#i myself am a scarian enjoyer

[these-godforsaken-halls]

i feel like one big difference in how mumbo engages with hermitcraft vs how other big successful hermits engage with it is that a lot of the hermits have settled into mcyt as a day job, whereas mumbo makes consistent efforts to grow from it. tango with his 15 years experience as a game dev, cubfan the published astrophysicist, etc., for many if not most of the hermits, being a cc full-time was a deliberate choice they made that involved leaving behind a previous job. in skizz or joe's case, it's smth they worked a long time to achieve. cc!mumbo is a lot younger and has all these other ambitions he hasn't explored yet. and at that age with those artistic skills, who wouldn't want to try and leverage their platform for other things, right?

there's a very different vibe watching mumbo vs. watching hermits who clearly plan to be full-time hermits as long as they're able

the in-character result is a very absent c!mumbo and a lot of really fucking sad grumbo interactions. kill me now forget the cactus ring, the desert i'm stuck in is sahara

[polaritiesoop]

Day 1 - A Memory In Amber | COOKING TOGETHER

@hot-scarian-summer-2024

Please do reblog! Thank you!

( Open images for better quality. Read from Left then Right )

Hopefully this was an enjoyable read?

Keep Reading for explanation on page 5, if curious

This was a wonderful prompt! it took me looong to finish it. who knew making a comic would take long? like each page took me 4+ hours. but then i am a slow worker lol and this is my first time drawing a comic

anyways!! whats the dealio with the double life reference in page 5? i really wanted to insert it, as initially i was going to write this prompt as a fic but i didn't like where my writing was going?? A chapter in it showed Grian built the Velvet Keep (? Im sure thats what they called their base) pretty big with a kitchen unintentionally resembling third life's haha isn't that crazy. and Scar baked cookies for him for his secret soulmate in said kitchen, Grian saw him and was of course shocked. Now, the question is, does Scar remember their little moments in the kitchen in the desert? I'd said up to your interpretation!! Your personal headcanon on how life members remember past series. I just thought it'd make an ironic call on a future event, not like Grian was remembering a future event. I hope it wasn't so jarring hasdgfjlepnfk I really wanted to insert it okay!!

okay thats all, this was hard work really, i would say i'm not quite satisfied with it but atleast i got it done? so im proud of myself for that. even though this took up a lot of space in my mind leaving some of my other entries for this event neglected

[he-loves-me-he-cares-he-does]

it's been a while since i've done this, but i decided to take a crack at mcyt ao3 stats again :) the fandoms that were involved are Hermitcraft, Traffic SMPs/Life Series, Empires SMP, Dream SMP, and Lifesteal SMP! i also did these stats back in august, so there's some fun comparisons at the end. hope you enjoy the stats under the cut! :D

Hermitcraft

Grian/Scar or Scarian is the most tagged relationship with 1201 out of 13,710 fics being tagged, roughly ~8.8% of all fics. 522 fics have Scarian as their OTP/only contain this relationship

Grian & Scar or Desert Duo is the most tagged platonic relationship with 1059 out of 13,710 fics being tagged, roughly ~7.7% of all fics

Quite interestingly, Hermitcraft has the tags "Fluff" and “Angst” both being tied to be the most tagged additional tag with 2476 out of 13,710 fics being tagged each, roughly ~19% for both tags!

Compared to last time, Grian/Mumbo (Grumbo) and Grian & Mumbo (Waffle Duo) are being significantly beaten out by Scarian and Desert Duo, despite being the most tagged relationship(s) back in August. Grumbo has 831 fics (~6.1%) and Waffle Duo has 861 (~6.2%) fics. Sorry Grian and Mumbo enjoyers! 

