#technically etho is back there

[mxmarsbars]

an explosive finish 💥

[risibledeer]

baked beans. u don't know how abnormal i am about them.

bonus boat boys. etho's hair is very tasty.

[alienssstufff]

I love the way you draw Etho he's so squishy

thank you! Whwh honestly I don’t think I ever have or could draw him threatening I never saw him that way

Even in the Apocalypse au he isn’t

[nexus-nebulae]

im naming a new phenomenon we've noticed in our system. Body Blindness. if the fronter in question is too similar to the body (or they lack an appearance to the point they're not visible in headspace) nobody in-sys can tell who they are when they're in front. including themselves

[joehillsshark]

listen👂 grian🌾

nobody🫥 touches👉 my bush🪴

you're done✅️

it all started🏁 when grian🌾 touched🖐 my redstone🔴

he played⚽️ himself like a xylophone🎹 set on automatic🚗

doc👨‍⚕️ monster👾 is a savage👹, with technical👨‍💻 skills🔧

and crazy🤪 vocal🎤 acrobatics🤸

i’m a legend📖 of the nho, with etho, beef🍖 and double o🅾️🅾️

docmc is coming🚶‍♂️ for4️⃣ you sevenfold7️⃣

got rendog🐶 and other firemen👨‍🚒

to douse🚿 the flames🔥 that you shoot🌠 at this leviathan😈

iskall can🥫 try again🔄

yo🇪🇸

you think💭 i'm in hiding😶‍🌫️, i'm just biding my time⏳️

putting pen🖊 to paper📃, coming up⬆️ with rhymes

we’re the star-studded⭐️ group👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 that got together👫 just to crush🥰 you

once☝️ we start something you know🧠 we're gonna see👁 it through💘

i'm the knight⚔️, the soldier🪖 who brings the fight🤼 at first1️⃣ light🔦

y'all had to incite✊️, so now i gotta indict👊

you're guilty👩‍⚖️ of getting murdered💀 with words📝

y'all are out-gunned🔫, go home🏠 nerds🤓

wohoo

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

if you think🤔 you can stop🛑 the symmetry↔️, that's false👎

g team🇬 is dialing☎️ for help🤝, but i'm ignoring😒 their calls📵

and when their bodies🐖 dissolve🫠, you’ll know that false’s🚫 on a killing🗡 spree👯‍♀️

try to stop my pvp🛡 and perish painfully😵

i'm the queen👑 of hearts❤️, heads🗣 and body parts🦵

your diamond💎 armor👕 can’t compare📊 to my martial arts🥋

i'll send a poison☣️ dart🎯, to make you breathe🫁 your final breath🌬

g team's name🏷 will be the only thing left🚷

yeah

caffeinated☕️, animated🎆, redstone innovator👨‍🔬

my behavior's crazy😜, can’t phase👨‍🎤 me, impulse⚡️ is never lazy🛋 (uh)

tango💃, why would you betray💔 me, now my scope🔬 is aiming (what)❔️

better run🏃‍♀️ for cover📔 from all the ghast👻 balls🔮 that i be taming🐈 (what)

without a sound🔇, without no hesitation🙅‍♀️, my creations🎨 are amazing🤩

better watch⏱️ your step🪜 or the g team will end up blazing💥

who's the better team?⚖️ there is no controversy😎

but before it's said👄 and done you'll be begging🙏 us for mercy💗 (all-right)

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

x🩻 gone give it to ya🎁, i'm gone give it to ya😼

x❌️ gone give it to ya😳, what ❓️

lyrical boxing📦, dropping💧 blows💨 on all my foes

and the g team they're looking👓 unclean🤢 needing some sunscreen🧴

getting burnt🕯 by words to hurt🤕 this herd🐑 of nerds

it's absurd🤯 how my rhymes got them injured🩸

danger⚠️, danger☢️

i got lasers💄 to cut✂️ 'em up like razors🪒

it's flexin'💪 season❄️ and i got flavor👅

their weak😫 defenses🥅 like trenches and fences🤺

that these dense heads🙄 are presenting🖥

they're presenting them alright👍, they're not very good🙌

i could walk👟 over that, i could jump🕴 over that

i could use an ender pearl🦪

i could use my elytra🪽

come on g team, jeeze✝️

yo, i don't know what to say🤷‍♂️

um, let me think🧐

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

now i'm back🔙, got some things i wanna say🦜 (yeah)

whats the letter✉️ that starts the alphabet🔤, ay🅰️

ladies🚺 gotta get in line〰️, the diggity's be on the way🌌 (cliff)⛰️

cleo🧟‍♀️ dont know who she freaking 🥴with (ooh)😯

all the signs🪧 say to notify🔔 her next⏭️ of kin👥️

this diggity🐕 dog be dropping📍 bombs💣, nothing but hits🤜 (ay)

spit💦 that rhyme again (brrr)🥶, 'cause the message📨 is

i can mumble😐 rap and still🚹 be the best🏆 there is (woo-ah)

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

hermit gang, hermit gang🐚

oh you wanted me👨 to do a verse🆚️?

i'll have to check✔️ with g team-

i mean uh🤐, i'd have to😬, i'll have to check with my schedule📅

and see if i can...see👀 if i'm able to do that sort of thing😅

i'm a busy guy💼, got lots of ....things to do😮‍💨

yeah, i mean, i just don't know🤥 if its a good idea💡 for me to be part of this song🎶 really...

[marvelousstrings]

Hermit a Day ⭐️ Eeffo

Saving the best for the last, are we? Funny enough, Etho was the first Hermit I crocheted (well, technically it was Pearl and False, but that was for my Empires collection). And I still love everything about the doll, especially my attempt at Canadian flag on his back 🇨🇦

[oddly-specific-hermit-headcanons]

My personal Hermit doctor headcanons, since I’ve been seeing some other people do them.

First of all, wounds that would be life threatening or generally just really bad (broken back/neck, major organ damage, loss of limb, etc) will heal up after respawn, so the Hermits don’t usually have to worry about it. This is also helpful when it comes to donating things to Cleo (whether it be for herself or their armor stands) or for when Jevin needs a few extra bones. On rare occasion the injury won’t fully heal, but it’ll typically be minor enough to be easily treatable by a doctor. Anything that isn’t super major (or an illness) doesn’t go away after respawn, since they’re still treatable without it.

Now, on to the actual doctors.

Doc: Actually has a full medical degree, and is the usual person the other Hermits go to for injuries, illnesses, and any standard checkups. Broke a bone? Caught a bug while on another server? Doc’s got you covered. And when it comes to their local robot or animated mannequins he has plenty of experience with robotics and crafts. He also keeps note of anything special individual Hermits need when it comes to their health.

