#the minecraft did NOT solve the problem

[uncreative-cryptid]

head hurty

[foxyk7]

[royalarchivist]

Cellbit: Are you enjoying it? Are you liking it?

Etoiles: It looks like you– Like um– The enigma you did like, in all your Minecraft stuff? It's kinda the same, but it seems like you a bit sick in the head, because–

Cellbit: [Cracks up]

Etoiles: [Laughs] There's– bro, the first enigma– the first enigma is bullsht!

Cellbit: Oh! You mean the menu? The menu puzzle.

Etoiles: Yeah, the menu. Bro, I was so tilted on the first one! [Laughs] I was so tilted! I was like "OK?! Four years of development to put- to put the blood on it?!" 🙄

[...]

Cellbit: Oh! You know, it is- it is kinda hard, but not that hard. You're a smart guy, you get it.

Etoiles: Ehh, we will see. 😑

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Cellbit: Hi!

Etoiles: [He jumps] WHOA!

Cellbit: I think you're muted.

Etoiles: O-oh! You scared- you scared me! [Laughs with Cellbit]

Cellbit: I'm sorry! Do you need help?

Etoiles: Bro, there's a problem, like– Excuse me, but– I'm playing a game, I don't know if you know, it's like, "Enigma of Fear."

Cellbit: Ok, ok, yeah, I heard it came out.

Etoiles: Ok, yeah, and I'm opening something, and when I'm opening the thing, it's not working! Look, look, look, if–

Cellbit: Oh yeah! It's like a crumpled paper, right?

Etoiles: IT'S WORKING NOW! [Laughs] Ok, ok– I just need to reset-

Cellbit: Yes. Yeah, I fixed it live.

Etoiles: Ok, you fixed it? Ok ok ok, thank you, man.

Cellbit: [Laughs]

Etoiles: Thank you, thank you, I just need to... to go out, and to go in. Ok, um– It's beautiful, for now. It's a pretty cool experience!

Cellbit: Are you enjoying it? Are you liking it?

Etoiles: It looks like you– Like um–

Cellbit: Aww...

Etoiles: The enigma you did like, in all your Minecraft stuff? We look like–

Cellbit: Yeah.

Etoiles: It's kinda the same, but it seems like you a bit sick in the head, because–

Cellbit: [Cracks up]

Etoiles: [Laughs] There's– bro, the first enigma– the first enigma is bullsht!

Cellbit: Did you– yeah, I see you haven't solved the whole thing yet, right?

Etoiles: No no no, I- I- I'm in front of the 4a, thing.

Cellbit: Oh! You mean the menu? The menu puzzle.

Etoiles: Yeah, the menu.

Cellbit: Oh, alright, yeah. I just got to your stream, I'm watching with subtitles on.

Etoiles: Bro, I was so tilted on the first one! [Laughs]

Cellbit: [Laughs]

Etoiles: I was so tilted! I was like "OK?! Four years of development to put- to put the blood on it?!" No... It seems– the enigma with the 4pm thing on the alarm seems to be problematic.

Cellbit: Oh wha- why problematic?

Etoiles: Yea- no– It seems to be hard.

Cellbit: Oh! You know, it is- it is kinda hard, but not that hard. You're a smart guy, you get it.

Etoiles: Ehh, we will see. Thank you so much for the insights, I will–

Cellbit: Yeah, if you need any hints, just call me again.

Etoiles: I will call you bro, you're amazing. See you.

Cellbit: Bye bro!

After this, Etoiles says something along the lines of "This is a bit of a flex when you feel like asking a question about a game you can call the dev." Please let me know if there's a better way to translate this; I don't speak French so I'm solely relying on subtitles here.

[momochiikawa]

GENSHIN STREAMER AU X READER

includes: cyno, heizou, kaeya, scara, childe, ningguang, kazuha

content: fluff, kys jokes in scaras part

gn!reader ♡

cyno

pro gamer!!!

plays lots of different games but his favourites are "the witcher 3" and "Identity v"

takes part in tournaments!

probably streams at ungodly hours

great at roleplaying and getting into the lore

sometimes, he does "silly streams" where he, tighnari, kaveh, and alhaitham play uno.

lord they curse so loudly

once they woke you up from a nap and cyno ended the stream to cuddle you back to sleep, because he felt so bad :((

the chat knows you as "choo choo boo boo"

when you're beside him while he streams, he tries so hard to win so you can compliment him ♡

tells unfunny jokes on twitter

heizou

AHHH

mainly plays games like "ABZU" or "life is strange"

great at puzzles in games

probably has a youtube where he posts tutorials

if he can't solve something, he starts screaming into the mic (press f for the chat)

sometimes he just streams with you cuddled into his side, commenting whatever he's doing

kaeya

a variety streamer

he mainly plays horror games, loves the adrenaline .

makes you sit with him during the scariest moments, so you'll hug his arm when you're scared

(it ends up being him cuddling into your arm)

when you two are actually playing a multiplayer game, he makes you take his chair (super comfortable!!) and just sits on a stool (rip)

will play your favourite game on stream!!

did a cooking stream on valentines day, where he was making a cake for you ♡

scara

plays league of legends, and valorant

swears so much, you're scared he'll get banned

the chat loves you because you made him meow after a big donation once

also plays tournaments and won many

doesn't like playing lol or valorant with you, he prefers things like minecraft or stardew valley (you collect flowers, he fights for his life in the caves)

there's so many clips of him being soft for you, and then instantly telling tartaglia to kys

when you two first kissed on live the chat went insane, and it was trending on twitter

was canceled so many times on twitter

childe

plays w/ scara!

he often does cooking streams in that god awful apron with the text "kiss the cook"

doesn't swear as much, he keeps it family friendly when his brother is watching his stream

but his late night streams. LORD. the amount of dirty jokes...

plays roblox with you

likes having you on his lap while preparing for tournaments ♡

ningguang

ASMR!!

her voice is perfect for it ♡

you always appear in her skincare/handcare/haircare/makeup streams

you know those east asian channels where they just put so much expensive stuff on you?

yeah thats her

will give you a lil kiss afterwards the stream as a reward ♡

if you had problems falling asleep, now you feel completely relaxed while she gently messages your face ♡

kazuha

cozy!

plays minecraft, stardew valley, animal crossing and stray

has a very warm voice so his chat are either simps, or people who want to fall asleep.

you often bring him snacks and drinks while saying hello to the chat!

you consider the chat your kids basically. (kazuha is the mom btw)

always gifts you flowers in stardew/minecraft

you kissed you once on stream and chat watched him gradually get redder by each second.

he's scared of twitter (i dont blame him lmao)

[tailsthetheorist]

"Tails's Joke Corner: Part 2 – 200% More Chaos, 100% More Punchlines. Btw yes ididnot take much care on this thanthe lasttime technical issues

Why did Sonic start a podcast? Because he wanted to go live at the speed of sound.

Shadow tried therapy once… …but the therapist couldn’t handle the existential edge.

Rouge stole a Chaos Emerald and said: “Oops, my kleptomania’s acting up again.”

Tails built a mech that could fold laundry. It folded itself into depression.

Amy tried Tinder, but everyone swiped left. Except Sonic. He ran from the app.

Omega updated his firmware… Now he’s emotionally unstable and slightly British.

Knuckles locked his keys in the Master Emerald. The echidna tech support said: “Have you tried punching it?”

