#why are martyns tags so hard

[otselotus]

"We can hear you too, you know?" Wild life spoilers kinda Not really

[ebby172]

“I made you a scarf,” it tells Martyn. Both Martyn and Jimmy turn to Three. It holds out the scarf. It’s red and green. “Do not get Watcher blood on it. It is not designed for that, and it feels as though it would harm the gesture, if blood like mine was on it.”

Little fanart for chapter 8 of @theminecraftbee 's fic "solving counting sheep" because it's consumed my thoughts and I just had to draw Three handing over the scarf in the middle of that argument

I also used cutiemonster and seawaveleo's designs for the fic (or as close as I could get) because their own art were absolute bangers

Anyways go read the fic pls it's very good

[goldenpinof]

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[firekit21]

Double Life Good Place AU

Hear me out. The Divorce Quartet as the main four. They all canonically torture each other.

Pearl is Eleanor. She is a morally bleak ball of chaos who hates her soulmate and wants to make his afterlife as painful as possible.

Scott is Chidi. Just this ball of anxiousness who had dedicated his afterlife to making sure Pearl doesn’t get discovered by Michael.

Cleo is Tahani. I feel like she fits the vibe of ‘good actions morally grey intentions’.

Martyn is Jason. Process of elimination and I just find it funny.

Grian as Michael. This would make the demons Watchers. He is this immortal entity created to cause pain and destruction, then gets blackmailed by a wet cat and her fellow divorcees.

[kaihuntrr]

remember my previous post with my Scott designs? I said I would draw full bodies, so I used my lineless style! I also wanted to design Secret Life Scott, aka; Glitz!

Life Series: Scott! (take two)

The lore is still the same, I just changed up and added things to the previous four so they can be as detailed as Glitz!

Since I’ve talked about the previous Scott versions, I’ll only talk about Glitz and his design origins <3

Secret Life: Glitz

Teamed with his bandmates, Glitter (Gem) and Glam (Impulse), he makes a fun presence with his rocking sweet attitude with a hint of sass. Fulfilling his tasks might be a bit hard for everyone, but he seems to fly by them quite quickly! A charming guitarist with a sense of fashion and the spotlight.

I wanted to keep a harpy theme for Gem & the Scotts, I think it makes sense since they have a music-themed name plus they live high up! I made him a peryton so it matches with his previous lives with their additions of horns and antlers!

this is the part where I ramble about a story idea (and why there’s a particular ship in the tags)

SO. I was talking to @mewhoismyself about a secret life au with rockstar Scott with budding feelings for rascal/ upcoming artist Jimmy! Listen it could also be a Scott/Jimmy/Martyn situation but I have a whole other fic for Majorwood (gestures at the Sea Prince) but music au Flower Husbands… DO YOU HEAR ME??

I may think of the au more in the background,, I just LOVE how they all turned out and the potential to use Glitz’ design more really excites me- but what do you think? Whose design is your favorite of the five? I personally love how all of them look, my sweet darlings <3

[amethystfairy1]

OH GOD I'M GETTING FLASHBACKS 😭😭😭

I seriously don't comprehend how you write so engagingly. Like, I feel like with any other author, I'd have a pretty clear idea of what's going to happen in the next chapter, but with you I have no idea.

My first thought was that Ren, since he wasn't lying at all, would respond truthfully that he does love Martyn. However, Martyn is definitely going to want to take back the order (like what Mumbo did), so I think it's just a question of whether or not he's going to be in control enough to do so. I wouldn't be surprised if he breaks down even more.

But then there's also the possibility of Ren going back to his conditioning. We saw in chapter 2 that he adopted this sort of "YOLO" attitude, but I'm scared that getting an order would set him straight back to that and basically ruin all the progress that had...

AMETHYST WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO US!!!!!!!

But I'm holding out hope, please? Please can they talk things out? I'm using that communication tag as a lifeline despite the fact that the lack of communication tag is also there. Also, I've been thinking a lot about Jimmy here, because according to the summary he's "playing a connections game." I'm hoping this means he's noticing things about what Ren and Martyn are thinking but not speaking, so he'll push them to talk about things... Please? Please just let them have a happy, stable relationship??

Awwwwh heck that's so nice I mean I know you're freaking out because of the ✨angst✨ but the fact that you think my writing is that good makes me so happy! I try real hard not to let y'all get too good of an idea of what's coming next! 😆

As for all your suspicions, I love hearing all of your thoughts of what's coming next! It's always so cool to see people trying to spitball through what might be coming! I mean...I guess you'll have to wait and see! I don't plan to keep you waiting long, so please look forward to whats coming up! 💖

[firefly464]

Scott | Pearl | Martyn | Cleo (You are here!) | Scar | Grian

Massive thank you to both @prismartist and @theminecraftbee for their help with cleos characterization in this, very much would not have been able to do it without them!

Fandom: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Scott Major | Smajor1995 & ZombieCleo, John Booko | BdoubleO100 & ZombieCleo, Anthony Viviano | Bigbst4tz2 & ZombieCleo, Pearl | PearlescentMoon & ZombieCleo

Characters: ZombieCleo (Video Blogging RPF), Scott Major | Smajor1995, Anthony Viviano | Bigbst4tz2, Pearl | PearlescentMoon

Additional Tags: Character Study, POV Second Person, Canon-Typical Violence, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series-Typical Character Death, ZombieCleo-centric (Video Blogging RPF), ZombieCleo Needs a Hug (Video Blogging RPF), Only Winners Remember the 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Suicidal Thoughts, kind of sort of not really? Its more of a "wow i wish i was red so i could go kill this guy", but im tagging it just to be safe, Cleo and their relationship with trust

Series: Part 4 of Life after Life (again and again and again)

Summary:

Anyone who says that being by themselves is the best way to survive is an idiot.

Sure, they’ll tell you that trusting others is going to get you killed, that the only person who won’t betray you is yourself, but you have a hard time believing any of it.

People are social creatures. You know this better than anyone. If someone is on their own for too long they start to doubt their own mind.

~~~

Or, an exploration of the trust and loyalty that Cleo gives to her allies over and over again.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/62318464

Or read it under the cut :D

~~~

Anyone who says that being by themselves is the best way to survive is an idiot. 

Sure, they’ll tell you that trusting others is going to get you killed, that the only person who won’t betray you is yourself, but you have a hard time believing any of it. 

People are social creatures. You know this better than anyone. If someone is on their own for too long they start to doubt their own mind. 

So you stick with others. You find someone, and you decide to trust him. You trust that the two of you will keep each other safe, that you’ll be able to reign each other in if things get bad. 

You do your best to protect the home that you’ve built. When someone comes and attempts to destroy it, you smile and tell him that his days are numbered. 

Your team cheers as his roof goes up in flames. 

When Bdubs goes red, you do your best to help him stay calm. You remind that the two of you need allies, that the more enemies you have, the quicker you’re going to die. 

In with anger, out with love. That’s what you tell him. It’s a joke, but it works. 

You know that being around a red life is dangerous. Trying to pretend otherwise would be foolish. You can see it in the way that he paces back and forth at night, long after he thinks you’ve gone to bed. You can see it in the way that he glances at the knives in the kitchen, his gaze lingering for a fraction too long. 

