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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

(2/4) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 11: Mask Maker, Mask Maker, Make Me A Mask #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Mask Maker from Hollow Knight and Lace and Phantom from Hollow Knight Silksong. Lace informs the Mask Maker that she doesn't believe herself capable of fitting any mask, citing Phantom's ultimate fate (and implying that Lace had been the one to fetch their mask in the first place in a failed attempt to avert that end). The Mask Maker states that Lace was failed, and that he sees in her the potential for growth and change. Lace rejects this, stating that she is only capable of decay.

Lace: I doubt you could recommend any better; I was intended for no identity beyond my creator’s.
Mask Maker: I see… you have been failed, then.
Lace: Not I, but one alike. The mask I fetched them did not prevent their unraveling.
Mask Maker: It grieves me to learn, but the mask was not to what I referred.
Mask Maker: To be denied such that you believe you lack the capacity to change… you have been failed Old One.
Lace: Ahahaha! Showing deference despite first naming me a child… How gauche. Whatever godhood you perceive is but my mother’s fading light.
Mask Maker: Not divinity, but life in abundance, and with it great potential for growth.
Lace: there is no growth for one such as I… only decay.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet and the Mask Maker from Hollow Knight and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Lace's conversation with the Mask Maker is interrupted by Hornet's return. Hornet declares that she will use the Needolin to summon her sibling's echoes, calling the melody the Requiem for Remembrance. She asks the Mask Maker to offer the first of these echoes, and as the song plays, snippets of conversation from the first game can be heard.

Mask Maker: Ah… I sense a clarity of vision.
Hornet: Indeed. A melody I shall give to attune my soul and call forth their missing pieces– A Requiem for Remembrance.
Hornet: You keep many memories, as Maker of Masks. Will you share with me their echo?
Mask Maker: It would be an honor.
Echoes [Mask Maker]: Does it know of the face that hides beneath? Such remarkable contrast the Wyrm conceived. I see another takes the mantle of king? then grim responsibility that shall bestow. Has it witnessed that truth most tragic?

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet and the Mask Maker from Hollow Knight and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. As the requiem winds down, ghostly images of the Mask Maker's interactions with Ghost appear. A single key phrase emerges: Not task for I, but aid, gift to a world deserving. Afterwards, Hornet thanks the Mask Maker, but he has already donned a new mask and is lost to his ramblings once more. Hornet turns to leave, but is startled when Lace corrects her and demands Hornet refer to her by her name. Hornet recovers quickly, stating that there is work to be done, and departing.

Echoes [Mask Maker]: Not task for I, but aid, gift to a world deserving.
Hornet: Ithank you for your service, Mask Maker. come, child.
Lace: Lace.
Hornet: Come, Lace. there is work still left to do.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

(1/4) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 11: Mask Maker, Mask Maker, Make Me A Mask #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Pale King, and Mask Maker from Hollow Knight. The chapter opens in the middle of a conversation between Hornet and Hallownest's Mask Maker. Hornet proposes creating a new mask for Ghost, comparing the transformation to the Pale King's shedding of his Wyrm body, which the Mask Maker initially rejects, believing that she lacks the power to bind the Lord of Shades. He then realizes that this is meant as an offer rather than a trap, and questions her motives.

Mask Maker: So she has learned its fate and now would see it undone. Impossible, impossible… no more reversible than death a transformation of such scale.
Hornet: Nay Maker. Not undone, but remade, as our sire before, to walk again among mortal bugs.
Mask Maker: To follow in the tread of the Wyrm? But the void has no shell to shed.
Hornet: And so I shall forge their mask anew.
Mask Maker: Is it vanity or madness which drives you to eclipse even the Wyrm’s great folly? To believe your nascent strength enough to bind the Lord of Shades?
Mask Maker: No… you propose inanity far beyond a simple snare. You would entreat the God of Gods to cede its power willingly.
Hornet: I will pay whatever price you ask.
Mask Maker: By duty I am compelled: For this kingdom’s faceless, I shall provide. So I charge you only answer me in truth: Why?

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Knight (called ghost), the Radiance, the Hollow Knight (called Hollow), and the Shade Lord. Hornet explains her motives: her belief that Ghost's ascension was not motivated by a desire for power, but to free Hollow without killing them. She expresses gratitude, and admits that she doesn't know whether they would even want to come back.

Hornet: My sibling… was meant to be nothing. One failed vessel among thousands damned to that abyssal hatch-grave.
Hornet: They owed no duty to kingdom or crown. Less, to the blood that so cruelly betrayed them.
Hornet: Yet still they answered that desperate call from beyond the waste, seeking not recompense but to render aid. Though I know not the mechanism of their ascension, I know its cause. It was no bid for power but a desperate defiance of their fated path, to lay at last the past to rest and see freed our birth-cursed sibling by other means than death.
Hornet: Their gambit cost me dearly… But their victory gifted me both future and family… and for that… I am grateful.
Hornet: Perhaps they are wholly satisfied with this end, and it is self-conceit to presume otherwise. Perhaps it is an offer made in vain.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Knight (called Ghost, Grimmchild, Weaverlings, Elderbug, the Shade Lord, and the Mask Maker from Hollow Knight. Hornet continues her explanation, stating her believe that they are and were kind, that there are people still waiting for them to come home, and that she believes she has the power to at least offer them the chance to return. The Mask Maker, seemingly satisfied with her answer, jumps straight to business, explaining that she needs three things: a mask, a seal, and a focus. Hornet expresses confusion at the mention of a focus, to which the Mask Maker explains it necessary to isolate Ghost from the legion that comprises the Shade Lord.

Hornet: But regardless, I must offer… because they were kind, and I have cause to believe them kind still. Because they made a home of Hallownest and it eagerly awaits them yet.
Hornet: I must offer because I might succeed, where others failed to try.
Hornet: …
Mask Maker: What you propose is a construct of three: a mask to anchor the soul; a seal to maintain the void; and a focus to define the self.
Hornet: The mask and seal I anticipated, the focus I did not.
Mask Maker: It is redundant for most, even a faceted soul like yours, but the Lord of Shades is plural by nature. To bring to the fore the sibling you seek, you must remind it once more of who it was.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Pale King, and Mask Maker from Hollow Knight.Hornet asks the Mask Maker how she might create the focus, to which the Mask Maker states that he does not know and encourages Hornet to find the solution herself. Hornet begs a moment to contemplate this, and the scene shifts to Lace, who has been present and listening this entire time. Lace notices the mask that Hornet had presumably knocked from the Mask Maker (off screen) lying on the ground. When she picks it up and examines it, the Mask Maker interjects that it does not suit her.

Hornet: How might it be done?
Mask Maker: Such spellwork sets well beyond my ken… but you are the child of Weaver and Wyrm and command power over memory.
Mask Maker: By your sibling’s hand came great change to these lands. The echoes of its actions ring into our present. Call out to them… gather them to you, in whatever way you can.
Hornet: I ask a moment, Maker, to contemplate your words.
Mask Maker: I fear that mask would fit you poorly, child.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Cooldown for this chapter is a properly illustrated cover for my #HollowKnight #Silksong Fancomic: To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole! I tend not to think in color for this comic. That and the switch to a more painterly style, made this a bit of a challenge. I like how it turned out though!

Color illustration featuring Hornet, Lace, the Green Prince, and Shakra from Hollow Knight Silksong. All four stand centered, with Hornet at the front, using her needle as the Needolin. She stands atop a dark, reflective surface, which ripples out beneath her before void tendrils emerge from it, framing the lower half of the image. The upper half of the image is framed instead by Everbloom vines, lined with delicate flowers. At the top, a title reads: To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole. At the bottom, the text reads: A Hollow Knight Silksong Fancomic By FireflySummers.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

(2/4) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 10: Loathe the Way They Light Candles in Rome (But Love the Sweet Air of the Votives) #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet from Hollow Knight, and Shakra from Hollow Knight Silksong. With Hornet's tale concluded, Shakra asks if she intends to tell her mother anything. Hornet replies that Herrah is not here, while producing a rosary necklace and approaching her mother's shrine. Shakra declares that they will do a song-sending (comedically startling Hornet into breaking her rosary necklace). The two perform their music, Hornet thinking on what message she would send her mother. The shrine is now decorated with the rosaries Hornet brought with her from Pharloom.

