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xoxo-ren-xoxo · 7 months

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The Hermitcraft Heroes & Villains AU (HHVAU)

Heyyy it's me Ben back with another hermitcraft au I'll never write but could talk endlessly about! This time we hit the ground running with a classic (or not-so-classic) heroes and villains AU :D

TW/CW: hermitshipping, medical gore (non-graphic description), implied child abuse, mind control, cults, aliens & fungi/mould, alchohol/drinking

Disclaimer: I've read quite a few hero/villain stories in this fandom, so some of these ideas might not be super original! Thank you to the lovely folks on discord who helped with this!

Premise: In the city of Blackstone, heroes and villains take to the streets to fight, engaged in a constant battle for control. The Hero Bureau, overseen by the mysterious Watchers, takes in powerful individuals and trains them to protect the city, while villains and vigilantes are free agents.

Despite the fighting, most heroes and villains have a few key rules they try not to break. Revealing someone's secret identity is a total no-go. Even upon arrest villains' identities are often kept quiet. The city must remain standing, also, so most villains do not aim for utter destruction. It is a careful balancing act of an ecosystem, some may say, that keeps the city afloat.

Pssst. Send me asks to get writing snippets. More (long descriptions) under the cut!

Villains

Grian "The Mother Spore"

Powers: flight, mind control, mycelium spores, mushroom & mould manipulation

Started as an ordinary bird hybrid and architecture student before becoming infected, chosen to be The Mother Spore for an infectious and invasive alien fungus

The mycelium controls his mind, though he is lucid, it simply convinced him to protect and spread the fungus to take over the world, and now he acts on that one goal

Used to be very driven and have a big plan for his life, has no personal goal now, using his creativity and energy entirely to provide for the spores

Lives in a secret hideout in a dense forest outside the city, has grown mushrooms and mycelium around the base to keep unwanted people out

Tends to target small isolated towns, wiping them out overnight

Some have called him the 'angel of death' because of his wings and general death-omen vibes

Kills people to use their bodies as mushroom food

Can control people's minds by connecting them to the mycelium network, an alien hivemind

Occasionally becomes lucid and is afraid of what he has become

Still yearns for something, some kind of human connection, despite his thoughts being basically erased and replaced by the mycelium, it's complicated

Fun fact: as a civilian and in his personal life, Grian uses he/him, but as The Mother Spore, she uses she/her

Ren "The Dog" / "The King"

Powers: shapeshifting, enhanced smell, sight, strength and hearing

Former member of the Hero Bureau, turned villain

A dog hybrid with the unique ability to shift his form into a huge wolf creature

Now works with villain GOAT (Doc)

Mostly focussed on kicking butt and doing thievery but also intent on stopping the Hero Bureau and associated people, big on revenge

Not a fan of The Mother Spore but content on leaving her alone so long as she doesn't descend onto the city (he values his life)

Shifted from dog theming to king theming when going from hero to villain, hates being called ‘dog’ or anything like that

Monster form can go out of control / feral and hurt people

Monster form side-effect of killing his energy + damaging his ‘human’ form

Fun fact: he likes shiny things and good music, and has a collection of (mostly stolen or thrifted) trinkets in his house

Doc "GOAT"

Powers: he's just really good with technology and genetics… like, weirdly good, everything else is part of his own experiments

Unethically experimented on himself, stole expensive tech from high-security labs

Comprehensive list of Doc’s unethical self-experiments:

Hybridization (goat) - an illegal practice used to gain hybrid features, by messing with his own genetics using new tech to give himself goat horns, patches of fur, goat ears + hoof hands

Cybernetics (failed) - tried to attach cybernetic modifications but his body rejected them and caused them to malfunction badly, paralysing his arm and half of his face

Cybernetics - replaced his paralysed arm + parts of his face with new cybernetics now created from materials his body wouldn’t reject, the tech is woven into his body making the two inseparable and dangerous to damage

Chemical Alteration (failed) - drank a serum meant to make him stronger but it failed, instead colouring his fur green

Hybridization & Cybernetics (butterfly) - gave himself part-organic part-cybernetic butterfly wings, because he wanted to fly and this was the most sensible solution

Started out as a curious science nerd, became a criminal through illegal experimentation, resorted quickly to stealing tech to aid his curiosity and further experiment on himself

Once labelled a criminal he turned to more high-profile crime, revelling in being a ‘supervillain’

Refers to a ‘Hivemind’ occasionally when conducting experiments, assumed to be something to do with his cybernetics- an inherent mental connection to the internet due to the cybernetics connected to his brain?

Hates HotGuy. Wants to know HotGuy’s secret identity so bad. Actually a little bit obsessed with HotGuy. Hey man why have you got all that HotGuy merch.

Ren is his bestie / partner in crime / actual partner.

Swears HotGuy started this weird nemesis thing they have going on. Will not elaborate when asked.

Actively wants to murder The Mother Spore. Because she's annoying and gross.

