#D: oh no but now I'm thinking about Grant going to hell instead (or somewhere else even idk) and Darryl being sad about that oh nooooooo

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Idk why it's just now hitting me that up until very recently Grant didn't believe in any sort of heaven (and surely woulda heard from Glenn if his dad wound up in hell?) which means from his pov Darryl died a pretty abrupt and gruesome death and Grant just had to deal with that and must've thought he'd never see his dad ever again like- holy hell the emotions that must've been running through him the second he saw Darryl???? I mean ig no shit from him pushing past everybody to hug him but again full gravity of that only reaching me now like fuck.

😭 Also sidenote Darryl being so sure that Grant would also wind up in heaven eventually what if I weep forever actually

[soemthingsparkly]

🐱 Who was your first hermit?

🐰 Who is your favourite hermit?

🐵 What season did you watch first?

🐧 What is your favourite season?

(love, Rora)

Thank you for the ask, Rora! :D

This ended up being a lot longer than I thought it would be (well, no, I know what I'm like), so answers under the read more!

🐱 Who was your first hermit? Ohh! Fun fact, my first Hermit was actually Mumbo! I believe I started watching him because a friend watched him. I spent a long time only watching Mumbo, actually.

I think it wasn't until he really started to take time off at the start of season 9 that I truly began to branch out to other Hermits.

Which, to be honest, seems absolutely wild now. Granted season 9 started over 2 years ago, it seems silly that I've only really been in the wider hermit ecosystem since last season...

That being said, I have this really vague memory of stumbling across who I now think might've been Grian doing a Christmas-esque episode on some server somewhere and going 'what the hell is this? Is he roleplaying??' and then clicking off again... But, in my defence, this was back when I was coming out of the Lets Play Minecraft series from Achievement Hunter and looking for more content and it was very much NOT what I was used to hehehe.

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🐰 Who is your favourite hermit?

This is tricky because the answer depends on various factors.

Right now, I'm kind of obsessed with Tango as a character in fanwork, but could probably take or leave his videos and streams (well, okay that's an overstatement, I get a lot of joy from his content, but the general content of his videos (such as redstone engineering) isn't what I'd typically choose to watch. So really, I watch for his personality and interactions, if that makes sense.)

I'm reluctant to say Grian, but that's mostly because I'm stubborn and hate to admit how much I love his content. Like don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore his videos, but it feels like the easy answer, ya know? I don't want to say I prefer his stuff over other hermits, but I really enjoy the vibes of his interactions, the composition of his builds and timelapses, his general pesky attitude... etc.

I think the thing I feel about Grian is that I pick up a general sense of displeasure towards his audience - and I kind of get that it's because of a small minority of audience memebers who persure parasocial relationships with him through his comment sections and interacting with him in online spaces, but from a very selfish viewer's perspective, I kind of wish he'd just not bring attention to those members of his audience. It makes it feel like his general frustration with them gets blanketed across the entirity of his viewership.

But then again, I know that that is just my rejection sensitivity playing up and that he should absolutely call out members of his audience that behave in ways he, quite reasonably, doesn't like.

So instead I'll say my favourite Hermit is Scar, because, frankly, he is.

I watch him for his personality, his builds, his interactions. He's such an incredbile entertainer and makes me feel so warm and welcomed in everything he shares online. I could not give a flying flipkick about Disney or Starwars and yet I will sit and listen to each three hour monologue, totally enraptured by his thoughts and opinions on either subject. This man knows how to be entertaining and charming and generally just such a joy to experience.

So yes, in answer to the above, my favourite hermit is Scar. Heh.

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🐵 What season did you watch first?

(I'll try and keep these answers shorter hhehe)

My first proper season was season 7, I think! I remember watching Mumbo receieve stacks upon stacks of minecarts from Grian and, accidentally/on purpose, ignoring him. Oh, Mumbo.

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🐧 What is your favourite season?