Gem: She has plenty of medical training, and is very knowledgeable when it comes to fixing up injuries with limited resources. Her neighbors usually go to her for broken bones and flus when Doc’s too busy. She also knows a lot when it comes to something like ripped fins or strained wings.

Cub: Not (legally) trained in anything medical, but who cares about legality? This is Hermitcraft! Not the first person you’d want to go to for your injuries or ailments, but he’s happy to help when needed. He also knows pretty much everything when it comes to Scar’s health and medications, and for some reason he’s really good at performing gender affirming surgeries.

Cleo: She can’t do much when it comes to anyone who isn’t dead, but if you need stitches or a quick limb reattachment she’s got you covered, just don’t be alarmed that the stitches are done with crafting supplies. She also helps Joe out with Juppet injuries and their craftsmanship comes in handy when it comes to anything Keralis or Wels need. They also help out Etho when he glitches really badly and needs some replacements.

Hypno: First off, don’t go to him for health care. Second off, he’s going to need something in return. On occasion it’ll be something like a gold coin or rare artifact, but it’s always a risk that it’ll be your soul. And you don’t want to sign any of his IOUs. Even if you manage to get anything out of your appointment without selling your soul away, you might still end up cursed. He can do top surgery, though. He actually did his own, even though you shouldn’t take his word for how safe that was.

Zedaph: If you’re going to Zed for medical care, you should stop and think about how crazy you’re being. Technically, he can do doctor stuff, but only if you want doctor stuff of the mad scientist variety. And while he could give you an x-ray for that broken bone, he’d prefer to use you for some unethical experiments, instead. He also shouldn’t be trusted with any sort of medical equipment, that’s how the surprise vivisection happened. Also, no one tell Impulse about the surprise vivisection.

.

[starcrossedandstupid]

They are my main POV, so here’s a current guide to The Family’s Alliances!

The Tuff Guys

Etho: a part of the Family, while he doesn’t live with them and is still a Tuff Guy, he is their closest outside ally.

Bdubs: Regular good allies, hasn’t been called family but is a firm ally.

Tango: They didn’t like him, but via snail escape bonding and him being on the Tuff Guys, which are their allies, they seem to be getting back to the right foot. Not as close as the rest of Tuff.

Bamboozlers:

Lizzie: She hasn’t wronged them, and she is married to Joel, so despite the actions of her team they are kind of allied.

Jimmy: The reason they don’t seemed to be allied with the Bamboozlers anymore. Just started trying to kill them, reason unknown to Gem or Joel. He was treated like a sad puppy instead of a threat, but he blew up some of the car and is now more of an enemy, though still a sad puppy in their eyes.

Scar: Enabling Jimmy trying to kill them, more of a threat but less of true malice, so the relationship is easily repairable if Jimmy’s wish to kill them is dealt with.

Four Gs (Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss, Girldad)

Scott: Neutral. They are fine with each other, but since he’s teamed with Pearl and Impulse it is unlikely to ever end up as true allyship.

Cleo: Same as Scott, neutral but probably won’t be real allies due to their grouping with Pearl and Impulse.

Pearl: Ohhhh Gem hates her this season. Pearl pulled some stuff in episode two, and betrayed her in Secret Life’s family. Joel is a good ally and is very on board with hating her. Number two worst enemy.

Impulse: The most hated man on this side of the river. The cow fiasco in episode one. Him beint with Pearl and pulling tricks with her in episode two. Gem and Joel hate his ass! They got him killed twice, but it’s not clear if he is aware of that.

Renwood

Martyn: Annoyed with him constantly, but mostly in good fun. Solid allies!

Ren: He didn’t do any of the cow bit, so even better allies than Martyn. Good ally.

Spanners/Sub One Club

Mumbo: Allies in name, neutral in action.

Grian: Not even technically allies by name, as it was just Skizz and Mumbo in the ep one cow trade. Not on bad terms by any means, though.

Skizz: A little above neutral, as they told him to kill Impulse and he listened! He was quite nice even when on Red.

BigB

BigB: They’ve basically not interacted, so the most neutral of neutral that could be

[alienssstufff]

This Should've Been an Email

His mouth moved without it telling it to, then closed like whoever was possessing him didn’t know what to say either. There was something going on, something Etho could feel but didn’t understand. They were standing on the edge of the world, and Etho didn’t know how to tell Bdubs he was out of time. Was he out of time? Maybe he was just going insane again. Maybe-

“Etho, there’s a lot of void energy going on right now, can you focus-”

You can’t outsmart a god. You can only run.

-

[ READ HERE ] Latest addition to the Should've Could've Would've series and sequel to the YCAOverse byyyy incredible great @goingdownorup cinemaaaa is HERE and we are BACK IN THE BUILDING!!!

[rambling undercut]

you've fallen for my trap card, ramblings not about the actual fic yet sorry - I'm going to talk about art technicalities at you now :]

Ver without the text:

I drew this up on a whim immediately after finishing the first chapter. Other than it being fanart, this year I want to think smarter when making elaborate pieces - this being the one of the first experiments on it.

sketches have always been my starting foundation I usually go through a few iterations gradually building off the rough thumbnail all the way to lineart. Here I'm establishing perspective and rhythm (movement), using background and props to better frame the emphasis (focal) rather than overwhelm the eye with unnecessary detail.

Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier manga panels were an inspiration for the lineart (reoccuring character. WHA changed my life)

I even started actually putting base colours instead of skipping to shading... BASE COLOURS. BASE COLOURS WITHOUT SHADING? Crazy world we live in. Above were me testing which colours worked best for the background and purpose. Ethubs look a little out of place atm - this changes in solid filters

Shading itself was a lot of back and forth in constant fumbles to maintain the rhythm instructed in the lineart, adding emphasis how values needed to carry the visual communication of this piece especially with a line heavy background because of the wheatfields. Everything uses either cel shading, filters, or gradients - I wanted to find a way to add complexity to my regular rendering style without needing to manually blend/paint (takes too long)

During this stage, Heikala's watercolour art was the study in crowd control (backgrounds with organic repetition)

Smaller misc details that couldn't fit anywhere in the previous pages. Overall while there are some things I still would change/redo, overall very pleased as a first (second) attempt ^_^

[hiding-under-the-willow]

This is too short to justify posting on Ao3 but I think it's silly so. Here's a little impulsive scene I wrote based on a bit from Joe's video today where he commented on the fact Helsknight cards keep ending up in booster packs despite the randomizer

*****

"I think your machine's haunted." Joe says one day, unprompted, pressing buttons on the card randomizer to throw together a booster pack, restock the machines upstairs.

Etho looks up from the line of redstone he's plucking away at, brows furrowed.

"What?"

"Or maybe Beef's game," He shrugs nonchalantly, "One or the other, though."

