#and then some hermits and lifers?

[fantasykiri5]

Been considering… Making character charms… and selling them on my Kofi and/or potentially Etsy… because I’ve seen some good brands that can make them and I think it would be fun…

Question is, who would you guys like to see?

[liauditore]

i once had a dream where tango took revenge on bdubs for killing him in last life but before he killed him bdubs turned into like a puddle of goo and tango started crying

[appleblocks]

Silly ideas bellow (～￣▽￣)～

I've been seeing the Quadruple Life (a fanmade lifeseries) posts from time to time and ngl I am a bit inspired by the 'choose your own adventure' style of it. I'm writing this down here so I don't forget it and so yall can give feedback if you want but I'm thinking it'd be really really cool to make my own characters in a minecraft world and basically play a game with you all via polls and different rolls all throughout, making our own adventure and seeing what happens

[anonymousreader4d7]

Species headcanons for rmau?? I love hearing everyone’s different interpretations and headcanons!

Yee!!! I'm so excited people are interested!!!

I've had these percolating for a while now - like, 2 years, actually!!! I keep adding onto and adjusting specifics of the different species, or adding new ones, but I'll list the my shortlist of Hermits/Lifers and their species here, and then I'll start posting the details for species individually, before making a masterpost with links to all of them and this!!!

But yeah, here's my list, under the cut!!!

(Edit: I just realized I forgot to mention what the names in parentheses are - that's in reference to another aspect of the AU, called Code Bonding - which will get its own post after the species. The names are their Code Bonded partner! Also, if someone has a question mark next to their species, it means I haven't solidified my headcanon for them yet, and I'm welcome to suggestions! I'll edit this as I solidify or add ideas!)

Hermits:

Bdubs - Time Deity - (Etho)

Cub - Vex Hybrid - created via Vex Deal (ConVex)

Doc - Playerborn Creeper - Born Moderator

Etho - Unknown - Kitsune - (Budbs)

False - Avian - Eagle

Gem - Fae - Animal/Shapeshift Magics

Scar - Fae Hybrid - Shapeshifting Magics - activated via Vex Deal (ConVex)

Grian - Watcher - Created - (Mumbo)

Hypno - Human

Jev - Slime - Blue, humanoid

Impulse - Demon - Telluris - (Skizz)

Iskall - Code-weaver

Joe - Unknown - Just a Guy™ (or Herobrine?)

Keralis - Primordial

Mumbo - Shiftwalker - (Grian)

Pearl - Moon Deity (Ascended Alien)

Ren - Playerborn Dog

Skizz - Angel - Earth - Fallen - (Impulse)

Joel - Minor Chaos Deity - (Lizzie)

Stress - Fae - Plant Magics

Tango - Pb Blaze/Demon Hybrid - Ignis - (Jimmy)

Beef - Bull/Cow Hybrid

Wels - Human

xB - Guardian Hybrid/Voidwalker Descendant

Xisuma - Voidwalker - Admin

Zed - Playerborn Sheep

Cleo - Mobborn Zombie

TFC - Primordial (maybe Steve? Or Herobrine if Joe's not?)

Non-Hermit Life Members:

Scott - Starborn

BigB - Primordial

Martyn - Listener - Created - Taught Moderator

Lizzie - Fae - Animal/Shapeshift Magics - (Joel)

Jimmy - Listener - Created - (Tango)

Bonus:

Pixlriffs - Watcher - Created

Ollie - Avian - Songbird

Shubble - Witch - not the mob kind…

CaptainSparklez - Celestial

PeteZahHutt - Slime - Green, humanoid

Technoblade - Mobborn Piglin - Blood God - (Philza)

Philza - Admin - Void-glider - (Techno)

I have a few more (including ones for other DSMP members from back when I was really into it) but I'm just leaving this list to these, and my examples for species will be limited to these guys too.

If people have ideas/suggestions for the other Empires members I haven't listed here, feel free to let me know, because I haven't watched as much of those guys and I'd be happy to include them!!!

[cleocatrablossy]

Trying to figure out how to make Scar a coyote because they have long muzzles and I already spent so fucking long on his face I don’t want to fuck it up but also other than ears fluff and a tail there’s not much else I can think of

[adammonter]

Since I haven't done anything artwise for over two weeks I decided I'd just post some pages in my previous sketchbook of some hermits! This will be the first batch!