Fun fact: he does not get along well with other scientists. Kind of like a really hostile cat.

Cub

Powers: blessing of the Vex

He was raised in a cult which worshipped the Vex, kidnapped as a baby with his parents murdered

Raised alongside Scar, who defended him a lot as a child- they had a close relationship but it never went anywhere before Scar left at 17

The cult was very manipulative and unethical, with Cub killing his first person at age 18- he was outspokenly against it as a child but grew to accept the cult

The cult disbanded when he was around 30 (ish) after the supposed 'day of blessing' from the Vex passed with no apparent payoff- Cub fled the following chaos and ended up in Blackstone

With a lot of skewed morals and fascination with the human body, he begins tricking or straight up kidnapping civilians in order to test the limits of their lives. He approaches this all quite clinically, cutting people up and experimenting on them

Fun fact: Cub is blessed by the Vex, it just doesn't 'show'- he has an array of magical qualities that make his work and life easier without him realising

Cleo "Zombie"

Powers: zombie curse

Former powerless hero

She was once best friends with Pearl when they were in the Hero Bureau together, but everything changed after Pearl accidentally read her future and told her

Pearl insisted that Cleo would be cursed, and begged them not to go out on a mission, but this only angered Cleo, hating the fact that their future might be set in stone

To change the road of fate, Cleo sought out the curse themself, only to fulfil the prophecy and become cursed

In a last, desperate attempt at getting one up over Pearl, she publicly revealed her secret identity, forcing Pearl to live in fear

Now a minor villain, mostly just set on taking down the heroes out of spite

Fun fact: besties with Joe Hills, occasionally guts him for fun (this will make more sense later...)

Tango “Architect” / “Baffler” / “Dungeon Master”

Powers: spacebubble creation, magical architecture, games!

He just likes to play silly games!

The silly games in question are murder games, he creates them in pocket universes and picks civilians up from the street to play

They die a lot

Secretly friends with Zedaph and Impulse, who run through his games (death-free) for fun

Generally seen as a poor excuse for a villain, being referred to as the "Baffler", which he hates

Fun fact: can make beasts. Keeps making beasts.

Heroes

Scar "HotGuy"

Powers: … he can shoot arrows real good and has a cool utility belt, never-ending optimism

He's HotGuy!

Your friendly neighbourhood superhero (if, by neighbourhood, you mean city and surrounding districts)

Is a vigilante and not affiliated with the Hero Bureau but works with them a lot

Has a gay thing going on with Grian despite all the spores…

Has another gay thing going on with Cub

Yet another gay thing going on with Mumbo

Please stop trying to kiss villains, Scar

Tragic backstory: was raised in the Vex cult alongside Cub, who he became friends with very quickly. He stopped the cultists from hurting Cub, receiving his scars in the process. Cub also protected him, refusing to allow the cultists to sacrifice him once his disabilities made themselves known, but Scar left the cult and became a hero at age 18 after refusing to sacrifice someone

Does not trust the Hero Bureau because of the cult stuff

He’s very popular with civilians, but nobody knows his secret identity- he is scared of being tracked down or stopped by government / local authorities because of his vigilante nonsense

Fun fact: he is an ambulatory wheelchair user who also utilises crutches and leg braces on the battlefield, allowing him to be stealthy and quick when it matters most at the cost of his energy and pain in his personal life

Pearl “Moonwitch”

Powers: can see someone’s future by touching their skin- most powerfully during the new, full, and half stages of the moon phase, trained in combat, debated ability to change the future / contact otherworldly fate beings

Part of the Hero Bureau, one of the higher ranked heroes

Very good with animals, to the extent that people thought she had animal powers

Her hero persona started out as a very goth / witchy type, but she switched to a more cozy theme when she became more popular

Doesn’t often go into the field to fight villains, but is sometimes needed for backup- usually she stays at the Bureau and uses her powers on captured villains and occasionally on heroes before they go out on missions

Her identity is no secret, unfortunately revealed in a pretty dramatic fight with Cleo which led to Cleo becoming a villain

Due to her identity being revealed, Pearl is very careful and never travels alone unless she has to, and she moved out of her apartment to live at the Bureau, making her extra protective of it

Good friends with heroes Gem and Impulse (they call themselves ‘soup group’- no one knows why)

Does not like using her powers, she has been forced to witness a lot of bad stuff that she then had no ability to stop / change

Fun fact: Used to be friends with Grian before he became The Mother Spore, tried to convince him to apply for sidekick tryouts at the Bureau (after seeing his... quite bad future accidentally) but he refused, claiming he wanted to focus on his studies and that the mysterious Watchers creeped him out

Gem "Life-bringer"

Powers: healing, injury absorption, invincibility

Despite having healing powers, she absolutely kicks ass in a fight, which she keeps trying to explain to the Watchers (they do not listen)

Tends to be sent into battle after a fight is over to help heal civilians and heroes (though she will heal villains too)

Can't die from using her powers but is hit with the pain of the injuries she absorbs

Part of the soup group! They get soup on Thursdays.

