#BadTimeWithScar

[tibby-art]

hc what if cam accounts are like a duplicity spell or a familiar of sorts and sometimes they dont despawn aka forgetting to log them out

[silverskye13]

Hi! One of my friends was wondering if badtimeswithscar was a thing? Basically just wondering if Scar has a hels

I haven't ever given it thought! I have a very short list of hermits/helsmets and mirrors/doubles I've thought over for the RnS crew. Though I love BadTime as a concept so I'm inclined to say yes. Though given how bombastic and over-the-top Scar's personality is, I think BT would be more subdued, in the same way Tanguish starts his story more subdued than Tango is. Where Scar is chicanery and engineered incompetence for strategic [normally funny] use, maybe BT is the idea of face value? In that they're both naive [taking people at face value] and straightforward [being purposely transparent].

[fountainpenguin]

"Their set time's far too early and I've never heard of them..." (x)

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New Pixels Imperfect stuff today!

“No One Likes the Opening Band” || MCYT one-shot

Read on AO3 - 13k

@flufftober - Day 1 - "I've Got You"

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Professional camera account sports get real competitive, especially when you’re the only team in the league with 4 cams and 1 player-born. No one ever thought they’d see the day Etho let a cam into his life. And, well... He didn't. Turns out, he just brought a friend.

AKA - More PiglinMyNose and SnifferMyFeet fluff because I live for the "ancient camera account boy takes his newbie friend under his wing" dynamic and I love them, your honor.

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Canon-typical Minecraft violence (Fighting in a safe environment; immediate painless respawn) + anxiety and brief dissociation (Sniff reflecting on Joel and Grian possessing his body in his origin video) + Emotional hurt/comfort (Stressed by people looking down on you) + Mild flirting between Pig and TwoMuchGrian (and Sniff has a crush on BadTimeWithScar: world's sexiest semi-invisible catboy)

Also tagging for "Sniff's still coping with the fact that he's not married to either Etho or Scar even though his screwed-up memories tell him Double Life SMP was real and not roleplay," I guess... I love him.

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(First 1,000 words under the cut)

Wait, THAT'S the guy Etho settled for!?

Team Jade Jaguars is the only team in the Competitive Camera league with a team of 4 cam accounts instead of 5. Everyone's been whispering about their player-born. Seriously, their team's tag started trending when the season began. That was weeks ago, and only rarely has it slipped from the upper spots. Half a dozen articles keep circling the portal hub like lions waiting for a kill. Even Pig knows that, and he gets most of his news secondhand from the rest of the team.

Wait their 5th slotter isn't even a camera?

"Guys, ignore them," TwoMuchGrian said the first time they passed a news page pinned up in town square. "They're just trying to get in our heads." And Two's team captain, so Pig did exactly that. They'd just finished their second practice, all of them with pixels sticking up funny and exhaustion dripping like raindrops from their code. Two praised all of them, even though Pig had a very bad fall and missed catching one of the best crossbow shots Joel's ever had. It didn't matter. Two insisted they all did phenomenal this early in the season. He took the whole team out for hot chocolate and sorbet.

😂😂 Bruh I'm crying WHAT? Who the hell is THAT???

Today is game day. The locker room bustles with chatter and banging iron doors. The room's had a makeover since last year. They've got lanterns instead of torches to light this place up now and their jaguar face logo snarls in triumph from a sea of gray carpet.

Are they tanking on purpose or something?

"Hey, Pig!" Two calls, jogging up behind him, and Pig turns his head. Two's not even changed yet, still sporting the tie-dye T-shirt he's almost always dressed in. His flower-spotted headband keeps slipping over his eyes. He pushes it up with one hand, tossing Pig a jade green jersey with the other. Pig catches it on one finger. Two's grin is crooked, but no less genuine than it ever is. "There ya go! I'm so sorry we cut it so close. I actually feel awful, but hey… we finally got your new shirt in!"

Ngl I can't follow the Jaguars' logic here. They know he's Etho, right? His sign-ups must have been a mile long

Pig flips the jersey around, searching for his name. The familiar number 8 blazes strong and proud on the back. Above it, in smaller print, is his current username: PiglinMyNose. It wouldn't have been a big deal to play the first match with last season's jersey, but… It's nice to shed the final tie to his old identity. LazyBeans26 is a guy of the past. "Pig" is a far more comfortable nickname than "Lazy" ever was.