Etho puts down his tools, turns his attention fully to Joe from his place on the floor as the green haired man wanders across the room to the spot where the newly made booster pack had been deposited.

"Why do you say that?" He asks, head tilted to the side as the poet lifts open the lid of the shulker, a look of discontent settling on his face.

Joe reaches into the box, begins to fish something out, "Because I keep pulling Helsknight cards." He says, tone all matter-of-fact annoyance, as, with a flourish of his hand, he produces a card depicting the knight from the box, holds it up for Etho to see.

Etho frowns, the edges of his mask pulling downward, "Helsknight’s not dead. He can't exactly do much haunting without being a ghost in the first place."

Joe places the card back in its place in the shulker, "Hey now, you don't have to be dead to haunt things." He states, closing the box and tucking it away in his inventory, "Ghost is more a state of mind than a state of being, and I would know." He wiggles a few fingers in front of himself performatively as he walks back across the room to hit more buttons, and for a brief moment his hand is translucent and blue, almost glowing.

And then he wanders over and punches the hermits card button, hand looking as human as it had before.

"I don't think that's exactly how it works for most people, Joe." Etho laughs nervously, picks at the edge of his gloves, tries to suppress the chill that threatens to run up his spine.

"Well, I'm pulling Helsknight cards more often than not either way." He says with a huff, walking over to the next button, "and I know there's not any more of those than there are any other cards, cause I made the damn things."

Etho shrugs, "True randomness doesn't always look random to the human eye." He flashes Joe a mischievous look as the man wanders by him towards the next button, "Hey, maybe he's made his own cards, stacked the system with them solely to annoy you." He teases.

Joe scoffs, "I could care less if he was so intent on haunting the narrative, to each their own and such. I'm just worried about the other hermits getting annoyed when they keep pulling him in their packs." He punches the button, hesitates as it makes its various beeps and dings, "Besides," He says sheepishly, glancing back over his shoulder at the engineer, "I checked for that already. Perfectly normal number of cards in there."

Etho rolls his eyes, "Of course you did."

"Diligence is the mother of good fortune." He says brightly, skipping a step as he bounds towards the next randomizer, "Anyways, like I said, haunted. Your machine or the game."

He pauses, hums thoughtfully.

"Maybe just Beef in general, actually."

"What, just cause it's his game?" Etho asks, picking his tools back up to return to his work on the redstone, realizing this wasn't a conversation that would be over with quickly.

"Well, I mean, yeah, the game was his creation, and, I mean, if you wanna get technical with it, so was Helsknight." Joe moves across the room, "Did you see his starter deck was a PVP type? Hels is in there, too."

Etho rolls his eyes, "You sent those out." He says, tactfully choosing to ignore the first half of the statement.

"Randomly." Joe reminds him, walking up to the next newly created booster pack, "Don't make this out to be my fault."

"Yeah, just as randomly as those booster packs are being created." Etho snorts, tinkering with a new wire.

"I'm gonna choose to take that as you complimenting my randomization ability and not you insulting your own redstone." Joe pulls open the box, "and anyways, believe whatever you'd like, but," He leans down into the box, pulls out another card, and tosses it towards Etho with practiced precision.

Etho fumbles with his tools to free up a hand to catch the card as it flies towards him, and when he does manage to snatch it out of the air, see who's on the front, he frowns.

"Obviously, something or someone's getting haunted."

"Hm." He stares down at the freshly pulled Helsknight card, "Not sure how fond I am of ghosts.”

[shepscapades]

DBHC [Detroit Become Hermitcraft] AU MASTERPOST

This is a compiled list of links to every major dbhc post, including links to art, a list of tags that I use to organize everything for this au on my blog, character tags, and any other content for the au that you may want to specifically look for! I will do my best to update this Masterpost with every new major post I publish, so feel free to keep checking the original post (not reblogs, which will not retain edits) for new content! (Likewise, if you stumble upon a link that doesn't seem right, please feel free to let me know!)

Everything is organized below the read more by an Overview of information about the au and content organized by character. Within each character's section, posts are organized in a narrative chronological order-- NOT the order in which the posts were published. Most characters are organized in groups so links do not appear more than once.

Thank you for reading and enjoying my silly au! It's baffling to me how many people have found an interest in or love for this project, and everyone's support, encouragement, and general insanity means the world to me! <3

OVERVIEW

Dbhc, or the Detroit Become Hermitcraft AU, is an au that started as a joke and very quickly stopped being a joke LKFJGDG It’s called Detroit Become Hermitcraft, but not really because it has anything to do with the base game DBH– really, I only yoinked and expanded on the android mechanics and inserted them into the minecraft-based world of hermitcraft. It’s an au that starts in Hermitcraft Season 8 (ie., many of the first androids were built for the beginning of s8 in this au), meaning that the seasons prior in this au do not technically have those hermits as part of their history. The Life Series are canon to this au, but like earlier hermitcraft seasons, 3rd Life is missing all of the android hermits due to it having taken place prior to HC Season 8.

GUIDE TO ANDROIDS - An official guide to how androids function, for those unfamiliar with dbh androids!

TAG LIST

#dbhc – any and everything dbhc! #dbhc art – any art, comics, or silly doodles that feature the dbhc characters #dbhc writing – works of writing that either I’ve done or works that I consider canon to the au! (see below for links to each of these works) #dbhc ask – any response to an ask or submission that I answer related to dbhc– could be silly asks or asks related to lore! #dbhc music – any art or asks in which I speak about the music on the dbhc playlists or use the songs as inspiration for art of the narrative #dbhc fanart – any dbhc art not made by me! #dbhc fanfic – any dbhc writing not written by me! #dbhc sillies – these are usually asks I’ve answered that include ridiculous doodles or humorous references to more serious or angsty lore posts #dbhc theories – not a consistent tag, but something I decided to start using for asks that have interesting theories that I don't want to confirm or deny. Also used in general for large theory-based asks/my reactions to them #dbhc mechanics – any explanations related to the way the androids function [i'm still currently in the process of going back through everything and working this tag in!] #dbhc ref – official reference sheets for the characters #dbhc explained – Any major comic that I've broken down into explained details and ramblings!

CHARACTER TAG LIST:

Character tags will be listed as #dbhc [name]. They contain both art of those characters and any mentions/discussions of them from asks. If a character is discussed or shown in any capacity, those posts should have the respective character tags! I believe these are all of the characters discussed/referenced so far:

#dbhc android 24 || #dbhc beef || #dbhc bdubs || #dbhc cleo || #dbhc cub || #dbhc doc || #dbhc etho || #dbhc false || #dbhc gem || #dbhc grian || #dbhc hypno || #dbhc impulse || #dbhc jevin || #dbhc joe || #dbhc joel || #dbhc jimmy || #dbhc keralis ||#dbhc mumbo || #dbhc pearl || #dbhc ren || #dbhc scar || #dbhc skizz || #dbhc tango || #dbhc wels || #dbhc xb || #dbhc xisuma || #dbhc zed

✧DBHC TIMELINE✧

In the above link, you will find major posts/comics/events from this au organized on Season-specific timelines!

