#etho is compared to grian sometimes

[whereispearlescentmoon]

I love the idea of the hybrid glitching trope in fics so much. Like the fandom has just determined that some hermits are part animal or mob or other and that sometimes they don’t get to choose how big that part is because of a glitch?

Cleo, Doc, Tango, Cub, and Jevin becoming hostile? Incredible angst potential but also humor because imagine you’re chilling with your buddy Cleo and she just starts burning in the sun and trying to eat you randomly, or Jevin keeps trying to jump into glass walls, or Tango keeps shooting fireballs at you, or Doc won’t stop hissing when you get too close and is suddenly terrified of cats. Cub is actually being relatively tame… as long as you stay away from any skulk sensors or shriekers so you don’t summon him.

For the more “animal” oriented hybrids, it’s more about wrangling than anything. Ren has gone full wolf and someone has to stop him from trying to chase down and kill Gem, Etho, and Zedaph, who will not stop running, because wolves kill foxes and sheep. No one can get False and Grian out of the sky (which is a problem because, evidently, a falcon can and will try to kill a parrot), XB disappeared into the ocean somewhere, and Scar, Beef, and Joel are… being relatively chill. Turns out a cat, a bull, and a raccoon are actually pretty easy to deal with comparatively.

As for the more esoteric or out there hermit hybrids, things are even weirder. Skizz wants to track down Impulse but Impulse won’t leave the nether and Skizz can’t enter it right now. Pearl is shapeshifter, so she’s just resigning herself to uncontrollable shifts and trying not to break anything when she randomly sprouts horns or wings or a tail. Juppet’s “handler” is gone so he’s fully just out of commission, and had to be placed in his little one by one base for the time being because he can no longer move. X looks fine outwardly, but he’s actually struggling to not fully turn into void mist inside his suit.

And for the hermits who I don’t headcanon as hybrids (Bdubs, Keralis, Hypno, Wels, and Mumbo) they’re just trying to keep things in line but maybe not doing a great job given just how quickly the situation would probably devolve, especially as X is trying to fix server issues (being the only admin who’s currently… reachable) while also trying to remain corporeal.

[astrowarr]

grian, etho, and cleo are just....

sometimes love is three damaged people knee deep in lifetimes worth of loss and grief, painting their walls green together. maybe love is those three people thinking over a dinner table, "you wouldn't die for me, and there's no greater solace than that."

love, actually, goes like this. let me look at all the damage you've done, both now and before, and let me raise you this: every wound you have inflicted, i too have exacted. all the havoc you have wreaked sits in a mirror with all the desolation i will soon impose. because if all six of our hands are stained bone-deep with blood, and there are no others to compare, doesn't that make them just hands?

[msbellebelle]

More Hermitcraft headcannons because I'm Still Normal

Ren and Pearl are different kinds of werewolves. Ren turns into what is essentially a giant dog during a full moon, but Pearl turns into a more stereotypical werewolf during a full moon. They both keep their regular hair in dog form.

Skizz has wings, but they're too small to fly with. Imagine something cupid-like.

Impulse's horns, despite being the same color as his skin, do not have skin on them. If you look closely, you can see where the base of the horns meets his head. Speaking of his horns, they're always growing. Impulse doesn't like keeping them long and pointy, so he shaves them down at least once a month so theyre nice and kinda nubby.

Bdubs has a problem with keeping his mouth open. He'll just be sitting there, either doing something or talking to others, and he'll just keep his mouth open until someone points it out to him.

Etho is a kitsune, but doesnt like showing off his ears and tails to people, so he usually uses his powers to keep them hidden. Sometimes when he's tired, he'll accidentally let them slip and poof into existence.

Grian and Jimmy, being avian-hybrids, get pin feathers and need to preen every now and again. Jimmy tries (and fails) to do it himself, but Grian has an entire set of people he'll go to for help. He'll usually go to Mumbo or Scar for preening help, but if they're both unavailable, he's not afraid to go ask Pearl or Gem for help instead.

Because of his times as a potato (and a potato salesman) during season 8, to this day Mumbo has difficulties eating potatoes. He just can't make himself eat them sometimes, and he'll eventually give up and try eating something else.

Doc, being part creeper, is seemingly more respected by creepers compared to other hermits. Some will still try to blow up on him, but sometimes he'll just have a creeper sitting there next to him, doing nothing, as if he didn't even exist.

That is all. For now.

[thegayumbrella]

some hermitcraft headcanons

Pearl

-OCD and autism

-Grian’s twin and Jimmy’s older sister, Martyn’s cousin

-moth hybrid normally but is a wolf during the life series and a barn owl for empires and wl7

-everything in her base is meticulously organized and if you rearrange her storage she’ll sit on the floor and cry, don’t do that

-all her life series dogs (Tilly, Mailbox, Matchbox, Milly, and Billy) are on hermitcraft with her =D Mailbox helps her deliver mail

-actually hates pickles 0-0 can’t stand the taste, smell, or sight of them. makes her want to puke. but it’s worth it to annoy Gem.

-will not touch powdered snow for any reason whatsoever. won’t go near it. won’t look at it. if you bring it near her she panics and flies away.

