eliabennet

[shepscapades]

Spiralling down the jimmy drain?

um. um.um um um. um um.um um. um.

no? (smiles)

[valeriapryanikova]

flying

[jestroer]

throwing this goofy Cub sketch from like last year at you without context

[noctude]

this idea has been in my brain for over 2 months and I finally had time to make it. is this too earnestly cringe to upload? i am beyond the capacity to care. enjoy

now on youtube!

[link to drive folder w/ downloads including instrumental]

Everything was chill back in Hermitcraft 6 (lying)

Then Grian got up to his usual tricks 

The name of the game is kill or be killed

No swords no bows no PVP skills

First Rendog found his inner fish

But he couldn’t stick the landing and his bones went squish

Stress flew through the dares with talent and grace

But she didn’t catch the totem and she fell on her face

Then Ren came back with a sinister vice

Tricked X with a race and blew him up twice

Looks like steel beams can’t be melted by slime

‘Cause Jevin didn’t see Mumbo’s tower in time

Stress set a trap at the shopping district

And dropped Scar right into a pufferfish pit

Cub’s stunt got stuck and X felt robbed

So he got a skeleton to finish the job

This is the Hermitcraft showdown of Hermitcraft destiny

Players, mobs, and explosions as far as the eye can see

And only one will survive, I wonder who it will be

This is the Hermitcraft showdown of Hermitcraft destiny

Tango and Impulse were shopping at the mall

But the store detonated and it killed them all

Grian had a no-good-very-bad-day 

And when he made it back home he got blown away

Then False broke a block and before she could speak

A giant underground explosion sent her into next week 

Cleo signed up for a warehouse tour

But she didn’t read the waiver and she fell through the floor

And TinFoilChef went laughing to the grave

Then without another word went back into his caves

Tango’s game was a race against the clock

And Keralis threw an egg at the most explosive block  

Now revenge is a dish that’s best served cold 

But Bdubs got it boiling as Cleo foretold

And when Joe got the rug pulled from under his feet

He tried to play it cool but he couldn’t take the heat 

This is the Hermitcraft showdown of Hermitcraft destiny

It’s 90% explosions as far as the eye can see

And only one will survive, I wonder who it will be

This is the Hermitcraft showdown….

In another dimension

With danger abound

Mumbo threw his ender-pearl

But missed solid ground

And Doc had played smart

But Grian played mean

He was dead on arrival,

The trap unforeseen

Then one player remained,

One Dragon Head left-

For the ride of his life, 

Iskall auctioned his death

He beat Joe Hills And ZombieCle-o

And every other member of the Dragon Bros:

FalseSymmetry and BDoubleO

And Grian and Mumbo Jumbolio 

Also Rendog, Jevin, TangoTek and Cubfan, 

Stress, Scar, and X just couldn’t beat the Iskallman

TinFoilChef or ImpulseSV

Doc can rock with blocks but can’t flee

So Grian and Impulse forged a team

And together they built a death machine

With a narrative arc from beginning to end

And a wild surprise around every bend

When the show and the ride were finally done

Our champion knew that his course had run

All that remains from the end of this fight 

Is a piece of bloodstained diorite 

This is the hermitcraft showdown of hermitcraft destiny

Just way too many explosions - where do they get all that TNT???

And only one will survive, I wonder who it will be

This is the Hermitcraft showdown

(this is the Hermitcraft showdown)

This is the Hermitcraft showdown  

(this is the Hermitcraft showdown)

This is the Hermitcraft showdown 

(this is the Hermitcraft showdown)

Of Hermitcraft destiny

[katkat030]

I recently found a folder of some of my favourite screenshots and photos from the Hermitcraft/Gamer's Outreach charity livestream, aaaand I figured tumblr might like them!

(I'll admit, I definitely miss seeing screenshots and liveblogging from the event flooding my for you page <3)

First up: Pearl and Karn (also known as Karnasas, Pearl's boyfriend, catnasas and Karen) measuring heights!! The verdict is that she's ever so slightly taller btw

More Karn and Pearl!! <- can you tell I have favourites, this time featuring one half of shinyduo being ✨ incredibly shiny ✨

More shinyduo! I meant it when I said I have favourites

Boop! Soup group measuring heights <3

I can't remember who, but someone managed to die outside the house in Phasmophobia which was hilarious (if someone can explain please go ahead, my Phasmo knowledge is abysmal)

Bonus: I put a cool filter on the selfie Gem posted on twitter of herself, Zed, Dot and Karn on the day of the solar eclipse, and it genuinely looks like an album cover.

My friends in Discord liked it so I figured I'd put it here as well!

[bucket-of-amethyst]

⚠️ RAT SMP LEAKED SCREENSHOT!!! REAL NOT FAKE!! 👆☝️👆☝️👆

[fudgecake-charlie]

more drawpile and whiteboard doodles! Featuring, face swapped Jellie and scar, Jevin, xisuma, two fae grians, and a little iskall comic

[chaggle]

Screw it. Hermitcraft-Mianite AU.