Shakra: Have you any words to tell her?
Hornet: For what reason? She is not here.
Shakra: Poshanka! Then let our song-sending carry your message to wherever her spirit hunts free.
Hornet: ….
Hornet [thoughts]: Mother… Rest well. Rest proud. I sought the hope you saw beyond… and it has brought me home at last.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet from Hollow Knight, and Shakra and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Outside the Distant Village, Shakra and Hornet converse. Hornet thanks Shakra for her company. Shakra notes that she's not equipped for traverse Deepnest at the moment, and leaves the party with the intention of gathering supplies. Afterwards, Hornet turns to Lace, who is looking contemplatively at the Distant Village from the ledge. As they depart for the depths of Deepnest, Lace asks Hornet how it feels to be wanted, and Hornet tells her that it's lonely.

Hornet: Thank you, dear friend. Your company helped ease my grief for a time.
Shakra: You honored me with your request. But I must take my leave. I am… ill-equipped to traverse these tunnels at present.
Shakra: I will seek supplies before attempting to further navigate.
Hornet: Be well. though doubtless our paths will cross again soon… I have business yet to attend.
Hornet: ….
Lace: ….
Hornet: Are you coming, child?
Lace: ….
Lace: …Tell me, spider.
Lace: What is it like, to be so wanted? To be so… cherished?
Hornet: ….
Hornet: …Lonely.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

(1/4) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 10: Loathe the Way They Light Candles in Rome (But Love the Sweet Air of the Votives) #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet and Midwife from Hollow Knight, and Shakra and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Hornet, Lace, and Shakra arrive at the Distant Village and the entrance to the Beast's Den. Inside, they find Midwife conversing with a couple Little Weavers and Stalking Devout. Midwife immediately recognizes Hornet and greets her warmly, updating her briefly on the state of Deepnest before attempting to take a bite out of Shakra and Lace. Hornet puts an end to this behavior with one of her iconic slaps. This delights Midwife, and she directs the party on to Herrah's Shrine.

Midwife: Oh ho ho ho! Familiar tremors grace the threads of our nest.
Hornet: You look well, Midwife.
Midwife: Ever considerate, dear princess. Deepnest limps along, but Dola and I sleep with bellies full… and so have little room for complaint.
Midwife: However… I wouldn’t dream of rejecting such tender morsels so generously gifted– ACK!!
Midwife: Heehee! I see your journey has taught you no new respect for your elders. Delightful. Go on then. Best not keep your mother waiting.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet and the Pale King from Hollow Knight, and Shakra and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Hornet, Lace, and Shakra arrive at Herrah's shrine, a large but simple stone effigy of Herrah on her throne, surrounded by candles, in the room where she once laid as a Dreamer. Shakra asks Hornet to tell her story, and Hornet recounts the story of the plague. However, as she does so, she mentally draws direct parallels to her own actions in Pharloom.

Shakra: Ah. A humble shrine that tells tale of a ruler still esteemed. Will you not speak her to life?
Hornet: I have little skill as a weaver of words.
Hornet: …
Hornet: …. There was a plague. A horrible, desperate play by a goddess scorned, whose festering light fouled soul and shell ‘til all was ruin and rot.
Hornet: …. There was a plan. A horrible, desperate play by a god-king damned, whose vain hope saw him gamble fate to spare a realm beloved.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, Monomon, Lurien, and Herrah from Hollow Knight, and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Hornet continues telling Lace and Shakra her story. She describes the Vessel Plan without directly mentioning Hollow, and moves on to the role of the Dreamers. Lace, alarmed at mention of the Void, openly derides the plan for its foolishness, to which Hornet agrees. Hornet posits that her mother, too, knew that the plan would fail, but participated regardless. Lace demands why, only to realize that Hornet, somehow, must be the answer.

Hornet: He fashioned a trap: A vessel of void fit to bind that blinding light…
Lace: !!!
Hornet: An enchantment sealed thrice:
Hornet: “To protect the Vessel, the Dreamers lay sleeping.”
Hornet: Monomon the Teacher. Lurien the Watcher. And Queen Herrah the Beast. My… my mother.
Lace: Foolishness. To think any binding could hold true against a goddess’s wrath.
Hornet: Indeed. Ultimately, the king’s plan proved folly…
Hornet: … and did naught but slow the inevitable collapse. But… I believe my mother suspect that end, and took up the charge regardless.
Lace: Why!? Why knowingly resign herself to death in a failed god’s name? What could she possibly stand to…
Lace: …gain?
Lace: ….
Lace: …Ah.
Lace: Ahahaha! Of course.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Pale King, the White Lady, and Herrah from Hollow Knight, and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Hornet continues her tale to Lace and Shakra. Hornet posits that Herrah's plan was simply to buy enough time for Hornet herself to mature and defend herself against the imminent threat of Silk. Hornet corrects Lace's assumption that her mother did this to groom her into a god-killer, stating instead that Herrah's only goal was Hornet's survival and happiness--and that in doing so, she had won.

Hornet: My mother bargained not for the eternity promised, but for time enough.
Hornet: Time enough under protection of Wyrm and guidance of Root.
Hornet: Time enough to hone my needle against greater threats to come.
Lace: She bore a weapon, a slayer of gods.
Hornet: She bore a daughter… My god-slaying was incidental. Her only wish was that I live… fully and freely.
Lace: How… magnanimous.
Hornet: How wise.
Hornet: Queen Herrah was no deity, no scholar, no priest.
Hornet: A beast they named her, yet she alone triumphed against both gods and fate. Though she did not live to see her wish fulfilled… my mother won.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Vise the Mantis, an OC from my Silksong fancomic! I’m remembering that I’m not an animator. At any rate, my cooldown this time around was stretching a different art-muscle, so have a himbo mantis in motion. #hollowknight #silksong

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

(2/5) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 9: Trust Treads the Line Between Wisdom and Folly #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Hollow Knight (called Hollow), and the White lady from Hollow Knight, the Green Prince and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong, and Vise, an original character. Vise is a tall, broad praying mantis wearing a cloak and necklace. Vise and Hornet continue talking at the bench in Mantis Village, seemingly oblivious to the Green Prince now listening in. Vise asks Hornet about whether or not the White Lady is bad, and Hornet gives a frank assessment of her culpability in cruelty and neglect, while also trying to be kind and do better. We see flashbacks of the White Lady lovingly holding the Pale King, another with a young Hornet perched on her lap, and a third with her healing the injured Hollow Knight. The scene then shifts to the White Lady in her Gardens, her attention drawn to where Lace is practicing with her pin.

Vise: The Lady… Is she truly so terrible?
Hornet: ….
Hornet: …she is a being both ancient and alien, whose survival oft necessitates indifference or cruelty.
Hornet: But in equal parts has sure sought to reject that nature. Imperfectly… Tragically… Time and time again… she chooses to love.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the White Lady from Hollow Knight and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Lace notices the White Lady and greets her with a semi-sarcastic curtsy, explaining that she grew bored of watching Shakra work on maps. She laments losing her martial skills during a peacetime, to which the White Lady commiserates, mentioning that her Gardens are missing their guardian. Lace assumes that the Lady speaks of Hollow, resulting in the White Lady reacting emotionally and shutting down that thought.

