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However, people will take her demeanor and twist it to make her far more aggressive and verbally confrontational than she’s ever been. it would be better to form a truce, but it takes the infection to get them to land on those more neutral terms with how ambitious hallownest was in thinking it was entitled to deepnest’s land. deepnest is trying to protect itself and its culture, especially with how much it clashes with hallwnest’s set up - one has to cave in for the other to reign. besides, explaining their reactions here is an entirely different case than the reasoning behind pk and wl, as it is more of a “punching up” mindset rather than people already in power abusing this - as is the case with slavery in hallownest, or the class divide evident in the capital. while it may have seemed cruel to not spare the lives of people who were simply working a job, and the fact that there were several corpses of common pillbugs scattered in deepnest, fact is that if they are under the impression that if begin to show any leniency that hallownest will use this weakness to take them. even if deepnest and hallownest were on equal terms, it was even worse to betray that trust and begin to take their home for your own without working something out. his grave doesn’t even showcase his name.Īs is a similar case with the mosskin, hallownest was attempting to establish itself in a part of deepnest - although here, they went through with it without getting any consent in taking this land for their own. i understand xero was infected at the time, but i believe it is very telling that xero was nonetheless made out to be an example rather than a victim of the infection to be honored. the only time we see him condemn another for ‘being wrong’ (that isn’t the radiance) is when he killed xero - and even then, that is because it is going against his right to rule as king. he is calculating, and he is confident in his ability to weigh the scales regardless of personal preference. depending on interpretation, he may not be entirely ruthless if he can help it, but you cannot ignore such a large aspect of his character. even if regret from the vessel plan twisted this phrase to take on more of an ironic or regretful tone when we read it with the dreamnail in-game, you must remember this was a phrase he has stuck to for the majority of his life.

the ends will always justify the means, and he is the righteous judgement to decide that. that everyone seems to forget? the king admits here, in his mantra, he holds no moral line. why do you pretend pk would give them special treatment? is it because you wish to see a loving, family-guy side to him, to make it easier to empathize? there are so many others he could be close with, instead of forcing him into playing the role of a father he straight up isn’t fit for, nor would his kids accept (need i remind you, despite carefully picking up items from other corpses, ghost chooses to desecrate his to grab the kingsoul.) they could've been one of the millions forgotten in the abyss, left to rot. the point of hollow knight is that these vessels mattered, yes, but as did all of the other lives stolen.

these AUs do feel shallow as well when the only vessels people seem to allow to live are the few who survived the massacre only to die in other areas of hallownest: ghost, thk, broken vessel, and the greenpath vessel. after this you can only go up) afterward. fact is, this act is unforgivable even if you wish to show him improve (and let's be real. it becomes especially clear people don't understand the scope of the child murder despite witnessing the abyss. At best, these AUs are tone-deaf, and at worst, they are sympathizing with abusers for the sake of fluff.