Not once do you consider leaving him behind.

~~~

You don’t expect him to outlive you. Not that you don’t trust him, far from it in fact. But he’s red, and you’re green, and once he dies you’re on your own. 

Being on your own is a death sentence. 

You make a backup plan. You find someone you trust, and you agree to stick together once your teammates are dead. 

You call it the widows alliance. It makes you both laugh. 

You pray you’ll never have to follow through with it.

You die before you’re ever given the chance. 

~~~~~

You don’t know why you decided to make a castle on the hill, but something about it feels right. It’s safe. Easy to protect. 

You build up an alliance. You find someone, and you decide to trust him. You chose to believe that the two of you will keep each other safe.

You allow him inside of your home, inside the walls the protective walls that you built from the ground up. 

When Lizzie asks to join your alliance, to create a tunnel connecting your homes, you can’t help but say yes. 

~~~

The curse chooses its next victim. You ask him if it’s settled on his shoulders, if he can feel it racing beneath his skin. 

He says no. 

You have no reason to doubt him

~~~

You’re going to kill him. You’re going to kill all of them. You had accepted them into your home— into your little castle on the hill— and this is how you’re repaid!!

He finds you when you wake up, tries to tell you how sorry he is, how he had no choice but to kill you, how the curse had forced his hand. 

Bullshit.

You tell him that he always had a choice. He could have told you the truth, could have trusted you!!

You had asked!! You had asked and he had chosen to lie!! And now he dares to look you in the eye and tell you that he had no other option!!

How dare he.

You’ll have to thank Joel for turning you red later. 

~~~

Lizzie attempts to help him. She gives him a place to stay, takes him under her wing. 

You burn the fairy fort to the ground. You look Lizzie in the eye and burn her precious ring of trees to the ground

You make sure that she knows, that everyone knows how easily this could have been avoided. 

~~~

The castle is cold that night. BigB would always complain. He would always make sure the fire stayed burning. 

The fireplace is empty now. 

~~~

Scar gives you a life. The red clouding your vision recedes. 

You’re on your own now. You’ve burned all your bridges, watched the flames grow until there was nothing but a pile of ash left. 

Being alone is a death sentence. 

You go out in search for new allies. You find people you can trust. 

You’re not sure why you trust them so much. It’s a decision that could bring you more pain and suffering. 

But you have to try. You have to try.

They ask you if you plan on doing the same to them that you did to Lizzie. 

You ask if they plan on stabbing you in the back. 

They tell you no. 

That’s the end of that. 

~~~

You watch Pearl lead a group into a trap. They all trust her, lured in by promises of safety and refuge. 

You know better than to step into the room. 

Later, after the curse has lifted itself from her skin, you will ask her if she would have pressed the button with you in the room. You will watch her hesitate and desperately try to find the right words to say before she settles on a simple “I don’t know.”

Relief will flood your system. You had seen the look in her eyes. Even if she doesn’t know, you will. 

If you had entered that room, you wouldn’t have made it out alive. 

At least Pearl has the decency to not pretend otherwise. 

~~~~~

You’re not sure how to feel about the whole ‘soulmates’ thing. On one hand, you quite like the idea of someone’s soul being tied to yours. It’s comforting, knowing that no matter what, you will always have someone to turn to, someone that will always be there if you need them. 

On the other, it would be nice if he could put a little bit of effort into keeping you both alive instead of prancing off to the nether of all places. 

It quickly becomes clear that your soulmate has no interest in finding you. You’re on your own. 

Being alone is a death sentence. 

You find someone you trust, someone equally scorned, and you decide to stick together. Chosen soulmates, that’s what you call it.

When Pearl and Martyn return from the nether, they find you both. They seem stunned when you tell them that you’ve decided to stick with each other instead of with them. 

What were they expecting? A welcome home party? After they had shown such blatant disregard for your soulbonds?

No. You’re more than happy to stick with Scott. 

At least you know that he won’t leave you behind.  

~~~

You can’t bring yourself to abandon him fully. You know that he’s an idiot, that he doesn’t care all that much about keeping the two of you alive, but the idea of leaving him completely doesn’t sit right with you. 

It’s a safety measure, you suppose. If he’s on his own, he dies. If he dies, you die. It’s not exactly an ideal scenario. 

So you continue to reach out. You continue to try. You have to try. 

~~~

It’s only the four of you left. 

This is easily the worst possible outcome. 

You desperately want to tell Scott that it’s ok, that he can kill you and take the win. But you can’t. You can’t throw away Martyn’s life like that. 

But you can’t kill Scott either. You had sworn to him that you wouldn’t. You refuse to go back on your word.

You won’t be like BigB. You can’t, you won’t—

It’s Pearl that kills you in the end. 

You can’t help but smile as you hit the ground.

~~~~~

Everyone seems to think that your alliance will fail. Grian and Scar keep shooting you skeptical looks whenever they think you’re not looking. Martyn practically laughs in your face when he learns who’s on your team. 

That’s fine. You don’t need them to believe in you. You have no intention in proving them right. 

~~~

The others have decided to bring BigB into your alliance. Well, it’s less of a decision and more something that just happened. In a world that’s so hostile to everyone in it, you can’t exactly afford to withhold information from each other. 

Later, when your stomach no longer aches from hunger and the idea of bread doesn’t make you feel sick, Scott will find you. He’ll ask you if you’re really ok with BigB joining your team. 

Your instincts will scream at the thought, horrified that you would even consider such a thing. 

You’ll think of an open wound on your back, spilling blood into the river around you. You’ll think of a castle on a hill, once warm and inviting, now cold and empty. You’ll think of the taste of smoke on your tongue. 

“I don’t trust him,” is what you will eventually say, “but I’ll work with him.”

~~~

You’re such an idiot. You should have trusted your gut why didn’t you trust your gut?

You had known something like this would happen from the moment he had dared to enter your home and you had ignored it.

You’re going to kill him. The second that you go red you’re going to kill him over and over and over until the thought of coming back is no more than a distant dream. 

You let out a yell of frustration as your axe embeds itself into the flesh of a nearby tree. 

It’s dark out. Time has long since returned to normal. You think everyone else might be asleep, but you’re not sure. You don’t particularly care. 

You pull your axe from the bark and strike again. And again. And again. 

Over and over and over until your legs give out and you collapse in a ring of fallen trees. 

There’s footsteps approaching you. You don’t bother to look and see who it is. Maybe, if you’re lucky, it’s a red name. Or even a mob. 

You’re not picky. Both bring you closer to being able to slit BigB’s throat. 

It’s Pearl's face that fills your vision. She looks worried. 

You try not to let your disappointment show.

~~~

How dare he. How dare he?! First he takes advantage of your team’s panic and confusion to get back into your good graces, then he has the nerve to taunt you about it!!

You can feel the rage threatening to boil over across your skin. You can feel it desperately clawing at the surface, doing everything in its power to break free. 

No. No, you have to stay calm. 

In with anger, out with love. 

BigB is part of the team now. You had all agreed to it. It may have been through less than honest means, but you had still given your word. 

You refuse to attack your own teammate. You refuse to be like him. 

~~~

The bots are finally gone. You have a little bit of time before the next wildcard begins. A little bit of time to catch your breath. 