CHARACTER POST LIST

Since Tumblr has a link embed limit of 100, I moved every character section to it's own post! Giving each character group their own space will hopefully prevent any issues going forward as I continue to add to the au without fear of hitting a link limit.

As mentioned above, the below individual posts are organized by Characters or Groups of Characters. Within each section, drawings are organized by NARRATIVE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER (Not the order in which they were posted/published).  These links contain links to posts/art specifically centered around the characters they're listed under. All posts that have a collection of characters, moments, or drawings not centered around any one specific character/characters will be found under "Other Drawings!" Stuff from Secret Life, Decked out, and other silly drawings can be found there. Character's are often cameo'd all over the place, so if you're looking for all of the content of a specific character, your best bet is perusing their respective character tag (listed above)! The posts below are to present a better/more cohesive idea of the ordered narrative of each character.

ETHO + BDUBS

CUB + CO.

DOC + CO.

IMPULSE + CO.

JOE + CO.

MUMBO + CO.

SKIZZ + CO.

TANGO + CO.

WELS + CO.

XB + CO.

XISUMA + 24 + CO.

OTHER DRAWINGS [GROUPS/COLLECTIONS]

WRITING WORKS

Original, Official Fics for DBHC:

[x] Don't Let it Reach the Heart [Doc & Xisuma Post-Destruction]

Fanfic that I consider Canon:

[x] A Gear of the Heart, Starting [ethubs s8 fic by @tunastime ] [x] A Gear of the Heart, Turning [ethubs LL fic by @tunastime] [x] @hitheeprithee Like a Bolt from the Blue [ranchers]

Fanfic I consider closely adjacent to Canon:

[x] @tunastime Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [docsuma] [x] @set-in-stardust [ethubs first kiss!] [x] @set-in-stardust [s9 reset etho re-deviates] [x] @drachis917 [Impulse meets Gem!] [x] @listentothelittlebird [A Visit To Doc's Skyblock Jail]

[whereispearlescentmoon]

I have an idea for an HC10 DBH au because Pearl is playing it rn and I need to get some ideas out.

Etho and Tango purchase P3421, a Jack of all trades model that is designed in particular for fast learning. It’s an expensive model, due to the complexity of its neural network, but worth it for the two of them who need an extra hand on their complicated technical projects and who are willing to train “Pearl” to do so. What they don’t expect is that they would grow fond of Pearl, and that they would be willing to use their tech to hide her… peculiarities, when she goes somewhat “rogue” and begins to express herself artistically and emotionally beyond the normal means of an android.

Ren, a technician for Gigacorp, who produces androids, begins to question some of the decisions from the higher ups when it comes to rogue androids. When he is tasked with disposing of F4123 “False” an engineer android who refused a task given to her and ran away, only to be caught again, and B337 “Beef”, a vintage and out of commission manual labor model that uses different enough components that it can’t be melted for scrap, he finds he can’t do it. Not with both of them pleading with him for their lives. Instead, he hides them in his private lab, in the hopes that no one will show up to take them. His goal is to, ultimately, help them get somewhere where androids have equal rights.

J03 “Joe”, a model created to be particularly adept at musical performance, and X12UM4 “X”, a model designed to help coders and software engineers, are two rogue androids who have found their way into an underground android resistance. There, they find Cleo, an android who’s original designation has been lost under all the scraps they’ve used to put themselves back together over the years, IM9U123 “Impulse”, a manual labor model who had nearly gotten scrapped when he began to suggest ideas to architects that hadn’t been asked for, B-Dubs, the human architect who had snuck Impulse out of where he was meant to be scrapped and who has intimate knowledge of blueprints of the city, and G3M141 “Gem”, also a manual labor model who had killed her owner and fled for reasons she refuses to disclose. S4122 “Skizz”, a police android, is secretly working with them.

The antagonists would likely be Cub, Grian, and Scar, police officers who specialize in rogue androids, and whose goal is to hunt down and eliminate them. Their task force’s main goal is a rogue who goes by “Jevin”, though they don’t know his original model designation. He’s been leaving messages around the city, urging other androids to rise up and take down the authorities keeping them as property. What they don’t know, is that they have a mole, Skizz, who is feeding information about how the investigation is going to the resistance.

Eventually, Ren, Etho, and Tango find out about the resistance, via Jevin’s graffiti, and make it their goal to help get their respective android friends to them to help them either hide or leave.

[heyhoeudoin]

i want a watcher!grian fic of NOT ANGST like can we stop being depressed for one second and think of the possibilities of a NOT ANGST watcher!grian. he would totally mess with the hermits in many ways.

like imagine watcher!grian opening an eye around mumbo and just messes with him in chat

grian: hey mumbo what are you doing grian: you missed a redstone at (coords) mumbo: how did you know that????? mumbo: YOURE NOT HERE?????

grian could literally confuse xisuma on historical information that grian shouldn't "technically" know. also, grian would totally "fix" up some of xisuma's admin codes... and even leave not-so-secret messages.

"hey x, did you know that food didn't stack back then," grian casually shared to xisuma who slowly turned to him. "oh also, did you know that zombies dropped feathers instead of rotten flesh back then cause it hasn't existed yet." xisuma blinked at him. "how do you know that? grian then pointed at the floating screen. "also, your code there is wrong. it should be—" he pulled out his own screen and started typing down a code, then showed it to xisuma. xisuma read through it, his brows slowly furrowing. "how do you know admin code?" all grian did was shrug. "who knows, exe-eye-zuma-vee-oid, maybe when you wake up tomorrow your code will suddenly fix itself." then give a mischievous grin. the next day, when xisuma checked the codes for his daily check. he saw that everything was rewritten. that caused him a massive panic and spent the next few hours checking who could've gonr through the admin code, but he also realized that his code really did fix itself... like what grian said. he then saw at the end of the script is a message written in the galactic alphabet that he knows for sure is a dead written language. it's a good thing that he's a voidwalker, but even then, he's not that fluent at reading it. "thank you for everything, xisuma, this is my gift to you," is what it said (after a few tries of getting it right).

also also, i love yhs!grian and he would totally just randomly start talking in japanese to etho and etho wouldnt even realize that he started replying in japanese until grian leaves and realizes.

also also also, grian would totally leave messages in galactic all around doc's base because he knows doc can't read any of it. doc would totally lose his mind as well because it. and grian would totally talk to doc using an eye making doc lose is mind once again. "where are you grian?! i know you're here!" and grian is actually not there.

also x4, grian could literally leave an eye with scar, out in the open, not even bother hiding it and scar would just be like "ooo new friend" and let it be, not knowing that it's a watcher thing.

also x5, i can't think of anything else but imagine the possibilities!