Lace: To what do I owe this audience, your majesty?
The White Lady: There is no occasion…
The White Lady: …merely surprise to find you apart from your friends.
Lace: My companion is skilled in song and scrivening, but unlike some… I find no entertainment watching ink dry… so I sought to create my own.
Lace: I fear this serenity will leave dull both I and my pin.
The White Lady: It would be a shame to blunt such keenness, when for so long my Gardens have felt the loss of their protector.
Lace: There were none to assume the mantle of Hollow the Knight?
The White Lady: No.
The White Lady: ….
The White Lady: they were never mine.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the White Lady from Hollow Knight and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. The White Lady clarifies that she was referring to the Dryya, one of the previous Five Great Knights of Hallownest. She compares Lace to Dryya favorably, before suddenly being reminded of Dryya's death defending her many years before. The White Lady then changes the subject to the upcoming journey to Deepnest, and asks Lace to be careful. Lace assumes that the Lady is calling her weak, and implying her incapable, causing her to snap back angrily before walking away.

The White Lady: I speak of Dryya of the Five… one of the Great Knights of that Kingdom Gone.
The White Lady: Fierce and wise was she… though with your skill, I could see you her apprentice, if not her peer.
The White Lady: ….
The White Lady: …you intend to accompany the Gendered Child to Deepnest, do you not?
The White Lady: I would urge caution. Danger lurks beyond my verge–
Lace: Please. Spare me your condescension.
Lace: Do you issue the spider such inane warnings? Or is this concern exclusive to one such as I?
Lace: I was spun to life in the Weavers’ Cradle– I will not shrink from whatever poor imitation exists in these lands.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

(1/5) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 9: Trust Treads the Line Between Wisdom and Folly #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet from Hollow Knight, and Vise, an original character. Vise is a tall, broad praying mantis wearing a cloak and necklace. Hornet sits at the bench in Mantis Village, playing her Needolin. Vise leans over one shoulder from behind, asking whether she considers him foolish. Hornet surmises that he's asking why she didn't defend herself against the Prince's allegations, and argues that the Prince was correct in his wariness, alleging that Vise overlooks the danger of the gods because of his familiarity. She begins playing the Needolin's enthralling magic.

Vise: …Auntie? Do you think me a fool?
Hornet: At times. But I consider it one of your better qualities.
Hornet: …. *sigh*
Hornet: You wish to know why I did not speak for myself against the Prince’s accusations. Had you witnessed the devastation wrought upon his lands, I doubt you would be so quick to come to my defense.
Vise: …but you–
Hornet: Your personal affection for I and my kin blinds you to our imminence.
Hornet: You think us benign… benevolent even.. you may even be correct.
Hornet: However.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight, and Vise, an original character. Vise is a tall, broad praying mantis wearing a cloak and necklace. Vise counters Hornet's arguments by clarifying that he doesn't trust her and Hollow because of godlike power, but because he'd personally witnessed their struggles in the aftermath of the Radiance. We see a flashback of Vise as a Mantis Petra watching Hornet attempting to manage Hollow's wounds, before noticing his presence. He mentions that they were kind to him, and states that he will take the risk of foolishness in exchange for her wisdom. He diverts the conversation away from Hornet and Hollow to ask about the White Lady instead.

Vise: My confidence is not so easily won.
Vise: I give my trust not to some great and mighty god…
Vise: But to the warrior who willingly sacrificed body and mind to stay a plague…
Vise: …and to the sister who wept…
Vise: …and toiled…
Vise: …to see them whole.
Vise: You proffered kindness to an orphaned traitor’s child…
Vise: Do you deny it now?
Hornet: …no.
Vise: Then I shall gladly risk playing the fool, to keep your wisdom and council, Auntie.
Vise: A final question, if I may be so bold–

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

(2/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 8: Is It The Light You Fear, Or What It Might Illuminate #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Green Prince from Hollow Knight: Silksong and Vise, an original character. Vise is a tall, broad praying mantis wearing a cloak and necklace. The Green Prince snaps at Vise for his perceived naive attitude towards the gods.

Vise: …the Lady is an ally, one I thought we shared.
The Green Prince: Ally or no, she is a god. No good ever comes of drawing their gaze.
The Green Prince: Did you mistake me a wanderer? An adventurer? I am neither. Because of them, I am a prince without a people, orphan of a land lost to all memory but my own. Because of them, I am nothing.
The Green Prince: So ally with them if you must– But know this: They will take everything, and they will not ask.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

(1/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 8: Is It The Light You Fear, Or What It Might Illuminate #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Shakra from Hollow Knight: Silksong, the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight. The three sit in the Queen's Gardens, Lace and Hollow observing Shakra working on her maps. Lace questions why Shakra doesn't simply abscond to Elder Hu's gravesite in the Fungal Wastes, citing her comfort traveling through Pharloom. Shakra chides her, explaining that it would jeopardize Hornet's alliances, that Hallownest is not cursed like Pharloom (which makes Hollow flinch), and that she has no trouble resting. Lace, dissatisfied with Shakra's advice, informs her that she is older and asks to be honored as such. Hollow agrees to this, which Lace immediately shuts down.

Lace: So… why are we shilly-shallying about?
Shakra: Hornet-Wielding-Needle–
Lace: Yes, yes… I know what the spider would do. But why wait?
Lace: You never hesitated in ransacking my kingdom. Surely for so savvy a wayfinder, the fungal expanse poses no more threat than Bilewater’s detritus.
Shakra: Dondakku! Even if such conduct would not jeopardize my friend’s alliance, this is no cursed land whose denizens attack with mindless abandon.
Shakra: It is no burden, child-wielding-pin, to rest… to reflect. It is a gift.
Lace: ….finding your “wisdom” dull does not mark me a child. In fact… I suspect I am very much your senior. You really ought to show me proper respect.
Hollow (signing): Okay!
Lace: No.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Green Prince from Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hornet from Hollow Knight, and Vise, an original character. Vise is a tall, broad praying mantis wearing a cloak and necklace. Hornet explains why the Gardens haven't been similarly attacked, and informs Vise that she will be visiting Herrah's shrine soon, and will keep him informed should she find answers on that visit. Vise asks whether the White Lady would provide aid, but is interrupted by the Green Prince, who calls Vise a fool and criticizes him for looking to a goddess for help.

Vise: The Gardens are not similarly besieged?
Hornet: They make a poor target, so steeped in godlight. However, I go soon to tend my mother’s shrine; I will inform you, should answers present themselves.
Vise: In the interim, can nothing more be done? Perhaps the Lady might lend aid–
The Green Prince: Pah.
The Green Prince: I had feared you a dullard, but in truth you are a fool.
Helter: That’s out of line!
Vise: Peace, Helter. Our new friend has been naught but courteous ‘til now.
Vise: Insult or no, I would learn what provoked him so. Tell, then. What earned me so grand a title as fool?
The Green Prince: Mere disappointment that you so readily forsake your own tradition to chase pale grace.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

(2/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 7: The Shape of a Future You Can’t Yet Grasp #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Green Prince from Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hornet and one of the Mantis Lords from Hollow Knight, and Vise, an original character. Vise is a tall, broad praying mantis wearing a cloak and necklace. Vise directs Hornet and the Green Prince to the arena where the Mantis Lords are encountered in the first game. However, the thrones sit abandoned, and instead Vise leads them to a doorway, where the remaining Mantis Lord rests. She towers over the other bugs, grown massive in age. Vise greets her cheerfully, Hornet neutrally, and the Green Prince with a degree of surprise.

The Green Prince: …
Vise: ?
The Green Prince: ….
Vise: Hello Auntie!

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

(1/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 7: The Shape of a Future You Can’t Yet Grasp #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Shakra from Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hornet and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight, and Vise, an original character. Vise is a tall, broad praying mantis wearing a cloak and necklace. Hornet speaks to Vise about securing Shakra passage through the Fungal Wastes, only to have it confirmed that travel has been restricted due to political uncertainty. Vise explains that only one of the three lords (encountered in the first game) is still alive, and that the successor has not been named. Hornet states that she had expected Vise to have ascended to the role by now, which Vise shrugs off. In the background, Hollow and Lace look after the local foliage. Lace is startled when a grub jumps out of the bushes at her.

