#etho and his dad rock

[stygiansauce]

so the thing is. I can't tell which songs on the TIES playlist are suppossed to be Etho's / the "dad rock" ones. Unironically I would and do listen to most of everything on there on a regular basis. also not sure I'd call some of this "upbeat"? more "pissed off and venting/catharsis?", which is awesome, but whoever's put papa roach and rage against the machine on there, I want to go out for drinks with them.

(this is all gonna be from the 90s/00s. also disclaimer that music is subjective and I cannot vouch for something being "good")

Who put the Vertical Horizon song on there, was that Etho? more of that vibe (which is more pop-aligned IMO): Third Eye Blind ("Semi-Charmed Life" is the classic, also a fan of "1000 Julys" and "Crystal Baller"), Eve 6 ("Open Road Song", "Promise"), you've already got some Foo Fighters on there which is awesome. I gotta propagandize for my one-hit-wonders, Primitive Radio Gods "Rocket" or "Motherfucker" (neither of which are their hit) if you can handle the lyrics. And if you need something sappy you cannot go wrong with The Goo Goo Dolls ("Iris" is THE ballad to the point it's cliche, imma highlight "Come to Me" from 2013 instead. it's sweet.).

stuff that's a bit harder, I honestly don't know what counts as dad rock?: Incubus ("Pardon Me" and "Wish You Were Here" are the known ones, but do me a favor and listen to "Stellar"), Breaking Benjamin (a bit angsty overall, but "Polyamorous" has a good beat. "Evil Angel" if you want to be really emo), A Perfect Circle probably? Why not. Everyone loves "Judith".

Three Days Grace is a similar feel to Linkin Park/Papa Roach/Rage Against The Machine with less hip hop. "Riot" would fit in with the other angry type songs. You can just hand the entirety of the One-X album to anyone who was an angry teen/20-something in the 00s tho.

Shinedown's alright and spotify says it's dad rock. I still dont know what that means exactly. "If you only knew" is pretty divorced I guess. "Fly from the Inside" is more upbeat.

this is getting long. maybe i should just make a playlist?

-🐦 (too enthusiastic sorry)

OKAY BIRDIE ANON!!!!

The Vertical Horizon song was an Etho add. The Rage agasint the machine is also an Etho add. But papa roach and finger eleven were Tango adds. (he was trying to find stuff closer to what Etho and Skizz like before sayng "f it we ball' and just putting whatever he wanted)

All of these were AWESOME! Turns out I knew a lot more "dad rock" than I thought I did because, some of these were little blasts from the past. you'll see now that Etho's section is bigger now, all thanks to you anon. (goo goo dolls my beloved, I'm so mad I forgot about them)

Now I gotta add more Impulse music! Skizz is the Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, greta van fleet type of stuff. Tango the obvious metal head and then Impulse who is just trying his hardest to flip the vibe? He added Steely dan, the foo fighters, america, freaking stacys mom, abba. Impulse wishes the lab didn't sound like a bunch dads hanging out in a shop, but some things can't be fiixed.

[emberdragon34]

Headcanons!

1: xB loves dinosaurs.

2: Scar had to be told that pet rocks weren't their own species of magical animal and were literally just rocks with googly eyes on them. This was after Joel got him one as a joke birthday present

3: The reason Tango's eyes are red is because he used to be scared of people finding out he was a vexling. So he put in red contacts to stop people seeing they were changing colour. He also started messing with redstone because it stained his hands and face red so no one would see the blue streaks.

4: Welsknight is Hermitcraft's official bs detector. He's spent long enough with the Helsmits to know when someone is lying or deceiving him.

5: Watchers are so used to summoning or using magic to do stuff that most are very very confused by redstone. Particularly redstone farms because why would you spend hours on this moving thing when you can just cheat and summon infinite melons? Grian, Pearl and Keralis (yes Keralis is a Watcher in my headcanon) all shared this mindset when they first joined Hermitcraft

6: Beef can speak villager. No really, he can.

7: Whenever it snows, the hermits all gather. At any point in their fun of building snow castles and snowmen and having fun, someone can get onto the highest visible place, yell 'WAR!' and it turns into an everyone vs everyone snowball war where the last person to surrender gets hot chocolate first.

8: Jevin can use the sun to light fires through himself like a magnifying glass. The first time he did this intentionally, he lit Hypno's hair on fire.

9: Jevin isn't allowed to use this ability anymore

10: Doc knits everyone socks and gloves for Christmas, especially the hermits who have hooves or feet that don't fit normal socks

11: Tango gets cold easily so whenever it's winter you'll see a fluffy blob of Tango shuffling around in the noodles poking them

12: Mumbo always has a spoon on him. Just in case.

13: Joe is the only non-vexling who's ever been allowed into the Vexling only bar (The Summoner). Just because the other vexlings think he's cool.

14: Zedaph is basically a god to the Helsmits. Whenever Xisuma wants something from them he promises that Zed can come over to visit and they immediately accept

15: False gifted Gem a magical wooden sword she can use in any worlds which doesn't have any effect except giving the death message [Player got washed up]

16: Skizz and Impulse have Dad-joke competitions. Grian's won every single one

17: Cub once held a funeral for a rabbit he watched die. Only after the entire 7 hour ceremony was over did he admit that he killed the rabbit himself because it jumped onto his redstone one too many times.

18: Cleo gifted Etho a guess-the-build Etho for Christmas. Etho loved the little guy so much he found/made/bribed hermits into giving him any and all other creations of this little guy. He now has so many he ran out of space in his own base and now hides them around Bdubs's for fun

19: Ren gets zoomies sometimes.

20: Keralis can speak 20 different languages. Only thing is, no one taught him any of them he just could always speak them.

[jessrambless]

A guide for people wanting to get into Hermitcraft (from a person who has been here since season 6)

Watch season 8 first since it is nice a short. Short to see if you like it and watch one of the shorter povs

I suggest the following for season 8:

Pearl- She has a nice short pov and is new to Hermitcraft in season 8. You are experiencing it with her. Pearl is also Australian and as an Aussie myself I may be bias

Gem- She also has a short pov like Pearl. Also being new to Hermitcraft that season so you are experiencing it with her

Grian- He is a classic but shut up. It will be pure chaos just a warning. I first watched Hermitcraft with his pov in season 6. It was a lovely starting point

Iskall- He has a fun shared base with Etho and a messaging wall with signs. But his pov is really fun to watch and just makes me happy

Next watch season 7. It is lengthy but is the most Hermitcraft season of Hermitcraft. Also the plot lines. I have only watched Grain’s full pov of this but shush

I suggest watching the following:

Grian- He started a war and stole doors the entire season, what else do you want. Also maybe a bit bias since I watched him but yeahhhh

Etho- He just spends his time playing decked out. Then randomly mentions a server wide war he is apart of and slaps on a 20 second clip about it at the end of an episode

Scar- He has an awesome pov for the war that happened. Also the most baffled about the doors but has happy vibes

Mumbo- He has no clue what is happening but it is so funny. Also he is the guy that made Grain steal doors the entire season

Then watch season 9. Even though I made you watch all these seasons to get to the current season because I am so nice

I would suggest to watch these people, it was hard to decide:

Pearl- She is a cleaning lady that joins a war aginst the monarchy and loves soup. Also she has a trash store, literally. I may be bias on this

Zedaph- He is just simply so funny to watch. He doesn’t know much about what is going on and his only goals are to finish the Zedvancements and annoy Tango

