#rvb jimmy

[recollection-alpha]

yellow rose of texas clad in black

[agentcaboose]

missing that one era of my life where me and my friends would swap fanfiction in class and the reveal that alpha was put in private jimmy's body wasn't out yet so we were going to insane lengths of why it was totally normal that church never took off his armor and tucker never thought that was weird

[turtleduckkoffee-is-tired]

Well I guess I’m in the RvB fandom now

[wetstigmata]

felix and locus are getting a new live action show on netflix and jimmy urine discovers his new kintype and tries fruitlessly to chase his youth by portraying felix by wearing a bad wig and too much makeup and you can tell the whole time,

[rvb-relationship-royale]

RvB Friendship Fray- Round One, Part Two, Poll Eleven

[jovial-gender-jester]

something something chex & mcwexler parallels where the man kisses like he's the woman & not being the type of couple that's filled with 'i love you while knowing each other in a way no one else does but also holding such deep grudges because anything that impacts him impacts her because what is the lover's job if not to save the damsel and it's shit work but it's her work.

[favvnsongs]

rvb introduced the bodily/psychological horror of poor private jimmy being a prisoner in his own body and puppeted around by a pissy ai who doesn't Know he's in someone else's body and his only fucking freedom from that was being blown up ;___; and then literally they never revisited that concept again

[escapistsatellite]

I've always been of the mind that by the time Alpha was implanted Jimmy's consciousness was just gone; PFL effectively straight-up lobotomized him because otherwise Alpha might have noticed something was OFF immediately and jeopardized the entire plan.

jimmy rvb is such an interesting character like alpha having memories of being buddies with him on sidewinder is such a curious thing.. alpha obviously has implanted memories because he remembers A childhood and all that but how much of that holds any relevance to the real leonard church whatsoever and how much of it is just him projecting himself into jimmys life. jimmy mentions having a girl back home he wanted to propose to, and alpha mentions having wanted to propose to tex.. and they both have relevance to sidewinder in memories the sidewinder parallels make my brain turn. also, what about the implantation of alpha was different than other ai implantations? how much of jimmys consciousness remained thereafter? idk idk

[mattastr0phic]

Red Vs. Blue face headcanons! Since y'all wanted em out before Season 19 dropped!

In defense of Simmons not being a red haired twink: big buff DnD and science nerd.

And some extra notes under the cut:

You can take all these with a silly grain of salt, I'm not a long-time RvB fandom frequenter but did like some bits.

Simmons: Dutch-Irish but keeps getting called 'of a Latino persuasion' by Grif. Also funnily uses 'cracker'. (so mixed.) Cybernetics built from the same sort of stuff Lopez is made out of, visibly running down the left of his face, neck, ribcage, and arm. His arm worked the best for Grif because they're around the same height.

Grif: Too lazy to cut much of his hair, but it's necessary when his helmet doesn't properly secure. Also, a beard is beneficial for catching some little save-for-later snacks. Carving started out as a fidgeting task if he somehow couldn't sleep.

Donut: Just barely hits the twunk allegations in comparison as the lankiest out of a group of fat and buff guys, somehow more durable than all of them despite it and is still above average in build. Started really trying to compensate for his image because of his scar, which developed into really being able to love himself.

Sarge: LOVES his sergeant stripes. Don't tell him but his eyes might be blue. He will say they're grey, though. Don't ask about the bullet hole in his head, either. It's not that he doesn't want to talk about it, just that he'll probably go on a rant about Grif.

Church: Rest in piss Jimmy. Church doesn't naturally feel sleepy though, not like he has this body for long. The scar on his neck was smooth enough to not raise any alarm, and a lack of sleep may have hindered his fight-or-flight reflexes while he still lived...

Tucker: A few scars from his alien encounter, a glimmer in his eyes a slight indication of his connection with the blade-key along with the visor changes. Poor guy couldn't grow his hair long because of the helmet.

Caboose: Most head trauma of anyone ever, injuries hidden by his thick curly hair. Sure doesn't keep him down! It may contribute to a loop of him losing teeth and continuing to worry about the tooth fairy being mad at him, though.