Traffic SMPs/Life Series

Grian & Scar or Desert Duo is the most tagged relationship with 971 out of 4,815 fics being tagged, roughly ~20.2% of all fics

Grian/Scar or Scarian is the most tagged romantic relationship with 877 out of 4,815 fics being tagged, roughly ~18.2% of all fics. 364 fics have Scarian as their OTP/only contain this relationship

Scott/Jimmy or Flower Husbands is the second most tagged romantic relationship with 525 out of 4,815 fics being tagged, roughly ~10.9% of all fics. 197 fics have Flower Husbands as their OTP/only contain this relationship

Jimmy/Tango or Team Rancher is the third most tagged romantic relationship with 466 out of 4,815 fics being tagged, roughly ~9.7% of all fics. 161 fics have Team Rancher as their OTP/only contain this relationship. 

Jimmy & Tango or Platonic Team Rancher is the fourth most tagged relationship, 194 out of 2885 fics or ~7% are tagged

also since im biased (yes i am repeating myself from the last post again) and this is my post, 180 out of 4,815 fics or ~3.7% fics are tagged with Bdubs & EthosLab. the % has gone down since last time. sad!

"Angst" is the most tagged additional tag with 1404 out of 2885 fics being tagged, roughly ~29.2% of all fics, making "Traffic SMPs/Life Series" the angstiest fandom on this list!

Empires SMP

Jimmy/Scott or Flower Husbands is the most tagged relationship with 1057 out of 3,860 fics being tagged, roughly ~27.4% of all fics. 395 fics have Flower Husbands as their OTP/only contain this relationship

Joel/Lizzie or Jizzie is the second most tagged relationship with 492 out of 3,860 fics being tagged, roughly ~12.7% of all fics. Congratulations to Jizzie for being the only F/M pairing on this list! 

"Angst" is the most tagged additional tag with 802 out of 3,860 fics being tagged, roughly ~20.8% of all fics

Dream SMP*

*Due to the complicated matter of Dream SMP tagging, I will be including statistics from the fandoms "Dream SMP", "Video Blogging RPF", and "Minecraft (Video Game)"

Wilbur & Tommy or Crime Boys is the most tagged relationship in the fandom "Dream SMP" with 11329 out of 71,451 fics being tagged, roughly ~15.9% of all fics

"Angst" is the most tagged additional tag in the fandom "Dream SMP" with 18441 out of 71,451 fics being tagged, roughly ~25.8% of all fics

Dream/George or DreamNotFound is the most tagged relationship in the fandom "Video Blogging RPF" with 20952 out of 236,117 fics being tagged, roughly ~8.9% of all fics. 10,983 fics have DreamNotFound as their OTP/only contain this relationship

"Fluff" is the most tagged additional tag in the fandom "Video Blogging RPF" with 48069 out of 236,118 fics being tagged, roughly ~20.4% of all fics. 

Please note that "Video Blogging RPF" includes other fandoms outside of MCYT as well as other SMPs. I am in hell.

Dream/George or DreamNotFound is the most tagged relationship in the fandom "Minecraft (Video Game)" with 14290 out of 104,515 fics being tagged, roughly ~13.7% of all fics. 14,290 fics have DreamNotFound as their OTP/only contain this relationship

"Angst" is the most tagged additional tag in the fandom "Minecraft (Video Game)" with 27995 out of 104,515 fics being tagged, roughly ~26.8% of all fics

Lifesteal SMP

Branzy/ClownPierce or Clownzy is the most tagged relationship with 249 out of 676 fics being tagged, roughly ~36.8% of all fics. 141 fics have Clownzy as their OTP/only contain this relationship

Ashswag/Reddoons or Swagdoons is the second more tagged relationship with 94 out of 676 fics being tagged, roughly ~13.9% of all fics. 43 have Swagdoons as their OTP/only contain this relationship. 

As a result, "Lifesteal SMP" has a majority of fics tagged as "M/M" or "Male/Male Relationships" (357 fics) than "Gen" (248 fics)

"Angst" is the most tagged additional tag with 162 out of 676 fics being tagged, roughly ~24% of all fics

Fandom Awards!

The "Fluffiest" fandom award goes to "Hermitcraft"! Although, giving Hermitcraft this award when there’s an equal amount of angst fics and fluff fics is a little bit of a cop-out, with both tags having ~19% as a rough percentage. 

