The first season of Scavengers Reign finally arrives on Netflix, reintroducing the alien planet Vesta and its strange inhabitants. One of them is Scavengers Reign’s Hollow, which fans think has a deeper meaning than just a force of nature.
It’s not uncommon for sci-fi and drama series such as Scavengers Reign to encourage viewers to think outside the box.
For an enigmatic entity like the Hollow, it would take a lot of discussion before everyone could agree on what it meant.
Scavengers Reign's Hollow: Possible Meaning and Theories Explored
The Hollow is an alien entity living in Vesta that looks like a harmless, adorable frog-like creature at a glance.
It has telepathic and kinetic abilities and is known for using a mysterious black goo to feed creatures it wishes to become its servants. It doesn't speak, making it more difficult to understand and figure out.
At some point in the first season, the Hollow absorbs one of the members who survived the destruction of the planetary freighter ship Demeter 227, leading to more discussions online.
So what does the Hollow mean? Let’s take a closer look at some of the theories and predictions that fans have come up with below:
The Hollow Might Be an Allegory for Capitalism
Due to the Hollow’s tendency to hyper-consume, fans are connecting the Hollow to the concept of mindless or amoral capitalistic growth in society.
Similar to companies and individuals driven by the desire to increase wealth with little regard for ethical considerations, the Hollow continues to feed black goo to other creatures to control them without a logical purpose.
As shown in the first season, the Hollow also tends to exploit the creatures that serve it, especially when it comes to labor and resources, which also happens in the concept of amoral capitalistic growth.
In other words, it's nothing but pure greed.
The Hollow Could Symbolize Parasitism
Other viewers believe that the Hollow represents human parasitism, as it manipulates other creatures and even other humans, such as Kamen, to get what it wants to survive.
In real life, some humans exploit animals, also harming them in various ways. One common example is when humans feed on animals or when they are used for entertainment or fashion purposes.
The Hollow Is a Metaphor for Co-dependent Relationships
After the Hollow absorbed Kamen in Scavengers Reign, many fans thought that they represented a toxic, co-dependent relationship.
Kamen could be using the Hollow as a haven, an escape from the traumatic memories that invade his mind, while the Hollow uses Kamen to descend into human violence.
In other words, they might be corrupting each other, which says a lot about real-life co-dependent human relationships.
There are still a lot of theories regarding their relationship, with some believing Kamen and the Hollow just traded places.
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