[high-voltage-rat]

Okay rvb gang real talk for a sec. I think y'all should put a little more thought into the way you draw and characterize Captain Butch Flowers. Specifically with regards to the widely accepted facecanon having native-coded features.

Facecanons in rvb generally fall under 2 categories: the ones based off of information about the person's race and background we receive in the canon, and ones that are purely headcanon, based on vibes. For example, we're told Simmons is Dutch-Irish, so it's common to draw him as a white redhead. Tucker being black is as close to directly stated as we ever get re: any of the reds and blues' races. But Sarge is often drawn as a white man despite no information being given about his race- it's usually chosen by the headcanoner based off the vibes we get from his behaviour.

So when it comes to Flowers, let's think for a second about how the fandom generally interprets his character. In canon, we see him on blue team making his soldiers a bit uncomfortable with his overly familiar behaviour, having a cheerful and upbeat demeanour. We also see him in PFL working with Wyoming to do recon, then getting hit with a tomahawk, throwing it back at the enemy, and then using his grenade launcher to bring down a crane and kill chain guy and girl. Later he's in charge of choosing soldiers to place in blood gulch, where we see he has no problem feeding soldiers through the fodder machine and covering up for Freelancer- including essentially killing Jimmy. What we see in fandom, though, is a guy who is cheerfully menacing, casually hyperviolent, bubbly facade, likes knives, 'probably has a torture basement', etc.

So I would like us to think for a moment about why, exactly, people took those vibes, that interpretation of his character, with the more violent aspects overinflated, and decided to draw him with native-coded features. I would like us all to take a second and consider the connotations behind the pile of art out there where a brown man with long dark hair in a braid is splattered in blood. To me, this particular choice just feels like another "native s*vage" trope, and I think it has really not been thought through.

Indigenous headcanons in rvb are admittedly pretty difficult. Rvb is a problematic media through and through, and there's always going to be something offensive in the way a character is portrayed. I myself hc the Grifs as kānaka maoli, due to them being from Hawai'i and Kaikaina's name- but between Grif's laziness and Kai's hypersexuality, it definitely falls into some other offensive stereotypes about indigenous people, and particularly native Hawaiians.

But to me, the distinguishing thing is that these are facets of their characters that have something deeper behind them- there are reasons for these traits that are explored both by canon and the fandom meta. Grif's laziness is a result of his personal struggle with having to care for his sister alone, as well as his general disdain for the army as an institution. Kai's sexuality is her way of seeking fun and connection in her life, likely in part due to feeling abandoned by their mother, and then by her brother. In the case of the Grifs, fandom treats them well by taking these established character traits, and not overinflating, but contextualizing them, and treating them as part of a larger whole. Grif is loyal to his friends, he's clever and observant when he's willing to show it. Kai is independent, business-savvy, and assertive. These other character aspects exist in the fandom portrayal, so their depictions don't feel like a glaring stereotype. In the right hands, with enough care and love, their negative traits can even be used to explore the impact of colonialism- how the stereotypes are based off the conditions and circumstances forced on us by its influence.

Flowers, on the other hand, has a fandom portrayal that feels like an artificial exaggeration of a single aspect of his canon character. There's very little depth behind it, no real contextualization- he hasn't been fleshed out by fandom, he's almost been reduced by it. Naturally, contextualization is going to be harder because he's a minor character and we don't hear much- if anything- about his background. But it is still an active choice by people who make fan content of him to emphasize certain traits, and it's thus far been the traits that fall into some very harmful tropes.

So my suggestion, as an indigenous person, is this. You don't have to change your facecanon, necessarily- but put some thought into it. Whether you're depicting him as an explicitly native person, or just with native-coded features, consider the connotations. Reconsider exaggerating his violent side so much: technically speaking, we've seen him kill 2 people somewhat indirectly, in the same mission that North killed like 5 in a similar manner and Tex literally murdered C.T. with a tomahawk. Do you emphasize their violence in the same way? Why did you choose to do so for Flowers? If you want him to be unsettling, his enthusiastic facilitation of PFL's activities in blood gulch and lack of qualms about using and discarding sim troopers is there to work with- something non-violent but no less sinister, something less aligned with common harmful stereotypes when applied to indigenous people, and much more founded in canon as a distinguishing part of his character.