Tango- He lives in a cave, I mean decked out. Fun pov if you love techy stuff and also has no clue what is happening

Grian- He makes a robot, forms a rift between 2 servers, starts a resistance assistance and more. Rock dad that was hard to pick between him and Impulse, so also watch imp

Then go back and watch season 6. But I only watched Grain’s pov but at this point watch your favourite hermits from all the seasons you already watched

[babysizedfics]

good morning i’d like one cup of your sweetest little gem hcs (her favorite things to do when small, if she prefers to be a little sister or a big sister and why, or anything you want to yap abt), hot not iced -🌙 (hi 👀)

WIDDLE GEM shes a cutie patootie for realsies (i take hot not iced to mean without angst. understood and received. i will do my best boss o7)

her fave things to do while little are rlly sweet stuff - think stereotypical lil girl things; tea parties with stuffies, colouring book on her tummy with her legs kickin in the air, playing hairdresser on her dad/brother (as seen in the Gem's Baby Hair Salon fic)

she is a super involved little - as in while others might enjoy their lilspace chillin with cartoons or napping, she must stay (hyper)active and is constantly playing a game of some sort. the chillest she gets is colouring/drawing but even then she is super excitable and either talking a mile a minute or singing kids songs at the top of her voice

she creates the most elaborate telenovela-level melodramas with her barbie dolls! making a group of dolls have crazy drama between each other - cheating, pregnancies, deaths, natural disasters, you name it. her fave tropes are homeless victorian orphans or real housewives from silicon valley. and the way they unfold is always shocking and reveals hints of past games or future games - you could watch her play over a few weeks and there would be overarching plots.

^ like to the point the others in the room silently stop whatever they were doing to listen to the bizarre soap opera so they can stay up to date. she can start playin with etho nappin, grian playin with legos and talkin to skizz while he listens, and by the end of the game the other 3 are all sitting at the edge of their seats wide-eyed like 'then what??' - gem also loves to leave the games on cliffhangers with a dramatic dun dun DUNN and look up at the ppl watching and giggles at them for being sucked into it

in general she can think of anything to play off the top of her head. three things even. and somehow finds a way to smush them all together. anyone up for playing house where the family have a pillow fight over their tea party then someone's diamonds are stolen and they have to play hide and seek with the thief? if you said no, no you didn't. you're already playing, she's put a big hat and shawl on you and you're the widowed grandmother now. you wouldn't leave your family without their matriarch would you?!

shes also an avid fingerpainter :3 loves being creative when little and adoresss throwing herself at it wholeheartedly - she doesn't want to hold back when little. and so of course she can't be a bit cleaner with it, that completely ruins the fun! if you're fingerpainting, you're facepainting, you're armpainting, you're rock painting on the freshly built porch with those rainbow fingers... so anytime she announces that's what she wants to do, the Dads suck in tense breaths and wonder if they can gently convince her to do smth less messy. she of course knows their tactic and announces 'glitter fight' as the only other valid option. (she has never had a glitter fight. they always prefer the first option)

she equally adores being both a big and lil sister :')

being the big sister makes her happy in the same way babysitting can - feeling soft at the trust the little is putting in her, enjoying the general adorable things littler littles do, and making them happy. but also as a kid with a baby brother for the day, she gets to play a prolonged version of house, only gets a real baby instead of a dressed up stuffie. and they don't argue with her direction because they're so easy to tell what to do and usually can't even talk. plus she gets to snuggle them, hold them, go 'shh' when they whine or cry, and even has helped them drink from their sippy cup or feeds them with a spoon! who wouldnt want that?!

but being the little sister can be fun because she loves to annoy people (very much like her twin grian) and that's so easy to do when grian/etho is a grownup or etho is a teen. she just has to be hyper, bother them a lot, tease them, make them play stuff that makes them embarrassed. it's soooo fun. and she kind of rlly loves hearing grian and etho's babysitting voices bc she doesn't hear them often (esp not etho's)! they make her soft when they call her cute names or put effort into taking care of her or entertaining her by joining her games. it just re-emphasises that she is a valued member of the family, that even when they don't wanna indulge in littlespace, she is still allowed to and they will help her feel good in it. it just makes her rlly happy that they are committed to making her littlespace special soft and safe. that even though her age dreaming is different from both of their regression, it's treated just as importantly and with love 🥺

[gold-rhine]

hello. i come for ask game. xinyan & anemo or, if you do not care for hard mode of character rarely talked about kaeya & dendro

anemo needs to have their life uprooted, either their core believes shattered or to lose something fundamental that makes them question their sense of self, to be the leaf on the wind, but learn to go with it instead of being thrown around. this is why death of loved one is a very popular anemo motive, as its an easy way to yank the ground from under character's feet. for a righteous, self-confident character like xinyan, that loss also needs to challenge their preconceptions. basically i think it needs to be heizou situation where he cast categorical judgment on his friend and then at his death was forced to re-evaluate his own view of justice. heizou would be pyro or electro if that friend didn't happen btw, depending on other circumstances.

for xinyan it could be idk, she had a conservative uncle who was against her rock and roll shit (and we know her family was not thrilled), she thought he's a jerk and fought him all the time, but then got into trouble with law by idk vandalizing public property with graffiti or smth, and it somehow tied her to even bigger crime that she didn't do, and instead of blaming her or chastising her like she thought he would, he uncle took the blame and went to prison himself to protect her. like he could just die protecting her from smth, but i'm trying to reduce anemo-related deaths asdghj

kaeya would work very well as dendro, he has a lot of corresponding tendencies - drive to collect and process new information, to systematize it and then use it to achieve his goals. his urge to get info from ppl and to put them in hard situations to see how they'll react mirrors alhaitham's ethos of collecting information through biased perspectives to understand these perspectives and challenge them against one another, alhaitham is just much more blunt. the main problem is that kaeya needs to not hate himself and not see this drive for learning things about ppl as inherently evil thing that makes him a manipulator. which is uuuuh, hard to do in his situation lol. idk, if his dad really didn't have an agenda for him and left him in sumeru with candace without any loaded statements about last hope of the khaenriah, so kaeya didn't feel like a spy and time bomb.

dendro kaeya i think would be either in akademiya, inventing psychology and tools to analyze ppl, or be an edgy writer who uses social experiments on ppl to get "true" plots for his books. maybe both actually lol

[dustedmagazine]

Listed: Verity Den

Verity Den plays a soft-focus, trance-state shoegaze with glimmers of Zelienople, Bark Psychosis and Movietone. The band, out of North Carolina, is comprised of Casey Proctor, Trevor Reece and Mike Wallace, all three of the DIY veterans who formed the band in early 2023. Reviewing their 2024 self-title debut, Jennifer Kelly wrote, “Though their album is enjoyable as rock, it is very clearly not just that; it pools and looms and gently probes improvisatory effected guitar zones that sit pretty far from conventional song structures.”

Casey Proctor “Chant Arabe” (Anonymous) from Suzuki — Piano School: Volume 1

I started taking Suzuki Method piano lessons when I was five years old, and “Chant Arabe” was one of the pieces in Volume 1. During my first recital, my teacher exclaimed how I connected with that piece more than the others, saying that some people can emote ominous (minor-key) music more effectively. It was an early realization that I might be one of those people, and I still enjoy listening to and writing with those tonalities.