[calcitedraws]

Comet City Chapter 3

Yandere Superhero vs Yandere Super villain

You'll be getting some good villain content next chap I promise hehehe :3c

Chap 1. Chap 2. Chap 3

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The next few days were a buzz, everyone was talking about Techbytes attack on the school. The schools’ schedule was pushed back a full month for cleaning and repair, with everyone assured up and down that security would be implemented to ensure this couldn't happen again. Was anyone told what this was? Not yet, it seemed to be some kind of secret.

But it gave you plenty to write about and since you were a witness and wrote the first article about the attack on the school. You were tasked to write about repair updates by your boss. Apparently keeping your name attached to this gave the paper extra ethos.

But soon the buzz died down and things were relatively back to normal. The school opened and everything went back to normal. You eventually had to start writing about other things, which was fine by you.

—---

Patrolling tonight was slow. Despite being bored as hell, you still had to maintain your vigilance. But you spot an ice cream stand and… you spot your favorite flavor.

Approaching, you order a soft serve cone and pull out your wallet to find the cash. But you suddenly felt something brush your back as an arm rests on your shoulder.

“And I'll take a scoop of mint chocolate chip.” A familiar voice chirps from behind you. You spin around.

“Dude! Personal space?!” You yelp. Zenith just chuckles, leaning towards you, pressing your chest into his face. You hear a little ding and you crane your head back to see that he used his card. You froze for a minute, noting he's in civilian wear– a crisp white cotton polo with jeans and a nice pair of casual shoes. He must have a night off, because you’ve never seen him in anything other than hero garb.

“Snuck away from me last time, huh? I haven’t seen you in a month!” He chuckles, smug as he hands your ice cream to you. You huff, taking it.

“I could have payed for it.” You scoff. You never brought ID or cards but you brought cash when doing patrols for food.

“I know. But let me treat you. I insist.” He says, gesturing for you to follow him. And he did buy you ice-cream, so… it couldn't hurt to take a quick walk with him. So you follow. He smiles, seemingly smug about how his plan worked.

“Well, it's good to see you. Heard you were there at the Hero Academy a month ago? Why didn't you stop to chat with me? I could've gotten you dinner or something as thanks. The Hero Academy means a lot to all of us.” He hums, taking a small bite of his ice cream.

“I… didn't want to stick around. The police and other heros aren't too fond of having a vigilante around.” You hum. That was half the reason you left. You start licking your soft serve. It was refreshing, just what you had hoped for.

“Hmm… that's a shame. I like you, if it helps.” He sighs, as you turn a corner. The bright neon lights of the city were dazzling, spots of all different hues.

“... So what brings you out here on your night off?” You ask. It was only polite to pretend to be interested.

“You. I had a feeling you'd be out and about. I just got lucky in finding you.” He says, glancing to you. He soaks in your face (or at least what he can see). Under any normal circumstance, his expression would make you blush and look away.

“Um. Okay? Anyway,” You say, staring straight ahead, “weird move but I can't tell you how to spend your free time off of work.”

He chuckles, deep and hearty in his chest before slinging an arm around your shoulder, pulling you into the scent of cypress.

“I'm still patrolling, you know?” You huff.

“Says who? You're your own boss, technically. So can I pretty please ask your CEO to give you an ice cream break to hang out with your best bud?”

“You're not my ‘best bud’.” You scoff.

“I'm hurt! Well, who is?”

You open your mouth and then shut it. “Nice try, Zenith.”

He shrugged, “Worth a try. Can't blame a guy for trying to know the actual name of the love of his life.”

You scoff and roll your eyes, he's such a ham. You wish he'd stop being a freak about it, though.

“I can't be bought with soft serve.” You chuckle, turning back to the cone. You probably could, but he didn't need to know that.

“Well what do you like? Apparently not coffee, since you've turned down every coffee to get some. What about… Italian? I know a good seafood place if that's what you like. If you'd prefer a more low key spot for our first date that's fine… I'm willing to go to a place like-”

“Stop.” You say. “I'm not going on a-”

“I wasn’t going to say fast food. Just, like, a more low-key place. Well, I suppose this is a date. We're walking and eating ice cream… seems like enough to call it a date.” He hums, shrugging. You look at him, seeing him beaming back at you with those perfect straight teeth. You stop, and he stops too, startled.

“This,” You say, gesturing between you two, “isn't a date.”

He nods, smiling crypticlly.

“Okay, so be it. But you're not on duty until you finish your ice-cream, deal?” He hums. You two start walking again, quiet for a while.

“We should talk about your hero work.” He hums. You roll your eyes.

“I fly solo. I don't need a Boy-wonder sidekick.” You chuckle.

“You do good work. I'm telling you, you really should reconsider my deal.” He says, patting your shoulder.

“... You know the answer.” You sigh, taking a bite of your cone.

“I know… But you'll think about it.” He says, tossing his little paper bowl into the nearest trashcan. He glances up towards the skyline and smiles. “Want to head to the roof? You can see a lot more from there.”

You squint, but… you can't quite find a reason to say no. Sometimes you went up to the tops of taller buildings to scout danger from afar. You unraveled your shadows to scale the building, but Zenith stopped you, holding out a hand. After a moment, you take it, assuming he wanted to lift you to the top as some kind of a nice gesture.

What you didn’t expect was him to yank you into his arms, lifting your legs up to hold you bridal style as he lifts off, the wind howling as you’re suddenly lifted to the skyline. After the shock wears off, you cling to him. Your shadows couldn’t extend too far and any sort of building was out of reach. You didn’t want to know if he was lucky or aware of this.

”Put me down!” You yell, shrill and shakey, your stomach turning as you gaze below. The safety of the floor is so far below it makes you dizzy.

”Relax, I’ve got you.” He chuckles, slowly lowering your legs so you’re vertical. You cling to him, wrapping your legs and arms around him like a koala. What the hell was he doing?! Was this bastard about to drop you to make some sick point?!

”Hey! Hey, relax just… trust me. This will be fun.” He says, halfway annoyed and endeared.

“Zenith don’t fucking drop me! I swear to god, what is your problem?!” You plead.

“I won’t! I’d be a fool to drop someone as precious as you!” He chuckles, peeling your legs off from around him, forcing you to cling to his shoulders. Your feet find the tops of his, the only support.

“Come on, trust me. Please?” He murmurs, peeling your arms off of him, pulling you away just far enough to see your mask. You glare at him, pissed off but he just flashes out a smile as he guides your left hand to rest on the top of his shoulder and he takes the other on his own, placing his free hand on your waist. You peer over your shoulder, looking down at the plummet below.

