#mcyt urban fantasy au

[kiwinatorwaffles]

I found This is About a Stuffed Bird bc of you and its one of my favorite fics ever. Do you by chance have more suggestions?

hermitcraft/mcyt fic recs? :0 let's go!!

i get a lot of my fic recs from other friends since i don't really go out and search on my own all too much for this fandom. but there are lots of great works out here! i will be listing out some of my favorites :3 mostly hc but a couple general mcyt ones that i think are an excellent read no matter what. all of the fics i'm listing will be genfic without ships!

also i just realized a lot of my bookmarks are grian-centric which is funny i guess because i am admittedly quite picky about content of my other favorites and grian just tends to have the most content in the fanbase. hope that'll be alright

(i hope some of my friends and mutuals don't mind me tagging them for their works)

hermitcraft longfics:

the last days of the free angel of carrows by @theminecraftbee - loved stuffed bird? here's another great longfic by second! this one is about joe and cleo in an urban fantasy mystery setting. again, second writes our beloved hermits into an captivating au!

leaping and hopping on a moonshadow by @lunarblazes - a fantasy au by luna my beloved! pearl suddenly gains magical powers and goes on a quest to find her long-lost friend grian who might know what's happening to her. she meets a lot of familiar faces along the way!

Recall by @redwinterroses - hey, i was the artist for this one! :D mumbo goes missing, so grian and scar search for him. they find that grumbot has been up to some... things along the way. the fic isn't finished but i think the chapters red put out is worth a read if you don't mind leaving off on a cliffhanger because it really is super interesting

dramaturgy by wormcity - a universe where gem and pearl join in a season 7 that was never finished. mumbo became the mayor, but the turf war went so very wrong afterwards. admittedly i have not finished reading this yet because ummm short on time xD but it's super interesting with a lot of layers of drama(turgy hahaha)!

hermitcraft short fics/oneshots:

for trying. by @autistic-evil-xisuma - a stuffed bird universe oneshot of x and xisuma during their lab days. great if you want to be sad over the doomed brothers again :D

the wheels on the bus by sparxwrites - a hilarious post-s8 oneshot about grian being a little shit towards the watchers. one of the first fics i've read from this fandom and i still love it

a body is an object by ruffboi - grian is a mimic, and pearl's arrival in s8 shakes him up. she hasn't seen him in a while and is quite upset to learn that the grian she knew died a long time ago. a great read for familial connections and conflict of friendships!

Goatman and the Rift by TheDepressedCanary - doc's eldritch powers start acting up when the rift appears. what shenanigans will ensue?

other mcyt fics/crossovers:

late at night, when the stars don't look quite right by @lunarblazes - an excellent empires s1 and hermitcraft crossover longfic, where grian lands into the server and is discovered by pearl! very great worldbuilding and relationships, i especially love the dynamic between gri and pearl and pearl and gem :D

every new discovery is just a reminder by amaranthinecanicular - grian begins pulling alternate versions of the hermits from the life series into the server. he does save a lot of them, but at what cost? it does end on a cliffhanger but this is genuinely one of the most captivating oneshots i've ever read... argghhh

The Fair and the Brave and the Good by @slashmagpie - an afterlife smp longfic centered around the shelby, scott, and sausage. i have never watched afterlife smp before in my LIFE and this is still one of my favorite pieces of literature ever. the characters and worldbuilding is impeccable and perfect if you like something dark with themes of hope and renewal.

Two Can Keep a Secret (If One of Them is Red) by anonymous secretmcblog - a 3L oneshot! ren suspects grian has stockholm syndrome with his pact to stay with scar, but his expectations are wrong. a truly excellent read and one of them first fics i've read! i still go back to reread it from time to time

dog at the door by fluffy_papaya & iamsolarflare - a longfic where doc and ren take a trip on a van on their way to s8. ren, however, is not quite himself, and doc has to learn to befriend the red king.

devil town is colder in the summertime by @bananasofthorns - a oneshot from a 100hsmp/life series d&d au! team BEST ventures into a cursed evil fucked up forest. uh oh.

Interview with the Aftermath by @ranchersrevenge (wanderlasts) - the last life contestants are invited for an interview. the responses vary greatly.

stars, smoke, and stolen car keys by wormcity - a 100hsmp modern au oneshot where grian, scar, and joel go on a hike. it doesn't go quite as they expected.

the beehive state by amaranthinecanicular - a dsmp oneshot after wilbur moves to utah. tommy visits him, and the two reconnect. i have to say i stopped following dsmp a long time ago but this fic made me BAWL. i don't even think you need to know any of the characters that well to really enjoy just how amazing the writing itself is

Can't Go Back (This Time) by @duckmumbo (musicaltvbooks) - soup group goes end raiding and accientally finds themselves in afterlife smp. nothing goes wrong, surely! also admittedly i havent finished reading this either but roy i swear i will. this is a great read nevertheless and the soup group dynamic is impeccable!

TommyInnit's unbeatable method of avoiding sudden death by eneliii - on the train of dsmp fics, this is the superhero au longfic that inspired my own hc superhero au, vdhau. it's a lot of funny shenanigans with tommy and his friends. the fic does take a dark turn at the end, but that can be skipped entirely (as said by eneli herself) if you just want the wholesome aspects.

if you don't mind a little self promo, here are some of my fics!

it takes two to play (the game of mutual secrecy) - the aforementioned hermitcraft hero au. this installment is centered around xisuma and evil x as brothers resolving their issues through hero work and solving the mystery of welsknight's disappearance :D there are other works that are set in the same universe if you're interested for more!

how to form the ultimate besties dynamic: an unreliable tutorial by hypnotizd - a oneshot! hypno is a warlock who goes treasure hunting under the sea. he meets a guardian who later becomes his unlikely friend.

smoke and mirrors, the hunt perseveres - grian's arrival in empires s2 unwittingly brings the watchers' suspicions with him. cue jimmy freaking out and a lot of shenanigans.

ballad of etho’s lab - my newest installment! a oneshot about etho's storied life as the redstone god.

i'm also currently working on the sequel to the game of mutual secrecy and a new (well not exactly new since i made concept art for it) au called private detective gem tasey! these will likely be released sometime late january or february. have fun with these fic recs! i haven't been reading as much lately but i hope ill be able to find more if anyone else asks in the future. cheers!

edit: the fics are out! here they are!

hiding in plain sight (the meaning of trust) - sequel to the hermitcraft hero au! it follows an escaped lab rat trying to acquaint themselves with human society while avoiding suspicion and making friends with familiar faces from tgms ;D

private detective gem tasey: a rotten mystery in london - a hermitcraft detective au where gem gets hired for a case that spirals completely into drama and politics!