[cactusringed]

Something I'm obsessed about is.. How some hermits come off in other people's videos vs their own videos

Scar can feel infinitely more threatening in others' videos whilst in his own pov he seems so fun and cheery. One of my favorite example is his audience with Ren. From his POV he comes off as just messing around, not really listening and just doing his own thing because he doesn't really respect Ren, not really

From ren's pov he comes off as terrifying - you watch Ren have his audience and assert his authority with the rest of his court, and then Scar walks in, and he takes complete control of the scene. Where others listened, nodded, and kneeled - Scar strolls to the throne at his side, sits, and smiles condescendingly as Ren demands scar sell his gigapies.

Whereas from Scar's point of view it's one of his endless swindling moments, when he tries to negotiate the whole thing, from ren's pov he just comes off as... So... Terrifying? Its hard to put into words. He won't budge. Faced with a monarch he supposedly swore his fealty for, for whom he's killed and brought the head of resistance members... He continues to stand tall, chin up, and refuse his frivolities.

It's just... So interesting to me.

Similarly, Joel in the life series - particularly last life - almost always comes off as so unhinged, unpredictable and violent. He's scary in a different way than scar, like an rabid dog.

But if you watch Joel's povs he's so soggy and pathetic. Even in last life. Especially in last life. Rather than a rabid dog he's suddenly a shaking chihuahua, barking and growling at everything that comes his way but obviously helpless.

There's many more examples. How aloof grian comes off from other people's point of view is a good one. It's just... Interesting to me.

I myself struggle a lot with understanding the way I come off to other people. Coworkers and friends will describe me in ways that will genuinely surprise me. When watching the hermits/lifers, you can see this phenomenon from both angles, in a way. It's a nice little case study. How someone comes off when you have an intimate knowledge of their intentions and thought processes vs how they come off from an outside perspective.

[devilart2199-aibi]

Requests Closed now!!

Heyoooo!!! Been pretty busy recently and I think I'm finally, mostly? caught up and getting to some down time! Yippee!! 🥳

So to help relax and get back into the drawing mood I wanna do some expression warm up doodles!

Pls share a Transformer or Hermit and a face/expression you'd like to see them doing to the inbox! (I might not do certain bloody expressions for hermits because they seem kinda over the top for them 😂)

These are always so fun to do and I remember doing them with the Hermits/Lifers a... year ago? Oof 💀 anyway! I will probably do like 10 total doodles or something!

[radishearts]

Hi have some silly doodles of the cubitos as requested by some people on Insta :>

Req still open if u wanna see a silly hermit/ lifer combined with a random thing !!! Put it in the asks :D

[wren-kitchens]

simply having a wonderful christmastime

a bit of a gempearl drabble, because I wanted to do a little something. tis the season after all HKDHS

664 words, mentions of alcohol

pearl bumps into her, all bubbly laughter and not-quite-sober grins, with tinsel thrown  around her neck like a scarf. her cheeks are flushed with pleasure and heat and whatever it is that she's been drinking all night, and in all honesty, it is gorgeous. of course, everything about pearl is gorgeous, but- well, gem is a little tipsy herself, and she's finding that she's beginning to notice every little detail about pearl all over again. it's definitely a blessing- a christmas miracle, if you will. 

christmas parties on hermitcraft are always a blast, but there's something very distinct about just finishing a death game in time to get drunk and dance and eat far too many sweet things on christmas night with your best friends. and of course, new faces can never hurt—joel and etho have been talking (maybe flirting? impossible to say with those two) by the snack table for hours, and skizz has spared no time in pulling impulse (and anyone else he can convince, but mostly impulse) into the silliest dances gem has ever seen. jokes about snails and superpowers are exchanged every so often, and gem's chest is warm with laughter at both the inside jokes and the confusion on the non-lifer hermits' faces. 

gem has definitely eaten more than her fill of christmas cookies, and is feeling faintly sick, but she's not about to let that stop her from spinning pearl around teasingly. the way pearl leans back to laugh so openly is worth any kind of nausea from excess gingerbread. 

"you’re certainly merry." gem catches pearl's arms as she stumbles a little, grinning. "happy christmas."

