#tango tek headcanon

[evilrat-sabre]

Centipede Tango Tek - CTT Au Master post

This is my master post about my Tango Tek is a Centipede AU/Headcanon, but now with more coherent thoughts of what I want.

TW WARNINGS: Zombies, Insects, Body horror, Gore, Low self esteem and mental health problems. (If you think I should add another tag pls let me know, this is my silly au I don't want to cause distress to no one.)

Note: As I am writing some things may change, so I will update this note with the date I last changed something here. (08/08/2023)

I swear it's not that bad, but messing with zombie characters gets messy very fast.

In this AU main plot I have:

-Tango is a parasitic modded mob that should not be a player but is.

-He specifically is a Centipede that lives in dead corpses and is basically like a zombie with guts that attack if the main body is damaged/destroyed. 

-Here is a link for a text book description I made of his species.(Somethings I wrote there are not up to date with my current headcanon.)

-Tango being a sentient being and a player, he mostly functions like a zombie hybrid player ex.Cleo and Zloy

- He has two bodies : His decoy body (The corpse of a permadead player he rides) and his real body (His centipede one)

-His two bodies are code linked. Let me explain: Tango Tek code will only show right when he is “complete”, when he is separated his close name tag glitches and Tango appears afk in an admin screen. He will only respawn if his real body is damaged and as his decoy body is a literal corpse, it will only repair itself when the damage taken caused a respawn death. Any other type of damage taken in his decoy body he has to repair it Himself (this type of damage and repair, applies to most undead players, Cleo is one of them.). If Tango is killed without his decoy body, the decoy body will not respawn with him, he has to go fetch it.

- Just to be clear, Tango didn’t just found a random corpse and started riding it, His decoy body is with him since he first “spawned”, He woke with all the information that a fresh new player needs to knows, but instead of the corpse receiving it, what got it was the vermin inhabiting it.

-One thing that makes him stay awake at night is the fact that, he already had a years long register from before he spawned, he had money, he had a Hypixel account and he had a name: Tango. He added the Tek latter, because of a dear friend of his, that is until now the only important OC I dared to put in this AU.

-Tango Spawned in an residential world where being a hostile mob hybrid wasn't looked upon with good eyes, so since early he learned to use makeup and clothes to pass as a mostly human player.

-He spend weeks of his early days training his fine motor coordination, so he can pass as a clumsy human and not a decaying corpse being controlled by a insect (It's like playing cuphead with your keyboard slightly upside down) 

-He spend years isolated in single player worlds, because of the fear of what he is and what would be done to him in the case that other people discover.

-His eyes are red, because his decoy body doesn't have its eyes anymore, so he just uses his own real body to cover it. When someone asks why his eyes are weird red swirls, he just says he was cursed by the "universe".

-This "he is a bug, that rides a dead body and is basically a zombie, but he is disguized as a human" thing, may have started as a form of defense to not suffer from the discrimination that aggressive mob hybrids suffered in that era, but with time it turned in a type of self hate. Even when compared with other zombies and undead hybrids, he can see he is not the same and this really bugged him. He can only say that his red eyes (that are a literal part of his real body) are a curse of the universe too many times, until he started to believe it himself.

-So his disguise turned more permanent than it should. It's been some decades and no one really knows the truth, the only one that really knows is himself "Human" if asked Tango Tek.

-As I said it started as a means of protection, but even when the wheels turned and the ones that were the real problem now are a minority, Tango still is hiding. He knows he is an anomaly, that he should not be capable of thinking of feeling! Someway in his path he started to think of himself as a monster, as an unlovable being and even when he entered Hermitcraft, a place where everyone is accepted, he continued to hide. 

-Now more than his self hate, he has fear: fear of being lonely again, of his family (his only family) hating him for what he is (he hates what he is, he wish he could be normal).

-Tbh he should see a therapist, the really angst part of this AU is Tango's poor mental health state, he is so blinded with his own fallacy, that he is a wrong unlovable monster, to notice that his friends and family never would trade him for anything else.

-This type of self hate is something that builds slowly, but Tango has decades of auto inflicted isolation to construct this narrative. Believe me, Isolation does things to a person's mental state.

Some little curiosities:

-Tango is a make-up guru as a moving plot point, he uses makeup to cover his undeadnes.

-Since he entered Hermitcraft his makeups started to become more and more detailed, he had a few hiccups in the path and Impulse has a lot of blackmail from his failed attempts.

