#scar x cub

[dork-a-doodle]

Animal Talent!Scar and his trusty steed, Jellie the cat!

Also I wanted to infodump about the ConVex in this AU:

Fairies become Vexes when directly exposed to large amounts of corrupted magic which changes them both physically and mentally, making them vicious and blood thirsty

The process is reversible, but requires restraining the Vex which can be quite the challenge. And even when cured, the Vex magic will leave permanent changes to the fairy’s body, like lingering blue pigmentation, slightly sharpened teeth and altered wing shape

Neither Cub nor Scar will tell anyone how exactly they managed to expose themselves to enough corrupted magic to get turned into Vexes

But based on the faces they make when asked, it probably happened because they were doing something very, very stupid.

[gee-arid]

Some sillies!

Mumbo: He seems.. to be a vampire bat alicorn?? Sometimes he forgets the horn or the wings though.. And hes not got a cutiemark. Oh, hes a changeling- unreformed, he missed the memo, but dont worry hes not hurting anyone- but he has a really poor understanding on pony species and what goes with what, and he aaalways forgets what he was presenting as- not to mention a cutiemark. Whats your talent mumbo? "oh! eer i forgot?" The variety of species on the server confuse him, which ones are meant to have marks and which arent??? Every other hermit knows what he is- they just dont mind, or think hes doing an elaborate bit.

Scar and Jellie: Hes part Siren, however... he did not get the flight ability. Thats okay though, Jellie always has a place to sit.

Cub: Also part siren! Though hes got more pony parts. Despite this, siren genes mean he never got a cutiemark.

Grian: A hippogriff!

[tyxaar]

Also can I just say that Cub's marketing for the fireworks factory is so damn good. Like, setting up shows in peoples' bases, arming HotGuy with an explosive crossbow, and gathering a buncha hermits for a firework battle against the dragon? I haven't seen so many fireworks used since crossbows were added!!!

[nightgnarpy]

I cant choose a scar ship

Scar x Mumbo

Scar x Grian

Scar x cub

Scar x Skizz

Scar x wels (I see them more as platonic!)

Scar x Mumbo x Grian

I can’t choooseeee😭😭

Tbh season 4 scar and wels are Platonic couple and they still r platonic in my eyes :3 I feel like wells is aroace or under the spectrum

[shade-e-e-es]

Another art dump, can you tell I like Ren?

[th3-c0ll3ct3r]

IF their were to be another empires smp season and either Scott or Joel or the random hermit who joins use every Time, WERE TO BECOME THE VILLIAN, then it'd take THE ENTIRE SERVERS CONBIND TO DEFEAT THEM

BUT Y'ALL AINT READY FOR THAT CONVERSATION?-

[convexicalcrow]

Does Scar also have a possession kink? I read your 'Old Habits' and just... Im thinking they both are whores for it. lol

I mean... yes and no. They are both whores for it but for different reasons. They get different things out of it. Yes, because possession is the vehicle by which they become full Vexes and access their powers. Scar wouldn't be so possessive of his Vex head if he wasn't into it. But there's more to it than that.

To me, what makes me say Cub has a possession kink is that for him, it's all about the lack of power, the giving up of control to a higher being or authority. It's about willingly giving your body to Something Else to use as It sees fit. (Or unwillingly, as was the case with the skulk.) It's like being in a 24/7 total power exchange/TPE relationship, to borrow some BDSM language. Cub's not in charge, because he doesn't want to be; he just does what he's told, and he's fine with that.

And ofc Scar does have that to a certain extent, because he does place the Vex as a higher authority. He still has his Vex head that he's so possessive about, he has the giant Vex head in Scarland, the Evoker in Main Street, he won't kill Vexes beause he's Not Allowed To, it's there. He's willing to serve and embrace the Vex and give them a presence in Scarland.

But to me, this isn't about Scar giving himself over to the Vex in the way Cub does. To me, this is a show of power. It's signposting what he is, what power he has access to, who he is. Scar is a Vex, and you can't go to Scarland without being able to see that. It's a threat, and a reminder, that the ConVex never went away. ConCorp didn't die at the end of s6 with Scar on his diamond throne. That lore never ended. It wasn't like wizard Scar or tycoon Scar or Elf Scar or any of the other various characters Scar has played over the years. They come and go, but Vex Scar is forever.

Contrast that with how Cub leans into it, but he isn't building Vex shrines in his base, he's not having Evokers everywhere, it's not something he shows off, because that's not who Cub is. With Cub, you don't know what's hit you until it's too late. You never see it coming. Things seem normal... until they really aren't, and you can't remember how we got here, but that's what's happened.

