#possessed grian

[thenerdperson]

Ok hear me out, I know we all love talking about how the time period of Grian getting possessed is taking less and less time as things go on, but what if there was a reason for that?

The Watchers did not like Grian's affinity for mischief and rebellion, they didn't realize when they made him one of them that it was inevitable he would rebel but they quickly realized. So, they carved an empty space in his mind, making him oh so easy to possess if he got too out of hand. However, despite this countermeasure, he escaped.

The trauma runs deep, and Grian is secretly constantly scared the Watchers will find him and use that space to possess him and turn on his friends. So he comes to the reasonable conclusion (in his mind) that if he doesn't want the Watchers in that space then he just needs to fill it!

The Mycelium was never malicious and actually quite liked the greenery, however she's never gotten to interact and play with the players before! Grian's deal with her means she gets to play pranks and have fun along with everyone else! She doesn't mind sharing control over Grian's body so long as she gets to be apart of the fun, and had no issue leaving Grian when they won the war because she had so much fun!

The Void was lonely more than anything, and they rarely got so much attention, and the sacrifices were really nice of boatem to provide. (Though the Void was far more interested in Scar than Grian, Scar's mental shields were too great to even think about possessing him, plus Grian gave Scar so much attention the Void hardly had to do anything anyways)

The moon didn't really possess Grian, just occasionally came along riding in Grian's head in the possession equivalent of carpooling. The moon just really liked seeing the man who made a whole cult in their honor through the eyes of someone who loves him. The moon really just sticks around to see the silly little cult man and their favorite moth through the eyes of someone else. (The moon has a long established deal with Pearl but really likes the new perspectives sometimes)

The Entity was more of a kid than anything, and only stayed with Grian long enough to give him instructions on how it wanted to look, and quickly moved to possessing its new body. It took a bit of time for the Entity to learn that players were kind of fragile and squishy unlike Grian, but it quickly learned, and was very happy to finally be able to communicate on a level everyone could hear instead of the frequencies only something as powerful as a Watcher could hear.

The Rift was far more cautious than its younger sibling, but when it saw how Grian treated the Entity, even when the Entity made mistakes, the Rift reached out. While the Rift was far older than the Entity, it was not unlike a touched-starved young adult, old enough to understand things better, but not yet fully matured, and quietly desperate for any contact. (The Rift was Grian's favorite, though he would never admit it, and he felt a lot of kinship to it) The portal to Empires was the Rift's attempt at a thank you, giving Grian an opportunity to see Jimmy again.

The Skulk tried to possess Grian, it was probably going to take advantage to how vulnerable Grian was to possession, however it was a bit to spread out (ha) to give a good effort to overcome Grian and the Rift was too powerful to overcome its stake on Grian. It never got further than one floating bolder.

The Ocean was not unlike Mycelium in just wanting some mischief and the Void in wanting attention. However she quickly realized she was far more interested in the attention the pretty red-head gave her. She was having fun with Grian, but she realized she felt rather bad (she's never felt guilt before and she really doesnt like it) upon messing with Grian by giving Scar the mending book. She quickly decided to fix her mistakes, and gave Grian a mending book of his own, however she does occasionally come over when she is in need of a friend and Grian wants a break (excuse) from the permit office.

[phosphorus-noodles]

your honor i love these guys

[thisisahyperfixationnow]

Welcome back SmallEtho you have been missed

[astrowarr]

i honestly don't think grian betrayed scar in the finale at all, even by final killing lizzie and jimmy

grian was abundantly clear from the start who his alliance was with: scar, and scar alone. he outright told scar on multiple occasions not only that his friendship didn't extend to scar's allies, but even that he still intended on killing jimmy as revenge. scar knew full well where grian stood with his teammates; if he didn't know, it was because he was being intentionally ignorant about it.