Xisuma "Voidwalker"

Powers: walking through walls, turning invisible in shadows

I just included him here because he has a weird thing going on with Keralis

One of the higher-ups in the Hero Bureau, simultaneously knowing too much and not enough- doesn't necessarily agree with how things are run

Impulse “Gargoyle”

Powers: demonic, stone skin, electricity powers

Lots of friends, some of them not so heroic, some of them like soup

Really just a hero for the pay benefits

False “Golden Eagle”

Powers: highly skilled in combat, flight

Weird little friendship with Ren, which often evolves into them fighting in the middle of the city

Has very sharp talons, but isn't actually a golden eagle hybrid- she's a red-tailed hawk

Zedaph

Just the Hero Bureau's local mad scientist!

He is not normal

Neutral/Civilian

Mumbo

Powers: he is a vampire. Sorry.

Acts like he was turned in the 60s, but in reality he was turned only a decade ago, just really into both hippie and suit-and-tie aesthetics

Drinks blood, I mean he is a vampire what more do you want… but generally against killing people (yay?)

Weak in the sun and gets sunburned very easily so he has a parasol, holy water and silver burn him too, and stakes are deadly

Best friends (...) with Grian, knew him before the whole Mother Spore business and stuck with him despite it- stays in the forest with Grian a lot because of the excellent levels of tree coverage that blocks out the sun

By virtue of being a third wheel, he knows Scar too, and often has to act as a messenger between the two when they get into arguments (this happens often.)

He is really into travelling and often leaves the city to go to see other towns and such, brings back souvenirs for his friends

Due to being genuinely undead, he is immune to Grian’s alien mycelium- yippee!

Mumbo buddy can you please talk about your feelings we can all see you staring at HotGuy and fawning over Mother Spore come on dude

Fun fact: a really good engineer- he was doing that as his career and stuff before the whole vampire thing. Still loves to geek out about engineering nonsense every once in a while and also likes to invent things (that rarely work)

Joe Hills

Powers: immortal, can sense when someone else with powers is nearby (NOT a spider-sense…)

He has lived several lifetimes, by this point, usually skipping town after a few decades so as to not seem suspicious

Always says ‘well this life is my favourite by far’

However, he has a pretty poor memory, so don’t ask him about any life but this one

Runs a live podcast which covers the daily goings on of heroes and villains across the city- made easier by his inexplicable ability to be in the right place at the right time, always first to the scene of a battle ready to record

Used to be an informant for the Hero Bureau, but wasn’t officially part of their ranks, more like an anonymous tipper

Has some insane gay thing going on with Cleo, let’s just call them friends for now

They’re roommates

Knew Cleo before the whole curse thing, stuck with them when they became a villain, cut all ties to the Bureau and started leaning his content slightly against the Bureau (but still in favour of vigilantes and against outright murder)

There is something wrong with him I think

Fun fact: when he’s at the scene of a fight, he makes silly quips and commentary at the parties involved, while safely standing to the side, often live recording his podcast. No one likes this. Multiple villains have tried to kill him for being annoying, but y’know… immortality. Death doesn't hurt him as he has no evolutionary need to feel pain.

Keralis

Powers: hypnosis

Runs a bar/club in the middle of the city which heroes and villains frequent (though it tends to be more popular with villains)

The club is a neutral zone, no fights can happen there- if someone tries to start something, Keralis can and will use his hypnosis on them

Club might be a front for a mafia don’t worry about it

Fun fact: do not look him in the eyes

Beef “Butcher”

No powers

Works cleanup jobs for villains, referred to as “Butcher” both because it’s his day job and because of how many bodies he disposes of

Beef… is probably not his real name, anyway

Heroes dislike him generally, but he makes a lot of problems disappear

Known to take up any cleanup job if the pay is right, but has a rule against killing anyone- bodies are perfectly fine, he’s even down to help with kidnappings and hostage situations, but he will not kill- believes killing is the last straw before a person becomes a monster

Bull hybrid. Yes, his day job is awkward. He enjoys it, though, the little weirdo

Has been called on by some less-moral heroes to help with cleanups that are too much of a mess to fix the ethical way

Fun fact: good friends with xB and Keralis, regularly calls on them to help him with cleanups, but does most of the messiest work himself. Though Keralis is very helpful for dealing with living witnesses

Main Plot

The main story follows HotGuy as he attempts to make the Hero Bureau look bad by solving more crime and catching more bad guys than they can. He also wants his friend, Grian, to come back from the 'bad' side. However, when Cub shows up in the city, all hell breaks loose and HotGuy ends up getting captured.

Once Cub finds out who Scar is, a lot of conflicting feelings happen (Cub still tries to cut him open, but he puts him back together again) and HotGuy is left unconscious in an alley. There, he's picked up by Mother Spore, whose murderous (but also gay) advances on HotGuy worry Grian enough to seek out Cub himself, willing to go under the knife to remove the spores from his body.