Vise: A challenge to the Lords?
Hornet: Yes. My companion seeks passage through mantis territories… however, we have been informed that travel through the wastes is restricted at present.
Vise: You have been told true.
Vise: The Second passed during your absence. The Last remains strong in mind, but increasingly frail in body. Until a new Lord is named, our borders remain closed.
Hornet: Frankly, I had expected you to be Shakra’s opponent, Vise.
Vise: Alas, no. As bearer of the Mark, you know well the pride of my people–change does not come easy, and I will not prove the taint of my lineage by seizing power not freely given.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and the Green Prince from Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hornet and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight, and Vise, an original character. Vise is a tall, broad praying mantis wearing a cloak and necklace. Lace, Hollow, and the Green Prince continue interacting with the grubs while the conversation between Hornet and Vise continues. Hornet declares her intent to visit the remaining Mantis Lord, which Vise agrees to, going so far as to invite the Green Prince. When Lace (holding a grub) demands to know why the prince has been invited, Vise indicates that he had assumed the Green Prince to also be a mantis. None of the other characters, including the Green Prince, confirm or deny this, leading Vise to double down to the other mantises present.

Hornet: Regardless, I should like to meet with your Lord, if only to declare my return to Hallownest. I would have your Guard as escort to avoid any undue confusion.
Vise: An excellent suggestion! Your presence would be most welcome!
Vise: And your green friend’s as well, should he wish to join us.
Lace: Wait! Why is he invited, but we are not!
Vise: …
Vise: …because he’s a mantis?
Hornet: ….
Lace: ….
Hollow: ?
Vise: …no?
The Green Prince: ….
Vise: …Helter, he’s a mantis.
Helter: As you say, sir.
The Green Prince: ….

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

(2/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 6: Finally Equipping that Compass You Bought #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace, Hornet, the Green Prince, the Second Sentinel, Sherma, Flick, Pavo, Fleamaster Mooshka, Shrine Guardian Seth, Grishkin, the Bell Beast, a Beastling, and Seamstress from Hollow Knight Silksong, and the White Lady from Hollow Knight. Hornet misconstrues the White Lady's interest in Lace, only for the White Lady to reveal that she knows what Lace is, and that she does not view her as a threat. Hornet questions the morality of making Lace dependent upon her, and the White Lady brings up the souls that Hornet has bound to herself in Pharloom. Hornet points out that her survival hinged more on community and friendship than it did power alone, and notes that the Everbloom spun from the Red Memory was infused with the White Lady's magic. The White Lady confirms that she was aware of Hornet reaching for the flower, and that both she and Hollow had blessed it.

Hornet: Lace is of no threat to you, Lady.
The White Lady: No… she is far too frail, with that brittle shell of pale silk. Yet her fierce heart blazes, even to my wavering sight.
Hornet: Even knowing it would damn her, she cut herself free from her creator’s malignant web. When I chose to pull her from the void, I shouldered a duty to see her maintained.
The White Lady: It is honorable of you.
Hornet: … Or perhaps cruel, to bind her to myself, even figuratively.
The White Lady: Unlike the other souls bound within your shell?
Hornet: ….
The White Lady: I require neither explanation nor excuse, child. To exercise such power only speaks of the perils faced in the land of your foremothers.
Hornet: Power alone could not preserve me. Faith turned shield… Song turned care… Joy turned defiance of the end itself. I survived on strength borrowed of others. Including yours, Lady.
The White Lady: Mine and your sibling’s. The flower you spun of memory and soul carried the blessing of two gods. I feared even that might not be enough to sustain you in the dark.
Hornet: … it was not.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the White Lady, and the Pale King from Hollow Knight. The White Lady criticizes Hornet's plan, citing the dangers, but notes that Hornet is undeterred. She compares Hornet to her father, but pledges her support anyways, with a warning that she not be made to look the fool again. Hornet agrees to these conditions, and the White Lady grants her blessing to Hornet's newest quest.

The White Lady: You propose to reopen the Abyss… too invite that dark god back into our lands… to try to pluck a single shade from its legion. A fool’s errand… yet my censure does not deter.
Hornet: I fear not the impossible, Lady… else I would not stand before you now. My course is set.
The White Lady: You have your father’s bearing.
Hornet: An unwelcome comparison… And one I cannot determine as praise or condemnation.
The White Lady: It matters little. To place in you my faith, as I once did him… what you ask is no small thing. Yet my hope stirs anew. So for you, my daughter… and for the children I so callously cast away…
The White Lady: I will set aside my fear… my grief… do not prove me again a fool.
Hornet: I will not, Majesty.
The White Lady: Then it is enough.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

(1/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 6: Finally Equipping that Compass You Bought #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and the Green Prince from Hollow Knight Silksong, and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight. Lace attempts to confront Hollow in the aftermath of her dream and the reveal of Hollow's identity as the current God of Dreams. She goads them into attempting to speak, only to find that they physically and painfully struggle to do so. She backs down, and the two settle into a genial conversation, while the Green Prince watches from afar.

Lace: You.
Hollow: !?
Lace: You have some explaining to do.
Hollow: …
Hollow [signing]: Sorry to wake you.
Lace: That is not what I meant and you know it.
Lace: Really? You have nothing to say? I know you can talk.
Hollow: …. …Ah.
Hollow: S…ssssorry… Ssspeak-ing isss difff– diffffi– difffff– haaaard. I ammmm–
Lace: Stop!
Lace: Just… stop. If harm befalls you, the spider will unstitch me thread by thread.
Hollow [signing]: Sister likes you.
Lace: Do not start with that nonsense.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace, Shakra, Hornet, and the Green Prince from Hollow Knight Silksong, and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) and the White Lady from Hollow Knight. Shakra explains that Hornet has gone to visit the White Lady, and discusses with the Green Prince their expectations of Hallownest. She cites her rapport with Hornet as her motivator for accompanying her on this journey, but questions the Green Prince's motives. The conversation switches to the White Lady and Hornet, who are having a similar discussion.

The Green Prince: I am surprised at the Hunter’s absence from this interrogation.
Shakra (quoting Hornet): “They are old enough to manage the disasters of their own making.”
Shakra: So she spoke before departing for an audience with her pale mother.
The Green Prince: …
Shakra: …. You are ill at ease with this state of affairs.
The Green Prince: I had long ago heard tales of Hallownest, Kingdom Eternal. Truthfully, I suspected it another silken lie.
The Green Prince: I knew the spider for what she was… and I have witnessed before how the ceaseless appetites of beings pale leave naught but bile and bone.
The Green Prince: To walk peaceably among gods… such a feat staggers the mind.
Shakra: Hornet-wielding-needle has invariably proven herself my ally and friend. But you share no such bond, noble bug. Why then did you heed her call?
The White Lady: What wish is held for Hallownest?

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace, Shakra, Hornet, and the Green Prince from Hollow Knight Silksong, and the White Lady and one of the Mantis Lords from Hollow Knight. Hornet discusses her companions with the White Lady, revealing that she had not expected the Green Prince to take her up on her invitation, and stating that not even he knows what he wants at present. She explains Shakra's current goal to perform funeral rites for Elder Hu, whose grave is in the Fungal Wastes; the White Lady informs her of a political situation preventing easy travel in that direction, citing both changes in the Mantis Tribes and a resurgence of attacks from Deepnest. Hornet denies being a political representative of Deepnest, and the White Lady changes the topic to Lace.

