#hermitcraft horror au

[shepscapades]

Surely this will have no negative consequences whatsoever!

[sporelings-au]

woah hey im drawing again??

heres an updated m.spore ref for yall ^^

srry ive been gone so long buuut hopefully since im on sem break i got more time to draw!

[traffrogers]

this week on traff getting obsessed with an au that barely exists

[setacin]

"The ship started moving quicker, like it was dropping through air and not water, and the thing out the glass was suddenly replaced by an eye, so large and so deep that the window couldn’t even encompass it all."

The final two chapters of Nocturne are now up! go give it a read!

Thank you so much to @spectralsleuth for being such an amazing writer for this au, @woseary for beta-ing, and @mcytblraufest for hosting the event :D

[majickth]

Long Days at the Gift Shop Even though Grian's technically the only employee Scar's hired, that doesn't stop a few friends from tagging along to help out.

This is part of the Hermit’s Hollow AU; click here to find out more!

[stiffyck]

necromancin dancin

alt versions under the cut:

[theminecraftbee]

The thing in her cargo hold is looking at her again.

Really, Gem should have sold it by now. If the fishmonger had refused to take it--and really, it seems unlikely, Gem thinks, that the fishmonger would refuse to take it; he has taken and carved up and made meals of far stranger fish than one with a human face and hands and torso--she could have easily sold it to the man on the train, who takes exotic catches for his zoo. She could have even taken it to Grian; it's not a mending book, but it's the sort of thing he'd like to make fun of her for catching, instead of anything she's after.

Really, she should have. The longer she keeps the thing in her cargo hold, the more it starts to look properly human to her. She should know better. She has caught far stranger fish, and none of them have been human. It's another trick these seas have been playing on her, she thinks.

Long nights alone do that to a woman.

She ignores it. Instead, she opens the lid of the tank and starts depositing salmon. "It's a really weird request, that I keep them alive the whole time. You won't eat them, right?" Gem says, knowing the thing in her cargo hold can't answer. "Because if you eat them, this time, I really am going to sell you to the fishmonger. Or maybe I can figure out how to get fillets from you on my own? I've certainly eaten weirder fish..."

The thing in the cargo hold continues to stare. It has eyes that look like little moons, and brown hair, and it is smiling for some reason. Gem huffs.

"Don't give me that look! You are a fish. I am a fisherman. If mere human faces stopped me from doing my job, I would have gone mad a long time ago."

The thing in the cargo hold smiles wider. The lights flicker. Gem rolls her eyes and finishes putting salmon in the tank. As though to spite her, the thing in the cargo hold immediately lashes out, grabbing one in the claws on her otherwise-human hands and then tearing it apart with razor-sharp teeth. Blood rises on the water. Gem sighs.

"I have a harpoon in here somewhere, or at least a very sharp knife," she says to herself. She doesn't really want to use her nice knife, the one she always keeps on her belt, but she ought to have another knife around with which she can finish the job, right?

The lights flicker and go out. When she looks across at the tank, there are two silvery-moon eyes looking at her.

Gem pulls a wire. Gem turns the lights back on. She takes a deep breath.

"I really should have sold you by now, really. If the fishmonger won't take you, then the zookeeper would love you," Gem says.

The radio crackles. Gem startles. Very, very few people ever contact her on the shipboard radio, but if she's getting a signal, that's more important than a grudge match with a fish. She heads over to answer the call.

An amalgamation of voices responds:

YOU ARE FUNNY. I HAVE A MESSAGE. A DELIVERY. YOU'VE TRAPPED ME THOUGH.

Slowly, Gem turns around to the thing in the cargo hold.

"This won't stop me from treating you like a fish," she says. "If messages from the ocean stopped me--"

A terrible, crackling laugh sounds from the radio.

I AM THE MOON'S PEARL. YOU WILL NOT HOLD ME FOREVER. WE WILL SEE WHO EATS WHO.

Gem wags her finger. "We'll see, for sure, as long as you don't eat my salmon. That man in the fish-scaled suit was VERY insistent, you know."

TELL ME MORE.

"You're tying up my radio. What if there's another ship? What if there's something important?"

OH GEM. YOU KNOW THERE WON'T BE.

Gem swallows.

The thing in the cargo hold is staring at her.

"I need to sleep. I need to go to shore," she says.

YOU WON'T, the radio says.

She won't.

[alienssstufff]

YCAO!Ethubs err

ch6 spoilers ig?????

[silverskye13]

Doodle for that one sculk horror story that I will probably never write but that I think would be very tragic and cool. Xisuma is a robot!

[pearlescentmoon-enjoyers]

alien pearl in honor of season 9 ending!

headcanon stuff under cut

I like the idea of the "alien" part of her being a sort of virus/bacteria/parasite that causes coral-like mushrooms to grow on her. the cat part of her is just for fun because I'm a furry lol, but could also potentially be part of the virus I guess. I like the idea of her needing to use a cane due to the virus making her legs and body weaker since it has to feed on the resources her body is providing.

tbh I didn't think too much about what the lore explanation for this is - I just thought "wouldn't it be funny if pearl had corals growing out of her head" and then spent an hour rendering said corals.

[nhothicket]

is it too late for Halloween?