(Click for quality)

All the champions are here!

Xb as the ruler of Zuriaket and the champion of Miantie.

Cub as Dianite’s second favorite follower and champion.

And finally, Xisuma as Ianite’s unwilling victim champion!

[tango-but-everywhere]

I really hope i havent posted this one before lol. I dont think I have

This is from a tango season 9 episode? Early development of the astral library. I reshuffled my cameral roll so that all my mcyt-related screenshots are in one folder and that’s when I found him. I would guess around episode 12 or 13.

[ID: a minecraft screenshot from hermitcraft nine, taken in the early stages of the astral library nether hub’s development. Tango is standing on a small platform of scaffolding in front of a black concrete wall. The floor hasn’t been filled in yet so the nether below is visible. Tango is facing left, but looking directly at the viewer. He’s wearing enchanted diamond boots and pants, an elytra, and his parkour king crown. End ID]

[silverechosandblankmasks]

Minecraft World Building and Game Physics Doc

So! For a while iv been working on something called the 

World Building and Game Physics Doc

Which is basically me taking the Minecraft world and spinning into a “real world/fantasy world” setting and trying to make sense of how it works. It started as my Dream SMP and/or Hermitcraft world building doc, but quickly grew into a more general Minecraft type work. 

I worked very hard on it and it took, honestly, a very long time so id appreciate it if people would look at it, and share it around!

It has things like:

Explaining the basics of how the world works

What players are, and what makes them different from non players

The many, many races

Hybrids, and facts about them

Some history about the Minecraft world

The Natural, Modded, and Vanilla plus Worlds

Servers and Hubs

How Players and Admins interact with the world 

Gods, Deities, Immortals, and the differences between Them

And so much more. 

Feel free to ask questions as well, it might end up on the document answered, and let me know if I made a mistake! Click the document called “0. Basics, Credits, and Introductory” to start off.

Google Doc:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vG6kiUOiH-Lt_Ya6rW3qGJq1E8lUQUVI?usp=sharing

All of these are completely okay to use or get inspiration from, but I do ask you to credit me and/or link back to this because I've worked so hard to work this out let me tell you. If you see this on tumblr, please reblog and share it around! Do not take or claim its your own, reposting/sharing the group link is fine just make sure my credit remains please. 

[megablade]

so i have a folder in my notes app that has all the fics im subscribed to and my hermitcraft page look like (title)(crossover: Dream SMP) despite me being in the hc fandom longer - shy hands

omg that's so interesting !!! crossover fics aren't really my cup of tea but there seems to be quite a market for it tho based on what i see on ao3 sdfklgjgf

actually slight rambling tangent speaking of how you keep track of fics... i use a spreadsheet for all the fics i want to keep track of like i have different sheets for different pairings like this

and then within each sheet it has columns for the title & link, fic summary, word count if it's finished, and an indication of whether it's finished or not, and then a couple key words to remind myself what the fic is about !! and then i can easily sort through the unfinished works i'm subscribed to and the finished ones by using the "sort sheet from a to z" function

like i'm Curious does anyone else do it like this like how do you guys keep track of fics you enjoy

[trashyfanfictionboy]

Control In Your Hands

Words... Those didn't exist in that moment. That cold, frozen, chilling moment. A moment of... Moving could mean death... Well, not actually but it sure felt like it. What moment? The most important moment in Hermit Family's history, so important that you could say it left a scar over the whole family's mind. Maybe not a deep scar but a light one, one that you remember from time to time, time to time, it sends a chill down your spine when you remember it. Not one of trauma but one of memory. Memory of something Xisuma dreads. If you ask him about the moment then he'd tell you, "I was staring down the barrel of a gun." and I can tell you, he's not entirely wrong, but that's just my opinion. To fully understand the moment, you'd have to live in the moment.

"President Techno..." Xisuma muttered out. He felt his blood run cold. Terrified was an understatement, he was petrified. Petrified under the pink glowing haired president's gaze. Just being under it made him feel frozen, frozen in the room that started to feel as cold as ice.

All the short man did was smile up at the 7 foot Archangel who sat across from him at the other end of the dining room table. It was just him and he, he and him. That frosty smile that kept Xisuma frozen in place. Techno hummed, still smiling he pulled out his phone, holding it up as if he was looking at the man in front of him's passport as if double checking to make sure it was him. The smaller man's smile stretched further across his face.

"Xisuma Nevaeh Admin. You know, I never thought I'd ever get the chance to meet someone like you~" Techno said as his smile turned into a smirk. Xisuma gulped and gave the other leader a nervous smile.

"Th-thank you-"

"Oh no need!" Xisuma slammed his mouth shut. His wings folded tightly on his back.

"I should be thanking you actually." Techno admitted. The Archangel's eyes widened.

"Thanking me?" Xisuma questioned. Techno nodded, leaning back in the wooden chair he sat in. His arm crossed over his chest as he other arm sat atop it, his finger poking at his own face.