Like, when the crossover happened, Cub hid one (1) skulk catalyst under the sheep/cow/animal farm at the Hermit base on the first day for shits and giggles, and that seemed fine. Talked about building a cake empire. Sure, why not? Built a house out of blocks from every empire, which was a nice touch. Becomes a monster slayer bc why not and also cool giant battle axe. And then all of a sudden, ya boi decides to go into a swamp and get his ass possessed, and starts pranking hard for a couple of weeks before finally getting cured and escaping back through the rift. Like. LIKE. IT WAS LIKE FIVE WEEKS. ALL OF THAT HAPPENED IN LIKE FIVE WEEKS. There's no way we could have predicted ANY OF THAT given where we started. Especially given it was his idea. Just go to another server and get posssessed for Lore Reasons nbd. Lore that Shubble also took on as well later on in her series when she got skulk possessed while Supreme was around. Lore that Cub still leans into even now, which makes me see him as serving both the Vex and skulk, since he hasn't just left the skulk lore behind either. It's left residue that he isn't interested in dropping.

(as an aside, I find it SO INTERESTING that of all the character lore Cub has, there's nothing for the old man -> young Cub transition. He just entirely changed his default skin bc he wanted to at the start of s8 and left it at that. Which is fine! You do you, Cub. But you better believe I'm gonna fill that lore gap if he won't. XD)

Meanwhile, Scar was hanging out at Tumble Town, and having a lovely time of it which included building trains and Western-style buildings and ponderosa pine trees and not getting possessed by swamp skulk. SEE. IT'S NOT HARD CUB I PROMISE.

So yes, Scar has a possession kink, but it's nothing like Cub's. For Cub, he serves the Vex (and the skulk); for Scar, the Vex serve him.

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[limelocked]

I made the analogy and now I’m fucked I keep thinking about mcyt orv au but that’s like it’s fucking impossible have you SEEN orv??? orv can’t be anything But orv making anything else- it’s like homestuck but So Much Worse and more blatant

[masterattendanthuang]

feel like i had to clarify something here because of tags

i did not draw this with just grian in mind^^ this is a beautiful poly relationship pls respect that

happy pride everyone i offer this to yall

grub exclusive before i go eep gnight

[moomoorare]

Drew for my sof au last night. I LOVE MAKING DESIGNS DUDE!!!

[noctude]

this idea has been in my brain for over 2 months and I finally had time to make it. is this too earnestly cringe to upload? i am beyond the capacity to care. enjoy

now on youtube!

[link to drive folder w/ downloads including instrumental]

Everything was chill back in Hermitcraft 6 (lying)

Then Grian got up to his usual tricks 

The name of the game is kill or be killed

No swords no bows no PVP skills

First Rendog found his inner fish

But he couldn’t stick the landing and his bones went squish

Stress flew through the dares with talent and grace

But she didn’t catch the totem and she fell on her face

Then Ren came back with a sinister vice

Tricked X with a race and blew him up twice

Looks like steel beams can’t be melted by slime

‘Cause Jevin didn’t see Mumbo’s tower in time

Stress set a trap at the shopping district

And dropped Scar right into a pufferfish pit

Cub’s stunt got stuck and X felt robbed

So he got a skeleton to finish the job

This is the Hermitcraft showdown of Hermitcraft destiny

Players, mobs, and explosions as far as the eye can see

And only one will survive, I wonder who it will be

This is the Hermitcraft showdown of Hermitcraft destiny

Tango and Impulse were shopping at the mall

But the store detonated and it killed them all

Grian had a no-good-very-bad-day 

And when he made it back home he got blown away

Then False broke a block and before she could speak

A giant underground explosion sent her into next week 

Cleo signed up for a warehouse tour

But she didn’t read the waiver and she fell through the floor

And TinFoilChef went laughing to the grave

Then without another word went back into his caves

Tango’s game was a race against the clock

And Keralis threw an egg at the most explosive block  

Now revenge is a dish that’s best served cold 

But Bdubs got it boiling as Cleo foretold

And when Joe got the rug pulled from under his feet

He tried to play it cool but he couldn’t take the heat 

This is the Hermitcraft showdown of Hermitcraft destiny

It’s 90% explosions as far as the eye can see

And only one will survive, I wonder who it will be

This is the Hermitcraft showdown….

In another dimension

With danger abound

Mumbo threw his ender-pearl

But missed solid ground

And Doc had played smart

But Grian played mean

He was dead on arrival,

The trap unforeseen

Then one player remained,

One Dragon Head left-

For the ride of his life, 

Iskall auctioned his death

He beat Joe Hills And ZombieCle-o

And every other member of the Dragon Bros:

FalseSymmetry and BDoubleO

And Grian and Mumbo Jumbolio 

Also Rendog, Jevin, TangoTek and Cubfan, 

Stress, Scar, and X just couldn’t beat the Iskallman

TinFoilChef or ImpulseSV

Doc can rock with blocks but can’t flee

So Grian and Impulse forged a team

And together they built a death machine

With a narrative arc from beginning to end

And a wild surprise around every bend

When the show and the ride were finally done

Our champion knew that his course had run

All that remains from the end of this fight 

Is a piece of bloodstained diorite 

This is the hermitcraft showdown of hermitcraft destiny

Just way too many explosions - where do they get all that TNT???