This I have to see

He hugs the jersey to his chest. "No way! Two, you're the best… See? This man!" He punches him in the shoulder; Two flashes briefly red. "I knew you'd come through for me!"

Like I'm all for a player joining the team if they want, but they pair him with ETHO?

Two hums in approval, fluttering his wings. It's so weird to see Two off spectator mode. When he's not translucent, you really get an appreciation for the deep blue and bright gold feathers he's flaunting. Pig casts a glance or two over his shoulder as Two walks away, calling out to PearlescentMoo on the far side of the locker room. Dang. Two's been putting in hours at the gym even outside their practice time. That's undeniable. Those are good looking shoulder blades. He can probably even lift a llama on a lead with muscle tone like that.

Glad he's on MY team… If we're going up against the Sharks, we need every edge we can get.

lmao I love how #Jade Jaguars has been trending for a month xD

Sniff sits on the center bench, his face pressed in his hands. Pig keeps a mirror on his locker door. He checks it every couple seconds as he sheds his jacket and wriggles from his shirt. It takes another two minutes to unclip all his necklaces and drizzle them in the locket basket. Then he pries off his rings. They drop on the necklace heap with a clatter. Probably shouldn't have worn all the jewelry today, but hey… They're his good luck charms. He always has his necklaces.

Does this mean we're never going to see an Etho/EthoCam team-up? 😢

Sniff moves his hands to the back of his neck, fingers bent as though they're claws.

See the most frustrating thing is that it's not like he's played before. He's still a new account. It's not even skill that got him in good w/ Etho. Etho's only with him b/c he looks like Joel. They're Boat Boy baiting for hype :/

The new jersey smells like cedar wood. Pig's never seen a cedar tree in his life, but somehow… He can tell. He holds it to his nose, breathing in the scent of fresh-cut shavings. In truth? It still feels warm from the printer, even though that must have been weeks ago. It's a sign of a good season, that. When he slips the jersey on, it fits perfectly, like a life vest.

Like… idk. I'm not saying I know for sure or anything, but it feels like there's some kind of nepotism thing going on behind the scenes.

Their first game of the season doesn't promise to be easy. Team Cerise Sharks isn't known for their mercy. BadTimeWithScar is team captain, and Two's been reviewing old footage since the match-up was announced. BadTime always brings out Two's competitive overdrive. Two sees scarlet every time. Pig spent all of last night on Two's bed, preening his wings and chatting about this and that while Two stared (glaze-eyed) at match after match on his comm screen. He needs new chew blocks; he's gnawed through most of them and his rope tug.

I should get him a care package. He'd like to be fawned over this week, I reckon.

Oh, their relationship gets skewed badly in a one-sided way when the tournament is live. It's like Two always says: Captain Two is not your friend. But he always makes up for it. Two's an overly affectionate pest between seasons, pushy and playful, and Pig falls head over heels for him every time. One evening with Two gripping his wrists like handcuffs and teasing raspberries at his cheek is worth a million tournament nights, at least.

BadTime's not even the only one to worry about. The Sharks are rocking a strong roster this season, featuring AriesEva, WellsGlazes, HumanCleo and ImpulseCam. Last year, iCam went home with the title of Top Scoring Player overall… a fact that TangoCam has never shut up about. Pig glances three lockers down. Tea is seething, staring at the half dozen carefully compiled images of his long-time rival taped inside his locker door. He does the whole "anime glasses" thing, pressing his glasses up every time they slip down.

"I'm gonna bury him in the avalanche trap," he mutters. "That gold medal's mine." So saying, Tea bends the locker door slightly, reaching out to glide his fingers over iCam's face. He trails them down his cheek. They squeak against paper. "He'll be recording snow the whole match."

[applepixls]

questiojn for the fine folks of tumblr.

why is BadTimeWithScar wearing a grian face?

screenshot taken from 2:14:46 in tangos vod "New Science! The Flying Pot Smashers!"