"Yes sir! Here, Dream, hand me the file." Techno turned to his assassin guard that stood against the wall behind him. The guard, Dream, stepped forward and handed Techno a thin red folder marked "Unstable", just looking at it made X's nerves spike. The president sat the folder in front of himself on the wooden table and opened it with an unsettling calmness.

"I had a chat with your king the other day. You know? Redstone. Cheerful fella, I heard his son Mumbo is just like him." X stiffened at the mention of Mumbo's name. Xisuma didn't like the sound of that. So this was about Mumbo? What had he done to get the leader, controller of all the Gem Kingdoms to arrive at their doorstep?

"Are you nervous Mr. Admin?" Techno asked. Xisuma held back a yelp of surprise as his gaze shot back to the president.

"Fine! Fine. Ok me. Hehe..." Xisuma gave a nervous laugh. Techno raised an eyebrow at this but shrugged it off and went back to looking at the file.

"As I was saying, I was having a chat with Redstone about a recent dimensional problem we were having. He suggested I come to you for help." Techno glanced up at X and then suddenly slammed the file closed causing X to jump in fright.

"Do you know why?" Techno asked, eyes glaring into Xisuma's soul. Unable to find the right words, X frantically shook his head. With a deadpan look, Techno carefully laid the file back on the table, he stood up and crossed his hands behind his back.

"You don't? As a Warrior you're assigned a singular job, a very specific one and you're showing me that you have no clue why I have arrived at your door, asking for assistants?" Techno asked with a chilling tone. Xisuma felt his soul drop as he looked into the other's eyes. The Archangel pushed his back up against his seat as if trying to shrink away. Techno held his stare for a few minutes before suddenly dropping it and bursting into a bright smile.

"Oh I don't expect you to know Mr. Admin! Haha! This job will be far out of your Warrior comfort zone so I never expected you to know." Techno giggled. He grabbed the red file and jumped unto the table, his butt slamming against the old wood. The president opened the file again, pointing at something as he began to read. Xisuma gave a sigh of relief. He thanked the gods for not ending his life then and there.

"Now now, let's see. Oh yes! We were having a slight issue, or, we are. You see, we noticed that three separate dimensions had forcefully collided to create one huge End-like abiss. The Gem Kings tried jumping in to help but we're quickly beaten and pushed away. Even helpless little I couldn't get to them." Techno explained.

"Them?" Xisuma questioned. Techno peaked over at the brunette. He closed the file and threw it over to the other who quickly caught it, adjusting his grip so he could handle the file with utter care.

"Yes, them. There were three dimensions that merged. TeamCrafted, HermitCraft and one mixed MCYT that's ruled by SMPLive. We figured if us Gem Kings went to help out that everyone would cooperate calmly and understand. None of them did and as you know, Stampy has what you have which is the ability to force creatures into a calm state but for Stampy he has to be touching them. We weren't able to even get a few feet near them without getting all sorts of weapons pointed at us." Xisuma looked over the file as the pink head explained his problem.

"Have you tried attacking? Forcing them to yield?" Xisuma asked, calming down as he eased into his comfort zone of problem solving. Techno gave a dramatic sigh in response.

"Oh we would but Sapphire stated that it would cause casualties. We need all creatures of that dimension to stay alive. Attacking would get them killed because they won't give up without a fight." Techno spoke what Sapphire had almost exactly told him earlier. He rolled his eyes.

"Trust me, Xie boy. If we were allowed to attack then I'd be in control of everyone and everything would have been settled by now but no. I must follow Sapphire's commands, upsettingly." He sighed out, crossing one leg over the other. Xisuma looked up at him.

"In control of everyone?" Xisuma asked but then shook his head, "I understand Sapphire being in control since he's the brains and I understand you are the true leader-I apologize. I don't understand why I'm in shock." Techno gave him a look.

"You know my powers, right?" Techno asked.

"I-I'm sorry, I do not sir." Xisuma answered. Techno turned away and looked out the dining room window.

"Dream, I'd like you to leave the room for a few minutes." The pink head ordered. Dream bowed.

"As you wish Mr. President." Dream spoke out. Standing up straight and leaving the room, closing the large wooden door behind him. Xisuma watched with a careful eye as Dream left the room, his gaze immediately flickering over to the arctic leader.

"My power-" Techno began, locking eyes with Xisuma who felt himself freeze, not in fear but freeze as if he'd been paused.

"-is Control, Mr. Admin." Techno's eyes flickered to TV color bars, then each color and then landing on white. Xisuma felt himself close the red file folder, set it on the table and then sat up straight, all of this wasn't him doing it. Not in his control. It was as if someone grabbed his wheel and was driving for him. The Archangel noticed Techno's face darkened a bit.

