To those who are asking. Yeah I did took 'inspiration' from 55 Chromosomes( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbybq7Clsc_UmmQ.html ) and Lemon the UPS man's( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZmfl7l7m9XQY6s.html ) works, because idk their vids and concepts are so good and i wanna make my own(and i wanted to draw expressions so bad lol) So, if you guys didnt like me doing it. I could take it down for you.(well i just did this for fun anyways lol)

if you're ever feeling confident, remember this was all on a phone

I love the representation of Hornets relationships with several people including her mother (and her “step mother”)

The idea of Hornet having survivor's guilt after the Knight's passing is actually really interesting, I hope they somehow incorporate that into some of Silksong's story

Everyone: "say the line Hornet" Hornet: "FINE, I'LL DO IT BY MYSELF" Everyone: *shivers*

Everybody here talking about how sad the animation is and about the voice actors but I'm appreciating how this person drew Hornet's hair, like how her hair is up until Hornet has finally had enough of the White Lady and snaps after she doesn't accept the blame for what happened to the Knight and taking off what was keeping her hair up. Like. Wow. Really good designs in this.

"Show about to start. Don't be late." Silksong: "Coming soon" I: Ok, I'm definitely not late

So are we gonna talk about how this is still fucking fire even compared to her new stuff?

"Look outside yourself" The white lady is blind Great animation

Oh god, that shot of the crying Shade strangling Ghost? “You choked him out of his goddamn mind” and the connection with “No mind to think” despite that Ghost is so obviously hurting? The implication of the White Lady being the one to encourage the Pale King? And those shots of Herrah comforting her daughter one last time, Hornet with Herrah sleeping, and then Hornet and Ghost talking after Herrah is gone and THEN HORNET *CRYING* AT THE ALTAR WITHOUT GHOST? Oh god, oh fuck, how are you so good at portraying her anger and regret and pain, oh fuck, my heart hurts, oh no.....

Me at first: Oh look, a cool humanized Hollow Knight animatic-- Me, 1 minute and 43 seconds later: *aggressive sobbing*

1:42 just gonna point out the fact that Hornet has a cut on her cheek and at the end you can see a glowing thread. She stitched it herself, thats such a cool detail

This was the first SAD-ist animatic I ever watched... Little did I know I'd be back for MCYT nearly 3 months later

I don’t normally like humanoid hollow knight characters, but for this. I’ll make an acception Edit: exception

This animation made me buy the game

I'm not even into the fandom, BUT THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY GOOD.

Playing this at a slower speed and seeing each panel, it really gives you a better idea of the story. Seeing the pain, anger and regret Hornet is going through, her wanting- needing- for her family to be any type of normal again comes out so much clearer. And you can just see how manipulative, yet caring and regretful the White Lady is for everything that has happened... she just wants Hornet to be happy, yet it seems her words are only widening the barrier between them... She can never replace or lessen the love for Herrah and Ghost in Hornet's heart. At least that's what I've noticed.

I'm not even in the Hollow Knight fandom and I still fell in love with this Edit : I'm not surprised that people want to play Hollow Knight from just watching this lmfao

DUDE YOU’RE SO GOOD AT ANGLES AND EMOTIONS

The animation? Amazing. The angles? Stunning. The representation? On point as heck. Hotel? Trivago.

I love the humanized designs so much. This is absolutely amazing. This concept where Hornet confronts the White Lady is something I never knew I needed to be made canon. This makes the first ending even more sad.

*"Listen to your mother", they said. "You'll be fine", they said. Look where that got me...* *Chained up in an egg and sealed away from rest of the world*

Man this is super sad. i never really thought about what the aftermath of the sealed vessel ending would entail, but it's sad to think that hornet might feel so angry about the knight's death :( Edit: and also I really love the detail about the knight confronting his fears and fighting his shade, this song fits so well!

I love how at 1:23 it implies that they could have gotten a better ending than just "The hollow knight" ending if they just worked together.