Mahavishnu Orchestra — “Meeting of the Spirits”

Every Sunday morning for a solid five-year period when I was a kid (like 7-11), my dad would blast “Meeting of the Spirits” while making breakfast. Undoubtedly, I was influenced by all the music he listened to, but that song in particular is probably the reason I went on to listen to other prog bands from the 1970s and later bands like Meshuggah and Animals as Leaders. We weren’t a religious family but during that era we were attendants at the church of prog rock.

Young Marble Giants — Colossal Youth

The first time I heard a Young Marble Giants song it was Hole covering “Credit in the Straight World.” I didn’t “discover” that it was a YMG song until later and then finally listened to the entirety of Colossal Youth. Front to back it’s a perfect album. It has minimal instrumentation, but it’s completely engaged and never boring. Alison Statton’s lyrics are nuanced and poetic but very punk. I don’t know how to make music that sounds like that, and I haven’t heard anyone else do it.

Mikhail Kalatozov — Letter Never Sent (1959)

Letter Never Sent is my favorite film. Beyond it being one of the most beautifully shot films I’ve ever seen (Sergey Urusevsky is the cinematographer and it’s in black and white), the subject matter feels like it’s personally tailored to me in a few ways. It’s about a group of government-funded geologists who are sent to Siberia to find diamonds. Their expedition is interrupted by a forest fire that cuts off communication with rescue crews and disorients them into a survival situation. Much less dramatically… I worked for the US Forest Service for 12 years, building and maintaining trails in the front and back country, almost majored in Geology and was a certified wildland firefighter for a few years. Also, honorable mention, from the same director… Salt for Svanetia (1930) is fantastic cinema and one of the earliest ethnographic films ever made.

Trevor Reece Roedelius — Wenn Der Südwind Weht

Right before the pandemic, I wasn't playing much “rock” guitar or listening to most of my long-time go-to-records. Leaning more towards experimental, drone and synth-based music. A friend put this Roedelius record on my radar around that time and it inspired me to record some questionable but exciting stuff at home. A classic record and always there to help.

Alex Chilton — Like Flies On Sherbert

Alex Chilton & his weird friends making a mess in the studio.

Bill Daniel — Who Is Bozo Texino? (2005)

I first saw this film during a screening tour through the south around 2006. I was somewhat new to town, wandering around and only cared about making art. Highlighting old outsiders making their mark and telling stories through a grainy film collage felt new but familiar. The ethos of this film is one that I still relate to today.

Mike Wallace Allen Toussaint — “Southern Nights”

A totally transporting song, Toussaint showers you in layers of piano and keys, the percussion chirps along like crickets at night and that perfect, unhurried hook. It really captures a certain kind of feeling, that particular humidity, the sun going down over the field. It's strange though because I didn’t hear this song until I was probably 25 or something, so I didn't have a memory of listening to it as a kid or something, but like a lot of songs, it became like a lens to look back on that, maybe memories I wish were there in some way. I guess it taps this strange kind of nostalgia whose origin is hard to locate and also comes with its own load of complications. That’s a part of the Southern experience, too, in a way that's unique to this part of the country. Memory and history are omnipresent, written and rewritten. I don't even hate the Glen Campbell version of this song. That’s its own type of “Southern Night.” Sometimes it's like that. I didn’t always embrace being from the South, but nowadays I’m into it and I know that when I’m living somewhere else someday, I will finally get to have that feeling of honestly missing a place and wishing I was back home for just a night.

Grouper — “Alien Observer”

This is the first Grouper song I heard and I remember feeling just stunned by it. It has this depth of interiority and a meditative cycle that’s like breathing. I think this song really struck me because I encountered Liz Harris/Grouper at a transitional period. After the end of a long relationship, I was living for a little bit with several people in a house in Greensboro, NC called Hellraiser Haus, named because some scenes from Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth were supposedly filmed at the church across the street. It was a show house and the people I lived with were great, but I was kind of struggling with what was next and who I was in the wake of everything kind of disintegrating. There was something so bleak and comforting in this song, I really did kind of feel like an alien, observing myself, kind of detached. A few years later I saw her play kind of a large theater in Raleigh for this festival Hopscotch, and waking up several minutes after she had finished, kind of disoriented and crunched up in the seat and thinking I just saw one of the best shows of my life.

Wong Kar-wai — In the Mood For Love (2000)

What more can be said about this movie that hasn't already? Wong Kar-wai is a master, and a really singular stylist. I never tire of watching this one, but I rarely put it on, it's just really worth savoring. It's also one where one’s feelings may change over time in relation to the basic plot points. Maybe you recognize yourself at different points or scenes than you did before, or see a new detail in a gesture or glance, like every moment’s a prism and would mean something different if it was just slightly turned. Being in a state of longing can really feel awful, but there can also be a kind of solace in there. Even once it's over, you can return to it sometimes, to remember. I mean just see it; this isn’t making any sense anymore!

[schooloftuneage]

Lesson 3: This is not a test...

CLASS IS IN SESSION

Rick Rubin is one of the most influential producers in the music biz. He turned Linkin Park from what could have been a two-album flash in the pan into one of the deepest acts in alternative music (no kidding, A Thousand Suns remains one of this berk's top 20 albums of all time). He introduced the world to more iconic acts than I can count. And before all that… he was in a shitty punk group that was more known for fake fights and fake arrests than anything else. (His dad was a policeman and would pretend to arrest Rick when he got into planned altercations with planted hecklers - an attempt at getting traction that failed.)

But at the same time, Rick was keeping his thumb on the pulse of the New York music scene, and when he found out about a few rapidly growing groups that were turning out incredibly danceable music with an antiestablishment ethos, his first thought on listening to them was that it was Black Punk Rock.

The music in question was, of course, hip hop.

Let's delve in.

Hip hop was influenced by numerous sources - talking blues, disco, R&B - and tracking all those down would be great, but we're going to truncate slightly today, because A) I'm saving a lot of that for a later lesson, and B) because the most pertinent one is actually disco, believe it or not. See, like punk rock, there was a single spark that ignited the movement, and while it was slower to burn, it had the perfect kindling. The place was in the slums of the south Bronx, in a rec room at 1520 Sedgewick Avenue. The person was DJ Kool Herc, who spun records for dance parties there.

The above documentary gives us a good glimpse at how Herc did his thing. Today we just know it as basic mixing, but back in the day, this kind of thing was revolutionary. Add in an emcee - Coke la Rock - who would handle the microphone while Herc was mixing, and you had the first emcee-deejay combo.

Over time, more groups came together. Grandmaster Flash picked up Herc's skills, and then hammered them down, bringing them to new heights of awesomeness. He couldn't even try to get on the mic while he was mixing, too focused on the beats he was crafting, so he got an enterprising B-boy they called Cowboy to do the honors. Over time he amassed a group of five emcees to work with him - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The Treacherous Three, the Funky Four (Plus One More) - you can see a sort of theme in these early groups. Rap battles were a thing, inheriting a little bit of gang battle ethos from their founders - early rap adopters the Zulu Nation were ex-gang members who were trying to veer into a more constructive direction, and they did so well.

But for most, the genre was locked away. Sure, rapping was easy enough to do, but to be a real hip hop artist you needed a deejay, and that equipment was expensive. As I said, the spark was there, but it needed kindling.