Sonic Frontiers glitch: Sonic fell off a boss and landed in Skyrim.

Shadow in Shadow Gems be like: “I am the ultimate bug report.”

Big the Cat got lost in Cyberspace. Froggy sent him a GPS pin.

Dr. Eggman created a dating sim. It only matched him with himself.

Tails installed Windows 98 on the Tornado. Now it runs slower than Classic Sonic.

Sonic ordered a chili dog. Shadow asked, “Is that your purpose?”

Shadow’s keyboard only has edge keys. Ctrl + Alt + Existential Crisis.

Silver came from the future just to say: “Bro, 06 still sucks.”

Amy has a hammer. Sonic has trauma.

Eggman tried creating a streaming service. It’s called Eggflix and only plays his TED Talks.

Chaos tried swimming in Gatorade. He evolved into an energy drink mascot.

Rouge infiltrated Area 51. Found Shadow’s original edgy design sketches.

Tails got stuck in Blender. Not the software. The kitchen appliance.

Shadow used Chaos Control to skip the tutorial. Now he doesn’t know how to play life.

Sonic forgot his rings. Shadow said, “You dropped your bling, faker.”

Blaze lit her stove with her fingers. The kitchen is gone now.

Knuckles downloaded Duolingo. He still can’t read ancient text.

Omega’s internal clock runs on doom energy.

Sonic Heroes but every team talks at once. “Sonic! Espio! Charmy! Eggman?!?”

Shadow Generations: The camera is your enemy.

Tails accidentally created ChatGPT. Now the Tornado argues with him.

Eggman made a clone of himself. He lost an argument to it.

Sonic got stuck on a wall. Knuckles asked, “You climbing or glitching?”

Amy’s hammer is Bluetooth now. It plays Spotify mid-swing.

Big became a Twitch streamer. Category: Just Froggin’.

Shadow’s motorcycle runs on trauma.

Tails modded Minecraft. It now runs in the Tornado’s cockpit.

Sonic tried sleeping. His dreams were just speedruns.

Knuckles’ dating profile: “Guardian of your heart. Punch first, ask later.”

Eggman’s mech broke. He rage quit and blamed lag.

Metal Sonic tried making toast. Set the house on fire with precision.

Sonic did a kickflip. Amy said: “Husband material.”

Shadow Generations glitch: “Camera said: I do not perceive you.”

Sonic blinked… And ended up in the ARK again.

Shadow joined a meditation group. He yelled “CHAOS CONTROL” in the first 5 minutes.

Tails tried yoga. Now he’s a pretzel with an IQ of 300.

Rouge wore stealth shoes. Still heard by Knuckles from 3 zones away.

Silver made a TikTok.

ITSTHENEARFUTURE

Eggman uses Microsoft Paint for schematics.

Blaze sneezed. The entire zone caught fire.

Knuckles found a riddle. Punched it. Problem solved.

Sonic Generations glitch: Sonic yeeted himself into the title screen.

Shadow said "Maria" so hard the game crashed.

Tails made a backup of Shadow’s memory. Now it’s just labeled “DO NOT OPEN – TOO MUCH EDGE.”

Shadow blinked in Shadow Gems… Game crashed out of fear.

Knuckles got a library card. Then punched the librarian for "being too mysterious."

Eggman tried stand-up comedy. The punchline exploded.

Sonic ran so fast, he entered another Sonic game. It was Sonic Boom. He immediately ran back.

Tails made a smart fridge. Now it lectures him about nutrition.

Amy joined a rock band. Her instrument? The hammer, obviously.

Omega tried painting. The canvas caught fire from rage.

Shadow sat in a therapist's chair. The chair disintegrated.

Sonic got a sponsorship deal. It was for anti-glitch spray. He refused.

Rouge tried yoga. She stole everyone’s mats.

Knuckles made a smoothie. He punched the fruit directly.

Shadow hacked the game code. He replaced all NPCs with himself.

Sonic found a bug in Shadow Gems. Shadow just called it a “feature.”

Tails asked ChatGPT for advice. Now he’s building a sarcasm bot.

Eggman joined Twitter. He blocked Sonic in real life.

Big the Cat wandered into Final Fortress. No one knows how. Not even Big.

Silver said “IT’S NO USE” at a coffee shop. Now he's banned for life.

Shadow downloaded Spotify. Every playlist is titled “Angst.”

Sonic tried ASMR. Too fast. The mic exploded.

Tails built a drone. It follows Shadow and whispers “edgy…”

Knuckles tried sushi. Punched the wasabi.

Amy wrote a fanfic. Sonic moved to another timeline.

Omega tried gardening. Now he grows C4.

Shadow entered cyberspace. The internet got emotional.

Sonic got invited to Smash. Shadow broke the door down asking “WHERE’S MY INVITE?!”

Tails made a Sonic AI. It speedran its own shutdown.

Eggman bought a Fitbit. Declared war on his step count.

Rouge got a diamond sponsorship. She stole the diamonds right after.

Sonic accidentally boosted into a mirror. Said “Sorry faker” to himself.

Knuckles started a podcast. Only one episode. It’s just grunting.

Shadow turned off motion blur. The game lost 90% of its style.

Tails programmed a meme bot. It only posts "Shadow = edgy" memes.

Silver tried therapy. Time travel made every session awkward.

Omega entered a rap battle. He dropped bars and missiles.

Big became a motivational speaker. His only advice: “Froggy.”

Shadow walked into a Hot Topic. Got hired on sight.

Sonic got a glitch where he turned into a car. Shadow drove him off a cliff for “justice.”

Rouge disguised herself as a Chaos Emerald. Knuckles fell for it.

Tails made an AI Sonic. It spent 3 hours saying “Gotta go fast.”

Eggman’s mech had a voice assistant. It refused to listen unless bribed with EggTokens.

Shadow stared into the void. The void blinked.

Knuckles tried a Rubik’s cube. Solved it with one punch.

Sonic made a cooking show. Every dish was chili dogs.

Silver said “It’s no use” to a vending machine. It worked.

Omega tried to join Instagram. Got banned for explosive selfies.

Amy went to therapy. The hammer got its own seat.

Tails accidentally opened the multiverse. Now there are 12 Sonics and a plumber.

Shadow tried journaling. It was just the word “darkness” 400 times.

Sonic met his alternate self. They raced. Time imploded.

(Btw there might be errors bc of autocorrect in the text like reblog this took me a whilee btw what shoud i do next theory or etc?)

[antimony-medusa]

Man though, last year I saw a bit of Squidcraft but I kind of came in halfway through things on Tubbo's stream and didn't process anything other than confetti deaths, but even then I went "wow this is complicated and well organized".

But this year with my schedule having been artificially cleared (thank you covid) and having been able to watch from the beginning, like DAMN this is just a really fucking impressive achievement in terms of organization.

Like, wrangling over two hundred streamers in two languages, all the coding and design for interesting custom games that are easy to grasp immediately and engaging both to play and to watch AND that work in minecraft, the fact that we know all the streamer mods are in a mod server so they can stay on the same enforcement page and THAT server has to be kept on top of, they just did a word game with riddles that worked in two languages, the fact that they've turned one of the agonies of twitch rivals watching (long downtime between games) into a strength of the event with prox chat and organic streamer interactions, doing death reviews to make sure that everything is fair, all of the documentation that again had to be done in multiple languages and clear enough to be understood by adrenaline-hyped streamers getting ready to fight for their lives, a help ticket system that problem solves and responds within seconds during a game— like every angle I have to consider it is another thing that is complex to organize and they're doing it REALLY FUCKING WELL. I keep trying to think about what would go into the back end of an event like this and i'm picturing a fucking nasa command centre, to keep this going. My kudos to the admin team.