Just stop to think "is this portrayal a reinforcement of the "native s*vage" trope?", and "is this really that founded in canon?". Think about whether someone with no experience in rvb fanon would look at your content and see more than a native guy in mystery blue guy's armour doing gratuitous violence for no reason.

Consider the less explored but canonical aspects of his character, flesh them out with headcanon. Sure, he killed chain guy and girl, but he also yanked a tomahawk out of his arm after falling from height and kept fighting- explore his resilience, what drives him. His strategic mind, using the environment against his enemies, carefully balancing the illusion surrounding blood gulch and constructing specific social dynamics. Hell, even delve into why he believes in Freelancer enough to do what he's done without issue. Flesh out your portrayal, dial back the singularity of the vibes you give him.

Indigenous people aren't exempt from being awful, or violent, or complicit in corrupt systems- but if you portray a native character that way without any depth or reason behind their choices, you often end up reinforcing a stereotype.

...and if gratuitous violence is what you want, if you like that creepy knife-obsessed murder guy, then yeah. Maybe consider changing your facecanon. Cause I'm a little tired of seeing characters who look like my people always soaked in blood and acting like they have innate uncontrolled urges to kill. Depictions like that about us were part of what formed the justification for our genocide, so please try not to perpetuate that.

[shepscapades]

OTHER DRAWINGS

This is an extension of the DBHC Masterpost.

The links below contain art that have collections of dbhc characters and aren't necessarily relevant to any specific character's narrative. I will do my best to update these extensions of the Masterpost with every new major post I publish, so feel free to keep checking this original post (not reblogs, which will not retain edits) for new content!

As mentioned in the base Masterpost, the below links are organized in NARRATIVE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not by the order in which they were posted/published. ♪ = This symbol next to any of the links below refers to posts or drawings that were made inspired by music (in most cases, music from dbhc characters’ playlists)!

POST LIST

Hermit a Day May features most of the dbhc cast! #HermitaDayMay

[x] Xisuma, Ren, and Bdubs’ Reactions to Deviancy Ask Doodle [x] Valentines Assortment, Including dbhc ranchers and ethubs [x] Pre-Deviant Mumbo and Decked Out Tango Design [x] [x] [x] Decked Out Doodle Collections [Bdubs|Tango|Etho| Hypno|False|Doc|Xisuma|Zed|Gem|Grian|Ren] [x] Secret Life Doodles [Etho|Bdubs|Cleo] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] Trick or Treat Doodles– Previews and Sketches [Etho|Bdubs|Xisuma|Doc|Tango] [x] Large Collection of DBHC Secret Life Doodles[Etho|Mumbo|Skizz|Tango] [x] ♪ Hermitgang [Doc|Wels|False|Impulse|Xisuma|Ren|Mumbo] [x] [x] RvB reference Dbhc doodles [Scar|Doc|Etho|Gem|Impulse|Joel|Mumbo] [x] [x] [x] DDLC DBHC ???? [Etho|Bdubs|Joel|Ren|Cleo|X|Doc] [x] Xisuma Featured in my 'Characters I like' drawing meme! [x] Wild Life Begins! [Jimmy|Ren|Bigb|Lizzie|Martyn|Joel|Skizz|Cleo|Gem|Mumbo|Bdubs|Etho] [x] Sillies and Sleepies! [Skizz|Impulse|Etho|Tango|Doc|Xisuma|xb|keralis|bdubs|grian|mumbo] [x] New Years Kisses! [Ethubs|Docsuma|XBralis|24hels|Grumbo] [x][x] Third Life Sillies! [Joel|Lizzie] [x] Valentines Day 2025! [Grumbo|Doscuma|xbralis|Ethbs] [x] Hermitgang Bootyshorts [doc|wels|false|impulse|xisuma|ren] [x] Stream Doodles! [24|Xisuma|Lizzie|Cleo|Skizz|Wels|Hypno]

[rubykgrant]