And just as punk had its watershed moment in 1977 in London, so hip hop did in 1977 in New York. On July 13th, NYC had a city-wide blackout that lasted just over a full 24 hours. A mob mentality decended over the city, with widespread looting… and in the aftermath of these riots, a lot of expensive sound equipment made its way into the hands of enterprising would-be deejays, either through their own actions or through pawnshops who didn't ask questions about where the equipment came from in the weeks after the blackout.

Now, there is much - MUCH - to say about this scene… but as I'm delving in, I'm realizing that someone else has already done this lesson, and arguably done it better than I could ever dream of doing it. Cartoonist Ed Piskor has done a series, Hip Hop Family Tree, that chronicles the early rise of the scene beautifully. And in the spirit of the early rap bootlegs that we're going to be discussing… you didn't get it from me, but hereyago:

That's twelve issues of greatness right there.

Now, with THAT link dropped, let's talk seminal moments for the origins of hip hop.

The first track on wax that was nothing but a deejay showing off their mixing prowess? "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel". This one was even more notable because Sugar Hill Records didn't like paying royalties to artists that they sampled, and tended to use original compositions rather than having Flash or other deejays mix in the background (which, yes, was kind of insulting to the art of the deejay…). Also, please note, there are NO editing tricks here. This was just Flash at his best, and he laid the whole track down in only four or five takes.

The first rap "superstar", arguably, was Kurtis Blow. At the very least, the man was both responsible for the first gold record in the hip hop genre and the man who brought it to Soul Train, with "The Breaks".

And now, we're going to zig-zag-zig back to an earlier point.

The early hip hop scene was full of bootlegs. Some were recordings of live events - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five had a full live track that had never been released recorded, and it's still more popular, as the studio version lacks the passion of the live recording. (Bozo Meko's version of 'Flash it to the Beat', fyi.) Unscrupulous producers would record artists in the studio under the guise of 'letting them play around' and release their work under different names - and again, that happened to the Furious Five, with "We Rap More Mellow" being released as the work of The Younger Generation. And then there were bootleg compilations released for the deejays - packages of "essential" disco songs pressed as unofficial collections, distributed behind the counter of record stores.

Our TRACK OF THE WEEK is the first of those. A recording of a live event - something that we now recognize as the first rap battle, Busy Bee Starsky vs. Kool Moe Dee. A battle that Starsky phoned in because he assumed he'd have no real competition, and Moe came loaded for bear for. This one's a slaughter, kiddos.

And we're gonna have a lot to say about hip hop in the future... but for now, that gets you to the starting line.

Class dismissed.

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Koros (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- The Raging Rebel by Zeus

Shockwave by his bandmates

Ko by his family

Age- 33 (immortal)

Location- Mania district, New Olympus

Personality- Brash, impulsive, & aggressive, he's punk rock incarnate. He's unashamedly outspoken and opinionated though these traits can be seen as confrontational & destructive to others. Also a non-conformist, he's definitely against the establishment. He doesn't define himself to be in a relationship.

He has the standard abilities of a god except shapeshifting. as the god of surfeit & disdain his other powers/abilities include shockwave generation, being able to telekinetically make things overfill/overflow, inducing feelings of angst & unworthiness in others, anatomy destruction, limited pyrokinesis, and partial fire/heat immunity.

When he's not out on tour performing, Koros' abode is his loft apartment in the Mania neighborhood of New Olympus. He also spends time at his sister's & dad's in the state of Sparta. The walls of the loft (and ceiling) are covered in various grafitti art. Instead of traditional lighting, there's neon fixtures with lots of leather, metal, and glass furniture. Koros loves the feel of the neighborhood, especially the growing punk subculture community with beings of many creeds. The beliefs of the punk ethos include non-conformity, anti-authoritarianism, anti-corporation, anti-consumerist, anti-corporate greed, direct action, & "not selling out."

He's known for his can't-look-away physical appearance- his tall lanky frame, alabaster skin, sharp features, his reddish amber eyes, spiky dark red hair, several tattoos, and body modification piercings (including a split tongue and pierced "member"). Koros will also wear make-up & nail polish (primarily black eyeliner, smoky, & glitter black eyeshadow). Many of his tattoos were done at the Blood & Ink tattoo studio, but he's also traveled to the Underworld where he got tattoos done by Achlys (goddess of the death mist, poison, misery, & sadness).

A go-to drink for him is beer. He also likes vodka, rum & cokes, red hot shots (made with cinnamon schnapps, tequila, and a few dashes of hot sauce), bloody marys, snake bites, dirty martinis, molotovs, and jägerbombs. He also likes OmegaDash energy drinks!

Koros' immediate family includes his father Kydoimos (god of uproar & battlefield confusion), his mother Amphillogia (goddess of arguments, disputes, & altercations), and his older sister Dyssebeia (goddess of ungodliness & impiety). As chaotic and dysfunctional they are, there's also love & respect amongst them- dispute his parents' divorce.

Koros sometimes visits his mother's loft apartment, where he knows there'll be a steaming & spicy pot of stifado waiting for him.

Earlier on when Koros was trying to establish his music career, his father paid for some of the music videos. Bess even provided background vocals to a few songs as well. A common bonding experience for the three of them is when they ride their dragons together!

He partakes in weed and lotus dust. Some of the band's most popular songs were written & performed under the influence.

Koros doesn't agree with the hierarchy that exists within the pantheon, especially when it comes to temples and offerings. Even though he's not a "supporter," he's glad that MGM movement- started/founded by Pasithea (goddess of hallucinations & relaxation) is "shitting things up" in the pantheon.

Even though he's not an official spokeman, he can't help singing the praises of Plutopack cigarettes.

A well known guilty pleasure of his are Imperial lobster tails & crab legs! He once spent nearly 3,000 drachmas at The Crown (a high end restuarant)- his table covered with the steamy goodness drowned in an overabundance of garlic butter.

It's said that he's known for his voracious appetite, compared to the likes of Adephagia (goddess of gluttony).

His favorite thing from The Bread Box is the roast beef sandwich (on sourdough bread) added with chilies, black olives, extra sriracha mayo, & jalapeños.

Koros has a band called Dissonance Machine (where he sings lead & plays the electric guitar) with some of his close friends. The other members are a harpy named Lyseanor (co-lead singer & bass), a siren named Sevyn (co-lead singer & bass), and a cyclops named Osiris (background vocals & drums). They've been friends for quite sometime with Koros even being the nonós to Sevyn's daughter.

Dissonance Machine is probaly the most well known punk rock band in the main realm (with growing recognition in the Underwater realm). Their music have been described as "the demonic love child of punk rock and deathcore", their songs dealing with such topics like mental illness, existential dread, certain sociopolitical issues, & anti-sentimental depictions of relationships. The band is independent, so a lot of their marketing & promotions have come from their own pockets. Koros doesn't like when the media paints the picture that he's the source of the band's success. All the members have played an important role to Dissonance Machine.

Their first album F*CK Your Temple was defintiely the most divisive (the album art not helping matters- which shows the bandmates urinating on the steps of a temple that has the likeness of one of the King's temples). Deities like Eusebeia (goddess of piety, loyalty, duty, & filial respect), Aeschyne (goddess of modesty & honor), and The Litae spoke out against it in interviews with there even being protests in downtown, the Hearthwood neighborhood, & the state of Athens. Koros acknowledged and appreciated the stance of Athena (goddess of wisdom)- that even though she didn't agree with his views, she fully supported his right to free speech and artistic expression.