Lyrics: Key: C = Christie (White Lady) Z = Zach (Hornet) C: We're finally free. Welcome home. It's just you and me now, standing alone. The world is ours. Z: No it isn't... C: Get in the car . Z: This isn't finished . C: What? Z: Even though the kid's dead I'm still seeing red. I'm just a shell of his form that his innocence shed. C: He lived a good life and he gave it to you... Z: Oh, is that right? You know it's not true! Look at him showered in blood and flowers, now look in my eyes, she still holds the power. After years and tears and confronting his fears he's dead on his record for the world to hear. And they'll all think that it was suicide, but Christie I know it was you, inside. C: I saved him, I held him, 'til the moment he died! Z: You choked him out of his own goddamn mind! You promised the world to him; a goddamn lie. C: What do you want from me? Z: Oh, look outside yourself! C: I won't help you take her down. Z: Fine... I'll do it by myself! C: You don't need it. Z: Oh, I know that I need it. C: She's been gone for years, I know you can beat it! Z: No, look in the mirror, you know we both fear her. We're one and the same; we're afraid to be near her. We utter the name with our spirits defeated, but you let me kill him. You're worse than Juanita! C: I told you to end it, it was all for the best. Z: So I have you to blame for this pain in my chest... C: No! Z: If you won't go I will, to avenge the lost soul I killed. C: You're filling your heart up with hate. All the same (Z: No!) as the kid (Z: No!) that you just left (Z: No!) facedown on the (Z: No!) pavement! (Z: Save it!) Z: It's time I made a statement: "A pity this city has ruined us. We could've ruled Hollywood just the two of us, but Juanita has just made a fool of us." C: You're lost. Z: One, two, three, four: Is this what love is really for? Is this all I get for being yours; the kid in front of me in blood and gore? Five, six, seven, eight: Years put to waste for all I hate. They'll all know Juanita's fate! Z: Show's about to start, don't be late...

Don't mind me, just rewatching this for the 100th time

this is now a canon event that led to silksong

So when I first watched this, literally months ago, I knew absolutely nothing about hollow knight and I just thought the animation and poses were absolutely killer but now-. Now I have context-. Oh no my poor heart. This is even more beautiful with knowledge

This fits surprisingly well and expresses the way I think we all feel when getting the ending where the knight contains the infection.

This is so good,the animation,style,and how well you portrayed Hornet's emotions! I could see Hornet blaming White Lady,it sort of was White's fault. She could have done better in saving Hallownest. And Ghost just looked babey in this animation I WANT TO HUG HIM!! And Radiance looming over Hornet,it's like she saying,"Child,I took your entire family from you. Your mother sacrificed herself because of me. Your sibling is in tremendous pain,all because of me." 'You choked him out of his goddam mind!' with the crying Shade strangling Ghost,really hit me.I would actually die to make Hornet feel better,and to make Ghost come back.

There are so many beautiful details in this its hard to talk about them all. The different colours of the shots on the beginning, choosing to focus on potential interactions between WL and Hornet, Hornets complex emotions on her past roots and present situation! Long story short thank you for this good content

I love how this implies that after this ending the infection still isn't over. It looks like Ghost gained emotions because of Hornet, and it looks like she knows about it. This is why Ghost also fails at containing the Radiance, so Hornet still sees her influence and is fighting it herself, like it's corrupting her. So, in a desperate attempt, she goes to see the White Lady to seek help, but doesn't get it. So... she will fight alone again, just like she did before. It's such a good animatic, I get goosebumps every time. Great job!

The little white threads from Hornet’s needle especially at the end... the detail in this is incredible and the fact that it was finger on a PHONE SCREEN makes it even more so

Please don’t take this down I’m literally crying because it was so good.

*uploads at 2 am* I don't need sleep, I need to see this.

"SO I HAVE YOU TO BLAME FOR THIS PAIN IN MY CHEST" Goddamn beautiful, has made me cry more than once, such a powerful song, and the animation is phenomenal. No such thing as enough props to SAD-ist.

Sadist has such an amazing way of showing emotion holy shit The facial expressions are just pure fucking diamond

I literally tried to like the video several times this is my new favourite hollow knight video

I love the designs of all the humanized bugs in this! Especially Radiance, the Pale King, and Little Ghost. It only shows a few seconds of them, but they look so amazing! I also like the image of Ghost's shade choking him. The facial expressions are absolutely perfect, the hatred and regret and sorrow and memories. I love it so much! Anyway I might've rewatched it 20 times after it was released-

I’m amazed at how well this works. All the tiny details showing the conflicts in her head, all the people she knows that have been affected by the Radiance. It’s sort of like seeing Undyne the Undying. You know she can’t win but... we’re cheering her on anyways.

I knew nothing about Hollow Knight, but after watching this I binged the hour long lore vid by mossbag. I am now sad. ._.

