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CALLING ALL LIFE SERIES FANS!! PLEASE REBLOG THIS TO SPREAD IT!!

People keep taking the current season REALLY seriously. So heres a reminder that they are REAL PEOPLE. They are playing a fucking block game. God forbid they are competitive in a competition. “If ____ wins I’m gonna leave the fandom!” Okay. Your loss.

People have been sending THREATS, DOXXING FELLOW FANS and BULLYING CONTENT CREATORS. This is not on guys. Multiple of them have even spoken out about this. There’s nothing more to it than friends playing a fun game and filming it.

Worst part? Nobody acted like this before. If we acted like this when 3rd Life came out, life series would never have continued. They aren’t just content creators, they’re real people. Stop speculating that they hate each other irl. What goes on in their lives isn’t our business anyway.

You guys need to sort yourselves out. I’m not gonna read through another hissy fit in TikTok comments or on Twitter. It’s a game. A series. Pixels on a fucking screen.

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I would like it to be known that Scar canonically calls Grian ‘Sweet angel’ on occasion thanks to the new past life session.

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To the precious little snowflakes who say the queer community has ‘stolen the rainbow’

A symbol can hold diverse meanings. A rainbow is a symbol of hope and diversity. The LGBTQIA+ community adopted it to represent their own diverse spectrum of identities and experiences. This is not "theft"; it's the natural evolution of symbolism.

The frustration over rainbow symbolism not only shows their misunderstanding of both optics and symbolic meaning but their sensitiveness. If the sight of a rainbow flag causes you such distress, the problem isn't the flag. It's a hypersensitivity to a visible expression of queer existence.

If queer people have stolen the rainbow, then what about the cross? The Christian cross, while significant to Christianity, was used in various forms by other ancient cultures [(Ferguson, G. (1959). Signs & Symbols in Christian Art. Oxford University Press.)]. The adoption of the rainbow by the LGBTQIA+ community is a natural continuation of this historical pattern, where groups imbue existing symbols with new, relevant meanings that speak to their identity and aspirations. It's not about "stealing," but about claiming and redefining a universal symbol of beauty and hope for a community that embodies diversity in its most vibrant form.

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let me be put things straight… 

If you're genuinely offended that the queer community gets a whole month when 'women and Marines only get a day,' and you are genuinely frustrated because 'women have suffered far more than queer people have., and ‘the LGBTQIA community is in fact not under attack,' then I'm afraid your understanding of history and current events is about as clear as a mud puddle after a hurricane. HAVE YOU BEEN OUTSIDE!? 

Pride Month exists for a reason, and it's not to inconvenience your delicate sensibilities. It's to acknowledge a fight that's far from over.  

International Women's Day is a powerful celebration of women's incredible journey and the strides they've made toward equality. It's a day to acknowledge their resilience and the hard-won rights achieved across so many countries. And that's exactly the point: it's not a fact of ‘who has suffers more?’ It’s the fact that queer people are suffering, right now. We are actively having our basic human rights stripped away and are facing persecution. This isn't history, this is our present. 

celebrating one group's progress doesn't diminish another's ongoing struggle. Because while women celebrate how far they've come, queer people are very much still fighting.

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our favourite girl dad

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Your honour, they're family

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What do we do with this thing

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Why Shortgrass is AWESOME and why you guys should care RIGHT NOW please

They admire each other's building skills A LOT a lot. To the point that it's basically their own language where they just communicate through compliments and block choice discussion. The horse rivalry is the one thing everyone knows about, but I don't see anyone commenting on the way they get at each other, especially the things Bdubs proposes, all "I hate him now. I didn't think I was capable of hate. I'm gonna get good at PVP. I'm gonna get him. I'm gonna blow him up. Joel is evil and fucked up", literally playing out his murder plans, only to then become a little fangirl as soon as he's in Joel's presence. Joel doesn't show it as much but he's the same way. They're literally 👉👈 at each other. Bdubs is also so susceptible to praise. Although he often plays up his reactions, you know he loves a good compliment and he knows any he gets from his senpai idol guy Joel are genuine

This is especially well showcased when Bdubs was showing off his stalls that have been trapped, and Joel thinking that something is up. Bdubs dedicated an entire episode to this, hyping himself up, and then them actually interacting is tense but extremely polite. And then that whole interaction is capped off with Joel: "Wow I though I was gonna die but this has been really pleasant. Thanks". Then they like playfully taunt each other before Joel flies off and Bdubs goes "That's exactly how that was supposed to go... simple and friendly... I got him played like a fiddle.... yes I do..." after accomplishing nothing but giving Joel a nice little showcase of his new build

That is to say, it's very cute that Bdubs despite his expressions of Joel being despicable gets exposed to his genuine side and how they tend to be very sweet towards each other (examples below). It serves as an interesting but nice contrast to the Life series, where a lot of players (some more than others) go off of the same belief, that Joel is a rabid dog in need of being put down. Joel very much plays into being a rascal, but he means no real harm (eg reassuring Bdubs he wouldn't kill his important horses and you know he won't) and it so easily becomes playful and mutual banter between them

Anyway bunch of moments of them being cute or something that I can't and don't want to sum up organically

At the start of a SL session, Joel is yellow and on 8 hearts, is asking the Mounders for their hearts, Bdubs is hesitant but goes "you deserve it". Then he lies to Etho that Joel was so intimidating and scary and forced him. Then he lies to Impulse that Joel was pathetic and begging for it.??