[cat-boi-gaming]

Scott smajor… what is he?

Scott smajor is one of my favorite Minecraft YouTuber the series I’m talking about today is the life series

so I’m going to some up the life series for y’all, so we’re on the same page.

The life series is a series created by Grian, you get three lives, a green life, yellow life in a red life. Greens are peaceful, yellow lives are aggressive to greens and reds are aggressive to everyone. Each series within the life series, has a little twist to it. Like last life with the bogeyman in the amount of lives assigned at the beginning, double life with the soul bonds, Limited life being limited by a clock, in secret life where you were assigned tasks to do things along with the bogeyman curse in both limited life and secret life. Scott as a character has a lot of lore when it comes to the life series. He’s been there since third life, and we know he’s pissed off the watchers. The thing that I’m confused about is why was he in third life at least from a lore perspective. The cast of third life had all been on the evolution server, but not Scott. So why was he there? He didn’t have a connection to the watchers for them to have pulled him into the game, so how did Scott get there? That’s the question that led me down this theorizing path.

I couldn’t really figure out a reason why he would be in third life, but I do know this the watchers don’t like Scott. The watchers have said before “he mocks us”. He refuses to do the bogeyman curse, and still wins. Scott is bright, both as a character and intelligence wise. It makes sense for the Waters to have their eyes on Scott and for Scott to have gotten their attention. The problem is pinpointing where that comes from. Obviously, the watcher his attention was drawn whenever he refused to do the bogeyman curse, but if that was the case, why was he put back? Where the watcher is trying to expand the people that they influence so they added more people during last life? Did Scott do some thing in third life that drew the attention of the watchers? Because I don’t think he was a part of the Yandry high school lore so there’s no way for the watchers to have gotten involved there, and even then there seems to be times with that pre-dates when the watchers were causing a lot of problems. he could also have gotten their attention from some of the other series that he’s done, but then why only Scott why not anyone else? What makes Scott so special that the Watchers felt the need to include him in third life

Also, what is up with that Ally blessing.

The ally blessing is a blessing that has surprisingly held out through all of the series. How Scott’s ally blessing works, is, if he’s allied with a person that person will win or he will win. Well, some believe he wasn’t allied with scar in secret life he, in fact was allied with scar. He gave him that enchanted sword, and during the opposite episode on scars perspective, the way he talked implied that he had caught onto what scars task was or at least he understood that he was doing the opposite of what he was saying so when scar said I’m so glad we’re not allies Scott played along. I understand that logistically the ally blessing is just Scott being a really good player and wanting the others to win but I am doing this purely from a lore point of view.

all of this kind of swirled together until I came up with this theory.

Scott is some thing like the watchers. I don’t think he’s a watcher, I also don’t think he’s a listener, I think he’s his own thing, something separate to the watchers in the listeners, so I started calling him a whisper, since we have watchers for the eyes listeners for the ears so it’s only logical the next thing we get is whispers out of the mouth. and when you look at it from that perspective, a lot of the questions I was asking earlier kind of get solved

if he’s a whisper as I’m calling it, it makes sense for him to effectively be an opposite of a watcher or a listener, giving blessings instead of curses or breaking curses for other people in fact, Scott is the reason why the canary curse got broken. Lizzie was attacking Scott when she fell into the void and took the curse,

i’m thinking the watchers knew that Scott was something otherworldly and decided to drag him in along with grain.

I also support this with the fact that Scott is aware of the past lives, he repeatedly makes references to rats smp, witchcraft smp, third life, new life, pirates smp , and so many more. He’s very obviously not an NPC if we’re using Martin‘s lore.

but we also don’t have any conformation that he’s a player like Martin is

but we do know Grain does remember at least some of the past lives

so, using this evidence, I am suggesting that Scott falls into another category of otherworldly beings like the watchers and the listeners

But that’s just a theory

[riodoesstuff]

"The Z in 'Zine' stands for Z■■■"

Pt.1 // Pt.2 // Pt.3

As one of our college works, we got tasked to make a zine of whatever we wanted that had at least a minimum of 20 pages, so i did a 27ish pages long comic using the minecraft end poem about one of my OCs, Mr.Z , whom has become the main target of my brainrot.

Since some of the things said in the pages aren't really true to the actual TDV storyline, I would say this is semi-canon, but most of it is fr canon.

Also, fun fact! the first printed version of this zine was all in B&W, save for a dark and denatured shade of red. Why? Well, because it turns out that making 5 in color copies of a 27-page long zine is not. cheap. So how do you solve that problem? Easy! Make & Print it in B&W, then paint all those 27 pages by hand and cut out different pieces of colorful paper for the glasses.

-> Pros: Cheap, no extra costs in printing; Cool hand-made stuff fits the character's theme!

-> Cons: You are out of time, and this is extremely time-consuming and not effective at all; Your hands and wrist hurt like hell; They are not uniform at all; Literally everything else.

Why did i do that. am i fucking mad.

[rubyroboticalt]

Minecrafters grab your pickaxes, and catch up on the QBLR QUATERLY!

What's up guys, update just dropped! It sure is something to try and decipher, huh. We've got pages of new stuff to go over, so let me learn you a thing about all the events and mishaps that happened on the server this week!

This week, the news is late. Why is that?

Splat's solar system is complete! And what a beauty it is. And if you're wanting to see the real thing, there are plenty of potions that can give you enough levitation to reach Andromeda!

There are, of course, other potions to drink if fizzy lifting isn't your thing. And if you're on the violent side of things, Nightmarish and their friends have fun summoning dozens of skeletons! If you want a chiller time, Bibi has learned how to ride a camel.

Residents attend a normal dinner! And Grunk has a fun day at dirt world. Swamp and Gummy have big news - Swamp is having Gummy's baby! Congrats! Group enigma solving at Pirate Cove sees all twelve ender eyes found.

Hivi breaks free of the Ender King's control after a long, long fight. A new mod allows residents to make plush mobs! And, of course, the End opens! Tonmy is the first through the end portal and Levi gets the final strike on the first dragon. Due to scheduling conflicts, there are more than one first dragon fights! The second sees Mando dealing the killing blow.

And with the End open and the dragon dead, residents begin exploring for loot and new blocks! Splat uses his elytra to take some aerial screenshots of his projects. Inc uses his elytra to go endbusting with Jelli and Levi. And Zephyrous uses her elytra to catch and ride a tardigrade.

Of course, the End is not without its issues, looking at you Penumbral Forest. Berry and Popcorn invent new problems in trying to collect every plush mob in the game. And Neon invents water skiing with elytra.

Using cages, every End mob has been collected and brought to the Overworld. Including the Enderophage, which is being used to inflict pregnancy on players at random.

Did I mention that End Cities got buffed? End cities got buffed. A lot. And a statue of Pewen gets added to the creature statue garden! Residents also meet Jeff, the villager at the end of the game.

And now, a reading from r/malelivingspaces: White sandstone floors. Wine concrete walls. Split level with no visible accessible ramp between levels. Three yellow windows in the entryway. Single bookshelf placed on the upper level. Torches scattered about willy-nilly to stave off darkness. Almos, staring regretfully at the room. Single furnace placed on the back wall. Split level ceiling to match the floor. This has been a reading from r/malelivingspaces.