You’re back in the woods, surrounded by the ring of fallen trees, trying to convert them into usable materials. If you’re going to have a mental breakdown, you might as well be productive about it. 

Besides, it's a good distraction. 

You hear Scott approaching before you see him. He’s still unsteady from his respawn, his limbs not responding exactly as they should. 

You don’t blame him. Pufferfish poison is never a fun way to die. 

“How are you feeling?” He asks. 

“Fine.” A strip of bark is cut from the log. 

He doesn’t believe you. You can tell that he doesn’t believe you. 

Another piece of bark gone. 

“Do you still trust Pearl?” 

You can tell that your question catches him off guard. He wasn’t expecting to have the conversation turned on him like this. 

“Huh?” 

“After finding out that she lied to you about Mumbo and Skizz. Do you still trust her?”

“I— yeah? Of course I do, why do you ask?” 

“No reason.” Your axe glances against the side of the log and hits the dirt. You should be more careful next time. “I was just curious.” 

[xoxo-ren-xoxo]

Hermitcraft/Life Series AU Masterpost

This is... what it says on the tin. Basically, any AU I have that I've talked about on tumblr, is here. It is a long post.

Many of these (most of them) were made in collaboration with @angeart which explains why they are so sad and also Mostly Scarian. It doesn't always say it's shipping but it usually is. We are Grian Girlies. Sorry.

If you want to hear more about ANY of the ideas listed here, feel free to shoot me an ask :) I LOVE RANTING ABOUT THESE IDEAS. There are even links to fics where they exist.

It begins... below the cut:

COMMS AU

READ THE FIC HERE

WHAT THE HELL IS COMMS AU?

My main multichapter fic, ongoing and insane (currently chapter 41)

A multiverse nonsense trip wrapped in an audio transcript format

Tag: #comms au

Grumbo Apocalypse Monster AU

READ THE FIC HERE

Grian is a shapeshifting monster drawn into human life by the apocalypse, and Mumbo is a human who attempts to survive the horrors

Tumblr Masterpost

Tag: #grumbo apocalypse monster au

Superheroes and Villains AU

In the city of Blackstone, vigilante HotGuy works alongside the Hero Bureau to catch villains and keep the city safe.

Between trying to save the person behind Mother Spore, and rebuilding his old friendship with Cub - now turned villain - HotGuy must look through the gaps of the Hero Bureau to see the corruption lurking within.

Read the summary here

Tag: #hhvau

Hybrid Farms AU

READ THE FIC HERE

Hybrids are farmed as food; modern world, no respawn

Grian is an escaped hybrid who gets caught stealing from Mumbo's house in the middle of the night

Tag: #hybrid farms au

Watcher Listener Lore AU

READ THE FICS HERE

CW: major character death

Based on my Watcher Lore

In which Grian is killed at the end of Evo and his code and memories are placed into a Watcher version of him, creating a Watcher-Vessel in a process called ‘Transfer’

Mostly about both the grief of Grian’s old friends as they discover what happened to him, and the ethical / philosophical debate Grian has with himself about who he is and why people are upset about it - he's the ship of theseus as a person

Second installment follows BigB as a Listener-Vessel and how his point of view works in comparison to Grian's

Tag: #watcher listener lore au

Pirate Boatem AU

READ THE FIC HERE

Pirate crew Boatem get kicked off their ship and stranded on a desert island by Captain Scar

Survival cannibalism & some major character death, as a treat

Impulse's POV

Magic / curse stuff with an ambiguous ending

Tag: #boatem pirate au

Fantasy AU (Kingdoms AU)

READ THE FIC HERE

A fantasy au following several key stories:

Pearl, ambassador for Roost, the avian commune, embarks on a journey to a inter-kingdom social event hosted in the Red Kingdom, while looking for her closest friend who has been missing for years

Grian, a cursed avian, and Mumbo, a blind engineer / alchemist, join forces with outlaw necromancer Scar to try and find a cure for Grian's curse

Scott, prince of the Ocean Kingdom, longs for a life outside his duties, but is made to represent his kingdom at the inter-kindom event

Ren, king of the Red Kingdom, looks to strengthen his borders as he grows increasingly paranoid, while Martyn, the newest member of his court, crushes hard

Masterpost

Tag: #kingdoms au

Ari AU

Part One - which links to all of the other parts of the story we have posted so far!

An au which follows Grian as the popstar 'Ari', whose life begins to fall apart due to stalkers, paparazzi, mental health decline, and a lot of complicated emotions

This au covers somewhat realistic descriptions of dark and distressing topics, mind the warnings and read with care

Tag: #ari au

Convexian Serial Killers AU

Scar and Cub (humans) are serial killers who enact their crimes while their housemate, Grian (avian), is out of town

Grian happens to come home early one time and finds them mid-kill

After a series of breakdowns and a lot of throwing up, Grian gets kind of into it. There is also cannibalism

Tag: #convexian serial killer au

Convexian Cannibalism AU

READ THE FICS HERE

A bunch of oneshots, mostly set in the same universe, revolving around Grian getting eaten and eating people - mainly Cub and Scar

Also in this series are some fics about Martyn, but those are unrelated to the main storyline

Main Headcanons

Tag: #convexian cannibalism au

Hermit359 AU

Based loosely on the podcast Wolf359

A Sci-Fi drama following a wacky silly crew on a doomed journey in the vast expanse of space

Predicted Mumbo Thee Jumbo turning himself into a computer badly

Masterpost

Tag: #hc359 au

Mumscarian Murder Cannibalism AU

Basically, Scar is a fucked up little guy who kills for fun, and Grian makes the mistake of going camping with him and getting his stupid self kidnapped

This is a really big AU that I have posted one (1) piece of art for and basically nothing else... but eventually there will be some more

Tag: #murder cannibalism au

OFF AU

Based on the game OFF

Grumbot gets so mad about his dads divorce that he goes insane and makes a fake gamer universe

Technically a fix-it for the plot of OFF, but it is still sad

Mini Fic

Tag: #hermitcraft off au

Forgetting Something AU

Grian gets zapped by Listeners and dies (and everyone forgets he exists)

I just enjoyed this concept too much

Mini Fic

Tag: #forgetting something au

Grian Dies And Gets Brought Back AU

Grian, Scar's wife, dies, but Scar makes a deal with some deities to bring her back

Unfortunately for Scar, the deal involves making sacrifices to the deities in their realm, a place he calls the 'magic realm' but is actually more like hell

Grian is a worm at one point

Mini Fic

Tag: #doomed afterlife au

Good Luck, Babe! AU

Grian is a tfem club dancer, Scar is a repressed fool, Mumbo is a genderqueer bisexual in the background doing a thumbs up emote

Tag: #good luck babe au

AAAND THATS IT. I have a lot of other AUs but since I haven't talked about those on tumblr or made fics, they're staying in my dms for now lol.

Remember, if you wanna know more about any of these, please send an ask, and specify which AU youre asking about obviously! If you read this far I am honestly shocked at your ability to put up with That Many scarian ideas.

