Silksong Community Ventures into New Territory
Hollow Knight Silksong fans are becoming increasingly desperate for news about the long-awaited sequel. So much so, that they’re now considering deleting their entire subreddit.
It’s unclear how this situation originated, but it appears someone suggested to the subreddit moderators that they delete the subreddit over the past weekend. If you visit the subreddit now, you’ll find numerous posts expressing support for its removal
“WE ARE REBORN IN THE NEW AGE. BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE MUST GUIDE ONE ANOTHER. DELETE THE SUBREDDIT ON FEBRUARY 14TH,” reads one post. “THE ERA OF SILENCE MUST COME TO AN END. WE MUST BE HERALDS TO EACH OTHER AND LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE. WE MUST SACRIFICE THE SUBREDDIT AS OUR KEY TO THE GARDEN.”
We should have realized that this was all a tactic to grab Team Cherry’s attention. The developer of Silksong has been completely silent since June 2022, when Team Cherry announced that a playable build of Silksong would be released within 12 months. Obviously, that never materialized, leaving Silksong fans even more disheartened after years of waiting patiently.
Meanwhile, others are somehow convinced Team Cherry is going to unveil news about Silksong tomorrow, February 14, to coincide with Valentine’s Day. This might have originated from this subreddit post, where someone used a Team Cherry tweet from 2019 to make it look like news would be announced later this week.
Silksong’s subreddit might not be the only one that gets deleted. Deltarune’s subreddit has got in on the act, seemingly willing to also be deleted to get Team Cherry’s attention, and other posts on the subreddit are suggesting that Reddit itself be a sacrificial lamb to gain the developer’s focus.
The deadline for the deletion is the end of February, but similar to uncovering the origins of this movement, I’m unable to determine what prompted the community to set this self-imposed deadline. Maybe we’ll have to wait until March 1 to see if the Silksong community is indeed prepared to sacrifice its primary outlet in hopes of catching Team Cherry’s attention.