#Mumscarian Rift AU

[stitchthesewords]

Pragmatic Developments in Concorp Testing Protocol Chapter 1

WC: 6,045, Ongoing.

Relationships: Pre-Relationship Mumscarian

Additional Tags: Android Scar and Mumbo, Portal AU

Summary:

The companion cube buzzed slightly. Just slightly. Not enough that it was ever noticeable until now, two hands pressed into its sooty faces as Grian stared at the big gaping hole in what was once a parking lot. He brushed away some debris and crouched, staring into ConCorp. Staring into ConCorp again. What was he doing?

A HC X Portal Au, taking place in the wake of the end of Portal 2. Or, at least, a version of the end of Portal 2.

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The HC x Portal AU I share with @made-nondescript is here it's finally here yippeeeee. I am so normal about the robots. We're both so incredibly normal about the robots. I tried to write this in such a way that even if you haven't played the games you could understand what was going on - and if you have played the games, well, there's some significant changes into how the past story progresses that I hope it's still enriching for you! Enjoy!

[sneezinbird-new]

i really want to make mumscarian to canon in my au/fic but also see them so platonic

aaaaaaa

i just remembered that qpr is a thing

[totallynotagremlin]

Hi hi

Last song: i have my sleeping playlist going so uhm fade by launder, its chill vibes good song

Currently watching: my partner and i are watching avatar the last airbender(animated series not whatever theyre doing with live action) but me personally, rain world video essays

Current obssession: rain world, specifically the itterators and the ancients, good shit right there

@sparksnevadas @stitchthesewords @braxiatel @mochiwrites @loombarrow @atherix DUDE IM BAD AT URLS HELP

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[mochiwrites]

You say you dont want people copying your work but you dont seem to have a problem with other mumscarian aus that clearly draw heavily on songbird like rift au? Explain

anon wdym? 🤨

on a serious note:

first of all, belle (stitchthesewords) is a very dear friend of mine, and I happen to enjoy rift au very much. SECOND of all, rift au existed before songbird did. and I'll have you know, belle helped me plan songbird's base storyline. we talk about fic ideas all the time??

I'd genuinely love to see how you think rift au, a fantasy crime story with a resistance against king ren, draws "heavily" on songbird, a fantasy murder mystery with a deeply rooted theme of humanity. these two aus HARDLY have any similarities between them. so I'd love to see what you think is heavy influence.

the only similarities is the fantasy genre, and that mumbo is a vampire. other than that, the stories are two completely separate entities.

I'd rather people not copy my work, this is correct. but taking inspiration from it is fine?? as long as the inspiration inspires your own idea. this may shock you, but songbird took inspiration from the midnight series. and before you assume that series takes heavy influence from songbird, midnight existed first, hope that helps!

there is a fine line between taking inspiration and copying someone's work. copying songbird would be someone taking the plotline and ripping off of it. however taking inspiration would be putting your own spin on an idea or concept.

also it's not like I'm religiously stalking the mumscarian tag to see the fics either???

I don't know if you think I'm supposed to have a problem with other writers taking inspiration from me, but I don't. as long as the plot isn't a straight rip off from my own work, people can go crazy! creativity inspires creativity. that's how stories work! and that's okay. inspiration does NOT equal copying. are there some stories that draw a bit too much influence from my works? yes, I've seen them. and it's not like I can stop people from doing what they want. the most I can do is say "hey, please don't copy/rip off of my work" and hope that people are kind enough to listen.

as I always say, fanfic writing is a hobby, it's not serious or "professional" like publishing a book is. and BOY anon don't look at how publishing works, you might be upset over how the book marketing is done (spoiler alert: agents will ask you to compare your story to at least two other books that are similar to yours!)

you're allowed to take inspiration from the things you read.

and next time? you might want to check if the writers of the two fics you're claiming are "similar" are friends.

