#bdubs and joel and mumbo also don't want her to be a weapon but scar never even acknowledges it

[thecoolerliauditore]

sorry im having a moment. isn't it crazy how pearl is so so not used to being loved and having friends that the one way she knows how to show her love and loyalty is to offer herself up as a weapon. to literally put her life on the line because that's what just a little bit of love and attention is worth to her.

but scar has never needed a sword. scar just wants friends. y-you guys.

[blicketdabest33]

Y'all remember that MCYT PJO au I asked for help with awhile ago? WELL HERE'S THE CABINS AND MY EXPLINATIONS BEHIND THEM!!

#1 Zeus Cabin: Jimmy, Joel Jimmy: He's a Zeus kid, but everyone somehow forgets about it. Joel: He's competitive and strong. Also, because Jimmy is his half brother through godly parent, i get to make a fun bit about him dating Lizzie. And one of his origins in Afterlife SMP was a thunderborn

#2 Hera Cabin: Scott Scott: Scott's whole thing is loyalty. Hera is the goddess of marriage and is insanely loyal to Zeus. However, I feel like Hera should get at least one affair. So now Scott can use peacocks as weapons.

#3 Poseidon Cabin: Skizz Skizz: Poseidon kids tend to be really, really loyal to a fault and heroic, both qualities I think Skizz possesses.

#4 Demeter Cabin: Sausage, Shelby, Bdubs, Stress Sausage: This man built Sanctuary in a jungle and has flowers in his hair. He sells wood. There is no other place to put him. Shelby: Mushroom gnome, spooky mangrove witch, powerful storm witch, i need not continue. Bdubs: Moss man. Stress: SHE HAS FLOWERS

#5 Ares Cabin: Martyn, False Martyn: His planet is Mars, which is the roman version of Ares. He ended Limited Life in such a violent way, i can't help it. He was also red for the majority of Secret Life. False: I just feel like False should get to kill people more often.

#6 Athena Cabin: Grian, Pix, Owen, Xisuma Grian: This sums it up pretty well

Pix: Smart man. Archeologist and definitely a nerd. I wanna see him skipping out on training just so he can read history books. Owen: He likes to explore and discover new things in Pirates. In Rats, he's a tinkerer. In New Life, he's an explorer who wants to study hybrids. In Empires, he's a Llama who's curious about how humans work. Just a very curious character overall. Xisuma: Admin. I'm not elaborating.

#7 Apollo Cabin: Gem, Oli, Lyarrah Gem: She is an Apollo kid because of her Empire in S2. She's the sunlight princess. Apollo kid. Oli: MUSIC. MAN. Lyarrah: She writes the captions for the hermitcraft recap.

#8 Artemis Cabin: Pearl Pearl: Y'know, Artemis could've just like... had a kid, even though she took that oath. It wouldn't even have to be with a guy. Gods can change to whatever gender they want. Anyway, Pearl gets to be an Artemis kid because her symbolism is moon, she loves dogs, and will commit murder and hunt at night.

#9 Hephaestus Cabin: Doc, Mumbo, Tango, Impulse, Cub, Zedaph, Fwhip, Iskall Doc: Redstone Mumbo: Redstone Tango: Redstone Impulse: Redstone Cub: Redstone Zedaph: Redstone Fwhip: Redstone AND has a red scarf (don't ask me how that's relevant) Iskall: Redstone

#10 Aphrodite Cabin: Keralis Keralis: Okay, I don't know why, but Keralis gives me the vibes of a very charming person. His voice is nice to listen to, so imagine how useful it'd be if I gave him charm speak.

#11 Hermes Cabin: Scar, Etho, Joe Scar: Trader Scar, scammer extraordinar. Etho: All i must say is Shady-E's. I get "jack-of-all-trades, master of none, often better than master of one" vibes from him. He's funny, he's mischievous, it just works. Joe: Comedy man. Excellent delivery. And, yet again, i look at this man and go "That right there is a multi-talented man with a habit for mischief."

#12 Dionysus Cabin: Joey, Beef Joey: *points at his season one empires theme* i need not say more Beef: Idk, food. I don't really have a reason. I don't know too much about Beef.

#13 Hades Cabin: Zloy Zloy: Zombie man. He writes the Hermitcraft recaps in the dark at 2am with nothing but pure spite.

#14 Iris Cabin: Katherine Katherine: SHE. HAS. COLORS. and also I couldn't put her in Demeter cabin because Shelby is already there and i am NOT excluding Nature Wives from this au

#15 Hypnos Cabin: Bigb, XB, Wels Bigb: Sleepy stuff, right? WRONG. Gaslight. Go in everyones dreams, make fake prophecies, peace out, and cause chaos. XB: I look at his fanon design, I see an alien, and I go "aha he sleeps" Wels: This guy (@dingdinghq) said so and i completely agree. Something about sleeping in S6.

