#ethogirls how do we feel

[cardiaccannibalism]

etho mentioned wanting to build a hot spring….. yeah imma need fan art of that

[tubbytarchia]

Etho doodles in which I let my inner dinosaur nerd take over 😔 and also have no idea how to shade

Get it cause he's old and washed up haha... ok but actual raptor Etho hybrid justification below cut

To be honest the main reason was because I really wanted a hybrid in the mix who wasn't some furry creature and a reptile or amphibian or smth instead. Etho still ended up feathered but whatever it's close enough! But for ACTUAL reasoning:

He does feel damn ancient, like an old deity of the mcyt space that no one can dislike. Dinosaurs are the same!! They're old but still thought of with great fascination and fondness, everyone loves dinosaurs...

Dinosaurs are ever so mysterious, as many advancements as we make there's still so much we don't know. Just as we know jackshit about mister Kakashi skin man. Also, there are so many incomplete skeletons out there. I didn't have a particular species in mind for Etho, because where's the mystery in that? He can be one of those 5% skeleton 95% speculation dinosaurs like this guy!! Missing jaw and all

"I'm a runner, not a protector" - so, a raptor, or more specifically the Dromaeosauridae family, which literally has "running/runner" in its name

But! I'm always a fan of stuff going against its nature, especially in this case! Etho states he's not a runner yet protects his allies rather fiercely even in total silence. Eg refusing to kill Cleo in SL or to give away Tango's location during the LimL manhunt, same for Grian in SL. He was a bit flaky in 3L I think? And he only started to have genuine care for allies in LL with Bdubs? Though he is still very much a runner in many cases like during the LL Wither fight. Research also strongly suggests that most if not all raptors were solitary hunters, and the way I see Etho (through my shamefully limited watchtime of his POVs...) he feels a lot like someone who ultimately only trusts himself at the start even if he's pleasant and allying with others, and doesn't seem to think he can carry his weight in groups though he doesn't voice this a lot. That's just how Etho is, very composed, but it feels like there's an insecurity there, showcased especially in SL but again I haven't seen almost any of his POVs in full so maybe I'm talking out of my ass!! Sorry ethogirls I'm only a sidegig ethogirl myself... But yeah tldr to me he gives off the vibe of an otherwise solitary animal struggling to find 100% sure footing in a pack. In whichever ways he does go against his nature, its not usually made a show of

At the mention of a raptor, a lot of people will probably think of the glamourized Jurassic Park Velociraptors. But those awesome guys from the movies are actually the size of chickens. In general though, dinosaurs tend to be a bit.. exaggerated in media, despite how inherently fascinating they already are. And I think it fits Etho because we all know how the Lifers seem to fear and mancrush on him when he's just some dork with perfect capability to become pathetic at a moment's notice. Still, he's a clearly skilled player and still respected without question Etho's not some killer machine like some people make dinosaurs out to be. He's just a fellow creature fulfilling his role in the ecosystem 👍

dinosaurs are cool

The hook-like sickle claws on the feet... something something fishing rod

I swear I'm not turning all my Lifers into hybrids I'm not!! Still plenty normal humans in the mix I swear....... But Etho is such a radical dude, I really wanted to do something more for him. The whole Kitsune thing that I often see associated with him is really cool. I don't actually know the reasoning for it but I assume something something naruto, but also, him being this ancient mythical cryptid who people know so little about, you know? It makes SO much sense. So anyway I turned him into a dinosaur instead rawr

As a herbivore advocate I also considered stuff like the triceratops (known for how they protect themselves and their own) but nah the raptor symbolism...

[chemdisaster]

bad boys best buds au boat boys brainstorming session! (7 whole b's, wow)

so in like 8th grade they get paired up for a creative project that spans a good few months. the topic of the project is unimportant, but they end up making a model of a ship (and everyone else in the class makes their double life bases as well). and that's all fine and dandy, but then towards the end of it scott and joel get into yet another altercation and as revenge scott destroys their ship (not with fire unfortunately because it's a school). etho and joel are understandably upset by this, and especially upset when it comes out that no one in the class really cares at all and in fact watched him do it. so in return they destroy everyone's projects. they get a reasonable amount of detention for this (idk how long, we didn't have detention when i was in school) and etho seems to agree that it was all worth it, but then the next day at detention he ignores joel entirely. and just like that, the boat boys are over.

at the same time, joel confronts his fellow bad boys. he's hurt at how uncaring they are towards what happened (their reactions essentially amounting to "it was bound to happen at some point"), and especially hurt that grian doesn't care that scar assisted scott in the destruction of the ship. they have a fight about it that ends with joel and the other two bad boys not speaking. around the same time begins the formation of ties, who are a bit of a rival of the bad boys. no one ever really took joel seriously to start with, and now here he is, all alone, at odds with everyone whom he cares about and more or less hated by the entire class for what he did. (to rub salt into the wound, etho doesn't get the same flack because everyone's an ethogirl.)