“So, now that we’re cozy, let's chat.” He hums, low and soft. You turn to him, freaked out.

“I’ve been thinking… Now that you and I are old pals-“ He begins.

”We’re not pals.” You interject. He pauses and sighs, but continues.

”We should get to actually know each other. I don’t know a lot about you other than you’re grouchy and like soft serve.” He pouts, starting to very slowly turn the both of you. It isn’t quick enough to make you dizzy, it’s just a very slow movement.

”You don’t need to know me. That's the point of a secret identity.” You grumble.

”That's the next thing I wanted to talk about.” He says, his smile falling, “Take the mask off.”

You freeze. His demeanor shifted, a warning.

“No.”

”…No…?” He murmurs, sof, disappointed. He closes his eyes, taking a deep breath in and out.

“No. I’m not taking it off.” You assert, glancing back over to check if there was anything to use your shadows as an anchor point. There wasn’t.

”Let’s make a deal. Tell me something important, interesting about yourself, and I won’t rip that mask off.” He says, narrowing his eyes. “It doesn’t have to be like, your deepest darkest secret. I wouldn’t mind that, but… Something so I don’t feel like you’re at arms length. So I can actually know something about you.”

You narrow your eyes, scoffing. This was so ridiculous but you couldn’t find a way out.

”Like?”

”Your eye color. Something that makes you happy. Your job. If you have a type.” He hums, his voice soft and oddly soothing.

You think. You weren’t inclined to give him anything useful to find your civilian identity, but… you’re not sure if he’d be satisfied with something ambiguous.

”You seem a bit lost. I’ll start, I was named after my grandfather, who I never got to meet. I really love strawberry flavored treats even though my PR team is worried that it's too girly. And, um… I’m not a natural blond.” He hums, thinking. You gasp.

”Wait what’s your real hair color, then?” You say.

”I’m… not sure. But I’m pretty sure it’s a light brown.” He hums, gently resting his chin on your shoulder. You sit with this information.

”They make you dye it?”

”Yeah. Apparently it gives me a ‘heroic patriotic look’, whatever that means.” He shrugs. “I don’t mind it too much.”

“Do you miss your old hair color?”

”Nah. I was blond as a little kid but we started doing touch ups after I hit middle school. It just made sense. Don’t tell anyone, though.” He chuckles, rubbing his thumb against the curve of your spine. You never knew that much about him.

In the distance, you hear someone scream. You tilt your head, finding that you were close enough to a building to anchor with a shadow. You turn to him. His expression was so… at peace. Like he was just so comfortable.

”I… have to go.” You say, gesturing to the ground below. He freezes, his expression souring slightly.

“What? No, the police can get there in time. It’s okay.” He insists, giving a reassuring smile and pressing his hand into your back, pulling you close.

”Zenith. I have a job to do. Please let me go.” You say, slow and firm. His jaw tenses.

”You… What? No, it’s… it’s fine. Please, stay.” He pleads, intense but soft.

You latch onto a nearby building, using the element of surprise to yank yourself away. You land on the roof, turning to give him a look. His phone rings, probably in his back pocket. He stares at you. It sends a shiver down your spine. It isn’t cold or angry, just… longing.

”Sounds like you’ve got a job too.” You say, before using your shadows to vault away, towards the increasingly frantic screaming. You don’t glance back, not seeing how he just floated there, before answering the phone, his head hung and his grip tight.

[tilly-death]

I was wondering if you are willing to write a Tango x Etho x gn!reader (or just Tango x gn!reader if you don't want to write poly atm)?

Pairing: Tango x GN! Professor! Reader x Etho (kinda Pearl & Etho [Platonic] too ngl)

Includes: (small i think, but be aware they are there) SPOILERS FOR THE LATEST CHAPTER (16) OF DOUBLE-HEARTED, mentions of a secret relationship but also not really? (they haven’t told anyone, but its not technically a secret), speculated cheating (doesn’t happen), three uses of Y/N

Words: 2.0k

A/N: I always want to write poly 😈 I wanted to write something for DDVAU anyway to celebrate the new Double-Hearted chapter that came out ((if you haven’t [you probably have, but on the off-chance that you haven’t] go check it out on Webtoon, or here on Tumblr! It’s a great comic about the DDVAU {Desert-Duo Vigilante AU} written by @//kitsuneisi and @//xmaruu11))

((p.s. if you don't like it/it's not what you had in mind, lmk and I'll write a new one!))

When Etho offered to set Pearl up with an interview with his boyfriend, this was not what she had in mind.

She did not expect to be walking into the university he worked at, glancing around awkwardly as she tried to find her way around. As much as she felt like she was back in college herself, she couldn’t find it in her to care very much. Insider information with someone who was in the school during the attack?! It couldn’t be much better for a reporter like her(who was also very interested in discovering the various mysteries Hot Guy has to hide from the general public).

Pearl brushed her hair back as she glanced at the paper in her hand, telling her exactly where she was meant to meet Tango. She looked at the building in front of her, confirming that it was the correct building and grinned excitedly, hurrying into the room. She quickly found the office she was looking for and peered into the window. Her brows furrowed when she saw two people talking softly in the room.

Tango, who was obvious because of his fiery hair, sat in his office chair, facing his desk. On his desk sat another professor. They were talking, only just loud enough for her to hear their words. 

“C’mon, Etho asked me to do the interview for her.” Tango was saying. He reached over and grabbed the other professor’s hand. “I’m fine.”

The other sighed, “Tango, I don’t want you to relive that moment so soon after it happened. It had to have been traumatic!”

“I’m fine.” He insisted with a grin. “I promise, if I wasn’t ready to talk about it, I wouldn’t have the interview. I don’t mind, really. It wasn’t that bad, really.”

The professor did not seem impressed. They leaned their head back on their shoulders, “You were dragged into a school that was taken over by some kind of spore creature and were attacked, I think-”

“Well, I wasn’t really attacked per se-” He was quickly silenced by a glare. He chuckled awkwardly, pulling their hands towards him for a moment, “Sweetheart,” Pearl’s eyes widened as she heard the pet name. Her brows furrowed. Sweetheart? Isn’t Tango, Etho’s boyfriend? Who is this other person? “It’s fine. I promise. If I wasn’t up for it, I wouldn’t do it. Come on, you have class soon and Pearl should be here soon. I’ll be fine.”

Pearl watched closely as they huffed and nodded. “Fine. Tell me if something happens, promise?” They leaned in, pressing a kiss against his forehead. Pearl gasped, moving away from the window in shock. Her eyes were wide. After a few seconds, she could hear footsteps coming closer to the door. She took a quick deep breath and walked down the corridor for a moment before turning around right as the door opened. She plastered a smile on her face (after all, reporters have to be professional at their first official interview) and walked towards the door again.

