#hollow knight #hollow knight lore #hollow knight theory #Hallownest #the hive #the dream realm #colosseum of fools #the radiance #silksong

[solidwater-arts]

[ID: A pixel drawing of Celine, a humanoid android with dark blue "skin", a USB cord tail, and a monitor head stylized as a rectangle. Her palms are a lighter shade of blue. Her monitor displays two simple eyes with a bigger pixel size than the rest of the drawing.

She wears tight black pants, a short grey top, and an unzipped bright cyan jacket. Her jacket has silver embroidered leaves around the right shoulder. She wears a lavender belt from her right shoulder to her left hip.

She is floating with her right leg fully extended and her left leg bent, with her left foot behind her right knee. She is stretching her right arm downwards, and she has her left arm up, as if she had just snapped her fingers. /End ID]

Not pictured: her AAC device that should be attached to her belt but I forgot to draw it. Pretend that it's behind her back or something idk

So! This is Celine! She's an old design I'm repurposing for the Dream Realm, which is a concept based on a dream I had! There are other two characters from the Dream Realm that have not been introduced yet

Some fun facts about her!

She's an AI! One of those super advanced sci-fi ones

She's friends with the other two characters I mentioned!

Her voice can be best described as an 8-bit soundfont

She can play multiple tracks at once! But it's hard to do. Doesn't stop her from trying to sing entire songs on her own tho

She can't really. pronounce things. So she uses sign language or AAC depending on whether or not whoever she's talking with knows sign

#ice draws #oc: celine #the dream realm

[the-ufos-art-basement]

Yes, this place does look normal, but there is something off.

Links to Read comic

Webtoon Tapas Patreon

#sci fi draws #ufo basement art #sybil's epic #the dream realm #original comic #webcomic #comic

[theblackcubeofdarkness]

Its her.....

"WHY WAS IT JUST A DREAM!?!?"

#Prisma the White Sphere of Light #Art Post #Had trouble sleeping and made this #the dream realm

[uh-vkt]

I’m discovering the Dream Realm instead of trying to live a life

#the dream realm #the dr #scavengers of nightmares #dr nightmare side #the dream realm is just a place I made up #it’s based off of dreams and stuff #I have a whole server about it (still a work in progress) #soul core #soul core deer #??? not exactly a deer but whatever #my oc #my sona #doodles #my art #art #oh yeah also my traditional art plus my digital art #sorry it’s all messy- I’m not having the best times currently #body horror #gore

[the-ufos-basement]

New Page for Sybil's Epic is up!

#Sybil's Epic #sybil #the dream realm #webcomic #comic

[freaky-chips]

@infernalcorvix 😎

#small art blog #small artist #my art #chip art #art #dream realm #professor membrane #the dream realm rp #the dream realm

[poisonnuggies]

Quick inktober painting I did in the dark while hospitalised it probably sucks and is a mess

#inktober #inktober 2023 #artists on tumblr #artwork #traditional art #traditional painting #painting #dream #lucid dreaming #the dream realm

[supersecretgoblin]

OH ALSO ABOUT THE NIGHTMARES

TW S/A

the nightmares. holy fuck man.

they get so bad that IN MY DREAMS I START DRINKING TO TRY TO FORGET. AND I NEVER CAN. AND THEY HURT. THEY FEEL SO REAL AND ITS SO VISCERAL.

i had one the other night where i felt the tear as each individual fold of skin ripped and it happened in fucking slow motion. everything ripped so slowly.

i had another where i felt the pain of my hymen breaking and the bruising it left afterward. i literally checked for bruises when i woke up.

i had one where we found a mouse in the airbnb we were staying in and i captured it in an empty box and was BEGGING everyone to look and see that no mice other than domestic or lab mice are pure white in the south. and at first it was me begging them to just LOOK when i had it in a space where it could not get out. but then they came to look and i was suddenly the mouse and i was staring up what seemed like endless walls into eyes of disgust. the box was shut and taped and then thrown onto the ground and i only woke up because i felt the cardboard around me begin to crush as they stomped on me.

in another i was in line for the fucking bathroom when a faceless man took me to a stall and did it to me. and afterwards he handed me a sharp object and just said “go ahead.” like someone was finally giving me permission. and i tried but the door was broken down and an ambulance was called and i went back to the hospital.

in one i was just at the confessional. begging forgiveness. and he didn’t grant me it. and when i begged to know why he just said “you know.”

they’re happening every night now. i’m beginning to think i either need a change of medication or to start drinking until i black out every night again.