[fountainpenguin]

"Build high the walls, build strong the beams... A new life is waiting, but danger's no stranger here..." (x)

Platypus Bird: Free to Good Home

Half Hidden AU Guide

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On the other hand… Sniff had finally settled down a little, and Grian didn’t have a clue where to find a dummy for his mouth. He almost drowned, you know. And from his point of view, he basically got abducted by aliens. A little thumb-sucking would probably be okay. Joe poked in his head then and, with Grian’s permission by proxy, snipped off a lock of the baby’s hair. It looked pretty pale, the color of pancake batter, though the hair around his ears suggested it might darken with age. Sniff started. Joe gave his head a soft stroke and addressed the baby, not Grian, with his next words: “I’ll ask around the human towns. I might be able to dig up information on your parents. Your dad sounds like a nasty guy, but if I find your other parent, I’ll let you know. Okay?” Sniff sucked his thumb, mute as a snail.

In which Grian and Joel, having saved a newborn sniffer hybrid from drowning, go through the basic motions of "What comes next?" - Like childproofing the floating foster home.

Character and lore study for an urban fantasy "Hermits avoiding humans" mob hybrid AU

(First 1,000 words under the cut)

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SnifferMyFeet was not an accident, though Joel and Grian swore they’d never tell him that. “We think your parents lost you in a storm; we never found them,” sang sweeter than “Your mother’s out of the picture and we watched your father throw you in a river when you were three weeks old.”

Or maybe Sniff had two fathers. We shouldn’t assume; the hate crime could be diverse. They hadn’t asked for details while struggling to rescue the burlap sack from snot-thick water, but the anti-hybrid slurs the human on shore spluttered out painted a nasty picture as it was. Joel tried to bite him. That probably didn’t help The Hybrid Agenda, but Grian would’ve bit him too if he hadn’t been coughing up sluggish brown water and bits of sand and kelp.

So, you know… SnifferMyFeet joined the party. Xisuma sighed when Grian brought the baby in. Less about the paperwork and more about the general cruelty of the world (One would hope). He pulled his gloves higher on each hand, so you knew red tape was about to hit the table. And it did. Xisuma better aligned his helmet, then dragged a wobbly chair to his too-tall desk.

“Right. So… Were you followed?”

“No,” Grian murmured. “We cut through Joel’s dad’s territory.” Across the creek, around the brambles, and straight through the ambiguous flats that everyone claimed housed a skunk mating ground, but Grian swore stunk like sulfur. Then past Doc’s perimeter and you take a wander through Scarland, which is hands-down a must-see on any escape from a human encounter. Don’t put children down for a sec to look at stuffed Jellie cats. You will either lose them or bury them alive.

“And where is Joel now?”

“Warm shower. Slowly, I hope. He was in that ice water for a while.” And it always clung so heavy in his fur. Once, on a wild stunt Grian would rather forget about, he and Joel spent two weeks together living with the wolf pack where Joel had been born. No father to speak of (I mean, obviously), though Joel always claimed the alpha male treated him like a son.

Anyway, winter blew fiercer winds than either of them expected. Joel slipped on the ice. It cracked beneath his butt and dumped him in the lake. Grian spent a whole weekend bringing back his health while Joel lit TNT in place of campfires and felt real sorry for himself. Well, he was Joel, so it was probably a #No Regrets sort of thing, but… still. You should’ve seen his gray-brown fur soaking wet all down his arms and legs. His tail could’ve been a sewn-on sock and he wouldn’t’ve been the wiser.

“Ah.”

“Ick-‘suma, it’s a hybrid. The dad—The parents—I mean… We didn’t see the mum.”

“You’re bleeding…”

“Oh. Yeah. He shot me. Joel too. Joel a lot.” Red dots stained the red and yellow leaves.

Sniff’s huffs turned to whines. Grian stood, holding the baby to his chest so the legs dangled down, and bounced on his toes. He used to do this with Junior. It sometimes helped. He spun a circle and murmured poems and lyrics and little things. And Joe Hills, sitting backwards on a chair, commented lightly that the humans were getting bolder; Sniff’s debut wasn’t the first time they’d been spotted at the river. The Hermits might have to move again.

“Good,” Grian muttered back, cradling the straining infant to his chest. He’d have to ask around in case anyone had a baby sling. Zedaph sometimes used them to carry mobs around, especially while delivering them by air. Grian shifted his arms to adjust the weight distribution, but the baby didn’t really get that Grian couldn’t suckle, so that was a whole thing. Hm. NPC never pestered him for milk. Ariana and Victor did, though.

Anyway, “I don’t want to live near humans if they can’t sort their issues out. Right… I’m taking a break. This little guy needs me more than anyone. Come get me when the season turns.”

“Are you sure?” Xisuma asked him softly. “I’m just worried about you getting burned out. You’re already raising 6.”

“Right. Who better to take him in than me?”

Through the tint of Xisuma’s helmet visor, Grian caught a flicker of eyelashes slipping shut. One finger tapped his table. Twice. Just twice. He asked Joe to step out for a minute. The eternally ambiguous hybrid bowed with a flourish and vanished through the door like a ghost. Grian felt his feathers puff. Water dribbled through the vanes. But he stayed very still, clutching the baby sniffer hybrid, as Xisuma turned back to him.

“Grian, I’m asking as your pack leader, really for the paperwork, but you don’t have to tell me unless you’re comfortable. Are you seeing anyone right now?”

Empty faces with dark eyes and gaping mouths floated through his vision. Grian’s fingers twitched. “Anyone in the commune, you mean.”

