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birrdies · 8 months ago
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dead; by birrdie 14.9k, 1 chapter (complete*)
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goingdownorup · 8 months ago
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Being an ethubs girly is hard when you’re also a smalletho girly because your also a clethubs girly and a cletho girly and a NHO girly and a team Canada girly and suddenly your friend sends you a link to a Rentho fic so you’re now a rentho girly and also Bisexual again.
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michaelemon · 7 months ago
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WARNING! WILD LIFE 8 SPOILERS!!
I think I’m going insane (ft.overdramatizing the last episode)
It’s Cleo being the only one to talk to etho and tell him about where their things are, and giving him things
It’s Cleo realizing they’re going agaisnt bdubs and etho, it’s Cleo not directly attacking them until she has to because pearls ambushing people
It’s Cleo standing next to etho and not realizing he’s died for good. She laughs saying “[tango] killed [his] teammate”, but she asks where he went later
It’s Cleo going mute after pearl tells her he died when she asked
Bdubs asking why Cleo’s hitting him and she says “I don’t know” and walks away
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swamp-chicken · 2 years ago
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clethubs 44 or 67!!
OMG- NewJeans
The song’s about someone being there when you need them, so…
Cleo languorously stretched across the couch, swinging their legs over Bdubs’ lap. His hand wrapped around their ankle, but he didn’t look up from the book he was reading. He was squinting, holding the pages only a few inches from his face.
“You need glasses,” Cleo remarked.
“I—huh?” Bdubs asked, tearing his attention away from the book. His brow furrowed as his brain caught up. “Excuse me! Do I look like a nerd to you?”
“Hmm,” Cleo said, sinking further into the couch. A warm sea breeze blew in through the open window and tousled their hair. Living in Atlantis sure has some perks. 
Bdubs sniffed, returning back to his book. It was something he had found in Cleo’s library, something about color theory. They couldn’t fault him for reading it but it was awfully… boring.
They wished Etho were here, if only to have someone join them in making fun of Bdubs. But he had left early in the morning to go caving of all things. Like it was some sort of hobby. 
As if summoned, Cleo’s communicator beeped. They dug through their pockets until they found the device and flipped it open. The message that greeted them made them burst out laughing. 
“What?” Bdubs asked. “Let me see!”
Still laughing, Cleo handed the communicator to him. 
Etho was blown up by creeper. 
“Oh, geez,” Bdubs snickered. “What’s he doing down there?”
“Not using his shield, apparently.”
“Does he ever?” 
Grinning, Cleo snatched the communicator out of Bdubs’ hands and began typing.
ZombieCleo: try using that thing on your left arm to block any explosions! 
Etho: thanks, cleo. I never would have known
Cleo snorted. 
“What? What’s he saying?” Bdubs abandoned his book so he could read over Cleo’s shoulder. 
“He must have set spawn over there,” Cleo mused. There were no cries of despair echoing through the castle to indicate that Etho had spawned here. 
“See? He’s still an amazing wonderful genius.”
“Despite all signs to the contrary.”
“Cleo!” Bdubs admonished. But he still stretched out alongside them on the couch, pillowing his head on their chest.  “Naptime?” he asked hopefully.
It was midday, the warm breeze soporific. Despite themselves, Cleo yawned. It wasn’t such a bad idea, taking a nap… it wasn’t like there was much else to do, with the castle almost all decorated and the end of the season drawing near…
Cleo’s communicator dinged. 
Etho was blown up by creeper.
“Again?!” Bdubs squawked. 
Cleo shrieked with laughter. “Oh my god! What’s he doing? Should we go down and rescue him?”
“Oh, no, no, Cleo, this is the Etho we’re talking about. He doesn’t need our help.” 
“Right, of course. And this doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that we’re very, very comfy right now.”
Bdubs’ eyes were already falling closed. “Exactly, Cleo, we’re better friends if we don’t help him.”
Cleo’s communicator dinged.
“Don’t tell me…” Bdubs whined.
Etho was blown up by creeper.
Cleo couldn’t breathe through their laughter.
Etho: guys :( 
ZombieCleo: Alright, alright.  Send me your coords
Cleo wiggled out from under Bdubs’ clinging arms. “C’mon, we need to go save our boy.” 
Bdubs grumbled but agreeably sat up. “He’s washed. Let’s go.” 