I don't know why the singers sound so damn familiar, but it hits so hard. (Edit: I'm well aware that it's the SU VAs, thanks for letting me know in the replies.) This idea that the Queen was at fault for this, enabling the King to do all of this but not taking the blame... Holy shit, it's amazing. That overlay when the Radiance appears over the White Lady gives me such Salem vibes from RWBY, like as if she looks back on herself or something and realizes her mistakes

The overlay of the Pale King over the White Lady during "till the moment he died" and the silk stitching on her scratches on the last frame GOD this is immaculate

This hits so different, I became a dream SMP fan purely because of her animations and now I’m a massive hollow knight player so watching these knowing it’s from sadist is beyond full circle

I am here to apologize for leaving this in my recommended for so long

This is so stunning, I don't even know where to begin with how much I love this. I don't think about this ending much because it's so heartwrenching; but you've perfectly captured exactly *why* it's so heartbreaking. Hornet isn't usually openly emotive, but you've portrayed her complex feelings on her past and her pain and anger at this ending so thoroughly in character. I love your portrayal of the White Lady as a big part in causing the whole tragedy; I feel like a lot of people overlook her role as just as much of a well-meaning villain as the Pale King, so this is a very good and refreshing take on her! And as someone who puts a lot of focus on facial expression and emotion in my own art, the angles and body language and faces in this absolutely blow me away. I lowkey want to study this thing frame by frame to learn how you do that. This animatic is *brilliant.*

OKAY IM BACK NOW AND READY TO LEAVE A PROPER COHERENT APPRECIATIVE COMMENT. Good god. Where to begin? First off, as usual, your artstyle is beautifully expressive and your angles and animation are mindblowing. The way you portrayed Hornet's emotional state while still very much retaining her personality (even though she's not usually an openly emotive person) really struck a cord and is one of the most heartbreaking aspects of this video. Your gijinka designs themselves are SO incredible and immediately recognisable, even to someone who's never seen them before! i instantly recognised pk, the white lady, and herrah with absolutely no trouble. And I ADORE the dark irisless style you use for the eyes- i feel like it makes it so that despite them being gijinkas, there's an element of otherness to them, which is absolutely gorgeous and fitting for hollow knight as a whole! moreso, the story of this is just... so incredibly heartwrenching! i dont see many people acknowledging the white lady's part in this- or specifically how you, as Ghost, find her in her chambers and she essentially gives you half of a charm and tells you "hey, i hope this helps you go get sealed and be alone, possible in tremendous amounts of pain, forever despite knowing for sure vessels aren't pure and having had first hand experience in the matter. nice chat c:". Like thats your own mother telling you that! Holy shit! And Hornet's justified anger- her having clearly developed fondness for Ghost and caring about them- it makes me ache so deeply. There were so many beautiful sequences in this as a whole! The White Lady and PK overlapping at "held (them) til the moment (they) *died*". "blood and gore" - shifting between ghost and an infected thk... Ghost "facing their regrets" and having their weeping shade LITERALLY suffocate them. Hornet's sequence of steadily losing everyone- the hollow knight, her mother, ghost- and all the adults in hornets life; pk, herrah, and wl... It's so beautifully tragic. Her anger. Her loneliness. The depth of her determination. Hornet's *had enough*. She's lost everything to post-radiance Hallownest; her mother, two of her siblings, her childhood to a burden she never wanted- and with the eradiction of the infection, the only purpose she ever knew. additionally you draw ghost like SUCH A CHILD... IT HURTS SO MUCH. to see them like that, so obviously small and vulnerable and alone, having gone through so much unspeakable pain and lost so much and gotten nothing but eternal lonliness in the end... awful. so so incredibly awful, so painful and poignant and emotionally evocative to so perfectly characterise them as the child that they are. i think gijinkas were the best option for a video like this. TLDR: i love literally everything about this. thank you SO much for such a gift, ill watch it many times

The first time I watched this I didn’t know anything about hollow knight. Now I’m rewatching it after playing hollow knight and knowing it’s lore, and I gotta say, it hits different.

*Me who got the “Dream No More” ending* “Um I’d like to make a complaint”

this song really does fit hollow knight so well. i thought it was made for the song the first time i listened to it, because it was just *too perfect*

i'm really digging this depiction of the white lady as a grand architect of manipulation! I mean, if i'm not mistaken, she is supposed to be a god(or godlike) creature on the pale kings tear, and we see /hear of his power, but the white lady? not as much. She never struck me as either powerful, or scary, but when she is just smiling at Hornet's accusations at 0:40 It got me. if they ever made a hollow knight movie, this would make a great after credit set up for a squeal!! this is just fantastic work!!!!!

It's sad alot of people missed these older animations because the dreamsmp ones blew up and cover all this up

I found this before I played Hollow Knight. It just.... Fuck it just hurts so much more now that I know all the endings.

