Hollow Knight Book Analysis Follow Up

So in my wanderer’s journal video, I mentioned
that there were only two possibilities for

why the Wanderer’s Journal would say that
the Hive was unmarred by the infection.

But I forgot a third option, that I’m an
idiot.

So in this quick video, I’m going to run
through some of the comments I’ve received

on that video and what my thoughts are after
reading them.

And don’t worry, I won’t make any Rick
and Morty jokes.

Instead, I’ll be making Archer jokes

A lot of people theorized that the Hive wasn’t
infected when Ellina came to Hallownest, since

she might have arrived before the Knight.

So I completely forgot to mention that this
book is being written during the events of

Hollow Knight.

Ellina sees Sheo’s painting of the Knight
in Greenpath.

Not sure how the fuck she got there but whatever.

She sees Bretta in both the Fungal Wastes
and in Dirtmouth.

And she visits the Ancient Basin both before
and after the door to the Abyss is opened.

And on top of all that, she mentions that
Vespa is, in fact, dead by the time she gets

to the Hive.

So that’s definitely not what’s happening.

Now I want to talk about another popular theory
I saw that I actually think makes a lot of

sense.

And it all has to do with phrasing.

So Ellina uses the word “unmarred”, but
what the fuck does that word even mean?

Well it means “Not marred or injured.”

So what if Ellina is actually saying that
the Hive is infected, just not injured by

it.

Now I know what some of you are thinking.

What makes bees so fucking special that the
infection doesn’t hurt them?

Well, I’ll give you a hint.

Ants!

These types of bugs naturally operate under
a hive mind.

So when the Radiance rolled in with her insidious
Fanta formula, the bees didn’t even fight

it.

That’s why the Whispering Root says “Light
Familiar”.

They are already familiar with being under
a hive mind, so they continued to just be

bees doing the things that bees do.

Ergo, when Ellina shows up, nothing seems
out of the ordinary.

Ergo, ergo, “unmarred by the spread of the
infection.”

One final note, some people mentioned that
the Hiveblood charm proves the bees aren’t

infected, because bees don’t attack the
Knight when the Hiveblood charm is equipped.

But I think this is just because the bees
don’t recognize the Knight as a threat anymore.

They have been tricked into thinking the Knight
is one of them.

I’m not sure why the Hive Husk doesn’t
attack the Knight either, but it’s obvious

that this thing is infected.

Either that or it’s wearing colored contact
lenses.

Also, some people have said the gas that bees
give off is pollen.

Which I highly doubt, but I guess I can’t
really argue against it.

Now that I think about it, how the fuck do
the bees even make the honey in the first

place.

The Hive is closed off, they should all have
starved to death long ago.

And I think that about wraps things up.

I also got a lot of comments about how the
King’s Pass lore tablets might have been

created for the Vessels.

That’s entirely possible, but I think it’s
weird that the third one seems to have been

written when Hallownest was still standing.

But I think I’ll save all of that for another
video.

Well anyways, thanks for watching!

Archer.