Hornet: I suspect the answer unknown to even himself.
Hornet: His late addition to our party was… unexpected.
Hornet: I feared the grief sunk so deep that my words lacked power enough to reach him.
The White Lady: You diminish yourself, child.
The White Lady: The Beast needed not a god’s light to marshal her savage lands, but a fervency of spirit reflected by the magnitude of your own.
The White Lady: And what of the others? The warrior bears striking resemblance to another visitor, long ago.
Hornet: Elder Hu. He lived among the mantises before the Infection drove him to madness. Despite his violent end, his memorial is maintained. Shakra seeks to perform his final rites.
The White Lady: A noble endeavor, but one much impeded by present circumstance. Travel through the Fungal Wastes has been restricted, as the situation between the Mantis Tribes has evolved in your absence. Skirmishes at Deepnest’s borders intensify with every passing cycle.
Hornet: I am neither Deepnest’s queen nor its minister.
The White Lady: I understand. Regardless, your counsel would be welcome. But for now, the matter will keep. Tell me instead of the Pale Child you have brought under my boughs.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

(2/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 5: Nightmares and Gods #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong, and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight. Lace collapses to her knees, the environment now a dark void. However, her breakdown is interrupted by a hand extended, offering a glowing delicate flower. Lace looks up to see Hollow. For a moment she is stunned, before erupting into peals of laughter at the ridiculousness of the situation.

Lace: ….
Lace: …pft. Ahahahaha!!

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong, and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight. Lace converses with Hollow, who has both eyes functional and speaks directly to her in the dream. Lace indicates that she is aware that she is asleep and dreaming, but has no control over the dreams itself, before resigning herself to nightmares until waking. Hollow asks if she would like to leave, and the moment that she agrees the void dissolves in a burst of light and dream motes.

Lace: This is a surprise! Now even the sibling has deigned to haunt my sleep.
Hollow: So you are aware of the dream?
Lace: Of course. I’m not a real person, you see. I need neither food nor rest– To sleep is a choice, as is to dream.
Hollow: So this dream is as you desire?
Lace: I never said that.
Lace: I may choose to dream, but I have no control over what those dreams entail… as evidenced by your intrusion here. Why am I even explaining this to a figment of my unconscious mind?
Hollow: My apologies.
Lace: Hm. Well at least you’re polite about it.
Lace: Sigh. Nothing for a bad dream but to let it run its course. Perhaps next I’ll see my mother’s severed arm!
Hollow: Do you wish to leave?
Lace: Of course! But since when does what I wish–

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong, and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight. Confused, Lace turns to ask Hollow how they managed to change the dream. She is met with them in godly regalia: a long flowing robe, a more complex mask pattern, and six translucent wings. Lace startles awake at the sight, in turn startling Hornet awake. Lace then attempts to get information from Hornet, calling Hollow the God of Dreams, which Hornet confirms before immediately going back to sleep.

Lace: How did you–
Lace: !?
Lace: Gasp!
Hornet: !? Are you well, child?
Lace: They’re the God of Dreams?
Hornet: Ah. Yes.
Lace: But– What–
Lace: Hey!! don’t go back to sleep!!

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

(1/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 5: Nightmares and Gods #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Green Prince, Lace, and Shakra from Hollow Knight Silksong. The party travels through the howling wastes, fighting against heavy winds. Hornet warns the party to stick close, as the winds are picking up, but Lace is blinded momentarily by a sandy gust. When she regains her sight, she is alone.

Hornet: Winds are picking up– Stay close.
Lace: Ack!
Lace: …!?

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Phantom from Hollow Knight Silksong. Lace, lost and alone, runs frantically through the wastes, calling for Hornet. She seemingly spies her silhouette on the horizon. However, when she approaches, it is revealed to be Phantom instead of Hornet, to Lace's shock.

Lace: Spider!?
Lace: Hey!! This isn’t funny!
Lace: There you are! I was beginning to think you meant to leave me behind.
Lace: !

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Phantom from Hollow Knight Silksong. Phantom, more ghostly mist than tattered silk, floats before Lace, Hornet's needle jutting from their chest. They taunt Lace before shrieking like the wailing creatures from The Mist, before dissolving before Lace's eyes. Lace looks on in stunned horror.

Phantom: What’s wrong dear sister? You look as though you’ve seen a ghost.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

(2/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 4: Living is a Funeral to Self you Buried #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Green Prince, Lace, and Shakra from Hollow Knight Silksong; and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight. Hornet is distracted from the reunion by Lace clearing her throat to get her attention, and hops down from Hollow's embrace. She almost sheepishly introduces them as her elder sibling, a former knight and the current keeper of the Queen's Gardens. She then introduces her new allies: Lace glares silently, Shakra greets with a typical "Poshanka!", and the Green Prince bows politely.

Lace: Ahem.
Hornet: Ah!
Hornet: Hup.
Hornet: *cough* Allow me to introduce my elder sibling: Hollow, knight emeritus and keeper of the Queen’s Gardens.
Hornet: And these are my… allies. Lace of Pharloom.
Lace: ….
Hornet: Shakra-wielding-rings.
Shakra: Poshanka!
Hornet: And the Green Prince of Verdania.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

(1/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 4: Living is a Funeral to Self you Buried #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Green Prince, Lace, and Shakra from Hollow Knight Silksong; and the White Lady from Hollow Knight. The scene opens on the lush greenery of the Queen's Gardens, which are noticeably lacking in thorns. Hornet stands before the White Lady, who towers over her adopted daughter, free of her bindings. The White Lady welcomes Hornet and her allies home to Hallownest.

The White Lady: And so our sentinel returns to us.
The White Lady: Even as your power bloomed in foreign soil, you rejected your silken birthright to stand again before me. Pride of Deepnest, Protector of Hallownest, and daughter of my Heart.
The White Lady: Rest safe within my branches, for this land will always offer haven to you and your allies.
The White Lady: Welcome home.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong; and the White Lady and the Hollow Knight (called Hollow) from Hollow Knight. The White Lady pauses in her welcome speech to lock eyes with Lace, who silently glares back at her with no explanation. The scene transitions to Hollow, plucking a delicate flower from an unspecified section of the Queen's Gardens. They stand serenely, holding the flower, an aluba resting on their shoulder, only to perk up upon hearing Hornet call out to them.

The White Lady: ….
Lace: ….
The White Lady: But for all my joy… this is not the only reunion, long-awaited.
Hornet: Hollow!
Hollow: !

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

(2/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 3: Less Like a Promise, More Like a Vow #HollowKnight #Silksong #SilksongSpoilers

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Green Prince, Lace, and Shakra from Hollow Knight Silksong; and Mato, Cornifer, and Iselda from Hollow Knight. Nailmaster Mato emerges from the General Store, alerted by a commotion without. He wanders over to a now-elderly Iselda, who informs him that Hornet has arrived home with companions in tow--including another cartographer (Shakra). Mato jokes about Iselda's positivity about a potential business rival, which she shuts down good-naturedly, in the process implying that Mato has taken over the General Store from his former master, Nailsage Sly. As they talk, Hornet can be seen introducing Shakra to a delighted Cornifer, while Lace and the Green Prince look on.

Mato: ?
Mato: What’s this commotion?
Iselda: Good news for once. Miss Hornet has apparently returned to us… with a new cartographer in tow.
Mato: You seem awfully cheerful about another business rival.
Iselda: Oh hush. You aren’t nearly the money grub your old master was.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

(1/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 3: Less Like a Promise, More Like a Vow #HollowKnight #Silksong #SilksongSpoilers

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Green Prince, Lace, and Shakra from Hollow Knight Silksong. The four companions travel the Howling Cliffs, a mountainous path lit by dim street lamps. From the clifftops, they can see a town glowing in the gloom. The entire sequence directly calls back to the opening animation of the first Hollow Knight game.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Green Prince, Lace, and Shakra from Hollow Knight Silksong. The four travel companions make their way through the town sighted from the cliffs, which the title text identifies as Dirtmouth: The Beacon Town. The town is well lit and relatively lively, with common bugs milling about their business and paying little attention to their adventurers. Lace finds the place "a dump," but before she has the chance to elaborate, they are distracted by the sound of humming. Approaching the source of the tune reveals an older Cornifer, sitting on the iconic bench from the first game, lit by a streetlamp. Cornifer offers them a generic greeting, but is startled from his script after recognizing Hornet.