“I didn’t say that.” Gentle. Paper-thin. Grian’s eyes blurred, but he grit his teeth and shifted his weight forward in his chair. His talons snagged against the carpet. Right, and the baby started in his lap. Grian, because he was good at what he did, shushed him with a few soothing pats to the head. Sniff yawned and stretched before curling in his arms.

“I have a mate.” This was unprovable fact to most the Hermits (in the ways that they thought mattered). Just… just… Look. He kept that information private, and that was the the end of this conversation. Xisuma nodded like a panther’s pawsteps, resting two fingers against his nose.

“7 kids is a lot, even for two or three adults.”

Grian’s feathers fluffed up again. “‘ey, listen; I know what you’re getting at. Mumbo and I aren’t dating, but he’s just as committed to Ariana, Grum, and Junior as I am. We’re ‘ride or die.’”

And for the baby’s sake as it fussed against the folds in his soggy jumper, he lowered his voice:

“I’m too much ‘a monster’ to live with humans. I’ll never get to study in their schools or go to conferences or publish my research, right? I do one thing in this world, Ex-ee-zuma: I’m the dad who steps up. I can do this. Parrots form flocks. I’m good at this.”

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[minecraftbookshelf]

I really wanted too sending fake titles but didnt know what..

Then I remember that while I dont really post fanfics, I beta-read and help organise some that my friends post

Anyway here are titles we came up at some point but never used!

Why is it always easier to die?

3 billions stars yet you shine brighter

Talk to the computer

Seeing the fire fly

A thousand blind eyes

I'll probably reblog with what they were supposed to be for (they're all mcyt related) so have fun!

Made up fic titles don't have to be preexisting, you can make them up purely for the ask! The options are unlimited!

Why is it always easier to die? - In which an intervention is held for Scott "suicide is the answer" Smajor because it is genuinely concerning at this point.

3 billion stars yet you shine brighter - Empires Season 1 Space Opera AU, focused on the interpersonal relationships between the emperors (all flavors) with the nice backdrop of spaceships and entire planets covered in ocean or snow or industrial revolutions.

Talk to the Computer - Grumbot. I don't really have anything beyond that. Grumbot confronts his dads about their questionable parenting strategies maybe XD. I think this one would end up a crack-fic. Either that or very existentially angsty.

Seeing the Fire Fly - ZombieCleo, arsonist extraordinaire, life series urban fantasy au (my stock in trade, this hypothetical would be the third one XD) in which the important feature is that they have no magic or abilities related to fire, they just are very good at arson. Possibly in the same universe as Gone Fishing.

A Thousand Blind Eyes - Grian adjusting to, at least presenting as, a regular player again after the aftermath of Evo.

Thank you very much for the titles! I would love to see what the original concepts attached to them were!

[mcyt-college-au]

🟊 Welcome, to WSU 🟊

Welcome to Wyrmstone University, one of the best higher level learning facilities in the Overworld. Here, students of any and all origins can learn in an innovative and engaging workspace. We also take pride in our community, and offer many clubs and student societies open to everyone. No matter what courses you plan on taking, we can assure you that the years you spend here at Wyrmstone will be some of the best of your life. Now, only one question remains: What’s your major?

MCYT College AU, also called What’s Your Major? or WSU AU, is a collaborative AU made by the Traffic Mafia Crew™. Although labeled ‘MCYT,’ the AU has a strong focus on Hermitcraft and Empires SMP, with occasional others scattered in between.

It is set in an urban fantasy/low magic world, filled with humans, hybrids, witches, and more, with a proper magic system and everything (plotholes may be included)! Also featured, is a full world layout with several different realms. From classics like the Overworld, Nether and End, to lesser known lands, such as the Ether, the Deep Dark and the Undersea.

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This is an askblog, so feel free to send in questions about the worldbuilding, characters or the blog in general. Along the way, we also hope to create many different things for the AU, so keep an eye out for that too! 

Tag System! (thanks Night)

#WSU Office Inquiries = Answered Asks

#WSU Portfolio = Art

#WSU Scrapbook = Mixed Media (eg. videos, webweaves, event posters, ect)

#WSU Library = Writing

#WSU Community Notice Board = Announcements/Events

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This was created and produced by the cast of the life smp mafia server, lice-[GUNSHOTS]

[blackboxtheater]

For that 40 questions thing, 4, 14, and 40 please?

4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?

There's nothing I'm nurturing right now in the sense that it would be a serious story I would ever publish. When I have an idea I tend to write it rather quickly so it doesn't drive me totally insane, which just gives me a lot of random scenes thrown together in a giant messy document lol. But there are some things for non-mcyt fandoms and some original work that are kicking around in my head.

But all that being said......I listen to a lot of actual play Dungeons and Dragons podcasts and I'm constantly fitting situations and characters from mcyt into D&D mechanics. So I keep coming back to that idea a lot. I even got pretty far into a loosely connected series of one-shots about a D&D party of hermits that I'll share the summary for.....

Xisuma, the chosen one of the Goddess Craft, is starting to wonder if there really is an epic quest. Because all he seems to be doing is collecting idiots who can destroy monsters as easily as they destroy his patience. That doesn’t mean he loves his party any less. And at least they saved the server from disaster. For now anyway. Until someone lights something on fire....again OR: A series of moments from the very long life of an adventurer and the people he meets along the way 

14. What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?

It's less advice, and more the sense that a premise is a plot. And it's just......not.

A plot is a plot. Things need to happen in a story. (This is talking about longer stories, not one-shots or short fics.)

Like, do I love a good soulmates AU? Absolutely! But the idea that someone will have the first words their soulmate says to them written on their body is not a series of events that makes me want to keep reading to discover what happens next. Who are the soulmates? What are they doing? How does this condition affect them and their lives? Why does that matter? What happens in the story?

Another example of this, for anyone familiar with the Sarah J Mass books/universe, is the first Crescent City book "House of Earth and Blood". The premise is bringing this big interconnected fantasy universe into a modern urban setting, and that's a great fun premise! But the plot is a murder mystery. The actual thing the characters do for 800 freaking pages is solve a murder. 'Woman tries to solve her best friend's murder with a bad boy cop' is the plot of that novel.