joel's miserable loner arc goes on for maybe a few weeks, but then the bad boys make up and that's that. meanwhile, joel approaches etho a few times, and each time is rather painfully rejected, with etho either denying that the boat boys were ever a thing or throwing it in his face. so joel lets it go. now fast forward to somewhere in high school, and now etho is the one to approach joel seeking a reconciliation. this time joel is the one who rejects him several times. at some point etho gets dared to tell joel that he loves him and joel basically tells him to go fuck himself. over time, though, it starts working. etho is clearly being sincere, and joel feels himself going soft.

they don't quite fix their relationship while they're still in school, i don't think, but maybe they meet up a few years after school and start working on rebuilding what they once had.

so that's all i have down so far. obsessed with them and this au

[ethubs-but-everywhere]

the fact that it’s possible for people to stumble upon etho irl is insane to me because if you meet him then like. what’s next. it’s like the one clip with “why are you telling me this?” “because no one will ever believe you” like there is no way to prove it but the what if really enjoys pulling the plug in and out of my last 2 brain cells and i am subsequently unable to article this thought farther then then !

you know how there's that one clip of etho saying that a kid recognized him by his voice? yea that clip is from like. over 5 years ago. there is a possibility that that kid at some point could be one of ethogirls here on tumblr and honestly it makes me sick.

also to make it even more hilarious, once i had a conversation with a friend; imagine scenario where etho goes to conventions. there were situations that a hermitcraft cosplayer met grian or pearl right. imagine how fucking funny this could be if you stumbled on etho in .. well.. etho cosplay. or bdubs cosplay. like?! what then!!!

yeah no i totally feel you my braincells are gone by now but the what ifs about stumbling on etho irl are so funny?????? it feels impossible but?!?!?? the guy probably touches grass more often than we do everything is possible 😭😭

[windfighter]

Angry, angry dungeon

The dungeon was angry. It growled and shrieked and crumbled. Tango dove into the heart of it, sat down on the redstone connecting every part of it. Wardens grumbled below him.

”What’s wrong”? Tango asked.

The growls and shrieks got louder. The warden screamed. Somewhere in the noises Tango caught the word ”Hypno”, followed by an anguished scream. Ah, found the problem. Tango shook his head.

”If you wanted Etho down there you shouldn’t have slammed all the doors in his face.”

Another roar. The dungeon would kill him if it could. The redstone activated, sent a shock into his butt, and then deactivated. Tango laughed.

”We talked about this, there was always a chance someone else would be able to skedaddle into the wardens first.”

The whole citadel rumbled, shook. The communicator vibrated in Tango’s pocket, but he ignored it.

”Etho will reach level 3, I promise.”

Tango should maybe poke Etho a little, try to convince him to take a peek down there. The line Tango was sitting on shifted, trembled. Excitement. The dungeon was excited.

”In the meanwhile, feel free to do whatever you want to the other players.”

The citadel shook again. Tango stood up, put a hand on the dungeon wall. The heartbeat played, he could hear toots. Tango flew away, up to the lobby. How did he end up with a dungeon that was almost as much of an ethogirl as bdubs?

[chocolate-cake-enthusiast]

I feel like if we do get this hypothetical new life series, Joel has a good- AMAZING chance at winning. That man has it set as his ambition and he will get it. We all know how stubborn the bastard /lh is. Like he could win.

but then the Ethogirl part of me comes out and starts coming up with all these ways Etho could win and… yeah. The Ethogirl side of me thinks that Etho is the next winner. So. Ya know.

Who knows if it’s even gonna happen? Like it could just be a major group April Fools on us needy insane nerdy fans. If it is a prank imma laugh get a little angy then go back to sleep and wake up surprised to maybe see ‘Life Series 6 Ep 1’ on my YouTube.

[disasterwriter]

But oh no no we’re not done! As a gendefluid bisexual I am legally unable to make decisions, so

Ethoslab could push me off a cliff and I’d be like “yes king”. Do you know how much stuff he invented? Most of the things we know about redstone comes from this man. I cannot wrap my head around his thought processes, but oh dear, to watch him talk about them is a funky experience. I have absolutely no idea how one man can know all that he knows, he collected all the infinity stones of Minecraft and he’s so casual about it? He’s also such a chill person to watch, but not like he’s not excited about the stuff he makes. It’s comparable to sitting in the forest on a warm day, with the feeling of being surrounded by ancient knowledge and yet somehow belonging. I don’t get him as much as I get scar. But he still feels like an old friend every time I watch his content. I also love the way he interacts with people, he’s absolutely unhinged.

As I said before, I may not be a girl but I sure as hell am an ethogirl

Hey gang do me a favor and turn this into a post into an excuse to gush abt yr favorite hermit👀