"it's christmas!" pearl cheers, half giggling as she talks. void, she's beautiful. "you smell like cookies."

gem laughs, and pearl's smile widens as she watches intently. her stomach flips, and it's entirely unrelated to the desserts. "yeah- i’ve had a few too many." she baps pearl on the nose. "and it looks like you’ve had a few too many drinks."

pearl scoffs, waving an arm (almost hitting gem in the face in the process, which kind of disproves her point). "i’m not drunk. i’m happy- i’m with gem!"

yeah, gem really loves these christmas parties. "okay, sweetheart." she teases, enjoying the way pearl blushes. 

"okay- i’m very drunk." pearl admits, and gem laughs. "but I am happy. and because you just- you look like the sun." she lifts a hand to cup gem's face, stroking her cheek.

gem can’t help but melt into her, face flushing in a way that would definitely be a lot more embarrassing if she was that little bit more sober. "pearl.."

in that endearing way she does, pearl tilts her head ever so slightly to the side. "that's me. what is it?"

maybe it's that pretty little smile pearl has been wearing this whole conversation, but gem feels as if she's somehow more intoxicated than she was a few moments ago, and- well, words seem far less important than kissing. so that's what she does. 

pearl kisses back readily, and gem remembers distantly pearl telling her that she can always tell when she wants to kiss her, because she gets this- this look in her eyes. whatever that means. it's one of those things that makes gem smile every time she remembers it, because- pearl knows her so well, doesn't she? how lucky gem is to have her. 

gem pulls away, if only to see that brief second where pearl blinks, regaining her composure. she can’t help grinning—she's so beautiful. 

"no mistletoe here." pearl teases, flicking at gem's hair. her hand is on gem's waist, and it's just lovely. void, gem is so lucky. and kinda drunk. 

"do we have to go find some," gem leans in again, and pearl's eyes flick to her lips in a way that makes her heart swell. "or can I just kiss you again?"

pearl hums, her nose brushing gem's. "y’know, I think i'll let it slide."

[mcraftdoodles]

You gonna be good? Do you know what you’ll do now?

I was good until the truth came to light, I created this account because at the time there was many daily hermit accounts and I was gonna so a stress one but before I could someone created one, so I went with Iskall as an excuse to draw more Stress. Now I'm just disappointed and disgusted. My heart goes to Kaz, Mef, and the others involved.

As for what i'm doing now is just rebranding this acc to not be attached to any one minecraft content creator.

I will draw Lifers, Hermits, Empires and some more obscure creators ones I enjoy on twitch.

This will just be a place where I will continue to share joy in bright colourful art.

[aquaquadrant]

answering this ask for @lunarcrown to give some more insight abt the story side of things!

the way i create hels players typically stems from one or two ‘defining traits’ taken from their counterparts, like very strong personality traits or characteristics. these traits then undergo two routes: amplified or twisted.

amplifying a trait is like taking something more morally ‘good/neutral’ and cranking it up to eleven. for example: instinct has impulse’s good work ethic amplified into absolute hyper-efficiency. this leads him to use and discard people as he sees fit, manipulate and cut corners, and overwork himself and others to dangerous extremes.

twisting a trait is like taking something morally ‘good/neutral’ and putting a darker spin on it. for example, impulse’s friendliness has been twisted to insincerity in instinct, that ‘fake-ness’ of someone who smiles to your face and then stabs you in the back. if his friendliness was amplified instead, it would result in an outgoing overly zealous pinkie-pie type of character who gets way too involved but ultimately means well.

so that’s the difference between amplifying and twisting. ofc, not all defining traits start out as morally good/neutral, because not all overworld players are good.

now, tango’s traits are rage (amplified from bravo’s short temper) and sadism (twisted from bravo’s superiority complex). ofc, as we saw in the fic, bravo became capable of committing atrocities and even displayed some sadistic qualities himself after spending time in hels so there’s definitely nothing set in stone. these are dynamic characters that grow and change over time, for better or for worse. and environment influences that a LOT. we didn’t get to see much of tango pre-hermitcraft in HTP but rest assured, he used to be way more destructive. he attacked atlas on sight the first time they met, and spent his days setting deadly traps for no other reason than wanting to watch strangers die.

timmy’s major trait is his utter helplessness, an amplified extreme of the way jimmy will play more passively or take the role of victim (or the butt of the joke) in certain scenarios. it basically overwhelms any other traits that would manifest in timmy, but ultimately, he didn’t inherit anything that would’ve made him destructive or violent. there just wasn’t anything from jimmy that manifested that way.

that can be true for many players. now this isn’t to say that jimmy is inherently more ‘good’ than any of the other hermits/lifers whose hels were more violent or destructive. the worse an overworld counterpart is, the worse their hels tends to be, but there are always exceptions to this rule. and some counterparts may even be on equal moral footing (as we saw, not all overworld players are good, and can have hels who are better people than them). it all comes down to which traits were transferred to the hels, and whether they were amplified or twisted. it’s… almost like genetics, in a way. there are so many traits that make up a player but a hels really only builds off one or two, and it’s random chance which ones it’ll be.