#16 Nemesis Cabin: Edit: wels not here no more

#17 Nike Cabin: Ren Ren: VICTORY. I don't know much about Ren's story in the Life Series, but I look at this man and see someone who has won a lot.

#18 Hebe Cabin: 

#19 Tyche Cabin: TFC TFC: Man goes mining and gets really lucky. That's it.

#20 Hecate Cabin: Lizzie, Cleo, Jevin Lizzie: Witchy vibes. Also, Arson. Cleo: Arson. She uses her magic for Arson. Jevin: He's a magic slime. Also, Arson. All Hecate kids love Arson.

[marzghost]

Just finished rewatching Avatar by James Cameron ( just to refresh the old memory box and let me tell you ,nine year old me definitely did not have the mental capacity to appreciate said movie) and I'm just over here buzzing with a new au for the hermits/empires crew and if you can't already tell it's 100% inspired by said movie.

The Hermits and emperors would be like the Na'vi while the watchers/listeners would take the place of the "sky people"/humans.

Grian, Jimmy, and Pearl would be the three with Avatars known as Shells who are sent down as spies for the watchers and listeners in order to gain information on how to take what they want from this new strange plant/server. In this au the watchers and listeners don't refer to what they are but to what they are allowed to know about combat by the void. The Void is the compound in which they work for whose main mission is to find planets with powerful energy sources so that they can take it and sell it to the highest bidder.

Jugavians are what the hermits and emperors species will be called and they are a bird like race that can't fly without the help of elytra ,another native species to Hermpier. Jugavians are tall beings with large eyes ,winglike ears, tails that fan out with feathers at the end with a pair of small wings on it right before it fans out, and a large blue gem in the center of their chests (lapis). They are generally kind and welcoming people but ever since the takers appeared have become suspicious and aggressive. Jugavians are all one species with the type of birds they are based off of as different types of subspecies.

Shells are the lab grown Void versions of Jugavians made specifically for their hosts in order to gain the trust of the jugavians so that they can figure out their weaknesses and take what they want. They appear to be exactly like jugavians but are missing the pair of wings that can be found on the tails of real jugavians.

Down below is a list of all the hermits and emperors. I've already decided what birds some of them would be based off of as well as the roles Grian Jimmy and Pearl each have working for the void. I'm open to suggestions for anyone without an assigned bird already. I'll also be drawing up an example for what Jugavians look like.

Grian: Watcher: Head researcher and the one who picked both Jimmy and Pearl to be part of project Shell. He has some combat experience due to his watcher status. Is twin brothers with Jimmy. His shell is a, you guessed it, Red Macaw variant.

Jimmy: Listener: one of the few Negotiators working within The Void. As a listener he isn't really allowed to know combat other than the bare minimum. Twin brother of Grian and is actually the younger of the two. His shell is a Canary variant.

Pearl: Watcher: Pearl is a soldier and the cousin of both Grian and Jimmy. As a soldier she has the most combat experience of the three and is meant to protect both Grian and Jimmy while they do their jobs. Her shell is a Snow owl variant.

Bigb: listener: pilot

Martyn:listener: Driller

Ren: Leader: Harris Halk

Bdubs: Second in command to Ren: Potoo bird

Tango: Farm builder: Red Avadavat

Doc: Weapon builder/ Scientist:Harpy Eagle

False: Head Warrior:Bald Eagle

Scar: Second in command Warrior: Red Tailed Hawk

Mumbo: Inventer :Inca Tern

Oli: Singer: Cockatiel

Karalis: Builder: Japanese Long Tailed Tit

Xisuma: Farm builder: Great Eared Nightjar

Impulse:

Gem:

Cub:

Iskall:

Stress:

Etho:

Ijevin:

Cleo:

Joe:

Xb:

Beef:

Zedaph:

Hypnotized:

Lizzie:

Joel:

Sausage:

Scott:

Pix:

Fwhip:

Katherine:

Joey:

Shelby:

[memryse]

hello trafficblr! today i want to talk about red lives between 3rd life and last life - specifically through the lens of friendships and alliances. last life session 6 spoilers ahead!

the difference between the two series is fairly clear - from the very start of last life, it was made clear that all ties with red lives were to be cut, all alliances with them were cancelled. but let's look at this in a bit more detail.