Title Card: Dirtmouth: The Beacon Town
Lace: …What a dump.
SFX: [Music, implied to be humming]
Cornifer: Hm? Ah hello there! Come to explore these beautiful cav–
Cornifer: Oh!

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

(2/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 2: Fighting Our Reflections in a Fun House Mirror #HollowKnight #Silksong #SilksongSpoilers

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Green Prince and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. The Green Prince informs Lace that he will not be provoked further by an angry child. Lace is furious at his refusal to rise to her challenge and his belittling framing of her, returning to insulting him with increasing viciousness.

The Green Prince: …Perhaps. But not so pathetic as to be provoked into further violence by an angry child.
Lace: …How dare you. How dare you look at me like that?!
Lace: You weak, worthless creature…!

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Green Prince, Lace, and Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong. Lace continues to lash out at the Green Prince; however, her insults are a clear projection of her own self-hatred. Hornet steps in and calls her out before she can spiral much further, leading her to collapsing to her knees.

Lace: do you not realize that it is your fault that everybody you loved is dead!? That it would have been better if you had never been–
Hornet: Lace.
Lace: …!
Lace: ….
The Green Prince: …?

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Green Prince, Lace, and Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong. Lace bursts into tears, sniffling and hiccuping while she apologizes. However, the apologies do not appear to be addressed to the Green Prince, nor does he take them as such, turning away uncomfortably while Hornet attempts to comfort Lace. He gently touches the pendant (a repurposed Pristine Core) around his neck.

Lace: *hic* *sniff*
Lace: *sniff* I’m sorry. *sob*
Lace: *hic* *hic* Sorry. I’m so sorry.
The Green Prince: …

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

(1/3) To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 2: Fighting Our Reflections in a Fun House Mirror #HollowKnight #Silksong #SilksongSpoilers

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Green Prince, Lace, and Shakra from Hollow Knight Silksong. The four traveling companions sit in a cave in the wastes, sheltering from the howling winds while they plan out their route to the light of a couple lamps. Shakra and Hornet consult their map, Lace idly watches, and the Green Prince stares out of the cave despondently. Upon hearing confirmation that they are approaching their destination, Lace complains about her discomfort traveling through a sandy environment, only to be scoffed at by the Green Prince for a supposedly sheltered upbringing.

Hornet: We are approaching Hallownest’s borders. I expect to reach the Howling Cliffs before the end of the next cycle.
Lace: Good. My Threads weren’t meant for this much sand.
The Green Prince: Tch.
Lace: What. You have something to say?
The Green Prince: Not too you. I’m merely unsurprised that one of the citadel’s spawn is unaccustomed to hardship.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Green Prince and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Lace takes a moment absorbing the Green Prince's insult before bursting into laughter, reflecting his mockery and calling him a coward for failing to prevent the fall of Verdania or the death of his lover, while the Green Prince becomes increasingly furious the longer that he listens.

Lace: …
Lace: Ha~
Lace: Ahahaha! You cannot be serious. You. the disgraced “crown prince” of that backwater patch of marshland. What would you know of hardship? Of suffering? After all, it was your beloved whose shell cracked beneath the citadel… while you wasted away for an age in a filthy cell on Sinner’s Road… Like a coward.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Green Prince and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. The Green Prince snaps, charging at Lace and slashing at her with his scythe-like forearms. She dodges easily, landing on her feet and continuing to mock him. However, rather than continuing the assault, the Green Prince pulls back.

Lace: Ahahaha! Is that really the full might of Verdania? How adorably pathetic.
The Green Prince: …

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

To Bind Our Echoes That We May Be Whole A Hollow Knight Fancomic Chapter 1: You Must Gather Your Party Before Venturing Forth #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet and the Green Prince from Hollow Knight Silksong. Hornet approaches the Green Prince in the caves that once marked the entrance to Verdania--all that remains is the prince and the metal shell that once housed the soul of his lover. The Green Prince sits turned away from Hornet and harshly questions why she has encroached upon what he intends to be his tomb, scoffing at her supposed good news that the apocalypse has been averted, doubling down on his intention to die in this place. He remains turned away from her, facing the remains of the Cogwork Dancer, seemingly held in place by spiderwebs in the background.

The Green Prince: Despite my wishes, pale hunter, you again disturb this tomb.
Hornet: I beg pardon for my tresspass, tall bug. But this need not be your grave. The black threads have retreated… the citadel is fallen. The bugs of Pharloom build anew.
The Green Prince: …
The Green Prince: What care have I for this kingdom’s festering corpse? Let it rot. My life… My love… All died long ago. It is past time I joined them.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet and the Green Prince from Hollow Knight Silksong. In response to the Green Prince's intentions to waste away in the ruins of his homeland, Hornet vaguely shares some of her own past and empathizing with his survivor's guilt. She recalls sitting at her mother's bedside, as well as the influence of other she has lost--the Pale King, Queen Vespa and the Hive, her mother (again), the Weavers of Deepnest, and Garamond and Zaza. She ends the recollection thinking of the Knight, insisting that if there is a debt, it can only be repaid by continuing to live.

Hornet: I understand.
Hornet: I too have stood sentinel in the ruins of my home. For long, I believed my continued existence a debt that could not be repaid. It is a lonely damnation. And one wholly self inflicted.
Hornet: To live on is not the debt but its payment. Burdened as we are with the ghosts that precede us.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet and the Green Prince from Hollow Knight Silksong. The Green Prince, still turned away from Hornet, asks what she wants of him. She informs him that she wants nothing, but offers to have him accompany her back to Hallownest, along with a couple other unidentified companions. She then wishes him farewell and leaves. The Green Prince seems to think over her words before finally turning around, away from the threads that bind him to this place and towards the light.

The Green Prince: What do you want of me?
Hornet: Nothing. I come with an offer.
Hornet: Soon, my companions and I will depart from Pharloom for my home caves. If lingering in this place weighs too heavy on your heart, consider joining us. The journey is long and perilous. The old kingdom fallen. But the land quickens. Life buds anew. Your strength would be a boon, foreign though it be.
Hornet: Otherwise, I bid you farewell, green one.
The Green Prince: …

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

(5/5) Craw Memento: No magical effect, but grants them impunity when committing Bird Crimes. Sprintmaster Memento: Increases movement speed similar to the Sprintmaster Charm. Synergizes with the Sprintmaster and Dashmaster Charms for a quick getaway from an irate sister. #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. The Knight equips the Craw Memento, which appears to have no magical effects. Despite this, they seem interest in keeping it, and hurry off before Hornet can demand it back. Hornet, concerned for the bird crimes that are likely about to be committed, demands fruitlessly for them to stop power walking away from her.

Title: Craw + Sprintmaster Mementos
Hornet: Huh. No effect.
Hornet: Hold on. Where are you taking that.
Hornet: Ghost!? Hey! Don’t power walk away from me!!

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

(4/5) Hunter’s Memento: Covers them in a thin layer of slime that prevents grappling from enemies like Muckroaches. Synergizes to create a new Shape of Unn variant which also moves faster than the default. (Also instills them with the Cain Instinct, RIP Lace.) #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. The Knight tries on the Hunter's Memento and ends up covered in a thin layer of pink slime, while Lace looks on in disgust. When the Knight notices her reaction, it immediately turns into a chase, wherein they equip the Shape of Unn to sell the effect. Hornet watches from the distance, confused.

Title: Hunter’s Memento
Lace: … Ew.
Lace: No! Nonono! Get back you slimy cretin!!

