#crabbunch

[saiintvalentiine]

hmm... kww playing uno?

I don't actually know how to play uno. can you cheat? idk but I think if anyone could, it'd be wifies. kww game night chaos for my beloved crab 💕

Word count: 322

It's usually a bad idea to play a game with Ken. He's stubborn and competitive and also willing to bite if it comes down to it. But this is also what makes it a really, really good idea to play against Ken, because winning him pisses him off like nothing else.

“Uno!” Wifies yells.

“Fuck you!” Ken screeches.

Wato groans, three cards left in their hand. Ken has about half the deck in hand.

Card counting is all about math. Wifies is really, really good at math. He's also an asshole when he wants to be, and Wato just cooked him in Monopoly. Capitalist bastard. So now he's ruining both Wato and Ken's night.

“There's no way you're not cheating somehow,” Ken says, pointing an accusatory finger across the table at Wifies, tail lashing and teeth bared. “I will strip you down, do not test me.”

“Buy him dinner first Ken, jeez,” Wato says.

Wifies fans his fingers out, wiggling them. His sweater sleeves slide down innocently.

“He's won five consecutive rounds! It's not possible!”

Ken drops his cards onto the table and stalks over. Wifies scooches his chair towards Wato, who drapes an arm over the back of his chair as soon as he's close enough.

“Wato, I think he's gone insane,” Wifies stage whispers into Wato's dark green ear, grinning wide.

“I'm losing too y'know,” Wato says, turning to look down as Wifies presses into their side to escape Ken. “I really should be on his side here.”

Wifies flutters his lashes at Wato as Ken’s nails hook into his sweater and tug.

“Wato, save me!”

“Maybe I wanna see you sweaterless too.”

“This is about integrity! Not flirting!” Ken yells.

“That's barely flirting,” Wato waves off as Wifies is manhandled out of his sweater through yelps. “Another round?”

“Yes,” Ken hisses, ying-yang sweater in one hand and Wifies's ear in another.

Wato snorts and begins shuffling the cards again.

[babygirlbdubs]

o7 soldier

[vulqan]

trick or treat :3

hiiiii crab u get:

this silly comic panel of sonic making tree puns

[swamp-chicken]

trick or treaaaat :3

TREAT! you got Retche Gospod Gospodevi moyemu

[themcytficrecs]

it's when you shoved yourself into a crowded place by crabbunch (@crabbunch)

Rated T, 29k words, Hermitcraft/DSMP crossover featuring Tommy and Immortal Etho!

The characterizations are not only interesting and engaging, but stay true to character and help with the story. The descriptions are beautiful, and the ending is one of the most satisfying things I have ever read.

[strelitzien-gewaechs]

based on "and the void stared back" by @crabbunch!

Absolutely adored the fanfic and its sequels. tysm for writing the series <3

(picking a scene to draw from the fic was. very very hard and i limited myself to not include the sequels asdfsjh)

[ethtyn]

LET'S GO OUT WITH A BANG 🚦

taglist:

@ashiyn @single-malt-scotch @goodtimeswithetho @pebbltree @crabbunch @catmaidetho @amethyst-allium @stitchthesewords

sooooo ermm i guess i get to talk about this piece now YIPPEE

i am one of those people who's constantly trying to figure out what their own art style looks like LMFAO. i take frequent breaks from art due to mental health shit so it feels like every time i come back i'm trying to find my footing again.

that being said, i had a lot of caffeine yesterday and started this on a whim and it ended up being something i'm incredibly proud of. i think it helps that i've been redrawing old emotes for a friend's twitch channel, so figuring out which brushes i like right now was really helpful, and i ended up using my personal emote palette like...a lot. that pink in Etho's eye, the purple used for shading, most of the browns are all used in my own emotes. it's wild how much having colours already picked out streamlines things!

Etho is the one i started with, of course, and ended up being one that i went back to re-draw after i'd done...three? or four? more, because the sizing wasn't right and i wasn't happy with the posing. i still wish i could have conveyed him dipping his chin into his coat fluff a little better, but oh well. i thought of the little detail of him looking at Martyn's drawing at the last second (#ethtyn4life) and it made me laugh so i did it. points to you if you caught that!

