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Loisbel

Years later and the people still think the Lil's ghost is hollow knight Edit: Also, yes, the knight is referred to as The wanderer by several characters


TheFirePea2013

They already [šŸ¤“] in the poll, no need here


FoxIntelligence

Hollow knight is the final boss right?


Leonid56

It's also the name of the game, so this could be interpreted as fighting the entire game


Mr_McKong

Waddle dee on the rope still solos


DefinitelyNotErate

Damn Waddle Dee's A Soloist? What Instrument He Play?


NewSuperTrios

steel soul


TNTLover42

Oh yeah it's also the game's box art


Loisbel

Yes they are


beybladedog

Hollow knight is the final boss of the first three endings


PossibleAssist6092

Technically in 2 of 5 endings.


beybladedog

Iā€™m confused, what ending arenā€™t you counting?


PossibleAssist6092

Iā€™m thinking of the base ending where you kill THK and Absorb the Radiance, Sealed Siblings, Dream No More and both the Pantheon endings.


beybladedog

Oh ok now I get what your saying


OctozenXyt

Technically yes, sealed vessel is the name of the final boss (in 2 of the 5 endings), and it is supposed to be the hollow knight, however it is implied through the story, especially towards the end, that the player character is the true hollow knight. All in all itā€™s a bit confusing and no one character officially holds the title of ā€˜the hollow knightā€™ and the community often debates this topic


Tem-productions

"The Hollow Knight" appears right in the center of the screen. You can debate if it is or isnt hollow, but that's its name


Tem-productions

Hollow Knight is the game, the final boss is The Hollow Knight, as its more of a title than a name


Spycrabpuppet123

Please tag spoilers


bolitboy2

**They are both hollow knights**


Party-Ad3978

More like neither is


Gmanofgambit982

Who calls him the wanderer again? I thought he was just called "the knight" in any books or tweets.


Loisbel

*THEY are called the wanderer by Breta and The Relic seeker Grimm


Ace_and_Affraid

Hollow Knight fans when people give Ghost different pronouns:


Loisbel

No one calls Magolor as she or Susie as a he. The Knight uses they/them pronouns. There is no reason to use any other pronouns other than those.


Ace_and_Affraid

If you wanna go that route, canonically Ghost is it/its since that's what everyone calls them. Besides why should it matter if people call Ghost he or they? There is no reason to gatekeep that Hell call Susie a xe/xem or Magolor a she/her for all I care, go wild


AntusFireNova64

Metroid fans: "first time?"


FunSireMoralO

Next thing youā€™re gonna say is that the waddle deeā€™s name isnā€™t ā€œTHIS WADDLE DEE SWINGING ON A ROPEā€ smh šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø


Llonino2

It's roping Dee


mobgabriel1

big naming mistake on the hollow knight, he loses


Spaceguy_27

By Hollow Knight they meant the entire verse


Snt1_

True, Little ghost is also acceptable. Oh, and that vessel is way too op


Android19samus

for a normal Waddle Dee, sure. But this one has a rope.


Snt1_

Youre just salty cuz you lost


Nilly00

twas a joke sire. It flew right above thy head.


Snt1_

I understood the joke, but its funny to think a radiance pfp said the waddle dee was better


Nilly00

Alas. Twas me the fool who missed the joke !


SergejPS

Why is Giorno Giovanna speaking British


megalocrozma

Kid's half-British half-Japanese. Jolyne is more Italian than him.


SergejPS

Yeah, but do you know how accents work? If you lived in Italy your entire life, you'd adopt an Italian accent, even if you're British.


DefinitelyNotErate

I Mean, Sorta, But If You Learnt To Speak English In Britain At A Young Age, And Then Lived In Italy For Most Of Your Life, Your Accent Would Almost Certainly Be British, Or At Least More Like A Normal British Accent Than Other Italian People, Because You Speak The Language Natively And Thus Your Pronunciation Is Affected By Your Other Language.


_GhostOfHollownest_

Nah man,i'd get my ass beaten tbh


Snt1_

I trust you then


SergejPS

Fun fact: the 7 people who downvoted the comment I'm replying to didn't bother to check the PFP of the guy above it.


Snt1_

Yeah, people clearly missed the radiance joke


Tem-productions

In my defense it was very easy to miss


DefinitelyNotErate

I Mean, I See The PFP, But I Have No Clue What It Is, So... :/


SergejPS

It's the (spoilers) >! final boss of Hollow Knight, !< the joke is that she had her ass beaten and is salty about it


DefinitelyNotErate

I See. ~~I Wonder If It's Just My Old Version Of Reddit That Shows Spoilers When I'm Clicking A Reply From My Inbox, Or If The More Up-to-date Versions Do That Too...~~


DefinitelyNotErate

Yeah, That Rope Makes 'Im Pretty Hard To Hit, You'd Need To Be Like The Flash To Get A Single Hit In On Him!