Meanwhile, after her fight with Cleo, Pearl starts to doubt the Hero Bureau. She begins to question the Watchers, no longer trusting them, especially when they tell her she can't leave because her powers are too strong. She enlists the help of some friends, Impulse and Gem, to get to the bottom of the mystery and expose the Watchers.

Subplots

Tango feels shunted, labelled as a 'villain of the week' for his rather ineffectual traps and tricks, so he takes it upon himself to steal other people's powers to make his games more deadly and terrifying

Ren and Doc are doing classic supervillain things, like, building freeze rays and stuff

Joe Hills keeps picking up vital information on his podcasts, and soon a fanbase arises trying to figure out the mystery- this later becomes helpful information for Pearl & Scar

Keralis' many adventures in dealing with drunk-off-their-arse heroes and villains (he has many stories to tell)

#hermitcraft #hermitshipping #hermitblr #hhvau #hermitcraft au #tw child abuse #tw mind control #heroes and villains #long post #au posting #ben chats shit on the internet

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sunnycore · 18 days

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Rattlesnake is a Southern Rock band that becomes rivals to The Wandering Cryptids. Their story is rife with success, controversy and tragedy, all of which leads them to legendary status.

The band's heavily inspired by The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mountain and Molly Hatchet. You can listen to their playlist here! You can read more about the band under the cut:

Dale Gator-Dale is the oldest of the Gator brothers, and is the band's rhythm guitarist. He's a gentle giant with a big heart, and he tends to be too trusting and naive. He often serves as a peacemaker.

Doug Gator-Doug is the second oldest brother and is the lead singer/keyboardist. He's hot headed and strong willed, which often gets him into trouble. He's subconscious about his small stature and gets mad when people bring it up.

Rory Gator-Rory is the youngest of the Gator brothers and is the lead guitarist. He's very creative, optimistic and hyper, and tends to get himself into mischief. Rory is socially awkward, but he can be very friendly when he's comfortable enough.

Daniel Blackstone-Daniel is a close friend of Dale's and is the rhythm guitarist and sometimes lead guitarist. He's a stoic and reserved guy, often coming off as unfriendly. Really Daniel can be very nice, but he has a hard time trusting people.

Statch Walkman-Statch is another friend of the brothers and the second bassist. Statch is a moody guy who acts like he doesn't like or care about anyone, even though he very much does.

Bill Rommer-Bill is a friend of Daniel's and Statch's, and is the band's lead bassist. He's a quiet, chill dude that rarely talks and has a fascination for cars and motorcycles. He's the smartest one in the entire group.

Mojo Lerezzo-Mojo is the band's leading drummer and percussionist. He's a very extroverted, bombastic guy who loves to party and have fun. He can be gruff sometimes but he's also a kind-hearted man.

Lamar Williams II-Lamar is the second drummer of the band. He's one of those guys that's way too nice for his own good and is pretty much a golden retriever in human form. Lamar is very passive and tries to avoid conflict as much as possible.

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I really love these guys. For the first time in forever I actually feel inspired to work on these dudes and their story, thanks to their redesigns. Sometimes you gotta fix characters several times before you get them right. :D I'll upload their Toyhouse pages once they're done.

#missuny's art #the musicverse #rattlesnake band #band ocs #character designs

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painonthebrain · 4 months

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Flint’s introduction!

Basic Info

Name: Flint Blackstone

Age: Mid-twenties

Species: Human

Gender identity: Male

Pronouns: He/him

Orientation: Bisexual

Personality

On the surface, Flint appears socially awkward and incapable of survival — but only because hes more comfortable signing a demonic contract than talking to a human being. (Of course he tries to keep up appearances — but he barely finds himself capable of real connection.)

Although possibly the very definition of “lost potential,” Flint’s creativity shines when coming up with ways to stay self-sufficient: he invents aids for his physical pain, brews potions of various effects, and he has little hesitation finding money in crude ways.

His shaky independence comes from fear and a severely neglected childhood where he lived with his chronic hoarder parents. He dreads keeping things for too long, or staying somewhere for too long... or when the situation is calm and quiet for too long. He’s far too used to dealing with bullshit and constant pain and chaos, some of which is his twisted comfort.

So what’s his deal?

After losing a childhood friend to a loving religious family (read: cult) Flint started to indulge in supernatural activities as well for some kind of escape and way of living. So now a shack in the woods full of supernatural creature bits and trinkets is where he is.

