#hc!tangotek

[factorialsotherfandoms]

I... was going to take today off, but then I was watching a mix of Decked Out and old Hermitcraft videos and while this isn't a build-build, I don't think he counts as anything else...? We can call the build the workshop in Decked Out, if we have to (even if Netherception is my true beloved)

TBH while I'll add it to the au list when I ao3 it, probably, this one is very much more canon than the others.

I also decided to start writing this at 1am on the 19th in my timezone so um sorry Cleo I will be writing you soooo tired tomorrow. It is also very tiny ficlet.

Rusty is old. An outdated model, and in poor condition at that. After years more service than he was designed for, he truly lives up to his name - rusted, chipped, cracking and a little charred.

His Master laughs when golems burn, cackles in unrelenting glee as he watches his other creations be destroy.

And yet time and again Rusty gets to continue. Where he gets to exist varies, but again and again he is repaired, and again and again his Master gently puts him back together, even as he creates/experiments on/destroys/torments all of the rest.

Golems are only good for their iron, and yet Rusty - and no others - is allowed to persist.

Time and time again, from world to world and long after the Titan is obsolete and his Master is no longer a God of Iron- Still does Rusty persist.

Not live, because golems are not alive, they do not think or feel, just exist and be.

But persist. Rusty persists, and exists, and will continue to be.

These day Rusty's Master is no longer the God of Iron, dethroned as he turned to other endeavours, but he is a Master of Frost, of a Dungeon, of a Game. His Master's friends come and go, and still Rusty exists - falling apart for he is much older than a golem ever should be, but still there.

And then, they learn; the one with the mask Rusty sees the most of, but many of his Master's friends come and go. Some come, see, and leave, others bring with them repair kits and take a little time to fix him once again.

His Master will never admit it, but as the Dungeon's Master, too, he rewards them. Coins and crowns and embers for those who fix Rusty, who help his Master keep up with the unending job of fixing him.

When the Dungeon closes his Master visits him, fixes him up as well, if there is any damage left at the end of the day. He sits with Rusty, giggles in glee when there is no damage to fix - those same giggles he makes when he kills other golems - talks to him about the dungeon and his plans and the world outside, where his Master's friends live.

In a tube nearby, a newer golem burns in acid.

On the table, another lies hacked apart.

There will never be a reward for fixing anyone else.

[eydilily]

some screenshot redraws from the outreach!

[rdm00n]

Ding Ding Ding* Oorder upp!!

:D

[d0not-disturb]

I call them the postal pals or something

[alicenotalice]

I couldn’t tell who was more confused—Joe Hills being suddenly confronted by the reality of several thousand meowing tangoraiders; or several thousand meowing tangoraiders being suddenly confronted by the reality of Joe Hills

[chirrups]

team pet: mail delivery straight to you, no matter how deep the dungeon level

[notscarsafe]

Everyone made it back from Twitchcon!

[orangeocelotmartyn]

Martyn: I'll be real, I've nothing against crying, but. I just don't wanna have red eyes, y'know what I mean? (three seconds of silence) Mm. I already cried last night, in the bar as well. (he laughs) I'm a state whenever I come away on these trips. I think it's just because I just realize the impact of what we do. I'm very…appreciative of the position that I have, and…the trust that people have in me. Not only you guys, but the Hermits as well. Like. It was Tango who got me last night. Tango was like, "yeah, you know, when we were concepting this event, um, and we wanted to have you on board," he was like, he was like, "I just want you to really know that like, we didn't just want someone for a role," he was like, "we wanted you." The-he-I--he was like, "it wasn't like a, 'oh, who's gonna read the donations,' it was like, well no. We just want Martyn there. Like, we think he could bring a lot to it." And I was like, "ooh." And that--that really got me. It's getting me again. Oh, god. Mmmmmmm. (sniffs) But yeah, very sweet. Very very sweet. It's good. But yeah, I'm gonna be a state, all weekend. I always am. I always am, at these things. Ugh.

[grassiestars]

was that an avril lavigne reference

moment from 3:34:09 in tango's vod where he plays hh w/ jimmy. I know what i drew isnt exactly what happened but yk 💔

[millastaria]

perhaps if you're doing requests... could you draw a little DM Tango? funky evil dungeon master guy but he's tiny :)

today's mini fella is dungeon master tango! ❄️

[seawaveleo]

doc's mailbox discussion from tango's stream today

[syneester]

Tango. TangoTek. In desperate need of the silly guy. I am obsessed with your style and obsessed with him.

Don't tell my friends I am begging for more Tango art again. My mutuals can't know yet. /j /silly

Not doing anon cause I'm done getting shy. For now.

Run boy, run

[eydilily]

some outfit swaps!

technically a late one for D9 of hermit a day may :'D

[reveri3bunny]

like father like son

[tylertyless]

I participated in Bayleaf’s (on instagram) DTIYS.

It was fun drawing hermits I don’t normally draw, generally fine even though I’m not too happy with the way it turned out.

[meercraft]