Fuckkkk, I killed the Nailsmith because Dark Souls taught me that its usually better to kill someone when they ask for it rather than letting them suffer through some sort of worse fate. He would have turned out fine!
two things: 1. I think that the Nailsmith and Sheo actually found that loneliness is not the fate of everyone in Hallownest. The Nailsmith gave Sheo a partner- in more ways than one- and vice versa. 2. they’re gay, dude. Super. Gay
Did you also know that if you kill the nailsmith his body floats back into the Junk Pit head down in the water stumbled across the corpse while randomly getting out of godhome and was harshly reminded I was the worst person alive on this planet
One thing that should be mentioned, is that in the Kingdom's Edge there is a hidden place with an charm and in the background there is a Corpse of a huge creature if you use the dream nail it will say "Purity" and in the game files that creature is known as "Ancient Nailsmith"
That ' Purity ' may just as well be the item you find there, Quick Slash. It is the purest distillation of the experience and power of the nail itself, the ability to fight quicker, hit harder, if not twice as fast. It is the purity of combat.
Lucian La'Chance Nah, I think Quick Slash represents all the nails he created while trying to create the Pure Nail. The dream dialogue is his lingering will to create said Pure Nail
According to the Quick Slash charm It's made of thousands of discarded nails never to be used, as well as this, the area is filled with nails, lots of them. This could imply the ancient nailsmith died a similar end.
The things you have to learn from Undertale are those: 1. Karma's a b*tch 2. Time travel is a nightmare and a half to handle. 3. Every action has consenquences 4. Once you TRULY get to know someone, that's all there is to them. 5. Don't go around genociding an entire species, or else your friendly ghost narrator will go crazy and make you give up your soul in order for that world to be restored. 6. Never underestimate anyone ( in UT you have Sans and in HK you have Sly). 7. Spaghetti. 8. Yes 9. No 10. NO
I frickin accidentally murdered him with a spell because I was spamming A to get through the dialogue. This was an incredibly unsexy and homophobic happening
@@LimpBreadstick I Ddive/Ddark him, part of that was intentional, well maybe half of it but it was all an accident, probably, he got hit when I tried to ddive on the cliff.
You could easily become a professional narrator. Listening to you in your videos about Hollow Knight is so... relaxing and fascinating. Keep up the good work
And here in Colombia, agree dude! Hollow knight got even better only by your art of how you explain what you played and see! I think i have to play it again intentionally reading the dialogues and stories!
@@bigyeet18 Nope. Nothing at all points to that. 2 people can't paint together without being gay? He literally states it reminds him of being with his brothers. There's nothing wrong with being gay, but forcing it is wrong. The only gay couple in the game are the traitor's child and grey mourner.
8:23 "I guess that's why the achievement is named the Happy Couple..." You know, not because they're gay or anything. No need to jump to conclusions here maybe they're just friends right guys
Two bros being bros: painting each other, teaching each other new meaning on life, finding that needed warmth from company and [brotherhood] on each other, probably never getting too far away, even for sleeping as in a shrivelled world that seemed careless, hostile, and solitary they still found each other's light as no one would want to loose that light ever again. You know, like bros.
Do you know what's the cruelest thing to do to Nailsmith? Use abyss shriek to finish his life XDD... Poor smith couldn't taste his own masterpiece before his death.
You know u done good when the weapons upgrade guy had his own philosophical journey and an overarching story more complex than some entire games gg team cherry
When you get the Happy couple achievement, Nailmaster Sheo start talking about mighty Hegemol, Dryya, Isma, Ze'mer and he also mention ''the other one'' which is the Dung Defender. It's not possible that he don't remember him... He's modelling the DungDefender in that scene!! I wonder what is going on?
Robb Diamond The dung defender is described as a knight lost to a puerile obsession. I think he himself mentions being exiled and removed from his knight status evem before the fall of the kingdom.
Dung Defender appears to have been exiled by the Pale King (probably because he was obsessed with poop). All 5 of Hallownest's Great Knights had their names and likenesses expunged from history according to Lemm (why, we don't know), but Ogrim was exiled even before that. Oddly, this doesn't seem to have really affected Ogrim's relationship with the Pale King or the other Great Knights, or even have cost Ogrim his title. I guess having someone who throws poop around as one of your greatest champions isn't good for PR when you want to be seen as a gleaming radiant god. However, Sheo and the Nailsmith appear to be some of few characters in the game who predate the fall of Hallownest, so they remember the names and likenesses of the Great Knights. However, Ogrim's unclean nature and inglorious dismissal may have resulted in him being disliked by the general public of the Kingdom. Sheo probably remembers Ogrim's name, but refuses to utter it out of disgust or dislike.