Honestly, I loved season 8 for so many reasons. At this point I was still primarily watching Mumbo, so I adored the Boatem crew and all of their shenanigans. I fondly remember each of the Boatem members constructing their messages to Scar in the sky - 'build here Scar!'. The Mooners bit made me laugh so much and I loved how encapsulated the season was.

These days, I'd probably be a bit disappointed to have a season so short, but back then, I adored the entire thing.

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Thank you so much for asking! These were actually really fun to answer. I had a great time thinking about my time in the fandom and writing it all down, so thanks!

<3

[killian-whump]

Surprise! You have just been visited by the mysterious Whumpster Bunny 🐇who has hidden some eggs in your inbox 🥚! Now it's your turn to put on the costume🐰& spread some joy! Choose 5 other whumpers of your choice & plant some eggs in their inbox along with a whump related question of your choice for some extra whumptasic fun! What's your earliest memory of enjoying whump?

Ohhhh! Hello Whumpster Bunny! ❤️

I think my earliest memory of enjoying whump was from being a little 10-year-old KW, watching General Hospital with my Mom. She watched it every afternoon, usually while I was playing with my toys in the living room. I didn't really pay much attention to it, honestly. There was too much grown-up stuff and kissing and melodramatics. I preferred puppets and cartoons, you know (and still do, lol).

But then there was this character, Grant Putnam. Grant was angry at the dashing male detective, Robert Scorpio (what a classic soap opera detective name, huh?) and wanted to get back at him by kidnapping his daughter, Robin. Only the abduction got bungled when Robin's mother, Anna (who is also an international spy, don'tchaknow) got in the way. So he took Anna, instead.

And that launched a nice long storyline about Grant keeping Anna chained and locked in a cell in his basement whilst sending Robert (and Anna's then-husband Duke, who happened to be a mob boss, don'tchaknow) taunting photographs and messages. You had Anna in bondage, in peril, being threatened constantly... and two handsome men going absolutely apeshit over it and trying desperately to find her. So desperately, in fact, that the policeman and the mob boss even worked together to find her. The drama!!! There were several false-rescues, where everyone geared up for the big moment... and surprise! Grant had whisked Anna away to somewhere else!!! Oh no!!! But then the big moment finally came and... What's this? She runs, sobbing, straight into her ex-husband Robert's arms instead of her current-husband Duke's arms! Shock!!! Drama!!! "Whatever," thought Little KW. "The fun part's over."

But after that fun, I paid a little more attention to my mom's soap opera... and shortly afterwards, I was rewarded with Robert Scorpio (him again!) dating an pianist named Katherine who had an abusive ex-husband. I think he kidnapped her once or something, meh, maybe tried to kill her a time or two, whatever, but then he decided to kill her by mummifying her and putting her in a sarcophagus and... setting the place on fire? I don't know exactly what his plan there was, but it ticked all of my boxes of bondage and deadly peril and, eventually, a dashing rescue by... Robert Scorpio again. That guy was really popular in the 80's, I guess. ANYWAY...

So yes, my first serious whumps (that I can remember) were both lady whump. At the time, that was mostly all you ever got on TV in the "captive and/or victimized" department. At least with bondage or peril serious enough to catch my little whumper eye. It was a hard time to be a whumper, my friends! Had to make do ;)

But, mind you, I was also watching copious reruns of the old 60's Batman show - which is a male bondage lover's dream come true. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how one's tastes run), it's all done with a campy tongue-in-cheek feel, but Batman and Robin (Ah, Robin...) get tied up in ridiculously creative and inventive ways practically every single episode. So many Slow Dipping Mechanisms and "Who the hell would even THINK of this?" scenarios that it just lit Little KW's mind on fire.

And is probably also why whenever someone gets tied up, I'm sitting over here going, "Right, but couldn't you have dangled him over an alligator pit by a rope that's slowly getting burned through by a lit candle on the other side of the room? Why are you so lazy??"

Also, Robin had the cutest little manties on all the time. Oh, Burt Ward. If only you knew how many little Dominatrixes you birthed... Eh, on second thought, I think he knows full damn well what he did.