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   Hoops, String, and Other Placebos by BubbleBtch

   Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Multi
   • Complete Work

   11 Feb 2021

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • The Pale King/White Lady (Hollow Knight)
   • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel/Original Character(s)
   • Lurien the Watcher/Lurien the Watcher's Butler (Hollow Knight)
   • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
   • The Pale King (Hollow Knight)
   • White Lady (Hollow Knight)
   • Soul Master | Soul Tyrant
   • Original Characters
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Self-Insert - Character
   • Herrah the Beast (Hollow Knight)
   • Hornet (Hollow Knight)
   • Lurien the Watcher (Hollow Knight)
   • Lurien the Watcher's Butler (Hollow Knight)
   • Quirrel (Hollow Knight)
   • Monomon the Teacher (Hollow Knight)
   • The Knight (Hollow Knight)
   • Ghost (Hollow Knight)
   • Vessels (Hollow Knight)
   • before the sealing of the egg
   • The Infection (Hollow Knight)
   • hollow knight gets saved
   • The Pale King gets redeemed
   • The Pale King is a Bad Parent (Hollow Knight)
   • But He Gets Better
   • Self-Insert
   • sexy bugs
   • bug rascism
   • more tags will be added as the plot develops
   • trying not to spoil it
   • placebo effect
   • mammals are unknown to hallownest
   • lots of timeskips
   • main character is sorta a weenie
   • Dreamcatchers - Freeform
   • accidentally a scam artist
   • white lies get complicated
   • like how santa got big
   • magic can be whatever you can convince someone else it is
   • Magical Realism
   • other vessels - Freeform

   Summary

   The infection is a disease of the mind caused by an angry god who is dying from a lack of worship and belief.
   So what happens when they believe a simple item can keep her from their minds?
   After all, what is a god to a nonbeliever?

   A frightened human who doesn't know how she ended up in Hallownest tells a white lie to some children to help them with their irrational fears. It spirals out of control.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Belief and Strings

   Language:

   English

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