Actually what i would like to add is that when you talk to ogrim he seems very humble about the whole situation and accepts its, however he doesnt speak about that "obsession" and instead what he says hints towards being exiled because of morals. it could be possible that the obsession was the story that the pale king told to cover it up.
From wikipedia: ''Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding chambers. Others, known as tunnelers, bury the dung wherever they find it. A third group, the dwellers, neither roll nor burrow: they simply live in manure.'' Probably means that Ogrim's obsession was poop and everyone around him felt ashamed of having him as a knight of the kindom. The pale king then ensued to exile him. and he ended up living alone in the sewers.
I killed the nail smith not knowing that sparing him was an option... Although I don’t feel too bad. The nail smith was an honorable man who did what he was good until the very end. Perhaps killing him in my save file was the wrong decision... but it’s a decision I will stand by for following the request of someone who never asked anything of me. ...except my money.
I think the money was fine. I mean, he was making your nail/weapon stronger, so don't you think it's only fair to ask something of you for giving you a service essentially?
this is a good video, but tbh, there might be ONE more reason why the achievement is called Happy Couple, if you're picking up what I'm throwing down ;)
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Most likely the Hollow Knight, as we see that he resembled the Knight at one point. Either that or the pale king, whom the Knight also resembles, although this is less likely.
Interesting suggestions. Although I get the impression that it's someone who's visited recently, and both the knight and the king have been gone for a while.
it didn't occur to me until watching this video that the infected husks were all potentially arming themselves with the NAILMASTER'S discarded weapons. but that made me realize the person he could have mistaken the knight for might have been one of the husks, too. hear me out! we've seen instances of infected enemies nevertheless demonstrating some form of intelligence. myla is an example, as well as the moss guardian gazing out upon the lake of unn. it's possible the infected with their wits about them come to the nailmaster to have their weapons repaired or improved. many infected carry on with whatever they were doing when the plague overtook them, and just as a flyguard remembers its old patrol route, maybe it makes sense that they remember where to have their nail mended.
Well, your player character is not the Hollow Knight, that's the Vessel containing the infection in the Black Egg Temple. The Knight does probably put down the Nail, by the end of the game.
Perhaps that's also why he saw something in our blade, that he did not see in all the others. All the others would always only be used to harm and kill, while ours, yes, used to kill, is welded to help those around us, and to save more then we harm
I think its really funny how hard people try to ignore the gayness of characters. Like- it says happy COUPLE. A word most often used to refer to romantic partners.
Dis dude is so cool, he actually got me to watch through the entirety of a sponsorship thing(to lazy to remember what it’s actually called) for the first time in my life!
Angell Well, it felt more like assisting a suicide. I thought he was going infection crazy and asked to be put down to avoid that fate, seemed like a harsh but somehow humane solution to the problem. Knowing now that if i had a little more hope for him he would've found an actually better solution on his own just means that i was just a vehicle of a grim solution. It wasn't a humane solution, he just became a victim of my pessimism.
I demand a Hollow Knight game that's entirely about non-violent arts, where you learn meditating, dancing, singing, painting, sculpting, and instrumental music from all the bugs.
The Nailsmith is the best character. Best voice. Best beard. Best upgrades. Best bod. Just all around the best character, and I want to live in his beard.
I refused to kill him, and decided to leave the nailsmith's hut in search of Sheo's place. I haven't been able to reach it, but my straight, ally boyfriend told me that he ends up at Sheo's place and starts painting if I spare him, so I decided to do that. Imagine my joy when I learned that Sheo and the Nailsmith got together as a couple! They're so cute!
The sad story of the ancient nailsmith: he died trying by to do what the city of tears nailsmith was doing, he couldn't make the pure nail and the quickslash charm is a result of all the discarded nails that he made, if u dream nail his corpse his lingering regret is, u guessed it, purity (the pure nail)
I feel like killing the Nailsmith isn’t a bad thing. He spent his whole life trying to create the perfect blade, and when he finally succeeds, his final request is to feel the strength and power of the pure nail he created. I killed him because it was what he wanted.
maybe a bit late, but i agree, killing him is not a bad thing what is a bad thing is killing him with a spell you dont even get an achievement for doing it like that
I was debating, but when he asked didn't he earn it, I felt that he provided me a nail of exceptional power that he did in fact deserve to taste it. I do not feel I have done him a disservice, nor was it malice that caused me to strike him down. I felt and still feel he deserved to taste the fruits of his labor.