After that whole debacle, the band continued to release music- EPs like Lascivious Holiday, ETHOS, & Sweet Like Acid (the latter recieving a few glowing reviews from music critics). Their well known & infamous songs include "A Blob from Tartarus", "Just a Cutter", "Grenadefall", "Swallow a Pill", "Kronos Daddy", "C*nts of Sparta", and "Gods Save the King." Recently, they've been getting a bit more attention because of their part in a featured track with the band Blood in the Water (a song called "Charybdis Chokehold") & the release of their second full length album Olympius Has Fallen. The release of the official album art almost crashed the Fatestagram website! On one hand it was the most laidback artwork out of their catalogue, but that didn't make it any less controversial. It's basically a black background with the country's flag burning in flames. Koros thought it was "funny as balls" to see Zeus' reaction- a very long discernment posted on his page (which contained several angry face emojis).

A favorite frozen treat of his is rocky road ice cream!

The band's most notable song "Slithersoul" is a bonus track on the second album that was released as a promotional single. Their interview on the Morning Tea podcast made the message clear- released some time after "The Incident," the song was about Medusa. The song was a complete departure from the band's usual sound. with accompanying guitar, bass, & violin, "Slithersoul" is a piano power ballad. The song was generally critically acclaimed (much to Athena's embarassment). Koros' voice was also praised (along with his surprising register & falsetto). At the most recent Golden Laurel Awards, the song was nominated for four awards including "Song of the Year." Koros and the rest of the band decided to protest the awards show. They still attended, but refused to perform, angering Apollo something fierce! Dissonance Machine miraculously walked away with the "Song of the Year" Award where Koros used part of the band's acceptance speech to speak out against the king's punishment of Prometheus (Titan god of forethought).

His main mode of transportation is Koros' close animal companion, a she-dragon named Jubilee. She's widely known as "The Scarlet Queen." Her horns (resembles a crown) & claws are as bright as copper and she has vibrant scarlet scales with pink membranes on her wings. Their energies are so intertwined, Koros was able to develop a telepathic link with his dragon, a feat achieved by only a few experienced dragonriders. Jubilee's roar has been credited as background vocals to a few songs and she plays an interactive role during the band's performances. A lot of the time, the show always end with Jubilee setting the stage on fire!

In the pantheon Koros is friends with Keres (goddess of violent death), Atë (goddess of mischief, ruin, blind folly, delusion, & downfall of heroes), Epimetheus (Titan god of afterthought), Alastor (god of blood feuds & vengeance), Phonos (god of murder), Kakia (goddess of vice & moral wrongdoing), Menoetius (Titan god of rage, violence, & rash actions), Homadus (god of the battle-din), Aplistos (god of avarice), Momus (god of mockery, satire, & ridicule), Palioxis (goddess of backrush & retreat), Apate (goddess of fraud & deception), and Pan (god of the wild, satyrs, shepherds, & rustic music).

He and Momus both hooked up with a maenad in the bathroom of The Void nightclub!

Koros (as well as the band) have been frequent guests on The Agnostic Network.

As far as his love life, Koros isn't exactly looking for anything traditional or conventional. His last serious relationship happened way during the infancy of the band's start. It was with a harpy named Maeriene. They were together for almost ten years before she ended things due to his indifference when the topic of marriage was brought up. She used to design a lot of the band's posters. Koros has his fair share of flings with fans & groupies (the wildest ones being maenads!) and he's even had a casual relationship with Sardo (one of The Nesoi). He's currently seeing Felis (Titaness of cats). Koros counts everything with her as "uncharted territory". They'll often see each other at night- at Koros' place or a seedy motel like the Nocturnal Inn in the Lunar neighborhood. He doesn't mind the "battle scars" he recieves from her when she gets "too excited" during their "interactions" & there have been more than a few times when one of them got vulnerable afterwards and they've cuddled for hours comforting each other. Koros has picked up on the fact that Felis never wants to dine out with him, instead opting for ordering in.

Dissonance Machine was on the cover of Diaireménoi Stekómaste, their only wardrobe being fake blood.

He's walked at NOFW (New Olympus Fashion Week) in the Velóna & Ankáthi fashion show, the punk fashion brand (where he's also good friends with the designers, twin harpy sisters named Zelaria & Avinore).

Koros has quite the colorful rap sheet. He has been arrested several times for disorderly conduct, public intoxication, damage to property (especially after his dragon torched the wild cat section of the New Olympus Zoo, eating all the animals), indecent exposure (when he was caught drunkenly urinating on the front steps of The Parthenon), and battery (when he punched a paparazzi out cold while wearing Stygian Iron brass knuckles).

In his free time when he's not peforming, Koros is constantly working on new music. He and his bandmates also hang out on their down time. He also enjoys archery, hunting, visiting the shooting range, playing video games, poker, riding dragonback, freefall cliff diving, mountain climbing, getting a new piercing or tattoo, and hanging out with his friends & family.

His all time favorite food is his dad's kokkinisto.

"To question anything and everything to me, is punk rock."

[gaspshichat]

sorry this is so late !! i got super sick last week and couldn't catch full streams but we're back for week two of pearl quotes >:D

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keralis: high five then! *crits pearl*

pearl: heck yeah !! *crits keralis*

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pearl: *punches keralis into the water*

keralis: *sinks instantly*

pearl, laughing: you sunk like a rock! do you have any buoyancy ???

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pearl: i'll be judging that bridge!

keralis: .....pl- please don't :(

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pearl: are you throwing my beetroot seeds in the water.

etho: *deep sigh* you're too observant

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pearl: what if people want beetroot seeds?

etho: nobody wants beetroot seeds. nobody eats beetroots

pearl: well that's not very nice

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karn: hm?

*short silence*

pearl: hm?

karn: hm?

pearl: hm?

karn: hm?

pearl: hm?

karn: hm?

pearl: hm?

karn: hm?

pearl: hm?

karn: hm?

pearl: hm?

karn: hm? *laughing*

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pearl: the and added the d in there

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pearl: come baaack :(( i want your face!

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pearl: i want to steal your face and attach it to a note block

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pearl: oh hi! good to see you! can you drop your face?

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pearl: no head? disappointing

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pearl: i didn't want to know anyway. keep your secret

karn: I'M ON FIRE AGAIN-

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pearl: i'm outside. talking to the plants

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karn: i think you would come into my room and throttle me

pearl: oh i can do that now !! :D

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pearl: PUZZLE HARDER >:((

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pearl: i gotta take off my clothes, hold on

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karn: do i need to make you a change room?

pearl: no i'm good, i still got my top on

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pearl: why do i have a giant water symbol on my face ????

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npc: *walks into fire*

pearl: it's alright! they were just a little cold

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pearl: i feel like we're interrupting their mating

karn: yeah i feel kind of awkward now being here

pearl: *shoots them*

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pearl: SMASH.

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pearl: i am walking to it

karn: you are floating to it

pearl: i am walking to it

karn: floaty floaty

pearl: walking.

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pearl: i don't know what i just said

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pearl: *pearl noises*

karn: yes. i agree

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pearl: my big strong man !!

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pearl: i keep forgetting to equip my umbrella when jumping off buildings

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karn: i'm in so much pain

pearl: yayy :D

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pearl: well you had your moment! whether it was cool is another question entirely

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pearl: cat is tearing my house down D:

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pearl: "does [your] father have facial hair?" what 😀 why is that relevant

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pearl: does my mum have HEAD HAIR ???