In one episode of SL, Bdubs tries to help Joel guess someone's task by guiding him to Grian, but Grian's task was to get called out so Joel helps him succeed instead and Bdubs feels really bad about it. Then like 2 episodes later he's, again, sharing intel to help him guess multiple tasks. Something about the way he's above ground talking to Joel for an extended period of time at multiple points while Joel is down under working on an exp farm calling him his favorite snitch (the only person Bdubs doesn't snitch on is Etho. Naturally)

And also Bdubs praising Joel a bunch when he sees him actually digging out the farm. He's praising Joel as if it were his task to do so (like Scar with Pearl in that other SL episode) but he's just. doing this just because

When Bdubs' task is to get someone to leave whilst he's telling a story, Joel eventually does, and Bdubs seeks him out later just to tell him "I knew you would. I knew you got my back"

Joel accidentally shoots Bdubs during the SL finale, he feels awful about it and Bdubs tells himself to eat his golden apple, which poetically reminds Joel to eat his. And then Scott uses Bdubs' death to taunt Joel before killing him too 😐

"Good morning sunshine!" (Joel in response: "morning mr dub")

"Are you trying to swim in lava, angel?"

Bdubs completely unprompted: "Be calm and cool and collected, like Joel is in moments like these, not scared of anything"

Joel mimicking Bdubs in WL going "you see, Minecraft is like a canvas..." and Bdubs reacting to it

Bdubs saying "Hey, don't- calm down, kay? We're gonna get you out of this, okay?" to Joel while Joel's trying to sell him purpur against his will

Bdubs fixing Joel's trapdoors even whilst in the process of horse cursing him

Bdubs talking about how he wants to beat Joel in PVP "for stealing Etho" and then also calling him a good builder unprompted. He's so fanfiction

And the statue Joel built of Bdubs ofc

(More from you guys that I forgot!!) Joel all "different season, you've no reason to hate me now right" at the start of WL and Bdubs goes "no of course not. Except I wanna kill you"

Their banter in general in their episode of "Is that Sheep looking at Me?" (And Gem)

If anyone knows more you've gotta tell me

<33 I love u Bdubs you're so good to my boys

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"Gay people, we love Pearl right?" Geminitay -2025

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I'm sorry, but I can't be the only one who reads Double Life like one of those cheesy dating shows!

You know the ones: they randomly pair people together as "soulmates," and the rest of the season is just petty relationship drama. We've got the "secret soulmates" trope, the awkward divorce squad, and unnecessary pettiness galore.

Am I the only one who sees it?

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name them

I decided to get my dad to do this challenge. He knows a few of them because I talk about it a lot, but it was really funny watching him look so confused about what their skins were even supposed to be.

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Be gone Biphobes!!!!!

This is why I don’t tell 99% people im bisexual

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Hermitcraft/life series incorrect quotes

Scot: Can I have some water?  Joel: *starts chugging their water bottle*  Joel: *chokes from drinking too fast*  Joel: *spills water all over themself*  Joel, coughing: I don't have any water.

Scar: Vegetable oil is made from vegetables, coconut oil is made from coconuts, so BABY OIL-  Cleo: CAN'T WE JUST HAVE A NICE FAMILY DINNER FOR ONCE?!

Grian: Act natural.  Mumbo: For this kind of situation, the most natural thing would be to panic, so technically I can panic.  Grian: NO, that’s not what I meant! Act like it’s a normal day!  Mumbo: My ‘normal’ days of late, consist of a lot of panic.  Grian: Will you just cooperate?  Mumbo: When a person is panicking, they are not apt to cooperate very well!

Grian: You really believe in Joel?  Lizzie: Luckily, they believe in themself enough for the both of us

Scar: You should see Grian, he’s a total tsundere. Isn’t he just the best? Gem: He stabbed you.

Scar, throwing their head into Grian's lap: Tell me I'm pretty!  Grian, lovingly stroking their hair:You're pretty fucking annoying, that's what you are

Cleo: I love sarcasm! It’s like punching people in the face, but with words!

Doc: I apologize for saying 'fuck' in front of Gem.  Ren: You just said it again.  Gem: Doc: I am not a role model.