Gem

-ADHD

-Etho’s little sister and legally adopted by the arizona dads. yes all of them. change my mind.

-caribou hybrid but can change her hybrid features to be monarch butterfly or red fox

-worldhopper. this makes it so servers that erase memories don’t work on her, that’s why she remembers secret life.

-she loudly hums “good luck babe” whenever Pearl visits her base. Pearl has not picked up on it yet.

-that flower in her hair is totally a sunflower that Pearl gave her in empires season 1. Pearl doesn’t remember this. but Gem cast a spell on it so it never wilts.

-stared at human skulls for DAYS to build hers properly. like ten different skulls to compare face structures and stuff. don’t ask where they came from, what did you THINK murder beach was for? picnics?

-gets violently seasick but too stubborn to admit it

-weak ass immune system. gets sick within 20 feet of someone with a cold. really good at hiding it though. Etho is the only one who can tell and pesters her about it constantly.

Grian

-depression

-Pearl’s twin and Jimmy’s older brother, Martyn’s cousin

-parrot hybrid, but can change the colors of his wings

-ex-watcher. he doesn’t have eyes because the watchers gouged them out when he left.

-genuinely thinks Mumbo is the embodiment of one of his two remaining braincells. also genuinely thinks he only has two braincells. Nobody can convince him otherwise.

-sometimes says he’s a dog person to annoy Scar but everyone knows he’s lying

Scar

-dyslexia and ADHD

-occasionally pretends to be Grian’s brother but isn’t

-sometimes a vex hybrid, sometimes an elf. not even he knows how to control it.

-can do cheesy magic tricks like making a coin appear behind your ear or stuff with cards

-such a good shot because he has really enhanced eyesight for some reason. there are rumors that Doc, Cub, or False kidnapped and ran experiments on him.

-secretly really angry at disney for the lack of queer storylines but has to keep up appearances as The Ultimate Fan™ 

[megabuild]

"Is Etho's Lab Autistic?" - the greatest thread in the history of MCYTblr, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,

NOT INTENDED to be a diagnostic resource or an "accusation/truthing" of Etho being autistic, but rather comparing autistic criterion as printed in the DSM-5 with various clips and common autistic experiences, since he has many autistic fans who relate to him. Also because it's a little funny and it's always fun to see more Etho clips. Some of these clips may overlap categories.

A: Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction.

Unaware of social conventions or context; makes socially inappropriate comments (especially to strangers)

Bdubs: "One of the first things he said to me... Bdubs, you are always sick. I never get sick."

"I was at the DMV, for like, fifteen minutes."

(Gem: "Sometimes the things that come out of your mouth are... unexpected.") "That's how you get laughs, Gem."

Lack of theory of mind (difficulty or inability to recognise cognitive differences- assumes everyone thinks similarly and will understand any references or explanations made, no matter how particular)

"PLETHORA!"

"It's the same noise tigers make when they chuff."

"Feel free to boo if you wish." ("Boo!")

B: Restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities.

Idiosyncratic or metaphorical language (language that has meaning only to those familiar with the individual's communication style) (also extends to a very particular or idiosyncratic sense of humour that appeals only to themselves)

"The Office is a good show..."

"Objectify them! Objectify them real good!"

"What's the deal with bathroom... peanuts...?"

"This is probably the greatest story you will ever hear in your lifetime."

"And he's like, Etho, don't go in there."

Echolalia (immediate or delayed repetition of sounds, words or phrases)

"Meow!"

"Deh-deh-deh!"

"We got go get wool!" (More mature jargoning than echolalia, but still)

Rigid thinking (difficulty or inability to understand humour, irony, or implied meanings)

"That's Not What That Is."

"I don't have social skills, Grian.."

Particular interests, often on unorthodox things or with uncommon levels of intensity

Sourcing exact clips for this one is tricky, but being a Minecraft YouTuber is one of the most autistic things a person can do imo.

Specifically, a redstone Minecraft YouTuber. Who invents stuff like the Nexus.

(On fireworks, something he's made frequent references to and also tried to make as a kid) "I'm like a kid in a candy store right now!"

Anxiety around change/transitional periods

"Whenever I'm recording a new series with a bunch of new people, the stress... I start to feel it in my stomach." (Gem: "Aw, that's anxiety!")

C: Other things I felt were relevant but couldn't decide on a category for

"I used to go out after rainstorms and pick (worms) up..." (Guude: "Would you let them go ever, or-") "No, I usually forgot about 'em... found 'em later all dried up..."

Cleo: "To be fair, Etho never claims he's a grown up, he just sort of.. giggles and runs away."

"Guys? GUYS?!"

Hiding in the bathroom at MCC

Vaxxed?

Mannerisms such as his "sleepy" or monotone voice from earlier years, or "whisper-shouting" rather than actually yelling.