#goblin talks #ask to tag #the dream realm

[justaz]

*merlins magic gets exposed in front of the knights*

merlin, magic user: oh fuck

arthur, finally taking this opportunity to pretend as if he just found out merlin has magic after agonizing for the past month on how to bring it up: you have magic?

lancelot, merlin defender, already knew of merlin’s magic: no! i have magic

gwaine, merlin defender, already knew of merlin’s magic, lover of chaos, ride or die: no, i have magic!

mordred, desperate for his hero’s approval bc no matter what he’s done emrys just stares at him with distrust and the poor boy is tired and so close to tears: no…i have magic.

percival, raised by druids and bonded strongly with mordred over that and does Not agree with the persecution of magic in camelot, had an inkling that merlin had magic but no proof: no. i have magic.

*leon and elyan exchange a look, elyan, amused and leon, exhausted, elyan shrugs*

elyan, knows how much gwen adores merlin and completely understands her stance bc merlin…is merlin, down to clown and put on a show, really playing up the dramatics: no! i have magic.

leon, exhausted, has known of merlin’s magic since he stepped foot in camelot, knows of his feelings for arthur and arthur’s feelings for him, knows arthur knows of merlin’s magic and wouldn’t harm him, thinks everyone is being absolutely ridiculous:

*the knights stare hard at leon and even merlin looks slightly offended at leon not jumping to his defense with the rest of the knights, arthur hasn’t said anything and is staring at leon expectantly*

leon, sighing: …no. i have magic.

#radio rebel reveal #>>> #idk if the idea that percival was raised by druids is either canon or a big fandom hc or just something i saw once that stuck with me #but i love it #anyways they’re all idiots #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #sir lancelot #sir gwaine #sir mordred #sir percival #sir elyan #sir leon (the long suffering) #(he’s trying to be a brave knight of the realm as he always dreamed to be as a kid. too bad all his friends and king are complete fools) #merthur #idiots of the round table #look me in the eye and tell me i’m wrong #incorrect merlin quotes

[mzdreamer]

Woke

The Woke Ones are the only people aware of their dreams once asleep and inside whatever place their dreams or nightmares may take them. Some dreams reflect our everyday lives and the people in them, while others are the most unimaginable, creative, or horrifying places that the mind takes one.

Not all dreams may be altered but the ones that we remember or that tend to repeat are the ones that at one time did change or may need to be.

#creative writing #writer #dreams #nightmares #dreamer #The Dream Realm

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 167

Honestly, Danny is having such a good time right now. He gets to travel with Ellie, explore space, just have fun. Plus his secondary protector-instincts are having soothed despite him not technically doing any hero-ing anymore. Really his sister had the right idea when she decided she wanted to become a doctor, this is honestly a blast.

And if someone does end up passing away, well, Ellie is always happy to help soothe their spirit and guide them to the Realms where they can reach their respective afterlife. Or become a ghost. 

They are completely oblivious to the fact that there are now legends and entire temples dedicated to them now. Apparently accidental ascension is in fact a thing, as Dan later laughs at them about. 

#prompts #Dcxdp #dpxdc #Dan was already thought of as a god of destruction & change #He’s laughing at his ‘siblings’ for making them a trio #So many planets throughout time now include 3 gods/spirits/etc in their worship under different names but similar faces #One of those planets was Krypton #Clark’s parents prayed to Dan-El the Healer that their son would be safe and in good health wherever he went #They prayed to El-Nath the Guide that his journey would be safe & that she would not have to guide him to the afterlife instead #They prayed to Jor-Dan the Destroyer that they’re wrong and if not that their planet’s End is a merciful one #Clark finds this out when researching stuff from his ship/the Fortress #Hey that’s kind of funny he saw a similar looking being floating among the stars when he first tested leaving the atmosphere hehe #....... W a i t a minute- #Space Core Danny #Moon Core Ellie #Sun Core Dan #Look Jazz’s dream in canon is to become a brain surgeon and I think she deserves to be able to do that #Medical school is hard AF #Danny apprenticed under Frostbite & So Many Realms ghosts who are Very Eager to pass on their knowledge

[the-ufos-art-basement]

Issue 2 Page 8

Sybil trying to figure out her surroundings and its.... well, she's trying.