Doc (and O’Malley)-

“Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson

“Once In a Life Time” by Talkin Heads

“I Can See Clearly” by Jimmy Cliff

“One Love” by Bob Marley

“Dust in the Wind” by Kansas

“All I Know” by Five For Fighting

“Waiting in the Wings” by Eden Espinosa

“Put a Little Love in your Heart” by Annie Lennox and Al Green

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds

“I’ll Stand by You” by the Pretenders

“Hallelujah” by Alexandra Burke

“Purple Rain” by Prince

“Escape (the Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes

“When You’re Evil” by Aurelio Voltaire

“Monster Mash” by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett

“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears

"Ghengis Khan" by Mike Snow

“Last Resort” by Papa Roach

“It Ends Tonight” by the All American Rejects

“My Way” by Curtis Arnott (TFS Perfect Cell Cover)

(decided to give myself something to work on and agonize over; make lists of 20 songs I think would be favorites for different RVB characters. not a "playlist" or anything, or specifically their top favorites, but an bunch of songs that show little examples of what they'd like. there are MANY more songs that would be favorites for all these characters, I just went with 20 for each that are songs I personally know, and think they'd vibe with. these songs are a mix of ones Doc likes, ones O'Malley likes, and few they both enjoy together. Doc leans more toward easy-listening/joyful music, while O'Malley loves a good villain song! Doc also likes pop and soul, and O'Malley is into metal, though only a few are his most favorite)

[cledubs]

"i have almost everyone figured out" about the rvb au

do you want to elaborate 👀

-crastlesword

ABSOLUTELY i do

ok so blue team is still mostly still up in the air because i can’t figure out who should be Tucker and caboose

but red team is:

lizzie as sarge (HEAR ME OUT. person with insane to the point of comedy plans)

ren as simmons (kiss ass)

martyn as grif (come on i couldn’t NOT put treebark as grimmons. queerbaiters of the century. especially after the whole martren situation. like that made me think of the whole thing with simmons being a cyborg and grif having the human parts from simmons. i actually don’t remember the deets of that plot but whatevs)

oli as donut (AGAIN HEAR ME OUT. i know he’s not in the life series as an official member BUT HE VOICED THE SNAILS OK!!!!! HES TECHNICALLY PART OF IT!!)

i don’t have anyone for lopez….. if cleo wasn’t tex i’d maybe make her lopez but idk. idk.

i also have most of the freelancers figured out too

as you saw in the last post, gem as carolina and york as pearl.

on the fence about mumbo as wyoming because the thing is. they look identical. and it’s so funny. and they’re both british. but also idk…… they aren’t that similar i don’t think. but i can definitely hear wyoming saying stuff like “chuffed to bits”

also on the fence about who to make wash. because originally i made etho wash but also like…. freelancer era wash is so jimmy. but later era wash kinda seems more etho. and gem and etho as carwash makes more sense to me than gem and jimmy. but again idk

the dakotas were a little tricky because no one in the life series has their closeness while also having similar personalities, so i ended up disregarding prior relationships and just going personalities. so joel as south and impulse as north. i think joel as south is self explanatory, and impulse as north because he’s widely regarded as one of the sweet and nice ones but also he can be soooo passive aggressive and sneaky and hold grudges yk.

scott as 489er specifically for the scene where south is like “can you DRIVE BETTER” and niner is like “south do me a favour? [closes the door]” like that is so funny to me when it’s joel and scott.

grian as connie but also i didn’t put too much thought into this one

scar as florida because they have the exact same vibe. the same. it’s soooo funny. scar as florida is literally the idea that kickstarted this au

maine i’m still unsure on. i was thinking tango but that guy simply talks too much to be maine. but the rage certainly works. but also i was kinda thinking tango as tucker idk

[lavendertownsghost]

RvB Restoration incoherent liveblog, then more coherent thoughts at the end

spoilers of course

Kai!!! God I hope she's in more than one scene

Why do I feel like something's up with Wash?

Wait when did they get Sheila back??

Hey they actually mentioned O'mally and how Doc perceived that

Like how they kept Grif being absolutely done with everything like in season 15

Simmons stop being mean to your boyfriend

I just realized that Epsilon's armor is from a different game than the others

Oohhh wow the Great Destroyer prophecy is actually relevant

wait how is Felix part of the Meta 2.0? I thought they just couldn't get Elijah Wood back for Sigma and that's the orange AI talking to Delta, but it's actually a version of Felix??