[dead-man-in-the-grave]

I THINK THIS IS SCARS RED NAME SKIN. OMG.

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

There's a secret Nether Hub for specific others. Ex set it up with a respawn point and a separate chat for what is basically his friend group.

Includes:

Evil X Himself (He's a voidwalker who made a deal with some vex. Skills: He has admin powers! Woo!)

True Symmetry ("reflection" of False. Mom friend. Skills: She can wreck your day in a fight)

BadTimeWithScar (undead cousin to Scar. Little grumpy. Skills: He invents potions)

NPG (Cyborg Little Guy that Grian Made. Skills: Cooking. He's one of the only members who can)

Robo!Grian (Creation of Grian. Skills: he made the houses everyone stays in and the plaza)

Zedeath (A grim reaper that hands around for tea. Skills: He gets things from off server for the group)

Grimdog (A Grim reaper that plays guitar. Skills: He trapped some Hoglins so they can have endless pork. Other than that, he mostly just lazes about and keeps a protective watch over NPG and Robo, who aren't very strong)

Dr. Tagno (A blaze hybrid that has an inferiority complex that he hides with a superiority complex. Skills: He is the only one that has even the slightest clue how Redstone works)

AriesEva (A ram girl who knows GeminiTay. Skills: She takes care of plants and plant decor around the Nether group)

Helsknight (A grumpy half demon, half elf that is annoyed with his older brother Wels. Skills: He can fight. Slight anger issues)

Hermit alters meetup! Do you think they'll accept Worm Man? EX was his sidekick before....

-Mod Mleem

[mcytblrsexymen]

Did a lot of people nominate Cam Accounts? I mean, I imagine they count as the content creator behind them, but I'd still be interested to see how many "BadTimeWithScar" votes bolster Scar's individual score if they aren't counted as separate entities.

We only had one vote for BadTimesWithScar, which we're counting seperately, as it is a seperate account.

[he1ian]

remembered scar's camera account god awful skin and decided to make him carry every disease known to man

[auseryoumayknow]

BadTimeWithScar

BadTimeWithScar

The Buttercups really went into the Hermitcraft meeting, asked "Hey, who wants to help us mess with Doc?" and got everyone to help

The temptation of Poking the Goat is so big that they even got Iskall on the server for it!

[fountainpenguin]

Riddle's Traffictober - Batch 1

My first 7 Traffictober one-shots are up on my AO3!

Full series - Find full list and tags here

Batch 1 Post - Traffictobers 1 to 7

Batch 2 Post - Traffictobers 8 to 14

Batch 3 Post - Traffictobers 15 to 21

These 7 'fics are all T with one Gen in the mix. Consider checking them out if you think you may enjoy:

1 - "No One Likes the Opening Band" (Link) - Formerly possessed child plays sports against his crush: a hot semi-invisible catboy

PiglinMyNose introduces SnifferMyFeet to competitive camera account sports. BadTimeWithScar is opposing team captain. Sniff, who has twisted memories of being paired with Etho and Scar during Double Life, has a crisis

2 - "Only Borrowed" (Link) - Recently deceased man helps murderer remove her skin /affectionate [Not HIS murderer...]

Last Life - Scott and Pearl calm down after Joel's boogeyman kill on Scott in Episode 2... Scott takes Pearl's Minecraft skin to get washed and debates asking her if he can have another life

3 - "Hickory (You Dick)ory Dock" (Link) - Local clock enthusiast eats worms (much to soulmate's chagrin)

Double Life - A bitter Impulse tries not to start a fight with Bdubs on their wedding night

Currently the only Traffictober piece with flesh bodies instead of pixels, so kissing's legal. Sucks to be the one guy who doesn't want them, though

4 - "Come On, Snake- Let's Rattle!" (Link) - Friendly neighborhood zombie wishes trans-species angel man would suddenly become their ex-husband. Just to be clear, specifically their ex.