Grace builds a rainbow bubble under the water. Glitch has a normal reaction to the salt wastes biome.

And this week ends with a picnic at a lovely pink pergola.

[multimix101]

AvA/M Criminal AU Ideas

Akin to an insane AU, but not completely - uhhhhh yeah

uhhhh so this was just me vomitting ideas for a bit on my Criminal AU I haven't fully finished the concept but I think it's worth sharing so, uh- TAKE. *yeets this at your face*

Our friendly stick figures are wanted criminals and live life on the edge in StickCity.

RocketCorp is still an elusive presence - run by Victim - but they’re working with the city’s police - run by Mango (Purple as a right-hand) - to apprehend Chosen and Dark (and, later, the CG as well).

Chosen & Dark and the CG are seen as different… uh… criminal groups (do different jobs, go out at different times, have different motifs, etc), but they’re in alliance and live close together (the CG became their own “criminal group” (help idk what to call it) after a while of living with Chosen and Dark - the two groups live near each other and visit often)

About a year and a half after the events of AvA 4 (the CG does discover the minecraft block and they get through S1 & 2 of their adventures BUT THEY NEVER MEET PURPLE), Alan’s computer has a major malfunction and begins shutting down itself and his accounts. He’s able to upload the CGs’ files to the cloud just before the PC breaks, saving them. Alan and the CG are unable to contact each other, even if he gets a different computer, because his program/account was the thing that broke. If he got a new program/account, it would be impossible to communicate which one let alone find him among the billions of others. (maybe Sec can have trauma flashbacks to Alan and them locking eyes, Alan smiling weakly, before the computer shuts down to help explain this)

The CG doesn’t have anywhere to go, and they eventually find Dark and Chosen. They get exhilaration and satisfaction in helping the hollowhead brothers with their crime sprees, so they join them.

Gold, instead of dying to minecraft, dies in a fire caused by Dark and Chosen. Mango blames them for Gold’s death, and vows to apprehend the two of them and/or get revenge (he wants them alive so he can have a chat with them first either way)

Purple was already working as the secretary to the chief of police (cause Navy used to work there and they wanted him to be happy that they were  - it doesn’t work lmao but the people in the department realise how bright Purple is and they’re widely respected). Mango was the deputy chief until the former chief stepped down and he was promoted to chief of police. He was sought out by Victim (cause Vic heard about his determination on Cho and Dark), and they both agreed to work together trying to take down the two. He then spoke to the police commissioner/superintendent, and - with some assistance from Victim - got permission to direct the forces of his department entirely to catching the two criminals. Hearing about Purple’s capability, he hired them as a right-hand (assistant chief, ig?). (Purple does have the skills for being a police officer - along with them already being in the force for many years and being a natural leader, they learnt fighting from Navy and taught themselves admin & problem solving cause they had to run their own life for a while ;v;)

Mango is using Purple like he did in AvM, but gradually, subconsciously warms up to and cares about them. GRADUALLY. He tries to tell himself that he doesn’t think about them that way and that they’re just- idk, a tool- but his arc is eventually accepting them as a child figure and coming to peace with Gold’s death. (later in his arc, Mango notices Purple fell asleep at their desk, and puts a blanket over them :>)

Purple and Mango found out about the CG while the two were investigating Chosen and Dark. While their focus was still on the twins, Purple got more invested in finding out about their accomplices. Soon, they clashed regularly, and Purple told Mango they believed that capturing the colour gang could be the key to capturing Cho and Dark.

Uhhhh- I’m going to make some of them feminine or at least not masculine cause I don’t want Purple and Primal to be the only sticks that aren't boys. Also writing a group of people with the same pronouns sucks.

Blue is feminine, while Second, Dark and Victim are non-binary. There. (ahem side note in my aus stick figures don't have genitals and aren't born with a sex, but instead a gender- uhhhh there's more to explain ask me if you're curious)

This AU is primarily centred around the forbidden romance between Green and Purple (cough cough grapeduo based fic let's go), and I mainly imagine scenes where they're fighting and Green is just insane, elusive and enthusiastic while Purple is angry asf, serious and yet struggling because they're constrained by their oath and moral codes and cause they keep getting diStrActED

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh CHARACTER EXPLANATION TIME (I've only done the colour gang + purple's at this point ;v;)

Name: Green Nickname: N/A Code name: Siren Pronouns: He/Him Sexuality: Bi Age: 16 Green fights with guns, close-combat or with weapons like swords, though prefers the guns option (he’s alright at archery but, again, prefers guns). His main gimmick is the use of music. He can cause distractions with it, break opponents’ eardrums in fights, calm down/inspire his friends… though he also likes just having fun with it and teasing opponents by dancing through the fight. He’s known for being almost concerningly loyal, and the others often have to stop him from getting himself killed/deeply wounded in the process of protecting them. He, Red and Dark are the cocky (Red less so) pranksters that keep the group lively. Oh yeah - also, he ADORES pets. Dog, cat, bird, fish, rabbit, lizard- fuckin- PTERODACTYL- he doesn’t care. Any and all pets in his sight will be patted to hell and back.

Quotes:

“Eyes on the target, B! /t […] I SAID THE TARGET NOT MY FACE-” “Oh, dude, you’re on!” “We’re all here to support you, alright? Don’t ever forget that.” “Go! I’ll distract them. […] (rose in his mouth) You like jazz? /j ” “Sloppy… uncontrolled… slow… seriously, officer - it’s like you’re not even trying! /t ” “Nah, you love me~ /t ” 

Name: Red Nickname: N/A Code name: Zookeeper Pronouns: He/Him Sexuality: Straight Age: 14 Red trains and can summon animals like tigers, falcons, etc and fights close-combat with giant metal claws (he’s alright with weapons like swords, and shit with long-range). He’s known for gaining allies in unusual places and is the go-to for emergency backup. He’s the youngest out of the whole cast, and sometimes uses that as a guilt-trip tactic both on his friends and enemies (he gets the “youngest sibling treatment” from Second lmao - can never get in trouble for anything). #Gremlin4Life - he and Ballista would vibe so much if they weren’t opponents >:D (they still do vibe but they see each other as like “aw hell yeah I get to fight this guy again” cause they’re both super hyper).

Quotes:

“Wassup BITCHES-” “Aww~ Sec, look! Amber’s kitten is so adorable!” “But why can’t I ? /whine […] You’re no fun… (pout)” “HahA! Got you!! (Fortnite dances)” “Jail, huh? Gotta catch me first~” “(whistles) GET ‘EM, BOYS-”

Name: Blue Nickname: B (Bee) Code name: Artemis Pronouns: She/Her Sexuality: Straight Age: 15 Blue is - as always - the healer of the group, an alchemist and the long-range. While she can fight close-combat and with weapons like swords, she tends to avoid it since she’s much better at archery. Her potions are always in use - whether to heal or to damage - and she obsessively experiments with things like power ups, invincibility and other such things. It sometimes comes at drastic costs, but she takes them on herself nonetheless (think Moira or Swap!Blue). If someone interrupts her while she’s working, she can and will feed them to the wolves. She’s also known in the gang for having a seemingly magic inventory - always having exactly what’s needed at any given time, even if no one saw her packing it. She’s relied on as the medic, and constantly fusses over the others’ physical health - though not really in a motherly way, more like a big sister. And, yes - she is still addicted to netherwart.