Also feel free to riff on any of these if one stands out to you as interesting. I love hearing / seeing other people's interpretations of my stuff :D

[blicketdabest33]

FINAL CABIN PLACEMENTS I DON'T WANT TO EDIT IT AFTER THIS

So many of y'all had so many good ideas (and since a lot of these i came up with without any real reasoning) here's my updated version that i think fits A LOT better

#1 Zeus Cabin: Jimmy, Joel Jimmy: He's a Zeus kid, but everyone somehow forgets about it. Joel: He's competitive and strong. Also, because Jimmy is his half brother through godly parent, i get to make a fun bit about him dating Lizzie. And one of his origins in Afterlife SMP was a thunderborn

#2 Hera Cabin: Scott, Impulse, Ren Scott: Scott's whole thing is loyalty. Hera is the goddess of marriage and is insanely loyal to Zeus. However, I feel like Hera should get at least one affair. So now Scott can use peacocks as weapons. Impulse: According to @dawnfire7 Impulse is known for loyalty, which i did not know. He's also known to hold grudges. Perfect Hera kid. Ren: He's apparently known for loyalty (and i didn't really like his Nike placement anyway)

#3 Poseidon Cabin: XB XB: Something about water temple guardians

#4 Demeter Cabin: Sausage, Shelby, Bdubs, Stress Sausage: This man built Sanctuary in a jungle and has flowers in his hair. He sells wood. There is no other place to put him. Shelby: Mushroom gnome, spooky mangrove witch, powerful storm witch, i need not continue. Bdubs: Moss man. Stress: SHE HAS FLOWERS

#5 Ares Cabin: Martyn, False Martyn: His planet is Mars, which is the roman version of Ares. He ended Limited Life in such a violent way, i can't help it. He was also red for the majority of Secret Life. False: I just feel like False should get to kill people more often.

#6 Athena Cabin: Grian, Pix, Owen, Xisuma Grian: This sums it up pretty well

Pix: Smart man. Archeologist and definitely a nerd. I wanna see him skipping out on training just so he can read history books. Owen: He likes to explore and discover new things in Pirates. In Rats, he's a tinkerer. In New Life, he's an explorer who wants to study hybrids. In Empires, he's a Llama who's curious about how humans work. Just a very curious character overall. Xisuma: Admin. I'm not elaborating.

#7 Apollo Cabin: Oli, Lyarrah Oli: MUSIC. MAN. Lyarrah: She writes the captions for the hermitcraft recap.

#8 Artemis Cabin: Pearl, Gem Pearl: Y'know, Artemis could've just like... had a kid, even though she took that oath. It wouldn't even have to be with a guy. Gods can change to whatever gender they want. Anyway, Pearl gets to be an Artemis kid because her symbolism is moon, she loves dogs, and will commit murder and hunt at night. Gem: Someone really wanted these girls to be sisters, and I think Gem and pearl should get to hunt at night and be fierce together. Oh, and she's got the whole deer aesthetic.

#9 Hephaestus Cabin: Doc, Mumbo, Tango, Zedaph, Fwhip, Iskall Doc: Redstone Mumbo: Redstone Tango: Redstone Zedaph: Redstone Fwhip: Redstone AND has a red scarf (don't ask me how that's relevant) Iskall: Redstone

#10 Aphrodite Cabin: Keralis, Skizz, Bigb Keralis: Okay, I don't know why, but Keralis gives me the vibes of a very charming person. His voice is nice to listen to, so imagine how useful it'd be if I gave him charm speak. Skizz: Person in the tags said he was really charming and you can't help but love him. I agree. He's here now. Bigb: Smooth talker. Someone (i think it was Scott) said in one of their videos "It's hard to kill him while he's talking". Charmspeak. Ma man, go do chaos.

#11 Hermes Cabin: Scar, Etho, Joe Scar: Trader Scar, scammer extraordinar. Etho: All i must say is Shady-E's. I get "jack-of-all-trades, master of none, often better than master of one" vibes from him. He's funny, he's mischievous, it just works. Joe: Comedy man. Excellent delivery. And, yet again, i look at this man and go "That right there is a multi-talented man with a habit for mischief."

#12 Dionysus Cabin: Joey, Beef, Cub Joey: *points at his season one empires theme* i need not say more Beef: Idk, food. I don't really have a reason. I don't know too much about Beef. Cub: Someone said Cub was really laid back, i liked this idea, he's here now. C'mon, go make ur empire.

#13 Hades Cabin: Zloy Zloy: Zombie man. He writes the Hermitcraft recaps in the dark at 2am with nothing but pure spite.

#14 Iris Cabin: Katherine Katherine: SHE. HAS. COLORS. and also I couldn't put her in Demeter cabin because Shelby is already there and i am NOT excluding Nature Wives from this au

#15 Hypnos Cabin: Wels Wels: @dingdinghq said something about sleeping during S6 and i completely agree

#16 Nemesis Cabin:

#17 Nike Cabin:

#18 Hebe Cabin: 

#19 Tyche Cabin: TFC TFC: Man goes mining and gets really lucky. That's it.

#20 Hecate Cabin: Lizzie, Cleo, Jevin Lizzie: Witchy vibes. Also, Arson. Cleo: Arson. She uses her magic for Arson. Jevin: He's a magic slime. Also, Arson. All Hecate kids love Arson.

[thecoolerliauditore]

I really liked your analysis on the discourse around flower husbands and I would like to give my personal perspective from someone who’s been here since the end of third life.

The fandom was 100% still reeling over from negative effects of no shipping in the hermitcraft fandom. The majority of life series fans came from hermitcraft as well, after all nearly all of the players in third life were hermits. You could joke about treebark and maybe scarian being gay but I remember seeing a lot of homoerotic art being tagged “THIS IS NOT SHIP ART ITS PLATONIC” and later on a few of those artists would post shipping art without fear. If you had a romantic interpretation of a relationship in third life, you would quickly chalk it up to being friends. Shipping was still uncomfortable territory for many. Maybe because they didn’t like shipping themselves and weren’t expose to it or maybe they did but was still feeling the effects from others in 2019/2020.

Flower husbands you couldn’t chalk it up to just being friends. If you didn’t like shipping you can make everything platonic but you would look like an idiot trying to say that they were “good friends” or “roommates” in third life. No, Scott and Jimmy were known as husbands, they did it themselves. Not the fans, the creators themselves. Yes there will be dramatic and angsty ship art of the two. For everyone else? Not really. Like I said, people would have to explicitly say it wasn’t ship art between Ren and Martyn or Scar and Grian. If you didn’t want that type of art you just wouldn’t look at Scott or jimmy’s tags. Simple as that.

As time went on I would say around double life shipping had coursed its way back into the fandom. Having a romantic interpretation of Treebark was fine, just properly tag it and everyone was chill. Same with Scarian, hell, I would say the shipping lens started taking over more than the platonic one lol. And with double life having soulmates, that gave the shipping culture a big boost. You don’t like it? Well it’s gonna be hard to avoid Bdubs or Impulses tags when they’re making “honey imm home!” jokes or BigB and Grian literally in their own words “cheating on their soulmate for their secret soulmate” Grian saying “I’m gonna take your man” is just fuel to the ever growing fire. If you didn’t like shipping then buckle up because double life was fruity as hell with nearly all of the creators. Mother fucking Joel Smallishbeans made a ship called “The Relations” and put Etho’s face on his skin’s shirt. You couldn’t avoid shipping at all when the creators are also the ones doing it.