#flint oc #oc intro #whump oc #his personality and whats his deal is kind of stolen from my friend #and by kind of i mean like. with little eeny weeny modifications

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definitelynotshouting · 11 months

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MINECRAFT SHINGLES, OMG HEGSJAGAGAKA

This is an amazing way to word it, and I'm stealing that, bcuz this is also exactly what happened to me lol. I'm 21, I've watched MC vids for 6 months now, I've played for 2 xdd

No immunity, only blocks lol

Also, let's unite in being anti-chest-monster, I very quickly realised how overwhelming digging through chests of junk can be for me, it just sucks the enjoyment right out of the game. I've been looking into building some sort of a redstone sorting system, cuz I discovered I really like redstone, but I don't think I'm on that level yet haha

But I love exploring, flying around, collecting pretty blocks, and orgainising everything into neat stacks (that last one scratches my autism brain pfftttt), so it's only a matter of time before I attempt a storage system like that

And I must unfortunately dissappoint you, for I have no real rhyme or reason when it comes to planning my builds 😅

Ideas and block combos just usually pop into my head, and then I try them out straight in the survival world. I sometimes mess up, change blocks, remove things, so it's not an efficient way to do things, but it does work for me. Plus I've noticed I'm kinda like Etho, my houses are mostly just interior lmaoooo. It's usually a hot mess of things I thought are cool at a time, and a consistent building style is something I lack xd. For example, my island is decorated with moss, spruce leaves, ferns, a fire pit, etc. (cabin in the woods vibes), my fields and animal pen are on interconnected artificial islands on my lake, my potion lab is in a basement I dug under said island and I made it with blackstone and a lot of the nether warped stems (evil scientist style), and the house I made is on top of a... futuristic tree I made from glass and leaves, and said house in itself looks like a Rich Person Seaside Mansion, and it's in white and blue

I supppose this is a real representation of my brain xdd

Also, I'm the person who makes farms for communal use, I was sleeping under the sky for SO LONG, cuz I made a gunpowder farm for my friends, an xp enderman one, now I wanna build a gold one in the nether, and I'm wrangling villagers into a trading hall rn (they are a nightmareeeee xddd)

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Oh gods redstone scares the crap out of me, i feel like i definitely fall on the builder side of things rather than being a more technical player-- but then i also havent messed with it much yet, so maybe i will surprise myself!!! Still, building a redstone sorting system seems real fun!!! Me when i can just sort things automatically.... the autism is Winning™ truly.

Tbh out of all my friends i am the person with the most Planning Brain. Cannot do a single thing on the fly it Must be scheduled, hopefully about three business days in advance at least /hj 😂😂😂😂 this apparently applies to minecraft in that i will open CSP and meticulously edit a screenshot to reflect what i want the area to look like, then meticulously plan a build outline, then carefully mull over multiple ideas for the block palette, then go BACK into the creative world to double check ive got the right measurements from the outline before ever setting foot back in my survival world 💀💀💀

Your builds sound so cool and unique though, thats amazing!!! Glass tree..... looking so intently at that tbh. Also gods i am dreading the part where i need to wrangle villagers for farms 😭😭😭😭😭 especially bc im entertaining the idea of putting all my farms underground so they're beneath/within the ruins i plan to make under the lake near my base. Luckily there is a village literally on the edge of the lake so at least theyre close by 💀

#shouting speaks #asks #minecraft #cherrybee hollow #i have a lot of tentative plans tbh but i DO know i want a conduit inside the temple i plan on building #a beacon would be cool too but i havent checked to see if those work underwater or not yet #so that might require some more extensive planning and a few perspective tricks to pull off #long post #txt

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salemoleander · 1 year

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At long last I managed to figure out a palette I don't hate for my town build!! My favorite part by far is the shading around the light fixture high up on the wall, it looks super striking at night.

(The right building is mine; the one on the left is my neighbor's that I rebuilt in creative to check color matching. Yes they are that close.)

I now know by process of elimination that brick and sandstone, clay and diorite, nether brick and blackstone, and like 50 other combos don't work for this, so I'm relieved as hell to have one that does!

#salem tag #minecraft build #screenshot #now i just have to. do the sides and the interior.

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veradragonjedi · 11 months

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Looking at my little brother's Minecraft worlds and found what looks to be a tumblr post.

[ID: Minecraft worlds in rows, most of them are cropped out. The main one says "The Prison (not done) (evil)". It is listed as a creative world. The one above is cropped so it is just listed as "survival", and the one below is listed as "Coastal Village". The Prison world's image is a rough photo of a Minecraft sticky piston on a blackstone bricks background.]

ID is also in ALT text.

#vee plays minecraft #minecraft #mc #image described

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riflebrass · 9 months

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A while back I was watching a video with tips on Project Zomboid and one tip was to collect backpacks to build various kits. Going out for a combat role? Make a backpack with a gun and mags etc. Zombies might overrun your house? Make a bugout bag with the bare essentials. I'm not very creative so I can't really think of any more for PZ.

But I've come to realize I do that IRL.

I have a backpack in the car that has a clean change of clothes, toiletries, and other basic odds and ends for a weekend bag so I don't have to pack in advance for a trip.

I have another backpack in the car with spare earpro for the range and some camp cups.