[atherix]

HELLO :D

DO YOU HAVE ANY GRIAN CENTIC/MUMSCARIAN FIC RECOMMENDATIONS? BOTH YOU AND MOCHI HAVE LEFT ME IN PAIN AND LONGING FOR MORE OF THOSE KINDS OF STORIES! I NEED MORE LONG, HEART ACHING, PHONE GRIPPING STORIES TO READ! THANK YOU

'ALLO :D

Hehehe @mochiwrites <3

Well well well! I in fact do! I am on mobile so I can't really do any links but I'll tag the authors

So of course you already know about Mochi and @idioddyssey, but I would be absolutely remiss to not recommend the following;

Rift AU from @stitchthesewords is of course a must! They also have some others, including a Portal AU, I recommend anything they write! Rift AU is specifically a fantasy AU that is focused in S9, where it's mumscarian vs King Ren, with Vampire Mumbo, Elf Scar, and. Well. Grian. Grian is a fun mystery.

Grian's Involuntary Holiday at Skullcrusher Mountain by @sparksnevadas is also a necessity for any mumscarian rec list! A hero au that revived my faith in hero aus, it features hero Grian and villain Scar! Mumbo is missing and Grian strikes a deal with Scar :) and things go wrong of course but I won't spoil it hehe

Equinox by @braxiatel is. Mm. I don't like cheating stories BUT ITS SO GOOD. I AM. LOVING THIS. So I made an exception and I'm mad that I didn't read it SOONER. It's a Hades and Persephone AU, but time is a bitch and they're bad at communication. I love it. Void has ideas for other stories too, and I am SO EXCITED about them!!

Of course there are more out there, but these are the fics that come to mind first that are long and mumscarian-centric (aka they're not a background pairing but are instead the front and center pairing, and are not just implied). Totally not biased in that these are my friends, of course :)

[cheesnt]

Have you red Home for the Holidays by Stitchthesewords on AO3? It's Mumscarian and not just Redscape, but its really really cute and they REALLY make sure to connect all three lines in their Mumscarian [They also have a Superhero AU on their tumblr w established Redscape -> Future Mumscarian, and an au they call the Rift Au thats going to be Mumscarian but rn no one's gotten together but Mumbo DID drink Scar's blood like. Super Gayly in one of the fics.]

anon what have you done, now i miss mumbo on hermitcraft even more (/lh)

this was the most wholesome thing ever. and scar literally laying in the middle of the road was so funny. i might read their other fics at some point

fic link

[nova-skittle]

aah!! happy valentines day @stitchthesewords !!! oh goodness gracious i cant express how proud i am of this drawing by no means is it perfect but,, i read through the rift Au and when i tell you i loved it let me tell you i loved it so much mWAh among my top two fics!! anywho i couldnt help but draw these three because who can resist a little mumscarian on valentines day!! i absolutely love the idea of grian being the african gray parrot and !!! i had so much fun drawing elf scar hes so <333 yeah!! i do have,, i did wind up doing some sketches for like,, at least four of the other hermits if they were in the rift au, gonna post those when i finish all of them + i'll b sure to tag you!! i cant express how much i loved drawin these little fellas n remembering to include bits from the fic <333 theyre just so lovely n you wrote them so detailed!!! have a lovely valentines day <33 (just now realized i didnt sign these >:( silly me) (oh and i have no clue how to do cuts but at this rate it'll prob be below the cut, i'm gonna add in the background bc i did nOT listen to the oh hellos on repeat for four hours for that background to go unnoticed (not that i'm complaining i love the oh hellos but anyway))

<333 i love scars starter base so much <3333 ANOTHER EDIT!! i was silly n didnt tag @mcyt-valentines apologies D:

[atherix]

well hello there, I see mumscarian is on your list there :) Do I have a list for you! If you like AUs that is, and no explicitly “In Minecraft”-

(If you’ve read mumscarian before you may have run across these already but I’ll name them anyway <3)

-The Mumscarian Rift AU by StitchTheseWords is a fun story that mixes fantasy and crime. Scar is an elf, Mumbo is a vampire, and Grian is an avian who came through the Rift :) You can find more fics on their AO3, I recommend any and all of them <3