Thanks

[littl3-r0zes]

Agere Mumbo Headcanons

The tiniest inventor <3

He was Grian's caregiver for years before he started regressing, and he felt really guilty when he realized that he wanted to regress - (Grian was ecstatic, because he's been wanting to have playdates with a little Mumbo for a while, but felt weird saying anything) - He thinks that he's going to be a kinda older little, so does Grian, he's also hoping for that because it means he'll feel less guilty about not being able to take care of Grian - Sometimes he will, in fact, regress to an older age, but a lot of the time he regresses to something pretty young that he needs An Adult. - Mostly because he chews on everything. He will eat anything you put anywhere NEAR him. he needs 24/7 supervision and a padded room - He buys a miniature redstone contraption build kit for regressing before he regresses for the first time, mostly out of impulse knowing he has plenty to spare money wise and if he winds up not being able to regress he can just give it to Etho - He and Tango promptly eat half the parts before someone notices - He's sick and miserable for three days after that - Grian tries very hard to take care of him, but he's not a caregiver at heart and is, at best, a babysitter for an hour or two if nobody else is available. Most of the time he ends up regressing himself - Mumbo doesn't have a particular CG he prefers as far as he claims, but he's typically drawn towards Impulse and Pearl thanks to being apart of Boatem with him - Several times has he regressed old enough he didn't want a CG, adamantly shooed them away, and then regressed younger and gone crying to the nearest hermit - It's incredibly often that he will demand to see Grian while regressed, and if Grian isn't summoned Right That Instant he will pitch a fit - It varies from day to day whether it's cute how much he cares about his best friend or frustrating because Grian is straight up not available and nothing will get Mumbo to settle down - Grian compares him to Grumbot because of this, and Mumbo then has to learn that his son was built in another server without him while he was away and said son then promptly blew up that server - Grian makes him a Grumbot plush, and when he's old enough to use redstone safely but not old enough to be big, he starts building small redstone bits and bobs to put in it - After a few months, the Grumbot plush is an actual sentient Grumbot, except it's more child than any of the other ones ever were - Plush!Grumbot is delighted by little!Mumbo and little!Grian and calls them his brothers when they're regressed, but dads when they're not - Mumbo loves plush!Grumbot and will cry if he realizes he doesn't have it - He doesn't have designated agere clothes. Pearl suggested it one time and he freaked out at the idea of changing into something that wasn't his trusty, well tailored, perfect fabric suit that he has thirty copies of - He also isn't a big fan of messy activities like finger painting or playing in the mud, and will get upset if he gets dirty somehow - Super, super picky eater. A lot of the time he's determined to cook himself food he knows he'll like the texture of, and won't be allowed to because he's too little - He calls Grian "Gubba" because when Grian came around for the first time Mumbo regressed, he called him "Mubba", proclaiming that "Mama" (derived from "Mumma" and "Mum") were for CG Mumbo - The first agere gear he ever got himself was a very soft red crab plush that's the perfect size for cuddling and has big plastic eyes. His name is Louis and Mumbo loves him dearly

[shepscapades]

Hiii I LOVEEEEE your DBC AU so much!!!!! You've given me a concerning level of brainrot =w= I just have question about the new part that just came out: why is Etho going crazy? Is it bc of the trauma? Or is it smth else?

HI thank you!!! <3 It’s been mentioned here and there (I think I talked about it in the Part 1 post), but it’s probably not a bad idea to recap every now and then for any new folks. (I then proceeded to write everything out more detail than I’ve ever talked about it before!) so hopefully this makes things a little more clear! Gbjdghkvjm

Etho, who was still trying to get used to a full range of emotions on top of his first life series, had a REALLY hard time with how Last Life ended— the adrenaline and fear of Death Games’ Survival of the Fittest and being pit against all of his friends is one thing, but something about his relationship with bdubs was so much more important to him, and he essentially blames himself for bdubs’ permanent death in the series. He vividly remembers (has recorded + logged the memories of) himself telling bdubs he wouldn’t give him a life unless he killed one of the other reds— remembers bdubs saying he’ll kill to earn the life, remembers him looking so earnest and determined, vividly remembers the moment the message rang out that Bdubs had gotten his kill, and the message that Grian had killed Bdubs shortly after.

Etho never quite forgave himself for being the self-perceived reason bdubs dies (after all, he should have just given bdubs the life if he really cared and wanted him to survive), and he takes this grief back with him as they return to Hermitcraft Season 8. As someone who’s very new to feelings of guilt and failure, you can imagine how hard he took this— reviewing the memories again and again, trying to understand why he made those decisions, realizing how selfish he is, comparing his “failure to protect bdubs” to when he was first assigned to Bdubs, when he sacrificed himself to keep Bdubs safe.

As the moon situation escalated and hermitcraft got increasingly busy, Etho couldn’t find it in himself to confront bdubs (maybe not seeing himself fit to deserve bdubs’ forgiveness, or fearing Bdubs’ disappointment or anger with him) and his fears and regrets kind of slowly ate away at him until it shut him down. It’s actually a recurring theme for Etho that, because of the damage he sustained from the creeper blast that caused his deviancy, his systems are actually kind of fragile when it comes to pushing them to their extremes. When he feels an extraordinary amount of overwhelming emotion, his thirium pump starts to work in overdrive, and thirium starts leaking from all of the places his shell is cracked— his face, his shoulder, and his arm.