Webtoon and Tapas Links

#sci fi draws #basement art #ufo basement art #sybil #sybil the fate changer #sybil's epic #the dream realm #comic #webcomic #webtoon #tapas

[sevilai]

My piece for @hkhallowzine ! I had such a great time working on this!! It gave me some trouble in the beginning but once I started getting the values worked out it went smoothly~ I learned a lot making it

Thank you so much for having me as part of the project!

If you haven't seen the Zine yet, please go check it out! Remember it is FREE and all of the art is fantastic!

I don't have a full recording, but I did save a lot of my WIPs throughout the process. I've put them together in a small video below the cut!

#my art #hollow knight #hollow knight dream realm #hollow knight the knight #hollow knight little ghost #hollow knight ghost #hk the knight #hk little ghost #hk ghost #hkhallowzine #hk zine #zine #fandom zine #hallowhome #id in alt text #hk dream realm #little ghost #the knight

[uh-vkt]

Hello I’m an artist, writer, and animator. This is how my main name (Uh-VKT-ig) is pronounced: Uh, Vee-Kay-Tee, I guess

Btw, this is now a place for reblogging and other things, if you want to see more art from me, you’ll have to find my art blog (shouldn’t be too hard, right)

Here is some information about me, what I like, and what I’ve created.

Things I am in/like:

Roleplays (RPs, but only if it’s of a fandom I’m in/know or about ocs, AUs are also fine)

Happy Tree Friends (HTF)

Unicorn Wars

Invader Zim (IZ)

Pikmin (Captain olimar is a favorite)

Wednesday (the show, but the day is pretty good too)

Glitter Force/Smile Precure

Stranger Things

Coraline

Splatoon (All games)

Minecraft

Anything Mario related (Theres only a few games I know)

Sonic (I don’t know that much about Sonic, but he’s cool)

My Little Pony (I don’t like the new generation :/)

Puss In Boots

Hazbin Hotel

Helluva Boss

FNAF (Mostly Sister Location and Security Breach)

Cats, Butterflies (I literally have a whole world dedicated to them), foxes, tigers and bears (thank HTF and Kapow for that), Deers, snakes (I LOVE THEM)

Aesthetic things (space things, color palettes, organized stuff idk)

Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, and Birthdays (yeah I count birthdays as a holiday)

Film making/Behind the scenes

ANYTHING clown related

The aesthetic of gambling (did I word that right?)

Gore and stuff (it’s pretty ok)

Yu-Gi-Oh (Zexal and Arc-V or whatever it’s called, I also like Vrains but I don’t know much about it)

(About the inbox, you can ask many questions as you want about anything, except personal stuff obviously, just please don’t spam, I want to keep this blog more “organized” now. I accept drawing requests and ship requests as long as I know what it is, it’s not that hard for me to do, and I’m comfortable with it.)

The “Currently into” in my bio just shows what I am really interested in at the moment; might take me a bit to change it from time to time though

I talk ALOT about stuff I’m currently really interested in to (seriously, if you get me to talk about something I love, I will most likely talk non-stop)

I love making friends so don’t be afraid to talk to me lol

Probably Autistic and has ADHD

I do have trust issues sometimes so I’m sorry if I’m skeptical about you

I do have a discord, two youtube (YT) channels, and a switch account. If you want to know what they are, just ask me and I’ll send it to you (if I trust you)

I have a fear of fireworks, and most likely spiders.

I am a bit slow with just about everything, so please do be patient with me

I do work on little things like drawings and all that, but I do create a few species and worlds like:

The Living Phobias

The Nymphalid Society

The Dream World (DR) and Scavengers of Nightmares (SoN)

And of course, a few AU’s of different fandoms I’m in!

(if you’d like to know more about them just ask, my inbox is mostly always empty lol)

Here’s my art through out the years:

2021

2022

Here’s some reference sheets of my Ocs:

Jester Kingswell (???)

Nightmare Personally (SoN)

Soul Core Deer (SoN)

#I’m gonna be updating this post multiple times #character stuff #fandom stuff #the dream realm #scavengers of nightmares #the nymphalid society #the living phobias #art things #a little bit about me

[the-ufos-basement]

Hello Everybody, I got some news! I've Updated my Patreon and Redbubble with stickers and couple of other things!

#patreon #redbubble #stickers #Sybil's Epic #the dream realm #basement art