-Because of his "is a bug riding a dead body" thing, he doesn't have a very fine motor skill, so he can't really do things like sewing or anything that requires a good working set of fingers. (His makeup is mostly a exception because he had years to really refine his ability to paint his own face)

-He does his red stone using mostly his real body, he puts the rough components in place with his decoy body and then uses his real body to do the finer connection and setup of the machines. 

-This means that when he does redstone his decoy body just lay where Tango put it before he goes to “redstone world” (anyone who finds it would think that Tango has permadied), he escaped a lot of close calls since entering hermitcraft.

-Fun fact, because he is a anomaly in the code his decoy body and real body are counted as one in his code, and because his decoy body was originally of a human player that permadied, his code when superficially looked just says that he is a human (it makes easier to lie to admins)

-Because of his "bugged" code, he can only access his inventory while riding his decoy body, so it can be tricky if Tango is separated from it.

-Tango can talk as a bug, It's harder without proper vocal cords and has a clicking intonation to it, but he can speak. It comes from nothing and he really doesn't wants to talk how it works.

-As I said previously, Tango is the name of the permadied corpse, the Tek is something that he put after. (Tek is the onomatopoeia of the clicking sound he does when happy. It is too a type of “happy greeting” between bug players)

-Tango has proper formal admin training, he has gone to Admin school and has a degree.

List of fics I am planning to do or I did already in this universe:

-Tango needs Cleo's help with undead things and its forces him to reveal more than he has revealed in a long time: Everyone always forget that corpses have a lot of things to say. (One shot)

-Someone finds Tango's body when he is redstoning things and now everyone knows: Tango’s Castle of Cards.(4/5 chapters still incomplete I am working in it I swear)

-Scar backstory

-Cleo and Tango go shoping in the Zombie market.

-Tango and Zed discover a thing

-Tango and Vintage beef bug friendship.

-Tango and Hypnotized visit a graveyard.

[daily-tango-doodles]

Day 165: messing around with his hair a bit

[teamranchersheadcanons]

Tango did a lot of research on avian culture and mating rituals (it was a very uncomfortable conversation for Grian), so he knew the significance of gifting of feathers. He came to the conclusion that it was like marriage. He also knew how important the feather was to the avian.

being the blaze hybrid that he is, Tango was terrified when Jimmy gave him a feather. Jimmy had to reassure him many times that he wanted Tango to have the feather in the first place and then reassure Tango that it would be okay if something happened and he had to give another feather. Tango was scared that he'd accidentally burn it or lose it or destroy it somehow but Jimmy just kept telling him that he'd give him another if something happened.

The first time he lost Jimmy's feather, He fell in lava, which didn't hurt him but turned the feather into ashes. Tango got home, nearly in tears that he'd accidentally destroyed Jimmy's feather but Jimmy assured him that it was okay and just gave Tango another feather and a special piece to turn it into an ear ring so it wouldn't disintegrate in shallow lava.

[tango-but-everywhere]

happy pride! now if you’ll excuse me

[chipperchemical]

do you guys have any really specific traffic/hermit headcanons? i'll go first

Grian is allergic to tree nuts

Tango has an extremely complicated coffee order

Joel only owns velcro shoes

[oddly-specific-hermit-headcanons]

A couple silly Tango headcanons

Skizz loves interrupting his redstone work by picking him up from behind and hugging him. Tango screeches every time no matter how much he expects it.

He has some cat-like mannerisms, but refuses to let anyone but Imp and Skizz pet his head (Zedaph used to be allowed, but then he stole a strand of Tango’s hair to use in an attempt to clone him and was banned. The cloning attempt failed btw). Anyone else who tries to pet him gets set on fire.

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[peregrine5]

Thinking about one of tango’s comments in his secret life session three

Talking about his red eyes and saying it was because of working with redstone so long, it seeps in

Taking this joke comment and running with it for my headcanon based off the fact redstone is radioactive in education edition that all the redstoners have some kind of red tainting one or more of their eyes

Tango’s eyes turned red over the years, doc’s mechanical eye was damaged by redstone, etho was injured in some kind of redstone incident hence his scar and red eye, zedaph used to have blue eyes but they turned purple bc of redstone exposure, and impulse… I haven’t figured out yet

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carry the tango top

[mcytshipsandmore]

I see you do headcanons so I'll give you about a million ranchers head canons bc they've taken over my brain.

-they take turns taking care of the animals and fields. Like one will take care of the animals while the other takes care of the fields and then they alternate days.

-they both live to cuddle so especially on cold days, they live to cuddle under a nice fluffy blanket while Tango keeps them warm and Jimmy wraps his wings around them to keep the warmth in.

