#yhs mention

[where-is-grian]

I think he is eating some chips

He got into my friend @hotttopicstuff’s cool ranch Tauritos Doritos!!

[hmshermitcraft]

Getho? I think it’s Getho. Anyway, Grian x Etho

Etho has known Grian longer than Grian has known Etho.

He first learnt of Grian when he was at a school that neighbored YHS, which was when he had heard about what was going on. But yk, he thought it was just gossip.

Then he transferred to YHS for a bit, and he learnt just how bad it was. He made it his goal and job to keep Grian safe, becoming his friend (And Taurtis, since if Etho was with Grian, Taurtis was always there aswell.) But then he was transferred again, he kept in touch obviously and tried his best to look after Grian.

He was even there to congratulate him when he started his own server! Until suddenly, Grian stopped responding.

***

So, imagine Ethos surprise when he logs into the new Season 6 world, and finds a small, sad avian trembling on the floor. He knew it was Grian immediately, despite how different he looked, the mannerisms were the same.

He was the only person who could get Grian to calm down that day. And the Avian clung onto him like his life depended on it.

***

These days, Etho still makes it his job to look after Grian (Old habits.). One of the hermits will tell Etho that Grian is overworking or stressed or whatever, or Etho will go find out himself.

One of his favorite things to do is carrying a sad or tired birdie in his arms, taking him back to his base, and cuddling until he’s asleep again.

- Poor anon

He learns quickly Grian has nightmares still of his time at YHS, and Etho really can't blame him. All he can do is give his forehead a kiss and smooth down his hair, hoping he can keep the nightmares at bay for Grian.

[constellation-sapphic]

I wonder if DSMP will end up to Tubbo what YHS is to Grian

[ashesinthewritten]

Its so interesting, from a character standpoint, of Grian’s involvement in shows.

From the insane series that was from sam, where he clearly suffered, forced to witness Death, to bear the Dead’s name and clothes, and tormented so much more still.

To Evo, which he did make, but was later hijacked by Watchers, turning from simple intrigue to to the ever present dread of what would come next. If it was ‘simple’ or if their next test would result in Disapproval, which Grian knew all too well and all too much. If it would hurt just him, if he was to draw their ire upon him (and away from his Players, his Friends, real actual loving friends, who did not deserve the torment) or if They were to gaze upon his only true friends, would that mean their Death? And if it came to that, he would, he will, he did Sacrifice all that he was to save them from Their Lash.

And then onto Hermitcraft. He was free. He learned to be free, to be more than he was conditioned to be, from his so-called friend, to those that (finally) rule far far away from him. Bringing him healing, bringing him love; for himself, for his life, for His Hermits, and the worlds they live on. He was able to become himself once more, without his fears to become fact, because he is truly Home with Kind and Stubborn and Brave, Courageous being to support him.

And when His new Cravings, New needs, ran so low, and hungered him to starvation, He Created. He Created a world where everyplayer would always know the stakes the reason. The Why.

And these Crazy Insane mostly mortal people Volunteered? They obliged his needs? Happily and eagerly? Well. If He knew where his Heart was, (he did, worlds upon worlds, and galaxies far far away), it simply would just Quake and Tremble and Burst with Love for His Players, Friends and Strangers alike.

Maybe his new Life was not so horrible, nor was it a curse, or some Cosmic Punishment for what he had done, or did not do. Because, after all. The Universe said I Love You, because You are Love.

[ask-the-iris-au-hermits]

(also canonically after yhs Yuki got a pretty long getting better arc, she got a job, had a kid, and then he accidentally time traveled back into her childood body making timeline stuff weird since she began fixing stuff in the past...

Eh...Yuki lore Is complicated, we didn't even touch the rest of her time travels, or the demon lore, or the olympus stuff...I purposely missed talking about the...*shudders* Hatsume Miku stuff)

We’re sticking with just yhs and the little bit of Tokyo soul I know about. For now we’re keeping yuki and Sam as officially the fucked up couple, and Sam as a definite abuser to Grian and Taurtis. ✨lore✨

Also, I might be wrong but hasnt irl yuki transitioned? If so I’d like to respect his pronouns when not discussing the yandere character

[robin33r]

TAURTIS.