An exploration of the Skizz and Cleo friendship across the seasons, inspired by the fact that Cleo says "Hug" to Skizz after his LimLife Ep 3 death and bumps into him the same way he said "Hug" and bumped into her way back in Last Life Ep 2

Also inspired by those moments in the Bdubs LimLife cut where Cleo says she wants to ask Skizz's permission to use the mob farm because "Skizz likes me" and Bdubs loses his mind

5 - "That Old Familiar Tweet, Tweet, Tweet" (Link) - "Grian, why don't we cuddle like the other soulmate pairs do?"

Double Life - Scar comes home with 5 pandas. Grian's interior design choices include non-matching furniture

6 - "Shack Up Like It’s Summer 2022" (Link) - POV: Your soulmate runs on a wall like a quadruped every day at sunrise. You keep getting jolted awake by imaginary rocks scratching your hands.

Double Life - Team Rancher relationship study inspired by that dialogue in Episode 1 where Jimmy said he wanted to build them a shack and Tango immediately jumped in with "To shack up in? I like it" sldkf... Goofball Tango, my beloved

7 - "Nether Have I Ever" (Link) - Narcoleptic phantom hybrid has a 9-day fling(?) with a bat girl who likes to sing. Their soulmates notice.

Double Life - Martyn and Pearl venture into the Nether. They cuddle on the side... if you can call sleepily leaning against each other "cuddling." Their soulmates say they crossed a line.

See you next week with another batch!

[sock-hops]

Adopted this bad boy off of @ectoslab, meet BadTimes :) Scar’s alt/cam acc personified

[toucansfull]

My friend Carrot and I once did a “trivia hunt” contest - looking for the weirdest, most obscure fun facts about the server and members as possible.

So these aren’t necessarily backstory facts, but here’s tons of Hermit fun facts I know. I can provide sources for like 99% of these if I try.

Below the cut because there is a LOT.

There’s an official Hermitcraft theme song

Jono, who makes music for some hermits (including about ALL of Grian’s timelapse music) is Ren’s brother

“Xisuma” is Music with an x instead of a c and an a at the end (Music -> Musix -> Amusix -> Xisuma)

X is ripped

X has dyspraxia

X and Joe are the only hermits to have part of season 1 and never gone inactive - they’ve never Not been hermits, ever.

We all know X counts his episodes by total instead of by season but he actually skipped Episode 404 because of Error 404 Webpage not found

Etho had a block made in his honour in an April Fool’s update called the Etho Slab

There’s a solid chance Etho has never paid for Minecraft ever (he seemingly has no cam account and got MC before it cost money)

Scar was a really good swimmer when he was younger and was notably good at the butterfly

Doc is the current oldest hermit (45)

All Team STAR skins were references to Team Fortess 2 characters

Scar’s cat, Jellie, was named Jellie after she tried to maul hospital jello

Ren was born in the same city as J.R.R. Tolkien

Cub is from Chicago and “Cubfan” is a reference to the Cubs baseball team.

Grian has a biology degree

Scar’s skin and Youtube profile picture is Indiana Jones. His PFP was made by ZloyXP, the Hermit Recap writer.

Scar’s an artist and not only owns multiple art books that he consults for ideas, not only draws all his builds beforehand, but is a really skilled oil painter.

Bdubs is also an artist and is stellar. 

Scar’s “default” build is a tree.

Scar’s IGN is GoodTIMEWithScar instead of GoodTIMESWithScar because of the 9-character limit in Minecraft gamertags. He says this is because his channel is multiple games = multiple good times but Minecraft is one game so it’s only one good time. His cam account - despite being only 8 characters where he could’ve had the s is “BadTimeWithScar” and was called “RocketRodRyan” until 2017 (Ryan being Scar’s real name).

Similarly, Grian’s cam account, TwoMuchGrian, was originally “The_Grifter”. This can be seen in earlier seasons.

Scar’s Mayoral skin was the mayor from the Power Puff Girls. Scar does not know what the power puff girls is.

Grian has anxiety & panic attacks and mentions it sometimes on his instagram.

also grians cat pearl looks like a MUPPET

Grian once handwrote, signed, stamped, and wax-sealed a letter to deliver to Iskall’s real life house to invite him to join the Architechs.

There’s a fan term called The Grian Effect where hermits get spikes in their subcounts after collaborating with Grian.