So the idea is that, Etho returns to Season 8 trying to… more or less forget about what happened— except he can’t, he’s obsessed with what happened, and his emotions start to overwhelm him until thirium starts to leak and whatnot. But I think deviants are fairly used to “dismissing” warnings, as sometimes their thirium pump will skip, their temperature will rise, or other system updates may happen when they feel certain emotions, and Etho is so distracted (or. Trying to be distracted) that he doesn’t realize he’s dismissing Thirium Loss notifications until it’s too late. He begins to shut down with Last Life on his mind, and the system errors that follow are all garbled out.

This technically happens before the moon destroys the server, which means etho is offline, or broken, or what have you, when the server gets destroyed, and this is actually what truly glitches him out. When Xisuma and Doc try to reboot him at the beginning of season 9, Etho’s system is caught on a glitch: Etho had shut down thinking about last life, so his programming is trying to eliminate the threat who killed bdubs as an attempt to fix what happened (bdubs dying). Etho’s trying to eliminate grian (who isn’t a threat anymore, because this isn’t last life, last life was ages ago) but he’s not thinking straight and can’t process anything beyond the Desperation+Fear+Guilt. Since Grian’s not in the room, he goes for the next best thing: the person who might be able to tell him where Grian is: the server admin. Doc just gets in the way of Etho trying to get to Xisuma, so Etho “decommissions” Doc in an attempt to remove him from the equation.

So um. Yeah! That should be everything more or less explained… hopefully it also clears up some details you may or may not notice in the comics! Etho starts leaking thirium throughout the destruction comics, Etho goes for Xisuma first… Etho having memory flashbacks of Last Life. If anything is particularly confusing feel free to ask more questions! But it’s kinda nice to be able to write out how I’ve logic’d out all of this happening in my head hehe (i plan on posting the DBHC Etho playlist soon with a brief explanation of each song in Etho’s timeline, so hopefully that will help too!) :]

[ponderingsoflife]

Life Character Headcanons Compilation Post:

I don’t care that Tango’s hair is made of fire, he still has a massive widow’s peak he can’t get rid of

Bdubs has a prominent lisp, he was self conscious about it until one person told him it was cool and he’s lived off that high since then

Grian’s first crush was Impulse, anytime Scar does something stupid he deadpan remarks about how Impulse would have never done this to him

Scott is in fact a cannibal, he’s not a vampire or anything like that, and he wouldn’t go around killing people, he just eats remains he finds

Jimmy is a vegan, meat makes him sick, chicken is okay sometimes but never, ever red meat

Scar wears dresses and skirts because fuck gender norms, he likes to feel all pretty

Big B is the absolute best at braiding hair, it’s how him and Scar bond after the Double Life drama

Etho isn’t actually self conscious about what’s under the mask, he just thinks it makes him look badass, and he won’t let people see him without it out of the fear that that secret will come out

Cleo is a zombie, but their skin isn’t naturally green. It’s grey. She paints it green to make it less like some uncanny valley and more comical

Martyn is keen on remembering things because he suffered an injury that gave him amnesia at a very young age and he had to relearn everything, now he nearly has a panic attack every time he thinks he’s forgotten something

Lizzy and Joel have matching green stripes in their hair, Lizzy’s is just a lot easier to hide because she has so much more hair compared to him (Joel on occasion also likes to dye a stripe of his hair pink so he can match her)

Despite being an Imp, Impulse absolutely loves cold weather and cannot stand heat over ninety

All the scars on Skizz’s body are actually eyes that have remained closed for so long they started fusing shut. The first time he opens them after having them shut for so long there is a lot of blood

Ren was an emo kid in high school while Mumbo was a theater kid. They were the only two to go to their specific school, so only they know about the awkward phases that the other had.

Gem watched Pearl eat veal once, and as a deer hybrid that spooked her. She has semi-regular nightmares about Pearl trying to eat her that she refuses to bring up because she finds it embarrassing (don't tell her about Scott)

Pearl is not a wolf or a moth hybrid, she is the wonderful mashup of the two where she is a were-moth who transforms in the moonlight

[kingscourthouse]

YOU'RE ALSO DOING AN EPIC THE MUSICAL HERMIT AU?? :O

TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT /nf ofc I'm just really curious as to how our ideas compare and contrast :D

I'll be honest it's not really set in stone. It started as a joke concept of Boat Boys since I was talking to my friend about how they're obsessed but infatuated like how Odysseus is with Penelope in the Odessey.

<Massive ramble incoming>

It's very loosely based on Epic since there's some things in epic that would be hard to work around and also I feel bad putting some people in certain roles. Since it's loosely based on it, everything I post about it won't always be following the story because I had this really stupid idea of Grian following Scar to the underworld after he died bc he's in love. /silly

Over all its a very stupid au.

Mainly its Joel fighting in the war for years so he can return to Etho. Unlike Odysseus though, Joel carries an oar given to him from Etho everywhere he goes. The end is sharpened into a spear and is enchanted with fire aspect. The bands wrapped around his arms are from Scar who believes they will bring him safety. Throughout the journey, Joel will cycle through a lot of looks as he grows in age and changes. Near the end of the war and beginning of the story, he's inspired by his Stratos outfit. As he's in the underworld his hair grows out and covers more, he looks more like (my design) of Bad Boy Joel from Limited Life. Only difference is that instead of his hair being wild, it's long braids that he's never touched. And then when he finally returns home he'll look more like his skins in the early Life Series with long hair, long beard and obviously out for blood. He's a man with a trail of bodies and isn't afraid to leave more.