I believe that having only you, yourself and him/her can also lead into digging your *obsession* even worse, to the point were ending it would be beyond comprehension, and maybe even tempting
I saved the nail smith and when I went to the hut, sheo was painting and the nail smith was posing for the portrait. Was completely different that what you showed!
I feel like Nailmaster Mato finds his own sense of fulfillment in mentoring The Knight that's worthy of it's own respect. Even if a large part of it is just him being kinda lonely. Poor guy just misses having friends to train with.
There are 4 types of people 1. People who let the nailsmith live because they are good people 2. People who didnt know they could let the nailsmith live 3. People who killed the nailsmith on purpose for game purposes 4. People who killed the nailsmith because they didnt want the happy couple achievement *cough homophobes cough*
Man, first Vaati with Dark Souls, now I've found a narrator for Hollow Knight. Let's hope this trend continues and we get more games worthy of such voices. Great video by the way!
I just recently finished the game.. I have to say, I was first regretting the fact that I spared him, but after finding out the smith actually thankful because of my action, feels so heartwarming. It's really nice..
This is such a hard decision in the game for me. Yes, sparing the Nailsmith lets him and Sheo meet. Though in the perspective of the game, The Knight doesn’t know the he will find peace. Who are you to ignore his final plea.
Glad you put this out here. I killed him, but now I know what would have happened if I'd left him alive. One thing i'm confused about though, is that I just gave him 4k coins to upgrade my nail, and then killed him a minute later... so what did he do with my money? I feel like you should be able to get it back when you kill him, it's not like he's had time to spend it, and he certainly doesn't need it now. They should have left a lockbox in his hut that you have to find a key/combo for, maybe have his will in it and let you choose between following his final wishes, or keeping what you find. It would have given similar depth to either path, which could have been cool.
Didn't know I could save him (kinda). Saw a video titled, "don't kill the nail master" but I was tired of spoiling the game for myself so I never watch it and didn't figure out how. Sadly the way I killed him was so anti-climatic, I was gonna honor his wish by using a nail art so he could feel the Max power of the pure nail he crafted buuuuut I forgot that charging a nail art made you do a regular slash first before it begins charging aaaand was standing bit too close. You can probably guess how that went but I sorta just bonked him off the cliff with a regular nail slash.
When i read the line were sheo expresses his joy of having a partner and offeres you to stay with them i wish team cherry had an option were you can sit down with them and mabye if your idle long enough instead of falling asleep like the knight usually does, he starts painting with them. I could sit like that for hours
Damn... I killed him because I viewed it as a mercy to not force him to continue existing in the ruins of a kingdom filled with tragedy a very little hope left. This is starting to make me wonder if there were others I could have saved like Cloth.
*sees achievement name “Happy Couple”* they just have a lot in common
Literally shows footage of sexy painting pose.
Our favorite Gay couple
Just some bugs being buds.
@@matti.8465 -gal pals- *bug buds*
They're not gay
In a single game, Team Cherry have proved themselves as masters of screwing with emotions.
Ian Krishnan Doyle ****Cloth
@@frostdragn000
Myla...
Ismael Huu I actually gasped.
@@ismaelhuu3306 the grubs
Yup
9:19 Draw me like one of your french bugs
lol XD
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!!!! XD
**thomas then had left. He'd seen it ALL**
I’m weak omg that was awesome
Ha I get it because I watched ever episode of pokemon
He went from making nails, to getting nailed.
Agreed
ASKJDSKJDSKSJ
Both endings
the duality of man
@@MaxEverywhereSystem duality of bug
i wish you have a ''sit'' option where you can join sheo and the smith :(
haha same, i loved that for marissa, quirrel and mato
i w a n n a b e g a y t o o !
@@DISCO-munication I KILLED MARISSA !!!!