Quotes:

“How the fuck did you manage to get hurt taking out the laundry?” “Don’t go thinking you can bullshit me about these things - come on, spill.” “Right between the eyes~” “YELS STOP STEALING MY EQUIPMENT YOU’RE GOING TO BLOW UP THE LAB AGAIN-” “This one will work. {BOOM} The next one will work.” “If you don’t drink the potion, I will shove it down your throat - bottle and all.”

Name: Yellow Nickname: Yels Code name: Jigsaw Pronouns: He/They Sexuality: Straight Age: 15 Yellow is the engineer that makes equipment, elaborate traps and works with Dark as the group’s hackers (Dark’s usually on-site, he’s usually off). He’s a little mad-scientist-y (*cough cough* high-key insane), and constantly works with TNT and creates new machines to “extend the reach of science”. Blue is the only one that can calm them down, and even then, getting them to sleep at all would be a miracle. He doesn’t fight long-range or engage in swordfighting (he can but it’s like a last resort). While he can fight close-combat, he much prefers explosives, bludgeoning weapons and trickery. Think Jinx without the machine gun and abandonment issues, but with a hacker’s setup and 50 projects.

Quotes:

“Fascinating - (pulls out notepad and paper) - and what about the combustion level? […] (scribbling something down) Alright, so up a few values, then…” “TALK TO THE TNT, SUCKER-” “Activate password cracker- oh, wait. […] 1234. How original.” “I don’t need sleep, I need answers .” “Too much coffee? I only drink 15 a day- […] Yes, from the same cafe. […] You call it overdosing on caffeine, I call it supporting small businesses.” “(perking up) Arson? […] (concerning maniacal laughter) ”

Full Name: The Second Coming Name: Second Nickname: Sec Code name: Whiskey Pronouns: They/Them (AMAB) Sexuality: Bi Age: 14 Second is the “ringleader” of the colour gang, despite being the second (heh) youngest (angry mum friend with sandal vibes). They primarily fight close-combat and sometimes with weapons like swords, but rarely long-range. They haven’t found out that their powers exist at all, but they still have the advantages of hollowheads (increased strength and pain tolerance, sharp teeth, almost second (heh) nature fighting abilities, etc). Oh, and they can draw anything into existence, and have a track record of accidentally destroying the base with their “helpers” (Green still swears he has no clue what happened to a particular one).

Quotes:

“HolyshitholyshitholyshITHOLYSHIT-” “Fuck you I was sleeping.” “Green! Keep. It. DOWN! […] GREEN I WILL BACKHAND YOU INTO THE INTERNET-” “Standby? […] Good. Forward!” “Cho, Cho! Look, I drew a firefox!” “(quantum-level snoring)”

Name: Purple Nickname: Purps Pronouns: They/Them (AFAB) Sexuality: Bi Age: 15 As the second(heh)-hand of Mango, Purple is always working. They don’t ruin their health over it, but they have ZERO free-time. Purple’s a bit socially awkward and doesn’t have any friends - aside from friendly relationships with the employees at the cafe they’re a regular at (mostly Teal (16F), who works there almost every day). They are fairly good at all fighting styles, though mostly close-combat, trickery, and their pistol. As the right-hand of the chief of police, though, they don’t get many 1v1 fights. They have a secret love of crochet and music, but these interests rarely shine due to their… well… entire lifestyle. They do LOVE their pets, though - mostly dogs. They are a dog person.

Quotes:

“Sir, I’m going to need to see your ID- […] Um, no - it needs to have your picture- […] Sir- […] Sir, show me your ID or get the fuck out.” “(obsessing over a fluffy dog) Awww!~ Hi, there~” “Ugh, come on - DAMN YOU, SIREN!” “Sorry, I’m really busy tonight. […] No, then too- […] Also then- […] And then!- […] SORRY, I’LL CALL YOU WHEN I’M NOT-” “Don’t worry, Ma’am. We’ll find them.” “Huh? How long have I been out? […] sHIT-”

[sabo-has-my-heart]

Hi! I don’t really know if this is considered an emergency request so feel free to ignore this since it’s way less urgent compared to other emergency requests.

Recently I have been having problems with asking myself whether or not I deserve an apology whenever I feel offended by my friends. I don’t really know how to word it so I’ll try my best here. I’m that ‘therapist friend’ in my group of friends of 4 (including me) and I always help solve the fights between our group which is mostly the same 2 friends fighting. I’ve never been in a fight with them more than 3 times and those times it barely lasts a day. Out of the 3 of my friends I’m really close to 1 of them (I’ll call her Kay) kay and I often play games together like Minecraft, cod, fall guys, etc. while playing these games she couldn’t talk so i was the only one talking while she was texting me back her responses, at one point she said something along the lines of ‘Jesus you sound like those annoying little kids that spit out a bunch of questions.’ Or something like that. I’ve been very insecure about my own voice and my child-like personality and the doubt in my head that I annoy my friends with my blabbering mouth(my friends don’t know this tho) I just responded with ‘oh’ and stayed quiet for the rest of the call which was silent. I excused myself and just went offline to think. I’m not sure if I was being over dramatic over something so small but that really hurt me and I tried to make it obvious it did hoping she’d approach me about it and tell me she didn’t mean it or basically anything but she never did. She just went about it like it didn’t even happen and I’m too scared to bring it up since it happened already a while ago and it’d be weird to. And this happens sometimes too, it doesn’t happen often nor does it rarely. I just need a second opinion on how to go about this. Could you give me some advice abt this along with sanji and law reacting to their s/o with this kind of problem?

I’m also the same Anon who sent the emergency request abt wanting to die instead of experiencing a loss of someone close, That really helped me overcome that feeling! I haven’t fully but I’m improving! Thank you so much and I hope you have an amazing day! (So sorry if this whole request is confusing and sorry for all the grammar mistakes)

I’m sorry if this isn’t considered an emergency request so feel free to ignore!

Hi sweet heart! I'm glad you're doing better about wanting to die. don't worry about being fully better. You're getting better, that's all that matters. It's okay to take your time. I'm sorry you're going through this. I sort of know how this feels, I was kind of this person in my group. Unfortunately, I eventually realized that, to those people, I wasn't a friend. Not really, anyway. I was just, admittedly, too afraid of being alone and abandoned to leave them. I suppose that's a pretty common fear. People don't really want to be alone.

Warnings: GN!Reader (I hope, let me know if I made any mistakes on that),

Word Count: 1800

     Chewing on your lip, you stared out the window. You deserved an apology for this, didn’t you? After all, it was rude, mean, and hurtful, so it wasn’t like it was an unreasonable request, right? The two of you in particular were pretty close too, so she’d know that she should apologize, right? Even still, you couldn’t help but wonder if you really deserved an apology. Surely you deserved it, you were always solving fights between them and rarely started any arguments yourself, so it wasn’t like you were constantly causing needless drama. It was one apology. If it were any of your other friends, you’d talk to both of them, try to smooth things over, and usually they’d work things out and apologize on their own after that. So being on the receiving end of that meant that you deserved the same courtesy… right? Still, you couldn’t help but wonder if you really did deserve one. What if you were being over dramatic? Or perhaps you were blowing all of this out of proportion. She and the others would be pretty upset if you asked for an apology you didn’t deserve and you really didn’t want to cause a fight. Maybe it would be fine if you waved it off? It’s not like it was a particularly common thing. Yeah, it happened from time to time, but it wasn’t like they were constantly putting you down.