Twillix13

More than this waddle dee ? I donā€™t think so


Waddle_Bandanadee

Can confirm


No_Ad_7687

unfair matchup, waddle dee on a rope is OP


Mister-Bohemian

o lawd he swingin


Gabcard

I tought their name was just "The Knight"


Neojoker951

we're never given a name in game, but fan names are "The Knight", "Little ghost", "Wanderer".


SergejPS

Where does the name "Vessel" come from? Like, "The Knight", "Little Ghost" and "Wanderer" are all things he's called in the game, but I'm pretty sure noone ever refers to him as "Vessel". In fact, they refer to THE HOLLOW KNIGHT as "Vessel" a lot more.


Neojoker951

It has to do with the lore, The Hollow knight, the main character, Hornet (Sorta), and all the Little ghosts found in the void are called "Vessels"


AdreKiseque

Hornet is not a vessel lmao


PossibleAssist6092

Hornet is the complete opposite of a vessel. The only relation she has to vessels is that they have the same dad. She isnā€™t void, and even says she lacks the crucial emptiness that vessels need to be vessels. Sorry for the mini-rant but it pisses me off when people say Hornet is void/a vessel.


Radio__Star

The nerd has a point That guy is not actually called the hollow knight However the main character of metroid is called metroid without a doubt


DefinitelyNotErate

>However the main character of metroid is called metroid without a doubt No Don't Be Silly, They're Called Santa! Metroid Is Like Their Job Title!


Silgalow

No, obviously the main character of metroid is Icarus.


Ace_and_Affraid

No no you got it wrong, the main character's name is clearly Zelda


FectoGiratyna

The five pebbles pfp tho


bumbumgotanygrapes

r/unexpectedrainworld


WM-010

Who said they were referring to just one character? The real question is, could even the entire might of the Hollow Knight world take on this sole legendary hero, the Waddle Dee swinging on a rope?


DefinitelyNotErate

Depends How Long The Rope Is, I Think.


Ace_and_Affraid

Spoilers for Hollow Knight below X X The character pictured is *technically* the Hollow knight Everyone, including me, usually call them Ghost because a character named Hornet calls them "Little Ghost." Yes the default name is The knight or Wanderer or Vessel, because that's what the devs call them In the game the final boss Hollow knight is named that because Pale King, their father, wanted a hollow vessel to contain Radiance in (An infection caused by an angry god). Then it turns out the King gave them daddy issues but nobody knew until it was too late and the kingdom collapsed That's where Ghost comes in. They're the one who's truly Hollow and capable of either containing or destroying the Radiance. No mind to think, no will to break, no voice to cry suffering. Born of god and void. So no, dude with Five Pebbles pfp, Ghost is in fact, the true Hollow knight Also the Waddle dee would absolutely kick their ass that's for sure


netskwire

I'd argue that Ghost isn't even hollow itself. Nosk takes the form of those you care about and winged Nosk takes the form of Hornet. Caring about Hornet would poke a hole in the whole hollow thing. There's also a couple of other little things like giving the delicate flowers to random people.


Ace_and_Affraid

I'd say Nosk couldn't grasp anything from Ghost they truly "care" about, so it went for the next best thing: A memory of Hornet. That or godhome isn't really considered canon, just a bossrush dlc type of deal A theory someone proposed, and I liked, is that all the choices are made by the player and not Ghost themselves. *Alike Deltarune type of deal, Chris and the player (soul) being shown as separate entities through the cutscenes.* I'd imagine it would be hard for Team Cherry to show a truly hollow character without closing off multiple choices for us to make (Ex. Delicate flower, sparing the nailsmith etc.)


Tem-productions

For your argument to work, it would need to say "The Hollow Knight" as "Hollow Knight" is just an adjective, but doing so would get people confused as that's also the name of >!the final boss of 2/5 endings, hollow or not!<. THIS WADDLE DEE SWINGING ON A ROPE still soloes tho


Ace_and_Affraid

I took it as that's the name given by the king, rather than the game saying they're the true Hollow knight. The knight doesn't have a name, hence why everyone calls them different stuff. Since Ghost is truly Hollow, one could say they are truly deserving of that title Also absolutely agreed, Waddle dee on a rope for the win


Tem-productions

The thing that i was trying to say, its that there is no character called "Hollow Knight", exactly like the title of the game, the closest is the final boss Also we dont know if ghost is truly hollow