@@ProfezorFirdausyou are a MONSTER!!! xD
Oh i thought you meant sit next to the Nailsmith on the cliff, and listen to his problems lol
Fuckkkk, I killed the Nailsmith because Dark Souls taught me that its usually better to kill someone when they ask for it rather than letting them suffer through some sort of worse fate. He would have turned out fine!
fck me, i did the same jajaja
I Saved him. I thought that the nailsmith was a boss so I did not kill him, lol
I thought the same about Myla
But I didn't killed Nailsmith.
=|
I basically killed him with that same reason
@@koga8911 imagine,going for the blow,but he just pulls out a great nail and parrys and just wrecks you
two things:
1. I think that the Nailsmith and Sheo actually found that loneliness is not the fate of everyone in Hallownest. The Nailsmith gave Sheo a partner- in more ways than one- and vice versa.
2. they’re gay, dude. Super. Gay
Is #2 wrong?
Who said it was?
@@evitcAoidaR No one is homophobic dude shut up
Its gotta be canon. The mourner and that one fuckin bug at the end of that mission were super gay too
@@senza4591 yeah, the grey mourner is a female and the child of the traitor lord is a female too
Rusty: Guess it's called "happy couple" because they have a lot in common lol
Me: Harold, honey, no-
my mans just no homoed his way out of the happy couple achievement
*happy gay noise*
Unless the nail master was just a really deep voiced woman.
@@BlueBerry20071 With a majestic beard
Al Fall 2007 like the dwarves in The lord of the rings :D
If they weren't a couple the name of the achievement would've been something else 😌
Did you also know that if you kill the nailsmith his body floats back into the Junk Pit head down in the water
stumbled across the corpse while randomly getting out of godhome and was harshly reminded I was the worst person alive on this planet
😭
You can still dream nail him to see his last thoughts.
"pure nail"
i didnt even read his dialogue, as soon as i left the nailsmith house i attacked him 😂
_2-1-2_ _ I reset my 103% file just to save him
BlueMoon Nest you monster
I came for the “No Rusty, they are gay” comments, and I have not been disappointed
Catalina Plaza I came for the “THEY ARENT GAY REEEEEEEE” comments in the “No rusty, they’re gay” comments
That’s it I’m restarting the whole game i don’t care I need that achievement and I need it now
I’m gonna do it to
One thing that should be mentioned, is that in the Kingdom's Edge there is a hidden place with an charm and in the background there is a Corpse of a huge creature if you use the dream nail it will say "Purity" and in the game files that creature is known as "Ancient Nailsmith"
Creepy
That ' Purity ' may just as well be the item you find there, Quick Slash. It is the purest distillation of the experience and power of the nail itself, the ability to fight quicker, hit harder, if not twice as fast. It is the purity of combat.
Lucian La'Chance Nah, I think Quick Slash represents all the nails he created while trying to create the Pure Nail. The dream dialogue is his lingering will to create said Pure Nail
Lucian La'Chance yeah, quick slash is made of “discarded nails”, that thing was also trying to make a pure nail and threw out many other nails
According to the Quick Slash charm
It's made of thousands of discarded nails never to be used, as well as this, the area is filled with nails, lots of them.
This could imply the ancient nailsmith died a similar end.
Oh crap! You were supposed to SPARE him?!?
Well... I clearly learned nothing from Undertale.
The things you have to learn from Undertale are those:
1. Karma's a b*tch
2. Time travel is a nightmare and a half to handle.
3. Every action has consenquences
4. Once you TRULY get to know someone, that's all there is to them.
5. Don't go around genociding an entire species, or else your friendly ghost narrator will go crazy and make you give up your soul in order for that world to be restored.
6. Never underestimate anyone ( in UT you have Sans and in HK you have Sly).
7. Spaghetti.
8. Yes
9. No
10. NO
Well you are not suppose to spare him or kill him.
It is just a thing you can do, beside killing him with the nail grant him a happy death.
Rency well if you don’t you grant him a happy life being half of a happy couple so... probably better than happy death. Just saying...
@@rency1803 I mean obviously the best choice is to use vengeful spirit on him
Well, it's sure a different situation compared to undertale, as the nailsmith says that he would be happy to die that way
i thought "oh its only one nail strike its like its going to KILL him or something"
i can say that was not the case
I thought it was gonna ricochet off his shell, like he wanted to see the strength of the nail. Not him being literally suicidal
@@aitusai bruh
I frickin accidentally murdered him with a spell because I was spamming A to get through the dialogue. This was an incredibly unsexy and homophobic happening
an honorary like to preserve the 69
Well this just proves it, skipping dialogue leads to hate crimes 😔
YOU MURDER HOW COULD YOU
im proud to have a ps4 wheree you press x to get through dialouge
The nail did not strike art dad true
I literally killed him by accident.