Joel was the second - life!Joel has always been fey in my head, especially after that season when he just went batshit insane the second he turned red. can't explain it, that's just how it be. i tried to give him an air of subtle menace about him but i think he just looks sleepy 💀 i'd like to do these as individual, larger pieces at some point, so maybe i can work on that more then.

Grian was the third - he reminds me of a Lost Boy here and that wasn't intentional but the Lost Boys always kind of freaked me out and life!Grian's kinda freaky so i think it fits. his little smirk is so creepy and i love him.

i don't remember who i did next after this so we'll just go in order pfft

Bdubs is SO CUTE look at him. one of the few where i couldn't make a menacing expression work, and honestly with how good his profile turned out i barely mind. i did that side profile with no reference, y'all, idk what kind of crack i was on last night. what the hell. this was about the point where i started wanting to do little lore doodles for everybody so i added the clock face - i think it clashes with the red background but what can you do.

CLEOOOOOO CLEO CLEO. i LOVED drawing them, i think their design is one of my favourites of the bunch. her hair has always been snakes in my head and AGAIN i drew those with no reference, can you fucking believe that. i loved the little detail of some of the snakes poking at the people next to her, they're so cute hehe. also Cleo has freckles now, i'm so sorry but i don't make the rules. someone complimented the teeth in the reblogs and THANK YOU!! they're not quite anatomically correct but fuck it we ball and they look cool as hell anyway.

Martyn is so smug, i love him. points if you caught that he's looking at Cleo bc Double Life, i wanted to do something a lil different with him than just another straight up symmetry tool drawing and i think it fits. he is so eye-searing tho sir please tone it down.

Lizzie is fey just like her husband, and also she is smol. i don't think it's conveyed as well as i'd like here but i also didn't want her to look like a straight-up child so i did what i could. she is So Scary with those vacant blue eyes oh my god. and drawing her hair was sooooo fun i love long hair ahh

with Gem i basically smoothed out a rough design sketch i posted awhile back and i'm so proud of the little head cock she's got going on, she looks so cool. also her hair?? idk how i did that. i love her swoopy bangs so much.

Pearl is moth. Pearl will always be Moth. so she got lil antennae and big buggy eyes. drawing that hood was so satisfying, i used to try and draw Raven Teen Titans in high school and could never get the hood to look right so seeing this one come out perfectly was sooooo good. and of course had to include a teensy moon.

that's all i've got, i think - i feel myself crashing LMFAO. maybe at some point i'll come back and say more but here's this for now!

[unexpectedly-haunted]

fic rec list!

assorted hermitcraft + life series fic recommendations!

attempt thirty-three by bee_4: Joe Hills centric time loop fic. Also features Cleo, Scar, and Cub, and I love everyone's characterisation! Haunting and open ended, but still points of hope. Words: 13,617 Chapters: 1/1

To Sit in Hell with You by enemyofrome: Last Life treebark fic from Ren's POV. Focus on these two in the Shadow Alliance because man, those guys were really something else. Obsessed with the characterisation, have reread a reasonable amount. Words: 2,664 Chapters: 1/1

monsters nearby series by enemyofrome: Treebark series where the games are over but the Watchers aren't leaving Martyn alone- really fun exploration of supernatural impersonations and how that might impact your relationship with the real person. I'm not normal about these ones. Second work has a hopeful ending. Words: 13,856 Works: 2

Lifeline AU by SlashMagpie: Scifi/Fantasy AU about body-snatching aliens, also including the emptiness of space, magical worldbuilding, unreality and time travel. Main POV characters are Tango, Impulse + Pearl, but also includes much of the Hermitcraft ensemble + Skizz. Read the entire AU in one night and haven't been the same since, cannot recommend highly enough. Words: 299,349 Works: 6