Lifers reactions to being called straight:  Joel: The fuck, no I'm not.  Ren: Excuse the hell out of you?  Scar: Ding dong, you are wrong!  Martyn: Who told you that? And why did they lie?  Grian: Rude.  Cleo: *punches the person*

Grian: Scar... you've been cuddling with me for over and hour now.  Scar: *muffled* mm hmmm :)  Grian: Fuck. I should be annoyed but you're adorable.

Joel: Bitch.  Bdubs: Blocked.  Joel: Wait unblock me I need to tell you something.  Bdubs: Unblocked.  Joel: Bitch.

Scot: When I said bring me something back from the beach I meant like a conch shell!  Martyn: *Struggling to hold a seagull* Fucking say that next time!

Ren To Mumbo: Wow, left handed AND British? You really are an illusion.

Gem: When I first met you, I thought you were weird and annoying.  Joel: And?  Gem: And you are.

Grian: I’ve been described as a ‘heartless villain’ and a 'little shit’, but I prefer… 'has alternative ways of having fun

Grian: The best way to gain someone's undying loyalty is by saving them from a perilous situation.  Scot: So you're just gonna wait until Scar is in danger and save them?  Grian: Of course not, I'm going to create a situation that puts them in danger and then save them.  Scot: ...  Scot: You're insane.

Grian: The time to act is now.  Scar: Wink, wink.  Grian: Don't say "wink wink". Just wink.  Scar: Oh, sorry.  Scar: Wink.

*lifers at a family dinner*  Pearl: Can you pass the salt?  Scot: *throws Joel across the table*

Tango: Did you buy eggs like I asked?  Jimmy: Even better!  Tango: What the fuck did you-  Jimmy: *holding up a chicken* Her name is Fluffy Tango: She’s… beautiful!

Skizz: I’ve never asked someone out. How do you even do it?  Joel: Oh, what I do is, I look them up and down and I say: “Hey… how you doin’?”  Skizz, scoffing: Oh, please.  Joel, to Jimmy: Hey, how you doin’?  Jimmy: jimmy: *giggles and blushes*

Joel, driving in his car with the other winners and singing to the Little Einsteins theme song: We’re going on a trip-  Martyn: In our favorite piece of shit!  Grian: Doing 95!  Scot: We’re gonna fucking die!

Scar: The clock is ticking! We don't have time for this asinine tomfoolery!  Impulse: This unmitigated poppycock?  Gem: Extravagant hogwash!  Grian and Mumbo: Okay, stop.

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Surely I’m not the only one

Okay! Good afternoon, day, night (middle of the night for me) from wherever you are.

my mind won’t let me sleep because of my strange delusion of a new hermit craft ship. I haven’t seen this anywhere and if someone knows where to look please tell me and show me my people!

Hear me out: Smalldubs/Smallethubs

I haven't really been one to enjoy Ethubs, but that's mainly because I don't watch them interact as often. From what I've seen from Hermitcraft, Life series, and the fandom, they seem really sweet. And after watching the petty rivalry between Bdubs and Joel and how some people were interpreting it as them fighting over Etho, for some reason, it all just seems homosexual to me. Can we forget the fighting and all just kiss?! That is all my brain can think about lately.

Don't even get me started on Joel's latest Hermitcraft video where Bdubs just calls Joel over to talk about his newest build and they nerd out over buildy things. This is literally them realizing that:

'Hey, you're not actually that bad.' 'Neither are you I guess.'

Like Bdubs just wanted an excuse to see Joel again, and we all know a lot of Joel's flirting techniques are just being really annoying.

(The classic 'he picks on you because he likes you.' (Even though that term sucks))

It's his love language. Also, not to mention that Smalldubs is really ironic and funny. At the end of the day, they're all obsessed with each other.

I can imagine Etho watching them argue and be all like:

'Guys! Please don't fight! This is getting out of hand!'

and Joel and Bdubs looking at each other with their hands at each other's necks and having this moment of realization where they don't need Etho and realize that they belonged together the whole time. They might move past Etho but still hold him in high regard for being the person who helped them find each other. Two angry short men thinking they're obsessed with the wrong person.

I think the Boat Boys and Ethubs enjoyers should all just stop fighting and kiss, all we really are at the end of the day are just people who want block people to kiss."

sorry for the big rambling. I could talk about them for years on end. Have a fantabulous rest of your night/day/life you gorgeous specimen.

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he did not miss a beat

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Wild Life Bingo

Take a look at this seasons bingo card! I think I did some pretty good predicting in this one. The darker ones are ones that have had to be shaded multiple times.

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OMG!!!!

Don’t mind me just showing off my life series sticker shrine, paired with my limited addition Ocean queen pin. If only my Jellie hoodie would arrive soon.

Also: Merry Christmas!!!!!!