And only one will survive, I wonder who it will be

This is the Hermitcraft showdown

(this is the Hermitcraft showdown)

This is the Hermitcraft showdown  

(this is the Hermitcraft showdown)

This is the Hermitcraft showdown 

(this is the Hermitcraft showdown)

Of Hermitcraft destiny

[whereispearlescentmoon]

I love the idea of the hybrid glitching trope in fics so much. Like the fandom has just determined that some hermits are part animal or mob or other and that sometimes they don’t get to choose how big that part is because of a glitch?

Cleo, Doc, Tango, Cub, and Jevin becoming hostile? Incredible angst potential but also humor because imagine you’re chilling with your buddy Cleo and she just starts burning in the sun and trying to eat you randomly, or Jevin keeps trying to jump into glass walls, or Tango keeps shooting fireballs at you, or Doc won’t stop hissing when you get too close and is suddenly terrified of cats. Cub is actually being relatively tame… as long as you stay away from any skulk sensors or shriekers so you don’t summon him.

For the more “animal” oriented hybrids, it’s more about wrangling than anything. Ren has gone full wolf and someone has to stop him from trying to chase down and kill Gem, Etho, and Zedaph, who will not stop running, because wolves kill foxes and sheep. No one can get False and Grian out of the sky (which is a problem because, evidently, a falcon can and will try to kill a parrot), XB disappeared into the ocean somewhere, and Scar, Beef, and Joel are… being relatively chill. Turns out a cat, a bull, and a raccoon are actually pretty easy to deal with comparatively.

As for the more esoteric or out there hermit hybrids, things are even weirder. Skizz wants to track down Impulse but Impulse won’t leave the nether and Skizz can’t enter it right now. Pearl is shapeshifter, so she’s just resigning herself to uncontrollable shifts and trying not to break anything when she randomly sprouts horns or wings or a tail. Juppet’s “handler” is gone so he’s fully just out of commission, and had to be placed in his little one by one base for the time being because he can no longer move. X looks fine outwardly, but he’s actually struggling to not fully turn into void mist inside his suit.

And for the hermits who I don’t headcanon as hybrids (Bdubs, Keralis, Hypno, Wels, and Mumbo) they’re just trying to keep things in line but maybe not doing a great job given just how quickly the situation would probably devolve, especially as X is trying to fix server issues (being the only admin who’s currently… reachable) while also trying to remain corporeal.

[obssesseddepressedsleeplessmess]

hermitcraft season x

everything keeps going wrong and its hilarious

day 1:

welsknight's power went out five minutes before they started

keralis couldn't join and no one noticed for a bit

xisuma fell in lava and almost died in the first five minutes

mumbo had to do the introduction (and he claims he know the least of what is going on)

gem's game was glitching with falling blocks

ren set up the coop caving only to be the only one to die

impulse (skizz's best friend) killed skizzleman as the first kill (not death) in demise

after that:

grian is obsessed with fishing to get a mending book and can't get one in over 4000 attempts when impulse got one in under 20

mumbo dying to phantoms rather than the complicated trap set up for when he came back from afk

iskall's collaborative base

scar seeing the trap cub set and activating it while laughing about how he wouldn't fall for it (and losing all his resources)

stress dying to a trap made for iskall

Bonus: not really wrong but everyone taking things slow except for doc who had a villager trading hall day 1 and then took off to go be doc and break Minecraft

[convexicalcrow]

"Sir, you might want to see this," Bdubs said as he peeked into the Mayor's office.

"Oh? Have you found the Mycelium Resistance at last?" Scar said brightly as he got to his feet.

"Well, I- I don't really know. It's- just come and see, alright?" Bdubs said.

"Alright, alright. Lead on, my loyal captain!" Scar said.

Bdubs led him over to Cub's quartz shop, where the invincible end crystals pointed right up to the 0,0 origin of the world. Scar didn't see anything amiss just yet until-

"Hey. What's that weird- that's not mycelium, is it? That dark green stuff?" Scar said, seeing the strange substance spilling out from the central column where Cub kept his stock.

"I don't know what it is, it just appeared! Joe saw it, he reported it to me, and I felt you ought to know, sir. I don't know if it being here means Cub has anything to do with it, or if it's just a coincidence. I wouldn't touch it, though. It could be dangerous," Bdubs said.