(random chance in-universe, ofc. irl, i pick the traits that seem the most fun to build a hels out of hehe)

hopefully that explains things a bit better 💃

[fence-time]

Here is my really long list of head cannons for your playground au.

Marytn, Pearl, Grian, Jimmy, and BigB all went to the same preschool- evo

Gem and fWhip are siblings, who is older? They won’t tell you.

Gem has a rock/gem collection and really likes wizards and magic and science. fWhip made her a really big hat and a scarf. She gave fWhip an amethyst that she put on a necklace she had a ruby that she also put on a necklace. No one knows how she got these.

fWhip on the other hand likes to take apart his toys to make new inventions (They sometimes work. Like 80% of the time). He made himself a scarf. fWhip steals dye from Scott to make people stuff. He crochet because.

Pearl likes the sunflowers that she stole from Jimmy and Scott and is trying to set up Tango and Jimmy. She and Sausage like to fight with sticks at recess. One time it was after school and the lifers couldn’t play so they had a whole arena fight. Xornoth had to go pick Scott, Sausage, and Joey because Sausage’s and Joey's parents were looking for them. 

The empires musical is just Ren and Marytn wanting to put on a musical and so Lizzie was like sure i’ll do that with you guys!

Grian and Pearl try to fly one day with one of fWhip and Mumbo’s inventions. It worked, it was just them gliding . fWhip and Mumbo were very happy after that, they made the ‘wings’ for the two. 

The mail system is Etho, Pearl, and Tango wanting to message each other in class so they built a mail system during a day where they couldn’t life series because it was too cold.

Pix likes to make candles and has a book where he writes down all the ‘deaths’ of the people

During group projects in the esmp room it’s usually a 4 person project and so you have the ocean alliance (or the Codvengers as  Jimmy calls them) the Wither rose alliance and people call them the fae alliance but it’s just the rest of the class i.e Scott, Joey, Shrub, and Kathrine.

Oli only comes to school a couple days a week because he also goes to some fancy music school.

There is a fountain (Drinking) and water pools around it on the playground that’s Lizzie’s empire. Pix took the sand box. There is just some plot of grass and so Pearl claimed that. Gem took the tallest tower of the playground.

The Hermitcraft recap is just Pix, Xloy, and Lyarrah (Who are older but Pix for some reason plays with the empires kids) filming everybody because the hermitcraft and the empires really wanted them to. So they report on what happened during the week on hermitcraft in a news report and make ‘episodes’ of empires. 

Tango made an obstacle course that he called Decked out (2) that they would play during recess. Etho and Pearl got really good at it and so they were called the Deepfrost Court.

Keralis and Xisuma are the oldest of the hermits. They get to hand out the snacks when snack time comes.

AWH YEAHHH :O these are all adorable and I’m incorporating them into my belief system right neow….

[hmshermitcraft]

Unhealthy relationship two </3 (I love me some toxic grumbo)

Grain's noticed Mumbo's gotten… clingier since wild life. He's always hovering around, keeps asking what he was doing while separated…

He thought it was just anxiety from the, you know, death games, but… it's starting to get worrying. Mumbo's so anxious already! He doesn't need anymore on his plate. He's gonna stay by his side until he can calm himself! They don't need to be apart long enough for mumbo to get worried. He can do everything with Mumbo!

…

The hermits are starting to get worried.

It's not a problem, necessarily. The pair of them are functioning perfectly fine whilst sticking to each other. But the co-dependence is going to be one in the future, that much is obvious.

They'll approach it with time, and hopefully they can help with Mumbo's anxiety (and Grian's, not that he'd admit he has any) as the root cause. But the Lifers think they need a bit more time to decompress still - those last games were pretty brutal on the two.

[kiwibirdlafayette]

theyre totally plottin something 👀

had the silly little idea of addin more lifers/hermits to the AU so here are some designs for Etho n Bdubs!