Beef takes the place of Eurlylocus, as Joel's second in command and a brother in arms. Beef is the one of the people always by his side and knows what Joel is fighting for. He makes the most level headed decisions but won't hesitate when he thinks it's time to kill or leave. While Joel wants a peaceful way out, Beef will do what it takes to make sure their men survive. When perishing in the storm, Beef is found with Scar in the underworld. Speaking of llamas-

Scar takes the place of Polites. Throughout the story the amount of scars he has grows from his working on the ship. Most on his face and chest are from the war, but a good portion of the ones on his arms are from working on the galley. He uses a bow and his sharp aim had gained him a title in the war, but he's actually fairly strong, tying ropes around his arms and fallen men to drag them across the battlefield. He'll tie the rope to multiple oars on the ship so people can have breaks. A lot of his scars are barely seen as scars now and more as his stories. A walking display of honour and comradery. Some say he was blessed by one of the gods for his silliness and bravery. Sometimes being near him you can hear faint laughter. Some think it's the messenger god. Others believe it's the vex that haunt the lotus eaters. Scar is a mystery to a lot of them.

Now that we got the boring ones out of the way (/that's a joke, I love them)

THE GODS

From what ones I've posted so far there's a few that I think I've finally settled on.

Skizz takes the place of Posiden. And yeah yeah I hear you, Xb would've made a great Posiden he's literally known for guardian stuff. But while I agree, I think Skizz would make a better fit to match the energy and motives from the musical.

Instead of Skizz having a son and that's what sends him into drowning Joel's ship, Skizz made a friend. Which is odd for the gods seeing as they're above everything. Skizz found a cyclops one day on the shores with his sheep. He would spend his days around it til eventually the cyclops just told him he knew he was there. Weirdly enough, he ended up becoming really attached to this cyclops. They became close friends and something that Skizz really cared about, even if he couldn't see him that often without being caught or seen. When Skizz returns one day to see that his friend is blinded and suffering, he goes into a rage and follows Joel to make him pay.

The cyclops is Impulse. He's kind, but if you wrong him then it's over. His sheep were a gift from Skizz and to have them slaughtered is a crime that won't go unpunished.

Gem is Athena. I actually struggled with who to make Athena because so many of them would make a great Athena. Honestly all the female hermits I've struggled with. Gem is Athena, the god of wisdom and war. She helps Joel until she realises the mistake she's made and leaves him to suffer his own consequences. Gem can take the disguise of a deer and sometimes owl. She was gifted her two fish, Aylin and Lucien, by whoever will be Circe. One of the moon and one of light. They are disguised under her cloak as a part of the patterns she wears but are used as messangers and omens for those who look. Her fish are actually how she found out that Skizz had gotten attached to Impulse. She promised she wouldn't tell and mostly teases him about it.

GRIAN. Ough sorry but I LOVE how Hermes is depicted in Epic. There's no way I couldn't make him Grian. He has a habit of watching everything that's happening. Especially with Scar. He'd whiz through the battlefield unseen by the gods just to grant him small blessings at a time to aid his fight. When he returned eventually to the ship and found that a bunch of men had died, including Scar, he started taking longer trips to the underworld. It's not often he stops to sightsee. Always places to go, places to be, orders to be carried out and messages to be sent. But for once he doesn't take the quickest route. Will take detours. He won't get close, he never has and never will. But he'll spot Scar's spirit mindlessly singing and spreading hope throughout the underworld, and will enjoy it for only a moment before leaving. When helping Joel, he wants nothing more than to see him escape safely. Though he does mess with him a bit. Pulling a few pranks here and there until he reveals himself. After the underworld saga, Grian is seen carrying Scar's old bow that had been blessed by him. If anyone asks he'd just say that he was taking back what was rightfully his. He has no use for it, but it is his none the less.

Circe and Aeolus are still in the works because as I said before, I keep switching the female hermits to and fro and can't decide. Though I've got an idea of who I want them to be.

Idk man this whole au was supposed to be a joke to teach my friend about the Odessey through Epic and it somehow became serious and I really like it and like designing it and oh my god I cannot wait for Thunder saga because then we get to see more of the full pantheon and I already have ideas of who's gonna be who.

But yeah. That's ehhh.... That's all I can think of off the top of my head. What's hard is not confusing this with my Hades au which is a whole 'nother can of worms I do NOT wanna touch rn XD

[tiredfoxtf]

thinking about cat joel being weirdly clingy sometimes with grian or etho

All cats are rather known for setting a strict boundaries on their personal space, so to absolutely no one's surprise Joel didn’t like when people where within his. Unless he would initiate it first. It's always has to be on his terms, and usually it meant that he could easily get away and the person he was affectionate towards wouldn't. Fairly easy to do with Grian - he is 2 cm after all. And Grian doesn't particularly fights him, letting Joel do whatever he wants when he tackles him. With Etho it's a bit harder for how freaky tall compared to Joel that man is. But he doesn't fight his fate either (he lost his balance when Joel would randomly literally pounce on him too many times). They usually pretend that they don't particularly care for Joel’s affection akin to a purring cuddle monster. When he attaches himself to their hip and just follows around or when he dives in the way of their hands to get pets or when he would lock them in embrace and fall asleep. However, it's all a show and a ruse, to not make Joel’s ego any bigger (as they lie themselves) and to not absolutely Melt from these interactions and scare Joel away. They do want him to come back to them after all. The big cat people they are.