So shipping is wild spread now and more accepted. As for flower husbands well you couldn’t really make the ship more than “tragic gays with fluff and angst”

Scarian you could make it toxic, you could make it healthy, you could make it whatever you want because it was never “canon”. Flower husbands was built in a time where shipping was uncertain and a lot of their early day works was either them being fluffy husbands together or tragic yaoi. To make one of them toxic it was out of the question.

I however could not tell you why it’s only Scott being the “toxic” perpetrator in flower husbands. Could be an individual’s bias and own experiences, could be how they view the creators, maybe a bit of projection or maybe they have only been exposed to toxic!scott that branching out to toxic!jimmy, something that’s extremely rare, might be hard and they don’t want to put the work in to make it themselves.

In conclusion, flower husbands was the only way you could ship in early days of the life series because you couldn’t ignore the romantic relationship Scott and Jimmy portrayed. If you did with other relationships it could easily be chalked up to being friends and if something could be seen as shipping you HAD to disclose that it wasn’t. Flower husbands was allowed but dear god if you said a king and his hand was tragic yaoi you would have been sniped.

People are attached to a ship that was the “acceptable” ship so having a negative interpretation can be viewed as bashing the ship or worse one of the creators (most often Scott) but now that it’s more open to other interpretations people are rightfully be a bit protective.

Also also if you have found any posts interpretation Jimmy being the toxic person with his relationship with Scott please do share. I haven’t seen any posts like that and I’m quite bored of toxic!scott within flower husbands shipping. I need a little bit of spice in my life you know? Anyway, have a good day.

Yeah this is pretty much what I assumed, ty for the peer review 💪

I think I didn't make my point about Jimmy clear, my bad -- my point was that making FH toxic was always discourse that reflected back onto Scott, instead of Jimmy. I don't think it's the Jimmy fans up in arms was what I was trying to convey.

I personally see Scott as abusive towards Jimmy and have held this view since my first watch of Scott's 3L POV. I feel like it's almost hard not to arrive at this conclusion if you approach it in the same way you approach other ships. i.e. I've never seen someone storyboard the "go back and get the sugar cane!" sequence from episode 1 and have it not read as anything other than that (btw if anyone knows any way of making this scene not horrifying I'd be genuinely curious)

As for toxic jimmy posting, I'm not the biggest fan of these interpretations because I operate by a different school of thought when it comes to this series and I've found some arguments for Jimmy being toxic in the past a little uncomfortably reminiscent of irl victim-blaming but that being said who am I to get in the way of people making stuff they enjoy. I'm not the FH/Scott maintag 🤷‍♂️

There's this guy who's posted a few things in the FH tag that I find fun.

Their posts range from the usual FH fluff to Jimmy cheating on Scott and Scott leaving Jimmy for someone else.

This one's a personal favourite.

I would also love it if I could summon this anon for you I think you guys could workshop smth together

But other than those specific examples I have definitely seen more vague posts that imply Jimmy mistreats Scott, you might wanna hit up the Scott/Tango shippers? Snowbugs, I think their name is? Lots of memes in there about just ditching Jimmy lol

[lotsadeer]

Fanfic Writer Interview Meme

I was tagged by @redtailedhawk90!

How many works do you have on AO3?

18! At least a third are just artwork but thats okay :D

What's your total AO3 word count?

38,402, wow! That's amazing, I didn't even realize I wrote that many words??? (I looked at my statistics and turns out most of that is from ptsftp, so not all the words are mine but its FINE)

Your top 5 stories by kudos:

part-time soulmate, full-time problem - a mumscarian hermitcraft/life series fanfic I cowrote with @strangeharpy

Next Life - a Martyn focused Life Series angst fic I wrote before Secret Life

how am i supposed to feel when you're not here - FATT Orth/Ibex fic, actually one of my first proper fics I wrote after years and years of not writing anything. I'm still proud of this one honestly.

so you can leave like the sane, abandon me - FATT Mako Trig character study sort of fic, very angsty! Wiggles him

the fear of falling apart - FATT Mako Trig character study 2 electric boogaloo, I wrote this one and the other one within days of each other haha

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Oh always, I love comments. They make me so happy

Do you write crossovers?

I haven't in a long time, but I love thinking about them

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yeah, it varies honestly. Sometimes it's soft and sweet and sometimes its like two teenagers behind the bleachers.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so!

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nup!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yeah! The mumscarian fic! Its the only one (so far) but

What's your all-time favourite ship?

Uuuh, hm. It's hard to choose because I tend to be drawn to certain tropes in ships? Right now its Treebark, but I'm also big into my own OCs. Wiggles them. Love my own OCs.

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

Black Coffee, I started writing it ages ago but I don't think I'll ever finish it. unu

What are your writing strengths?

Character voices and dialogue!

What are your writing weaknesses?

Exposition and description lmao

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

I want to write stuff about Irwin Rucker and The Bone God!!! But my brain!!!! It wont let me!!!!

What's your favourite fic that you've written?

Extracurricular Activities, a character and relationship study of sorts on Adrian West and Alma Fox from Dumb Kids Playing Hero. It's something I threatened to write for awhile and finally got the opportunity to, and it explores intimacy and kink in a non sexual manner. Wiggles it. Honourable mention to Oh, captain, make up your mind because myself and @secretfrog wrote the same idea in two different ways and they're both awesome fics

Tagging: @thatapolloguy, @secretfrog (get tagged idiot), @ilexdiapason, and anyone else who wants to do it :3

[raccoontho]

Promise to the Moon

A @mcyt-valentines gift for @paradoxlemonade :D! Read the fic here, or on AO3.

Words: 1,077 Characters: Rendog, Martyn Inthelittlewood Tags: Hurt/comfort, Werewolves, Werewolf turning, Sickfic (technically), Ambiguous Relationship

Summary: With how well Martyn and Ren have gotten to know each other over the course of 3rd Life, things were bound to get a little… wild. Especially if werewolves are involved. The two face the consequences of their actions, getting closer than ever before.

“Martyn…”

“I’m fine.”

Martyn didn’t look fine. He was pacing across their base, going from task to task with seemingly no goal in mind, so it was tough to see just how big the bags underneath his eyes were without standing still. How pale he looked. Opened an enchantment book. Put it down again and walked up the stairs. Plucked a few handfuls of wheat. Back down the stairs again. Martyn’s brows were furrowed, eyes slightly sunken. Eyes that were more amber-coloured than they looked before.

“Martyn…”

Attempted to trade with one of their villagers again. Gave up halfway through and started to make the beds instead. Dropped their pillows to the floor. Gripped the sleeves of his shirt with clenched fists. Walked back up the stairs to peek over the walls. Back inside to check their supply of lapis.

Ren knew this specific kind of restlessness. Usually, if he knew ahead of time what he was in for, he could go with it and let himself shift and avoid the pain altogether. But Martyn, well, he…

“Martyn, please stop this. I can almost taste your stress, dude.”

“I’m not stressed!” Martyn threw his hands in the air. “I’m doing fine! I’m taking care of things!” He spun back around to go do something else. Ren strode up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.

“Ren—”

“Listen, man. I’ve gotten to know you a little more over these past few weeks. Maybe even a little too well. And I know that this isn’t like you.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Martyn said through gritted, sharpened teeth.