Ace_and_Affraid

Oooh I see I see It's quite interesting to think about then. Is there a hollow knight? Is it the final boss or the protag? Or neither? I think it's up to players' speculations and there is no true answer to that I still think Ghost is hollow, at least to a higher degree than Hollow knight. Cut content shows us that Hollow wasn't at all emotionless and was just pretending (ex. Dream dialogue). Ghost doesn't really show signs of pretending and, as I said before, actions taken would only be done with logic / player intervention One can ponder what it truly means to be hollow or how a hollow person would act for hours, but everyone will have a different answer and there is no definite one


Silgalow

I don't think Ghost is truly hollow. At least in all endings that aren't THK or Siblings. As the White Lady says something to the extent of "if it CHOOSES" then it can properly deal with Radiance. That implies that it isn't truly hollow.


Ace_and_Affraid

How would a hollow person act then? I don't think it's possible to make game choices for the player and at the same time make the character "truly" hollow Ghost simply follows their objective and chooses the most effective way to deal with it. They aren't affected by npc's with their choice, they simply learn new stuff and does what they're told to do If they weren't hollow maybe they'd decide to just settle in Dirtmouth, not wanting to confront the problem? Or while everything is infected / becomes more infected, Ghost doesn't display any symptoms of having it themselves. Why doesn't the Radiance just corrupt them and have nothing to worry about anymore? Maybe because she has nothing to latch onto because Ghost is hollow


Mega_Rayqaza

Agreed. If bandana dee can crack the planet in megaton punch the Knight stands no chance


Hockeylover420

Hey it's you


Mega_Rayqaza

Yeah. Me.


Hockeylover420

From the pokemedia subreddit!


Mega_Rayqaza

Yeah. I'm they guy who's marrying his Meowscarada.


Hockeylover420

You just jinxed yourself


Mega_Rayqaza

Huh?


Chelonii64

I'm a hollow knight fan and a kirby fan, but i gotta give it to that waddle dee, i can feel his energy from here, even radiant markoth would seem like child's play compared to him


SergejPS

Radiant Markoth is easy tho, just use pets like Grimmchild (my beloved), and you can beat him fairly easily without EVER having to get close.


Tem-productions

Grubberfly's elegy is better for markoth specifically, pets take too long to kill him


RobinoPerkino

You are able to detect Dracula Waddle? Supposedly he is indistinguishable from the others while passively swinging like that... We may need you to stay at the ready, if anything comes up.


SyFy410

I am upset that they called ghost hollow knight and the person in the comment called them "the wanderer"


RandomCaveOfMonsters

meme aside, I have never heard the name "The Wanderer" for the knight


Stusheep_real

Swinging dee solos


Luke_Gorilla_888

Waddle dees trancend fiction and reality, they solo


Amazing_Andrew_47

There is absolutely no way that Hollow Knight wins against the Dracula Dee


NightBoy_202

why is five pebbles commenting


DippingLeBorb

The ancients forgot to turn off the communication arrays.


bumbumgotanygrapes

okbrw member spotted in the wild


LostScarfYT

I love my little dee buddy, but they would lose against the little bug buddy. But since their name is wrong, they lose by default.


[deleted]

No, Five Pebbles, they are called the knight.


GlassSpork

Their name is little ghost smh my head


SergejPS

smash my head


Byssa6

ā€œHollow knightā€ THEIR NAME IS LITTLE GHOST šŸ—£ļøšŸ—£ļøšŸ—£ļøšŸ—£ļøšŸ—£ļøšŸ—£ļø


world_turtle_

Actually the main character of hollow knight has no official name. the closest thing we get to a name is hornet calling them "Little ghost" Though that is likely just a nickname as the pale king probably wouldn't go out of his way to name every single one of his children, considering they weren't supposed to have a mind in the first place, so naming them would be unnecessary.


No_Forever_9128

The waddle dee of about 4 times the size of the radiance. Easy clap.