I also have a small duffel for provisions. Canned goods, some dried goods, a bottle of whiskey.

Now I'm wanting to find a new backpack for a grill bag. My Blackstone griddle is nice and portable but I use a reusable shopping bag for odds and ends like tongs, plates, paper towels. The problem is it's an open top bag so when it gets knocked over stuff spills out and there are no separate compartments for any kind of organization.

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wjbminecraft · 7 months

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@clovercrafted's Buildtober 2023 day 1: Witch's Brew

Potion-brewing on an industrial scale!

Mod(s):

Create

More info below.

Blocks used, in alphabetical order (modded are in italics, non-visible are bold; some may be missing):

Andesite Funnel

Andesite Scaffolding

Block of Andesite Alloy

Block of Zinc

Cogwheel

Creative Crate

Creative Fluid Tank

Creative Motor

Deployer

Detector Rail

Encased Fan

Fluid Pipe

Framed Glass

Mechanical Belt

Mechanical Pump

Nozzle

Polished Blackstone

Rail

Redstone Lamp

Redstone Link

Shaft

Stone Bricks

Train Casing

Albums listened to while building:

Inform - Educate - Entertain by Public Service Broadcasting

Let The Dancers Inherit The Party by Sea Power

Discovery by Daft Punk

Post creation: 20th of September 2023, 3:30am BST

#mineblr #minecraft #minecraft screenshots #clovers buildtober 2023

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acutewitchcraft · 2 years

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Dyes and Colour Palette Correspondence

In Minecraft, there are 16 different coloured dyes available in-game, which also shares similar shades and colours alongside many other blocks as well

When building something related to a spell or dedicated with a specific intention like an altar or a temple, utilising these colours in your block palette can complement what you're aiming for.

Of course, much like any component to a spell, these are just additional dressing and so you don't have to include them in your builds, but I find it fun at least to work with a certain palette when making a build for spells and rituals.

White: positive energy, healing, remembrance, new beginnings, peace, clarity, devotion, goodwill, prayers, a combination of all the colours, protection, light

Source: bone meal, lily of the valley

Block Examples: quatz, white concrete, bone block, calcite, white wool

Blue: emotional healing, truth, psychic awareness, forgiveness, justice, banishing nightmares and anxiety, patience, hiding the truth from others, water

Source: lapis lazuli, cornflower

Block Examples: lapis lazuli block, blue glazed terracotta, blue concrete, blue wool

Brown: home protection, animals, stability, family, physical matters, grounding, trust, balance, earth, strength, solidity, concentration

Source: cocoa beans

Block Examples: most overworld wood logs, podzol, dirt

Green: money, growth, health, emotional healing, north, earth, fertility, nature, healing, balance, wealth, prosperity, employment

Source: cactus

Block Examples: moss, dried kelp block, leaves, green wool, green concrete

Red: passion, energy, love, fire, blood, strength, charisma, revenge, determination, courage, health, physical energy, willpower, intense emotions

Source: poppy, rose bush, beetroot, red tulip

Block Examples: red mushroom block, redstone block, red concrete, nether wart block, red nether brick

Black: reversal magick, banishing, absorbing negativity, releasing negativity, protection, destruction, invisibility, creating confusion, binding, cursing, chaos magick, transformation, force, enlightenment, shadows

Source: ink sac, wither rose

Block Examples: blackstone, deepslate, coal block, black concrete

Yellow: happiness, the sun, confidence, communication, creativity, imagination, success, focus, intuition, air, travel, knowledge, study, generosity, self-realisation, intuition, finances, good fortune, inner strength

Source: sunflower, dandelion

Block Examples: glowstone, beehive, gold block, honey block, hay bale

Orange: ambition, creativity, energy, vitality, attraction, encouragement, power, success, new opportunities, individuality

Source: orange tulip, combining red and yellow dye

Block Examples: red sand, pumpkin, shroomlight, orange wool, orange concrete

Pink: self-love, unconditional love, innocence, children, love, friendship, care, nurturing, sensitivity, emotional healing, reconciliation, spiritual love, compassion, forgiveness, glamour spells, affection, spiritual awakening

Source: peony, pink tulip, combining red and white dye

Block Examples: pink wool, pink glazed terracotta, pink concrete

Light Blue: truth, peace, tranquility, calm, healing from trauma, harmony in family, understanding, water

Source: blue orchid, combining blue and white dye

Block Examples: packed ice, light blue concrete

Lime: nature, the fae, luck, health, rejuvenation, growth, fertility, healing, abundance, renewal, prosperity

Source: sea pickle, combining green and white dye

Block Examples: slime block, lime concrete, lime wool

Magenta: empowerment, drawing attention, confidence, power, sensuality, love, attractiveness, long-term relationships, self-love, glamour spells

Source: lilac, allium, combining purple and pink dye, or red, blue and pink dye, or red (x2), blue and white dye