40. Write an alternative ending to [insert fic title] (or just the summary of one).

So I'm going to take this as an open ended ask for an alternative ending of any of my fics, but if you meant it differently, please let me know!

And y'all KNOW I am a staunch believer in talking about feelings.

But...... for funsies here is an alternate ending that diverges at chapter 12 of my gemtho fic We Were Shy where Pearl and BDubs are a little more proactive, inspired by the joke at the time that Gem was the boss of Decked Out level 4 and she would just be released into the dungeon to kill Etho.

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Pearl's POV:

Pearl was waiting for Tango in the control room.

“Pearly pop? Why aren’t you running the dungeon?” He looked between her and the empty dungeon.

“Tango. We need your help.”

“We?”

“Yeah. We.” BDubs said. Pearl laughed at the extremely high pitched noise Tango made when he finally noticed BDubs standing behind him in the shadow of the door.  Pearl appreciated that she wasn’t the only one who could be a little sneaky when she wanted to be.

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<You whispered to GeminiTay> gem want to kill Etho in the dungeon?

<GeminiTay whispered to you>  YES

<You whispered to GeminiTay>  no follow up questions?

<GeminiTay whispered to you> TIME AND PLACE

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On one monitor, Pearl, Tango, and BDubs watched Etho climb into the minecart to start a Decked Out run that he had no indication would be out of the ordinary. On another, they watched Gem crouched and hiding on level 2, her hand twitching on the hilt of her diamond sword as she prepared to hunt Etho through the dungeon. Or at least, that's what Pearl had told her she would be doing.

They let Etho get most of the way through level 1, waiting until he commented on how strange it was that he hadn't seen any Ravager yet, before Pearl cleared her throat before she leaned into the microphone in Tango's control room.

“Attention Etho and Gem. Yes Etho, Gem is in the dungeon with you. Tango’s gonna, yup, stop any more cards from playing. Now Etho, you should know that Gem has a massive crush on you.”

“And Gem,” Bdubs poked his head close to the mic. “Etho has a crush on you. Super big crush. Embarrassingly really how big.”

Pearl giggled as Bdubs shot her a smile and stepped away from the mic.

“Now. You two can continue to avoid each other, or kill each other, or whatever it is you two do. That much I don’t really care. But figure it out.”

She smirked in spite of herself. Then she bowed out of the way for Tango to step up.

“And Etho, before you find a loophole, you both respawn at the bed in the top of the dungeon, I’ve removed all your gear from the chests, and the doors won’t open until two different players step on two different pressure plates in front of it. I’m sure you can find a way to sneak out, but not before Gem finds you.”

“And if you want to have fun we’re turning the cameras off!” Bdubs jumped up to add as a final comment.

“Bdubs don’t you dare-" echoed from Etho through the speakers before Tango flicked the lever to kill the video and audio feeds.

“You think it will work?” He asked, turning to Pearl.

“Honestly? I don’t know.”

“What if they crawl out of the dungeon walls? Bdubs suddenly asked. “I mean some of the crypts are just ice. Etho could absolutely punch through that rather than talk about his feelings.”

“You think he’d rather punch through a wall with his bear hands than get laid?” Pearl couldn’t fathom wanting to avoid a conversation that badly. Especially when they already did the hard part for them.

Tango shrugged. “He’s Etho. He might try.”

Then Tango giggled, the little laugh multiplying until his shoulders were shaking and he was whipping tears away from his eyes.  

“You okay man?” Bdubs finally asked, looking to Pearl for an explanation she clearly didn’t have.

“If they get out they have to escape level 5!” Tango wheezed.

“There’s another level?” Pearl nearly sputtered out. If the fucking door in level four led to a secret extra level she was going to lose her mind.

“No the redstone!” Tango finally said, gesturing widely around him with a spin. “Even if they get out of eh dungeon they don’t have elytra. They’d have to walk out of the redstone spaghetti. And I’m laughing imagining Gem chasing Etho through it.” Tango finally explained giddy smile on his face.

“I’m going to ping the rest of the hermits that the dungeon is closed.” Pearl said, opening the door to the control room and leading everyone out into the hall.

“Another question Tango,” Bdubs said, eyeing the door. “Do you have a washing machine in the dungeon?”

“Downstairs. I do actually live here you know.” Tango rolled his eyes at Bdubs. “But why.”

“Just maybe wash the sheets in the bed before anyone else runs. Just…”

Pearl watched Tango’s expression warp from confusion to realization to horror to embarrassment. “Yes. Yup. On the list. Good idea.”

<PearlescentMoon> dungeon’s closed for maintenance

<Cubfab135> :(

<GoodTimeWithScar>TANGO! Go fix your dungeon!

<Tango> like pearl said. CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE. DO NOT DISTURB.

<Etho> dungeon set to do not disturb mode

They all looked at Etho’s message at the same time as they stood on the bridge leading away from the Citadel.

“So do we think that’s a good thing?” Bdubs finally asked.

<GeminiTay> STRICTLY ENFORCED

Pearl raised an eyebrow at Gem's message.

“Maybe?”

[yurigalactica]

INTRO POST RAAAHHHHH

✩ my name's max!

✩ i'm fine with any pronouns!

✩ i run a multifandom blog (primarily ninjago, gravity falls, the owl house, danny phantom, horizon zero dawn, bnha, and mcyt)

✩ i'm a huge music fan (my favorite artists are los campesinos, the arctic monkeys, car seat headrest, the oh hellos, and phoebe bridgers)

✩ my ao3 is spaceninjas, more about my fics below

✩ local mad scientist (suffering microbio major)

✩ mutuals can ask for my discord anytime :D

more info below the cut! enjoy your stay <3

here's a list of my frequently used tags! (i'm currently in the process of revamping my tags, so older posts might not be tagged properly!)