“You’re holding something back.” Ren peered into Martyn’s eyes. Martyn responded by gripping Ren’s wrist to break away from his hold. Ren let him. Sharp nails dug into his skin. 

“I’m just saying, seeing you pace around the place like this, like it’s your territory…”

“Ren, please, don’t—”

“It’s highly likely that you’re turning into a werewolf.”

Martyn winced, shutting his eyes. When he opened them again, they were even more golden than before.

“That’s not the thing I’m worried about. I mean—”

Martyn rolled his eyes.

“—It’s that you’re denying it.”

“You’re seeing things. No offense, my Lord.” Martyn pulled back his collar to show off the wound. It had healed, since, but especially now, so close to the full moon, Ren saw the thick, blond fur that had started to spread from it.

“A bite’s just a bite. It wasn’t even a full moon,” Martyn says with a confidence that almost has Ren believing him. “It’s nothing. I’m fully capable of defending our land as I am.”

“Dude, you’re barely able to focus on anything for more than thirty seconds.” Ren picked up the pillows off the ground and fluffed them up back on the beds. “I know it’s hard, but with how much you’re resisting it, why don’t you try to lie down for a moment?”

Martyn shakes his head. His hair looks tangled and thick. “If I lie down then there’s nobody to watch over you. If I lie down, then… then I can’t distract myself.” He walked off again, at that. Ren jumped up and grabbed Martyn’s hand, feeling the growing claws dig into his skin as he squeezed it.

When Martyn turned back around, tears brimmed in his eyes.

“Oh, Martyn…”

They easily fell into an embrace. Ren hugged Martyn close, one hand in his blond hair, scratching softly at his scalp.

A sob wracked Martyn’s body. “This’ll blow over, right? It’s just a flu. A werewolf flu.”

“I’m so sorry, Martyn.” Ren squeezed him tighter. “I should have known better. I should have known.”

“It’s not your fault.” Martyn nuzzled into Ren’s neck. “I think, somewhere, I even wanted, or hoped…” He hummed. “It’s just that it’s…”

“Happening a little fast?” Ren felt Martyn nod. “I know. I’m right here with you.”

That part he meant in multiple ways. Ren would be right there through Martyn’s first full moon shift. He’d guide him as best he could, for he himself would turn into a wolf all the same.

When Martyn loosened himself from their embrace, Ren winked. That got Martyn to smile, a little. He let himself be guided back to their beds, at least. A little sluggish. The moon always demanded a lot of energy, which would only find its way out properly when it was at its highest point in the sky.

Ren tucked Martyn in, smiling at the way his fully wolflike eyes made him look like a big puppy.

“Don’t worry, dude. Sleep, first.”

Martyn nodded, eyes drooping slightly.

“What will the others think? It’s barely even been a month.”

“Who cares what they think??” Ren grabbed Martyn’s hand. “All that matters to me is that you’re okay. Which you’re not. I’ll be here to teach you everything you need to know. I know it’s terrifying, but it’ll be okay. I’m here.”

Martyn nodded, eyes suddenly squeezing shut as another sob wracked his body.

“It hurts,” he growled.

“I know it does.” Ren brushed the palm of Martyn’s hand with his thumb. “I’ll get you some potions to help. But you have to see it through. Think about what comes after! We’ll get to run underneath the moonlight together! Terrify any zombies and skeletons and other people!” Ren’s tail started to wag at the thought. To fully wolf out, with Martyn, just the two of them…

“Wait, the walls—” Martyn tried to sit up, but Ren gently held him back down. “We have to—”

“Shh, what’d I tell you? Rest now, we’re safe. I’ll take watch tonight.”

“Mmm.” Martyn let himself fall back into his pillow. Ren gave him a soft smile.

Then, before he knew it, Ren was pulled in under the covers as well. He held Martyn until he fell asleep, listening to his breath. Feeling his muscles relax, more fur slowly creeping in. 

Ren would get him a few regen potions and food ready, if only he could escape from Martyn’s grip.

Martyn let out a sigh in his sleep. He was finally allowing himself to rest, which meant that he was allowing himself to change. He wasn’t denying it anymore. Ren let himself relax in Martyn’s grip. With it, he felt his own fur creeping up his back. He was quite exhausted from holding back his shift, too, he realized. 

He yawned. Tomorrow. Tomorrow they would continue worrying. Right now they’d sleep.

.

[smileygoth]

21. Aspen (Inspired by Another OC From The Challenge, Month of Darkness 2024)

This is possibly the most terrifying prompt to post, because it means sharing something based on the work of a total stranger! I've been following the #monthofdarkness tag on Tumblr and X, and the OC who caught my interest came from the X account of @OffbeatWorlds. I hope I did your character justice! It's so hard when you only have limited information about them!

CW: None.

Image from @OffbeatWorlds. They also do awesome fantasy, D&D and Critical Role art and they have a calendar coming! Check them out!

Find the Masterlist here!

She dozed, and her mind wandered. Memories of Cesario became memories of so many others, and then memories of places she had been, memories of America….

A random gas station out in the middle of nowhere, while she’d been travelling from one city to another. There was so much open space between cities in America. The tour bus had needed to refuel, and it had been just a few hours past sunset when it pulled into the gas station, so Christina decided to get out and stretch her legs. She was hungry, but the idea of feeding on some poor random schmuck in the gas station toilets did not appeal to her. Instead she did a slow circuit of the station, wandering just inside the circle of light it threw while her driver and roadies went in to pay for the fuel and load up on snacks. Martyn had joined them, craving Redvines. He’d become almost addicted to them while they’d been over there.

Theirs was the only vehicle in the gas station, so once all the roadies had disappeared into the store, it was very quiet outside. Christina had stood still, closing her eyes to listen to the night. The road was quiet and all she heard for a few moments was the sounds of the insects chirping and the rustle of the wind in the trees around them. She didn’t get to hear this very often. In England all the spaces remote enough to be this quiet were rumoured to be home to -

A twig cracked, heavily, not far away. Christina’s eyes snapped open and she turned in the direction of the noise. It had sounded deliberate. She found herself staring into the dark eyes of a woman standing in the treeline who looked about the same age as her, wearing practical but worn clothes and carrying a bulging backpack on one shoulder. Her shoulder-length brown hair was tousled and had a couple of leaves tangled in it. She was staring directly at her with an intense and angry glare. Christina extended her senses toward the woman and immediately found out why. The scent and the aura that came off of her was unmistakeable, even though she had only encountered it once or twice.

Werewolf. Shit.

A wave of fear came over her. She had no chance of besting a garou in a one on one fight. Slowly, she took a step back, further into the gas station’s circle of light, and raised her hands in a gesture of peace. The woman in the treeline didn’t move, but her eyes followed her.

‘I’m just passing through,’ Christina said. ‘That bus over there? That’s mine. We just stopped for gas. I’ll be gone in five minutes, maybe ten.’

The woman continued to stare. For a moment Christina thought she wasn’t going to reply, and steeled herself to run. The she blinked and shrugged. ‘I don’t give a shit,’ she replied. ‘This isn’t my land. I’m just passing through too.’

‘Okay.’ Christina took a deep breath. Her mind whirled as she groped for something to say. ‘You need a ride?’ she asked eventually.

