Hollow Knight devs casually confirm a theory that's puzzled fans for 6 years

gamesradar.com:

Hollow Knight fans can finally put one lore debate to rest thanks to an abrupt answer from the folks at developer Team Cherry. 

Reputable Hollow Knight scribe mossbag recently passed a question to the dev team as part of a Discord conversation with community figure and lead playtester Graig, who previously threw fans a lifeline as they wait for Hollow Knight Silksong. 

Mossbag used the opportunity to ask about the grub care instructions included with the game's 2017 collector's edition – that is, whether these are canonical. Graig replied to confirm that studio co-director William Pellen said "it was written by us," making the grub guidelines official. 

What do the grub guidelines hold that's so important? Only an essential collection of "hints and warnings for those wishing to adopt a grub," which is of course serious business. This has, believe it or not, been the subject of some debate going back years. After all, who wouldn't want to know the proper way to care for easily the cutest critter in Hollow Knight? 

I was recently given the opportunity to ask Team Cherry any single question, so naturally I asked if the Grub Care Instructions, a document included in the 2017 Collector's Edition of Hollow Knight, was canonical. According to Team Cherry, they wrote this document... so yes? pic.twitter.com/W4zBS514iKJuly 13, 2023

Thanks to this groundbreaking confirmation, we now know with certainty that you should not, for example, feed grubs flesh or eggs, even if they will "happily eat anything," because "this may give them unseemly appetites." 

Lost your grub? "Try leaving out an open jar or other container with food inside. The grub will often creep in and can be found happily tucked inside." Perhaps this is how all those