Yep, totally expected the Reds to nope out xD

OK that's totally Sigma with a different voice actor (Miles?). Or was Epsilon was implying that Felix and Sigma merged somehow.

This is also a real good look into how Maine was tortured

Tucker noooooo :(

Wash go save your boyfriend

Also wait why is Wash in a hospital again? he was fine at the end of season 13. Unless this is a hallucination and he had a mental break

Surprised Grif went along with this

479er!!!! My girl!

Also did Sarge forget for like the 3rd time that the Red vs Blue fight was fake?

Ahhh yes, the classic Sarge plan of 'Kill Grif'

Love how they glossed over the actual fight at the end of season 13

Oh god the zoom class flashbacks

WAIT WHAT

oh shit that's Tucker in the armor

hey you know what would be real fucked? if Junior shows up

oh wow didn't expect the Reds to straight up leave Caboose to die

wait Sarge don't do a heroic sacrifice

hell yeah Sarge badass moment!

oh no Sarge in front of that door

fuck, if anyone from Blood Gulch was going to die it would be Sarge

aww Sarge finally saying he's proud of Simmons legitimately has me tearing up

People are going to say that Sarge being nice to Grif is out of character, but honestly I think it fits

why do I think Doc is a hallucination of Wash's?

oh wow Simmons

Grimmons moment? Run away with me, just the two of us.

aww Grif, choosing to stay of his own volition

So they're retconing Private Jimmy again? Church was in a robot for Blood Gulch?

Church gets a body again?

aww memories :) someone better draw fanart of Caboose, Grif, and Simmons and reminiscing around a campfire

Where is Carolina in all this?

I'm wondering if this is to bring Tex back instead of Church?

oof Simmons' robo arm

TEX???

Simmons badass moment

hey wait Simmons better not die

Car moment!

FUCK YES TEX

also is Wash just unconscious somewhere?

oh there he is

ooohhh he's calling Carolina with he beacon?

oh shit are we going to get a Tex and Carolina team up!

yeah Carolina!!!!!

wait Grif and Simmons don't know she's Allison's kid xD

mother daughter team up for the ages

you know, if Tucker was still conscious in there he would absolutely make a joke about getting double teamed by two badass ladies

You know, I don't think Tucker is surviving this

Oh fuck yeah Tex!

wait what how can she use the sword?

oohhh Tucker was still holding it

Theta baby boy :(

awww Tex and Church are finally together

now someone get Tucker to a hospital

I feel like the best plan would be destroying it- oh there it goes

oh Doc is totally a hallucination

oh Doc is dead :(

North??

oh it's all the Freelancers :(

Yeah I can definitely see that conversation between Wash and Carolina as either romantic or platonic, everyone wins there

is One from season 18? I don't recognize her

oh the shot of them on top of the base :(

Grif goes home... alone :(

aww the credits with everyone's faces. that last shot of the four of the OG RoosterTeeth crew:(((

I think that was a good end. I wish Wash would have actually talked to Tucker, and I'm sad we didn't see Donut and no canon grimmons but that was a long shot. I wish there was a bit more of Tucker as himself, but he's been the main character for a while so it was nice to focus on the others. the actual ending after the fight did feel a little rushed, I would have liked a bit more of Blue team recovering. also is it now just Simmons and Lopez vs Caboose, Tucker, Wash, and Carolina, or are the Freelancers going to leave?

I'm making a separate Grimmons post

All in all I liked it :) I think the most important thing was the everyone was in character. I know people are going to nitpick it and tear it apart, but it honestly could have been way worse.

Bow Chicka Bye Now

[helix-enterprises117]

Two things: First is I love Grif's Armor for your RvB Reloaded. All the armor is pretty cool, but I like his best. (Sadly it's been some time since I last played any Halo so I don't recognize any of the types)

Second: Im just curious, with your RvB Reloaded, are there eventual/FOIF(Find Out in Fic) plot reason for Jimmy Burns and making Simmons a woman?

1st: THANK U!!