"I have the power to control anyone that has the power of a Gem King, that includes you, Xisuma. You are the white bar of my TV color bar. You may not show up on a throne of color but you show up in my colored crown or power, just a sliver of white in my sight." Techno revealed, unlocking his eyes with Xisuma, letting the Archangel retake his wheel. Techno's eyes flickered back to their baby pink while Xisuma took in a shaky breath.

"If you are to ask why I have control over you then I will give you the simple answer. You are one of the top leaders of our Minecraft Personas Continent. You were gifted the power to comfort others from many distances and to gain others trust with ease by promising them comfort and protection. Stampy has a small portion of that but it has hardly a big effect like your power. I'll tell you this, if you do not agree to come with me then I'll force you to." Techno declared. Xisuma felt himself shake under the other's words.

"May I-I ha-ve a f-few to pro-process this?" Xisuma stuttered out. Techno flashed him a smile.

"Oh you may! I'm so sorry for pouring all that information onto you, poor Mr. Admin. Go take a break and tell Dream that he's allowed back in." Techno informed. Xisuma nodded. He stood up and walked to the door, but before he could reach it he felt his body pause, fear began to settle in his stomach.

"You see, that's what I would say if such a thing was allowed." Techno began. Back in the driver's seat, he forced Xisuma to turn around and walk back to the table.

"Xie. I don't mean to be the bad guy, by all means I really don't mean to be, but look at me." Xisuma looked up into Techno's now cold white as ice colored eyes that seemed to sparkle like glowing ice in the dark shadow that covered the leader's face.

"I was ordered to come and bring you to Sapphire. If you can't follow my orders then I won't be able to follow poor old AntVenom's simple orders. I'll tell you this, your "No" will mean the end for this corrupted dimension so you either cooperate or kill off an entire population of innocent people. Do you understand." Techno asked, letting X finally take control of his body again for a second time. X frantically nodded, stumbling back against the door. Techno smiled, his eyes going back to baby pink once again. How could such an innocent smile sit on such a cruel face?

"Tell Dream to come back in when you leave. Please and thank you." Techno smiled. Xisuma nodded more, fumbling with the door handle a bit as he tried to open the door. Once he opened it and stumbled out, Dream quickly walked in and shut the door.

"His response?" Dream asked. Techno gave his guard a smile before turning forward to look back out the window.

"He may need a few minutes to think about it. If he doesn't give a response then we're allowed to use force. King AntVenom's orders."

~~~

"What!? That's insane!" Doc yelled. Xisuma just sighed, rubbing his temples as he felt a headache coming on.

"Doc please... It's too much to process right now. Your reaction is making it worse." Xisuma whimpered out.

"Right right. I'm sorry Suma. It's just, he'll force you if you refuse to go, I-"

"I know, dear. You hate the fact he can control me but this is what I signed up for."

"So slavery!?"

"Doc that's enough. I signed up to be a Warrior, to protect the dimensional galaxy at any cost. If they need me this badly then I must go. You're a Warrior too, you understand the costs." Xisuma grabbed Doc's organic hand and locked their fingers together. Both looked down at their connected hands.

"I know but you know how much I worry about you." Doc whispered, looking up to meet Xisuma's eyes. X smiled at that.

"I know, that's what I love about you." Xisuma whispered back. The two giggled, knocking foreheads with each other.

"I love you." Xisuma whispered. Doc shook his head with a smile on his face. He grabbed his lover by the chin, tilting his head up and giving him a kiss on the lips.

"I love you too my little angel." Doc responded. Both gave each other a loving look.

"You both are so cute." Doc and Xisuma quickly moved apart. X yelped in surprise while Doc glared at the culprit. Techno stood there, Dream behind him as the Arctic leader smiled innocently.

"I-its only be-been ten m-minu-tes!" Xisuma stuttered out. Techno gave a quick nod.

"Oh yes I know. I understand that deciding takes a while but you must know that we don't have much time. Yes or no, I need an answer now. Even if you say no you still don't have a choice." Techno stated. Doc growled at the pink head.

"I-" Xisuma took a deep breath and sighed, attempting to try and calm himself down.

"I'll go..." Xisuma answered, taking a shaky breath in as he stood up. Doc quickly reached out and grabbed the other's wrist.

"If you're going then I'm coming with you." Doc declared. Xisuma shook his head.

"Doc, I don't think you're-"

"Fantastic! Then come along you two." Techno ushered, strutting off to the front door. Xisuma began to stutter, not expecting Techno to give such a forward response like that. 

"I-I don't understand!? Usually other's aren't allowed onto missions if it's specifically for a certain person! I-" Xisuma stuttered out. Techno sighed.

"Well if your little lover here can get you to listen then I'll take the chance of dragging him along. yes, the rules would usually apply but right now they don't.  Now Xisuma, I need you in the right mind for this to work. Cut the questioning and focus on the problem on point." Techno ordered, turning away.

“I-I-I-bu-but-” 

“Xisuma.” X looked towards Doc as he stood up beside him. 

“It’ll be fine. Plus, you’ll need me to help you calm down you nervous wreck.” Doc pointed out. X looked at him and then hung his head, giving a sigh and a nod. 

“Right...” He muttered. 

“Come on toy two! We don’t have all eternal time!”