I did a great slash facing away from him. Little did I know, great slash reaches behind you.
F
at least its not a spell
@@LimpBreadstick I Ddive/Ddark him, part of that was intentional, well maybe half of it but it was all an accident, probably, he got hit when I tried to ddive on the cliff.
@@Iasked-jo3qs rip
"Perhaps that's why their achievement is called 'The Happy Couple'."
Harold, Harold they're homosexuals.
Maybe bugs don't really have sexuality the way humans understand it.
@@bajaxbajax910 they're gay
@@bajaxbajax910 lmao u saying that bugs with consciousness cant be homosexuals....... ok
The Knight has adquired two art dads.
@@matti.8465 well, I mean, I'm pretty sure nailmaster Mato literally wanted to refer to the knight as his child
You could easily become a professional narrator. Listening to you in your videos about Hollow Knight is so... relaxing and fascinating.
Keep up the good work
Ravenous you the best
Several months later... agreed
And here in Colombia, agree dude! Hollow knight got even better only by your art of how you explain what you played and see! I think i have to play it again intentionally reading the dialogues and stories!
“Happy couple”
Oh they just have a lot in common
They be gay Janet
Sappho and her friend vibes here
That’s not why it’s called The Happy Couple.
"the achievement is called happy couple because they have lots in common"
...They gay, Rusty. They gay.
Where would they go for their honeymoon?
@@Goober-ek1zx The hive?
This whole story has one of the best payoffs I’ve ever seen, and ends with such a beautiful relationship! I love it so much!!
If you didn't kill him
Yeah
These two are my gay dads and I love them
They're not gay
@@bigyeet18 Nope. Nothing at all points to that. 2 people can't paint together without being gay? He literally states it reminds him of being with his brothers. There's nothing wrong with being gay, but forcing it is wrong. The only gay couple in the game are the traitor's child and grey mourner.
@Kevin Luna look at the nailsmith being painted
@Kevin Luna I didn't get that from the video
@@chuggaa100 Sorry, they gay af. Next.
8:23
"I guess that's why the achievement is named the Happy Couple..."
You know, not because they're gay or anything.
No need to jump to conclusions here maybe they're just friends right guys
Dude... Who cares?
Davros Concord rude
Couple doesn't just mean lovers. It also means a pair or two
Absolutely. I feel ya, man.
Two bros being bros: painting each other, teaching each other new meaning on life, finding that needed warmth from company and [brotherhood] on each other, probably never getting too far away, even for sleeping as in a shrivelled world that seemed careless, hostile, and solitary they still found each other's light as no one would want to loose that light ever again. You know, like bros.
Do you know what's the cruelest thing to do to Nailsmith?
Use abyss shriek to finish his life XDD...
Poor smith couldn't taste his own masterpiece before his death.
I accidently did just that and felt like a huge piece of shit afterwards.
Lol ya that would be sooo fucked up 😔
@LiamJ Ging lol you're a prick
oh you, you're a special kind of evil
Alex Callender *Sans dislikes that*
You know u done good when the weapons upgrade guy had his own philosophical journey and an overarching story more complex than some entire games gg team cherry
its called happy couple because theyre boyfriends
YES
@@joshua_bluemoon8683 wtf lmao
Nailsmith x Nailmaster Sheo
BlueMoon Nest wtf
Thought that was obvious
When you get the Happy couple achievement, Nailmaster Sheo start talking about mighty Hegemol, Dryya, Isma, Ze'mer and he also mention ''the other one'' which is the Dung Defender.
It's not possible that he don't remember him... He's modelling the DungDefender in that scene!!
I wonder what is going on?
Robb Diamond The dung defender is described as a knight lost to a puerile obsession. I think he himself mentions being exiled and removed from his knight status evem before the fall of the kingdom.
Dung Defender appears to have been exiled by the Pale King (probably because he was obsessed with poop). All 5 of Hallownest's Great Knights had their names and likenesses expunged from history according to Lemm (why, we don't know), but Ogrim was exiled even before that. Oddly, this doesn't seem to have really affected Ogrim's relationship with the Pale King or the other Great Knights, or even have cost Ogrim his title. I guess having someone who throws poop around as one of your greatest champions isn't good for PR when you want to be seen as a gleaming radiant god.