Bdubs is a starwizard/sunborne like Wag who uses his starmagics for light and color manipulation, and Etho is a ship engineer who works with TIES to repair broken vessels, and he's also of the same subspecies that the queen is (theyre called Vhideans, or a type of moonbornes)

[blucactus112]

May never come to reality but im planning out a Animatic to AJR's 'Maybe Man' (sue me) and need some help filling in some of the parts.

(Its probably going to be about all the life series in general not specifically Wild life. but feel free to try it fit it all in one series)

!!!long post incoming!!!

General plan so far:

First Half(ish) will be calmly looking at hermits in their peaceful habitats talking about their insecurities.

Finishing the first half when we get to the god part it will be Grian before life series started pleading to watchers and becoming one himself then cutting to him and all the other lifers standing around in a circle (like the start of each series) (much wow)

ONE. TWO. PANDEMONIUM.

murder, just all of the scenes of people dying biggest polt twist, betrayals, and Amount of kills.

Also specifically a close up of grain seeing the server burning in the reflection of his eyes.

ending with another shot of the beginning of a server but we see grains eyes which are weathered and worn out and maybe has some watcher purple

Specific Lines:

Wish I was a stone, so I couldn't feel You'd yell in my face, it'd be no big deal But I'd miss the way we make up and smile Don't want to be stone, I changed my mind

Im thinking scar and Grian Desert Duo? also could be

I wish I had eyes in the back of my head Then I could see the places I've been But then I would know that you're talkin' shit I don't wanna know what my friends think

This im Deff thinking cleo bigb scott and lizzie from the Boogeyman series (i forgor wich one that is)

but open to other ideas

Wish I were my dog out on the lawn I'd be so glad when I hear you come home But if I were my dog, I wouldn't live long I'm sure gonna miss her when she's gone

This is pearl playing with a dog, you cannot fucking make me change my mind

I wish I could act in a show on TV 'Cause then I could practice not bein' me I'll practice my cry, put it into my reel But you won't believe me when I cry for real

im either thinking like Ren or Martyn because of the acting thing or one of the scenes usually portrayed as lots of crying (ie Scott at the end of double life)

I wish that my brain would triple in size I'd nail every joke, I'd win every fight But I'd get too deep with that kind of mind I don't wanna know the point of life

ive been thinking of this as jimmy in general but also i dont want to be mean so other ideas would be great

In some other life I would be rich I'd travel in style, I'd cover the bill But couldn't complain 'bout anything small Nobody'd feel bad for me at all

havent given much thought for ones after this but im thinking Scar on Magic mountain trying to scam everyone?

If I was cocaine or a bottle of Jack I'd get invited to every frat But when you get old and your good days have passed You'll only want me when you're sad

have there been any people that bounce between alliances during one series?

Wish I was a song, your favorite one You'd follow the dance to me at your prom I would be there when your baby is born For two or three minutes, then I'm gone

there was at least one dande floor that was a trap, right??

I wish I was big, as big as my house I'd sleep on the trees, I'd skip every crowd But I wouldn't fit on my therapist's couch God, I could really use him now

probably ep1 of WildLife

I wish I was God, I'd never trip up And if I did, well, so fuckin' what? I could be cruel and break all your stuff Yeah, I'd be loved no matter what

pov grain angst

grain is on super windy mountain top surrounded by watchers crying, pleading to them

But if I was God, it'd get kinda weird 'Cause you would only say what I wanna hear And then you would die, you'd love me to death I never know who the hell I am

grian is surrounded by purple light wings and eyes becoming at least in part, a watcher

I wish I was me, whoever that is I could just be and not give a shit Hey, I'll be whatever makes you a fan 'Cause I don't know who the hell I am

cut to peaceful tranquil plains, all of them jn a circle at beginning of life series laughing joking shaking hands hugging (set em up for emotional damage)

One, two, pandemonium

black, black, PAN DE MONIUM

cut to destruction of server only using reds browns and blacks showing carnage this series has brought (and yes ofc player has died messages will appear in the corner as if in chat)

One, two, pandemonium

im thinking each line will be each of the series in chronological order

Here I go again

One, two, pandemonium

Here I go again

One, two, pandemonium

One, two-

Here I go again

cut to beginning of ?wild life? they all have scars when their final kills have been, some look tired some look determined

if you end up making this animatic if you want to put me in the credits as like 'inspired by' :3 but honestly idc that much. but you HAVE to tell me if you post one bc i will watch the hell out of that

#god i need more tags