The woman snorted. ‘Not from the likes of you.’

Thank fuck for that, Christina thought. Aloud she said, ‘Fair enough.’ Glancing over her shoulder, she looked into the store and saw that her companions were still browsing the aisles. Could they not hurry up? Looking back, she saw that the woman still hadn’t moved. She forced a friendly smile onto her face. ‘I’m Christina.’

The woman’s eyes narrowed, and she tilted her head as if expecting some trick. She seemed to come to some decision, and her expression relaxed a little. ‘I’m Aspen.’

‘Pretty name. You going far, Aspen?’

‘Yeah.’

‘On foot?’

Aspen shrugged again. ‘I like hiking. You’re British?’

‘Yes, that’s right.’ Christina nodded toward the bus. ‘I’m over here to tour. I’m a musician. A singer.’

Aspen frowned. ‘I thought you lot had rules against leeches getting famous or whatever.’

Christina forced a laugh. ‘Don’t worry, I’m not that famous. And I’ll manufacture a disappearance of some sort before people start wondering why I don’t age. We have our ways.’

‘Uh huh.’ Aspen paused, considering. ‘Sounds exhausting, having to hide yourself all the time. Follow all those rules.’

‘I have to, if I want to stay alive.’ Christina saw Aspen’s eyebrow raise and smiled. ‘So to speak.’

‘Or what? The other vampires come and kill you?’ Christina nodded, and Aspen snorted. ‘Wow. That sucks.’

Christina’s smile turned bitter. ‘Yep. Not a lot of vamp solidarity going on. Not in my area, at least.’ She cast a cautious glance at the werewolf. ‘I hear it’s very different for your, uh, people. Close knit packs, lots of freedom? Must be nice.’

Aspen’s expression clouded, and she looked away. ‘Something like that,’ she replied. ‘I should get going.’

‘Of course, don’t let me keep you,’ Christina said as she turned away. ‘It was a pleasure to meet you, Aspen.’

‘Whatever, leech,’ Aspen replied as she walked away, skirting the light of the gas station to keep in the treeline. ‘Have fun our your tour.’

The bell over the store’s door gave a tinny ring as Christina watched the woman disappear into the darkness. The sound of the roadies chatting and laughing among themselves broke the silence, which had gone from serene to tense and oppressive. Martyn came up to her side and put a hand on her shoulder. ‘You okay, Chris?’ he asked, following her gaze. ‘Hey, who was that?’

Christina shook her head. ‘Just a hiker,’ she replied. ‘We should go.’

[trihardent]

Etho offering to go do something with Martyn instead of just telling him to stop was actually kinda wholesome even if martyn and tango both thought it was a threat

Like, he heard Martyn saying that he was just messing with them because he was bored, and figured out the best way to get him to stop was to do something else entertaining <3

[daisycraft]

hey hi hello!!! could i trouble you for anything about the storybook au? just had a look through the tag and oh man i love it!!! i'm especially interested in the ghosts, and if they play any kind of role in the story? -unexpectedly-haunted

HIIII OMG HI the storybook au is my BABY my most darling boy

So the main story is in the last life setting, with the specific factions and terrains and such, but the ghosts are actually from the third life era, several centuries in the past!

The time that the ghosts of the Red King and the Hand are from follows the same timeline event that canon does, but simplified or compacted into one life. The one that they actually die to is their last one that takes them out of the game, during the siege of Dogwarts.

But they weren't always the inseparable king and hand. Once upon a time, there was a simple blacksmith in his hilltop forge, and a bard that came along the bend.

The bard had been travelling far and wide, telling fantastic stories to the people he boarded with, and the blacksmith was no different. But the blacksmith was also a charismatic storyteller, and they clicked so easily. He had exceptional talent within his forge as well, with special magic to apply to the armour, weapon and tools he created. Pots that never sprung holes. Gauntlets that bore twice the damage before they broke. When the bard left again, he came back, not long after having told surrounding villages about the blacksmith's talent. But talent and skill is always sought after, hunted down for one's own gain.

The blacksmith never wished to be a lord. The bard never wished to be a hand. But when threat approached their home, where people had settled around the forge, they had to take a stand one way or another. Along side them, a small army of trusted men and militia from their lowly village. A demolitionist, a braveheart, a mountainman. Fear begun to set in for Dogwarts and its citizens when a planted explosion rattles the gates of the township, the lord caught in it and heavily injured.

There's rumours of snowfall one spring, on the night of a full moon. When the king had called his most loyal hand to the courtyard and placed upon his hands the finest of Dogwarts' forge, a crystalline axe. Two young men stood beneath the eyes of the stars and the hard, unblinking stare of the moon, the whispers of the night, hopelessly in love and running out of time as enemies close in on their territory.

That night, the lord of Dogwarts fell with the symphony of his lover's wails, but the Red King rose. A chill swallowed the courtyard as snow fell like blossoms, and the Lord, cold to the touch and bleeding from the head, helped his Hand to his feet. Deep, ancient magic thrummed through them like the beating of their hearts. They lose. It was in their fate to lose, left to decompose in the fields of their village.

The enemy was not unfamiliar with magic. Perhaps it is why they hunted the mage king so ruthlessly. The young wizard who had struck down both the King and the Hand entombs their souls within storybooks. History books, even, written by the winners. Scriptures that detail the two young men as beasts fuelled by bloodlust, blinded by war and vengeance, described as not an ounce of humanity in their blackened hearts. Sealed in separate books, one burgundy and the other forest green, the ghosts of the King and the Hand are locked away apart from each other for the next several centuries.

However, that wizard was only in the beginning of his magical career. His powers were amateur, and little by little, fractions of soul seeped from the spines of the storybooks as they travelled between libraries until settling in the archives of Spawn, a central neutral kingdom in the present timeline. And those small portions of soul found their way back into the life cycle, eventually forming Sir Ren Digenty of the Shadowlands and Councillor Martyn Littlewood of the Southlands.

Eventually in the story, Ren and Martyn open the books separately, not knowing that they released the souls of their ancestors. The fun part tho is that Ren opens the green book and Martyn the red one, and the Hand and Red King attaches to the opposite reincarnate! Because they're of the same soul too, Ren and the Red King and Maryn and the Hand each are linked in feeling and memory. No matter how far away the ghosts are from the reincarnations, they still feel what the other counterpart is feeling.

[alittlebirb]

Some fun in the sun with the MCC Pride 22 Orange Ocelots!

Illumina aiming for a 100% MCC Pride win rate

Illumina stacking up on all the available cosmetics before the event even starts

"There's no Sky Battle! :D This is good news! :DD" -Illumina

Illumina bringing up the fact he won last Pride, and Martyn telling him "yeah, that's still a sore spot buddy. 😑"

Elaina's neverending struggle of trying to get a picture with Eret...it's just homophobic at this point

"Elaina is our cracked elytra person." -Sniff

"I tried so hard! I watched the speedruns, I watched the whole nine, cause I'm just a silly little guy who wanted to do well." -Elaina

Elaina side eying the random, mysterious cut on their thumb that appeared yesterday

"If I don't do well, I'm blaming the band aid slipping on my thumb." -Elaina

"I'm blaming that too." -Martyn

Martyn already planning to give the pets in SG weapons "so they can throw their head around, like Zorro."