#max originals (my original posts) #max writes (my fanfic stuff) #max liveblogs (liveblogging watching streams/shows) #the homies (talking to my mutuals) #gold star (my favorite posts) #irl stories (irl stories that i deem funny enough to post about) #college shenanigans (irl stories, but uni flavored) #adventures in capitalism (irl stories, but work flavored)

i write fics for several fandoms, and while i'm very slow at updating, i have no intentions of discontinuing any of my fics! that being said, several of my fics have been placed on temporary hiatus for the time being, and all of them can be found below! more to be added once all of my aus escape my google docs drafts ehehehe

beyond the nebulae — aka my long mcyt space fic! it’s sbi-centric with copious amounts of bedrock bros and worldbuilding. as of writing this it has 5 chapters posted with ~30 more to come.

boreas — aka my mcyt urban fantasy/gods and goddesses au! it’s part one of a four-part series that’s tommyinnit centric! as of writing this it has 1 chapter posted with ~9 more to come.

no dni, just be chill and we're chill. i'll block if the vibes are off but that's pretty much it. anywayyyyyy look at my blinkies boy

[b-creativ3-archive]

It’s my blog’s one year anniversary today! That means it’s also been a year since I started participating in the MCYT fandom. To celebrate, I remade the witch!Wilbur Soot design in my first post; a design for my MCYT urban fantasy AU (which was I think the reason I started a fandom blog)!

Here’s the ref:

For comparison, here’s the old design; it looks way too generic and simple now:

[writergreentypes]

Whumptober Day 3

AU: Urban Fantasy

We got a fantasy reveal for this day lads!

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Wilbur’s eyes drifted from Tommy to his captor, and Tommy had to stifle a wince as the gun pressed just a bit harder into his temple, his heart feeling like it was going to beat out of his chest.

And for just a moment, it almost looked like Wilbur’s eyes burned.

“Hey, mate.” Tommy’s friend tilted his head, perfectly nonchalant, to lock gazes with Tommy’s captor, dark brown eyes almost honey gold in the light. “Can I ask you a question?”

The man paused, clearly thrown, but recovered, dragging Tommy back a step with him as he straightened his spine threateningly.

“What?” he snapped. “I fucking told you already-”

“What do you see when you look at me?”

And Tommy abruptly remembered something that Wilbur had said.

He’d thought it was a joke then.

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“Promise me, Tommy,” Wilbur said, his face cast in the light of the sunset the two of them were watching. Oddly serious, oddly still. “If I ever ask someone- “What do you see when you look at me?” A beat, a moment, before Wilbur spoke again, his voice husky and deep. “You look away, Tommy. Don’t look.”

“Yeah, sure, Big Man,” Tommy scoffed, leaning back with his arms behind his head. “Make sure I don’t see how ugly you are, ay?”

Wilbur noogied him with a laugh, and the somber mood of the moment was broken.

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A sharp, unimpressed laugh from Tommy’s captor, and the gun shifted just enough that it slid into Tommy’s vision, making him shudder at the cold metal against his skin. 

“The fuck?” Another scoff. “I see a nosy little shit who doesn’t know when to mind his own fucking business.” His grip tightened. “And you’re about to see your friend here lose his brains. So walk away.”

“Weird.” Wilbur’s voice was perfectly calm and even. “Look again.”

Tommy squeezed his eyes shut. 

Even through his closed lids, face turned away, Tommy could see the imprints of radiant light.

And he could hear the man screaming.

“Tommy. Tommy.”

Warm hands were on his face, and Wilbur was in front of him, on his knees as well. The unearthly, eldritch radiance was gone, leaving just Tommy’s friend as he’d always known him, his eyes filled with concern and something like love. 

“You ok?” Wilbur asked gently. “I’m sorry- I know that was probably a lot, mate.” 

“W-Wha-” Tommy shuddered, leaning forwards just a bit more and Wilbur wrapped his arms around him in turn, scratching through his hair gently. “What w-was that?”

Wilbur just hummed, rocking the two of them back and forth.

“That was me,” he said plainly, as if that wasn’t the craziest thing Tommy had ever heard of. “What I look like on- uh. The fifth plane, I think? Didn’t pay as much attention as I probably should have when Dad was giving me the rundown on it.”

Tommy made a tiny, pathetic noise that he couldn’t even bring himself to be ashamed of, pressing his forehead into Wilbur’s shoulder because everything was just a lot right now, ok.

“What- are you?” he whispered, not even sure if he should dare asking, if this was the end of the line for him as well but he had to know- 

Wilbur hissed out a breath through his teeth, sounding more rueful than anything else.

“That’s… really up for debate, honestly. But the closest you could probably call me is nephilim, if that helps.”

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y’all can have some eldritch wilbur. as a treat.

[luckbandit]

Summary: Technoblade has gotten very good at being able to tell when people are lying. Like when a middle aged soccer mom is complimenting your outfit but she actually thinks it’s the ugliest thing she’s had to lay eyes on. Or when your college roommate promises to stop leaving dirty laundry around when you both know very well that he’s not going to. Or- and this is completely hypothetical- when you ask your little brother and his best friend why the sudden interest in the demon you are casual friends with, their answer is “no reason in particular”.

Ok so maybe the last one wasn’t so hypothetical after all.

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Author’s Note: I really didn’t like how I ended chapter 11 so I added a bit more. Make sure to read the updated version before reading chapter 13 when it comes out. 

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[landofspaceandrainbows]

Urban Fantasy or SciFi Last Life AU with Watcher Grian as an Explorer

For @fearforthestorm for the MCYT AU fest!

Watcher!Grian fanart by elytra on tumblr

Europa art byDimitry Bogolyubov

Poems by Walt Whitman

@mcytblraufest

[ranboo5]

Vampire AU with the Technoenjoyercord squad led to developments

[ID: A messy 8-panel digital comic based off the hospital pepsi post, featuring DSMP/MCYT characters and an OC in an urban fantasy/vampire AU.

