#read hmtb

[linkito]

fanart for Chapter 3 of @angeart’s incredible fic Help Me To Breathe — read it if you haven’t!!! seriously cannot recommend it enough!

“Every evening, Grian stops by and puts more flowers into the shulker box.

Every morning, Scar stands over the shulker box and hesitates.

Every time, he ends up taking the flowers out of the box.

No notes. No words. No messages.

Just a silent exchange of rusted meanings, a faint memory of a fallen sand castle and a whisper of hope to hold onto something that keeps stubbornly slipping out of their grasp.”

[sygni]

sketch with @angeart 's guys from hmtb <3 hightly reccomending reading it ! (and also go look at her art)

[lolikgiovi]

Journals, Dynamics, and My Thoughts of PIK HMTB

Another note I found on notion. This time, its written when I was the head of my college student’s committee. Continue reading Journals, Dynamics, and My Thoughts of PIK HMTB

[angeart]

i'm trying to get back to hmtb mindset and as i'm rereading the story, i'm playing with the idea of making art for every hmtb chapter (possibly just sketches, but hand might slip).

which makes me wonder if there's any particular scene/scenes from specific chapters you would like to see drawn? 👀 come tell me <3

[angeart]

[angeart]

Ange! Drop another chapter of hmtb, and my life is your’s 😞 /ref

(Not to rush u but to hype u CAUSE WTF THAT FIC HAS CRACK IN IT I CANT GET ENOUGHH IDK WHAT U PUT IN THIS SHIT..)

Anyways 🥰🥰

Luv ur writing pookie 🤧

Toodles 🙌🏻

gosh i love this silly ask thank you so much!!!

i always get hyped when there's hmtb mention, this actually did help me to feel motivated ❤️

[sygni]

forgot to post an another sketch with @angeart 's scarian from hmtb ! still mentally forcing all of you to go read it

[angeart]

Popping in to give you my favourite scene/moment from HMTB since this fic genuinely had me hyperfixated (I read all the chapters in one night it was wild LOL)

But honestly its how unhinged Scar is, especially in chapter 37 (Im planning to make fanart soon myself aha) But god I was TENSE the entire time. (Bonus points to literally any time Scar just starts slipping and thinking hes in third life)

Also if your doing the sketches honestly if you could draw any of those scenes itd be so cool to see! Have a wonderful day and excited to see the next chapter!

HELLO. i'm bouncing around so happy that someone came to tell me stuff. also, reading hmtb in one night is insane. i don't know whether to be worried or impressed.

scar losing grip is such a wild thing to deal with. the little detail of him lying confused in his bedroom, clawing at the floorboards to try to ground himself in the knowledge that they're wood, not sand (and it not working) still lives vividly in my head.

it's great to know people enjoy that aspect of the story! it's tricky but fun.

as for the sketch, i went to check chapter 37 and then went to draw. and. i said. i said i'd make a doodle but. my hand slipped. soooo, i'm making a proper drawing, which means it might take a bit longer, but i'll tag you when it's done!! here's a preview :3

[angeart]

hello!!!! Just wanted to drop in and tell you that I LOVE your fic HMTB and it was one of the first HC fica I’ve ever read!!! I’m not big on having a social presence on the internet but recently I’ve found myself in a Desert duo resurgence and hermit craft in general; I’ve found that I have this desperate to create my own art and stories that surround grian and scars dynamic bc it’s just… SO good. Like, idk how but there’s so many themes and details and symbols that you can draw from both their characters that isn’t even intentional!!!! It’s so cool!!! But I’m pretty scared to post anything or make an account dedicated to it. I’ve had this problem before, but after years and years of just following and lurking on accounts I feel like I might be able to handle it. Tbh I’m just anxious of what will happen if I do go through with it.

either way I don’t mean to bother you! Just wanted to tell you that I’m a long time enjoyer of your content and I’m glad to see you creating!! ty!

awwww hi!! thank you for coming here to tell me!! 🥺🥰💕

i've also been swallowed up by an urgent craving to create things about scar and grian :3c i know how that is. they're soo fun! and if you want to make things, you absolutely should! it's important to indulge in things that we enjoy doing, and creating stuff in particular can be so enriching!

i've sort of just. fallen into this hole myself. i remembered fanfics are a thing that exists, barely read a handful before i was hit by a sudden itch to make something myself... and boom, hmtb was born! just because i gave in! and i didn't know what to make of it or expect. it was just indulgent, born on a whim, but i put it out there anyway.

and then i remembered tumblr exists, and promptly went to look at scarian art :3c ... and bayum another itch later and i had an art account, and i also had no idea how that'll go or turn out!

and here we are.