[limelocked]

The hermits in hermit who are just barely Not unknowable horrors, but it’s emphasis in barely

The hermits talk about how sometimes their bodies change, not like how this or that companion tried to liken it to regeneration because it just Happens rather than being conditioned on their death, grians feathers change colors per season and the bones sometimes change to get him entirely new wing shapes, tangos hair turned blue once he became the dungeon master, Cub is the closest of any hermit to have regenerated when he turned from an old man to a pretty young thing a few seasons back

They say that they don’t really know how it happens, Etho says it’s the scripts and everyone laughs but it’s clear from unit follow up that Etho was serious and the other hermits don’t quite remember talking about it, Mumbo and Grian who allegedly share a soul claim that it might be the watchers, Joe who is considered the most reliable source says that it’s the audience and doc agrees and talks about many examples that have hit him specifically

Unit workers theorise that the world the hermits come from is malleable and controlled by godlike beings, Kate hears about the machine Grian built to travel in time and she hesitates to compare it to a tardis because it’s obvious but it can’t be

The hermits aren’t an active threat to humanity but they are Fucked Up and so is the world they come from

[writenotwantnot]

Life Series SMP, Song fic, Cleo & BigB Last Life

Based on Pitchfork Kids by AJR

I didn't know her, couldn't hold her, bones didn't settle in

Zombie players were not something BigB got to experience often. Cleo was the obvious exception. Her open preference for her undead state didn't entirely make sense to him, but that didn't mean he didn't respect her choices. When he agreed to partner up with her it seemed like a great idea. She was a strong fighter, a great builder, and a loyal ally. They got along like a dark oak forest on fire. 

But...it unsettled him sometimes. Cleo was intense. She could flip from jokes and giggles to murderous rage with no warning. And then back again, as if she hadn't just threatened to casually kill Lizzie's husband with no remorse. There was a deep seated sense of unease that BigB couldn't quite shake. No matter how hard he tried, there was just something in his bones that didn't sit right.

She's gotta have it, gotta have it oh with her hipster friends

Cleo was great at making alliances. She seemed to have no problem talking to the other groups on the server and offering trades for items or friendship. Lizzie and Ren, Etho and Bdubs, Tango and Skizz, Scott and Pearl. There were only a small handful of players she didn't have some sort of agreement with. BigB wondered if it was because she didn't trust him enough. Maybe Cleo felt that she needed backups and promises in case Avengers Tower fell. He tried not to let it hurt him, and instead chose to accept the benefits that came from being allied with those connections. 

Ooh, ooh, she's the rough and the rowdiest kid

There was always that nagging thought though. Cleo was dangerous, and could flip at any second. But she swore that loyalty and friendship was more important than anything else. Even when she was overcome with lust for blood and chaos she directed it elsewhere.

Ooh, ooh, and there's more where she lives

BigB found security with the Faerie Fort alliance. Lizzie and Ren had proven that they could be trusted even when they were under the Boogeyman Curse. They offered shelter and safety in numbers. He would be safe here. Cleo would stay here.

And why should I spend time running for my life?

After all, it wasn't like Cleo could do anything if she dropped from Lime to Yellow. They were allies and friends. She would understand that his Curse had to be lifted. 

It felt like madness made tangible. A rapid heartbeat pounding relentlessly, the urge to trap and take a life from someone. Anyone. It got more and more unbearable as time passed and BigB knew he couldn't wait much longer. Ren had been cured, and Skizzleman was so joyous and understanding of what he had to do. It made sense then, that Cleo should give a life to save him. They were allies. He had to do it.

And when the skies are open, we'll still be singing this

The relief of being cured was inconsequential compared to the overwhelming guilt that swallowed him whole as Cleo lay unmoving in the river. BigB was frozen in shock and horror over what he had just done. The power and influence of the Curse was indescribable. By his own hand, he had killed his friend. The one person who would have never turned her back on him. Going Red would have been better than this. He immediately began to gather Cleo's things to store them safely, but the accusations from other people and the horror in Lizzie's voice as she confronted him just cemented the fact that he had made the worst possible mistake.

I know they're coming for me, we're not the pitchfork kids

When Cleo fell to a trap, that spelled the end of BigB. Now she was Red, and her vengeance would come raining down on him like hellfire. There was a target on his back, glowing bright and as heavy as the weight of his regrets. Cleo was not the only one who would gladly wet her blade with his blood. Joel and Grian were also Red and would not hesitate if he gave them a chance. So he had to hide, change his identity and hope that Lizzie and Ren would continue to shelter him.

