Ok so I had other plans originally and was not gonna get to the wholesome stuff in a while but last night I decided my heart needed something soft and wholesome, so I started work on this. As I mentioned before I got really attached to Hollow so now I just wanted to make some peaceful art for them. Might be just me but flower crowns have always been a quite peaceful thing in my mind. Thus flower crowns, flowers in general, and a lifeblood heart, all meant as symbols of peace and healing.

For those wondering about the timeline of the image, given that there's both pre and post Radiance stuff, this was meant to be after the Dream No More ending. I like to imagine that even though Ghost and Hollow return to the Void to rest, they can come back to the surface if they wish and I think they would eventually. Since Hollow's shade had both arms I figured they might be able to regrow the missing one once they restore their body. The crack in the shell however remains as it was also visible on their shade, probably since it was a wound caused by the Radiance trying to crack through them it left a specific type of scar that will take a long time to heal, hence it still carrying over even into new bodies. As for the color of their cloak... granted that was mostly for the aesthetic, but technically they could pick out whatever cloak they want later on.


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