opening up can be scary. but hey— think of it this way. if you make an account for things like that, you can always change your mind and pull out. it's easy. you can stop posting, or delete things—it's all yours. you control what you put out there.

i have met so many amazing people because i put myself and things i enjoy creating out there. it's been a wild ride—it's been, what, two years now?—but all of it is such an wonderful experience. (and yet somehow i continue to be surprised and so grateful and happy for every new positive interaction. like your message! <33)

if i never took that first step, i wouldn't be here, like this. i wouldn't know these people, i wouldn't have made these friends, i wouldn't have gotten back into rping, and i wouldn't be so continuously encouraged and inspired and excited to keep making more things! personally, i think sharing things is so fun. like, so so so fun. it's my favourite part. the mutual hype, inspiring each other, boucing off ideas, and feeling connected.

sometimes all it takes is being a little bit brave and taking a chance. taking that first small step on what might be a stroll to the end of your garden and back, or end up being a long, unexpectedly wonderful adventure. (yes okay i might be thinking about bilbo baggings here shhh—)

[angeart]

hmtb save me. save me hmtb.

I’VE READ IT MORE THAN ONCE IT’S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL I NEED MORE *SOBBING*

also I love how you draw Grian :3

i'm afraid hmtb can't save anyone. (they have their hands full with themselves and are failing at that too :3c haha oops)

ohhh gosh i'm so so happy to hear you've been enjoying the story!! (and their suffering /silly) progress on the fic is currently somewhat halted coz i'm dealing with some other things but it will continue! 🫡

obligatory question (but you don't actually have to answer if you don't want to ofc!) - do you have any favourite parts or bits/scenes that are stuck in your head 👉👈

and and aww thank u!! you like my grian! 🥰💕

[angeart]

I only recently found ur tumblr account but i’ve been reading ur fics (I enjoy them a lot!) and honestly it’s making me itch to write. Which i’ve done before but i’ve never committed to a proper fic, so like, any tips maybe? I’ve got Ideas but hell if I know how to execute them

hi hello! happy to hear you're enjoying the fics and aww!! oh gosh. that's so sweet that my writing is making u want to write 🥺

when i started writing hmtb, i had zero expectations, wasn't sure where the story was going to go, had just a vague simple concept i thought would be fun to play with... i haven't written anything in years. i also just got the Itch™️ after reading a good fanfic.

...and then suddely i just found myself writing. (and here we are)

it's a great feeling, and i think you should follow it if u can!! :3

i'm not quite sure what advice you're seeking out here exactly. is there something specific you're struggling with? i'm going to try to list and address some things under the cut, but if whatever you were looking for is missing, feel free to ask about it!

if it's commitment you struggle with, you can always start smaller. you can try to dabble in drabbles, see how the characters and the story setting feel like and get more comfortable with them (and in a way, more curious and inspired about them!).

you can do shorter bits or oneshots—like how i have an au around sleep demon grian, but only have one oneshot fic set in it. it gets you test things out without getting overwhelmed about having to have a Big Story, and then if you decide you want to do more, you can arrange them into a series and link them thematically that way into one cohesive story anyway! (the way i do with boatem circus.)

or you can use prompts to center your works around. which, speaking of, the boatem circus' oneshot was all spawned from a thought "what if panic attacks". bayum.

honestly, i'm not best at organisation and just wing things a lot. but i do recommend you to note down ideas at each opportunity. whether it's just a concept, a dialogue, a snippet, an atmosphere, a scene you might like to play around with at some point, or a whole ass Big Rambly Thought. save it somewhere! save it all!

you can even write down what you need to figure out next. what are the points of the story you need to Think About Some More so that you can move forward? jot down the questions, too, so that you know what to focus on next time you want to brainstorm stuff.

if you're writing a longer thing, i also recommend to note down details you need to keep track of that might otherwise get swallowed up and forgotten as the focus moves elsewhere. (for example, i have a note saying scar was given a feather, and the clothes they're wearing as they're swapped/unusual. i have a note that says that hmtb scar still has flowers from grian's collapse in the field in his inventory—)

but. that all being said. the most important thing is to have fun with what you're doing and to be interested in your own story and the characters in it. i think that's really the key to it. you need to tell the story you want to see. it's gonna be for you, first and foremost, and that's important to be aware of.

which means... be self indulgent!! it's your story! go wild! do what you want!! <333

as for motivation, staying on track, and staying engaged with your story... if you can get someone to ramble at and bounce ideas off of and show writing progress to, that can be a great help! it's even great for fleshing out stories/developing things further/getting new ideas. (a lot of hmtb plotpoints were born in private DMs just because we were throwing "what if" and "imagine this" around!)

at the end of it all... it really just boils down to: start writing.