“I’ll see you after school, who’s place are we meeting at, again?” Tango asked as he leaned against the door.

The other professor hummed before shrugging, “I guess yours. If that works for you?” He nodded. His eyes glanced to the side and he grinned as he noticed Pearl. The professor’s eyes followed his and they smiled. “Oh, hi. You must be Pearl, yeah? I’m Y/N.”

She nodded, holding back her true emotions. So Tango is cheating on Etho?! That doesn’t sound like the Tango he talks about, but I guess even the ‘best’ people can be shallow. “Yeah, that’s me.” Her voice was professional, offering a miniscule smile.

Tango nodded, “Perfect, you’re right on time. I’m Tango.” He nodded towards his office. “We have about an hour and a half until my next class, so we have plenty of time.” She gave him a smile and a nod, no longer as excited about this interview (though… she was still excited, admittedly).

After Pearl and Tango finished their interview, she was thankful for the insider information she now had. In fact, she almost forgot about the situation before the interview until she got a text from Etho as she was leaving the school.

Etho

how was the interview?

Pearl

uhhh it was good

I do have some bad news for you tho

Etho

yeah?

what’s up?

Pearl

I’d rather tell you in person, are you free today???

Etho

uh sure yeah, when do you wanna meet up

Pearl quickly gave him a place to meet and a time. She met him there with time to spare. She looked over her notes from the interview and the recorded copy she had. Her mind was fighting over being a good reporter and remaining completely unopinionated, and being a good friend and being very upset that her friend was cheated on. She sighed, covering her face with her hands. It’s not like the cheating would be included in the interview, she reasoned. But, would it be okay to publish your best friend’s cheating boyfriend’s interview? What are the morals of this type of situation? Are there any?

A hand came in contact with her shoulder and she jumped, eyes darting to the side as her hands fell from her face. Her eyes narrowed, “Oh, haha.” She deadpanned as Etho laughed softly. He sat across from her and raised an eyebrow.

“You seemed distracted for someone who really wanted to tell me something.” He mused. 

She hesitated, “Well, I was going over a kind-of moral dilemma.”

His head tilted slightly as he peered at her over the edge of his mask, “What morals? You went in for an interview and you came out with questions about morals?” He chuckled, “What did that man say to you?”

“He’s cheating on you?”

Etho paused, brows furrowing, “What?”

Pearl let out a deep breath that she didn’t realize she was holding. The words started flooding out, “I walked into the office, expecting him to be alone. But I stopped outside the window of his door and looked in and I saw this person sitting on his desk. You know how nosy I am, so I was listening! He called them ‘sweetheart’?? And they kissed his forehead! They were clearly close and clearly dating or something! Then- then! They decided on staying over at Tango’s house. Tonight!”

Etho was quiet for a moment, staring at her before he laughed. It was a louder laugh than she usually heard from him. “Why are you laughing? Are you crazy? He’s seeing someone else!”

“Come with me.” Is all he replied. He stood up, gesturing for her to follow him. Confused beyond belief (and questioning his own mental status), she followed him.

“Where are we going? Are you not going to say anything?”

“You’ll see. Be patient, Pearl.” He mused. Pearl sighed, realizing she wasn’t getting anything out of him anytime soon. The walk wasn’t very long. They arrived at an apartment complex. He pulled out his phone, sending a quick text. As he did, he nodded to the call box. “Press Apartment 304.” Pearl hesitated. She knew this was not Etho’s apartment. In fact, she didn’t think she knew anyone in this part of the city at all. When he noticed she didn’t move, he chuckled again, reaching over and hitting the button. Within a few moments, the buzzer made a different noise and the door unlocked. “C’mon.”

“Etho, where are we going?”

He glanced back at her as they climbed the stairs, “You haven’t put it together? And I thought you were a reporter.” He tsked. “We’re going to Tango’s place.”

Her eyes widened, “We’re confronting them?!”

“You could say that.”

Her heart beat with anxiety as the two climbed the final set of stairs. They approached the door with the number 304 on it. She kept glancing over at Etho. He didn’t seem nervous at all. She paused. He glanced back.

“Problem?”

“Yeah, what are you planning? What are you up to?” She accused, pointing at him. “You’re being awfully calm about this whole situation.”

He laughed, leaning over and knocking on the door. She blinked as the door opened, revealing Tango. “Hey, babe.” He said, leaning over with a grin, his eyes darted to the right and he laughed, “Hey, Pearl. Guess we got some explaining to do, yeah?”

Her brows furrowed, glancing between the two. She went to speak when a voice interrupted. “Etho! You’re here! Finally.” Her eyes blinked in confusion as the professor from the school came over, leaning over and wrapping Etho in a hug. He laughed as he hugged them awkwardly. “We’ve been waiting for hourssss.” 

“It’s been twenty minutes.” He said, rolling his eyes and laughing. He gently pulled them back and gestured to the right where Pearl stood. “Sweetheart, this is Pearl. You remember her from earlier, right?”

They pulled back from Etho and glanced over, grinning, “Yeah! Of course! You look so pretty by the way, I totally forgot to mention it because I was running late.”

Pearl couldn’t wrap her head around what was happening. Her eyes darted from Tango to Y/N to Etho. “Okay, what is happening right now?”

Etho chuckled as his partner glanced at him, “I dunno, what is happening, Etho?” They questioned with a small, confused smile.

“Well, to answer both of your questions at the same time. I was invited to dinner with Pearl here because she had something important to tell me.” He nodded, almost gravely before laughing again. “She told me our dear Tango here was cheating on me.”

Tango fully burst out laughing, using the side of the door to support his weight as he practically heaved laughter. Their partner looked taken aback for a moment before they gasped, “Oh! Because of this morning! Oh, I’m so sorry!” They laughed. “No, no, no. We’re all dating. We’re in a poly relationship!” They clarified.

Pearl’s face relaxed slightly as she let out a breath, “Ohhh.” She murmured. “That’s why he wasn’t freaking out when I told him.”

“I thought you knew.” Etho said with a shrug. “Then you came telling me that and I was just so shocked. I mean, you’ve walked up on me and them on a date before.”

Pearl thought about before shaking her head, “I don’t think so, only you and Tango.”

His brows furrowed, “I’m pretty sure- Oh, right! They were in the changing room when you ran into us.” He explained with another chuckle. Pearl glanced over as said partner wrapped an arm around Tango’s waist. His grin seemed to brighten as he glanced over at them before refocusing. “I really did think you knew, though.”

“You never talk about them? Only ever Tango!”

“I rarely talk about Tango to begin with, Pearl. We’ve been dating for a year and a half and you learned I was dating him, what, a few months ago?” He scoffed, “I just don’t like talking all that much about my private life.”