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briseise · 1 year ago
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a dipytch for the amazing fic [here] by @simple-seranade for my other @hermitshippingbigbang project!
If you love clethubs, fae courts, and lovely writing, go check out sera's fic and give it some love!
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draculism · 1 month ago
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Hey! I first want to start off by saying how much of a fan I am of your writing, I adore Love Charm so much and have now read all of your Ethubs fics at least twice each by now. You just get them!
I was wondering if you had any recommendations for fics as well, not only just ethubs but just in general, since I feel like fantastic authors also have great taste in other fics too. If not that’s okay too, i also wanted to tell you how great of an author you are!
(Sorry if this is odd I’m pretty new to sending asks)
ahh tysm!!! i'm so flattered you like them enough to read them more than once hehe (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) <33333
not odd at all!!! this list was so fun to put together, i got to go back and read a bunch of my faves lol
ethubs:
the dark is singing songs by amaranthinecanicular - i've been reading fanfiction for about 15 years. this is genuinely one of my all-time top 10 fave fics ever.
jokes to tell when the apocalypse is over by afiniteredwood - one of the most interesting and well-done takes on the zombie AU genre that i've ever read
carrington event by hoorayy - the atmosphere of this fic is second to none
strange currencies by bellshazes - all bellshazes's stuff is really good but the bdubs character voice in this is particularly great
collect call by afiniteredwood - the romance of the clethubs in this fic makes me want to eat a table
timesickness by birrdie - the reason everyone recs birrdie is because birrdie is an unbelievably talented writer. this is my fave of their fics
be nice to bdubs day by moonlightlov - (*/ω\) i can't even gather my thoughts on this one i love it so much
ice fishing by sauvce - i'm such a sucker for imagery and symbolism and this fic is short and sweet and has it in spades
my darling (the devil knows my name) by simple_serenade - really really good clethubs fae AU
fatebreaker by cactusringed - this is the only ongoing fic i'm following atm and it's SO fun
non ethubs:
lonely hearts club by crewe - has such a fun premise and DELIVERS on the drama
as what you make becomes you by bee_4 - THEEEE decked out 2 fic
my doubts face away (when i'm kissing you) by telemcchus - i only discovered falseren in the last couple of weeks but they're so important to me
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whimsical-roots · 1 year ago
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clethubs fae au ✨🌿
This is a piece I made for an amazing fic called My Darling (The Devil Knows My Name) by the lovely and amazing @simple-seranade . All in part of the @hermitshippingbigbang event!
GO READ IT RN 🫵 https://archiveofourown.org/works/53825977/chapters/136234852
This piece has been monthsss in the work, trying some new things but hope you enjoy this very dreamy scene :)
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improvapocalyps · 11 months ago
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Stale blood caked Cleo's armor as she dragged herself through paradise. Gods below that sucked, she thought, that really sucked. They ignored the colorful birds that swooped overhead, disregarding the cloudless sky and brilliant sun that cast down gentle rays upon her green skin. What was the point of indulging in something that didn't exist?
Dust, Flesh, and Bones, by @pattonscribe
“Death!” she called, a hoarse quality to her voice, clutching tighter onto Etho’s body as their army of the dead went onwards to protect them. “You— this wasn't what I wanted!”
before we lose the sound of our own mouths calling mine, mine, mine., by @kanda-franca
In participation of MCYTblr AU Fest Summer 2024 hosted by @mcytblraufest!
I feel incredibly lucky and honored that two(2) writers decided to pick up my niche af AU pitch! They knocked it out of the park with their fics, please check them out !!
[Some behind-the-scenes ramble and close-ups under cut]
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My AU's ao3 equivalent tag is "Alternate Universe - Gods & Goddesses", specifically drawing inspiration from Khelren's Godsend TTRPG setting (though you do not need any knowledge of the ttrpg to enjoy the fics):
In Godsend you roam the lands as the avatar of your god, cursing mere mortals and presenting gifts to the chosen ones. Your memories are numerous, made of the lives of your predecessors, your power is almost limitless. Will you use it to fulfil the will of your god? Or, as the end times draw near, will you try to save the world?  (from the itch.io page)
I had my heart set on making Clethubs AU (to no surprise of anyone's i'm sure) so that's the main characters/ avatars settled- but who shall be the gods?
There are 6 domains in the Godsend setting: Death, Justice, Knowledge, Nature, Trickery, and War.