don't overthink it. open a page, and set the characters free on it.

here's a great thing: it doesn't have to be perfect.

write it anyway.

you can consider it a draft, and then you can read over it and see if you want to edit it in any way. you can have wips around. that's fine! the important part is to start <3

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as a bonus here's some example chaos of my various notes. i have all kinds of things saved, this is kind of just an example of how it can look:

[angeart]

hiii i’m new here, read help me to breathe and im wondering what hhau is

hello!! i hope you enjoyed hmtb so far! <3

now sit down and let me tell you about hhau :3 my and link's beloved obsession born out of our self-indulgent scarian RP.

so, hhau stands for hunted hybrids au, and there is no official fic associated with it as of this date, but there are soooo many rambles, story arcs, art, and even rp bits (some posted to ao3!)

to make things easy, these are all collected and shared in one single masterpost that i recommend you check out! there are some cws listed in the post, so take note, but if you like angst and you like scarian, you're in the right place.

the basic premise is that HC 8 imploded, scattered hermits across various worlds, and scar and grian had the unfortunate luck to end up in a permadeath world where hybrids are relentlessly hunted for sport or trophies. grian as a rare-coloured avian and scar as a vex are not going to have Good Time, trust me.

without resources or knowledge of the world, they try to navigate it and survive—and, maybe, hopefully, do even more than that. maybe even live—with nothing but each other to rely on.

they come across situations (a lot of them life threatening or ending in injuries—) and various people and there's a myriad of complex feelings and so many new fears and traumas and triggers for them to learn how to deal with!

it all started with an idea and >> this art << back in november, and has evolved so much ever since. take a look at the hhau masterpost or look at hhau tag to find out more... or throw more questions at me! i'll be happy to answer them <3

[angeart]

I hope you know that as i was scrolling through ao3 and saw an update of hmtb i gasped SO LOUD. you are a MACHINE!!! Cannot wait to read the new chap :)

YAY i'm so happy to hear people are excited when they see hmtb!! :D

enjoy the chapter!! <3

[angeart]

i did it :3 an anniversary update of hmtb (chapter 51)

it's been a year!!!

i had no idea my silly little fic would get this far. it's insane and mindboggling (in a /pos way), especially to know that people still enjoy the story after all this time. that you guys want me to share this with you and get excited for new chapters. (it makes me so so so happy!!)

and gosh, i wish i could make a more proper and coherent post about this but i'm unwell today xjnbjkn so it's hard to think and word things but. the fact that this fic is what let me enter the fandom properly? i think i'd just stay quiet and maybe read some fics and not interact with anyone ever, if it wasn't for hmtb. and then those interactions led to me properly getting on tumblr and making this side blog and getting (back) into drawing and stuff!

that's so wild. it started with such a small little thing - just an idea, a whim, a little bit of self-indulgent bravery - and yet it feels so significant. like it changed my life so much. (enriched it!!) (i'm now here you guys can't get rid of me /hj)

but it's more than those things. it's... it let me meet and talk to people who love the same things, and i was able to make some friends who are now very dear and important to me. and i wouldn't change it for the world. (i love you guys <3)

it's not a journey i expected when i decided on a whim to write a hermitcraft fanfic. but man, am i glad i did post that first chapter, one year ago.

thank you all for reading <3

[angeart]

I forget if I should know this but hmtb + 7

hiyaaa link!!

7: Where did the title come from?

honestly, it's a mix of the concept (deaths, fears, all the potential panic attacks...) and then from there it was absolutely inspired by and yoinked from Duvet by Bôa. (and honestly, it's only grown to fit more over time i feel like?)

And you don't seem to understand A shame you seemed an honest man And all the fears you hold so dear Will turn to whisper in your ear And you know what they say might hurt you And you know that it means so much And you don't even feel a thing

I am falling, I am fadingI have lost it all

And you don't seem the lying kind A shame that I can read your mind And all the things that I read there Candlelit smile that we both share And you know I don't mean to hurt you But you know that it means so much And you don't even feel a thing

I am falling I am fading I am drowning Help me to breathe

I am hurting I have lost it all I am losing Help me to breathe

// question from here

[angeart]

just binge-read the ENTIRETY of hmtb and it is just SO FREAKING GOOD it has the perfect amount of angst and (accidental) miscommunication and really genuine attempts to improve and i am crying rhis is just so well written

thank you :]

you are appreciated

i love your work

💛

waaaa thank youuu!!

i like to think that hmtb is a perfect example of one step forwards, two (or ten) steps back <33 and we need a little bit of softness every now and then to make the angst hit harder.

so very happy you have enjoyed the story so far and thank you so so much for coming here to tell me!!! 💕 i appreciate you!