The "Angstiest" fandom award goes to "Traffic SMPs/Life Series"! "Traffic SMPs/Life Series" has the most fics tagged "Angst" with a rough percentage of ~29.2%!

the "Shippiest" fandom award goes to "Lifesteal SMP"! "Lifesteal SMP" has the most fics tagged with the ship Branzy/ClownPierce with a rough percentage of ~36.8%! 

Relationship Comparisons 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, Grian/Mumbo or Grumbo has been overtaken by Grian/Scar or Scarian for the most tagged “Hermitcraft” relationship! Grumbo has gone from ~9% of all fics to ~6.1%, a ~2.9% decrease! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, Grian & Scar or Desert Duo has gone from ~19% of all “Traffic SMP/Life Series” fics to ~20.2%, a ~1.2% increase! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, Jimmy/Scott or Flower Husbands has gone from ~35% of all “Empires SMP” fics to ~27.4%, a ~7.6% decrease! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, Wilbur & Tommy or Crime Boys has gone from ~14% of all “Dream SMP” fics to ~15.9%, a ~1.9% increase! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, Dream/George or DreamNotFound has gone from ~9% of all “Video Blogging RPF” fics to ~8.9%, a ~0.1% decrease! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, Dream/George or DreamNotFound has gone from ~14% of all “Minecraft (Video Game)” fics to ~13.7%, a ~0.3% decrease! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, Branzy/ClownPierce or Clownzy has gone from ~55% of all “Lifesteal SMP” fics to ~36.8%, a ~18.2% decrease! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, Ashswag/Reddoons or Swagdoons has gone from ~3.3% of all “Lifesteal SMP” fics to ~13.9%, a ~10.6% increase! 

Although Clownzy has gone down ~18.2%, the percentage of M/M fics has stayed relatively the same (~56.2% -> ~52.8%). So although Clownzy might not be as popular, there are just new ships taking their place. #swagdoonssweep, I guess. Gay people are somehow winning and losing at the same time.

Fandom Growth

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, “Hermitcraft” has gone from 9,268 fics to 13,710 fics, a ~148% increase! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, “Traffic SMP/Life Series” has gone from 2,885 fics to 4,815 fics, a ~167% increase! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, “Empires SMP” has gone from 1,709 fics to 3,860 fics, a ~226% increase! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, “Dream SMP” has gone from 53,803 fics to 71,451 fics, a ~133% increase! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, “Video Blogging RPF” has gone from 209,369 fics to 236,117 fics, a ~113% increase! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, “Minecraft (Video Game)” has gone from 96,746  fics to 104,515 fics, a ~108% increase! 

Compared to August 2nd, 2022, “Lifesteal SMP” has gone from 121 fics to 676 fics, a ~319% increase! 

Congratulations to Lifesteal SMP for having the largest fandom growth out of this entire list!

A note as always, these statistics will probably be outdated soon. As a frame of reference, these statistics were taken on February 22nd, 2023 at around 9 - 9:30 PM EST!

[definitelynotshouting]

(Hello yes it is I on anon again same person that talked about the forbidden love eeeehehehe I have social anxiety) THE PAIN OF GRIAN THINKING HE CANT SHOW LOVE OUTSIDE THE GAMES AUGSHDJKD :’)

He is so dumb. Stupid little baby man *i say while cradling him in my hands like a terrible kitten with communication issues*

Also for forbidden love angst mayhaps I throw in some more brainrot ✨

Braining so hard over scarian in literally any setting, au or otherwise, where all their exchanges of love and affection are kept completely secret. Full Romeo and Juliet style because I am a complete bitch for that trope despite being aro myself LMAO. Like, constantly going off and leaving their friends or whatever “side” they’re apart of that’s opposing the other, and having everyone wonder why they’re suddenly disappearing so much AUGH. Yea I’m just a huge sucker for forbidden love, and them being terrified of getting caught, but almost wanting to be anyway just for the sake of defiance. AND IF/WHEN THEY DO GET CAUGHT. Scar and Grian are both 100% the type to be willing to protect the other from backlash at the cost of their own life IF YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN. The real cherries on top are if one or both of them die trying to keep the other safe from their respective sides ;w; I mean tbf what’s a Romeo and Juliet-esque trope if they aren’t found embracing each other in death?