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

(3/5) Hero’s Memento: Hornet doesn’t let them play with it, so we may never know. Guardian’s Memento: Pollen AOE attack similar to Spore Shroom; however, activates with Abyss Shriek rather than Focus (a la Nyleth’s Pollen Shriek). Might also let them talk to flowers? #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. Hornet withholds the Hero's Memento from the Knight, refusing to let them play with it. In response, the Knight sulks. When Hornet attempts to lecture them for doing so they activate the Pollen Shriek AOE ability from equipping the Guardian's Memento, much to Hornet's dismay.

Title: Hero’s and Guardian’s Mementos
Hornet: No.
Hornet: Come now… that’s hardly a reason to sulk. You’re setting a poor example for Lace.
Hornet: Oh that’s very mature!

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

(2/5) Surface Memento: Significantly increases their jump and double jump distance. (They use it to express their clinginess for their sister.) #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. Lace and the Knight wait on the ground floor of Bellhart in front of the communal bench and statue. Lace attempts to lecture the Knight for fussing about Hornet leaving them for a short while. Rather than listening, the Knight uses the Surface Memento to do a massive vertical leap up to Hornet's Bellhome above, while Lace sighs in exasperation.

Title: Surface Memento
Lace: Oh, stop fussing. She said she’d only be a moment.
Lace: … *sigh*

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

(1/5) In the previous comic I implied that Ghost can equip Hornet’s mementos like charms: Grey Memento: Increases their nail length, while nail arts now do Pocket Sand. Synergizes with Longnail and Mark of Pride to turn their nail into a Final Fantasy weapon. #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring the Knight from Hollow Knight. The Knight shows off the effects of equipping the Grey Memento, which extends their nail and flings sand at their opponent. They then demonstrate how it can be equipped alongside the Longnail Charm and the Mark of Pride Charm to elongate their nail to comical proportions.

Title: Grey Memento

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

(1/3) Somebody pointed out that Widow actually calls Hornet the child of Wyrm and Weaver, which I forgot about. However, it also offered up a much funnier/sadder scenario. Also, Ghost beat Seth’s records before Hornet did, and therefore claimed the Guardian Memento. #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. The Knight returns from Flea Games, showing off the Guardian Memento as evidence of their victory. Hornet follows up the conversation with Lace about her heritage, pointing out Widow's knowledge of the situation. Lace argues that Widow was half-mad, and that nobody listened to her, citing how Widow once told her that Grubberflies reproduce by eating their own young. Hornet and Ghost look uncomfortably at each other, and then back at Lace, uncertain how to break the news to her that this is, in fact, true. Lace turns her back on them, comically yelling at them not to say anything.

Hornet: I assumed the truth of my heritage well known, at least among your silken allies. The Weaver ensnaring Bellhart acknowledged me as such.
Lace: What, Widow? She was unspooled. Nobody listened to her. She spouted all types of off-the-wall nonsense. One time, she told me I shouldn’t complain about my… situation, because grubberflies reproduce by swallowing their own spawn. I had nightmares for weeks!
Lace: …
Hornet: ….
Lace: NOPE. NO. SHUT UP.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Widow from Hollow Knight Silksong. Narration indicates this occurred earlier during the events of the game, with Lace nonchalantly warning Widow to look out for Hornet. Widow attempts to learn more about Hornet's genealogy, but is unable to explain why this strikes her as important as her thoughts are drowned out by shattered memories of the weaver rebellion.

Narration: Earlier…
Lace: Be on the lookout for the half-weaver.
Widow: What is the other half?
Lace: Pardon?
Widow: The half-spawn. What sired it?
Lace: Is that relevant?
Widow: I…
[SFX] Disjointed echoes of the Rune Harps: Flee, sisters. Flee until your strength exhausts… We shall die, and wait, and pray, that one may come of silken strength enough to weave us free.
Widow: I cannot remember.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Next Stop on the Pharloom Void Cleanup Road Trip Hornet is slowly subsumed by fluff; Lace uses flea brew as a handwarmer (she has no intention of drinking it); and Ghost heard mention of a pogo competition and the “Challenge” prompt immediately appeared overhead. #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. The three take a rest at Fleatopia: Lace sits on a bench with a cup of Flea Brew, Hornet rests on the ground with her back to the large flea and holding a sleeping flea on her lap, and Ghost speaks to Mooshka the Fleamaster at the scoreboard. Lace begins probing Hornet about the lineage she shares with the Knight, while Hornet cuts directly to the point.

Lace: So… your sibling.
Hornet: yes. We share a sire.
Lace: Full chamber to the Kingdom of the White Wyrm. Claim the Weaver, in half part. Last of their line.
Lace: The commandment fails to describe your paternal lineage.
Hornet: You needn’t talk in circles.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

An addendum to Lace’s non-negotiable adoption by Ghost. I don’t think that Ghost really conceptualizes extended family? Their frame of reference is limited exclusively parent-child and sibling relationships. #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. Lace attempts to explain to the Knight once again that they are not siblings, and points out that if there is any familial tie, it is that she is Hornet's great aunt. She immediately regrets this realization, and when she returns focus to the Knight, they have produced a dead Skarr Scout out of thin air. Lace is perplexed but attempts to clarify that she said "aunt" rather than "ant," which still fails to communicate the point.

Lace: look, we aren’t siblings. At most I would be the spider’s….
Lace: …great… aunt.
Lace: … Oooh I don’t like that.
Lace: I said “aunt” not “ant.”
Ghost: ???
Lace: Where did that come from!?

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In which Little Ghost exhibits more Cat Behavior ™. They’re doing post-game void cleanup by revisting areas that Hornet has already 100% completed. #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace and Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. Lace asks why the Knight is exhibiting the catlike behavior of staring into empty space for long periods for no discernible reason. Hornet informs her that the Knight can, in fact, see dead people, to which Lace accuses her of teasing. Hornet insists that she is not, in fact, joking. In the background we see the Knight's POV, seemingly listening to the ghosts of the Green Prince and his lover.

Lace: Spider… a question for you.
Hornet: Hmm?
Lace: Why does your “void sibling” do… that.
Lace: There’s nothing there. But they’ve not moved in ten minutes. It’s creepy!
Hornet: Oh, that.
Hornet: They can see dead people.
Lace: That isn’t funny spider!!!
Hornet: Since when do I jest?

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

(2/2) Sorry Lace, you’ve been adopted. This is non-negotiable. #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. Lace startled awake and away from the Knight, who is crouched over her. She expresses shock at finding herself alive and intact, but her theorizing over why is interrupted by the Knight, asking if she's a sister.

Lace: KYAAAAH!!
Lace: Wh… what? How?? I’m… alive?
The Knight: Sister?
The Knight: ….
Lace: ….

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. The Knight, now in void form, asks again if Lace is their new sister. Behind them the glowing eyes of the other Siblings are visible. Lace visibly recoils, startled and frightened.

The Knight: New Sister?
Lace: Eeeep!

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet and Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. Hornet arrives in the void with the everbloom in tow. She's greeted by Lace, who sits cross-legged with the Knight in her lap, the other void siblings surrounding her in a massive cuddle pile. She looks perplexed and miserable and asks Hornet if she's come to end her suffering. The Knight waves excitedly at hornet with both arms, indifferent or unaware of Lace's misery.

Lace: Teeheehee…. you arrive at last, spiderling.
Lace: ….
Hornet: ….
Lace: Please, please. Tell me you’ve come to end me.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

(1/2) Sorry Lace, you’ve been adopted. This is non-negotiable. #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Lace falls, arms curled around herself, towards the bottom of the page, resigned to her fate.

Lace: So… This is how it ends… My grand finale. An empty child… consumed by the void. What a joke.

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong and the Knight from Hollow Knight. Lace awakens from her descent into the void, staring up at the Knight's empty-eyed face mask.