Blood & Snow by SlashMagpie: Tango gets eaten by the dungeon, or close enough. Unsettling, visceral, and features possession! Has Scar, Bdubs, Cub, Etho, and Hypno POV. Words: 12,425 Chapters: 7/7

the sanctity of the mundane by crabbunch: Double Life SMP series with a fic exploring the relationships between each soul bounded pair. Found each work really fun and compelling, great variety in tone. Shoutout especially to this Cleo + Martyn! Words: 24,712 Works: 7

sculk blossom by crabbunch: Cub centric fic that works as both a character study and a look at his sculk corruption on Empires. Delighted by the horror and characterisation here! Words: 4,065 Chapters: 5/5

Deus Ex Machine by crabbunch: Bdubs POV, an existential/magical horror piece about the power of belief, storytelling, and godhood. Also some great Clethubs! Words: 13,449 Chapters: 8/16

Tangotek Evil Incorporated: Supervillain Tango and superhero Jimmy as arch nemeses. Comedy with a happy ending, and SO much fun to read. Words: 22,445 Chapters: 2/2

there are many downsides to being a marine biologist by donnerstag: Doc's marine biology gets complicated when the latest specimen turns out more human than expected: the siren he names Martyn. Really engaging and well-characterised fic, impossible to read and not end up invested in docmartyn. Trust me. Words: 74,006 Chapters: 27/27

a falling axe, a sharpened knife by sesquidpedalian: Double Life Cleo + Martyn relationship study, where soulmates also have a telepathic bond. Just really enjoyed this one! Words: 2,081 Chapters: 1/1

ectype by sesquidpedalian: Third Life AU where Martyn is there when Grian visits for enchantments. Really neat character study of two guys who aren't anything alike at all, definitely not. Words: 1,603 Chapters: 1/1

never our blood on this sand again by cosmicretribution: Scarian and treebark timeloop AU. Includes angst, the Timeloop Horrors, developing relationships, and great prose + characterisation! Words: 8,905 Works: 2

A Romance Route for the Doomed Villain?! by skelew: Treebark isekai AU where Martyn gets hit by a 2007 nissan micra and transported to a dating sim featuring the villainous Red King. Crack treated seriously, and a great parody fic that also happens to be genuinely compelling. Words: 5,012 Chapters: 1/1

feel free to add on recs in reblogs/comments! :D

[daily-ethoslab]

[279] @crabbunch asked for maid etho!!!

Don’t look too closely at the hands

[crabbunch]

Three months after everything has gone back to the status quo, Hijikata is forced to stir things up again by Kondo, who means well, and Sougo, who is exactly as homicidal as usual. Things change. (For the better?) Gintoki and Hijikata change. (For the better, right?!) or: Gintoki loves Hijikata; he is not in love with Hijikata. He does not tell anyone about this crucial differentiation.

[saiintvalentiine]

cider moss sky o7

color ask game

cider: we're not very close but i appreciate your presence

I appreciate you too crab <333

moss: your taste in fictional characters is questionable but i respect it

LMFAO god you dont even know the HALF of it. did you know i have a different robot bf im obsessed with? maybe i have a type. but as long as im ur favorite weirdo wifies liker im happy <3

sky: you seem like you had a hard time in high school

I did and then I started to develop a sharp tongue and the trouble stopped bothering me :')

thanks for playing!!!

[babygirlbdubs]

2 6 n 14?

2- what was the first hermit you watched? was it hermitcraft or another series of theirs? i watched scar first via third life! or last life... i can't remember which of his i watched first. grian was the first hermitcraft pov i watched!

6- favourite server event? i mean.. call me biased, but the king's vault is one of my favorites. it was such a good finale to an amazing bit of storytelling. also i am an enjoyer of angst <3

14- favourite intro/outro? "greetings, cyberdogs and citizens of the interbubs! welcome back to another episode frroooommm the hermit craft serverrrr!" - ren's is very fun to me bc idk. he always has a very positive and silly energy that gets me so excited for whatever's about to happen hehe "i'll see you next time, and don't forget to subscribe, or you may just become... scaaaarrrrrred for life!" - this plays in my head on loop at random times as far as ones that aren't consistent, i really enjoy mumbo's outros bc of course y'know. silly chats and thoughts. and then bdubs' outros bc u get to get gorgeous views of new builds and such or just. silly momence <333

hermitcraft ask game!