There’s a several year old clip out there of Grian calling Jimmy a gorgeous and handsome man. Legend says he never complimented Jimmy ever again

In Last Life, Scar would be an evil little swindling scallywag and then edit those scenes out of his own videos. You’d only know the screwed up things he was doing if you watched other peoples’ videos. This is my favorite fact.

As mentioned, Xisuma started YouTube because he was inspired by Etho. He also looked up to Doc.

Season 8 was canonically a simulation.

Mumbo holds shift with his thumb (tbf I also do)

Impulse plays with an inverted mouse

Cleo was a teacher

Mumbo’s got a dog named Kubo. The Daily Mail newspaper used a photo of Kubo, among other dogs from Google, in an article talking about brushing dogs.. without his permission.

Ren is left-handed (my friend Carrot says that Mumbo, Jevin, and Imp are all left-handed as well, and Keralis “plays left-handed but I don’t know if he actually is”. I can’t confirm this.)

Bdubs dyed his hair blue once.

“BdoubleO” is a play on his last name (Booko). He worked as a contractor at Booko Brothers Inc. before doing YouTube full time.

Mumbo is allergic to oranges

Mumbo’s real name is Oliver “Oli” BROTHERHOOD. What a last name. In my mind the real reason he didn’t come back in time for the crossover is because having two Olis would be too confusing. He had a build called the Olicopter once as well. Similarly, Grian’s last name is Batchelor. This is ironic, because Grian is married.

Mumbo and Doc are tied for tallest hermits, both 6′5. Grian is tied for shortest with Cleo, both 5′6. Also, allegedly Scar is 6′0 standing??

James Charles is a fan of Mumbo. Pewdiepie once plugged Mumbo for Mayor and it got spammed hard and became like a genuine problem for a bit. 

iirc Scar lives in fucking WASHINGTON

At the same time that Scar had to take a short hiatus because of his health, Jellie became sick and almost died. They recovered at the same time, because they are the real soulmates

All weird hats and items (like Scar’s ears, hardhat, and top hat, or Zedaph��s trophies) in Hermitcraft are actually carved pumpkins.

Scar HATES snakes.

He has two older brothers and we see at least one in an IRL Minecon video.

Famous Birthdays thinks Scar is 40. Nobody knows his real age, but he laughed at this.

Grian’s original name was “Gria”. It was taken on Minecraft, so he added an N. Apparently he still uses Gria when Grian is taken (according to Carrot). 

Also, Grian never actually used the name Xelqua. Nobody’s ever called him Xelqua. It was a placeholder name when he made his YouTube account.

Grian’s name on YouTube got changed to “Sun” for like a day and then changed back. Nobody knows why. Grian does mean sun in some languages, to be fair.

Grian’s cat Maui was a contestant in the Minecraft Cat Poll that Jellie won.

Grian’s favorite color is brown (source: Carrot. Carrot did say that he added on that he doesn’t like picking a favorite because someone will get peeved)

Scar’s is orange, Xisuma’s is “blorange” (blue and orange). Zedaph’s is red, Etho’s is green. Impulse’s is purple. Doc’s is green. Beef’s is blue.

People originally started drawing Zedaph more prominently with sheep features because people kept confusing blonde haired Zed with blonde haired Grian when G first joined.

Tango likes to play hockey and taught his wife how to play as well.

Tango and his wife have been married for 18 years. They met on an online dating website made in 2000 called Eharmony.

Joe had a DND series on YouTube, as well as one about writing Hermitcraft fanfiction. The TSD in his YouTube handle is a reference to an old DND group he was in, Team Snow Day.

Xisuma made VanillaTweaks (which is the modpack the server uses, including features like Silenced nametags, miniblocks, player and mob heads, singleplayer sleep, etc). It’s actually avaliable to the public and you can customize it with features both included in and not included in HC.

Cleo used to write Final Fantasy fanfiction.

Scar’s first ~500 videos were recorded on a Macbook.

Joe’s favorite book is Hitchhiker’s Guide. Also, he owns two pillows with his face on them.

Etho and Cub have the same birthday. So do Grian and Fwhip.

If Bdubs could have any superpower, he’d want Mind Control.