Block Examples: magenta wool, magenta concrete

Light Grey: spirits, the moon, love, psychic receptivity, rest, dreaming, healing, intelligence, memory, spiritual development, psychic development, warding off negativity, meditation

Source: azure bluet, oxeye daisy, white tulip, combining white and grey dye, or white (x2) and black dye

Block Examples: polished andesite, clay block, smooth stone, andesite

Grey: neutrality, reserve, stability, contemplation, reaching compromises, complex decisions, binding negative influences,

Source: combining black and white dye

Block Examples: cobblestone, stone, smooth basalt, deepslate

Cyan: versatility, blending in, water, calming, relaxation, peace, tranquillity, spirituality, uniqueness, the sky, creativity, imagination, focus, meditation, comfort, harmony, wealth, prosperity, protection, awareness

Source: combining blue and green dye

Block Examples: stripped warped stem, oxidised copper block, warped wart block, cyan wool

Purple: psychic abilities, divination, astral travel, spiritual cleansing, seeking wisdom, ambition, authority, mysteries, respect, honour, reducing stress, balancing sensitivity, devotion, spirituality, peace, ideals

Source: combining red and blue dye

Block Examples: amethyst block, purple wool, purpur block, purple concrete

#acuteworkings #minecraft magick #pop culture witchcraft

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convexicalcrow · 1 year

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Ya boi's finished drafting the Hekate's Cathedral in a creative world wooo. :D First cathedral I've ever built ngl. Still needs some refinement, and some more detail and texturing, but I'm happy with the final shape and form of it.

I kept the materials fairly simple, based on what I know I already have available or is easy enough to acquire. I will set up some masons so I don't need to mine quartz, and maybe get some piglins set up in the nether to get blackstone. Will need a ton of soulsand for the lanterns, but I have a soul sand valley not far from my portal, so that won't be too difficult.

This design is actually based off one I've seen many times in meditation, and where I would go to meet Hekate. Obviously there are things you can't make in vanilla minecraft but it's as close as I can get. I still have to detail the interior as well. There are going to be some gardens off the right hand side, which will require significant terraforming. Good thing I have like three double chests of dirt lmao.

It's enough for me to start gathering materials and building in my survival world now. I can start taking measurements and clearing trees and flattening land. It'll take a while to build, but I'm going to take my time with it. It'll turn out better that way.

I'll put some more detailed shots of the interior under the cut.

Will I regret needing to make this many soul lanterns? Possibly. But I have a metric shitton of iron I am not currently using, and a soul sand valley to tear to shreds so. I think I will manage. :D

#minecraft builds #java survival world #creative builds #hekate's cathedral #alllll the resources to gather now wooooo #I think it'll look real pretty when it's done tho #i wanted it to feel kinda dark and cosy #not brightly lit #but dimmer #where there's room for shadows to show/hide their mysteries #so it gives that feeling of awe you get in cathedrals #that this is sacred space #villa hekatea

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birdsong-18 · 2 years

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Piglin Project

a brainrot research and creative ethnogrophy project by birdsong-18 (aka, yours truely) [feel free to illustrate, adapt, or add on anything that you want this is for the community and for me to just have fun lol :)]

alright, so during this stressful time called finals, my brain is moving at one-million miles per hour, but i desire breaks (*cough* procrastination *cough*) and my brain is not just sitting still with resting, so i’m brainrotting over minecraft piglins (by the way, piglins are my favorite mob now, they’re so great i love them)

so, i present to you, the base factors: which i may or may not expand upon in later dates

i will be covering _ general sections at the moment, including: community structures economy

*i am in no way, shape, or form associated with mojang studios, this is all a creative project where i make unneccessary lore about a singular group of mobs in a sandbox game*

now preceed below the cut to witness, the research

The main idea of the Piglin Project is to provide a creative, interpretive outlook on a mob in Minecraft.

Community

What we know:

Three Types:

Brutes

General

Baby

General

Genderless entities (no distinction between "male" and "female")

Birth?

Perhaps asexual reproduction

Neutral unless provoked.

Wear gold = they're fine with you

No wearing gold = not fine with you

Not immune to fire

Traders

Afraid of soul fire

Have the ability to strategize hunting

Babies

Babies don't grow up (babies are a subsect, or do they grow?)

Neutral and non-violent

Work as gatherers

Play with baby hoglins!!!!

Can stack up to three

Brutes

The strongest of society.

Live in bastions

Guards the treasures within

Zombie Piglins

Diseased piglins who have died?

Very contagious

Alive piglins are scared of them.

Piglins are also afraid of soul-fire, maybe disease is connected to the soul valley?

Hoglins

Livestock and hunting

Wild different than domesticated?

Baby piglins will ride baby hoglins

Difference between wild and domesticated hoglins?

Baby piglins and baby hoglins can play together, making me believe that hoglins can be domesticated

Society

High functioning community

Can read/craft books

Can open and close wooden doors

Not fence gates, all trapdoors, and iron doors.

