#not to be confused with geminitay

[nicecrumbart]

Some empires doodles bc I miss the series so bad :(

[meercraft]

[fence-time]

Magic mountain doodles :3

[zhukzucraft]

=> Pearl & Co: Ponder the portal

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Gem: I messaged Mumbo and Skizz but no answer yet. I think we should wait-

Gem: Scar!!

Scar: What? No point in letting it go to waste, am I right?

Pearl: Hey whoa whoa whoa

Pearl: Let's hold our horses

Pearl: Why- why do we even need to go to the Nether, anyway?

Scar: Isn't the Enchanting Table there this time, Grian?

Grian: A-yup.

Grian: It's just plopped in a Bastion in there. 'Cause why not.

Scar: Ancient City is a hard act to follow, huh?

Grian: Eh, it works as long as nobody gets access to enchantments too early.

Gem: You don't say! Then maybe WE shouldn't be going there so soon, huh Grian?

Grian: Don't tell me that GeminiSlay is scared of some little piggies!

Grian: I fully expect you to carry, by the by.

Gem: UGH.

Pearl: Come on guys, let's at least wait for Skizz and Mumbo to come back!

Scar: Nooo, you never know who's trying to beat us to it. Those rapscallions could be closing in on the magic table as we speak!

Pearl: :(

=> Pearl & Co: Be Martyn

Start Over -- Go Back

The submission time is now over! See you back in this POV after a couple of posts!

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It's time for another

What Will You Do?

this time addressed to the whole group!

Should they jump right in? Should they wait? Should they do a dance-off? You can suggest actions and arguments for any of the 4 characters, or all of them at once!

Please submit your suggestions as replies to this post, or at this channel in our discord (LINK), or if all else fails - directly to my askbox. This event will last for 3 DAYS, until next Wednesday.

Also - next update we'll be checking in with the POV vote winner, Martyn!

[lifesmpliar]

Etho unprovoked mentioning Joel on Scar’s stream is funny as hell. Not because he mentioned Joel, but because you can practically hear the eye rolling coming from Gem’s mic.

Someone asked for the clip so I found it!

[spyglahass]

not pressuring you to draw anything so don't misconstrue this but i love your fwhip so much!! i love his design it's my favorite ever i love the little ponytail i love his gloves i love his shape just. i love him so much my beloved little guy and no one makes art of him anymore! so just thank you for your design for feeding my brain worms :>

AHHH THANK YOU!!! I'm glad you enjoy the little fella, he is very special to me <333

AND !!! It so happened that I found this art around the same time you sent me this ask so!! hope you will accept this two for one deal 🙏

[jeena-says-hi]

Since Gem has antlers, do you think they have the cycle of growing velvet, scraping it off, then shedding them?

So she’s just like this for a while:

Imagine one time the velvet starts to shed, so she casually peels a bit off and someone is like “WHAT IS THAT?”

[ldshadowtism]

we don’t talk about how objectively funny cleo’s session 6 task was because in action it consisted of scott and gem screaming ‘YOU’RE SO HOT’ while cleo frantically placed and broke flowers.

[ender-of-the-sender]

Yk how in Mumbos ep 17 he says that he likes to imagine that Big Ron only hires people that are Big and called Ron...

RON P. SNAIL AND RON C. SNAIL

[whereisgem]

boioioioioioing

[aaaaaaaaaa-squirrel]

Y'know what I miss most about Empires season 1?

THE EXPLAINABLE PLOT

I stopped watching Empires 2 for like two weeks and it all went off the rails so I never returned. WHy did everyone go villain? Someone explain please the plot after idk when Gem built her church

[redliferiot]

i am interpreting today's episode as gem and lizzie just possessing cleo and pearl like interdimensional ghosts

[cyiltheknight]

Does anyone know why gem disabled comments on her finale secret life episode??????

[pickastitch]

my favorite redstoner <3

[harley-the-pancake]

We need to get rid of some of these nether people it starts to get confusing lmao

[moltengoldveins]

ok but I have Thoughts about the way Minecraft usernames translate to actual names, both irl and in fanfic. They’re definitely ‘obsessed with structure and grumpy at inconsistency flavor autism’ thoughts but still. I find it weird how we cut and paste the media we’re given to fit what we view as functional worldbuilding, and how that gets screwy when translating online names.

like, you’re working with several categories here. The person’s actual real name, their irl nickname, their gamer tag, a name possibly contained by or possibly the entirety of that gamer tag, and any extra pieces or symbols in the gamer tag. And you have the weird situation where those categories might not easily translate to a ‘First Name Last Name’ structure. For an example, we’ve got Phil Watson, who’s gamer tag is ‘Ph1LzA,’ and is called Philza Minecraft or Philza. The ‘Minecraft last name’ is a…. Bit? A joke? A reference to a bit of lore? It’s unclear. The ‘Za’ bit was put there for flair and is now an integral part of his name. Sometimes it’s his last name. Sometimes his real last name is chucked in there. the 1 in his actual username is literally never referenced in nicknames or fic it’s like it’s not even there. But that’s a simple one. What about Tubbo_? because we call him Tubbo Underscore. Like. We say the ‘_’ aloud. Why do we do that. What has possessed us to make that decision? What about FitMC? I’ve usually heard it said ‘Fit Emsee.’ Why say that, and not say ‘Minecraft? That’s not even really a last name, it’s just like…. His full first name. Fit is used more like a shortened nickname. BadBoyHalo. Like. ‘Bad boy’ is a slang term, not a name. It would make the most sense to call him Halo, that’s the distinct noun in the name, the term the ‘bad boy’ bit is referring to. Like ‘GoodTimesWithScar’ but noooo. Bad. Halo is usually a last name, if it’s there at all. Skeppy on the other hand is… just his name. No last name ever. Technoblade is also weird. Technoblade is his full name. We call him that. We ALSO call him ‘Techno,’ and use Blade as a last name. We also use Blade as a title. What the heck. GeminiTay. We call her Gem. We use Tay as a last name sometimes. Her name is a Zodiac constellation. Literally nowhere I’m have I seen that affect her naming conventions. IJevin. We just… remove the I. For everything. This wouldn’t bother me except we don’t do it with everyone and I’m starting to get annoyed by the inconsistency. GoodTimesWithScar. Ok. This one also bugs me. Like, most fics call him Scar Goodtimes when they need a name. I’m not gonna dig into it but that’s…. Why? Why that? Grian never gets a last name. Ranboo sometimes gets chopped into Ran and Boo but usually he’s an Underscore or he’s last nameless. Wilbur Soot functions wonderfully (until the get involved shhhh) but it’s too close to his real name it gets very confusing.

anyway, all of this sucks, I hate it all, we’re a terrible fandom /hj

all that nonsense aside, yknow who has a functional Firstname Lastname username? It’s even got a space, and proper capitals: Mumbo Jumbo. That’s who. Look at that. It’s perfect. Everyone should be more like Mumbo Jumbo. Thank you and good night.

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Edit: I know about Ranboo Beloved and Grian Dreamslayer and the various other characters whose names I didn’t mention perfectly in this post. This was no piece of journalism, this was an old man shouts at cloud meme personified. I was very overstimulated and this was what happened to catch my autistic ire. I’m not upset, just figured I’d clarify, a lot of people seem distressed at my not mentioning Beloved. Hope y’all are having a lovely day 💜