To me, it was obvious to put Bdouble "moss" O100 under the Nature domain, and Zombie "zombie" Cleo under Death. Then after some comtemplation Etho "free glass" sLab was slotted underneath Trickery.
What remains is to find the Hermist/ Traffic-lifers that are 1) connected to the domains 2) related to the avatars.
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(fyi i drew all those feather strokes manually by hand with my lineart brush) (why? well,)
Grian came to mind immediately when I thought of "Trickery" (Though Cub, Scar, and a couple of other Hermits also fit). I wanted to build the god-avatar relationship on the Etho-Grian dynamic specifically.
Scar was chosen based on his S9 theme (wood elf) and his history with Bdubs (S7 mayor race). Baiscally the concept of King maker/ Second-in-command Bdubs was stuck in my brain. (Sorry Stress :[ )
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Death was a trickier one. While it would be funny to have Grian-Scar-Mumbo to be (half of) the pantheon, Mumbo fit the Knowledge domain better. (ignoring his Peace, Love, and Plants deal for a sec; even then I think that's more Nature-aligned) so I went with the classic option of Zedeath.
Beyond this point (until "===") is me overanalysing/ blue-curtaining the black & white piece. You have been warned (/silly)
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This piece's composition used a circle/three-parter as its base, witih the circle centred on the castle/city in the middle of the map. Etho was fully isolated in Grian/Trickery's third of the space, but Nature crossed over into Death's space easily the two domains are closely related imo. It was natural for things to end (death), and endings fueled the next cycle of nature life.
It seemed that all the gods are looking at the world/map, however since their pupils are obscured (non-existent in Scar's case) it was difficult to say for certain. Though you might be able to tell where their interest lie, if you look at the distance between the deities and the mortal realm and where their hands rest.
Death carefully rested his elbow on the line separating him and Nature, but his left hand was dangerously close to Bdubs. And it looked like it was ready to come down and press direcly onto the corner of the map, tilting or even flipping the chessboard over. In his right hand held the scythe, posed to swing. The edge of his scythe faced Cleo, pointing towards them like he could harvest their life whenever at his whim.
He also looked at the world from directly above (though you could say he was biased towards Cleo's point of view since he's not centered+ he was positioned behind them), meaning that he saw all lives as "equal", or have an especially detached but not uncaring view regarding the world (like a scientist looking microorganisms in his petri dish).
In contrast, Grian/Trickery leaned in close to the world, lowering his head so his eye level was almost at the ground level of the world. Like he was looking through the mortals' point of view, understanding the state of affairs through humans' moralities and values (through Etho, even, since Grian was positioned behind him).
His eyes were wide in anticipation. While he carefully kept his hands close, they were also touching the world directly; which was a thing no other god did in the piece. It was like he was waiting for the right moment to reach out and disrupt whatever that's happening on stage. As we all know, no matter how much Grian tries to restrain himself, he will press the button.
Scar is the most... detached/ distanced from the world as a whole? He reclined backwards, his visible hand resting on his knee. He might be looking at the world, or he might be looking at Grian, or was his attention on bdubs? Even with the signature :J smile on his face, he got this air of indifference. Maybe Nature believed that everything will run their fated courses without his influence.
The flowers on Scar's clothes were sunflowers (sides of his corset), roses (back of corset and forearm), and a very specific lilac brush I had to download. Flowers that were closely related to a certain series :3c
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Shoutout to w4r (War for Rayuba) for the chessboard map idea. ily octs It's really funny that Bdubs, Cleo & Etho all start/ were currently standing on black tiles (<- did not count the tiles and only realised that after i started to fill in the black)
Let's talk (more) about body language and outfits and black-white ratio (I am Reaching here) (not that I wasn't in the previous part) (but I am Reaching even further)
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Etho has a very clear cut B&W shading with minimal grey/cross-hatch areas. He is the least ink-blocked. He knows what his beliefs are and the lines that he will/won't cross.
He has a semi-relaxed stance, tilting back slightly. He has one hand on his hip but the other by his side remain open-palmed. He isn't not listening to new proposals, but he is considering (and judging) them carefully.
Bdubs' moss cloak and boots has a clear divide in b&w, but not his outfit (pants)/headband. Both the cloak and boots are nature-aligned: cloak is, well, made of moss; and boots to walk the earth, the only thing separating him and the dirt (though at the same time, supporting him).
