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has anyone else measured time by the Hermitcraft seasons?

i've been watching Hermitcraft since the sixth grade; for me it's been six continous years of keeping up with the hermits. after 2020, with covid completely skewing my perception of time, Hermitcraft was one of the only things that i really stayed caught on.

i watched Hermitcraft all throughout the pandemic, the end of junior high, and the beginning of high school... and i'm still watching it to this day, having graduated a few months ago. the funny thing to me is that i haven't really felt the passage of time until they end off a season. i don't really realize how long its actually been until the season finales come out, and it's always an, "oh shit, it's been that long?" kinda moment.

anyway, wow. it's been that long.

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Not to be a bitch but sometimes people engage with fiction in the most boring way possible, and nowhere is this clearer than in videogames. Like what you mean you hate a character just because they were kind of abrasive when speaking to the player character? "They were mean to me" and it didn't occur to you to wonder why? Like, what might their attitude toward you reveal about the world? About the social dynamics within it? About their own perspectives and backgrounds and personalities? Does it even occur you to ask? Would you only have liked them if they bowed to your presence and talked about how great you are? Like I'm sorry but you're so boring. How boring fiction would be if it cathered to you

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rewatching bdubs last life again. some notes on how bdubs and etho move because cubito movement is so fascinating to me.

etho tl;dr: big pacer, whimsical walking, and lots of head emoting.

does a lot of frolicking through places when he's going somewhere. not full-on loops around things but he doesnt mind weaving through the trees like an obstacle course or taking big arcs around fields (seemingly for fun).

moves back and forth when he talks. not mumbo-style wiggles but more like little figure eights or a "scoot, turn to look at you, scoot" type thing.

treats his POV as a way to emote or just focuses on the task at hand (from a meta perspective we could probably just say this is etho prioritizing gameplay over cinematics). he shakes his head and moves around a lot, but also sorts through chests or turns to look for mobs in the forest.

^ this could prolly be translated as gesturing with his hands a lot in fics??

also usually the one moving closer to the other players. he sneaks into people's personal space, especially when he's trying to freak out bdubs in particular (or just talk with him).

when he's nervous he puts his shield up, crouches, and sneaks backwards. most players do this somewhat but he does it OFTEN and over a LOT of things.

bdubs tl;dr: likes to be "tall", vaguely clumsy, and absolute committer to player character acting.

treats his POV as a camera or how an actual view would be irl. he looks between active participants in conversation and whips around to stare dramatically at someone.

collides a lot with the edges of walls and doors 😭

usually stands a block or so higher than the person he's talking to.

brute forces his way through the environment instead of dodging through it. breaks leaves and digs holes to get through dense forest. (he hits his head and smacks into things otherwise.)

reiterating this one because it happens A LOT: bdubs LOVES to be higher than the other person. he finds a block, jumps onto it and looks down at the other person. (he doesn't tend to crouch much, though.) most of his conversations in his first episode happen with him stood up on a crafting table or furnace.

emotes with his WHOLE body. for example, some people use their head to "bow", but he crouches, bows his head, and drops his voice down.

not afraid of eye contact with etho. he likes to turn to look at him and will even walk sideways to keep an eye on him. (why are you looking at another man so much?) no wonder etho was fighting for his life with his weeping angel task in SL.

^ some of his other conversations while he is the boogeyman happen with his crosshair in between etho and someone else (i assume so he can see both of them).

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bigb and etho team up would be the most relaxed chilled-out bastard chaos-bringers on the server. etho would be like "ill be back in a bit, just gonna bring a warden up from the deep dark" and bigb will reply "cool, im gonna go convince grian that everyone is plotting against him and he needs to act now." then theyll meet up again in an hour and cloud gaze

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Grian calling Joel's debut to Hermitcraft "probably the most impressive I've ever seen- it's so intricate, and massive, and- SHOW OFF- >:(" is so funny. Joel got a chance to play toys with the big guys and was like "fuck yes I have to show them my insane Minecrafting skills". Like he's baffling them by building insanely on the insane building server. I love him. and like there's no reason for allat either he's genuinely doing it for the love of the game. freak /positive

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the term Average Joe implies the existence of the strange Abnormal Joe and this, i think, is the proper identification for joe hills of nashville tennessee

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Grian: I think there's a-I think there's a love-there's a love potion there, can you pass me down the love potion, Etho? Gem: Oh, he just wants Etho-- Etho: Okay. Gem: --to proclaim his love to him. Impulse: Yep, yeah. Grian: You watch this, guys. Etho: (robot voice) GeminiTay is so wholesome today. Grian: No-- Gem: Ah, see? Grian: --no!! Gem: I knew it, I knew it! Etho: Wholesome?! Gem: I knew it, dude! Grian: (robot voice) Can confirm, Etho is oh my! Etho: (muffled) Why wholesome, that doesn't sound right. Impulse: Who would've thought Etho was a Gem-- Gem: I knew it, Etho's a Gem-- Impulse: --a Gem girl, there we go. Gem: --fan dude. Etho: I didn't say that, I was hacked. Grian: I can't believe that just happened. Etho: I was hacked. Gem: I'm an Etho girl and you're a Gem boy, it's perfect. (five seconds of silence) He's not denying it, chat, and that's what I'll take. Etho: I-I meant to say homely, not wholesome. Gem: H-hom-homely? Impulse: (muffled, but repeating it through a little bit of disbelieving laughter) "Homely?" (his voice becomes clear) Oh no. (muffled) That's a-that's a compliment in Canada, right? (he laughs, and it's clear) Gem: I'm gonna choose to take it.

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etho is truly an enigma. doesn't post hermitcraft episodes for 2 months, then comes back with a terraforming video. okay cool, i love hearing etho talk about his builds. throughout the episode he explains that he enjoys adding realism to his builds. yknow the curvature of the river has to make sense

and like sure etho, i dont really pay attention to that but it's a nice detail. hard cut, he's done terraforming and he walks to the lake he was creating and explains "oh yea i added a beaver dam, because i wanted to explain why the river is lower than the lake" and like ???

man goes off on a tangent about beavers, explains that beavers have orange teeth in reality as opposed to the pristine white teeth they have in cartoons, ponders on the fact whether we as humans would choose stronger orange teeth over conventially attractive yet weaker, white teeth. then he explains he's thinking about adding more beaver stuff, a little beaver lodge for the beavers to raise their young, bird nexts ontop of these lodges, a coyote stalking the beavers, fallen trees that the beavers have been chopping down.

then he goes "oh i actually spend some time figuring out how to build beavers" AND THEN

there's even an orange to white gradient on the beavers teeth..

effervescent , truly nobody does it like him

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If you see this on your dashboard, reblog this, NO MATTER WHAT and all your dreams and wishes will come true.

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I need someone to share their stash of etho chat screenshots. Or even any hermit/life series member

I really wanna send them as reaction images 🐌👍🏼

Here's my current collection so far but it's very sad

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thinking about starting fanfiction to scratch that itch to exercise my writing. the only issue is no ideas... head empty... the technical ability is there but Lord is the material not.

anyway taking requests in the asks

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impulsesv they could never make me hate you

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hello mcytblr I am new here

have a pearl :]

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truly no one is doing it like him

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Rhys has a voice similar to Docm's voice. That is him they are each other. No I will not elaborate.

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“I’m sick of pushing snow. My feet got cold today. Ugh it’s the worst.”

Direct translation…

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something about the way etho types in chat is so endearing