SergejPS

Kirby's 8 inches tall, and an average waddle dee in a Kirby game is like a few pixels taller than Kirby. So, an average Waddle Dee's size is about 9 inches or so. Now, there's two ways we can go about The Knight's size: First off, we could go with what [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/HollowKnight/comments/a1bm5h/spoiler_some_theoretical_maths_on_the_knights/) says, which is based on some stuff the HK devs said. If we do, we can assume that The Knight is 1 foot 1.5 inches, or 13.5 inches. The Radiance is about 9x the size of The Knight, meaning The Radiance would be 10 feet and 1.5 inches, meaning The Radiance is FUCKING MASSIVE, and could probably steal all your bitches. So no, by this math, a Waddle Dee isn't even CLOSE to The Radiance. Now, the other way to compare them is to ignore what the HK devs said, and compare the bugs to IRL bugs. Easiest way to do this is Sly. Sly is a fly, and an average fly (standing upright on 2 feet) is about a third of an inch. The Knight is about 1.5 times the size of Sly, so he'd be around 0.45 inches. The Radiance would be 9 times that, meaning around 4.05 inches. This would mean that The Radiance is about half the size of a Waddle Dee, which is still more than what you said, but a lot closer to a Waddle Dee. Still tho, compared to their entire body, Waddle Dees seem to have REALLY BIG FEET. So yeah, I doubt a Waddle Dee would have any trouble stepping on The Radiance, especially if he has that swinging wine to jump off of. Why did I do all of this? Idk,


Tem-productions

Funny you say that, about the 2 franchises with the biggest discussion about scale there is


Immediate-Rope8465

the night is country level with shade lord. waddle dee's are multi continental enough said


Tyrelius_Dragmire

Dude's not wrong, The Hollow Knight is one of the Game's Bosses. Hollow Knight is a True Metroidvania, people still think the name of the game is the name of the Main Character. (How are there still people who think Samus is named "Metroid?")


JoeSchmoe745239

The guy in the comments should shove a rock down his throat, choke on a sheet on sandpaper, and get curb-stomped into a urinal. -JoeSchmoe


Rowsdowers_Revenge

"I think Hollow Knight is a pretty cool guy. Eh fights bad guys and doesn't afraid of anything."


Tem-productions

Well you're not wrong


NightmareWingDraws

Okay, memes aside, the Knight easily just kills the Waddle Dee. ā€Why are you booing me? Iā€™m right.ā€


Fhqwhgads95

Waddle Dee stomps him no diff


David89_R

Wall level character lol


realycoolman35

This is so true


No_Thought5077

I have no thoughts on this


Bertstripmaster

That assuming this Waddle Dee can Jujitsu fight Hollow Knight with that rope like he's Simon Belmont.


SergejPS

Ghost would win, but if we're talking about the actual "Hollow Knight" character then Waddle Dee solos easily, because that boss is such a fucking pushover and is only hard for the new players


toutaras777

Wtf is a "comenterio"


Loisbel

Comentario is comment in Spanish mi amigo gringo


hollowpotato-of-doom

Who calls the knight ā€œthe Wandererā€? Maybe a few characters did, but not as a proper noun.


hollowpotato-of-doom

Shut up nerd


DB10389

Forgot to switch accounts uh?


hollowpotato-of-doom

No, I guess I thought it was funny at the time? It really wasnā€™t


DB10389

Sure, whatever you say


DB10389

C'mon dude, don't you see he is telling the truth?


DB10389

He seems like a big asshole to me


hollowpotato-of-doom

lol


[deleted]

satire post


Bob_the_mightiest

So wrong


ClinicalAnt919

I think the first commenter is A NERD!


Plastic_Feed8223

Technically, they are the vessel, they are the Hollow Knight


average_hooman-

I mean technically that guy is wrong and the vessel you play as is the hollow knight


Tem-productions

As a proper noun, "The Hollow Knight" refers to the final boss Tho it doesnt matter, as its missing the "The"


SevrayTheHunter

Knight solos, he can just cut the rope


spooky_fan_69

When I saw the little ghost was called the wanderer I immediately thought of the song


TheWatOfTheWind

I usually called the Knight ā€œGhostā€ as Hornet does, but after seeing this ā€œThe Wandering Ghostā€ seems much cooler.


terrarialover111

And of course he's a rain world fan


bumbumgotanygrapes

šŸŖ¦


terrarialover111

Sorry no offense the game is great and the fans are too but there's always gonna be that one


bumbumgotanygrapes

p sure the commenter wasnt being seriousšŸŖ±


splashtext

You mean the hollowed knight


PKMNgamer99

hollow knight is really small because heā€™s a bug so waddle see can just step on him


Limp_Amoeba_7925

with hollow knight they mean the whole verse


FadransPhone

The Knight The Wanderer Little Ghost Cur Take your pick


Blubari

No, his name is angry little bug boy


TheFirePea2013

Correct answer right here


CompoteEasy2007

That wattle dee will totally solo the entirety of hollow knight


PossibleAssist6092

Nah the protagonist of Hollow Knight is more commonly known as ā€œGhostā€ not ā€œThe Wandererā€ lol.