"Hmm. Well, Joe was right to report this. I need to know if anything appears here that risks the beautiful grass of the shopping district! I suggest we ask Cub first, just to see what he has to say for himself. And if it's not him, well, we'll look elsewhere!" Scar said.

"Sounds good to me. I'll cordon off the shop and investigate further," Bdubs said.

-

Scar went first to the pyramid, and saw the huge crystal growths on a small island near the pyramid. They were emitting a strange kind of energy that Scar didn't like, and he liked it even less when he saw more of that strange dark green material at the base of the crystals.

"Hmm. This doesn't seem good at all," Scar said. "I'll see if he knows what's going on here."

-

The great door to the pyramid was sitting open when Scar arrived. There was more of that substance around, and it made him feel very uneasy. Had something got to Cub? Some new kind of mycelium?

"Cub? Cub, are you in?" Scar called as he walked inside.

"Scar! Just the Mayor I wanted to see," Cub called from deep within the pyramid. "Come on in, come on in, my friend!"

"Are you okay? Only there's all this weird substance I keep seeing around. You haven't joined the Mycelium Resistance have you? Because I'll be very cross if you have!" Scar said.

Cub laughed, and it was the kind of laugh Scar knew came from the Vex. That sinister laugh that also carried Cub's chaotic madness. The kind of laugh that made Scar's spine shiver.

"I'm serious! It's all over the pyramid! And it's in the shopping district! Do you know what's going on?" Scar said.

He got to the entrance to the storage room and noticed that all the lighting had been replaced with soul lanterns. And perching on the top of the rail above Xibalba was Cub, only he had clearly been corrupted by that same green substance.

"Well, hello there, Mayor Scar," Cub said. "Have you come to spread the skulk with me?"

"Skulk? What on earth is skulk? Is it that green stuff? How'd it even get here? I've never seen that before in my life!" Scar said.

Cub chuckled and moved off the railing. His eyes were glowing bright turquoise green and black, as if he had been possessed. He reached for Scar and Scar backed off, not wanting to be touched by that stuff, whatever it was, that had coated Cub's hands.

"Spread the souls, spread the skulk, spread the souls, spread the skulk," Cub murmured, chanting the words to himself as he stared right at Scar.

Scar couldn't look away. He never really could with Cub, to be honest. "You're mad. This- this isn't you. Where's my ConVex, hey? Where's my fellow Vex? What's going on?"

"Oh, the Vex are dead, don't you know? Everyone's dead. It's just you who's holding out. Come with me, Scar. Come and embrace the skulk," Cub said.

"The Vex are not dead, Cub! They live! They're very angry right now, let me tell you! What's done this to you? How can I cure you of-of whatever this thing is?" Scar said.

"There's no curing, only spreading," Cub said, grasping Scar's wrist tightly. "We took over with the Vex, but we can do so much more with the skulk."

"Hey! Let go of me! Hey!" Scar tried to pull away, but Cub's grip was too strong.

Scar stared in horror as that substance - the skulk? - started to creep over his hand, besmirching his glorious Mayoral outfit! The cheek of it! His anger went no further, though, as Cub touched his cheek, and Scar found himself immobilised.

[blueberrysnake]

new headcannon: Scar and Cub grew up together and found their way onto the hermitcraft server, where they were immediately adopted by everyone after they were found out to be without parents. They also became the resident vex experts, for obvious reasons. Attatched below is a short little thingy I decided to make.

X was happy to have new members joining his steadily growing group of rag-tag friends, but there's also a lot of safety paperwork that he has to fill out. He doesn't like paperwork; it's extremely boring.

Though, when Scar and Cub showed up, X knew they would be perfect fits to the Hermit craft family. It has been impossible to get them away from each other, though. They said they grew up together.

"Okay, down to our final two questions. What are your hybrid statuses," X asked the two friends that were sitting across the table.

"We're vex," Scar replied, in a quiet voice.

"Alright, I don't know that much about Vex, if you guys want, you can teach me sometime!" X replied, marking it down in two separate charts before continuing, "Right, and lastly, do you two have any parents that I can put down for an emergency contact?"

Cub and Scar look at each other, faces contorted in confusion. They seem to have an entire conversation between each other, before Cub speaks up.

"What- What are parents?" He asked in a timid voice.

X looked shocked for a moment, before deciding to elaborate slightly, to maybe get rid of some confusion.

"So a parent is who takes care of you when you're young. Who did that for the both of you?"

Cub immediately points a finger towards Scar, just as Scar does the same for Cub.

"Oh boy," X quietly sighs, knowing fully well the boys will be adopted by everyone in the server within a moment.

more vex lore you (and i) wish didn't exist

(from their s5 vex shop)