I love the tiny details like hornets cut being stitched at the very end

GO! 👏 OFF! 👏 HORNET! 👏 Seriously though this is fantastic. The lyrics fit surprisingly well, the expressions and animation are emotive and snappy, the fast cuts add to the rising tension, and the emotion is *palpable.* Absolutely fantastic work, I’m going to rewatch this constantly.

The flash of Ghost and Hollow comparison on what happens to the when sealed just sends chills all over my body 1:34

Every time there's the flashes of past things, it's so good. All of it is good, but the choices of what to include where in the little flashes is a masterpiece.

OH MY GOD. Usually when I see interlude IV animatics the lyrics don't make sense with the fandom/story, but THIS IS PERFECT. I could tell EXACTLY what hornet was feeling and the artstyle was breathtaking. Ya done good.

This is literally the best Hollow Knight content I have ever seen.

"SHE STILL HOLDS THE POWER" AND "THEY ALL THINK IT WAS SUICIDE" the radiance and the hollow knight's "sacrifice" god this song fits so well

I know that there are other great parts of the video but these scenes at 0:26 fits with the voice so well that I rewatched it so many times.

HOLY HECK- This is amazing! The facial expressions and the poses- just * chef kiss * ❤

I don’t usually comment but I wanted to let you know that your animations are legendary!! Your ability to express emotion and movement through your art is unmatched by many other artists I’ve seen. I always find myself watching all of your animations over and over again because every frame is so cool! You’ve inspired me to start animating! Keep up the great work!

Take a minute to pause on the frames of the radiance… she’s terrifying and I love it

The characters have more emotion in their faces than most other animatics i've seen of this

Lyrics for anyone who was lost in some parts: We're finally free Welcome home It's just you and me now Standing alone The world is ours No it isn't Get in the car This isn't finished What? Even though the kid's dead I'm still seeing red I'm just a shell of his form That his innocence shed He lived a good life and he gave it to you Oh is that right? You know it's not true Look at him showered In blood and flowers Now look in my eyes She still holds the power After years and tears And confronting his fears He's dead on his record For the world to hear And they'll all think That it was suicide But Christie I know It was you inside I saved him I held him 'Til the moment he died You choked him out of his own God damn mind You promised the world to him A god damn lie What do you want from me? Oh look outside yourself I won't help you take her down Fine I'll do it by myself You don't need it Oh I know that I need it She's been gone for years I know you can beat it No look in the mirror You know we both fear her We're one in the same We're afraid to be near her We utter the name With our spirits defeated But you let me kill him You're worse than Juanita I told you to end it It was all for the best So I have you to blame For this pain in my chest NO! If you won't go I will To avenge the lost soul I killed You're filling your heart up with hate All the same (No!) As the kid (No!) That you just left (No!) Face down on the (No!) Pavement! It's time I made a statement A pity the city has ruined us We could've fooled Hollywood Just the two of us But Juanita has made a fool of us You're lost One two three four Is this what love is really for Is this all I get for being yours The kid in front of me in blood and gore Five six seven eight Years put to waste for all I hate They'll all know Juanita's fate Show's about to start Don't be late

the way the song fits the story of Hollow Knight is so fucking uncanny. And those animations just it so much emotion and power...WELL DONE

O HMY GOD THE DESIGNS- HERRAH LOOKS SO GOOD, HORNET LOOKS BADASS AND THE WHITE LADY LOOKS SO MAJESTIC AHHHHHHH THANK YOU SAD-IST FOR GIVING US THIS WONDERFUL MASTERPIECE

THIS GAVE GORB SHIVERS, BUT THE GOOD KIND.

The “so I have you to blame for this pain in my chest” part, so good. That scene always sends chills down my spine, very good animation, would recommend

OMG THIS IS SO GOOD, I LOVE HORNET'S EXPRESSIONS, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE REGRET, ANGER AND ANGUISH IN HER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

Now I know I watch a sadist Animatic before the dreamsmp

i genuinely get chills every single time i watch this, no matter how many times i've seen it