Tommy (vampire) is a scuffed up teenager with blond hair, red eyes, sharp teeth, and thick dark eyebrows; Tubbo (fae) is a shorter teenager with bright-yellow compound eyes, bug antennae, darker tied-back hair, scruff, and facial scarring; Phil (vampire) is a middle-aged man in a robe and tied-on hat, with red eyes and sharp teeth; Wilbur (edgelord LARPer) is a tall man with darker hair in a trenchcoat, half-fingerless gloves, a shirt that says #FUCK #DIE, and edgy jewelry; SquidKid (human) is a man in a monocle and a double-buttoned suit with a rose, and dark hair in two braids that end in prominent light loose sections evocative of squid tentacles; Ranboo (glamoured fae) is a tall, lanky bald teenager with spirally red and green eyes, heavy freckling, and sharp teeth in a suit, crown, and gloves; Sneegsnag (human) is a heavyset man with wrist braces, heavy scruff, and loosely tied-back hair; the OC, Marigold (human) is an older woman in a sweater with glasses, a nose piercing, and a kerchief tying back her chin-length hair; Technoblade (human) is a large man with scruff and facial scarring, with loosely wavy pink hair, dark eyes, and glasses. The dialogue is all added via screenshots of the post.

PANEL 1 Tommy, gesturing matter of factly: Kinda fucked up and nasty how vampires drink blood, imo. Like. Pepsi costs a dollar seventy five PANEL 2 Tubbo, indignant: WHERE ARE YOU GETTING PEPSI FOR $1.75? THAT SHITS LIKE $2.30 MINIMUM Tommy: Hospital PANEL 3 Phil, confused: Who the fuck is paying 2.30 for a Pepsi? Wilbur, smiling, playing into the bit: Not me I’m paying a dollar seventy five. At the hospital PANEL 4 SquidKid: I pay like $2.50 but I’m Canadian Ranboo: I feel like we’re getting off topic PANEL 5 Sneegsnag: blood is free? Ranboo: So is Pepsi if you steal it? PANEL 6 Marigold, concerned: why... why is op get their pepsi from the hospital Tommy, indignant (more played up in the drawing than the text tone of the screenshot implies): Because it’s only a dollar seventy five Squid: Why in God’s name would a vampire drink Pepsi Ranboo, shrugging: Why would anyone drink Pepsi? PANEL 7 Squid, exasperated: am I having a stroke??? Tubbo, smiling casually with a hand on Squid’s shoulder: You might want to go to a hospital then Ranboo, leaning over with a hand up like he’s saying something informative: I hear the Pepsi is cheaper there PANEL 8  Technoblade, standing with a neutral expression with the text *entering from kitchen* behind him, holding out a cut mango with the splash text MANGO written over it:

The only colored elements are Tommy’s, Tubbo’s, Phil’s, and Ranboo’s eyes, Squid’s rose, Marigold’s kerchief, Technoblade’s hair, and the mango and splashtext around it.

[respectable-username]

New fic alert!

Here There Be Monsters Chapter 1

Fandom: Hermitcraft, general MCYT crossover

Genre: Urban Fantasy AU

Rating: Mature (for injury/violence)

Characters (first chapter): Grian & Mumbo

Summary:

Grian is a completely normal human, living in a completely normal, human world. Or at least, that's what he thought before the creature attacked him. Now the well-dressed man in front of him is telling him that supernatural beings are real, and that he is one of them. Either there's a whole 'nother side to the world that Grian was completely unaware of, or he's just really, really concussed.

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Ok ok I've been working on this AU fic for a while now and I'm so pumped to finally be able to share the first chapter! More characters will be introduced as the fic goes along, though primarily it'll be the Hermits.

I just love this AU so much and have loved world building it up and thinking how the different characters would be in this world and arg I'd love to blab more if anyone wants to hear it!

I just really hope you find the first chapter intriguing enough to follow along with the rest 😄

[fountainpenguin]

🌗 Half Hidden AU 🌗

Hermitcraft SMP

An urban fantasy "Hermits avoiding humans" mob hybrid AU

#ridwork guides

More MCYT AUs

What Is Half Hidden AU?

No matter how deep into their mob parents' lands the hybrids go, human towns keep encroaching. Every hybrid's got some version of the same ol' story- "Too human" for one side of the family, "too monster" for the other.

Survival in the jungle isn't easy, but at least it's home... or was, for a while. How many more seasons can they relocate, rebuild... avoid the hate and cruelties that hybrids receive? From both sides of their families, sometimes...

AO3 Series

Blog tag - #Half Hidden AU

Tone

Mostly found family fluff, angst, and romance. Some drama and comedy mixed in.

Mysticism and intrigue regarding magic, nature, and the world.

Characters

- All the Hermits, but few people outside Hermitcraft SMP. Not sure how many of them will show up in stories since I'm early in the AU, but they're all here in my heart.

- All mobs are anthros

- Grian has several half-siblings and adopted children that parallel his alter egos and supposed children in the canon.

Half-siblings: NPC Grian (Pre-Hermitcraft); Robot Grian (Pre-H); Ariana Griande (S6); Villager Grian (S6) Foster/adopted kids: Grumbot (S7); Jrumbot (S7); SnifferMyFeet (One-off)

Scar's also looking after his nephew (PiglinMyNose) with some help from Jimmy. Does that make Boyguna Pig's dad? ... idk, maybe.

- Occasional appearances from Empires characters, but they're not a focus.

- Current story drafts focus largely on Grian and Joel with plans to expand in the future as inspiration arrives.

Ships

- Joel (Wolf hybrid) / Lizzie (Axolotl hybrid) - They helped raise a kid named Hermes who mostly lives with his human father

- Grian's married to a parrot mob who lives outside the Hermit commune. He doesn't talk about it much.

Some background ships. More details to come as the AU expands.

Setting

Hermitcraft-themed locations, with emphasis on jungles and the coastline. There are some impressive builds, but most of them on a small scale due to limited space.

A focus on survival with some folks pushing for freedom and fun.

Is It For Me?

- Tense biological family relationships, but kindhearted found family

- Long-term anxiety underscoring people's lives. A sense of never being able to settle or achieve safety

- Non-human humanoids & interspecies relationships

- All mobs are anthros, but there's still meat-eating in this world. It's most common when mobs hunt mobs, but it's not unheard of for humans to hunt mobs and hybrids.