~~~

“Oh my...” Was all X could say as he looked at their surroundings. The whole place looked like some sort of Skylanders dimension, islands floating all over the place, big and small, some shattered into bits as they bumped into each other. All of this sat in a large void of nothing that looked similar to the End but... dead. Everything looked almost grey but not quiet, it all just gave off a dead feeling which made Xisuma feel uneasy. 

“This feels like the dimension I found Cub and Scar alone in...” Xisuma uttered out, brows frowning as they passed by HermitVill which was in broken shambles. Pieces and bits for the tall fallen structures floating around the small village. Doc noticed a grayed out rainbow parkour falling to the ground but slowly as it were stuck in slow motion.

“Of course it is. That’s what it is anyways. Three separate dimensions merged into one to create one big unstable world that’s unable to produce life or help it continue functioning. Other dimensions are sometimes able to handle this sort of change and continue on without a problem while others aren’t and end up like this. Usually we let these kinds of collided-mentions die off but for some reason this one refuses to die.” Techno explained as the four of them continued to walk across the crumbling terrain. 

“So it's stuck in some sort of dying loop?” Doc asked, giving X’s hand a nervous squeeze. Techno gave a nod.

“Exactly. It keeps trying to die but keeps falling back into the river pool of looping.” Techno affirmed. Doc’s look shifted to one of confusion so he looked over at Xisuma for an answer.

“Like a whirlpool. You keep trying to get out but you can’t escape it so you’re just stuck in it.” Xisuma explained. Doc made an “O” noise and nodded. Soon the small group started seeing a wall of blue crystal in the distance with a stone wall at least a mile or less away from it. Xisuma noticed a group sitting beside the wall and it looked like they were playing some sort of card game. The closer they got the easier Xisuma could see who the group was, beside the crystal wall sat the five Gem Kings: King CaptainSparklez of the Redstone kingdom, King AntVenom of the Sapphire kingdom, King DanTDM of the Diamond kingdom, King Mason Crafted of the Gold kingdom and Prince StampyLongHead of the Emerald kingdom. All looked tired, pissed off and beaten up. Scratch marks and bruises littered their bodies. They looked aweful.

Dan sighed in boredom and glanced to the side, lighting up when he caught sight of Techno. Dan shot up onto his feet and frantically waved his hands.

"Techno! You brought him! Our king in shining armor!" Dan shouted in happiness. Stampy gave an annoyed groan beside the overjoyed blue haired idiot. Ant, Sparklez and Mason all looked over to Techno.

"Thank the gods, we've been using all out might to hold back and stay pacifist while the other side has been trying to murder us and blame us for what's happening." Sparklez explained, smiling as he stood up but frowned when he looked up at Xisuma. 

"I forgot about your abnormal height...." Sparklez muttered. Ant sighed and stood up, stepping towards Xisuma and holding a hand out. 

"Thank you for coming." Ant thanked. X grabbed Ant's hand and shook it. 

"Not like he had a choice." Doc hissed out. Glaring at Ant from beside his Archangel. Xisuma elbowed Doc in the ribs for that and glared in his direction as if telling him to “shut up”. Instead of getting upset, Ant just smiled at the two and stepped back to give them room but Stampy raised an eyebrow at this and stood up. 

“Techno threatened you, didn’t he?” Stampy asked, his face looking annoyed like usual. Techno gasped, throwing a hand over his heart to show how offended he was. 

“I did no such thing!” He denied. Stampy rolled his eyes. 

“Right. Sure you didn’t.” Stampy muttered, Mason sighed and Sparklez chuckled at the two. 

“I apologize about him threatening you to help us.” Mason apologized. X waved his hand to the side. 

“Oh no its ok your highness. Just good to know that someone can take control of my body...” Xisuma’s voice trailed off a bit as he remembered Techno taking control of his body with ease. Mason sighed. 

“He only does that for fun since he’s rarely allowed to use his powers...Again, I’m sorry about him.” Mason added. 

“It's alright. But anyways, what’s the, um, plan?” Xisuma asked.

(Discontinued, might continue it one day. Sorry (◞‸◟).)

[moonythesly]

HC Character study #1

Random character study to get some interactions down since certain characters aren’t behaving as expected D<!!! This has no beta, it’s just a study after all. But, I figured it would be better to post it here than let it rot away in my folders.

The sun was steadily rising in the sky, the day stretched out before him as he bounced around the camp gathering saplings, leaves and bits of bone meal. Area 77 was getting serious in their (Doc’s) attempts to spy on the Hippies and Grian was happy to take up the challenge. 

Not that Doc has outright issued a challenge but the point simply stood; Grian was being told no and he was adamant about yes.

But spying was an advantage that the HIB did not need, and a nice forest and cliff side would be sufficient enough to make things difficult. And spruce up the camp a bit more.