Illumina trying to adjust the music and just. turning it off completely, causing his chat to shrivel and die in this barren audio wasteland

"See this is why I drank a little before, I'm not as nervous!" -Martyn

Illumina accidentally making a composter instead of a barrel in GR

"Definitely almost wrote cock instead of clock, let's go, I'm priding-" -Martyn

Sniff stumbling into the freezer during the beasts room and screaming "THERE'S FISHH! THERE'S FISH IN THE FREEZER! I'M CRITTING FISH!"

Illumina indignantly going "they're not beasts! >:(" about the animals

Illumina hardcore overthinking the redstone room

"I sat there in the redstone one, and I was like I have never used redstone in my life, I refuse to use redstone." -Sniff

Sniff asking whether it would be cheating to tell Green where to find the fish in the freezer

"To be honest, I don't think my heart rate would like it..." -Martyn about MD

"I think my heart rate would LOVE it!" -Elaina

"We did better than Red, that's all that matters." -IlluToxic

"For all that WE'RE GONNA WIN! in chat, they aren't really acting like it, are they? 👀" -Martyn

Elaina mourning the lack of an elevator joke, and Martyn shaming the NoxCrew for being "elevatorist" and saying they should cancel them

"All they're doing is bringing people down instead of up." -Martyn

Elaina mistaking a cat for a dog and starting "in my defence."

"There is no defence!" -Martyn

The entire team being Gumi S-Tier Truthers

"I'm gonna kill em! Gimme your EGGS! GIMME YOUR EGGS!" -Sniff and Elaina, trying to murder a chicken while Illumina *eggs* them on

Elaina cooing over all of the pretty flags in the PKT Pridebowl

"My heart is really happy right now, and it's a bit much in a good way!" -Elaina

"I'm literally just a happy little guy today. Nothing's gonna break my stride!" -Sniff

Elaina realizing "oh yeah, I've played this map. Oh no, I've played this map."

Elaina bravely volunteering to hunt Green

Both Sniff and Elaina calling Velvet "a slippery little guy..."

"Man, I think I'm slippery on there, and I'm never slippery!" -Elaina about PKT

Sniff having to hunt Zeuz, their old teammate :(

Elaina and Martyn bonding over how much they hate being chased, with Martyn getting "jelly legs" and Elaina having nightmares about it

Illumina running in absolute terror from Scott hunting him down

Martyn asking for a repeat of the "5up run" from Elaina

"That timing is so! *snaps fingers*" -Elaina

"I'm more movement based. You wouldn't know it from how I acted here but I'm movement based in every game except Parkour Tag." -Martyn

"I don't Gaslight Gatekeep, I Gaslight Sandkeep." -Elaina

The team finding out they have a dunk and immediately going for Antfrost. Not Aqua, Antfrost.

"Is this our anime arc?" -Martyn, moments before he and Elaina begin an extended anime roleplay

Illumina having a auditory breakdown after he toxically kills Zeuz first in SG, and carrying that guilt for the rest of the game

"Ooh, this is getting stressful, I'm gonna eat my food~" -Elaina

"I just felt like a rat running away from humans." -Illumina after a wild chase throughout the map in which he eluded several teams as a solo man against the world

Everyone marveling over how clever that SG ending was, and Martyn commenting "I hate smart people."

Everyone proposing BM strats, and Sniff just going into an extended, detailed plan which sounds like it was read straight off of Reddit

Illumina yelling at a chicken to "go over!" in the decision dome, and then smugly announcing that he's calculated it, it's going to be HITW, he's done it!

"The bows are so gay, I love it." -Sniff

Everyone hearing the admins say that if you walk into the unloaded BB half, you won't come back, and immediately being tempted to do so

Illumina getting a casual double ace two rounds in a row

"We do a little bit of acing over here." -Illumina

Someone in chat calling Illumina "Illuminace!" and Illumina responding "I'm bi, not ace." The chat then revising it to "Biaced", for biased or based.

"Happy Pride!" -Elaina

Illumina getting confused about Jojo not having a weapon, and Martyn explaining she had to nerf herself, as an S-Tier

Sniff absolutely clawing back a win from Cyan while their team has a collective heart attack around them

Elaina saying she loves snacks, and Sniff replying "you're a snack."

":o! You're a whole meal!" -Elaina

Illumina setting his ambitions high, aiming to get on the dog petting leaderboard

Zeuz coming in the call to confront Illumina about that SG, and Illumina going noooo, it wasn't him, he was possessed! "It was my evil twin!"

Elaina unintentionally getting the bi pride colors of glass in BM

"I'm silly bugging right now!" -Elaina

Illumina being a one man band of speed and accuracy in BM

Elaina reassuring Sniff that they did great! Especially for their first time!

"Yeah, I needed therapy after my first time in Build Mart." -Martyn

"Getting second place in Build Mart, especially with Grian playing, that's basically like we won. Like he's just a demon." -Martyn

Elaina mentioning how they learned sandkeeping and doing clear comms from watching Ren

Elaina warning the team ahead of time that she will be monologuing during AR

Sniff apologizing at the beginning that AR is a rough game for her, and then finishing in 24th place???

Illumina and Elaina going WHEE!! all over the map

"I'm sorry, I'm just going to keep saying whee!! because it's the only thing keeping me from being upset." -Elaina

"I'm side by side with Dave right now, this is very intimate." -Martyn

Elaina discovering a newfound hatred for flowers after they keep her from being able to finish her first lap for a minute straight

Illumina going "I did so bad! I got first!" and everyone else responding that sir, those two statements do NOT coexist-

*Elaina, sobbing* "ACE RACE I HATE YOU SO MUCH! Ace Race my beloathed."

Illumina getting a new record on the Clouds map, like a freaking king!

Sniff talking about how Toby came up with the idea for the TGTTOS toxicity last MCC, and Illumina getting VERY confused and disturbed with this use of irl names

"Casual doxing?" -Martyn

"Not Aimsey getting all homoerotic on me..." -Sniff

"Those TikTokers and their hormones." -Martyn

Illumina thinking the LOVE wall in HITW said LOYE

"Someone in my chat said Ravager Time, and I'm like oh no." -Illumina

"Ohhhh I'm so sad...where's Eret, I'm aiming for them." -Elaina

Martyn and Illumina winning the last round of HITW together, and then getting in the top 5 HITW players!

"I'm only gonna punch Dream. When I see Dream, I'm punching." -Illumina about TGTTOS

Illumina, Martyn, and Elaina getting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in Terra Swoop Force!

Illumina punching Sapnap off of 5up and then punching 5up, fulfilling his promise

"I just got called trash by Dream, let's go!!" -Sniff after viciously targeting him in TGTTOS

"Oh, whoever did that, I hate you so much, I want you to go down the elevator and never come back." -Martyn

"Hey, chat's saying Dream whacked my wife, what's that about?" -Martyn

"Dream's good at dodging...BUT VELVET'S BETTER!" -Illumina during DB

Everyone being absolute Foolish fanboys and lobbying for the shark to shoot!

Elaina standing still in the 20v20 DB for a moment to cheer on Eret, and Martyn immediately using them as a meat shield

Orange Ocelots finished MCC Pride 22 in 3rd place!