-> I don't plan to depict hybrid meat. Also, culture generally leans towards "good, civilized humans" eating plants they've farmed rather than "hunting and foraging like the animals."

- A general sense of finding sweetness and joy despite the nature of a difficult world

Major Themes

Found family, community, compassion, acceptance, identity, trust, anxiety, culture, love

Plot Highlights

- Hermits moving and rebuilding

- Awkward mixed-family interactions. Joel's family aren't too keen on his marrying a hybrid rather than a wolf mob.

- Welcoming new friends; adapting to the first day of the rest of your life. Rescuing people!

- Embracing (or rejecting) culture and expectations

- Exploring human society (Sneaky, sneaky!)

Ongoing?

This series debuted in the Hermitcraft Guess the Author event of 2024. It's ongoing with unscheduled updates, but several WIPs already outlined.

This probably won't be a very long series as I'm less familiar with Hermitcraft than the Life Series, but the idea for this one has been sitting with me a while. I'm glad to explore it.

Warnings, notes, and explanations below so readers can learn more about this AU. Don't like? Don't read.

👀 Take a Peek

New here? You might like to start with these:

There's only one work in this series so far!

Start Reading

Recommended ways to get into the full AU

🌄 First Written - "Platypus Bird: Free to Good Home"

In which Grian and Joel, having saved a newborn sniffer hybrid from drowning, go through the basic motions of "What comes next?" - Like childproofing the floating foster home.

The first character and lore story completed for this AU. I've planned pieces both before and after this point in the SnifferMyFeet arc- this is just the one that came out first.

I tried to write it as an easy introduction to the lore without being too long or intense. It's a good place to start.

📅 Chronological Start - TBA

🗺️ Worldbuilding

- The vibe I started with was "Hermitcraft setting, but full of civilians." I expanded from that to having many towns and cities, some of which are more accepting towards mob and hybrid cultures than others.

- Close Hermitcraft parallels, though I'm only familiar with Seasons 6 to 10, and only from about 6 POVs.

- There's only one world. No servers- Everything exists within one and Hermits move to new areas instead of changing worlds.

- Mobs are both realistic and mystical. Hybrids may have some magic, but not as much as mobs, who have far more mastery of it. Mobs are looked on with some respect or fear.

- Mining, crafting, and inventory management are mystical too.

- Some people eat meat, but society caters well to vegetarian and vegan dishes; no one would bat an eye for requesting such (unless you're somewhere very unique indeed). Mobs and even hybrids may be killed for their meat in some places while others have greater protections.

- Mobs bring down other mobs for meat (Ex: wolves preying on sheep, fox on chickens). Some do attack humans, but these are usually zombies, endermen, phantoms, creepers, and other monsters (not real-world creatures).

-> I don't plan to depict hybrid meat, though some folks may make threatening remarks (Ex: "I bet you taste like chicken"). Also, culture generally leans towards "good, civilized humans" eating plants they've farmed rather than "hunting and foraging like the animals."

- It's common to build fantastic things, with one person capable of building a whole town if they put their mind to it. Resources are widely available, but not always renewable or easy to obtain. The existence of many settlements across the world has led to the largest resource yields being protected.

- Humanoid mobs like villagers, pillagers, and wandering traders are essentially equal with humans. They have their own cultures and language, but can speak with humans.

- Pigs and piglins are perceived as the same thing. I think in this AU, piglins are perceived as boars (male) and pigs as sows (female), and all under the name "piglin."

- Mob/human relationships are often frowned on, though some parts of the world are more accepting. Human/hybrid relationships may be looked at skeptically by those who believe they're too different to work. Hybrid/mob relationships may be seen as beastly.

- All hybrids are infertile.

📋 AU Notes & Warnings

Found Family - Taking in unrelated or semi-related people. Family relationships can be a bit fluid or undefined, though some do have more defined sibling or parent-child vibes.

Grian's raising several people who are his half-siblings, but he sees himself a bit more as a flock leader (or father) than a brother.

Mob hybrid racism (Whole AU is themed around pushback from mobs and humans alike)

-> Views differ even between individuals within the same society, so it's not easy to "simply move to an accepting place."

-> Chromia (Scott's S2 empire from Empires SMP) is often cited as very accepting, even providing medical treatment to hybrids that some places don't offer

-> AU depicts cruelty. Mostly towards hybrids, but towards humans and mobs sometimes as well. 3-week-old SnifferMyFeet got thrown in a river by his dad; that's the direction we're going.

Non-human humanoids - Mobs are human-sized anthros. Hybrids are also human-sized. Mobs are very animalistic, with behaviors and community structures mimicking real-world animals (such as hunting other animals, which means anthros in this AU).

-> Grian was taken from his mom because she only fed him worms and grubs when he was born; his hybrid body needed milk.

-> Hybrids also have many mob instincts, but to a lesser degree.

Interspecies relationships: Human/mob, human/hybrid, and hybrid/mob are all fair game.

Human/mob relationships can result in hybrid offspring

Hybrids are infertile

At the time of posting this AU guide, I'm not planning to write sexual content for this AU, but if I'm inspired, anticipate interspecies relationships in that regard too.

I do anticipate romantic gestures like kissing, and preening, grooming, and cuddling.

- More MCYT AUs

- Want more info? Send an Ask!

You can create works based on this AU. Please cite me and/or the AU as appropriate (i.e. for things very specific to this AU). You are free to expand on ideas you've thought of thanks to my AU as a jumping off point. I'd love to reblog or link things to my AO3 works if I see them!

I write content with morally gray characters. Please don't portray my story events or worldbuilding out of context with intentional malice. As in, I request you do not post things created for the specific intention of bashing me or the AU

[minecraftbookshelf]

The LiveAndLetRain Master-Master Post

Because tumblr search function is notoriously unreliable, to the point im struggling to find my own things when i want them for reference so im making this, mostly for myself but if you want to use it go for it!