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pearl: none of that fish was influenced by my dads looks, no

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pearl: "do you have hair?" no, no hair at all. i'm like one of those wrinkly cats

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pearl: what can i do you with on this fine horse day?

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pearl: well don't you look mighty dapper sitting there in your seat on the balcony with your top hat!

false: GET OFF MY LAWN

pearl: okay! goodbye then :D

false: bye :D

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false: it's 2pm pearl

pearl: ....so you've just woken up!

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false: i know the name of my own..house

pearl: uh huh. that's why you stood there for a good 30 seconds trying to figure out what it was called

false: .....no

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pearl: D: breaking my path

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pearl: p. i'm just p[ee]

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pearl, looking at her own face on a stamp: yup that's gem !!

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pearl, looking at gem's face on a stamp: nope that's pearl. careful

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mail system: YOU GOT MAIL.

false, in the distance: what just happened ??

pearl: he's got mail !!

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pearl: send her the bee movie script

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pearl: knowing you, ren, you can write about sacks quite a lot

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pearl: we're leaving before we say something else

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pearl: hermitcraft x-rated

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pearl: stop trying to convince me to walk into my death >:(

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pearl: you don't wanna see me die right? yes you do that was a silly question

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karn: it can be your pebble

pearl: my little pebble

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pearl: flies and dowers

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pearl: i used to speak so well as a kid

karn: more eloquently?

pearl: just- better english

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pearl: are you okay?

karn: is that at me right now or in general?

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pearl, quietly: ..clawset

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karn: i'm a mad man disguised as a sane one

pearl: i don't think the disguise is very good

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karn: a sane man disguised as a mad man?

pearl: ..no

karn: aw :(

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karn: i need to mentally recover

pearl, to him: what?!

karn: hello olive :D

pearl, to chat: i was just touching his face >:3

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pearl: "is your camera account a cow?" well that's kind of rude

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pearl: LEEROY JENKINS

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karn: don't look too close!

pearl: i have to! i'm sending my sword into them!

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pearl: I MISSED YOUR FACE >:( you're lucky

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pearl: "very important question pearl, what's your favourite cheese?" tasty cheese :D

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pearl: just because i'm a youtuber and streamer doesn't mean i have exquisite taste in cheese

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karn: look at you waddle away!

pearl: don't mock my waddle!

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pearl: pee :)

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pearl: hi :) can i help you?

gem: ..nope

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pearl: as expected, there's nothing inside !!

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pearl: you know, you could probably find a potato if you organized your storage

grian: i'm not talking to you >:( i'm not talking to you about this >:((

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grian: i need to keep my heart beating !!

pearl: no you don't

pearl quotes !!

i write down a lot of pearl quotes and sometimes share them in her discord server. i've decided to put every single one i've gathered into one tumblr post. i will reblog the most recent addition every saturday with any new quotes that i have acquired. you can also send me quotes in my ask box or my dms on twitter [username is gaspshichat, like usual]. no guarantees that they'll be added though!

a lot of these quotes are sus and very out of context. that is part of the point! if pearl wants me to delete this, i absolutely will

[before it gets asked, karn is her bestie boyfriend]

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pearl: before we do that let me restock my balls

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pearl: ooh there's things happening on the ser- A BEACON ????

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pearl: don't thank me because i didn't approve of it

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pearl: i hope you guys understood what i said because i didn't

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pearl: "you killed a frog?" yup! it was for science......let it be known that is a terrible excuse in real life

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pearl: "do you take iron tablets?" i have them!

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pearl to keralis: well you're a letdown but i don't talk about that

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pearl: fix ai, make them breedable

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pearl: i got the double p! please don't acronym that

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pearl: "do you use slabs in terraforming?" *zooms in on a slab she used for terraforming* no

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pearl: "don't sell yourself short" it's okay i'm tall

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pearl: they don't bite! much..

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pearl: doc owes me child support!

*long, stunned silence*

cleo: ....okay….

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cleo: so keralis did the kidnapping, and you did kidnapping by proxy

pearl: ...no

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pearl: it was a heart of mutton. it was creepy

cleo: it was a meat heart :D

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cleo: i want to mail horrible things, like animals, to iskall

pearl: oh! that's horrid

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pearl: "you charge your other mats rent?" yes

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pearl: i don't know if this is lag or if my balls are just popping in really slowly

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pearl: these balls ain't going away

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pearl: let me move my balls aside for you

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pearl: hello ♪

karn: is it me you're looking for ♪

pearl: no ♪

karn: oh :(

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pearl: i don't need a big, strong man to kill me

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pearl: turn down the thing you need to turn down...you know what it is

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karn: i fractured the world from what i can tell

pearl: ..bruh

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pearl: what does the button do?

karn: THE BUTTON SHUTS THE DOORS ON US AND SPAWNS A BUNCH OF MOBS

pearl: i pushed the button hehe

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pearl: cleo made the child

false: ...the child?

pearl: yeah :D it's a bebe

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pearl: "why are there beach umbrellas at the post office?" *long pause* maybe it's because of all the water?

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pearl: you caught me mid construction

gem: i know >:3

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pearl: he's letting his babies loose

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gem: look at you up there. you're adorable *punches her*

pearl: aH-

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pearl: i am greatly navigationally challenged right now

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pearl: i got too comfortable with hermitcraft actually working

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pearl: ah! moist!

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pearl: anyway that's completely distracted me away from my really passionate rockies

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pearl: we have pickles to do !!

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karn: let's not sit on the balls

pearl: 🤨

karn: *holds up cat toys*

pearl: oh- *starts laughing and hides her very red face*

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pearl: just shove it in

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pearl: how do you know what brimstone tastes like

karn: i've lived quite the life

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pearl: give it a suck

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pearl: our feet are not equal

karn: why are you bringing our feet into this ??

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pearl: i could give you the australian bestie word-

karn, oblivious: alright

pearl: -but it's not pg

karn, realizing: ahhh

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karn: it's a mental thing, you see

pearl: oh

karn: yes, i'm mentally stuck here

pearl: i see

karn: yes, i'm in a position where i don't want to leave-

pearl: that's very intense for a friend

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karn: it's just as sweet as you

pearl: don't butter me up

karn: too late!

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pearl: i'm flee with extra flee

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karn: you okay, my dear?

pearl: *sobbing*

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pearl: did you pee in the ocean?

karn, instantly: yes

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pearl: stop wasting your bullets!

karn: sorry ☹️

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pearl: did you think his ass was his face ????

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pearl: in what realm is a butthole a face ????

karn: *trying to explain*

pearl: babe :I

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pearl: take that you stupid ass robot

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karn: on the count of three. one-

pearl: *starts blasting*

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pearl: stupid ass spider

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pearl: a butt is clearly defined by two cheeks, a hole, and a tail!

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pearl: [karn] is very special. in multiple ways

[dragon-queen21]

Limited Life agere headcanons

Alrighty so thanks to my friend these ideas have been roaming around my brain rent free for the past hour or more and so I'm sharing them with all of you now. :3

~Cleo gives off tired, single mom vibes. Her two kids that she takes care of is Scar and Bdubs.

~Skizz is the overly trusting child who often ends up at Cleo's place without understanding how he's made it there. Cleo wonders herself because he has two very two overprotective dads, Etho and Impulse.

~Scar coming up to Cleo holding Sizz's hand and just being like 'Hey mom I found a new friend can we keep him?' And Cleo , while sipping a cup of coffee being like 'sure, what's one more?'