-Tango likes spicy food bc the spice doesn't really bother him while Jimmy can't stand spicy food so they'll sometimes have different dinners. Also sometimes if Tango has something super spicy, Jimmy won't let him kiss him for a few hours bc his mouth will be spicy.

- Tango is mildly allergic to water so it'll just make his skin kinda itchy and uncomfortable so if they're outside and it suddenly starts raining, Jimmy will shield Tango with his wing.

- Jimmy gets free "Dungeon Lackey" things in decked out bc Tango just wants to play his game with his bf

- Jimmy regularly uses Tango as a stove.

-in addition, if Tango gets too angry, Jimmy will just take a frying pan and an egg and put it on Tango's head and it'll immediately confuse Tango and get him out of his anger

I have more but I don't wanna add too many to one ask

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I answered this instead of doing homework -⭐️ 😭😭😭

[evilrat-sabre]

I made a text for my Tango is a Centípede Au, explaining his species like if it was a scientific notebook

TW: Insects, gore(flesh, bones, etc.), body horror and corpses.

What is Tango Tek? Well he is a player, but he is a bug too. Not a bug like a glitch on the code thing, but a literal insect, specifically he is a type of Centipede. 

The scientific name of his species in official reports from the "Official registry of modded mobs" or "ORMM" is Rubrumequitarecadaver, that is a subspecies of the Falsusproculspimae especies. 

The popular name that players call this type of mob is the False Spine Parasite.

The Falsusproculspimae in his juvenile form looks similar to a normal Scolopendra viridicornis with its only differentiation being its white color palette and porous chitin that makes it unnervingly similar to a human bone.

The Rubrumequitarecadaver is slightly different, it has a red color palette similar to blood, having its chitin softer than its counterpart, feeling almost flesh-like. 

Either of them are described as disturbing for most players to see, having an uncanny similarity with the mangled parts of a body.

For this Insect to grow to its mature form, it needs to find a corpse, when found it will eat all internal organs with exception of the nervous system, them in a span of hours it will grow to a length that can get to 7 or more meters, making it too long to survive in the wild by itself, but with the perfect length to wrap itself in the nervous system where it will use his neurotoxin to stabilize the internal rotten and get control of the motor functions of the body, from there it will act like a normal zombie mob, with the differential that when its host is destroyed the insect will attack the responsible for it.

Juveniles of this species are mostly inoffensive to normal players, only zombie hybrids or players rotten-like have to let their eyes open because they can be targeted by one of these unnerving creatures as their new host.

[nonhumanhermitheadcanons]

What does redstone poisoning do?

WARNING for body horror elements. The worst of it is below the cut.

The poisoning takes shape differently for everyone. It slowly replaces you, taking over your body till you are a part of the machine. Before redstone was known to be a toxin, it was used in all sorts of household items. Fortunately, it's not toxic if you don't come in direct contact with the dust. Which is only fortunate for those who don't...

There are preventative measures that can be taken. Avoiding contact with the dust directly by making sure skin is covered by gloves. Goggles can prevent any getting into the eyes, and a mask prevents it from invading the respiratory system. As well as drinking more water and washing yourself off after contact. There's been PSAs over the dangers over time, but they came too late for those who discovered those dangers to begin with.

The first symptoms are often small. Blood that seems brighter than usual, or maybe glitters. Joints that feel stiff, or skin that's hard when pressed down on. Players often suffer nausea or headaches as their body attempts to fight off the poison. At this stage, it can be treated. Many of the hermits, in fact, helped pioneer these treatments. But their experience came at a cost.

Doc: when he received his cybernetics he had to go through a whole process of Redstone safety when it can access your bloodstream. Thankfully, due to the fact he's a creeper and needs very different minerals than human players, he can get away with more Redstone in his system than anyone else. It's a necessary evil, so he'll pretend those wires don't seem to be a tiny bit longer than when they were first installed...

Mumbo: Having come in contact with redstone at such a young age, Mumbo became an example of the dangers. His veins pulse red and glow an ambient light. His eyes reflect light in the dark as if he were something entirely inhuman. His skin crumbles like dust, leaving behind scrapes which glitter with the dust. He's found himself reacting to sculk sensors, and severely affected by lag, sometimes causing his movements to rubber band or repeat.

Tango: He was one of the first players to work with redstone, making watches and clocks. Similar to Mumbo, he used no protection at all. So the poisoning slowly replaced him, until he was encased in metal. It was too risky to try and remove the poison at the stage, so with Tango's consent, they chose to work with what they had. He's now adapted to work with the redstone, which Tango thinks is pretty cool. He does make sure Zed is always wearing his protection, though.