That being said, my tag for my original posts is #rain rambles

I tag all the Technoblade memorial art I reblog with #technoblade never dies (specifically the memorial-vibes art, so this is a bit subjective but just a heads up if this is something you want to avoid)

I am on AO3

This is my pinned post on my main which is an index of all my fandom specific sideblogs

MASTER POSTS:

The AU In Which All the Marriages Are Arranged/Marriage of State AU Empires SMP Season 1 AU featuring fantasy agricultural economics and linguistics and arranged marriages that cover the full romantic-platonic spectrum. This is my major project, currently. Everything relating to it an be found under the tag #marriage of state au and the master post has important posts, fics, art, and organizational tags linked on it.

Avatar: The Legend of Jimmy Group discussion and brainstorming post that has spawned at least one au, and some fic and art

FANFICTION:

Adventures in Grian-Napping (Life Series Urban Fantasy AU based off of Grian’s LimLife AFK Episode) COMPLETE - Tumblr || AO3

Limited Life Oneshots - Tumblr 1 2 3 || AO3

The Elements of an Inter-Dimensional Prison Break (Life Series & Evolution SMP AU taking place overlapping and at the end of Limited Life) WIP - Tumblr Part 1 Part 2 || AO3 || Summarized [Currently in stasis while i rework it and revamp it]

To Walk A Mile In Each Others Shoes (My take on the concept of Double Life soulbond pairs sharing physical traits and abilities over the bond) COMPLETE - Team Ranchers || Team Box || Dessert Duo || The Boat Boys || The Homewreckers || Bad Math || Tilly Death Do Us Part || AO3

Gone Fishing (Life Series Urban Fantasy AU ft. Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss + Martyn. Oneshot) COMPLETE - Tumblr || AO3

Flip-Flopped Hermits (ficlets written for the hermit fanon swap prompt meme) STANDALONE COLLECTION, WIP - AO3 || Tumblr - Hypno & Stress Cub & xB and Pearl & Mumbo (bonus Grian) Gem & Impulse Etho & Bdubs

Marriage of State AU Series WIP - AO3 || Tumblr links in the AU masterpost

After the End (SOS SMP post-finale ficlet ft. fWhip and Joey. Two alternate endings, I recommend reading the second one first) COMPLETE - AO3 || Tumblr Ending 1 Ending 2

LIFE SERIES (and overlap) META & THINKY THOUGHTS:

Concerning Patterns Out of Context Snippet from Future Fanfiction Shortform 3rd Life Ren & Joel Compare/Contrast Repeating Patterns: Smajor, Ren, & Martyn 3rd & Last Life Ethoslab & LDshadowlady Final Death Scars || The Diagrams Thereof: TAG FOR THE UPDATED VERSIONS The original posts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Martyn's Betrayal Watcher Lore Meets Hermitcraft Recap Rain Judges the Watchers for Feeding Inefficiently Middle Child Jimmy Solidarity Evolution/Life Family Tree & Relationship Web (Updated version at the bottom of the post) Falling Birbs This one messed up my notifications inbox for like two days and it is specifically inthelittlewoods fault Life Series Wing Headcanons 3rd Life Flower Husbands: Fated Tragedy Scott Smajor Has Been Spiting the Watchers Since Third Life The Ship Burns Everything Burns The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same

RANDOM BITS AND BOBS:

Life Series Lore/Bit Poll OG Edition (Season Specific Follow-up Coming Soon!) Watercolor Sniffer Skizzleman Skizzleman Does Whatever A Skizzle Can The True Potential of Empires S1: Scott and Gem's kidnapping MCYT Wings: Grian || Jimmy Solidarity || Pearlescentmoon || Philza || Hannahxxrose || Geminitay (not wings but close enough) Mumbo Jumbo was the EvoSMP Escape Plan All Along Empires S2 White Collar AU For the Poor? My Most Correct MCC Opinion The Price of Being Birb

[chandelier-s-notebook]

Hey MCYTblr! Are you bored this summer? Would you like something to do? Well have I got the event for you!

Presenting: MCYT AU-GUST

@ghostofsilas the Writer's Block Discord came up with the original prompt list, and I've altered a few things with the help of a few others on the Discord. If you aren't vibing with a particular prompt, feel free to swap any around or use a substitute.

This is a for fun event and you are welcome to do as many or as few as you wish. If you want to participate please link back to this post or tag me and Silas. And use #MCYTAUgust2021 when posting your fics.

And even if you’re in a different fandom and like this list, feel free to use!

High Fantasy/DND AU

Pirates and/or Mer AU

Noir (Detective/Mystery) AU

Angels and/or Demons AU

Urban Fantasy AU

Crime AU

Crossover AU

College AU

Wings AU

Sci-Fi AU

Werewolves and/or Vampires AU

Roommate AU

(Post-)Apocalyptic AU

Soulmates (Emphasis on Platonic/Non-Traditional) AU

Crack AU

Time Travel AU

Coffeeshop [and it’s adjacents] AU

Mythology AU

Parent/Babysitter AU

Role Swap/Reversal

Foster/Adoption AU

Steampunk or Victorian AU

Superpowers AU

School/Teachers AU

Dark and/or Bad Ending

Band/Music AU

Spy AU

Farming/Countryside AU

Fairytale AU

Daemon or Hybrid AU

Free Day

Substitutes

Theatre/Actor AU

Zookeeper/Animals AU

Dancer or Figure Skater AU

Monster Hunter/Tamer AU

Prank War AU

Magic AU

Most importantly, have fun!

[angeloncewas]

If that Anon that wanted fic recs is still around (or anyone in general lol) I recommend what is possibly my favorite fic I've ever read in any fandom, Your Wayward Children by Khio! It's an urban fantasy- sbi centric au (82k words) and it's just. One of the tags is "Wilbur soot vs the mortifying ordeal of being known" and that just says so much about it. I want to gush about this but I also think everyone should read it ever and don't want to spoil. Like,,,, even if you don't normally read fan fics for mcyt fandom please read this one it's so good. Please read it. Please. It's very good.

Oooo thank you for the rec ! Sounds super interesting.

your wayward children

An angel, a hunter, a chaos spirit, and a not-quite human find family in each other against all the odds stacked against them.

But some things were never meant to be; when Wilbur’s dark past inevitably catches up to him and threatens to hurt the people he loves, they’re all forced to discover how far they would go for each other.