[teddybearsandspaceships]

Day #20 of my MCYT advent recs, made right after watching the new Etho video so have something with Etho:

and the void did some other things too i guess (22369 words) by crabbunch / @crabbunch Fandom: Hermitcraft SMP, Naruto (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dai-nana-han | Team 7 & Ethoslab, Hermitcraft Ensemble & Hatake Kakashi, Kris | ZedaphPlays & Senju Tsunade, Sarutobi Hiruzen & Shimura Danzou Characters: Maito Gai | Might Guy, EthosLab (Video Blogging RPF), Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Kris | ZedaphPlays, John Booko | BdoubleO100, Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, Tsunade (Naruto), Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzou Additional Tags: Crack, Humor, Jokes, Silly, haha there's a lot of those, Crossover, Minecraft Worldbuilding, Mistaken Identity Series: Part 2 of ethos exciting ninja vacation Summary: Here’s the thing. Etho meant to go to Hermitcraft- he really did. But something obviously got messed up- some wire got crossed, some thread got tangled, and now he was not there. Instead, he’s stuck with three kids who seem to think that he’s a guy named Kakashi (them and everyone else) and while he would work on leaving, all the fuss is pretty entertaining. Eh, he’ll find his way home eventually. No need to rush…

With Etho wearing a Kakashi skin, crossovers were inevitable. This is crack. Don´t think too hard about it and enjoy the shenanigans. Or do overthink it and enjoy it when the author did too, there´s some of both. With some bonus ~eldritch hermits. Reccing the "main" fic here but do start with the prologue and then read the whole series.

[swamp-chicken]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

it's been an amazing year and I wanted to thank some of the people whom have made it so special...

@minecraftbed, the first mutual I have ever met irl EVER!!! @panidanya, the sweetest person alive who eats art supplies @going-to-the-sun, full of big brain thoughts abt ethubs which frankly make me ill (also you have the wildest and coolest au ideas– if anyone has not taken a look at This is the End yet you're missing out!) PAGES FARM! (@reverendsus, @bellshazes, @lorephobic, @cute-pluto, @beeelderly), brightening up my week with their weirdness and creativity. not kidding the forest rev has created is the most terrifying thing i have ever witnessed in stardew valley @epicfranb, @kojitheopossum, @crabbunch, @scopop08, @single-malt-scotch, @wjokeo, your amazing art and big brain thoughts make this corner of the internet so fun to play in!!!

it's also been a pretty cool year for me! I got a car, got a cat, and started getting mental health treatment! my biggest regret this year is that I didn't write more, and my goal for next year is to FINALLY finish OGR and maybe write some more new stuff (including.. perhaps.. original fiction..???). thanks everyone for inspiring me and making my dash such a pleasant place to visit at the end of a long day. I hope you all have an amazing 2024 :D :D :D

[every-nohara-rin]

pinned!

rins per chapter (rpc):

chapter 122: 1

chapter 239: 23

chapter 240: 16

chapter 241: 19

chapter 242: 4

chapter 243: 22

chapter 244: 26

chapter 425: 3

chapter 599: 25

chapter 602: 4

chapter 603: 14

chapter 604: 7

chapter 605: 13

chapter 606: 16

chapter 607: 5

chapter 608: 1

chapter 629: 7

chapter 630: 2

chapter 653: 23

chapter 654: 11

chapter 655: 2

chapter 675: 2

chapter 686: 1

chapter 687: 14

chapter 688: 17

total rin appearances: 278

this is a liberal count. a very, very liberal count. "the top of rins head in the background of a panel" counts as a rin appearance. and a solid 25% of rin appearances are flashbacks of old rin appearances. but its ok i love her anyways.

my main is @/crabbunch and my naruto sideblog is @/nohara-rin-dot-mp3

for pictures where she is so small like a bug i will post close ups under the cut so that you can better observe her in all her glory. you're welcome.

i believe this is all of the chapters rin shows up in in the manga, but im not 100% sure. if ive missed a rin PLEASE send her to me... i gotta catch em all. you know how it is.

queue will post twice a day until we get through all the images :3 after that this blog will mostly just act as an archive. thanks for stopping by!