Nature is clear in what it wants. While there may be bright parts mixed in shadows, and flecks of shade within the "light", Nature holds a firm stance based on layers and layers of understanding.
Bdubs is also reaching out with an open palm. He is open for dialogue, perhaps preaching/ prompting others to communicate as well.
Cleo is the darkest/ most shaded among the three. She has highlights on the edges of her armour, but overall her armour is mainly shades of grey. Unlike Etho/Bdubs whose outfits' base color is largely white/empty, the visible parts underneath her armour (gloves and pants) are solid dark. She is dressed for blood and combat. It also gives the impression that she has this fierce determination/ conviction (darker tones being more "serious").
Her posture- legs wide, slouched/ leaning forward- makes her look aggressive/ stressed. Her hands are balled up into fists, one of them holding onto the flag/banner (of Death). Even then, the way she holds the banner isn't one that says it's for morale. She holds it like a spear, like a weapon.
There's also something about fabric/ extra fabric on the characters.
Etho has the least fabric on him but he has this shawl wrapped around himself. And the shawl itself is very still/ motionless. Bdubs' outfit is very round and gives like a grounded/soft vibe while the ribbon around his head drags behind him. but Cleo has neither of those, the only fabric that waves in the air is her banner which is outside of her body/not connected to her.
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The composition of my 2nd piece aimed to imitate the playbook's cover art (illustrated by Vash Taylor), with the slightly faded background and wispy banner. The path of the smoke meant to mimick Cleo's face stitches (as how I usually draw them), where it crawls up her right cheek, crosses her nose bridge and passes through her eye.
Shoutout to "google search: zombie hands" stock photos and silhouette images, they saved my life when I was struggling with the foreground.
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If you read through all this, I thank you from the bottom of my heart and hope everything will be going splendid for you in the month of August!! Even if you didn't and just swiped past after realising there's too many words behind the read more I wish you the same :D
Once again, please check the fics if you are interested in the AU!! Dust, Flesh, and Bones is a multi-chaptered long fic and before we lose the sound of our own mouths calling mine, mine, mine. is a 9k one-shot! They are both so dear to me I hold them close to me heart,,
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star01134 · 1 year ago
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Unfortunately coming late to the party, but Clethubs fae au art!
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Extra art + Without the text boxes under cut
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Character references!
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Extra art! :D
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I had a great time with this, thank you to the people who set this up!
Here's the link to the fic!
@hermitshippingbigbang
Check out the other fics as well!
@simple-seranade
(Reposted because I made a mistake! D:)
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unexpectedly-haunted · 1 year ago
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fic rec list!
assorted hermitcraft + life series fic recommendations!
attempt thirty-three by bee_4: Joe Hills centric time loop fic. Also features Cleo, Scar, and Cub, and I love everyone's characterisation! Haunting and open ended, but still points of hope. Words: 13,617 Chapters: 1/1
To Sit in Hell with You by enemyofrome: Last Life treebark fic from Ren's POV. Focus on these two in the Shadow Alliance because man, those guys were really something else. Obsessed with the characterisation, have reread a reasonable amount. Words: 2,664 Chapters: 1/1
monsters nearby series by enemyofrome: Treebark series where the games are over but the Watchers aren't leaving Martyn alone- really fun exploration of supernatural impersonations and how that might impact your relationship with the real person. I'm not normal about these ones. Second work has a hopeful ending. Words: 13,856 Works: 2
Lifeline AU by SlashMagpie: Scifi/Fantasy AU about body-snatching aliens, also including the emptiness of space, magical worldbuilding, unreality and time travel. Main POV characters are Tango, Impulse + Pearl, but also includes much of the Hermitcraft ensemble + Skizz. Read the entire AU in one night and haven't been the same since, cannot recommend highly enough. Words: 299,349 Works: 6
Blood & Snow by SlashMagpie: Tango gets eaten by the dungeon, or close enough. Unsettling, visceral, and features possession! Has Scar, Bdubs, Cub, Etho, and Hypno POV. Words: 12,425 Chapters: 7/7