-Grian’s Involuntary Holiday at Skullcrusher Mountain by SparksNevadas is a delightful Hero AU, with Grian as a hero, Scar as a villain, and things aren’t exactly how Grian always thought they were. Balances humor and emotion super well I love them <3

-No mumscarian rec list is complete without the wonderful MochiWrites- like just. Blanket. In general, MochiWrites. Specifically, they have; their Night Life, a vampire Mumbo, human Grian and fae Scar story; Parrot’s Coven au, which is in its baby stages and features witch Grian; Friend of the Devil (co-written with the lovely Idiodyssey!!), where Scar is the head of a crime ring and Mumbo and Grian work with him; and they have a sweet little oneshot based off of the Mumbo-Scar-Grian reunion called Reunited and it Feels so Good! 

-Beloved Braxiatel, Elycia7 on AO3, has a Persephone and Hades AU called Equinox! Things get worse before they get better. Grian is Hades, Scar is Persephone, and Mumbo is something else entirely. It has a cheating plotline, which I admit kept me from reading it for a while, but it’s so good, and well written, and it plays with my emotions like a marionette. Also, in its baby stages is the Kingdom of Boatem AU- Mumbo is the prince-turned-king of the vampires’ kingdom, Scar is a prince of the vex elves, they’re in an arranged marriage and Grian is Mumbo’s lover. It seems simple enough but as an insider on this AU oohhhh my god- ANYWAY. He also has a oneshot based on the recent Buttercup stuff- So Long as the Stars do Shine. In general, if you visit his AO3 page, I will recommend anything they write all day every day <3

-Em-Mermaid has a couple mumscarian stories, too- Hot Damn, What a Cuteguy featuring Grian being gifted the Cuteguy outfit and Mumbo getting flustered, and A Picnic in the Park! Super cute and super domestic <3 Em has more fics too, so-

(HI THIS ISN’T MUMSCARIAN BUT FOR ETHUBS, OH-SNAPPERS. Just need to plug them too <3 Any Ethubs needs, Oh-Snappers is your guy to see <3 Just be ready for like.... emotional damage /pos <3)

Now that I’ve done my obligatory “plug my friends’ fics” I will move on to some others I really enjoy-

-I am Weary With Contending! by an anonymous author, Scar is an elven noble, and Grian and Mumbo are the assassins sent to... well. Assassinate him. But of course, nothing is as it seems here.

-All Goes Outward and Onward, aka the I Need to Start a Garden trilogy, by Hypno-Cat, in which Grian needs help with his lawn and things go wrong. 

-I haven’t read it myself but the IOUniverse by Brownies96 has a good vouch from one of my friends, and is one of the ones I recognize when I hear it; Grian decides to try that meme-scam where you send a fake wedding invite to a bunch of rich people, in which they’ll usually send a gift with their decline, but one (Scar) accepts and now he needs a fake fiance, and Mumbo owes him a LOT of favors.

Okay look I know there are more but these are the ones I thought of off the top of my head, and at this point I can’t remember if certain friends of mine have already posted fics or if I’ve only seen them in discord, so. Friends and anyone who reads mumscarian regularly reading this, please add. I know there are so many more that I’m missing.

Anyway, O7 have fun and enjoy, mumscarian has a lot of really good authors

HEY HUMANS

ANYONE GOT ANY GOOD FIC RECS?!?!?? HELP IM LOST I NEED MY GAY LITTLE ROMANCES

I NEED THIGNS TO READ

[stitchthesewords]

From the Void... - Rift AU Story #7

Rating: T

Word Count: 2,435, Incomplete.

Relationships: Pre-Mumscarian, Convex[The convex is NOT pre 👀]

Characters: Mumbo Jumbo, Grian, Scar, Cub

Additional Tags: Fantasy AU, Hurt/Comfort, Vex Cub, Vampire Mumbo, Elf Scar, Avian Grian

Summary:

There was a tug. Cold though it was, it filled Scar with a warmth all its own. He couldn’t exactly say he was happy to be where he was, given the circumstances, but any excuse to see Cub, especially before he was supposed to, was a welcome one. Scar followed the glowing ball of light as it exited from his chest. It was the only thing visible in the staticky space of the void. He spread his fingers and felt the familiarity lap at the place between them. It licked at the nape of his neck, and he let it enter his mouth and nose and fill him entirely before taking a step forward.