However, Sheo and the Nailsmith appear to be some of few characters in the game who predate the fall of Hallownest, so they remember the names and likenesses of the Great Knights. However, Ogrim's unclean nature and inglorious dismissal may have resulted in him being disliked by the general public of the Kingdom. Sheo probably remembers Ogrim's name, but refuses to utter it out of disgust or dislike.
Actually what i would like to add is that when you talk to ogrim he seems very humble about the whole situation and accepts its, however he doesnt speak about that "obsession" and instead what he says hints towards being exiled because of morals. it could be possible that the obsession was the story that the pale king told to cover it up.
The dung defender is ogrim
From wikipedia: ''Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding chambers. Others, known as tunnelers, bury the dung wherever they find it. A third group, the dwellers, neither roll nor burrow: they simply live in manure.''
Probably means that Ogrim's obsession was poop and everyone around him felt ashamed of having him as a knight of the kindom. The pale king then ensued to exile him. and he ended up living alone in the sewers.
I killed the nail smith not knowing that sparing him was an option...
Although I don’t feel too bad. The nail smith was an honorable man who did what he was good until the very end. Perhaps killing him in my save file was the wrong decision... but it’s a decision I will stand by for following the request of someone who never asked anything of me.
...except my money.
Have you not learned from undertale? Everyone knows pacifism is the only option, for the nail smith
He legit asks for a McDuck ass fortune then asks to be killed
I think the money was fine. I mean, he was making your nail/weapon stronger, so don't you think it's only fair to ask something of you for giving you a service essentially?
3:34 Just gonna go ahead and not even mention the backwards hopping great hopper that broke the visual mood setting.
I could listen to videos like this all day, please do more!
this is a good video, but tbh, there might be ONE more reason why the achievement is called Happy Couple, if you're picking up what I'm throwing down ;)
Wow, nobody has thought of that before
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i love my gay bugs: sheo and nailmaster, and grey mourner and traitor's child uwu
They're lesbians
@@felipecosta-kv2fx Same difference
We got another disgusting UwU er in here
I think you mean "uumuu"
@@toxiclollipop5822 uwuwuwuwuuwuwuwuwuwuuwuwuwu
I'm here baby! Ready for some more epic Hollow Knight lore!!!!!
I also wanna tell you that your voice is relaxing to listen to.
I'm happy I didnt kill the nailsmith, it was really cute to see him painting with sheo
When you first meet the Nailsmith, he says "Oh, I thought you were someone else". Any idea to whom he is refering?
Most likely the Hollow Knight, as we see that he resembled the Knight at one point. Either that or the pale king, whom the Knight also resembles, although this is less likely.
Interesting suggestions. Although I get the impression that it's someone who's visited recently, and both the knight and the king have been gone for a while.
The hornet maybe?
Maybe he was expecting one of his brothers to visit him?
it didn't occur to me until watching this video that the infected husks were all potentially arming themselves with the NAILMASTER'S discarded weapons. but that made me realize the person he could have mistaken the knight for might have been one of the husks, too. hear me out!
we've seen instances of infected enemies nevertheless demonstrating some form of intelligence. myla is an example, as well as the moss guardian gazing out upon the lake of unn.
it's possible the infected with their wits about them come to the nailmaster to have their weapons repaired or improved. many infected carry on with whatever they were doing when the plague overtook them, and just as a flyguard remembers its old patrol route, maybe it makes sense that they remember where to have their nail mended.
Ah, bapunadah!
Im ready to ship these two
Oblivious Squirrel stop
Oblivious Squirrel follow your dreams
*claps*
The Frontlines They're cute sapient bugs ! They're very different from real life ones !
The Frontlines you’re opposed to gay bugs, this is what your life has come to. Congrats.
Seeing an amino sponsorship is so nostalgic
After Cloth, I never thought I would relate and feel for a character so much. Until now.
How did you relate to Cloth?
“They just have a lot in common”
*Laughs in gay*
Maybe one day, Hollow Knight can put down the nail too.
He didn't
Well, your player character is not the Hollow Knight, that's the Vessel containing the infection in the Black Egg Temple. The Knight does probably put down the Nail, by the end of the game.