the sanctity of the mundane by crabbunch: Double Life SMP series with a fic exploring the relationships between each soul bounded pair. Found each work really fun and compelling, great variety in tone. Shoutout especially to this Cleo + Martyn! Words: 24,712 Works: 7
sculk blossom by crabbunch: Cub centric fic that works as both a character study and a look at his sculk corruption on Empires. Delighted by the horror and characterisation here! Words: 4,065 Chapters: 5/5
Deus Ex Machine by crabbunch: Bdubs POV, an existential/magical horror piece about the power of belief, storytelling, and godhood. Also some great Clethubs! Words: 13,449 Chapters: 8/16
Tangotek Evil Incorporated: Supervillain Tango and superhero Jimmy as arch nemeses. Comedy with a happy ending, and SO much fun to read. Words: 22,445 Chapters: 2/2
there are many downsides to being a marine biologist by donnerstag: Doc's marine biology gets complicated when the latest specimen turns out more human than expected: the siren he names Martyn. Really engaging and well-characterised fic, impossible to read and not end up invested in docmartyn. Trust me. Words: 74,006 Chapters: 27/27
a falling axe, a sharpened knife by sesquidpedalian: Double Life Cleo + Martyn relationship study, where soulmates also have a telepathic bond. Just really enjoyed this one! Words: 2,081 Chapters: 1/1
ectype by sesquidpedalian: Third Life AU where Martyn is there when Grian visits for enchantments. Really neat character study of two guys who aren't anything alike at all, definitely not. Words: 1,603 Chapters: 1/1
never our blood on this sand again by cosmicretribution: Scarian and treebark timeloop AU. Includes angst, the Timeloop Horrors, developing relationships, and great prose + characterisation! Words: 8,905 Works: 2
A Romance Route for the Doomed Villain?! by skelew: Treebark isekai AU where Martyn gets hit by a 2007 nissan micra and transported to a dating sim featuring the villainous Red King. Crack treated seriously, and a great parody fic that also happens to be genuinely compelling. Words: 5,012 Chapters: 1/1
feel free to add on recs in reblogs/comments! :D
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simple-seranade · 1 year ago
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ITS HERE! MY FIC FOR THE @hermitshippingbigbang !!! IM SO SO HYPED TO SHARE IT, I HOPE YOU ENJOY!
Clethubs Fae AU
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uhohbestie · 9 months ago
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guys. it took me two days to finally catch up and HOLY SHIT
WHAT A WILD ASS EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER
for the first 20 or so chapters i was living my best life thinking that through all the strife, the troubles, the tribulations scarian would stick strong
THEN BOOM
BIG B APPEARS AND I NEAR LOST MY DAMN MIND-
literally cannot wait to see where this goes, i know i joined the bandwagon near the end but know that 1) i was absolutely thriving when karlnapity appeared (i. i miss them so much) and 2) yall were not lying about this being a journey of scarian realizing polyamory existed as ksq, clethubs, and pops and his partners popped up BAHAHA
genuinely though this fic is absolutely amazing, an angsty-fun mix of sugar, spice, and everything nice as scarian tries to navigate the end of the world and i cant see where it goes next uwu <3
INDIE!!!! WE'RE SO GLAD YOU READ TAMN!!!!!! WELCOME WELCOME!!
I think you, more than anyone, were our target audience for the KSQ arc 💜💙🧡 Getting to spend time with them again, and then hope they're off to better things the second they leave Scarian behind :')
BUT ALSO: YA LMAO, when you take out all the zombies and angst, TAMN is 300k of Grian and Scar going "damn, every single of version of poly is Not For Us." They systematically go through every permutation just to end up at "unfortunately, this would not fix us." (Scar may have two hands, but Grian is the ultimate Handful....)
Seriously tho, SO glad you're enjoying the fic, Indie!!!! The best part about getting into TAMN this far in, is that at this point it can't possibly get worse ;) 🔒
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ace-does-stuff · 1 year ago
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top 5 etho ships ? bonus points for any explanation
my personal top five in no particular order, and like, ya gotta understand im still new here (hermitcraft/life series) so my opinions are poised to change, but the current standings are:
Bdubs/Etho/Cleo, i'll be honest, i haven't written or read any clethubs, but i saw some art of them that made my brain shortcircuit. they are femdom, himbo, and twink. i just think that Etho should have two people who are stronger than he is on either side of him at all times, bonus points if you let Cleo be the tallest. Bdubs being super clingy, Etho reluctantly tagging along, and Cleo making sure they don't fucking die because yeah they are god damn idiots sometimes, but they're her idiots. and she loves them. and probably gives them noogies and headlocks them.