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HOOOOOOOOO BOY IT HAS BEEN A MINUTE HI YALL. I started a new job, a tree fell on my house, I broke my laptop, uhhhh. It's been a time. Second time in my life I've achieved AO3 writer status 👍Anyway I am. SO excited - Cub and Scar lore, Fae lore, the rift is baby- you know how it is.

Also my delightful friends @braxiatel and @atherix decided we should update together so you should go read his update of Equinox [And, if you haven't read it at all, you should do so here] and her update of Midnight [Which, if you haven't read Midnight, you should do so here] too!!!

[stitchthesewords]

The End of the Dream Chapter 3

Relationship: Pre-Mumscarian

Characters: Mumbo, Grian, Scar

TW: None for this chapter

Tags: Nightmares, Flashbacks, Dreams

WC: 2,447. Complete

Summary: Mumbo deals with the consequences of their actions.

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WOOOOOOOOO THE END OF THE DREAM IS FINALLY FINISHED YIPPIEEEEE

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@atherix @braxiatel @greatbridge @ellalily @lesbianwilby @em-mermaid @loombarrow @sparksnevadas @aceofthefandoms

[stitchthesewords]

I JUST REALIZED I NEVER POSTED THAT CUT MINECART SCENE FROM CHAPTER 2 OF END OF THE DREAM!!! OH!!! CUT SCENE AND TAGLIST BELOW THE CUT!!!

The room they stood in was dark except for the red glow of powered rail in a dip in the floor. It fit Mumbo’s vampire vibe. “Well, this is a bit pants,” Mumbo huffed, smacking at a lamp on the ceiling. “I’m getting tired of my redstone breaking whenever I turn my back!”

Scar laughed and batted Mumbo’s hand away from the lamp before reaching up himself. The light flickered and then cut on, and there was a sharp noise as Scar jerked his hand away with a yowl. He brought it to his chest and rubbed his bad hand with his good.

“I told you to stop doing that. You know you’re just powering a system that doesn’t actually have a way to circulate it,” Mumbo said. Scar dismissed his concerns with a wave of his good hand.

“We needed light! And we also need to hurry up, I don’t think the light is going to stay on for very long.”

Mumbo huffed and went over to a chest in the corner, retrieving three minecarts from it. He sat them down on the three unpowered rail spots right at the start of the track, against the far wall of the room, and gestured to the other two. “Climb aboard,” he said, taking the cart in the back.

Scar managed to get in with some difficulty, grumbling quietly about ‘well Mumbo, you know, it would be helpful if you’d keep a little green in your home for me’, but he settled all the same in the front cart. Grian eyed the free cart and his wings folded tight to his back, tighter than he normally held them, as he climbed in.

“Right. Don’t stick your limbs outside of the cart, hold on to the bar in the front, standard common sense,” Mumbo said. This, at least, was familiar to Grian in some regard. He seemed to remember home having a lot of carts. There was a click and then the three carts were off, hooked up to each other in such a way so as not to bump or separate as they travelled along the path.

As soon as the carts left the safety of the room, the rails dipped down and Grian felt like his wings still weren’t close enough. They didn’t go down for very long, but they picked up speed and were traveling through a tunnel that barely had clearance on either side of the cart. The noise of the metal rattling on the rails echoed and reverbed and felt like it was bouncing around inside Grian’s skull. He kept his entire body tucked into itself as much as possible, scared to even breath and have the stone take his head off. The sound of the carts on the rails was so loud he couldn’t hear anything else, so he really hoped Mumbo or Scar weren’t trying to say anything to him.

Their path was a straight line, thankfully, the carts beginning to slow down. There was the occasional lurch as they hit another powered rail here and there to keep things moving along, but eventually, Grian lifted his head and didn’t feel air rushing past his head in a way that was trying to decapitate him. Scar seemed relaxed where he sat in front of Grian, his head bobbing along with the rhythm of the rails. Grian took a deep breath, feeling as though he was still getting too much air from what rushed up his nostrils.