     Getting up, you ran a hand through your hair. Maybe a shower or bath would calm you down and help you think. The warm water might help you relax and think clearly and a lot of people did their best thinking in the bathroom. If nothing else, it was worth a shot. Stepping in, you let the warm water soothe you, let it ease the tension in your muscles. Granted, it was hard to get yourself to relax into the water when you were this wound up, but eventually the warmth worked its way into your body, calming your mind. You were always the one solving all the problems, the one the others went to when they needed to talk, the one who helped everyone else, so what were you supposed to do when you were the one who needed help? Needed someone to talk to? Would the others hear you out? Just because you weren’t as close to the others didn’t mean you couldn’t talk to them about this. At least… hopefully. Despite how the water eased your body and calmed your mind, your thoughts still swirled like a whirlwind. You lost track of how much time you spent in the bathroom, how much time you spent trying to work out your thoughts before the water turned cold and you were forced to step out. Putting on some comfy clothes, you curled up on the couch, holding one of the couch pillows close.

Sanji

     Walking into the living room, Sanji’s smile fell. The look on your face was so despondent, so downcast. He hated seeing you like this.

     “Mon amour, what’s wrong?” the blond asked, kneeling on the floor next to the couch, reaching up to caress your cheek. Looking up at him, you debated on what to say. You really didn’t want to worry him, especially over something so… trivial. He had enough to worry about. Yet the look in his eyes begging you to tell him, to talk to him. The young man was always telling you that you could talk to him about anything, to come to him if you were ever feeling upset.

     “Do… Do I deserve an apology?” your heart ached as the words finally left your lips, a look of alarm crossing Sanji’s features.

     “Darling, what happened?” Sanji was immediately moving to the couch as he pulled you into his arms. Though he wanted to know what happened, he didn’t care if you were in the right or wrong, you were hurting. Taking a deep breath, you told him about what happened with your friend. Told him what she’d said, your insecurities, your feelings, everything. His hold on your tightened, holding you closer as he listened, one hand running up and down your back soothingly. Once you were finished, Sanji sat there for a moment, simply comforting you as he thought about what to say.

     “My dearest love, I’m so sorry. You didn’t deserve that. You’re so amazing, so kind and caring. You don’t deserve to be hurt like that.” Sanji’s lips met your forehead, making you smile slightly as you snuggled further into him, “Which of your friends is this? Perhaps I can speak to her about apologizing. She should know she hurt you. I doubt she meant to hurt your feelings, but all the same, she did. If nothing else, perhaps you can work things out. Even if an apology isn’t given, perhaps you can get her to understand your feelings. But please, don’t bottle this up, don’t let it eat at your heart." His words made you smile as you nuzzled shyly into his chest. He always seemed to know what to say, what to do. He had a point, at very least, if you could work this out, then it wouldn’t happen again. If you could get her to understand your feelings, understand how hurt you were, if she made sure not to hurt you again, perhaps an apology wouldn’t matter. Her actions would apologize for her, she’d be better and your friendship would be stronger. A thought dawned on you as you glanced back up at him.

     “And if she refuses to apologize? If she thinks she didn’t do anything wrong?” you asked worriedly, biting your lip again.

     “Then they don’t deserve you and you need new friends, my love.” Sanji said softly, putting his thumb on your lip, forcing you to stop biting it, “Don’t be afraid to leave those who don’t deserve you in an attempt to find those who do. You won’t make real friends if you don’t try. Whether you become better friends with her or you find better friends elsewhere, it’s better to find those who appreciate you.” His words make your heart swell as you rested your head against him, feeling infinitely better. You’d talk to her tomorrow, if all went well, she’d apologize and if she refused, you’d find those worthy of your friendship.

Law

     It was a while before Law stumbled into the living room, clearly exhausted from a long day doing rounds at the hospital. The surprisingly young doctor’s brow furrowed as he looked at your dispirited form. Normally you’d greet him with a smile and a kiss on the cheek. Sometimes you’d have a snack or dinner ready for him, other times, you’d have started a hot shower for him. It didn’t take a genius for him to see that something was very clearly wrong. Taking a moment to think, Law finally pulled you close, wrapping his arms around you.

     “Tell me what’s wrong.” He said simply, already putting a hand on your head so you’d rest against his collarbone. Swallowing hard, you tried to gather your thoughts. You knew there was no hiding it from him. Of the few times you’d tried, he always knew you were lying and coaxed it out of you sooner or later. 

     After another moment, you began to tell him what had happened, occasionally stopping as you began to worry that you were babbling again. Each time, Law would tell you to continue, reassuring you that it was fine, even if you apologized for rambling. Of the many things he’d never admit, he actually liked your rambling, liked your babbling and childish nature. It was the yin to his yang. You were bright and sunny, offsetting his rather serious, aloof personality. And while you were bright and sunny, you weren’t annoying about it. You weren’t some bimbo with an empty head who flounced around talking about the most shallow, inconsequential, idiotic things. Not some superficial pretty face with no cares in the world. There was more to you than that. He found you beautiful, yes, and you were bright and you blabbered, sure; but you had more than two brain cells, you weren’t shallow, you cared very deeply. A little bright, cheery, slightly child-like actions were a welcome change in his life.

     You soon finished telling him what was wrong, followed by a million apologies for being over dramatic and annoying. After about 10 seconds of apologizing, his hand met the side of your head in a light ‘smack’, though said smack was more like a light tap of his fingers meant to shut you up and stop your endless apologies.

     “Stop apologizing, I asked what was wrong and kept telling you to continue. You don’t need to apologize. Your friend’s the one who should apologize. I really don’t care about what happened or why. She hurt your feelings, she made you question yourself, you need to talk to her. Even I apologize if I hurt Bepo, Shachi, or Penguin. She needs to know she hurt your feelings and work it out with you. You realize this’ll just keep happening if you don’t talk about it, right? She won’t realize she hurt you and she’ll just do it again. If you want this to get better, say something, ask for a damned apology. If she doesn’t give you one or says you're overreacting, leave. You need friends who will listen to you and try to understand you, not ones who’ll make you feel bad just for wanting to express how you’re feeling.” Law sighed and tilted his head back. Despite his advice, he really wasn’t good at this. The way he handled things and the way you handled things were completely different. 

     “What if it starts a fight? What if I lose them? I really don’t want to lose my friends.” you asked, giving him a worried look.

     “Then they aren’t friends, they’re people who are taking advantage of you. You really think I treat the others the same way? It’s basic respect to acknowledge a person’s feelings and try to right things. To improve your relationship by being better.” His words weren’t exactly soft or gentle, but as always, you could see right through him. You saw the care and love behind them. You nodded as you took a deep breath, letting him continue to hold you. 

     “Alright, I’ll try. Just… Please, take that day off. I want someone to comfort me if this starts an argument or they say they don’t want to be friends anymore.” you pleaded, making him nod.

     “Of course. Just… just know that if they want to end your friendship over something instead of just saying a few simple words, then they don’t deserve you. It’ll hurt, but you deserve better.” Law said softly, continuing to comfort you.