grian kept his promises. the closest he gets to a betrayal is when he first sets up the trap and says "we could get a triple kill," but even then, he doesn't. he goes to great lengths not to kill scar; after scar has lost his final life, he laments as to how the bloodlust made it so so tempting to just kill scar, but he couldn't because their alliance was "too strong." grian avoids using the bambunker trap until after scar is dead, and says "my only issue with this trap was that i was going to kill scar."

grian didn't betray scar. he went out of his way not to. he lived up to every single promise he made, and he didn't even force scar to feel it. because he knows how badly it hurts to watch everyone you love die in front of you. so he made his intentions clear, and in the end, he even managed to spare scar the survivor's guilt that clings to his hands like blood and gunpowder. a small mercy that was, perhaps

[rhapsoddity]

💥💥💥Get fired and rehired Gri 💥💥💥

[favoure]

heyyy <3

[causticflower]

the wild life!desert duo race/species(?)swap situation that @mambodork pointed out and who's post has inspired this. madness

'sugar plum fairy'/vex grian & parrot/avian scar

(thought of adding their 'lives' on their wings but ehhh idk. too many colors for me)

[logosbot-tm]

The fact that Mumbo just kept going on about kicking Skizz of the team and got jealous that Grian have other friends

Like....dude just wants Grian for himself fr fr.

[hoolyelina]

Grian looks like he gor fried chicken wings for ears /silly

chicken wings

[salemoleander]

At the end of Iskall's ep he's become fixated on fishing, sees a salmon floating on the water, and then gets a mending book

... and idk why bc that is So Much Less ominous or pointed than half the stuff that's happened, but for some reason that's what made me sure the fishing religion/big salmon stuff is becoming a capital-T Thing. Lore. Plot. Whatever you wanna call it. There's Stories Afoot.

(I don't know how the snail fits into it yet. I'm sure that will become evident in due time)

[z0mbiew00d]

Southlands polycule but noones really sure who’s in the polycule and who isn’t

[ooooo-mcyt]

"I have friends, Mumbo!"

"I don't like that, I don't like that one bit! I'm all the friend you need!"

Mumbo????

[azzayofchaos]

A scene from chapter seven of @twodiamondhoes‘ Dirges in the Dark that I felt had particular gravity, not to say any other scene lacked it! Ditd has been one of the highlights of my week since chapter 1 came out, I tried to include bunch of little details in the designs and had some fun with the lighting, hence it being extremely dark lol!

A couple of close ups under the cut!

(I almost like the partially zoomed in one more than the full image, ehh)

Go read it btw!!!: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53073316/chapters/134280217

[solargeist]

Xelqua takes the Saints and the Watchers very seriously, they’re important to him, enough to where he’s named himself after Xelqua the Saint.

Before, if you asked him about family, he’d refer to the Watchers as such, Xelqua could be his dad for all he cares !

After living in Hermitcraft for awhile with Grian, these ideas start to become flimsy, as he gets attached to all the Hermits and this new way of life.

I imagine Xelqua having a good day, busy, but good ! He’s happy, he gets to see everyone and play, he has fresh clothes and plenty of snacks, he flies around on Grian’s back while they do errands.

It’s only when he and Grian get home and start to settle down that he gets upset.

Despite all the fun, Xelquas in full incomprehensible tears, blubbering as Grian tries to figure out why he’s upset suddenly—Grian tells him they’ll see everyone tomorrow, it’s okay, really !

When Xelqua finally gathers the courage, in between hiccups and sniffles, he tells Grian he doesn’t want to go back—he doesn’t want to go with the Watchers or even Xelqua, he wants to stay with Grian.

The Watchers have never threatened this, but in Xelqua’s head this is a huge belief he’s combating, he’s pushing aside everything he believes in and held so highly for Grian.

Grian reassures him, of course he doesn’t have to leave, he can stay as long as he wants, no hermit is going to abandon him.

Xelqua buries himself against Grian’s sweater and continues to cry, but it’s not as intense as it was earlier, more so soft sobs while Grian rubs his back until he calms down fully.

[deadlyhuggles6]

Is the moon big? I'm not coming down- i'm never coming down

[angeart]

a cuteguy design