AYOOO HELLO I AM LOOKING AT THIS.... also anon dw there is never any pressure to come off anon here if you dont want to!! i have social anxiety too so i completely get it<3 If you want, you can always sign off on your anons with an emoji or some other identifier, but you absolutely do not have to

anyway GODS MY HEART.... tma boiled me into a tragedy enjoyer back in 2021 so i am staring at this like 👁️👁️ im so ill over them.... the secret gestures, the clandestine meetings, the justified fear of discovery and the DEFIANCE.... you could go so many routes with this too in an au. HEP and the Mycelium Resistance. Tumble Town and Hermitopia. The King's Court and the People's Resistance (take 2 electric boogaloo). Okay typing these out by name is a bit funnier than intended but YOU GET THE PICTURE. Now im brainrotting.

Do you think they wear secret tokens of each other's affections. Do you think they hold them close at night and hope to every god they can think of that one day they'll be happy. Do you think they take one last deliberate breath as they hold it close and die. Anon im RATTLING YOU /AFF this is amazing

[meteormoss]

So I’ll do some, one self promo first tho.

The Curtains Pulled Out of the Wall by myself is a honestly sad multi chapter fic, one chapter away from being completed. It takes place in a small town, a really small town, over the winter, in a one week period. It namely follows Bdubs around, but he spends most of this week with Cleo (who has come back to visit for reasons you need to wait and see). The tensions left over from their past is the main focus of this fic and I’ve had a blast writing it.

a rolling stone gathers no moss by qvill is a fic I find myself checking for new updates every time I open ao3. It’s currently not completed, and I don’t know precisely how to summarize others fics, but I do remember it is a space au with a fair amount of danger and fun.

closer to another shore by remrose if i recall correctly was a super entertaining read despite the fact that I am not a desert duo or scarian enjoyer. I stayed up far too late to finish this fic. I don’t know how to summarize someone else's work, but a fairly dramatic exs to fake dating au is a very fun ride to go on.

I probably have so many more that I enjoyed immensely that I don’t have saved because I read it all in one sitting, but yeah, they aren’t recent ones, but I’ve not had much time to read as of late.

you know, what with both guess the author and the au fest big bang ending recently, there are a LOT of great new fics out there, i bet! also it's been a bit since i've done a lot of hc fic reading, so... hey hermitblr and also adjacent fandoms (trafficblr, for example), got any fic recs?

i'll start with three fics i've been reading recently:

i'm like very behind currently on writing_and_worrying's comms au, but it's an EXCELLENT fic that makes really fun use of the medium! i'm not sure how to describe it other than "the comms logs of an increasingly tangled knot of sci-fi horror". it's great.

speaking of aufest: i read Tangotek Evil Incorporated by onawhimsicot and it's a spectacularly fun fic! in which tango is a very ridiculous cartoon supervillain who has to go rescue his nemesis, jimmy, with help from jimmy's partner, grian. made me laugh out loud a few times. big recommend.

finally, snake's always gonna be one of my favorite hermitcraft writers, and i've been reading Lost On a Starlit Sea lately to prove it again. in which iskall and zedaph are astronauts who go on a mission that appears to be going quickly awry thanks to secrets being kept from them. looks very fun!

however, that's only three fics out of the MANY MANY that have been posted lately - y'all got any fic recs you'd like to share? i'd love to hear them! i'll reblog any lists that get put on here but also i'm hoping there are a lot of suggestions in the notes. (also, feel free to promo yourself or if, say, you were on a big bang team, feel free to promo the author you worked with for that!)