[that-one-i-think]

Fuck it! Another AU - What would happen if I replaced Liochant with (my version) of MCD Kai for Season 3 of Minecraft diaries! (I am fleshing out characters to avoid writing my main fic..... PROCRASINATION!)

I have Kai as a Doctor by trade, so instead of a guard he will be the manors healer, as Aphmau is still very wonky with her healing magic. He is great at his job and making medicine, which is part of the reason why Garroth doesn't trust him medicine can be poisons

Wind magic user - Actually very helpful in healing as he constantly makes sure the air is clean. Chooses to be a walking nebulizer. Does carry around a fan to help it but most people just see it as some Tu'la thing. Not a powerful user but has great control, can't create a tornado but can create a concentrated enough gust to slice someones pants open.....(He's petty)

Another (more genuine) reason why Garroth would not like Kai is due to the fact Kai doesn't find anyone intimidating and holds himself with an air of power. It is unnerving to him and makes Kai seem arrogant. (He is somewhat, to be fair)

Kai's Backstory will be different from how I have it in my other aus (cause those are Lio focused as 1/2 confirmed Tu'la characters). So essentially, he was a Prince before his uncle did a hostile takeover thus creating a Civil War within the country, his Uncle won but left 12 year old Kai alive because he needed a moldable heir. Unfortunately, Kai is fueled by spite so after many failed assassination and poisoning attempts later, Kai had to flee. Was a healer for the Tu'la rebellion before coming to Ru'aun to escaped being murder. Now is in hiding(ish) as to not be executed. Its a Lion King plot.....

Doesn't like Garroth in the beggining that much because Kai tried to solve his problems while Garroth just ran. He should have at least tried to poison his father - Kai's opinion. Doesn't care that he isn't trusted, he just thinks Garroth's work ethic could use some work.

In this Kai will be a tiger meif'wa but is very traumatized and unable to access that form. Until he goes apeshit *Insert Doctor with a gun meme here*. I WANT TO SEE THE BIGGEST CAT ABSOLUTELY BODY A WEREWOLF! Plot point will be werewolf prince kidnapping Kai, Lilith, and Nekoette for a bargaining chip and Kai just.... Not having it. That's his patient and other meif'wa he can be autistic about poisons with!

Became Aphmau's family healer by right place right time. Was out foraging when encountering Levin who collapsed. Quickly got him right (Levin brushed up against toxic mushrooms) and Aphmau decided he was useful, especially when her daughters start walking more. (Alina and Lilith both are so curious)

He has been with the family for 2 years yet they know NOTHING about him. He is rather emotionless as well (beyond customer service happy, no other emotion shown). Is seen helping a lot of people (specifically Tu'la immigrants) for free, so they know he isn't evil at least.

They all know he was noble, makes prince jokes a lot but no one believes him, until an assassination attempt is made on him and he just brushes it off. That is when they get the Lion King backstory. They ask why he never told him and he points out all of the jokes he made, got them on a technicality. Also points out the tiger royal blood thing, which causes them to have a bigger "OH SHIT! SHOULDA KNOWN!" thing

No desire to be king. Just wants his uncle dead and the rebellion can sort it out there. Rather anti-king and more pro-lord (if they earn their place). Very accepted by the rebellion as they want a democracy, also why he wasn't thrusted into leader ship and allowed to be a healer.

Pansexual - Attracted to strength, whether that is strength of will (Aphmau, Cadenza), mind (Travis, Lucinda) or body (Katelyn, Garroth). If you have power, he will find you attractive to some extent.

Will be Garroth x Kai, cause I can squeeze in arranged marriage trope, Healer x Knight trope, and Mildy-Annoyed-to-Dislike-to-respect-to-friends-to-lovers. I just like Garroth y'all, and in this relationship he will be bottoming from the top, I am sorry.

[riacte]

Could you pretty please info dump on your Might Be Over Now, But I Feel It Still au?

This is a month late bc I’ve been saving up brainrot and it’s making my brain go brrrrr soooo :D

The entire premise is based on False saving Ren from mobs on HC sooo if you watch their old eps you might find a plot point or two 😭

Martyn was originally not going to be in because I KNEW the story would spiral into Treebark but in the end fuckass Martyn is simply irresistible to me.

Probably a side effect of watching M*raculous Ladybug: gotta love hero teams with different colour schemes and themes <3 (why did that rhyme)

Minecraft is also weirdly a good setting for hero/villain aus because you HAVE built in enemies of varying difficulties and they are already distinct in terms of visuals and powers. I have so much fun humanising the Mobs and giving them personalities

(I didn’t humanise the Zombie mob because that’s too close to humans and it would cause confusion with Cleo lol)

And it’s also a good basis because in MC, players (heroes) slay the Mobs (villains). The Mobs are specifically created to be enemies and to “make” the players heroes (insert hero of the village achievement). Translating that into a standard hero/villain story has interesting implications that the Mobs are Born Evil and Made To Be The Bad Guys and their very purpose is to elevate people into “heroes”. Which then creates another story of “if the mobs are made to be evil, doesn’t that make the creator/developer/author/storyteller the evil one for imposing such villainy onto blank figures for the purpose of raising up their faves?”

The overworld / nether / end variants of mobs are also reallly interesting for creating different “difficulty levels” of Mobs with even some “boss” Mobs.

(I say all of this without owning a Minecraft game)

Also the thing about hero aus in the mcyt fandom is that they tend to be quite male dominated. Because a lot of the ccs are male. I did not really intend for it to be a all Hermitgals hero team but it came out that way and honestlyyyy I have such a blast writing them. It’s even funnier that the usual hero choices for this fandom (Hotguy and Cuteguy) are the trainees under Pearl. Like it makes sense why they have these silly and matching names 😭

And oh yeah the order in which they join the hero team is based on when they joined HC. Cleo is the OG, followed by False, then Stress, then Pearl (bc she was in hermit adjacent events earlier), and finally Gem.

Having a Cleaning Lady (and her underlings) being specifically in charge of rebuilding solves some logistics problems of damage from fights + fits in with the MC theme of building and crafting + turns it into some tower defence strategy in which Torches ward away Mobs and Mobs can destroy Torches

So yeah MC has a lot of potential for such a setting.

False-Ren dynamic reaches its peak stupidity in which they’re like “yeah I don’t mean that much to the other person 🤡” and they’re both screaming crying shaking sobbing and being pathetic and Not Communicating while being the only people who can match each other’s freak

Yippee thanks for the ask :)

[spookybokchoy]

I got inspired from other ppl doing redesigns of Hazbin characters and wanted to give a go at it. I don't watch the show but I know info about it from the internet because it's kinda hard to avoid it with it being everywhere. Like most ppl I like the fun idea of their designs but there is much left desired when taking account animation and how they stand out from one another in the background. I focused on character design in college so I'm looking at it through a designer's pov. I feel I know enough about the show to give design feedback. Even so you can still disagree with me/challenge me and be valid. Critique is how we grow as artists! We need to know how to give good criticism and how to take it ourselves :) I'll say the strengths and weaknesses of each original design and go over the changes/why

Charlie- Her original design in the show's cute but I thought she was a clown, not a demon at first. Already has a "demon form" with horns+ tail so I added those built in already. Wanted her to feel optimistic but unsure of herself. Lucifer- Original suit tells he's an over the top king, added gold shoulder pads matching the crown piece and exaggerated his shortness so now he has a Napoleon complex and takes pride from being short. Him and Charlie keep the mostly red yellow white color scheme to signify their royalty. Vaggie Vega- Unique hair shape, good for recognition. Changed name to Vega/Vegatha, sounds strong willed, better fitting for her. "X" over hair distracts from her face, put it underneath. I also made her a bit darker in value to subtly show she's a fallen angel Husker- Eyebrow game is strong, got a unique face from your typical toothy big-eyed citizens. Too many symbols that look pretty but don't make sense in his character. He's a sulky hard ass who doesn't want attention but he's got a design that's very eye-catching. I made him look lower class since he used to be an overlord and is fighting a gambling addiction. 180 color change too so you know he's a cat with owl features.

