#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.

[oddly-specific-hermit-headcanons]

hermitcraft is a friend group with no leadership. BUT they protect that server like it's their baby. so. a list of particularly stand out protectors according to my hc's

technical side: xisuma (obvious. the man is always on that admin panel working)

tango (doesn't particularly Protect the world itself, like the seed and chunks, but is the technician magician for any problems some hermits might have, uploading data and disc's. has an access to the admin panel)

doc (has the access to the admin panel. protects the server from himself and the dangerous contraptions (if sh1t hits the fan he's right there) based on real facts btw. he has op on and off (and had since at least s9) when he's about to test smth laggy)

cub and joe (secondary admins who can step in if smth goes wrong)

magical protectors:

grian (will not hesitate to use his powers and look all over the server is he senses danger)

keralis (built up a protective magical layer over the chunks they live in (he can do the whole server but xisumas pruning of the chunks messes with it)

honorable mentions: cub and scar's deal with the vex has set hermitcraft a status of "don't mess with em". vex and illagers magic still works ofc, it's not what they're protecting them from

not really a threat but just in case every season that starts xb claims their server as His Monument to protect (he's an elder guardian hybrid and can do that) (although, once again, a very unlikely chance that this status will be used. little but not zero)

and any hermit, if they have real powers or just the strength of their fists, will protect it no matter what too.

ah yes the 3 types of hermits: IT support, magician, and Other

[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

[nonhumanhermitheadcanons]

Mumbo is a vampire who’s somehow managed to keep this a secret from nearly everybody because they assume he’s just Like That. He drinks fire resistance potions every morning? He’s a Brit, he’ll get a mean sunburn if he doesn’t! Caught drinking blood? He’s just nibbling on some redstone dust again, wouldn’t be the first time (it isn’t. They constantly catch him drinking blood and they ALL assume he’s eating redstone. He does eat redstone, but that’s just because he’s Mumbo. Xisuma, as we know, is the first to make this mistake.) I’m sure there’s more but I can’t think rn

Mumbo thinks they know, he doesn't try to hide it. He drinks blood, it should be clear.

He's even turned into a bat in front of Tango before. but Tango thought he died to a Stalagmite and a Bat just happened to be there.

[tangoblorbo]

bored, bored, very bored, so headcanon time!

Tango is a blazeborn & his tail messes up his Redstone COSTANTLY

long haired Scar.

Impulse and Skizz are a demon and angel respectively and are soul bound! platonically...

deer centaur Gem

Martyn is blind & a Listener

Grian, BigB, and Pearl are Watchers

oh, Jimmy is also a Listener and is somewhat blind

most Listeners are somewhat to fully blind

the above but with Watchers and being deaf

Jimmy is a canary

Grian is a parrot

Scar switches between an elf and a vex a lot

Mumbo is a vampire

Pearl is a moth

Martyn is an elf with wings because yeah

Avians have long feathery tails

Jimmy, Pearl, Grian, and Martyn are siblings

Pearl and Grian are twins!

BigB is that friend who your entire family basically adopted

EX and X are twins with EX being the older and are both voidwalkers

[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

[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

[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.

[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

<3

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

[oddly-specific-hermit-headcanons]

hermits actually fly about other's bases alot just to check it out and get some inspiration. like a lot. and sometimes they are this 🤏 close to figure out what they wanna do with their build and catch tge motivation before it slips away. but if you, a hermit, are home and see a random mumbo approaching you would guess he'd come to You to talk. and sometimes it's not the case at all and chattering about will make you loose your thoughts and ideas.

soo. to not seem rude, they have a code word, that means "im like this close to actually finishing the project and I went to see your creations for inspiration please don't make me laugh I'd wanna stay and forget what I was thinking for my project. just pretend I'm not here". the code word is "inspo mode". it came about around season 5 but every time a new hermit joins they forget to inform them of it. so picture grian, getting himself mentally ready to talk to a hermit for the first time for them to just stare at his base and yell "inspo mode!!!!!". imagaine pearl standing there building, noticing a certain Keralis guy came about and getting ready for his shenanigans, but in return when she approaches him he flies away with a star struck smile on his face later messaging in the group chat the code

joel literally had to get used to such behavior so quickly and was the first ever newbie to ask in a meeting what it was all about. the hermits collectively face palmed when they realised they forgot to tell the baby hermits about their code word Again.

skizz uses the code but chats away anyway

pearl was once found in tangos redstone and used the code. tango felt more proud of his work this moment then any other moment when someone praised his skills

grian and scar used the code for malicious intent once when they were scooting around docs base

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[elipsis-art]

carry the tango top

[teamranchersheadcanons]

The ranchers both deal with their emotions in different ways but always together

Happy. Tango wags his tail qnd his hair fire flickers quickly and it shows that he's excited. Jimmy's wings flutter and flap his wings. Both will excitedly and loudly talk with eachother about whatever made them happy. They love listening to eachother talk about what makes them happy because they like seeing that happy little sparkle in eachothers eye when they're talking about something they love or are excited for.