Pearl nodded slowly, her brain piecing together the missing parts of the puzzle. “So, you three are all in a relationship together?” The trio nodded in unison. 

“I would have said something when we met if I had known you didn’t know.” Y/N said, offering an awkward smile. “I would hate for you to think Tango would even be capable of thinking of cheating. Especially since you were interviewing him for something so serious.”

Tango groaned playfully, “Sweetheart, I’m tellin’ you! It was fine! Not a big deal.” They narrowed their eyes at him and he paused as they pulled out of his grip.

“I need to check the food, make sure it’s not overcooking!” They announced as they walked away. Tango had no hesitation to follow, talking about how it ‘wasn’t a big deal’ as they walked. 

Etho glanced over at Pearl, “So?”

She hummed slowly, “So what?”

“What do you think? Y’know about me being poly?”

Her eyes moved to meet his and she looked slightly annoyed, “You don’t think I would think anything different than what I already do, do you? Cause this isn’t a change at all. All it tells me is that you have more people who care about you.” While he didn’t make a noise, she could tell his shoulders relaxed slightly. “Etho, I care about you. This wouldn’t really change much of anything. Promise. I’ll see you tomorrow. Go spend time with your… partners?”

He chuckled softly, nodding, “Yeah, yeah, you’re right. I’ll see ya.”

[mollysunder]

Lunari Heritage in Zaun

This is gonna be a reach, but from the little we've seen of Vi and Jinx's mom and younger Silco, I'd guess they were both from the same ethnic group.

In a place like Zaun, where the people are left with scraps, any piece of jewelry sticks out. Vi's mom and Silco are both wearing similar pieces of jewelry. Silco's bracelet could likely be fitted as a necklace since it twice wraps over his wrist. Neither are wearing anything of high quality, but the necklace and bracelet in their respective pictures seem decently maintained if not worn. That's when I thought, these are probably heirlooms.

In fact they looked pretty similar too, but in smaller scale of the princess's own pendants. I wouldn't bring this up if it weren't for the fact that Piltovans prioritize elaborate art-deco aesthetics, the more elaborately geometric the better (Councilor Shoola). So you would assume even the simplest jewelry would be a square pendant or a straight line. But no, big plain circles, and then I remembered we saw that before, on the princess Ambessa killed. Big bronze circles.

And when we look at young Vi , you notice that she's wearing jewelry too. A simple necklace with a green (it looks green) gem. And I realized that the princess's necklace was also adorned green gems.

I'm pulling from scraps, but it's interesting that small things these Zaunites have to adorn themselves (though not for long with the time skips) are similar versions if not simpler version's of the princess's.

At first I thought this meant that many of the cast were actually of Ionian descent. But then in the Princess's scene a thought kept coming back to me, "Why is Mel wearing purple?". Mel, a skilled diplomat from a young age, typically wears the main colors of the nations she hosts and is hosted by. White for Piltover, Black for Noxus (Ambessa), and always with her signature accents of gold. So if Mel followed her mother to Ionia ,where green is a culturally significant color, why purple? It's because Mel and Ambessa weren't in Ionia, they were in Targon fighting the Lunari.

The Lunari are Rakkor tribal people in the Targonian region who worship the moon, and are persecuted for it by the Solari, the religious order that worships the sun. While technically Mt. Targon is influenced by Mt. Olympus and Greek mythology aesthetic, that's more the case for the Solari. Overtime the Lunari aesthetic has been mixed it's originally nomadic culture with East Asian influences. The prominent colors of the Lunari happen to be turquoise, silver, black and purple. It was such a little thing to remember but it made me see connections I hadn't thought about.

Suddenly everything starts to connect. The bronze coins represent the 3 moons that exist in Arcane's Runeterra. How do we know there are 3 moons, because the Valdiani piece Jinx stole was depicting their planet. In the Valdiani there are 3 orbits circling the Earth, meaning 3 moons (or satelites). Now the engraving on the gold of the princess's necklace makes sense, because it's supposed to resemble the gates at the peak of Mt. Targon. The pendant itself is shaped like the mountain with the gates fitted at the top.

Frankly, it works for the Princess to have been Lunari and waves of descendants of the Lunari to arrive in Piltover and end up in Zaun. In Arcane, Piltover was created as a safe haven to escape the Rune Wars 200 years from the start of the show. Even after the Rune Wars ended the shipping port has likely seen waves of migrant labor and refugees from the ongoing crisis that occur in Runeterra (*cough*Noxus*cough*). It's likely that many of the current generation of Zaunites are of mixed heritage of the various fleeing people's.

It creates a whole new dynamic of the ways in which Piltover's laws, their Ethos, strips the people of Zaun from their identity and reducing them to tools for the mines. Magic is inherently a part of religious ceremonies and religion in general in Runeterra, especially for the Lunari. How do you practice your religion in a place that has banned the means by which it's conducted? There must have been more people like the Lunari who didn't have a problem with their magic, their problem was that they were being persecuted.

The remnants of family keepsakes brought over as communities fled were clung to as best as possible especially as they had to let go of part their spiritual identity. But even that doesn't seem to have lasted either. Vi doesn't keep her necklace, her mother is dead, so lost is her necklace, and we never see Silco wear his bracelet. They could have been stolen, or at best, hidden for safe keeping, maybe Enforcers get suspicious at the hint of mysticism and suddenly they want to talk.

Finally, maybe a little less related, it is interesting how prominent Piltovans and Zaunites take on day and night aspects. The sun shines over Piltover at their best, begins to set at times of uncertainty. While in the cover of night with moon above, the strongest Zaunites strike hardest. One more thing, it is interesting how Arcane's Jinx has taken on darker tones of purple rather than stick with neon pink. I always have to go back and look at a reference to remember that her pants are purple-er than I recall.

Update: I wanted to include that the large doodle Jinx made on her cup actually looks similar to the Lunari's sigil. And the sigil remains on the cup into the timeskip, also the center moon is made smaller within the crescent like in the necklace. I also noticed Jinx's cup later has more violent bomb imagery around it.

Update 2: With the final season approaching I'm noticing this is getting some attention again. I would like to say that if I could write this from scratch again I'd say it's more likely the princess is from Ionia now, which doesn't up end the Lunari theory.

Previous League canon confirms the Lunari faith does have ties to Ionia. A good portion of the Lunari are Ionian in descent, and Diana, their aspect of the moon (essentially their demigod), currently lives in Ionia. League even created skinline for Ionians blood moon worshippers, an edgy offshoot of the Lunari faith. It's all very interesting and a bit complicated because Riot loves to drop plot points in the lore and never come back. I'll try to clean something up for a longer explanation later. What's crazy is the Medardas are still the aggressors because Noxians and Solarians, which the Medardas are both, terrorize Ionians and Lunaris respectively.