Taurtis isn't talked about enough. He's genuinely gotten drowned out and it's golly awful!!! Everyone's so focused on Sam and grian and their stuff taurtis gets drowned out.

Taurtis is such an anomaly and he is MORE than just some silly guy who's Sam's best friend. I'd argue he's just as bad or maybe even a tad bit worse. Hear me out.

Straight up at the beginning of the series, no one mentions (outside of like 2 people) that taurtis has killed someone and made it on TV while getting away with it. Bros the first murderer we see in the season revealed and hey, this can imply he's done it before and never gotten caught. Taurtis knows damn well how things are and id argue hes the result behind Sam's behavior. Not Yuki, while she did also heavily influence him, he did a lot more damage.

No one ever mentions ot though because he's just a "silly little guy"

Even from the start Taurtis has been seen making these decisions for Sam but the way they work is making it look like the others independent when I can argue they're both codependent on eachother in a way. Taurtis even convinces and forces the idea of Sam doing things for to a sense someone can see "for his (Sam's) own good" When Sam was in love with Sookie and found out she was into women, he was bummed out, however Taurtis was the one who suggested he could chop her up or get Sam to dress as a girl in which; he even protested at first and kept denying. Taurtis in the beginning had a small weird obsession with when things went wrong; they could resort to "chop chop" It is known and we all talk about Sam and Yuki being a yandere but what about Taurtis being one potentially? I know this can be diminished by the nice treatment Salex (I have a whole another yap session about salex and him and sam) The second Sam said he had no chance with Sookie, Taurtis asked about using force and deceiving to help get Sam what he wants. Also for whatever reason he has a TON of images of Sam on his phone canonically?? Am I the only one who's taking that into acc?

Sam is EASILY one of the most quick-to-influence characters in the series and can easily be manipulated, despite being described as a manipulator himself. And the person who's been with him the most in life and who's been living ALONE with for who knows what time? For Sam to having gone down the rabbit hole he is, the person who'd have tk influence that would have to be Taurtis. He encourages and excuses everything and I'd argue he even partakes in stuff in his own time. There's also the fact he has no problem hurting his own friends as well, he's CONSTANTLY being physical with Sam and he doesn't even care with Stabbing him off a building as a friendly gesture to a sense. There's also the fact he literally doesn't care if someone (coughs SAM) plays dress up with him whenever they want, it's fine its whatever right?? He could care less about that stuff

HOWEVER in the end he's still a teenager, he's a genuinely insecure teenager. It's not directly stated however it is very much implied with his reactions and interactions and his need/drive to impress others and for them to be impressed by and to want him. He almost needs people to need him and that's probably part of what makes him happy about Sam's codependency because he knows Sam needs Taurtis. Taurtis needs someone to need him, which is probably what started his infatuation with salex because she always praised and flirted with him and fueled his confidence; that's what he wants or "needs." That's part of where I think not only Sam but TAURTIS is also codependent in his own way. It's an eye for an eye. He gives what he wants and expects that to be given back in its own way. He's more than happy with being popular and having Sam do so much, hell that helps boost his confidence. He's got his own demands and we've seen instances where he makes Sam supply hjm or give him his own food (which my friend has pointed out that Sam's willing to even starve for taurtis if it meant taurtis could feel full/get what he wanted.) We see Taurtis even being insecure when Sam and Grian point things out (like when he went bald and how horrible it looked) and he instantly jumped on trying to find ways to quickly grow his hair back. He doesn't want that imperfection. He's quick to jump to conclusions too because when Sam makes a small comment he INSTANTLY retorts. (Example; "you have a great chewwy/ you'd be a great chewwy-chewbaca" "are you saying I'm hairy/fat???) He's still an insecure teenager, despite his popular and having someone straight up need him to be even the slightest bit okay, I dont think he'd willingly abandon that