Cleo/Etho, their marriage in limlife is so much fucking fun, especially when read under an aro4allo lens. Etho whose been happily married for over a decade watching his friends enter relationships and realizing that he loves differently, he doesn't even love remotely close to how they love, love isn't even the right word. hes scared so he leaves, hes not doing it right and his wife must be upset about it, that must be why everythings crumbling. and Cleo, not giving two shits, because that's her husband and by god they're gonna make it work if he can realize that being absent is whats breaking up their marriage, not showing affection and intimacy differently.
Gem/Etho, as a canadian i am legally obligated to ship this, as a lesbian i love it when men have chaotic gremlin girlfriends who put them in their place. see that one episode of hermicraft wherein Gem beats his ass on repeat and he keeps coming back for more. its like, like theres an unspoken solidarity, 'hey we're the same even though we're not' and they stick with each other. predator/prey dynamic if you go with deer Gem and fox Etho, you also get it with sea monster Gem and fox Etho, except he's the prey and she has the biological advantage instead. also, when paired with the transfemme Etho headcanon we get some yuri which im always down for.
Grian/Etho, this one came to via an Ao3 commenter and i have seen two pieces of fanart for it and like, seven fics. but i still think the dynamic of bird and fox would be fun to work with in writing depending on the bird Grian is hybridized with, especially if Grian is the smaller one. also in limlife??? hello?? Etho, swearing loyalty and promising to be someones sword is not heterosexual behaviour. what they had in limlife, even if brief, had me shaking i'll be real. also, for their hermitcraft dynamic, it'd be hot if i threw Scar into the mix, for flavour.
Pearl/Etho/Tango, consensual workplace relationships make me absolutely insane, it could tear apart their business or bring it further together. they have the kind of dynamic that makes my head absolutely fucking empty, one of those 'i just think theyre neat' kind of ships. the culture clash between each of their species and their own personal tastes, Tango's a blaze and they mate for life, Pearl's a siren and they don't do much for romance, Etho's a fox and they come and go- but they make it happen in spite of that. im working on getting them a canonized Ao3 tag right now, they have such a fun dynamic. also, they fucked in that post office when no one was looking.
tbh these are all really closely tied, and i also have a soft spot for tangtho and the team ties poly. they're all really fun ships, i just really enjoy polyships to be real with ya'll. and the life series and hermitcraft are full of so many possible polyships that its just making me foam at the fucking mouth. sorry boat boys enjoyers, the vision has not yet engulfed me, but hey im a multishipper it might be yet to happen.
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michaelemon · 4 months ago
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Explicit Cletbubs fic! <3
Pt.1 ^ honestly I didn’t know how to split this chapter…. So this part is shorter because the other 6k words are sex <3
Pt.2 I love clethubs
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femboyclownpierce · 1 year ago
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happy mcyt aro week. i do not have the energy to write any fics for it so have a collection of my headcanons for how clethubs works when etho is aroace:
etho very rarely returns physical affection. it's not his thing. he likes the idea of it, but as soon as anyone does more than a quick hug he gets very uncomfortable fast
bdubs (an extremely touchy person) works with this. he boasts that he is an etho body language expert and can tell from the way etho stands whether or not it's safe to hold his hand
"safe? crow what's that mean" if someone---anyone---touches etho in any way when he does not want it he will attack them. sometimes its just swatting them away. other times he has full-on cleaved folks in half with a sword. it depends on the day
cleo on the other hand, who has not known etho as long, asks before anything.
etho is very bad at returning affection but nonetheless he tries so hard. cledubs both tell him he really doesn't have to but he's Determined and etho is a stubborn motherfucker once he sets himself on something he will not give up
this manifests as constantly giving them Physical Things. he shows up at their bases with shulker boxes of resources and shoves them at them. he lies about why he's doing it. "um i have a bunch of extra mob and player heads. take them." "i collected too much moss for my build and my storage is overflowing. have it."
cleo and bdubs know why he's doing it. even if he vehemently denies it. both have resolved to just accepting the Stuff (even if they dont need it) because etho's trying
basically etho is kind of like a semi-feral cat who has Chosen You as the only person they trust to get near and brings you dead rats.
and finally, above all
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[id: animated flame text that reads "t4t4t clethubs." end id.]
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swamp-chicken · 2 years ago
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inside you there are two wolves. one wants to write the softest sweetest most tender cletho fluff. the other wants to write horrible horrible heartrending ethubs angst. actually lets combine that together for the ultimate clethubs fic.
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