On Mindcrack, Bdubs had the nickname Boo (b double o)

False was Sheriff of hermitcraft once and then got jailed for corruption.

Apparently Etho has the nickname “Ladders” because he always had them on him and preferred them to stairs.

Ren has a degree in journalism and BA in English Literature and can knit.

Bdubs’ red headband in some skins is the HEX code b00100. this is a reference to himself.

Grian did his honeymoon before he and his wife actually got married (iirc because Covid)

After an MCC, Grian bought a lordship title in the UK. He is offically Lord Grian Dreamslayer, after he killed Dream in the tournament.

Tango used to play clarinet. Also, Zedaph almost got arrested by 6 armed police officers and a helicopter while recording a video with a prop gun.

Joe has a degree in US History

Doc killed Dinnerbone in UHC and then Dinnerbone took his arm to nerf him and there was a bug fix mentioned in a snapshot that said “Remove ‘docm77’ mob as it is not working as intended”. This is the origin of Doc’s cyborg arm.

Pungence (a former hermit and Bdubs’ brother) originally went by “AssyrianAssassin”. His Minecraft skin matches Bdubs’ original.

Speaking of, Bdubs’ face was not always :D. It used to be :|, then Etho wished for him to get bigger eyes and a bigger smile. The world has never been the same.

Impulse used to have an eyebrow piercing

Hypno named Hermitcraft

Cub ran into Etho in real life at random once, in a store in Canada. He only recognized that it was Etho by his voice.

The Minecraft part of the Stanley Parable was inspired by Hermitcraft.

Tango technically joined Hermitcraft in Season 2.. because Mumbo couldn’t figure out his iron farm design and asked for him to be whitelisted just to help him. He was blacklisted right after.

Etho used to work in a family owned greenhouse business.

Season 1 had to be reset two separate times.

At some point (as in, YEARS AGO) Grian said his favorite pokemon was Dewgong.

Before HC, Scar, Cub, Wels, Ren, Iskall, Python, and Stress were on a server called Kingdomcraft.

etho likes mini wheats

Doc has degrees in electrical engineering, social science, and political science. He also has a PhD in dementia research.

ok so since it's just occurred to me that the fandom is constantly growing and changing and learning, there's some bits of hermit backstory that I know that others might not. hermitfacts coming up:

the server was built as an equal mix of builders and redstoners (and then Joe Hills was added as a WILDCARD to shake things up)

season two only happened because Joe Hills ran a coup

tango is the father of the iron farm, before 1.14 made iron farms easy, your best bet was to ask tango. tango also modded villagers before the villager update

etho invented the etho hopper clock, revolutionised the minecraft let's play, and inspired a lot of the server to play/film

impulse is the guy behind the item sorter, and he is a master of villager manipulation, with his villager breeder being in massive use

bdubs' brother, pungence, joined hermitcraft before he did and played for season one

iskall is behind the vault hunters mod and it's really cool and you should check it out

the way cub built concorp inspired Mojang to update the way villagers work

doc is friends with the Mojang game Devs (even if they took his arm)

Hypno runs the hermitcraft website, even when he's not active on the server

Welsknight came in to defend the others in a rap battle when he was away from the server

Stress runs a fitness channel alongside her Minecraft channel and being a parent

Joe hills used to have a webcomic and do drawing streams - he saw twitch be born, and will likely see twitch die

Scar got his start in call of duty

Joe Hills thought hermitcraft was a scam when he was invited

add your own!

[bagelblogging]

Saw this on Joe’s stream last night

[stair-tilez]

You understand mechanical hands are the ruler of everything The ruler of everything I'm the ruler of everything in the end

ANyways please look at this jukebox i did of the evil hermits :D

[chaggle]

(Click for hq!)

Some doodles of GreatTimeWithScar's design for @crafty-business4130's Hermit Duplicate au :]

Great basically has similar motivations as the batter from Off, trying to eradicate Bad since his whole purpose is creation. While Bad is a glitched out Wither, Great is just beacon energy, which is why he's all glowy

[mandogear]

BADTIMEWITHSCAR HAS ME CRYING WHY IS HE DOING ALLAT?? 😭🙏

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