Ooh, ooh, it's the loneliest life that we live

Cleo had just lost everything. Betrayed by her first true ally, the one she had built a base with and placed her trust in. Her things were safe, but did that really matter? She could never forgive BigB for what he had done. So she took what was hers and left. Scott and Pearl agreed to take her in, they showed her compassion and trust, and she repaid that with the most valuable things she had. Sand, and loyalty. Because despite what her demeanour may suggest, Cleo would never turn on a friend or an ally. If only she had been afforded the same respect.

Ooh, ooh, we're not running with the pitchfork kids

And then, she lost even more. A stupid trap which she should have seen coming took her from Yellow to Red. Cleo was now on her Last Life, and she had debts to collect. The sound of her heart beating violently fast echoed in her ears as she stalked the server. It was maddening, yet exhilarating at the same time. Was this how Joel had been feeling all this time? And Grian too? It made sense why they were so jumpy and wild. Cleo relished it, the bloodlust felt comforting. There was a lot she had planned for her Red life. First, a message needed to be sent. 

The moon is upon us, gaining on us

She's crossed there, to stay

The tears of lava raining down from the tower was just the beginning. Lizzie knew that this moment was coming, but it was painful all the same. Cleo had told them that if they chose to protect BigB then she would not hold back from directing her bloodlust on her and Ren too. And as the moon rose in the night sky, it was not stars but fires that cast light upon the Faerie Fort. 

Cleo had embraced her Red life and followed through on what was once a friendly warning. She kept her promises, and followed through with vigor. Lizzie tried to reason with her, to appeal to that bond of friendship they had formed. But it was no use. The Boogeyman Curse had been horrifying, but being Red was an amalgamation of all those bad things constantly. Death was not the cure, only the gift of Life would stop it. But there was nothing they could do. 

We had to part, couldn't break her heart 'cause their blood pumps through her veins

But then, Cleo turned Yellow. And then back to Lime. She had found allies who were willing to do more than just give words as a promise, they were willing to share their lives. The decision to embrace BigB and keep the Shadow Alliance together had opened a chasm between them and Cleo, and Lizzie knew that there was truly no mending it. Now it was just a waiting game. Because Cleo would never forgive them. And if she went Red again, there would be no second chances. 

Ooh, ooh, she's the rough and the rowdiest kid

Ooh, ooh, and there's more where she lives

And why should I spend time running for my life?

[kairamuwu]

so did Scott and jimmy know each before the game and weather or not they did

was there any pair of more that really did know each other before the game

Yea!! I wouldn't say they were overly close but Scott would sometimes visit/tormentor jimmy whenever he was traveling nearby.

As for other people that knew eachother before the games, grian and scar had met once but only briefly

Aside from them most of the prior connections are just like scar and Joel both being vindicators (they never met tho and were different ranks) and Joel and etho being from the same home planet as kids (again never meeting)

So jimmy and Scott probably know eachother best compared to others :D

[thatreallyminecraftsmygender]

(you can add a read more on mobile by tapping and holding down, I believe) Dude. Dude. Rhythms of home. You have no idea holy smokes. My tags were short bc I was sleepy but now it is Rhythms of Home Appreciation Time. First of all, "their friendship is older than most world's"?? Oh my gosh. Because yeah they've gone through so many worlds and servers and heck seen each other die a thousand times but they're still together aaah. And the music scene ahdjak. I imagine that maybe they started out with only a couple songs that they both actually liked and they argued about who's music to play, but now their music's basically the same, and they still argue and make fun of each other like they used to. Next, "the future always flinches first" holy crap that's such a raw line. Like, I kinda want to put that on a patch now. "More legend than alive" oh my. I've spent a few minutes typing something, then backspacing, because I can't really put my thoughts into words here (sleepy need coffee) but suffice to say that last paragraph made me tear up a little. I need to add rhythms of home as a tag on my blog so I can go back and read all of them for the days that everything buzzes and the mind is a little foggy.

Jsjshshshhsbsbskka THANK YOU

Holy shit hearing it might help on foggy days means the fucming world to me thank you

I have a few confessions, the music idea comes from a discussion I was having with @carpe-shovelem and it hasn't left my mind since, you're absolutely same wave length with the starting out different but growing together in such a way that the lines of taste blur and it's hard to tell if the music is good or its the memories attached. They still tease each other about it even tho they both know all the lyrics. The future flinches first is a line from welcome to night vale, paraphrased I believe! We are the sum of the media we consume

As for the 'more legend than alive',, I think about people being nervous around Etho a lot, and how he has this reputation as a prankster and a genius, and he is Absolutely both of those things but sometimes when people engage with him they seem to engage more with the concept of him than etho himself. It's not a criticism in anyway, All the hermits know Etho is just a guy, hes a person, but there is an element of being star struck because he's just So Important to Universe as it is now... I just think sometimes it would be hard to connect with people if you are hero to so many, the echos of your actions and inventions reaching other before you do kinda thing,,,

I always feel the contrast in how beef and etho talk vs etho n others, something in the way Beef talks to Etho with his chest, like hes not scared to fuck up. I imagine it must be tiring to have people expect so much of you, even if you can do it. Beef talks to Etho on the ground floor, they both know Ethos skills but it's never a big deal, it's just another part of him, it's just an aspect. You know? So yeah

Sometimes Etho feels more like a collection of other people's perceptions than a person, and Beef helps ground him in his own realness, a perosn who likes to dry herbs and go for walks, who messes up the order of their words, a real person with everything that comes with.