Etho: Despite Etho's history with redstone, the only thing outwardly changed is his eye. No, Etho's symptoms run deep. They're only revealed when he's injured, and doesn't bleed at all. Instead, looking into the wound will reveal the mangled wires and components, twitching and pulsing. Etho's found his connection with redstone is so strong, now, that he can sense it sometimes beneath the surface.

[tangosyourtek]

Hi Tumble! Trick or treat! :)

Hi! o/ you get treats! 🍬🍫

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Tango never really called Jimmy his soulmate, so I like to headcanon that he doesn’t really believe in soulmates. Plus, he knows the bond is artificial, just a gimmick, so he doesn’t call Jimmy his soulmate because the words aren’t real to him. Maybe it was fate that they had found each other, but it’s not the soulbond that was forced upon them. (His weird wording after they respawned insinuating they were bound only after death). Tango also feels that their relationship isn’t tied down to just being “paired together,” so he uses words and nicknames that mean more to them and encapsulate their relationship.

However, Jimmy is the opposite and loves to call Tango his soulmate. He loves the idea that he is fated to be with someone as amazing, caring, and compassionate as Tango. After some rough and toxic relationships, he’s actually deserving of something great. (Tango would hate to hear him say that). Calling Tango his “soulmate” is his way of saying we are destined to be together, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. But Jimmy is also very respectful and understanding that Tango views the name differently and doesn’t mind that he never uses it. Likewise, Tango knows how much it means to Jimmy and doesn’t mind the avian’s usage of it.

I actually have plans to make this into a one-shot, but I never got around to it

[teamranchersheadcanons]

Jimmy has 2 cats (everyone knows that) but the cats like Tango better. Tango is constantly warm and fairly cat-like himself, so naturally the cats like to cuddle with him more than Jimmy.

Jimmy get jealous that HIS cats like Tango better and will sometimes take one of the cats from Tango, to cuddle with him nut the cats runs right back to Tango because Tango doesn't try to force cuddles on the cats.

After a while, Jimmy gets sad that the cats don't love him as much as they love Tango. Tango obviously took notice and made Jimmy a couple special shirts. One with a heating pad in it and one made out of a material that holds a lot of heat for a long time so he can be the new heating pad for the cats. Tango claims it's because the cats are starting to interfere with his daily life because ":you legally can't move if a cat chooses you" but in reality, Tango has no problem with that. he just doesn't like seeing his boyfriend sad.

[crystaleevee4]

(staring at the four other submission-based blogs i already run and am barely managing) don't make another one........ don't make another one....................................................

anyways how do yall feel about a blog kinda like, say, hermitcraft headcanons, but for the stuff that's more simple and, more or less, believable in real life? aka the Average "Boring" Hermitcraft Headcanons because thoughts of those kinda headcanons have been rotating in my mind for weeks. examples (yes these are all from chipper's blog, but tbf they have a lot of ideas that can be relatable even with the addition of hybrid features):

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[realitydisco]

More minecrafters should be drawn with tattoos!

I think smajor deserves to be covered in Rainbow watercolor tattoo (almost Anthony Padilla style)

Lizzie would have a big koi pond theme; maybe a back piece

Skizzleman with his irl arm tattoo as well as his fanon angel wings being tattoos at the least

Pearl would have a cute patchwork style all over her legs

Stress would have some adorable florals and butterflies as a chest piece/ sleeves

Tango with maybe a cool "exposed machinery" type look

Impulse with some simple black pieces. Maybe even a tribal type but mostly hidden. Only little bits showing on the back of his neck or when his sleeves ride up.

Etho being absolutely blasted and barely anyone knowing because he always wears long sleeves and gloves

[oddly-specific-hermit-headcanons]

Impulse has taken tons of precautions to keep his shirts safe. Tons of Hermits like taking his shirts.

For example:

Impulse made his shirts fireproof to prevent Tango and Scar from lighting them on fire as a joke. (A personal headcanon of mine is Impy doesn’t take damage from fire, but it still scares him)

Impulse has sprayed most of his shirts with a moth repellant to prevent Hermits like Pearl from eating his shirts. (Surprisingly also works on Zedaph; Zed no longer eats Impulse’s shirts)

Impulse integrated trackers into his shirts, because Hermits like Grian would just take his shirts and leave them somewhere. (Grian do be like that lol)

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