[justfor2am]

2-8, 16, 17, 23, 26, 29, 37, 47, 49, + 50 for the ask game 4 writers or whatever the name is? u rbed it like .5 hours ago i think n i was gna send questions when u originally did but ive had a shit day so i didn't get to until now 😓 don't feel pressured to do them all btw since theres a lot of them!! n also for any of them w specific fics feel free to do whatever fic u want :3

HELLO you are my favorite ever. actually. omg. i hope you feel better soon, i answered all of them btw so i hope this helps

2 not rpf, not beta read, angst, hurt/comfort, yeah that all tracks 100%

3 touching…. big on non-verbal communication acting as whole conversations, big on flowery language (i'm trying to cut back so as to not seem pretentious lol) also scarian. i just wanna write about scarian. they are my everything i must put them into every scenario ever.

4 in 7th Sense how i named all the andriods. scar is GT-2319, numerical code for GTWS. doc, pearl and ren all have similar naming themes lol

5 i'll befriend you in reverse, why the hell is scar stuck in the woods? despite being a powerful fae, he can't leave the enchanted woods, they're like a physical part of himself that has its own sentience and desires. essentially, a deal he made when he was young turned sour, and now the forest follows him everywhere. the woods want scar to live as long as possible, because he's what keeps the woods alive.

6 so soon enough, you'll find you never knew me at all this fic could be seen as a companion to another i wrote, where grian's the second ever Watcher to be "born" and not "chosen". the "void" scar sees in grian? it's a Watcher-side effect.

7 a million dreams for the world we're gonna make, again lmao. this was my first ever HC fic, and i sometimes find myself thinking about that lonely citadel grian's floating on in the middle of the void, akin to a giant bird cage for him to grow up in, alone.

8 It's Never Enough by we are the dirt, i'm really tired rn but i'd be happy to go into why this BANGS if you'd like tmmr

16 idk if you can tell, but i am in fact an enjoyer of actor au!s. give me more, actually.

17 this is a fic i've been TRYING to write but chapter 2 eludes me still: grian's an avian in a world that fears and despises hybrids, he grew up raised by vexes because the rest of his nestmates and mother were slaughtered before he was born, he grows up causing minor problems for human villages to pass the time until he's eventually caught by a trapper, scar. here's chapter one

scar's a vex hybrid himself, but hides it in order to scam his way through life. grian, trapped, is now at the mercy of a mad scientist who, in his desire to quell society's fear of hybrids, wants to dissect him. grian blackmails scar into helping him stay alive and tries to escape, eventually the two finding common ground.

oh, also mumbo's the mad scientist. he makes dioramas of mobs and decorates his lab with them for fun.

23 honestly, a proper superhero au. at least a one shot, but specifically for the romantic tension.

26 no dialogue, easy. honestly i kinda wanna write one with no dialogue just as a challenge.

29 i made a couple of playlists for my actor au, here's some notable songs from grian's and scars':

grian: Don't Assume What You Don't Know by Grace VanderWaal jealousy, jealousy by Olivia Rodrigo You Stupid Bitch by girl in red

scar: SCOOP by Lil Nas X feat. Doja Cat Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High by Arctic Monkeys Boyfriend by Dove Cameron

(again, very sleep, happy to go into more detail later)

37 skeleton is the best fucking fic i've ever written and i will forever stand by that. yes it's short. yes it's a one-shot. please don't let that deter you, it's the best scar characterization i've ever done in my life. read it. please.

47 though i've closed my eyes, i know who you pretend i am is a pair of steel-toed boots. once perfectly shined and polished, a seemingly important royal crest stamped on the outer skin of the tongue, but the silver has seen better days, worn down from exposure to the elements. still, they are well loved, the original, now somewhat ratty laces tied in double knots, a bow on each shoe still low enough to threaten tripping. these shoes are still in continual use, despite being told a fancier pair would be a smarter choice. no, he quite liked these ones, thank you very much.

49 i'm meant to be working on chapter 19 of my actor au, butttt i've not started so have some bullshit i just came up with instead:

The pair had set up rules for a good reason.

"You're staring again."

One of them had a inclination towards a poor memory.

"Is that a crime?"

Grian could only hope Scar would try and remember.

"It's about to be."

50, answering 25 as a cheeky bonus: https://www.onelook.com/ is a GODSEND. the thesaurus page? heavenly.

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