I have so much more to say but rn this is what I'm giving, I could go into his relationship with Sam, his acts/interests, hus family and childhood but that's for another episode

[erettheparrot]

Didn’t know which version of the Taurtis drawings looked better so have them both

also if you listen to lemon demon’s “hip hop cherry pop” too many times it sounds like hip hop Jerry pop lol

[imonaskypecallmom]

hold my hand i might rewatch yhs..

first time in like five years

[kiwibirbkat]

I'm very thankful for all those people who make playlists of all different perspectives of a series in release order because as a binge watcher it's very helpful.

Like, if I want to understand all of Grian's lore, I need to watch hermitcraft. And if I'm watching all of Grian's hermitcraft, I should obviously watch all the other hermits too because they're all important to Grian! And if I'm watching all of the hermits, I should watch empires smp season 2 as well because they're combined. And if I'm watching season 2, I obviously need to watch season 1 so I can get a better grasp of the story. And if I'm watching empires, I should watch some of their other content like kingdomcraft and Xlife and rats smp. And if I'm watching rats smp I should obviously watch some of Owens other content, like outsiders smp. But of course I can't just watch his perspective, I have to watch everybody's! And obviously I need to watch pirates smp and afterlife smp and-

It's exhausting to be like this but I could go on

(if there's another series I should watch to get a better grasp on these characters pls tell me I'm all ears and desperate for lore)

[starry-marshmallow]

This is something that’s been bothering me since I started playing mystic messenger and well I personally haven’t seen anyone discuss it.

For reference this is mainly about the Another Story and V Route timeline but it still applies to other timelines since it’s prevalent in the entire game.

Yoosung’s behavior towards Jihyun is made even more horrid considering how he admits multiple times that he doesn’t know much about Rika and V’s relationship and even Jihyun himself.

Whenever you ask him about their relationship or Rika and Jihyun as individuals, he just states that Rika was a happy person, Rika seemed happy with V, and that he doesn’t know much about Jihyun.

Despite this he’s so adamant about blaming Jihyun and suspecting him, so adamant about Rika not having mental health problems and not being “the kind of person to take her own life”.

He didn’t even know about Rika’s family and when he spoke to them himself and learned what they’re like and their thoughts on Rika. He still pulled the “V did way worse to Rika than her parents did”.

He’s speaking on a man and woman and their relationship despite not knowing much. They clearly wanted to keep certain things private and yet Yoosung does not respect or care to understand that.

And then Yoosung gets pissed when the other members step in and call him out for this shit or exclude him from certain things (e.i going to V’s house, going to rescue V and MC from Mint Eye, going to Rika’s apartment).

Saeyoung and Jumin were close to both of them and even they knew better than to cross obvious boundaries, antagonize, and harass someone whose behavior all points to a result of grieving.

There’s a clear lack of understanding of grief, mental health, and mental illness that Yoosung shows and doesn’t seem to really care to unpack which is extremely upsetting to see when you’ve been suicidal and/or lost a loved one and are grieving. Grief lives with you forever and you have to handle it in a healthy way. Yoosung doesn’t do that either.

[mystilotls]

Once Hermitcraft fans learn Grian canonically posed for a mugshot, it'll all be over

[gladimentyuri]

some recent yhs doodles Yayy

[marstelid]

(loud booing) hes back

[kingdomhearts-and-soriku-trash]

Namine: Call out to who’s most special to you!

Game: Shows Namine turning into Ka!ri.

Sure…it’s Ka!ri…..mhm…..totally.

[ask-the-iris-au-hermits]

(Oh...well, me dumb)

I mean...she did a lot of stuff to you so thats fair...

/yeah ^^’. It’s in the pinned now/

You may have been there but I assure you you have no idea what my life was like in highschool.