Anger. Tango's hair will grow bigger and hotter. He will also storm off and work on his redstone to calm down. It's a task that makes him think and it distracts him or it's a task that's mindless enough to properly think through if it's worth being angry over it. Jimmy will fluff up his wings and spread them out to appear bigger. He will also start to threaten people. To calm down, he usually rants to Tango to calm down.

Sadness. Tango will try to isolate himself from everyone and will either dig himself a literal hole to hide in or he'll find a little corning in the nether to hide in but Jimmy keeps finding him and 99% of the time Tango doesn't want to talk but just having Jimmy's company helps him. Jimmy also knows that Tango isn't a fan of physical touch when he's like that so he'll put his hand on the ground close to Tango, just close enough that Tango can take his hand or initiate the touch if he wants to. When Jimmy is sad, he's the complete opposite and just wants to cuddle with Tango and only Tango. He doesn't like to be touched by anyone else. Joel, Lizzie and Grian have all tried to help him when he's that upset but Jimmy only let's them comfort him if he realises that Tango can't be there in that moment. All of them have Tango on speed dial for that exact reason. Jimmy also usually wraps his wings around himself and curls up in a little yellow ball in a corner. He will also pick at his feathers until he has a bald spot so sometimes people will have to force Jimmy's hands to stop picking at his feathers even if he doesn't want to be touched. Tango always just cuddles Jimmy and comforts him until he's ready to speak. Tango usually gets kind of angry at whatever made Jimmy sad but hides it really well because he knows it won't help the situation.

Scared. Tango will react differently depending on who he's with. If he's alone, he'll run or hide. He typically won't talk and will just go to the closest safe person. With Jimmy, he'll wrap himself in Jimmy's arms and try to gently wrap his wings around them without just out right grabbing Jimmy's wings. Jimmy will usually get the hint and wrap his wings around them and hold Tango tightly until he feels better. When Jimmy is scared, he likes to hide behind Tango and tuck his wings as close to his back as possible. Even though Tango is shorter and Jimmy looks kind of awkward standing behind Tango, Tango still takes it upon himself to protect Jimmy. If Jimmy is alone, he'll also get to his closest safe person as fast as he can. He usually flies there bc there's not as many threats in the air as there in on the ground.

Might add more later. Brain is going half dead rn.i might also post another post tonight bc I might need to rant about these two later but who knows.

[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

[nonhumanhermitheadcanons]

The hybrids and players from the Nether, End, or Aether don’t really get Overworld Customs and Holidays.

Those dimensions are static in their climate, so any seasonal markings weren’t commonplace. Let’s just say, on their first time on the server, a good portion of the server was really alarmed by the world cooling down, freezing, and dying, while everyone was putting up bright colourful lights as all the plant life dies. Even today, they aren’t used to it.

In dimensions without seasons, celebrations tend to revolve around personal or community milestones; the Nether and End don't even really have day and night, making measuring time difficult. All the more reason to have patterns to one's life that *can* be measured... but a little startling when familiar patterns get disrupted by, say, leaves dying and falling off of trees! It's especially disconcerting to hybrid players who have lived in the Nether most of their lives, as they're used to constant warmth (and "plants" that mostly don't have bits that can fall off of them).

Netherborn habits are part of why Tango built Decked Out 2. Despite having lived with the hermits for a while, he still has a hard time seeing the appeal of winter; building a frosty fortress was his way of exploring the good things about cold and snow, and finding his own things to celebrate and count within it - marking time by number of dungeon runs; celebrating wins and discoveries; introducing new challenges and milestones. All things that someone from a relatively timeless dimension would typically single out to make a day for!

On the other end of the scale, Jevin is an Overworld player through and through. In the presence of many species, from many places, he kicks up his own holiday celebrations a notch or two, to make sure everyone knows what the winter holidays are about, and knows they're welcome to be involved.