~Jimmy, Joel, and Grian are like seven year olds, without a caregiver, who think that they are so cool and run around causing so much chaos.

~They're probably the reason why Scar learned a bunch of curse words without knowing the meaning of what he's saying.

~"Mom I made a new friend! His name is Jimmy-erh Tim? Timmy? Jim- uh, I forget." Cleo in all her wisdom decides to just rename Jimmy. Saves both her and Scar a lot of trouble in the long run. "Ah, okay, Jimothy it is then."

~The epic fights that Scar and Bdubs tell Cleo about? Literally just the two of them playing make believe together.

~Bdubs gives off older brother energy but not by much.

~Martyn is like the cool uncle who will babysit kiddos every once and awhile, who just so happens to regress as well but doesn't tell anyone cause clearly Cleo is stressed out and she doesn't need to deal with another little.

~Etho would give Cleo a break from Scar and Bdubs if it weren't for the fact that he knows he'll end up regressed as well and only making her stress levels worsen.

~Pearl is like the neighborhood wet cat who comes to Cleo with pretty rocks and shiny things that she finds just looking for approval and attention.

~Cleo just calling up Joe back on hermitcraft and complaining/crying to him about the grief and stress that her children have put her through. "I leave them alone for five minutes and it's utter chaos Joe, utter chaos!" He just lets her vent.

[stygiansauce]

Tango (from any au) listens to System of a Down and KoRn. That chaotic kind of metal that keeps his short attention span and his can have it playing at full blast but still concentrate on his work. His friends get confused by how he can even use his brain with all the different noises and tempos going on at once.

Slooopes my love! <3

When I was in my freshman year of college I went to a concert with my dad and mid-way through I realized I forgot to do my psychology homework. So, in the middle of Lamb of God (super cool show with fire and lights!) I was reading about Pavlov.

I 100% understand the scratchy brain music. Tango and I are one in the same fr. I use Korn to study for my content heavy classes. Etho understands the itch but Bdubs has trained him into using dramatic classical music (It was that or nickleback, this is before Etho branched out into better rock). so now if you walk around the lab and pull out everyones headphones you'll get classical overtures, metal, disco, and Skizz who is having an emotional experience to Greta Van Fleet.

[ok-ish-hermitcraft-headcanons]

Hug ratings!

Bdubs: Don't pick him up. Just don't. 2/10 got bit

Beef: He never let's go first 9/10 comfy

Cleo: She's rotting. 3/10 unpleasant smell

Cub: The air around him is spicy? 7/10 pop rocks

Doc: Fluffy. :} 9/10 point removed cause he shocked me once

Etho: Well you can try. ??/10 stop teleporting

False: Strong. 8/10 I had to catch my balance again

Gem: Super easygoing! Fits in arms perfectly! 10/10 be careful of the antlers

Grian: Just don't touch his back! 8/10 wrapped in wings,,,v Soft

Npc: Funky lil dude! 6/10 robot

Hypno: Brain gets fuzzy if you touch him for too long. ???/10 calming

Impulse: Very good at it! 1000000/10 hug shaped

Iskall: Their preferred hug length is ~10 minutes. 9/10 very sweet

Jevin: Some people say its nice? Can't relate. ???/10 slimy

Joe Hills: It's really nice. 10/10 good dad vibes

Keralis: Perfect amount of pressure. 7/10 too many sex joke

Mumbo: He needs a good meal or 8. 6/10 bony

Pearl: Barely touches you. 6/10 gentle

Ren: He only knows full body hugs. 9/10 good luck if you tell him ur touch starved

Scar: Enthusiastic! 8/10 I'm always a little worried I'll hurt him

Stress: Shes so nice about it?? 9/10 point docked cause her hands are always cold

Tango: Warm. 8/10 be prepared to sweat

Tfc: Comforting. :} perfect/10 really should've visited him more

Wels: Really good if you catch him on a rest day. 3/10 usually armor gets in the way

Hels: Wels, but it hurts more. 0/10 got lit on fire

Xb: Pretty nice. 7/10 little tight

Xisuma: Very safe, but the armor makes it less comfy. 7/10 brotherly hugs

Ex: Chaos. Might think hes trying to break your ribs at first. 5/10 I had bruises

Zedaph: Not the biggest fan of being held. __/10 sit next to him and he'll lean on you

Wormman: I don't think he gets enough hugs. 8/10 he may cry

Mmm I want a hug

[aidenplays]

okay so for context, i've been rotating a friday night stabby and naruto crossover au. you can blame @darkclouud9 for this <3

the arizona dads + joker are from suna, i haven't figured out their combat styles or releases yet but joker is definitely going to be a puppet technique user.

lala and endless are from the hygua branch house. neither of them really care about protecting the main house, and lala ended up leaving the house due to her marriage with astro.

speaking of astro, he's an otsutsuki, because Of Course He Is, and i think it would be funny if he can summon slugs (quintapus slug my beloved)

mrs t and evil are cousins from the uchiha clan, and everyone thinks evil is the dangerous one at first, but it's really mrs t <3

brody's just an average ninja from konoha, and while he's capable of using ice release, his specialty is taijutsu, because if someone like rock lee can get by with just taijutsu, why can't he? (though his combat style is a lot different, focusing more on endurance and dealing slower but harder hits)

and etho... honestly i haven't figured out etho's deal here, because i don't want to make him Just Kakashi, and his vibe in friday night stabby is different enough from his vibe on hermitcraft that it's throwing me for a bit of a loop lmao

anyway, i might keep developing this one, i might not. we'll see

making a highly indulgent crossover au is something that can be so personal. i think more people should do this actually

[radioactive-mouse]

last life members ranked on how likely i’d be to get in a car with them as someone who cannot drive

jimmy: extremely nervous driver. he’s overly cautious to the point of putting other people in danger. we’d probably be fine but it would take 30 times longer than it should to get to wherever we’re going. 4/10

mumbo: ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE -12/10

skizz: i feel like he’s a good driver but he gets distracted easily. great at conversation but i feel like if there’s more than 2 people in the car we’re swerving into a river. 6/10

impulse: yeah thinking about it he’s probably the most competent driver here. sure. would be fun and c’mon it’s impulse :D he could drive us into a ravine and i’d still probably give him at least a 4 star uber rating. 10/10

lizzie: very adamant that she can drive. she cannot. 3/10

bdubs: here’s the thing right? i think bdubs would be a good driver. not as prone to road rage as you might think, but he’ll curse someone out if they really deserve it. probably plays music a little too loud but that’s like, the only major downside. 7/10

tango: okay, tango on the other hand— yeah no we would end up tailspinning in the middle of a highway. 3/10

bigb: same boat as jimmy i think, but like, slightly less so. the thing is that jimmy’s afraid of his own bad driving, bigb is afraid of other people’s bad driving. fundamental difference. 6/10

scar: fine at driving provided he can remember that he is, in fact, driving. the second he starts a conversation with someone he would turn fully around into the back seat and stop looking at the road at all. i don’t think i could resist talking to him long enough for us to not crash. 2/10

cleo: hmmm yeah this would be fine. she’d get us where we need to go. 8/10

grian: depends how much he hates the other people in the car. i feel like if he were just driving on his own he would be an exceedingly average driver but the second anyone starts annoying him he’s pushing the pedal to the floor just to get this ride over with. i think a solid 7/10 at a baseline but if scar is also in the car his score automatically drops to zero.