The carts began to slow down and ahead, the path turned. He just barely heard Mumbo behind him warning him to hold on tightly before the carts lurched around the corner. The curve had more clearance in the rock and Grian quickly discovered it was because the carts themselves tilted with the force of going around the corner. Grian let out a distressed trill, clutching the wooden bar in front of him so tightly he felt the wood give under his talons. He let them sink in, let the feeling ground him as the carts slammed back into the rails, tilting slightly to the other side before rocking back into place. They hit another powered rail and picked up their speed again, but Grian could see another turn in the distance. The carts slowed but not enough for Grian’s taste and lurched around the corner. They didn’t hit a powered rail this time, instead the momentum of the carts brought them into a station like what was back in Mumbo’s vault. The carts lurched as the unpowered rail stopped them from moving forward properly, and Scar reached out to a rope along the side of the wall and used it to pull them all the way into the room.

As the carts bumped into the rock that acted as a stopper for the rails, the light within the Vault itself clicked on. Grian winced. The cart path wasn’t completely dark, but it was sparsely lit with what he thought were lanterns or maybe candles, he wasn’t sure, but the vault itself used glowstone lamps. They were bright, and Mumbo fiddled with the tone to cool it down and give the room a white glow to it instead of the normal warm tone, and all three of them had to adjust.

“Well, that was nice. See how nice having a path between places is, Mumbo!” Scar said. He stood quickly from the cart and nearly fell as the cart rocked beneath him. Mumbo was by his side in an instant, and Grian felt the wind slice by his head when Mumbo moved. He blinked, watching the vampire steady Scar and help him step out of the cart.

@atherix @braxiatel @greatbridge @ellalily @lesbianwilby @em-mermaid @loombarrow

[stitchthesewords]

HI I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I ACTUALLY READ THESE CHAPTERS SEVERAL DAYS AGO BEFORE STITCH MADE MAJOR CHANGES TO THEM AND OH MY GOD SHE MADE THEM SO MUCH WORSE THE BOYS JHJKSJKFSJKKJ I AM RATTLING AT MY BARS-

ANYWAY. This was so much better than what I imagined but oh my god. The funny cute banter between Scar and Mumbo that is like barely inches from flirting. The teasing. The little jokes. Scar's fascination with "human stories." His excitement over the most mundane of memories, the minecart ride and the discoveries AND THEN WHAM, HURT!! ANGST!! NO COMFORT!! "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" AND THE RUNNING AND THE SHEER PANIC OF IT ALL OHHFDSHHAH-

Okay. Okay lemme back it up. Man the cute domesticness at the start, the little signs of Mumbo warming up to Grian (my dear readers that scene originally went very different and as good as the original was I am delighted by the change). I still can't get over the mental imagine of "Scar! :D And Grian :|" but he's warming up and he's becoming fond of the bird boy and aaaaaa I love them and they love each other <3 Helping Mumbo do something as boring and domestic as make item frames and just mmmm <3

"We have guns" YEAH WELL GUESS WHAT SCAR THAT'S NOT GONNA FUCKING HELP-

The minecart ride.... you should totally post the whole thing as an aside on tumblr or something, the long 700-ish word version was very fun :) But you summarized it very nicely here <3 I just love Scar tripping as he gets out and Mumbo ZOOMING over to help him, like honey I think you cut some of Grian's hair there LMAO

Just the whole arguing about the chorus fruit. "I'll go first, no I'LL go first you could get hurt, no ME-" Then Grian just fucking peaces out and immediately injures himself SORRY that SENT me I love them so much. I wonder how Mumbo and Scar react to that. "No I'll go first you're accidEEEGRIAN-"

Grian batting Mumbo away from the flame with his wings and Scar floating his staff away LMAO. Mumbo just Causing Problems On Purpose. Grian and Scar fighting to keep him Away From The Torch and him just being like having no self preservation cares BUT THEN TWO SECONDS LATER JUMPING AWAY WHEN THE TORCH GETS TOO CLOSE ON ACCIDENT LMAO. I'm sorry I love him so much, turns out a wet cat is still a cat indeed-

