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Not a theorist, but on the fifth question. I think 'my family' here just means White lady, Pale king, and Hornet. It would make sense if they were Godseekers or the shrooms (in fungal wastes), since it's explicitly told they shared a mind. We don't see anything like that in either game. Team Cherry is also very considerate with their choice of word. It would make more sense for White Lady to say 'my kind' instead if that were the case.
But either way. It's impossible to tell until we see another pale being that has no connection to the pale being we already know.
Thanks for the response!
That's actually what gave me the idea - Hornet and the White Lady aren't genetically related. Since there is nothing metaphysically linking Hornet to the Void besides her half siblings, maybe "our family" being "forever linked" with it could relate to Paleness.
The Snail Shamans also specifically wanted to see GMS be destroyed by the Void, which strengthens this idea.
We do in Silksong! Hornet explicitly calls GMS a Pale being, e.g. in the dialogue with the Green Prince.
Guess I gotta do a refresh go of Silksong again 🫠
I looked at the dialogs again. And yeah our family probably just means pale being. Since Snail Shamans refer GMS as pale kin. The bugs of Hollow Knight probably view family differently than us.
On a side note, before your comment, I always thought the thing that is 'forever linked' is the Everbloom. That's what happened when you're not good at English haha.
Great point with the Snail Shamans, the "pale kin" certainly supports the "Pale family" theory!
Very understandable, it's not the type of speech you encounter every day. Prior experience with Souls games certainly helps with that!
Though it would still make sense either way. I'm convinced that the "first light" and the "Paleness" are directly linked, and the Void is probably more or less directly related too.
My current head canon is that someone, probably the Steel Masters, attempted some kind of "ascension ritual" that's similar to what the Soul Master attempted, only much larger in scale. Something prompted them to try and create their own light - and it worked, it created beings that shine bright enough to bask whole kingdoms in their pale light. But the mass sacrifice transformed the victims into a thoughtless mass that only wishes to extinguish any light it can find...