Angel Dust- Iconic floofy hair swoop. Darker suit to bring out face with a heart choker bc he's a feminine fellow after all. On that note, more pink leaning color scheme. Added abdomen for more spider theming. Dr. Pentious- His Victorian steam punk theme is fun & quirky though you can't quite see it in his design. You can't really see it in my design either cuz I was more focused on filtering out all the eyes and extra details. I would want to take this back to the board and do it over. His original top hat face distracts from his actual one so that had to go. 2 front fangs to appear more snakey. Alastor- His design works for the 1930s the decade he passed. I don't get the correlation to radio and voodoo though. The whole discourse with him being creole is messy so I scrapped it and made him a white American broadcaster to not deal with that. I made him blind with supernatural hearing abilities leaning into the sound aspect. It feels chilling knowing he hears your every move, emotion and heartbeat like the warden from Minecraft. Deer and orange fox themed for a dual nature. Vox- This idea of a tech savvy con man is super fun. Made his persona charming and eccentric, being able to appear friendly while being sketchy as f. His body is made of wires too with his teeth resembling the shock waves on his hat. Kept the pinstripes for a wirey feel.

I also did some Helluva Boss redesigns too! I think Helluva designs deliver pretty well (besides Queen Bee) so I more or so redesigned them based off my own head cannons. I used to watch the show but fell off around halfway of S2 bc I wasn't vibing with the direction of the story. Octavia- Young entrepreneur, takes after her father and mother being snobby and looks down at lower classes who she sees as less intelligent than high class. Very creative in problem solving. Millie- I like her og clothes alot. Those overalls are chic. This outfit is what she'd wear out in the field when she's working for IMP or at the farm. She and Loona fight alot about who works harder and Loona having an attitude problem towards everyone. Sallie Mae- Not much change other than white hair and removed eyelashes. I might want to make her shirt dark muted blue instead. I gave her a backstory how she ran away from toxic masculinity parents and eventually gets hired at IMP as a spy.

Loona- Emo to the extremo. She's originally goth but I got emo from her I'm sorry she just doesn't look goth. She's very lax when it comes to her job and slacks off constantly. She still does it well despite not working as hard as Millie, Moxxie or Blitz. She's strict but means well and cares for ppl around her. She also gets adopted at age 14 in my head cannon.

Bee- 180 change completely. She's a thick queen! Made her black coded with more stripes cuz she's a BEE. I don't get why Vivienne didn't give her stripes bc that's a design thing she uses so much and she doesn't use it in a character whose name is BEE? What??? anyway her design is still complex but simplified and uncluttered for animation so the animators can have pleasant dreams. She's the child of Beelzebub and a hell hound. So that's my take on Hazbin/Helluva character design! This was fun re imagining not only the characters but the story itself. I may write a fan fiction but i dunno right now. I respect the original source material which is something I feel everyone needs to acknowledge when they do a redesign of anything. There are things I don't like about the original and that's ok! That's part of why I did the redesigns. That being said I don’t support Vivziepop :)

[trashiis]

Ok this is a bit of a wordy post but bear with me. I've been reading up on the tech literacy discourse and I thought I'd add my two cents, and how it connects to piracy. LONG post under the cut!

I was born in the year 2000, which puts me on the border of being a digital native. I was brought up on tech, but only in my later childhood and teens. I've always considered myself "tech literate," but no more than the usual kid my age.

The first time I ever truly experienced tech illiteracy with my peers was when I was 23, when in one of my college classes a MacOS update rendered the software we used for said class unusable. After a few days a temporary patch was released, which by that point an assignment that utilized the software was due the next day. I followed the patch instructions, which involved navigating to the software files and substituting a designated file with the provided patch. A bit more complicated than a simple update, but the instructions were clear and intuitive enough to easily understand where the file went. The next day, during a class study session, I overheard multiple people come up to the professor complaining that the software wasn't working. After the second person complained with the professor being clueless, I asked the student what MacOS version they were on. Sure enough they were on the latest version, which as we already know is incompatible with the software. I then walked the student through the patching process step-by-step, with them needing to essentially be hand held through the entire process (almost to the point of me doing everything for them). After the patch was implemented, the student thanked me and said "Wow! How did you figure all of this out?" and to me that question was stupid- I just googled "[software] [version] MacOS [version] fix", went to the first result (which was the company website), downloaded the patch zip file, and followed the instructions on the README.txt file. It was so easy, and I couldn't comprehend that this was somehow complicated for other people, especially those my age. I mean we literally grew up using computers. It wasn't until I started learning about tech literacy and learned helplessness that I finally started connecting the dots.

Tech in general is becoming extremely user friendly, almost to a fault. UI and UX simplicity is taking away any critical thinking needed to use any sort of tech. My peers are so used to one-click and/or automatic updates, so the fact that this required slightly more effort than a simple update triggered their learned helplessness. The professor was no help in this case either, since he just extended the due date for those affected with no penalty. I actually ended up making a very detailed (and I mean idiot proof detailed) step by step picture guide with screenshots on how to install the patch for the software for the class. Anyways, back to the main point- How can I blame my peers for not knowing how to install a "complicated" update when they're so used to being spoon-fed simplicity?

But hang on- how was I the exception? I'm just as used to tech simplicity as anyone else, it's not like I'm using anything differently or making things harder for myself on purpose (I'm looking at you, linux users). So why was I the only one who knew how to install this update? It wasn't until I had a discussion many months later with my mom about this tech illiteracy epidemic that I finally thought it through. I acquired problem solving skills through piracy. To start off: not piracy but adjacent- learning to install mods in Minecraft when I was 11 taught me file navigation and what a README.txt file was, as well as the importance of version specificity/compatibility. Figuring out how to play Pokemon roms on the family computer and my iPod touch when I was 12? That's piracy, and it also taught me how to work with different platforms and the art of jailbreaking. Installing custom firmware on my 3ds so I could pirate games when I was 16 taught me how to follow written tech instructions without any visual guidance. Pirating Adobe software on my MacBook in high school taught me about patching files on MacOS. All of this knowledge and inherent googling that came with it made installing the patch for my class software look like a tiny drop in the bucket in terms of complexity.

So why am I saying all of this? Am I suggesting people learn to pirate to become tech literate?

yes.

With everything becoming pay-walled, subscription services running rampant, the proliferation of closed-source "ecosystems" *cough* Apple *cough*, and (arguably) most importantly media preservation, piracy is a skill that will serve you well in the long term. It will teach you critical thinking in the tech sphere, and if enough people learn then we can solve this ever growing epidemic of tech illiteracy. I'm not really sure how to end this post, so if anyone has anything else they'd like to add please feel free to.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[rusty-courage]

watching back my minecraft stream from the other day like wow i really did not solve the lag problem huh