And Grian getting lost in his memories. Like he was in two places at once, in his head and physically (that is such a mood ngl, me every time I walk across my grandmother's farm jkgfdkj). The concern Mumbo and Scar have about him getting lost in thought and Scar's excitement over him getting a little flash of a mundane little memory aaaaa <3

THE ONES WHO CAME BEFORE I LOVE IT. I mean you know me you know I love a good ancestors and city ruins plot. AN ANCIENT MOB FARM KJFJKSJKFSJK at least they get the idea to dig around it. My god Mumbo's immediate "No you are not building a bridge here" and trying to be Intimidating™ and Firm™ and Scar just looking him dead in the eyes and lighting the torch to send him scuttling back like the wet cat he is under his vampirism HJKFSJLFKJSL I LOVE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH also the "I'm not as flammable as Scar says I am" WHY DO I GET THE FEELING YOU ARE LYING MR. JUMBO HUH?? HUH????

Anyway Grian just SEEING the purple light in the distance and knowing it's the Rift and immediately being mesmerized by it, drawn forward. God I want to see that scene from Scar and Mumbo's pov, Grian just running past them and flying and just jkfgkjdkj. AND THEN. THEN THE RIFT????? PUTS HIM IN A MEMORY???? I legit thought for a moment that Grian was remembering his home falling apart and then it just turned out to be an accident and then Mumbo and Scar's voices and words just melded with the memory?? dream?? and he had no idea what was really happening AND ALMOST WALKED STRAIGHT INTO THE RIFT I AM SOOO JKDSJKFJKS

AND SCAR SCREAMING. SCAR REALIZING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND SCREAMING AND GRABBING GRIAN IN POSSIBLY THE MOST PAINFUL WAY SO HE CAN DRAG HIM BACK WHILE THE RIFY TRIES TO EAT GRIAN?!?!?! THE RIFT REACHING OUT FOR THEM AND INJURING THEM??? OR ONE OF THEM IDK HOW MUCH I CAN SAY BC GRIAN IS DISASSOCIATING AND THE FEAR AS HE REALIZES WHAT'S HAPPENED AND THAT THE RIFT LURED HIM IN AND EVERYONE SCREAMING WONDERING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND SCAR YELLING AT MUMBO TO STAY AWAY FROM IT AS HE BODILY DRAGS GRIAN AWAY AND THEY RUN AND DON'T STOP AND THEY JUST RUN AND RUN BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET AWAY (ARE THEY BEING CHASED TOO??? IF SO BY WHAT SCAR SCRAMBLED AWAY FROM THE HOLE AND MUMBO SEALED IT IMMEDIATELY JKSLK) AND OH MY GOD THEY HAVE CHOSEN THE WORST POSSIBLE OPLACE TO PUT A VAULT-

BUT. The first time, when Grian went through the first time it showed him grassy fields........ it didn't lure him in with a memory/dream IT TEMPTED HIM IN. BUT IT DIDN'T CONSUME HIM THEN. WHAT'S HAPPENING. But god imagine seeing grass and sunlight only to walk through INTO A FUCKING CAVERN. AND THE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS BEING CHASED I AM WONDERING NOW AND I AM. SO FEARFUL. STITCH. S T I T C H. WHAT IS HAPPENIIING EVERY TIME I THINK I KNOW YOU THROW A WRENCH IN IT HHJSDJHJKFSKJ

Anyway so obviously if you could not tell by my unhinged screaming this chapter was amazing and I am DYING holy shit. Thankyou for this it's wonderful <3

HI I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN THREATENED WITH THAT MIDNIGHT UPDATE FOR WEEKS AND IT WAS DESERVED. RATTLE YOUR BARS, YOU CANNOT STOP ME

I am clapping from my glass lil box of emotions though bc have the two of us in our dms last night while we freaked out about each other stories was the most fun I’ve had w writing in ages and genuinely so much joy in my heart. Could not have been a better night. AND YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES I ‘m glad the panic got across. I was typing, VERY fast.