Some close ups and silly spare thoughts about this half-baked au below the cut ^v^

Some thoughts:

It's extremely important for this au that Etho is very enthusiastic about his clowning, okay? Nobody's forcing him to do this he is a PROUD CLOWN.

The setting is probably somewhere in the 80s-90s at an amusement park with a carnival vibe. I thought it might be fun to have all the Halloween hermits be canon, but I also see this being a world unaware of the more supernatural goings on, so I'm not sure if that could pan out. Maybe some sort of veil from the supernatural might be in play? Who knows.

Anyway! This is about Ethdubs not those other nerds.

> So, in this amusement part there's an oddities attraction of sorts. There resides Bdubs, he is a haunted heart preserved in a jar, not an actual attraction though just set dressing for the creepy shed vibe. As the story goes this jar has been passed around for decades, but its progressively gotten heavier despite being untampered with. The preservatives have gotten thick and changed colors over time. This is actually just Bdubs' spirit taking its sweet sweet time to manifest, as he slowly materializes around his heart, the preservatives turn to ectoplasm.

Most of the time he's sealed up in the jar, thanks to this mystical veil regular people usually can't hear him grouching about the tight space. The jar itself is part of his haunting, which means its technically part of him and he can't pass through it. So, until Etho realizes the disembodied voice he's been hearing come from the little building is not all in his head, Bdubs was stuck there.

> Bdubs' more human less goopy form is also a bit translucent in that form and he's not at all solid. If Etho were to poke him in the arm his finger would go through with some pressure. A firm hug would be fine at first, but he'd quickly start sinking into the ghost. It takes a lot of energy to be that physical, so Bdubs hardly does it. He's capable of leaving his heart in the jar and being a more traditional wispy ghost in that image, but... he feels left out when he can't touch things, so he'll usually choose being a bit gooey over being a beautiful beautiful man.

His heart is the only part of him that is completely physical. It is a real object in the world still, he's possessing it. It's what allows him to be more physical, so if someone were to reach into his chest and pluck it out he'd turn into a wisp. (He and Etho have both done so repeatedly to make bad jokes about heart stealing). How did Bdubs' heart get in a shady unmarked jar? Who knows. The people who ran the place probably don't even know its a real human heart anymore.

> Bdubs frequently lies about how old he was (recalling and inserting himself into historical events he wasn't even born for), Etho humors it.

> Bdubs died before Etho was born, this is the subject of mockery on both sides. (Etho would've been born maybe a decade or so after Bdubs died, he's in his 30s at present)

> Etho's gimmick is being comically good slight of hand and magic tricks. He's not supernatural, but he's like fantastical in his competence when it comes to looking magical. Etho invents (realistically jmpossible) contraptions to make his magic work.

> Horse drawn buggies would've been on their way out as Bdubs was growing up, so he could be nostalgic for that, I thought it might be cute if Etho took him out on one of those horse drawn tours as a surprise. Don't mind the clowny guy carrying around a jar with a heart in it.

> Another funny thought I had, Bdubs asking for a grand sarcophagus after getting jealous of the attention a new mummy is getting in the attraction. Etho doesn't buy him a sarcophagus, but he does get him a novelty canopic jar from the gift shop of a nearby museum.

Okay, that's all for now. ^v^;

[shepscapades]

[Pt 1] [Pt 2] [Pt 3] [Pt 4] [Pt 5] [Pt 6] [PART 7] [Don’t Let it Reach the Heart]

Nobody Anymore Nobody Anymore

[This comic is part of my dbhc au, following the chaos and panic that ensues after Doc and Xisuma try to get Etho back online at the start of s9 after a very rough s8 finale that leaves him a little. broken. It's set to the vibes of Joywave's Destruction. This part concludes this comic, but this moment doesn't end here: Don't Let it Reach the Heart will be the title of the fic that will follow the end of Destruction!]

[were-changing-cake-vaults]

Look. Gem can’t build the ship from dredge without me imagining her as eldritch horror. She can’t start building the lighthouse without me going Ok So She’s Going All In. I see pirate gem. I see fish gem. All good. However please play or watch someone Dredge and understand that she is cosplaying at least The Fisherman or in my dreams The Collector. Gem should be the horror. As a treat.

[boo-gutzz]

To the people who know a thing or two about Analog Horror I kinda wanna make a few AUs based on AH series. Like. Scott would definitely have a pet Trimming in a vita carnis AU and put a bow on it or a collar and call it Princess. Local 58 AU where Mumbo is like the only person it seems who realises the moon is messed up. Gemini Home Entertainment AU where Zedaph tries to uncover the habits of Woodcrawlers... etc etc

[astronomodome]

There’s an intricate AU forming in my head where zedaph becomes a magical girl (worm man) by making a deal with an ancient eldritch worm god (willy) and has to contend with not only wacky and silly monsters but also other magical girls blessed by rival gods, such as grian (blessed by the poultry god) and scar (blessed by the god of being hot). All while keeping up with his personal life as an unethical scientist creating chemicals that only turn you into a terrifying rampaging abomination some of the time (he is paid to do this)

[spilledjelly]

Welcome to Grian royally fucks up and brings versions of his friends from different realities to s9 AU

Asks are recommended if anyone has any questions about this silly impulsive au