etho: for some reason i cannot imagine etho driving. he feels like he just teleports everywhere with his naruto powers or something. ???/10

joel: in his default state? he’s a fine driver. perfectly reasonable. but the second you go “hey. hey joel. wouldnt it be funny if you—“ and he is already wildly swerving the car for fun. 6/10 but don’t encourage him.

pearl: i feel like she speeds for the thrill. i would get in the car anyway tho. 7/10 but not because we wouldn’t crash, i just wouldn’t mind if we did

martyn: he’s a decent driver provided he knows where he’s going already. in terms of safety he’d be fine but requires frequent intervention if we’re going somewhere new. i would have to tell him we missed a turn 3 blocks ago and this would happen several times over the course of the trip. 7/10 for safety, 3/10 for emotional turmoil.

rendog: is a perfectly sane driver if he’s driving other people somewhere. the second you leave him alone in the car he drops all pretenses of trying to seem like a good driver and just slams the gas pedal with reckless abandon while playing dad rock full blast. we would be fine tho. 8/10

scott: he has the common sense to just walk at this point. 10/10

[bloodpen-to-paper]

The Status of the Double Life Duos in Limited Life

-Etho and Joel are on their divorce arc; Joel was jealous Etho supposedly replaced him with a cow so he killed the cow, then Etho killed Joel during the Great Green Life Hunt and sounded like a maniac while doing it

-Scott came over to Entertainment Mountain/Insecure Mountain/Secure Mountain/The Rock/The Mountain and chatted with Cleo quite often; he also let Cleo take one of his lives willingly. Mean Gils and the Clockers seem to have had an alliance during the Red Wars, and Scott fought along side Cleo until the very end.

-Grian and Scar were enemies, with Bad Boys having killed members of Team Clocker, and Clockers retaliating by burning the mansion. Then they became cousins. Then they went back to being enemies. (at one point Grian called Scar dad, its all a bit jumbled). Finally, during a supposed truce, Grain quite literally backstabbed Scar and took him out of the series (in Grian's words, it was "the ultimate betrayal")

-Ren isn't around so no BigB-Ren reunion :( At least he got a Pearl

-Speaking of, Pearl and Scott were friendly, with her even helping Scott and Martyn pick out their team name (Scott and Martyn ironically enough are a team this time around), before Pearl stole Mean Gils' enchanter and her and Scott developed hate tension the likes of which hasn't been seen since SmallEtho divorce. They continued to quip at each other here and there, until the final stages of the Red Wars where they were consistent enemies, with the two aiming to take the other out permanently

-Pearl was friendly enough with Martyn, though upon asking if he had a Tilly, he did throw gunpowder and say he "cremated her" so that happened. Her and Cleo don't trust each other, and sort of went around statuses until they eventually became enemies and Pearl helped eliminate Cleo

-Cleo and Martyn seemingly had no relationship/were neutral for the most part. Mean Gils and the Clockers had an alliance going during the Red Wars so they never attacked each other, though Scott was mostly the glue that held up that group

-The T.I.E.S. dislike the Bad Boys, and so far Jimmy and Tango have had limited interactions (Jimmy saying "Sorry Rancher" after Joel killed their cow comes to mind); they do however seem friendly enough with each other, with Tango even complimenting Jimmy for killing him, despite their teams' enemyship

-Grian tried to scam BigB into letting him expand Bad Boys Bread Bridge onto Nosy Neighbor territory; BigB almost let him before Pearl stopped it. BigB and Grian also allied near the end of the series, with Grian trying to convince BigB to leave Pearl for him and Joel until Bad Boys and Nosy Neighbors as a whole teamed up. Grian became an official Nosy Neighbor once Joel died.

-Impulse gave Bdubs a clock as a sign of peace considering their bad blood from previous Life sessions, and seeing as Bdubs remembers the good times from their marriage more than anything, Impulse wanted to bury the hatchet. Bdubs frequently hung out with T.I.E.S. (granted more for Etho than anything), but this had them on friendly terms, with Bdubs even becoming an honorary member. However, at some point Impulse assisted Tango in betraying him for a boogey kill, and during the Red Wars T.I.E.S. and the Clockers became enemies until eventually Impulse killed Bdubs, eliminating him entirely

-Regarding Etho and Bdubs... yeah I'm not touching that mess, y'all have fun tho

[inward-shoe]

Hermits by how good at cooking they’d be

Bdubs- he tries to be adventurous, but ends up burning most of the things he cooks 2/10

Cub- He does pretty well, but keeps it simple because he is busy mining 4/10

Doc- he starts out pretty well, he’s chopping up vegetables..... and he’s started another lab experiment. 0/10 you missed the point good sir

etho- he is wicked good, but his inspiration strikes at 3am and most hermits find fresh baked goods on their porch in the morning. 10/10 sn-etho

False- She knows a few meals, but mostly things that come in circles, such as pizza. 5/10

Grian- Do not let this man near a stove!! -10/10

Gem- She’ll spend many hours cooking a wonderful vegetable soup and then complain that it doesn’t taste quite right.

Scar- He loves milkshakes and smoothies, but be warned if you are around him while he is making them. 6/10 scary.

Hypno- while he is pretty good at cooking, everyone swears there’s a strange mushroom flavor even in things that don’t call for mushroom. 6/10

impulse- He’s the candy man, but no one is supposed to low that he just built the machines that make his candy, and he immediately forgot the recipe. 3/10.

Iskall- He makes a lot of traditional dishes from Sweden, but no matter how much he uses the stove or the oven, his food always is cold.7/10

Jevin- That man can make a jello salad. 9/10

Joe Hills- He can make good stuff, but he almost always get requests to make dinosaur nuggets and his Mac and cheese. 8/10, good dad.

Keralis- While he know how to cook, he tends to go overboard on the spices as he likes to listen to music while he cooks. Everyone is too nice to say anything, except of course XB. 6.5/10

Mumbo- He eats his vegetables, he swears!! 3/10 potato boy overcooks his potatoes.

Pearl- she makes lots of casseroles, but not the bad kinds, the ones with lots of cheese and love baked in. 9/10

Rendog- he doesn’t cook, he just eats pepperoni and gold fish until Doc comes back. 0/10

Stress- she makes very healthy dishes with lots of plants, but they actually do taste pretty good. After all, she has to keep a good figure. 8/10

Tango- He snacks on flamin’ hot Cheetos while he’s working so much, that he doesn’t realize how much spice he puts into his actual meals. 4/10

TFC- Nobody realizes that TFC knows the recipe to the KFC chicken, but he won’t tell anybody that. 7/10 sneaky man.

Beef- by far the best cook on the server. Only those who are vegan or undead (Cleo) do not partake. 11/10

Wels- He doesn’t cook that often, although he has a recipe for key lime pie that even Cleo loves. 4/10

XB- that man loves his canned foods. He defaults to bringing a jar of canned beans to whatever group meal they happen to do. No one is sure where he gets them all. 3/10 sus.

xisuma- He tries his best at elaborate meals, and occasionally they have been the most memorable meals of the season, and other times, well Python wasn’t always red. 5/10 scary cook

Zedaph- oh no, him and Doc got busy doing science again, and he’s eating a rock. -4/10

Cleo- She graciously accepts the baked goods from Etho, and the other various things, tho as a zombie she gives it to her twin, HumanCleo to eat.