WEBVTT 00:00:03.820 --> 00:00:07.970 So in my wanderer’s journal video, I mentioned that there were only two possibilities for 00:00:07.970 --> 00:00:12.460 why the Wanderer’s Journal would say that the Hive was unmarred by the infection. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:15.329 But I forgot a third option, that I’m an idiot. 00:00:15.329 --> 00:00:18.350 So in this quick video, I’m going to run through some of the comments I’ve received 00:00:18.350 --> 00:00:21.400 on that video and what my thoughts are after reading them. 00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:23.779 And don’t worry, I won’t make any Rick and Morty jokes. 00:00:23.779 --> 00:00:26.529 Instead, I’ll be making Archer jokes 00:00:26.529 --> 00:00:30.970 A lot of people theorized that the Hive wasn’t infected when Ellina came to Hallownest, since 00:00:30.970 --> 00:00:33.070 she might have arrived before the Knight. 00:00:33.070 --> 00:00:36.830 So I completely forgot to mention that this book is being written during the events of 00:00:36.830 --> 00:00:37.830 Hollow Knight. 00:00:37.830 --> 00:00:41.469 Ellina sees Sheo’s painting of the Knight in Greenpath. 00:00:41.469 --> 00:00:44.160 Not sure how the fuck she got there but whatever. 00:00:44.160 --> 00:00:47.610 She sees Bretta in both the Fungal Wastes and in Dirtmouth. 00:00:47.610 --> 00:00:51.809 And she visits the Ancient Basin both before and after the door to the Abyss is opened. 00:00:51.809 --> 00:00:56.510 And on top of all that, she mentions that Vespa is, in fact, dead by the time she gets 00:00:56.510 --> 00:00:57.550 to the Hive. 00:00:57.550 --> 00:00:59.750 So that’s definitely not what’s happening. 00:00:59.750 --> 00:01:04.080 Now I want to talk about another popular theory I saw that I actually think makes a lot of 00:01:04.080 --> 00:01:05.080 sense. 00:01:05.080 --> 00:01:07.670 And it all has to do with phrasing. 00:01:07.670 --> 00:01:12.600 So Ellina uses the word “unmarred”, but what the fuck does that word even mean? 00:01:12.600 --> 00:01:15.630 Well it means “Not marred or injured.” 00:01:15.630 --> 00:01:19.930 So what if Ellina is actually saying that the Hive is infected, just not injured by 00:01:19.930 --> 00:01:20.930 it. 00:01:20.930 --> 00:01:22.630 Now I know what some of you are thinking. 00:01:22.630 --> 00:01:25.890 What makes bees so fucking special that the infection doesn’t hurt them? 00:01:25.890 --> 00:01:27.920 Well, I’ll give you a hint. 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:29.520 Ants! 00:01:29.530 --> 00:01:33.120 These types of bugs naturally operate under a hive mind. 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:38.030 So when the Radiance rolled in with her insidious Fanta formula, the bees didn’t even fight 00:01:38.030 --> 00:01:39.030 it. 00:01:39.030 --> 00:01:41.290 That’s why the Whispering Root says “Light Familiar”. 00:01:41.290 --> 00:01:47.290 They are already familiar with being under a hive mind, so they continued to just be 00:01:47.290 --> 00:01:50.659 bees doing the things that bees do. 00:01:50.659 --> 00:01:54.810 Ergo, when Ellina shows up, nothing seems out of the ordinary. 00:01:54.810 --> 00:01:58.899 Ergo, ergo, “unmarred by the spread of the infection.” 00:01:58.899 --> 00:02:03.240 One final note, some people mentioned that the Hiveblood charm proves the bees aren’t 00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:06.710 infected, because bees don’t attack the Knight when the Hiveblood charm is equipped. 00:02:06.710 --> 00:02:11.400 But I think this is just because the bees don’t recognize the Knight as a threat anymore. 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:13.820 They have been tricked into thinking the Knight is one of them. 00:02:13.820 --> 00:02:17.780 I’m not sure why the Hive Husk doesn’t attack the Knight either, but it’s obvious 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:19.560 that this thing is infected. 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.130 Either that or it’s wearing colored contact lenses. 00:02:22.130 --> 00:02:26.520 Also, some people have said the gas that bees give off is pollen. 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.500 Which I highly doubt, but I guess I can’t really argue against it. 00:02:30.500 --> 00:02:33.750 Now that I think about it, how the fuck do the bees even make the honey in the first 00:02:33.750 --> 00:02:34.870 place. 00:02:34.870 --> 00:02:38.580 The Hive is closed off, they should all have starved to death long ago. 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:40.450 And I think that about wraps things up. 00:02:40.450 --> 00:02:44.030 I also got a lot of comments about how the King’s Pass lore tablets might have been 00:02:44.030 --> 00:02:45.580 created for the Vessels. 00:02:45.580 --> 00:02:49.220 That’s entirely possible, but I think it’s weird that the third one seems to have been 00:02:49.220 --> 00:02:52.010 written when Hallownest was still standing. 00:02:52.010 --> 00:02:54.470 But I think I’ll save all of that for another video. 00:02:54.470 --> 00:02:57.260 Well anyways, thanks for watching! 00:02:58.120 --> 00:02:58.780 Archer.