It took most of the morning to set up the base of the natural fence, saplings were always unpredictable in their growth and Grian was p a r t i c u l a r about how things shaped out. Very particular as this was possibly the third time within the quarter hour that he had flown up into the air to get a look at how things were going.

Third time’s the charm, as it went.

“Something is missing…” 

He gently circled in the air, taking in every angle he could think of, as he stared at the outline of his fence. Another rocket for height and he floating upside down a bit with little less luck than before.

Facing up at the blue sky for a moment his attention was pulled away by a shape, small and distant, making its way straight down towards the strange portal Doc was in the process of making. Grian waited a few moments before realizing that the shape was getting closer to the ground and he could make out flailing limbs and a very, very human appearance. 

Not thinking beyond instincts he fired three rockets and swooped closer, circling around before firing another rocket to pitch himself downwards. He pulled up short and with a grunt caught whomever in his arms and let their momentum carry both of them towards the river just beyond Scar’s cliff. The splash was impressive, managing to even startle a few cows out of the way.

“Ow, ow, ow!” Splash down or not, catching a plummeting object still left sore shoulders. He was going to need something for that once he got back to camp. “I thought the glitches were done with.” Hermits respawning in mid-air was not the usual and Grian made a mental note to pester Xisuma about it later on. “Are you alright?”

“Y-yeah...geez, that sucked.”

“....” The voice was painfully familiar. “Uhm…” There was no way the voice could really be who Grian knew it to be. This was a private server and Xisuma always consulted the other Hermits before bringing someone new in.

Quickly rubbing the water off his face and pushing his wet hair out of his eyes he stared at the slowly, clearing sight before him.

A man, slightly younger than him, sat absolutely soaked before him. Brown curls hung tight against his forehead and...and the stark white rabbit ears that dripped water. The hoodie was gone but reddish eyes blinked at him. Surprise came into them as well and all Grian could do, was stare.

“G-gree-an!? It...wait.” The slighter man rubbed his head, then his eyes, then stared at Grian again before glaring. “Dude, what the hell! What did you do?”

Oh. 

It was him.