Implies that they cannot do redstone, but can do magic???

Piglins cannot swim

Will pick up raw and cooked porkchops, implying the fact that they are either cannibals or not fully pigs.

Definitely developed society (in Minecraft terms)

Definitely roles in community

Guards (Brutes)

Hunters

Weapon-smiths

Magicians (worship leaders?)

Explorers

Traders

Farmers

Livestock: Hoglins, Striders

Striders are also transportation (like horses) over lava

Doctors (?)

To fight against the zombie disease

They definitely have the power to make portals if necessary

Know of the existence of villagers?

Can mine obsidian

Why keep the portals closed?

Perhaps something to do with the fact that they turn into zombified piglins when in the overworld.

Structures Bastions

Fortress

Brutes, and "hunters" guard

Not used for living.

Maybe a worship setting (Gold is kept there, Pig statue, Treasure chests)

Materials Used in Building:

Blackstone (and variants)

Gold

Soul sand and lava for defense

Loot found in Bastions:

Lodestone

Arrow

Iron Nugget

Gold Nugget

String

Leather

Gilded Blackstone

Iron Ingot

Gold Ingot

Crying Obsidian

Enchanted Crossbow

Block of Gold

Golden Sword

Golden Axe

Golden Armor (full set)

Magma Cream

Chain

Obsidian

Bone Block

Cooked Porkchop

Block of Iron

Block of Gold

Enchanted Iron Sword

Golden Carrot (implies some form of carrot farming?)

Ancient Debris

Spectral Arrow

Enchanted Book

Snout Banner Pattern

Golden Apple (implies some farming of apples)

Crossbow

Diamond Shovel

Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe

Music Disk (pigstep)

Netherite scraps

Saddle

Netherite Ingot

Nether Quartz

Full Diamond Armor Set

Diamond

Enchanted Golden Apple

Crimson Forest Biomes

Game mechanic: spawn in groups of 2-4 in Crimson forests

Light level of 11 or less

Prefer the darker elements to the not-dark elements

Makes sense because nether

Most likely would have civilizations in these areas

Civilization:

Houses

Made from crimson wood

Maybe warped wood as well (to scare away the piglins)

Blackstone

Nether Bricks

Shops

Religion? Temples?

This would be where "magicians" would reside

Exiles:

Can spawn in crimson wastes

This is where more zombified piglins are

Perhaps exiled from the forest settlements

Economy:

Piglins are traders

Sell everything for gold

One gold will get you

1 Enchanted Book (Soul Speed I-III)

Implications: Piglins can enchant, or apply enchantment to books

Piglin Magicians?

Books, so how get paper? Implications of paper in the nether that only piglins can make.

Leather from Hoglins

1 Iron Boots (with Soul Speed I-III)

Implies that piglins have iron in the nether that humans can't find.

Maybe they can get iron from lava?

1 (Splash) Potion of Fire Resistance

Implies potion brewers in the nether (makes sense, brewing stands from Blaze Rods)

1 Water Bottle

Implies water in the nether?

Obviously they don’t need it to survive, because they're selling it.

Maybe steam, and soul biome is cold enough to cool it down.

10-36 Iron Nuggets

Implies that piglins have access to iron in the nether (again, forged from lava?)

2-4 Ender Pearls

Piglins hunt Endermen

Hunt in the warped forests

3-9 String

Implies that they will harvest string from striders.

Striders as rides?

Most likely keep striders as livestock.

5-12 Nether Quartz

Implies that piglins can mine.

Gold pickaxes

1 Obsidian

1-3 Crying Obsidian

Implies diamonds in the nether

Probably very rare (we've never seen diamond piglins).

Where get diamonds in the nether? (pressurized from lava perhaps?)

1 Fire Charge

Gun-powder from ghasts, implies that piglins can hunt ghasts.

2-4 Leather

From Hoglins

2-8 Soul Sand

Piglins aren't scared of soul-sand

2-8 Nether Brick

Piglins can forge (which we know from pickaxes, swords, and axes they use for weapons).

6-12 Spectral Arrow/Regular Arrow

Again implies the existence of some form of enchantment/magic in piglin society

Maybe priests?

8-16 Gravel

8-16 Blackstone

Smelting:

Piglins can most likely smelt and craft things, because of the fact that they have armor and weapons from gold.

Known Smelting/Crafting Abilities:

Golden Sword

Golden Axe

Golden Helmet

Golden Chestplate

Golden Leggings

Golden Boots

Gold

Iron Boots (trade)

Iron

Iron Sword (Bastion)

Netherite

Netherite is found in Bastions, as well as ancient debris

Lodestones are also found in Bastions.

Diamond pickaxe

To mine obsidian/crying obsidian

Pickaxes in general

Iron Armor

Diamond Armor

Most likely can craft everything that we can craft, due to the fact that they can craft things such as artillery weapons, potions, books and enchanting, and others.

#song rambles #piglin project #minecraft #piglins #sorry long post

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