[yetanothermcsideblog]

I don’t normally compare fandoms but I love how unhinged Minecraft/minecrafter lore can get like. “Yea fuck you this is Grian he’s a god but he’s also a chicken he pissed off a goat human creeper hybrid person who grows tomatoes in a pit the size of a country also he toys with death” or “hi this is etho everyone loves him nobody hates him he’s from Canada he invented redstone but he learned everything about redstone from a guy who invented a trading card game in minecraft named Vintage Beef who used to be a skinless flesh creature until he became a butcher.” Idk sometimes the best lore comes when you don’t try

[wixelt]

So Gem is supposed to show up at one of the temples, as is Iskall. You said that Gem lands in a swamp, but that brings to question what she's actually doing when they arrive, as does Iskall. One of them should probably be stuck on a green tile in the first temple and the other would end up traveling disguised with Valeriana.

I think Iskall's familiarity with redstone traps would make the fact that the first temple doesn't behave comparatively properly would frustrate the heck out of him and get him stuck, while we'd need someone with a deep understanding of powers to help ground a very panicked Gem.

This would mean Gem might show up at the Bizarre Baazar, but she's hidden so that none of her face or hair is visible and she may have even retracted her antlers to hide better.

Anne may strike her as odd, but a human being here doesn't at first mean much, at most it means others got pulled through that wierd rift. Until she senses her power from the music box.

She may attempt to steal the backpack but someone gets to it first, and she probably competes against Anne for the bag. Both lose to Hop Pop probably, and Valeriana explains the full situation and how they'll be able to get her powers put of the stones but Gem won't be able to interfere until they come looking.

The next time Gem would be seen would be the second temple, at first as a familiar shape in the treeline that leads the hermits away from the temple grounds so that Anne can be tested without trial breaking interference. She probably manages to serve as a distraction long enough for the rest of the group to make it part way up the mountain, but depending on who is with them (probably False since Stress and Anne are both here) she's probably caught pretty quickly.

Going to take these in-order. I know there's a follow-up, but i'll address this first, then correct anything contradictory on the next reply. Call it seeing my train of thought in progress. :P

Gem & Iskall's reunions with the larger group are intended to come at the temples. The plan was that Gem be already at a temple, whilst Iskall's visiting a different one by chance when the group gets there.

The mental image of Iskall getting annoyed by the first temple's traps & getting himself stuck is hilarious, & solves the timing issue in a more realistic way. He's been there for about a week - unable to move from the spot - by the time Anne & Marcy turn up with False, Mumbo, Grian & Etho in tow.

Cue Grian laughing his butt off, to Iskall's irritation.

As for Gem, while the idea of her hanging with Val is great - & that's just the right person to help her, I feel - there's some parts of the above idea that don't work without big changes to Season 1 as it is currently.

So this is what i'm thinking:

Gem turns up in a swamp/near one of the temples & - after her depowerment induced panic attack - runs into Valeriana. Being the wise person she is & perhaps knowing more than she lets on, Val agrees to help Gem & brings her along in disguise.

Gem thus learns a lot about the grand scheme of things long before any other main character, though Val keeps some pieces to herself, as Gem's reunion comes sometime in Season 2 & it'd derail things beyond what's already planned for some things to come to light early.

But she's seemingly not with Val when the spooky newt travels to the Bizarre Bazaar, because if she was, there'd be no way a reunion wouldn't happen. If False goes with Anne & sees her, that's an instant reunion, while even Anne alone would start enough of a conversation to eventually lead to a reunion (Gem's only seen amphibians up til now, so she would notice Anne as an anomaly).

So when False - who would be there out of curiosity - & Anne visit Val's stall, Gem's coincidentally elsewhere in the Bazaar. Its a tragic comedy of almost-meetings, & Val doesn't help as she's very much the sort to make sure things go a certain way by only telling Gem there were "others" at the stall when its far too late for them to go back & track them down.

And Val didn't get names, anyway. You know damn well if Gem heard the name "False", she'd book it back down the road no matter what.

Thus this means there's no direct encounter, though maybe the theft of Anne's backpack turns into a bit of a chain of different folk stealing from each other as the group chase it down. Maybe Gem's one of the figures briefly holding the bag in this chain - having sensed a familiar power inside it - but is stolen from immediately & is too disguised/out of view for False/Anne & her to notice each other.

Val tells her they're leaving before she can make a second attempt.

When Gem later realises her friends might've been there, she kicks herself, but does get that talk from Valeriana about there being "a way of things", & that she'll see her friends again soon enough.

Which does mean her final, actual reunion with the others comes at the second temple. She doesn't know how she feels about leading the Hermits (definitely False, but i'm curious why also Stress, beyond maybe the Swamp Gals connection?) away from Anne, but she complies & Val tests Anne alone.

She gets a bit of flak for it, afterward, but the others are too happy & relieved to see her to be bothered by it for more than a few seconds.

After this, Gem may still stick with Val still due to unfinished business, but eventually leaves her on good terms & is with the rest of the Hermits by sometime before Season 2's end.

Now, onto the second post...