Perhaps that's also why he saw something in our blade, that he did not see in all the others. All the others would always only be used to harm and kill, while ours, yes, used to kill, is welded to help those around us, and to save more then we harm
I learned my lesson from Undertale. Spare everybody.
Nice voice. great editing. Good story. The subtle gay was a plus.
10/10 would cry again.
I hope Hollow Knight lore videos keep going strong. Can’t wait for the inevitable Hornet lore video.
I do be missing this more chilled rusty.
I think its really funny how hard people try to ignore the gayness of characters.
Like- it says happy COUPLE. A word most often used to refer to romantic partners.
Dis dude is so cool, he actually got me to watch through the entirety of a sponsorship thing(to lazy to remember what it’s actually called) for the first time in my life!
I’d like to see a sequel to after the recovery of their civilization where their art skills has turned their work into masterpieces
Awwww... Now i feel bad for having killed the Nailsmith.
Lucas Bernardes Rosa you didn't before ? XD
Angell Well, it felt more like assisting a suicide. I thought he was going infection crazy and asked to be put down to avoid that fate, seemed like a harsh but somehow humane solution to the problem. Knowing now that if i had a little more hope for him he would've found an actually better solution on his own just means that i was just a vehicle of a grim solution. It wasn't a humane solution, he just became a victim of my pessimism.
I'm glad in the end he finds love 😌
I love how they look as brothers together being friends!
Totally.
Good bros.
Best friends.
Vicente isaac Lopez valdez you are the first one to actually get me. Thank you.
Yup, they're just some bugs being buds. Absolutely.
mhm just guys being dudes
Just a completely platonic relationship no gayness whatsoever
its very interesting how the nailsmith is making a little kingsmould meaning he probaly went to the white palace or atleast the ancient basin
I demand a Hollow Knight game that's entirely about non-violent arts, where you learn meditating, dancing, singing, painting, sculpting, and instrumental music from all the bugs.
Just wanted to say I've really enjoyed your vids. This game is really neat and I appreciate your thoughtfulness in its analysis.
The Nailsmith is the best character. Best voice. Best beard. Best upgrades. Best bod. Just all around the best character, and I want to live in his beard.
I refused to kill him, and decided to leave the nailsmith's hut in search of Sheo's place. I haven't been able to reach it, but my straight, ally boyfriend told me that he ends up at Sheo's place and starts painting if I spare him, so I decided to do that.
Imagine my joy when I learned that Sheo and the Nailsmith got together as a couple! They're so cute!
The sad story of the ancient nailsmith: he died trying by to do what the city of tears nailsmith was doing, he couldn't make the pure nail and the quickslash charm is a result of all the discarded nails that he made, if u dream nail his corpse his lingering regret is, u guessed it, purity (the pure nail)
Oh shit I didnt notoce that, good find!
The more I learn about this game the more depressing it sounds 😭
Hot damn I'm loving the Hollow Knight content! You easily have my subscription my dude.
I feel like killing the Nailsmith isn’t a bad thing. He spent his whole life trying to create the perfect blade, and when he finally succeeds, his final request is to feel the strength and power of the pure nail he created. I killed him because it was what he wanted.
Mr. Enderus yeah, and we also don’t know bug customs
maybe a bit late, but i agree, killing him is not a bad thing
what is a bad thing is killing him with a spell
you dont even get an achievement for doing it like that
The video: 98% lore, 2% no homo, just friends
65% of the comments: G A Y
*C* *O* *U* *P* *L* *E*
For the record, I live for the gay couple comments. This shit is hilarious and informative
unspoken rules of hollow knight:
jump up and down when you free a grub
"bow" (look down) when any other character bows to you
For some reason i didn't think twice when i slayed Nailsmith :(
Joanderson Ω Honor, I did it too.
It took me 50 seconds to bring my self to do it.
I was debating, but when he asked didn't he earn it, I felt that he provided me a nail of exceptional power that he did in fact deserve to taste it. I do not feel I have done him a disservice, nor was it malice that caused me to strike him down. I felt and still feel he deserved to taste the fruits of his labor.
I was wondering i f i dont find him then dead by some creature so i swung my nail... did not ecpect this :/
Joanderson Ω sick fuck
I believe that having only you, yourself and him/her can also lead into digging your *obsession* even worse, to the point were ending it would be beyond comprehension, and maybe even tempting
I saved the nail smith and when I went to the hut, sheo was painting and the nail smith was posing for the portrait. Was completely different that what you showed!