3rd life saw its red lives remain in their preexisting alliances. from scar throwing flowers at grian and asking if they can still be friends, to bdubs intentionally going red to become cleo's weapon. ren turning red and proving his own loyalty to martyn, to dogwarts. jimmy becoming scott's completely nonthreatening bodyguard. skizz remaining dogwarts' most loyal knight. the list goes on, we all know about our red/green duos. in 3rd life, friendship was something that the red lives believed they had to earn with their green friends. they had to prove that they wouldn't hurt them, that they'd be useful to them, and the two of them worked together as equals. none of these reds even contemplated betraying their friends. sticking with a green was the best chance that they had at survival - and honestly? none of them particularly wanted to jump straight into murder. for out-of-universe reasons, yes, but we can interpret this as the bloodlust wasn't quite as strong in 3rd life. they could resist killing their allies.

in last life, however? whilst friendships are intended to be entirely cancelled, what's really happened is that the entire concept of friendship has been weaponised. in comparison to 3rd life, very little war between factions has occurred: it's essentially become the reds versus everyone else. the greens and yellows are simply fighting to survive, and they'll tolerate anyone who helps them with that. it's simple.

not so much for the reds.

as it turns out, turning red doesn't simply eliminate all of a person's feelings towards their former allies. but especially in conjunction with their allies having to exile them, what it does do is twist those feelings of friendships. red lives no longer feel like they have to earn their friendships, they don't feel like winning anyone's trust not to kill them. and they are desperately, desperately lonely. and the bloodlust relishes in it. tells them how easy it would be - just a tap and they could have their friend back! it'd be great! being red doesn't mean you have to be alone, why can't they see that? they can still be friends!

multiple red lives on the server have threatened to kill somebody to make a new friend. and friendships between red lives are not as easily formed as one might expect.

firstly, joel:

"oops. shot an arrow. now i have a friend!" - in chat, after killing grian. "grian, do you wanna be friends?" - the first thing he says to grian when they meet again.

grian:

"we can still be friends, mumbo!" - i... don't need to elaborate on this one, do i? it speaks for itself. but also that whole creepy bit where he runs around spawn singing "friendship is here, where are you? :)"

cleo.

"you could be my friend! you could have a friend, if you wanted to be red! and red's so much fun! [...] you should join me!" - to jimmy. at first she's not going to kill him, she thinks it'd be kind of pathetic, but then she realises the potential. they can be friends! have fun together! of course, cleo doesn't miss her past allies. they betrayed her. but that doesn't mean she wants to be alone.

bdubs.

"you're gonna join me as a red life. [...] today you join me! yes! you will. we can do this right now, where you could jump off the wall tw- very simple! [...] die twice, be red, we're together! [...] if you don't do that, i will take the two lives!" - trying to convince etho to go red so that they can still be friends. "all you have to do is just stumble off a cliff, right off the side, and boom! we're back, baby! and it's way funner on this side, trust me." - trying to do the same to skizz.

mumbo.

"you wouldn't hurt me. i'm just a fellow southerner, i've got my spyglass..." - as he's tormenting the southerners after trying to kill them. "that's the second time! he's just got it out for me!" - grian, during that same conversation. mumbo spends practically the entire episode - especially the part when he's alone as a red life - trying to kill the southlanders, especially grian, who's dangerously close to going red again.

jimmy and lizzie both find one another relatively quickly, and team up for the rest of the session. neither of them have much of an opportunity to be lonely - however, both of them do express how much they miss their former alliances (with jimmy even begging martyn for a life). interestingly, with these two, their desperation for friendship is used against them: grian's psychological warfare against the reds plays into it. he tells both factions of reds that the other doesn't want to ally with them and is planning to kill them. for reds who have no one (and have nothing too in jimmy's case), this is unbearable.

the only exception is scar. who never had any friends to win back in the first place. who very possibly went red deliberately (the first time at least. but threatened to go red beforehand both times) and immediately turns fully malicious against practically the whole server. he is also the only one to immediately go after an enemy with nothing but killing intent in mind - even grian had the ulterior motive of getting a life from scar.

and even scar joins in with mumbo chanting "friend! friend!" when they meet again as reds. he's lonely. he wants friends. but unlike the others he just doesn't have anyone in mind to lament losing.