That scene did originally go. Very different. Actually here hold on-

“Well. You don’t have to show us anything then. It’s our vault, and we know you used a chorus fruit to get in. So, we can just do that,” Mumbo said. His tone was a bit colder now and Grian swallowed.

😊 I much much much prefer ‘Grian [neutral]’ I think but man there is something about Mumbo slamming his metaphorical door shut in the original scene too. But also yes the domesticity of storage organization. They’re all so married already its sort of insane.

ITS FINE THEY WERE FINE EVERYTHING’S FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE

I should post the whole minecart scene actually. Not here, I’ll do it later. Shout at me if I don’t do it later klghsdhs But I really love it. I’m like a kid in a candy shop w the redstone mechanics and the minecarts in MC I just. Love. Them. So much. AND YES SCAR TRIPPING which was inspired by the fact that getting into and out of rollercoasters for myself is a fucking time and a half tbh. I love Mumbo using his Vampire powers for like, mundane everyday things like helping scar I am soFT ABOUT IT

Fun fact what you DIDN’T see was the original where Mumbo bit into it – the only reason I changed it is because it was weird having the non-POV character teleport away. The tension of the scene got muddled. Also peacing out w a chorus fruit in the middle of an argument about who should actually use the damn thing seemed like either a very Grian or Scar thing to do anyway sooooo. BUT YES HE JUST. IMMEDIATELY CAREENS ONTO HIS CHIN. Bless his hollow boned ass. They’re all such wet cats.

I picture mumbo as one of those tuxedo cats who just always looks like they are Up To Something. Slinking around. Making a lot of ruckus but then always sitting politely when you go to check on them. Batting at everything and anything. You get the drift. He is. SUCH a wet cat

[Grian would be an orange tabby and Scar would be a tortie, for the record. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.]

One of my favorite like. Bad??? Things?? [Well. Not necessarily always – disassociation and getting lost in your memories can be good for you in certain places for sure] the human brain does is go “Mmm hey there’s this Thing That Happened but instead of thinking about it directly we’re going to make you spiral around it like a bathtub draining and THEN let you remember what it was.” You know? Idk I think it’s a really interesting aspect to like, healing from trauma/how the brain deals with difficult memories. It helps, too, that there’s definitely Weird Magic Things at play too, which is a really interesting way to examine it. IDK one of my favorite aspects of fiction is how we can explode the human condition outwards to utterly ridiculous lengths in order to really peel back the layers of our own experiences and study them and learn from them/how to deal with them. And then the fact that not only is Scar Concerned and Excited but Grian has even attracted Mumbo’s Concern like. Mumbo Jumbo you are not living down the ‘Actually Cares About The Bird’ allegations.

FUN FACT ‘THE ONES WHO CAME BEFORE’ IS SOMETHING I STOLE FROM MY NOVEL- That’s what the people who live in the ‘modern day’ call Human Ancestors [Like, neandertals and homo erectus].  I DO know you love a good ancestor city ruins plot 👀👀👀. I do in fact know this about you. Eyes the recent midnight update. ALSO YEAH ANCIENT MOB FARM DLKGADFG They used to be so much easier to build I miss it. I should go back to alpha for funsies. Also I love mr Wet Cat Jumbo he’s so Scary tm and then he’s not at all in the slightest actually. It’s so funny. Scar has put up with him for so long. TBF He has put up with scar also for so long.