You’ve got an awesome voice to listen to, you’re an awesome narrator. Keep it up, you have a real talent for it!
I feel like Nailmaster Mato finds his own sense of fulfillment in mentoring The Knight that's worthy of it's own respect. Even if a large part of it is just him being kinda lonely. Poor guy just misses having friends to train with.
You should make a video on your top 10 favorite benches in hollow knight
Dude you actually made me so sad that I struck the Nailsmith down. i thought it was for the best for him :(
"He asks our knight--" *Jack in the box ad plays* "try my new 4 piece chicken combo"
That was a heart felt story you are a great story teller I am impressed.
There are 4 types of people
1. People who let the nailsmith live because they are good people
2. People who didnt know they could let the nailsmith live
3. People who killed the nailsmith on purpose for game purposes
4. People who killed the nailsmith because they didnt want the happy couple achievement *cough homophobes cough*
5. Evil people who kills them with a spell
Man, first Vaati with Dark Souls, now I've found a narrator for Hollow Knight. Let's hope this trend continues and we get more games worthy of such voices.
Great video by the way!
I now heavily ship Sheo and the Nailsmith
Why did i choose to kill him :(
Because you didn't knew any better and wanted to do a good action. You're a good person.
Wow dude, You are the vatti of hollow knight lore vids that was incredible!
After I upgraded my final nail I went out and was swinging, trying out my nail then I accidentally hit him. I felt sadness for about a week
First time i played i was like, "nope, not gonna kill you, go get into something else" and i was so happy when he actually did it
I just recently finished the game.. I have to say, I was first regretting the fact that I spared him, but after finding out the smith actually thankful because of my action, feels so heartwarming. It's really nice..
This is such a hard decision in the game for me. Yes, sparing the Nailsmith lets him and Sheo meet. Though in the perspective of the game, The Knight doesn’t know the he will find peace. Who are you to ignore his final plea.
1:40 is when it starts, your welcome
5:53 Nailsmith is making a miniature version of the Kingsmould... but how does he know about them?
Glad you put this out here. I killed him, but now I know what would have happened if I'd left him alive. One thing i'm confused about though, is that I just gave him 4k coins to upgrade my nail, and then killed him a minute later... so what did he do with my money? I feel like you should be able to get it back when you kill him, it's not like he's had time to spend it, and he certainly doesn't need it now. They should have left a lockbox in his hut that you have to find a key/combo for, maybe have his will in it and let you choose between following his final wishes, or keeping what you find. It would have given similar depth to either path, which could have been cool.
only this game would have lore over a bug that hits a nail 3 times every interaction
8:48
Lol I actually did that while playing 😂
Me too, every time! I bowed with the Nailmasters and also Grimm.
Didn't know I could save him (kinda). Saw a video titled, "don't kill the nail master" but I was tired of spoiling the game for myself so I never watch it and didn't figure out how. Sadly the way I killed him was so anti-climatic, I was gonna honor his wish by using a nail art so he could feel the Max power of the pure nail he crafted buuuuut I forgot that charging a nail art made you do a regular slash first before it begins charging aaaand was standing bit too close. You can probably guess how that went but I sorta just bonked him off the cliff with a regular nail slash.
Have you ever hear the tragedy of Nailsmith the wise?
You know the monster in the life blood core area looks like the animal of the god tamer
Haha no Rusty, they're gay, very gay, adorably Happy Couple, they're a couple, and it's adorable
Hell Yeah! Another story by Papa Forge! Gather round!
I fucking love you hahahaha
thanks for making me feel bad about cutting him in contrast to honoring a man's final wish
When i read the line were sheo expresses his joy of having a partner and offeres you to stay with them i wish team cherry had an option were you can sit down with them and mabye if your idle long enough instead of falling asleep like the knight usually does, he starts painting with them. I could sit like that for hours
A masterpiece shalt never be put agains it's creator.
Tis' be the rule that made the glorious future of the old nailmaster come.
This is very insightful, but made really really sad. *sniff*
Damn... I killed him because I viewed it as a mercy to not force him to continue existing in the ruins of a kingdom filled with tragedy a very little hope left. This is starting to make me wonder if there were others I could have saved like Cloth.
You can save cloth, all you need to do is to kill the traitor lord before talking to her in the ancient basin.
Two bros. painting in greenpath five feet apart cause their not gay