“Hi, Sam.”

~~~**~~~

They’d managed to sloosh out of the water, drying off a bit and Sam wiggling out of his wet over shirt. Shoes, socks and shirts laid on the grass to dry but Grian had refused to unhitch his scabbard.

“I seriously feel like you’re gonna stab me. Can you put it away or I dunno throw it in the river?”

“Me stab you? Oh that would be rich all things considered.” 

Sam rolled his eyes. That had been so long ago! Worlds away! Literally!

At least Grian was a familiar face. Everything else about the day was strange and concerning and made that constant buzz in his head even worse. He was wet and lost and the only help he had was the man he once called a friend and who now hated his very guts.

“Okay, okay, fine. But really, where am I? This isn’t Tokyo and for once nothing weird happened.” He paused, furrowing his brow in thought. No, he was pretty sure nothing strange had happened to him that morning. It had...actually been kind of boring.

“Hermitcraft.”

“Huh?”

Grian rolled his eyes again but at least his arms were crossed, which made Sam feel like he’d get away with minimal stabbing.

“You’re in Hermitcraft. In the latest world we’re colonizing for the Mains.” Sam wrinkled his nose at that. He knew Grian loved building (and he was good at it too, even Sam would admit) but colonizing worlds was sooo much work.

“So why am I here? I’m not a colonizer- wait, you didn’t do this right?”

“No! Why would I want you here anyways?”

That was rough, honest, but rough. But that had always been Grian. “Come on, you know you miss me!” He was scared and lost, the teasing was familiar. Old and covered with a strange ache he always pushed away, but it was familiar. And he clung to that.

“As if. If I’d known it was you falling, I would have pulled out popcorn, not more rockets.” 

Sam grinned, snickering a bit before sighing and sitting on the grass.

“Sam?” Grian’s tone was way more curious than concerned, but Sam pretended it wasn’t. 

“Sorry, dude. I kinda got used to there not being so much weirdness around since we, you know. The whole reset thing?” He flinched at that. If anything had been traumatic it had been the realization that they were absolutely alone. Just them. And then he’d lost Them too. He shook his head, ignoring the high pitched giggle that suddenly came from his throat.

“Sam, calm down. I can not have you going ape right now.” Grian’s hand had gone back to the fancy sword at his hip but Sam could feel that he was at least closer. He nodded though, picking his head up to look up at Grian.

The Brit looked...different. Not in the ‘oh, you dyed your hair!’ sort of way. It was more...subtle. He looked, relaxed- open and stood straighter and definitely not as scrawny as he’d been in high school.

“You’re staring. Stop it.” Grian thwacked him.

“Ow!” He rubbed his shoulder, glaring up at Grian before smirking, “Sorry! I just can’t look away from the stupid. I mean, really man? Flowers?”

“I’m a hippie!”

Something snapped at that- the tension, fear and panic bubbling over and Sam fell over into a laughing fit. Tears streamed down his face and he sobbed through the laughter. Hysterics, hysteria? Something like that but he couldn’t figure it out right now. Because right now he was fighting to pull himself back in- just like he’d had to for years now- pull back, hold back….don’t say the wrong thing and just breathe. Breathing was good. Breathing helped.

But so did the slightly awkward hand rubbing between his shoulder blades and the pained voice whispering his name.

He never knew how long these attacks lasted but this one felt shorter and soon he was just sobbing. That helped with the breathing, which helped to bring the buzz back down until he was hiccupping and trying not to cling to Grian who looked absolutely terrified but wasn’t going after that sword. No, his hands were on Sam’s shoulders and he was trying.

“T-thanks.” He snorted, pushing Grian away and letting his head fall forward a bit before shaking it and looking up.

“Just, keeping you sane. I’m serious when I said I can not have you going ape right now.”

Sam nodded. That was easier said than done but he could keep it cool. At least long enough to figure a way back out of here.

He opened his mouth to ask if there was a place for them to stay- but the words never got a chance to be said. Not when a splash caught their attention. Turning towards it, Sam could see a figure bobbing up and down. His heart sped up and he was seriously going to lose it now. First Grian and now this? Was today just deciding to gang up on him and send into those weird black outs? 

The buzz started to get louder and he felt the air harsh in his lungs. Faster and faster, breath coming short as his eyes refused to move away from the figure bobbing just feet from him. Grian was shaking him again but he roughly pushed the older man away, then reached out and grabbed him back.

“Sam! He still doesn’t know how to swim!!!”

“W-what?”

Grian growled and pushed Sam away. The rabbit could only watch as the Brit dove into the water towards the bobbing figure. At least the figure stopped bobbing, Grian’s arms secure around him.

“Sam!” Now Grian was bobbing, “H-help! He’s out cold!” 

Panic. That was panic in Grian’s voice! High pitched but still gruff. It brought back memories he’d long ago hidden away.

“SAM!”

The buzz snapped into silence, the world rushing back to his senses. He grunted and pushed himself forward, reaching out and taking hold of the banded wrist. “Keep his head up, I...still can’t swim to good either.”

Grian nodded and between them they managed to get the black haired man on to the shore.

“I-is he.”

“I….I don’t know.”

They waited, breathes held as the figure before them remained still-before letting out a rather long and loud snore.

[minrcrafter]

Fresh Start [Vanilla] [SMP] {Bedrock Edition} {Whitelist} {Community Focus}

Update 12/18:

It has been brought to my attention that when I send out replies they are ending up in spam. I'm not sure exactly how to prevent this, but I do respond to everyone's application. If you do not receive a response from me within 8 hours or so, please check your spam folder. If you can't find it there either, just email [mcadmin@greenlaw.software](mailto:mcadmin@greenlaw.software) and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Number of slots reserved: 4/10 (as of 12/18/2018)

I'm starting up a brand new Bedrock server (official server software) and hope to get some extra people to play with. Ideally, I'm looking for people who want to play regularly (but there is no minimum playtime commitment) and who are interested in playing collaboratively as a community. In essence, I want to have a HermitCraft style server to play on, and I'm hoping to find people who are looking for the same thing. My goal is to get a community of 5-10 players, ideally closer to 10.

Features:

Vanilla server using official software

Hosted in Massachusetts

Brand new world

User portal with custom utilities

Currently the only one I have allows each user to specify a personal tickingarea and change it at will, but we can add more over time

Discord Server

Private, but if we have any YouTubers or streamers I can create a public channel for community interaction.