IN HIS DEFENSE, WHICH ONE OF THEM IS LYING TBH. THEY BOTH WOULD CATCH FIRE LIKE MATCHSTICKS LKADFG but also 😊

A little bit of excited to see it again a little bit of lured in. Excited /neg. I guess. Also I too want to see that scene from their POVs so. Uh. We probably will. Rift AU IS self-indulgent first and foremost after all 😊 AND Y E A H I wanted the Rift to get to play with Memories and Dreams in a really funky way for Reasons Revealed Later. I LOOOOOOVE How confusing it turned out to be honest. It is meant to be read as disorienting and not clear when is why is how. BUT THAT SCENE OF HIM ALMOST WALKING IN – I HAVE HAD THAT PLANNED BASICALLY SINCE I STARTED THIS AHHHH

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE PANIC Okay like I didn’t do a lot of description of the room the Rift is in because Grian has got Bigger Fish To Fry and taking time away to describe this MASSIVE PURPLE RIFT IN THE CAVE WALL felt out of place but. Imagine you are Scar. And the Avian you’ve grown fond of who occasionally does work for your lowkey criminal empire is walking towards it and not responding to you screaming his name and you have seconds to act and you GRAB HIM BY HIS WING which is a thing that’s already been shown to be a little bit sensitive [a lotta bit sensitive] and you feel the feathers pull out under your hand but you have to pull him away and as you do TENTACLES OF LIGHT BURST FORTH FROM THE RIFT, REACHING FOR HIM, SEARCHING FOR HIM [their POV is gonna be. Fuked.] AND ITS ALL YOU CAN DO TO GET AWAY BUT THE DAMN THING GRABS ONTO YOU AND YOU CAN FEEL THE SKIN OF YOUR ARM BRUISING AND TEARING AS YOU PULL YOURSELF AND GRIAN AWAY FROM IT I CANNOT BE NORMAL ABOUT THIS SCENE, OKAY? OKAY. AND THEN YOUR BEST FRIEND ALMOST LOVER ISS WATCHING AND ABSOLUTELY TRYING TO GET CLOSER TO HELP BECAUSE, I MEAN, HELLO, AND YOU CANT LET HIM get any closer, you can’t let whatever the hell this is touch him, hurt him, so you start just screaming. And running. Aaaaaugh. AND THE TWO OF YOU ARE RUNNING AND you’ve GOT GRIAN IN YOUR ARMS AND GRIAN IS FUCKING GONE HE’S SOBBING INTO YOUR CHEST AND NECK AND SHOULDER AND YOUR LEGS ALREADY HURT BUT YOU CANT STOP RUNNING AND-- 😊I cannot be normal about this scene okay I CANNOT.

WHAT IS HAPPENING INDEED, MY DEAR BELOVED FRIEND ATHERIX, WHAT IS HAPPENING INDEED.

Thank you for screaming it was a DELIGHT I cannot wait to write the next chapter I am practically vibrating out of my skin about it.

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The End of the Dream - Rift AU Story 5

WC: 4,500 | Incomplete

Characters: GoodTimesWithScar, Grian, Mumbo Jumbo [Ch 2 and 3]

Relationship: Pre-Mumscarian

Warnings: Mild Violence, Corpses, Mention of Rot, Trauma, Traumatic Memories, [Ch 2] PTSD, Eldritch Descriptions of Caves, Eldritch Descriptions of Rifts, Panic Attacks, Sort of Possession, Mild Body Horror

Tags: Avian Grian, Elf Scar, Vampire Mumbo Jumbo, The Rift, Hermitcraft Season 9 vibes

Summary: Grian and Scar decide to go visit Mumbo and see how his progress on the vault is going. Mumbo decides that enough is enough and they need answers.

Oh my god I am SO excited to finally be posting this. I'm still editing ch 2 and I need to start ch 3 but!!! AHHHH

Taglist Below - DM or Send and Ask to be added

@atherix @braxiatel @greatbridge @ellalily

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You know, given what I was sent in the discord last night, now might be a great time to catch up on Midnight by @atherix if you havent already

help me im suffering

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Can I interest anyone in a Rift AU Playlist

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AUGHHHHHHHHHAHHDJSJSHDJEJDJD /very very positive I am side eyeing you so hard rn

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FLHGKDFTGKLHKDLSL; Listen I was side-eyeing MYSELF when I came up with their backstory I'm lfkhsg. They are insane im,,, I love them. God bless, they uhhhh,,,they arent gonna have a great time in rift au tbh,,,its fine they'll be fine it'll end happy but boy howdy between them and mumscarian I am playing whack-a-hermit with a rubber mallet