[blicketdabest33]

FINAL CABIN PLACEMENTS I DON'T WANT TO EDIT IT AFTER THIS

So many of y'all had so many good ideas (and since a lot of these i came up with without any real reasoning) here's my updated version that i think fits A LOT better

#1 Zeus Cabin: Jimmy, Joel Jimmy: He's a Zeus kid, but everyone somehow forgets about it. Joel: He's competitive and strong. Also, because Jimmy is his half brother through godly parent, i get to make a fun bit about him dating Lizzie. And one of his origins in Afterlife SMP was a thunderborn

#2 Hera Cabin: Scott, Impulse, Ren Scott: Scott's whole thing is loyalty. Hera is the goddess of marriage and is insanely loyal to Zeus. However, I feel like Hera should get at least one affair. So now Scott can use peacocks as weapons. Impulse: According to @dawnfire7 Impulse is known for loyalty, which i did not know. He's also known to hold grudges. Perfect Hera kid. Ren: He's apparently known for loyalty (and i didn't really like his Nike placement anyway)

#3 Poseidon Cabin: XB XB: Something about water temple guardians

#4 Demeter Cabin: Sausage, Shelby, Bdubs, Stress Sausage: This man built Sanctuary in a jungle and has flowers in his hair. He sells wood. There is no other place to put him. Shelby: Mushroom gnome, spooky mangrove witch, powerful storm witch, i need not continue. Bdubs: Moss man. Stress: SHE HAS FLOWERS

#5 Ares Cabin: Martyn, False Martyn: His planet is Mars, which is the roman version of Ares. He ended Limited Life in such a violent way, i can't help it. He was also red for the majority of Secret Life. False: I just feel like False should get to kill people more often.

#6 Athena Cabin: Grian, Pix, Owen, Xisuma Grian: This sums it up pretty well

Pix: Smart man. Archeologist and definitely a nerd. I wanna see him skipping out on training just so he can read history books. Owen: He likes to explore and discover new things in Pirates. In Rats, he's a tinkerer. In New Life, he's an explorer who wants to study hybrids. In Empires, he's a Llama who's curious about how humans work. Just a very curious character overall. Xisuma: Admin. I'm not elaborating.

#7 Apollo Cabin: Oli, Lyarrah Oli: MUSIC. MAN. Lyarrah: She writes the captions for the hermitcraft recap.

#8 Artemis Cabin: Pearl, Gem Pearl: Y'know, Artemis could've just like... had a kid, even though she took that oath. It wouldn't even have to be with a guy. Gods can change to whatever gender they want. Anyway, Pearl gets to be an Artemis kid because her symbolism is moon, she loves dogs, and will commit murder and hunt at night. Gem: Someone really wanted these girls to be sisters, and I think Gem and pearl should get to hunt at night and be fierce together. Oh, and she's got the whole deer aesthetic.

#9 Hephaestus Cabin: Doc, Mumbo, Tango, Zedaph, Fwhip, Iskall Doc: Redstone Mumbo: Redstone Tango: Redstone Zedaph: Redstone Fwhip: Redstone AND has a red scarf (don't ask me how that's relevant) Iskall: Redstone

#10 Aphrodite Cabin: Keralis, Skizz, Bigb Keralis: Okay, I don't know why, but Keralis gives me the vibes of a very charming person. His voice is nice to listen to, so imagine how useful it'd be if I gave him charm speak. Skizz: Person in the tags said he was really charming and you can't help but love him. I agree. He's here now. Bigb: Smooth talker. Someone (i think it was Scott) said in one of their videos "It's hard to kill him while he's talking". Charmspeak. Ma man, go do chaos.

#11 Hermes Cabin: Scar, Etho, Joe Scar: Trader Scar, scammer extraordinar. Etho: All i must say is Shady-E's. I get "jack-of-all-trades, master of none, often better than master of one" vibes from him. He's funny, he's mischievous, it just works. Joe: Comedy man. Excellent delivery. And, yet again, i look at this man and go "That right there is a multi-talented man with a habit for mischief."

#12 Dionysus Cabin: Joey, Beef, Cub Joey: *points at his season one empires theme* i need not say more Beef: Idk, food. I don't really have a reason. I don't know too much about Beef. Cub: Someone said Cub was really laid back, i liked this idea, he's here now. C'mon, go make ur empire.

#13 Hades Cabin: Zloy Zloy: Zombie man. He writes the Hermitcraft recaps in the dark at 2am with nothing but pure spite.

#14 Iris Cabin: Katherine Katherine: SHE. HAS. COLORS. and also I couldn't put her in Demeter cabin because Shelby is already there and i am NOT excluding Nature Wives from this au

#15 Hypnos Cabin: Wels Wels: @dingdinghq said something about sleeping during S6 and i completely agree

#16 Nemesis Cabin:

#17 Nike Cabin:

#18 Hebe Cabin: 

#19 Tyche Cabin: TFC TFC: Man goes mining and gets really lucky. That's it.

#20 Hecate Cabin: Lizzie, Cleo, Jevin Lizzie: Witchy vibes. Also, Arson. Cleo: Arson. She uses her magic for Arson. Jevin: He's a magic slime. Also, Arson. All Hecate kids love Arson.