Links will be sent when players are approved.

Server Rules:

https://minecraft.greenlaw.software/Home/CommunityGuidelines

How to Apply:

When you are ready to apply, please fill out this form.

Note: Applications with more complete information will be given priority (especially the "what do you want to get out of this server?" question!)

If your application is accepted you will receive an email which includes an authorization code that you can use to sign up for the Fresh Start website, which gives you access to any game utilities (such as the "Update tickingarea" form), as well as a link to the Discord server.

When do we start?

The real world will go up either December 20, 2018 in the late evening or December 21, 2018 in the very early morning. There is currently a temporary server without any whitelist running there now (minecraft.greenlaw.software port 8767) so that anyone who is interested in joining can see how their ping is, but that world will be deleted and the whitelist will be enabled as soon as the real server starts.

[ironstakes]

Iron Updates: fanfiction

If you read any fanfiction by me here's the status on each story

Hew this Hedge: 0 progress. I've written and deleted a few versions of ch 2 by this point. I think I mentioned previously that I was afraid to "ruin" it and well yeah. It feels like someone else wrote that and I just can't seem to pick up the threads I dropped some time ago.

Graduates: I've got an entire digital board for this fanfic. Character analyses, plot points, chapter outlines. I'm also a good ways into chapter 6. I just haven't had an assassination classroom spark for a while. Mostly I'm just paying attention to Yuzuki, whom I hold close to my heart. It's almost been 6 months since I updated this fic and I do feel bad looking at that... The fic overall, I love it. It feels too slow though, but then I go back and try to revamp it, and then I can't find anything to change. I guess I just need to level up my writing. I should also watch more than 4 episodes of mha but meh.

City of Lies: Okay. Listen. I hate writing this story. I love this story, but I hate writing it. I like the base I had from the original and since the writing style experiment did poorly, I've been trying to switch it to something more akin to what I usually write like and it has been challenging. The story still feels like it's moving too fast.

Tell Them I Don't Care: I have chapter 9 like 90% written. I just have to close a few gaps and edit. But I haven't. Part of it is sheer laziness, the other part is that the device I used to write on died ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Update: New device! I'm on a roll and am 2/3 done with chapter 12. My semester is ending soon and I just discovered that yes, I can animatic, so idk how far I'll get this time. I also might have been distracted by a shiny 1,000,000+ word behemoth...

I also have several unpublished stories I've been chipping away at and ignoring, but listen: I'm probably never going to finish any of my stories and its 2022 and I haven't published a new story yet. If I know myself, I'm going to get a gust of energy around September as usual. Likely the new story is going to be Xisuma-centric. That's because I have like 3 Xisuma centric stories, some more complete than others. In terms of non hermitcraft related stories, there's a very miniscule chance I'll revisit and old folder of Welcome to Demon School fics. One is a Kalego-centric story following him as he works out that Iruma is human, and the other is the dumbest WtDS and MHA crossover where Sabnock joins A-1 and the chaos that follows. I actually remember having a lot of fun sketching out that one because there are so many glaring problems, like the fact that MHA is set on future-earth and that demons don't go to the human world. Also I mean... of any character, Sabnock? Yes. Sabnock. I like Sabnock.

I think I ought to try oneshots more.

[moonythesly]

Bios: Sam and Grian

Some bios for a fic series. Again, to keep them from rotting in my folders.

Name: SamGladiator

Nicknames: Sam

Age: Young Adult (looks 18 due to glitch)

Spawn World: [REDACTED]

Race: Rabbit Hybrid

Biome: none

Occupation: Sleeper Agent for Japan’s PSIA, College Student

Bio: Sam grew up with Taurtis(original) and Grian. His world was glitched from creation and that glitch has affected those from [REDACTED]. He is in his early twenties but due to another glitch that he, and Grian caused, he looks 18. Regardless of what world he is in.

Several instances during high school have left him rather psychologically disturbed, and his ‘world glitch’ tends towards violence and threats. Change is not good for him and tends to trigger his glitch faster. Normally he is still a rather manipulative person, even if he genuinely cares for someone  and has trouble recognizing his faults or dangerous choices without someone pointing them out.

As of New Age: Things Change, he is in college and also working for the PSIA. His world was reset, but as he had survived the ending of [REDACTED], his glitch still persists and is easier to trigger without Grian or Taurtis to calm him down.

During the Worlds Collide Arch, Sam and Grian manage to go back to decent terms after having to work together. Sam, along with Mumbo, seem to be able to snap Grian from his ‘world glitch’. After returning to [REDACTED], Sam continues to work for PSIA and keeps in contact with Grian, Taurtis and Joe. He is no longer in college though.

Name: Grian

Nicknames: Gri, Gria, G

Age: Young Adult (looks 20 due to glitch)

Spawn World: [REDACTED]

Race: Watcher Hybrid (unnatural)

Biome: Sky

Occupation: Corporate CEO, Architect, Prankster

Bio: Raised in [REDACTED], Grian also suffers from the ‘world glitch’ and the age glitch. He is well into his late Young Adulthood but still resembles a twenty year old. After the events of [REDACTED] being reset, Grian had to flee to the Nexxus. He joined a group of colonists and scientists that wished to study worlds that were stuck between time. Being a natural leader he took charge but was recruited by the last remaining Watcher just before the world was reset and decolonized.

The Watchers began training him and slowly turning him from a Humanling to a Watcher. However, prior to New Age: Things Change, The Watchers were completely destroyed by a group of Alpha Hunters. Xisumavoid, after a warning from TFC, managed to save Grian from the Alpha Hunters and brought him back to Nexxus. Grian is only a hybrid and such does not show any outward signs of being a Watcher save for pink eyes instead of red when his ‘world glitch’ triggers.

Unlike Sam or even Taurtis, Grian’s ‘world glitch’ has him become cold, cruel and calculating. Still violent but in a more measured amount. It is harder to snap him back until he feels his loved ones are completely safe. He has had only two triggers since joining the Hermits- once with Mumbo being threatened by Delta Hunters and when the Aliens at Area 77 took over Doc and Scar.

Neither group will ever be a problem again.

Being a Watcher Hybrid, Grian has the ability to warp from HermitCraft to any inhabited world and the Nexxus. He discovers this by complete accident during Area 77.