So here’s my takeaway. It’s a couple years after The Hollow Knight ending and while the Radiance was successfully sealed off, the Knight is in there, basically dead. Pre-Fall the White Lady suggested the creation of the Vessels but let PK take credit, especially when it failed. She never cared for them, it was PK who actually did, and it hurt him every time he had to throw one away, it hurt so much that eventually he hid away and killed himself. White Lady’s motive for this was so that she would wait until the true Hollow Knight to rise up and seal away the Radiance so that she could become the true emperor of Hallownest. After Hornet and The Knight killed THK and the Knight sealed away the infection, Hornet started feeling guilt over killing her brother and leaving another to rot. She wanted nothing more to kill The Radiance and free her best friend, or at least retrieve his body. The white lady wasn’t going to let that happen, because that would show the Citizens of Hallownest that the creation of the vessels was unnecessary, and so they would revolt over losing their kingdom and minds, and WL would no longer have intelligent bugs to serve her. Hallownest may be free of the Radiance, but she still clings to Hornet’s mind, infecting her, but not in the way the citizens of Hallownest know. The Radiance wants to be killed. The last thing she will do is completely destroy Hallownest and finally get revenge on the one that locked her up.

I never get chills, and I never understood what people meant by it, but when I heard "So I have you to blame for this pain in my chest." I actually shivered. Great work and while I am glad to see this channel getting so much attention, I am sad to see that the last hollow knight animation was a year ago.

I remember browsing KZfaq 12 hours after this came out, and I saw it and immediately clicked, as I'd just started playing Hollow Knight and was obsessed with it. This was the first fan animation I'd ever watched, and my introduction to how amazing the people in this community really are. I had this video on loop for hours that night. Thank you for making it.

Everybody's being serious but I'm here putting the song through google translate until it's complete nonsense. My favorite line from the google translated lyrics is: Christie stop inhaling my *Balloons*

holy heck I started playing hollow knight over again and I just "killed" Herra... This video came right on time, it's SO hecking good, oh my goodness. The execution is just... mua! Chef kiss! This seriously hit me in the feels. And you made the right choice using gjinkas. Seeing the expressions are amazing!!

“How many times have you watched this?” “Yes” 0:00 Replay button for my fellow obsessors

I like how nobody notices that half the stuff they are saying rhymes

on let's see ... the 5th rewatch now. i love this so much! just imagine the pain hornet has gone through :(

I love this and desperately want more. The emotions and storytelling conveyed through this is absolutely amazing I love the detail. The reluctanct, yet furious actions of the Shade, how Hornet seems to blame herself, the flashes of The Radiance and The Pale King. The way it seems Ghost really did have emotions. Its just....perfect.

i watched this 3 years ago before i even knew hollow knight; i though nothing about it. now that ive actually platinumed hk, the references, and animation are just top tier

This is great. Even after so many years it gives me chills

Hearing Steven coming out of hornets mouth is weird to me. Still great

Okay, it’s been 2 hours and I’m done being in shock, so I’m going to try again with the comment.. Uhhh okay so basically, I’ve been a fan of yours since you made Hamilton animations (crazy, somehow I got into Hollow Knight a few months after your first HK animation), so you’ve been _kind of_ a big inspiration for me for quite a time now. I just can’t believe that someone I’ve looked up to (I’m not sure if I should phrase it differently, but whatever) got inspired by something that *I* made (partially, at least). This looks incredible and *MILES* better than my animatic, I have to say. So I hope this comment is better than my fanboy-y “OMG YOU GOT INSPIRED BY ME” thing, cuz that was kind of cringe bro. But anyway, thanks, you pretty much made my day :)

this made me buy the game and now that I've played it I'm even more in awe of this animatic

I have now officially listened to this an unhealthy amount of times

This is my sister, this is my brother, we are siblings and we care for eachother!

0:53 literally the best part >.>

I hope someone someday makes a reaction video out of your hollow knight animatics and animations because literally no one has

When ever i go back to this video i feel so nostalgic, this is the first video i’ve ever watched from you and you grew you grew up so well.

i really love this. At 1:17 I love the flashing of the characters behind hornet and I especially all herrah stuff. I also just love the whole ending with the counting and stuff. This whole video is amazing, your art is lovely, keep up the great work!

:0! Sad-ist,My inspiration to try draw and animate! It's been a while. I know we're not close or anything but this video is amazing! Everything you make is amazing! I really loved how you draw them! You're the most greatest person of all!

I wish there was more Hollow Knight animations from you. :c The ones you've made are awesome as heck.

this still remains my most favorite interlude animatic

My god, it's amazing. I especially like, uh, man I dont know theres so much. I was going to write about the "ghost confronting their fears" but then I remember the the part with the "suicide" and WL making ghost do it. Also the small details in the flashes, or her binding her wounds with silk. Its just so good

This gives me chills. This song is so fitting for Hollow Knight!! I LOVE IT

i miss the old sad ist stuff, i had a hollowknight hyperfixation around the time this came out and i religiously watched it everyday

every frame is a master peice