2nd: I thought of some interesting indeas for Jimmy being in-place of Church since Epsilon didn't get implanted in his body; one being that I'm still playing with until I decide on it is that Jimmy is an amnesiac who was once a test-subject for PF or actually WAS a Freelancer.

For Simmons being a woman? Honestly, I just liked the idea enough to make the change. But like a lot of my AU ideas, I mostly did this for streamlining purposes and I wanted to fuse Simmons with Private Katie Jensen from Chorus.

[rvb-relationship-royale]

RVB Relationship Royale, Tournament 2- Friendship Fray

I'm alive, folks! I've finally finished rounding up all the ships, filling out the extra spaces in the bracket, and randomly generating the first round of matchups. As we have a total of 64 matches in round one, I plan to make it easy on myself and post 8 polls each Saturday and Sunday, starting this weekend.

With all that said, the matchups are listed below the cut!

Delta & Theta vs. Andersmith & Caboose

Doc & Wash vs Lopez & O'Malley

Wash & Simmons vs. Red Team

Donut & Wash vs. Carolina & Simmons

Tucker & Wash vs. 479er & Wash

Tex & York & North vs. Grif & Simmons & Donut

Tex & York vs. York & Illinois

Tucker & Junior vs. Grif & Bitters

Caboose & Loco vs. North & Carolina

Doc & O'Malley vs. Wash & Dr. Grey

Wyoming & Florida vs. Simmons & Caboose

Grif & Sarge vs. Doc & Donut & O'Malley

Doc & Lopez vs. Freckles & Caboose

Doyle & Dr. Grey vs. Carolina & Locus

Kai & Tucker vs. Gamma & Wyoming

Doc & Meta vs. Bitters & Matthews

Jax & Sarge vs. Epsilon & Carolina

Florida & V.I.C. vs. Locus & Siris

Church & Donut vs. York & Delta

Grif & Carolina vs. Donut & Tucker

Alpha & Wash vs. Kimball & Tucker

Andy & Crunchbite vs. Carolina & 479er

Grif & Locus vs. Kimball & Felix

Carolina & Donut vs. Delta & Alpha

Doc & Grif vs. Sarge & Lopez

Simmons & Lopez vs. Maine & Carolina

North & South vs. Church & Simmons

C.T. & Wash vs. V.I.C. & Red Zealot

Sarge & Wash vs. South & C.T.

Church & Tucker vs. Donut & Lopez

Simmons & Donut vs. Sarge & Caboose

Wyoming & Maine vs. Kai & Tex

Caboose & Andy vs. Kai & Doc

Caboose & Donut vs. Tex & Sheila

Locus & Sirius & Felix vs. Wash & Caboose & Tucker

FILSS & Carolina vs. Donut & Sarge

Tex & Donut vs. Grif & Tucker

York & Wash vs. Sarge & Surge

Murphy & Jenkins vs. Church & Sheila

Locus & Felix vs. Kai & Simmons

The Lieutenants vs. Lopez & Lopez 2.0

North & York vs. Church & Caboose

Church & Jimmy vs. Doc & Simmons

Caboose & Wash vs. Alpha & the Fragment AI

Wash & York & North vs. Blue Team

Grif & Church (Alpha) vs. Doc & Donut

Kai & Carolina vs. Tex & North

Jax & Dylan vs. Dr. Grey & Kimball

Tex & Caboose vs. Lopez & Sheila

Kai & Caboose vs. Temple & Doc

Kai & Donut vs. Doc & Junior

Carolina & Kimball vs. Caboose & Sheila

Carolina & Wash & Tucker vs. Lopez & Locus

Caboose & Lopez vs. Carolina & Wash

C.T. & Wash & Ohio & Idaho & Iowa vs. Sherry & Derryl & Terrill

Wash & South vs. Donut & Cronut

Rogers & Cunningham vs. Red Team & Blue Team & Doc

Sarge & Dr. Grey vs. Ohio & Idaho & Iowa

Lopez & Grif vs. Caboose & Delta

Sarge & Carolina vs. Maine & Wash

Grif & Kai vs. Tex & Sarge

Kimball & Doyle vs. Grif & Huggins

Gamma & O'Malley vs. North & Theta

Tex & Tucker vs. Tucker & Caboose