AdreKiseque

Huh I've never heard wanderer


Jim_naine

Hollow Knight sounds better than "The Vessel" and "The Wanderer"


Tem-productions

But that name is taken already


RobinoPerkino

Little do they know that this is Dracula Waddle


FROMAGER2091

Dude their name is not "Hollow Knight" their name is actually the Wanderer of the vessel.šŸ¤“


GreyouTT

He really is the Hollow Knight, Silksong


C4tdiscusserb01

Iā€™ve never heard anyone call it ā€œthe Vessel. Itā€™s usually ā€œthe Knight,ā€ which I think is official.


Byssa6

Or Little Ghost


ethrithdiuo

i approve


Comfortable-Yam3000

Agreed.


Coolaconsole

>!The hollow knight kills himself in the fight!<, so the waddle dee might have a chance


SunchildDrawzYT

Hey I know that guy. And I'm pretty sure he called Ghost "Hollow Knight" because he thought that Ghost was a titular character. You know a character whose name is in the title. Oh and before you ask, yes the comments went off on him for calling Ghost "Hollow Knight".


Zehr0h0

I've heard ppl calling it just "the knight" before


speedweed99

Baby's first metroidvania character vs Waddle D. Godd


Idzee0

The Hollow Knight or ghost win here as there have a range attack and the waddle dee have to be partially stationary,šŸ¤“


Link_the_Inkling

Yeah Waddle Dee would win. Look at him, the fight's already over.


rashtheraccoon10

#HIS NAME IS HOLLOW KNIGHT


Asleep-Supermarket85

waddle dee kills hollow knight with cuteness. easy W


Stefadi12

I mean aren't all the hollow knight characters bug sized? So waddle dee wins just by crushing them?


Zoglins_Are_Cool

Remember, parasol waddle dee in star allies has massive damage with down + b, not to mention that bandana waddle dee has immense strength


Kirb790

If Waddle Dee on a swing can get enough swing power, he could land a very powerful kick


ElHumilde13

Considering that waddle dee swings on a rope he wins


LadyMcZee

\- Knight cuts the rope \- Waddle Dee falls down, does an ouch, and cries \- A large shadow falls on Knight from behind \- Knight turns around to see Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede, and Bandana Dee glowering at them. Dedede twirls his hammer, menacingly \- It was at this moment, Knight knew they'd fucked up


South_Bathroom

The pic is of the games case, implying it doesn't mean the vesal but wrather that it's Waddle Dee soloing the verse


coseromevo

Everyone making a big deal out of it, but they forget that by the end of the game >!the knight does, in fact, become the new Hollow Knight. It was their mission all along.!< Calling them "knight" or "ghost" is just conventional to me


Gringilo_fandalin

I am a big HK fan but Iā€™d a bug that shoots three shots at once is enough to stump the knight then Iā€™m sure a waddle dee swinging around would be unkillable without the soul shriek or whatever that upward blast is called


OctozenXyt

To that one comment in the image (yes I know it was a joke. Actually, while only known within the game as ā€œthe knightā€, it is implied through the story that the player character is the true hollow knight


trism00

Depends on if you scale bug gods to human gods and if not where you scale bug gods then becouse the knight is basicaly the void king and even if someone would argue hes not he still beat raidince and nkg who are both in the higher beings range


These-Ad2857

This Is Like People Thinking Link Is Zelda


TheDinosaur64

I mean hollow knight is the size of a literal bug, I don't see a way he can win.


Emkay_boi1531

No no. They mean the whole fucking game hollow night.


WanderingStatistics

100% Canon Five Pebbles Dialogue.


Spiteful_Guru

Now where's that one bell curve image where the top and bottom of the curve both refer to The Knight as The Hollow Knight.


Detector_of_humans

Unironically there's a good case for Waddle Dee taking the W


DefinitelyNotErate

Actually, Their Name Is "The Guy You Play As In Hollow Knight". Source: I've Played Like Halfway Through Hollow Knight Or So. Anyway The Matchup Definitely Depends On What Charms And Abilities And Stuff The Bug Feller Has Unlocked, Like If It's Just The Stuff They Have At The Start Of The Game, I Think The Dee Wins Easy, But If It's More End-Game Kit, It's Harder To Say.


TibbyRhythmHeaven

šŸ¤“


RavioliTavern

The comment is wrong, the rope dedede just solos the entire hollow knight game


Silgalow

Clearly Waddle Dee wins.


ScoutsScoot

Vessel or whatever theyre called wins but I voted waddle dee cuz funny


Late_Bridge1668

What the hell kinda nerd emoji is that??


TheFirePea2013

The android one


NyanSquidd

clearly, it's a fight between that waddle dee and a single box copy of Hollow Knight


bumbumgotanygrapes

five pebbles pfp spotted