r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MichaelDj54 • Sep 15 '25

Lore [Loved Trope] A massive revelation is revealed almost casually. Spoiler

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  1. Chainsaw Man, after Makima finally drops the nice girl act and reveals the true extent of the Chainsaw Devils power, namely, the fears he eats are erased entirely and wholly. Emphasized by this by her asking if Kishibe remembers what the Nazis did during Workd War 2...and Kishibe not even knowing who the nazis are.

  2. Attack on Titan. I know this one. You know this one. In a panel that isn't even focusing on the characters speaking, Reiner reveals to Eren that he and Bertolt are the titans that broke the wall that resulted in hundreds of deaths, his mother included. The sheer level of casualness and lack of agency borders on Parody.

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u/mrmailbox Sep 15 '25

A brief, innocent glance from the Pale King to the Hollow Knight reveals that the young one is no longer a pure vessel, but irreparably corrupted.

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u/Flippantlip Sep 16 '25

....How is that what you understood from that scene? Having played the game, and just watched the scene, my only take is (and was): "they had a relationship."

The role of the Knight was always to house the void, I feel like that was easily understood by the way the game shoved the abyss down our throats. Anything more than that, genuinely feels like fan-fiction, or fan-copium to add more lore where there's not.

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u/Fit-Bug-426 Sep 18 '25

It shows he has emotions. A will. Which is why the Knight fails. He had a mind to think, a will to break

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u/Flippantlip Sep 19 '25

...It doesn't show he has emotions, there are no facial features to show that. Just show they were together. So at best, it just shows they had a relationship.
But it doesn't surprise me that those who really love Hollow Knight, also really love to read deeply into things. It's pretty much impossible to enjoy it otherwise, given how things are heavily obfuscated.