Lace: …

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

There’s no punchline, other than the Knight falling over like a cat you’ve put in a costume. #HollowKnight #Silksong

A multi-panel black and white comic featuring Hornet, the Knight, and the Hollow Knight from the indie game Hollow Knight. Hornet gazes at the Knight wearing her fluffy gift, looking pleased with herself while mentally recalling the fleas from Silksong. She is interrupted by a large hand touching her shoulder, and turning around she sees the Hollow Knight, pantomiming that they too want the gift. The final panel sees her outfitting an enthusiastic Hollow Knight while the Knight flops over on the ground dramatically, like a cat that has been put in a costume.

Panel 1
Hornet: Well met, little ghost.
The Knight: ?
Panel 2
I have a new gift for you.
The Knight: !
Panel 3
The Knight: …
Panel 4:
Hornet: There. All done.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I've been drawing a lot of #HollowKnight and #Silksong art, and realized I should probably share them here as well. This is an old one (circa 2018), done for a Secret Santa event on Tumblr, but it still holds up. (I'll try to pace my uploads here, but I've got a large backlog.)

Comic title: They're Taking Art Lessons

A two-panel, full color comic featuring Hornet and the Knight from Hollow Knight. In the first panel, Hornet curiously looks over the Knight's shoulder as they crouch over a piece of parchment, drawing. In the second panel, the Knight proudly shows Hornet their drawing, revealing it to be a simple illustration of themself and her, holding hands.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Birthday card for my brother, who turned 24 over the weekend. Featuring Cloud (tabby) and Zack (black) and their namesakes Cloud Strife and Zack Fair. #ffvii #ff7

Two adult humans, each holding a cat. The figure on the left Zack Fair from Final Fantasy VII, who is taller, with long spiky black hair, green eyes, and a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek, wearing a vaguely militaristic uniform. He is holding a gray tabby cat with green eyes. The tabby cat has his tongue out in a blep. On the right is Cloud Strife, who has short spiky blond hair, blue-green eyes, and wars a similar uniform to Zack. He holds a black kitten with yellowy eyes, peeking over his shoulder.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

Continuing work on that Hades illustration and decided to pull out as a potential sticker? #hadesgame #hadesii #hades #megaera

Depiction of the Greek Mythological Fury, Megaera, from the game Hades. Meg is a domineering woman in blue, gray, and gold, with light grayish skin, long blue hair pulled back in a ponytail, and a single dark wing over her right shoulder. She holds magenta whip, which matches her lipstick.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

Hey look I'm doing art again! It's the Best Boy Charon. I'll be updating it in chunks as I go along! Part 1 of....? #hades #hadesgame #hadesfanart

Fanart of Supergiant's video game. Charon, a shrouded figure in gold and black, with a purple glowing eye and breathing purple smoke, rows in his vessel across the River Styx. The Styx runs red, with ghostly hands extending from its bloody waters. All around is Tartarus, a section of the Underworld lit in bright yellow-green, labyrinthine buildings claustrophobic and nonsensical, providing no hope of escape.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

The Appropriate Use for Cauldrons Sora and Kairi having breakfast at Caer Dallben, for the fanzine Two Sides: Volume 2. The Chronicles of Prydain are a series I've loved for a very long time, and before that Disney's The Black Cauldron was my favorite childhood film. #kingdomhearts

A domestic scene in a rustic house setting. In the foreground sits a cauldron full of porridge cooking over a fire. Sora, a young man with spikey brown hair, blue eyes, and wearing red medieval clothing, sits at the hearth watching the pot eagerly. Beside him is Gurgi, a much humanoid creature covered in pale gray-white hair. In the background the rest of the cast can be seen preparing the table for breakfast: Fflewddur Fflam, an older man dressed as a bard with white tufts of hair peeking from beneath a cap, has the eating utensils; Taran, a young man with reddish-brown hair and a simple green tunic, carries the bowls; Princess Eilonwy, a young woman with golden hair in a purple-pink dress and wearing a circlet, stands with her magical golden bauble; and Kairi, a young woman with reddish-brown hair and wearing a pink tunic, sits petting an old cat.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 19/07/2024

VIII Strength The God Emperor Pingwing Dragon UPRIGHT: Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, compassion REVERSED: Inner strength, self-doubt, low energy, raw emotion The Umbral Wings Tarot Project by @catstarotteam.bsky.social is fully funded on Kickstarter! Back it here: t.co/4UUN4ds02X

A frozen tundra reflecting a night sky with pale green auroras overhead. A colony of emperor penguins stand occupy the background of the harsh landscape. The main subject is the god emperor penguin, a dragon with the general shape and coloration of a penguin, but looming far larger. It sits in a rocky nest, with its a chick the size of a regular adult penguin sitting warmly on the talons of its parent. Although the god emperor penguin's eyes are not visible, its head is craned down, seemingly making eye contact with its chick.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Alola! PKMN Trainer Lani wants to battle! @sunjuicypins.bsky.social's pokemon legends arceus OC, Lani, and a Gengar.

Two figures standing side-by-side: a human on the left and a pokemon on the right. The feminine human wears a skin-tight black shirt underneath the accoutrements of the Pearl Clan (top, pants, boots), which are white, purple, and pink. They have tan skin, short and unevenly cut white hair, and golden eyes. They wear a large, toothy grin, and have their right hand extended in the Hawaiian "shaka" sign (hand facing inward, with only the pinky and thumb raised). The pokemon is Gengar, a round, spiky, purple imp creature nearly the height of the human beside it. It wears a sinister expression, and has red eyes and a wide, toothy smile.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Also the rose window from that illustration, without any lighting effects.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Another finished commission, featuring Grace from the mobile game Dragalia Lost. The game was discontinued last year, so this is mostly an in memoriam tribute, for the commissioners favorite overpowered character. Commissions are open!

An illustration of Grace from the mobile game, Dragalia Lost. Grace if a fair-skinned woman with golden eyes and platinum blonde hair. The image is bisected vertically by a sword, the hilt of which is held above in Grace's head in left hand and the blade of which is gripped below in her bloody right hand. The left half of the image is cast in blue lighting, and features Grace's Wistful Widow outfit: an ensemble of frilly black, blue, and purple, complete with hat, dress, and light armor. The right side of the image is cast in red lighting, and features Grace's Undercover outfit: an ensemble of purple, red, and gold, complete with a witchy hat, dress, and cape. Although a segment of Grace's face is obscured by the sword she holds in front of her, her eyes are clearly visible with a look of determination, while tears drip from her right (viewer left) eye. Her hair billows wildly around her from a non-directional gust of wind, and she is framed by a stained glass rose window.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Finished an animation that I've been chipping away at for the better part of two months! It's slated as a BRB screen for @saffista.bsky.social over on Twitch! You should definitely check her out. Commissions are Open!

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 13/08/2023

British demons with a penchant for philosophy. She can't do much to help beyond offering to connect him with a good divorce lawyer. .... ........ I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who finds this funny. (Left is Trixie Mephistopheles by @theabigailthorn.bsky.social, right is Crowley from Good Omens.)

Two demons, both with a black-and-red motif, sitting on red velvet stools at a small, circular table. The table boasts a crystal ball, and behind them a fire is burning in a fireplace. The left demon is Trixie Mephistopheles, a brunette female demon with her black wings outstretched. She is leaning on one hand with a look of vague amusement bordering on sympathy. On the right is Crowley from good omens, a red-headed demon with dark sunglasses. He appears to be crying, slumped over the small table with his head down.

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FireflySummers @fireflysummers.bsky.social · 04/08/2023

An old illustration I did for the Steven Universe: Decadence fanzine a couple years back. The theme was to draw various characters from the series in fancy outfits! So I settled on some fancy historical gowns that felt in-character enough.

A garden party featuring the Crystal Gems from Steven Universe. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl are clustered near white tea table, while behind them Peridot speaks to Lapis Lazuli at the garden gate. In the distance, Bismuth, Steven, and Connie can all be seen roaming the gardens. Every character is wearing a fancy dress in their respective color schemes. the garden is manicured and vibrant with flowers and greenery.

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