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An updated design for my Sward! Mumbo! :D

A lot of this design is based off of this incredible art of Mumbo which lives in my head rent free forever.

#mcyt #mumbo jumbo #au #my art #taurtis has been casuing a lot of problems on the server #hence the temporary wine mom arc from mumbo #sward au

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The Limited Life MAP is OUT NOW!! go give it a watch and thank you to all of our participants and supporters, we couldn't have done this without you o7

(We did not anticipate the release of this project to be at such an unfortunate time, and take this chance to send our regards to Scar and his family as well. May Jellie rest well <3)

#I WAS IN THIS!!!! #GO CHECK IT OUT!!!! #losing my marbles... #reblog #it still feels surreal that i got to participate #so many incredible people

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i have. more fanart! for @allunatory's fic again. go read it here -> link

#REBLOGGING THIS BECAUSE IT KILLS ME!!!! #reblog #im staring at it intensely #im like a scarecrow

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quick thing for @allunatory's excellent fic dreams from within the cage!

#AAAAA #reblog #THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DRAWING THIS ITS SO NICE AND AAAAAAAAA

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@bipbopdepmop Hiya! Hope this doesn't scare you but I'm answering this ask on my minecraft-related art blog LOL

Anyways I have been staring at these asks for the past few days I hope you know that you have a special place in my heart tysm

This is so long, so I'll put it under a readmore- I have a lot to say (And spoilers for anyone who hasn't read Dreams From Within The Cage yet!)

THANK YOU SO MUCH THOUGH!!! AAAA- I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!

AND YES YES!! I have so much I can say.... First of all I have to thank random ambient noise soundtracks for carrying me through the entire fic. Without them, I definitely wouldn't have been able to keep focus for long stretches of time without getting distracted by something.

Fun fact: Fic was not titled until it was time to publish LOL- I was so indecisive

I think my original ambition with the fic when I first started was just writing an Apocalypse AU... but at the same I also wanted to write world-hopping. I was inspired by a comic I had read back when I was in the UTMV (Undertale AU) fandom that explored AUs through way of dreams, and I've been wanting to try my own spin on that for a while so this was the perfect opportunity.

Now the plot wasn't actually supposed to go so crazy, that was mainly me getting extreme brainworms over the concept of an inter-dimensional organization stepping in. Originally, it was going to be mainly exploring the grief that comes with being unable to ever see the one person you feel you connect to most. Having to either accept that fact, or find a way to let go. (Definitely way more depressing, i think)

I was so stuck on the plot for a while, how to wrap it up with everything I'd planned. For a while, I was originally planning to have Grian be the one interrogated, in which he would then hide things from Scar to keep him safe, even going so far as to say they should never talk again. And then the real reason would be revealed when GIGA stepped in.

The way that was set up though, it basically meant all the cool stuff was happening where the readers couldn't see it. So after a long conversation with my good friend @/boxofwasps, I had a stunning revelation on how to swap it around- which is where the fic stands today. I think I remember literally stopping in my tracks and going "Wait. I know how to fix this. I know what I need to do." and Sprinting for my doc to write it down. Imagine me with a cork board and a bunch of red string- that was me putting this fic together

Another fun thing was that, I had so much fun writing the apocalypse world in chapter 1 that I partially wanted to just keep writing that instead of moving on with the plot LOL. I think if I had more time I definitely would have fleshed out some of the AUs they were in, as well as Scar's travels in the waking world and his own lingering trauma

Another fun fact? Me and @/cuteiemonster actually have a whole alternate timeline tree exploring the various ways the plot could have differed if things were just ever so slightly different. There's three main ones, though. Dreams (canon timeline), Nightmares (scar's awful no-good very bad day), and Delusions (grian's awful no-good very bad day) with varying degrees of angst. Please talk to me about them, because I'll likely never write anything about them but I have so many notes.

OKAY AND NOW TO ANSWER THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION!!!

I'm guessing you're asking about the cage from the hanging cages chapter? I love that scene so much btw there's so much symbolism there.

Every one of the main characters in the fic is stuck in their own cage, in a different way. I think in that chapter in particular, the cages themselves represented the fact that Scar and Grian were both trapped in separate universes. Leaving the cage wasn't an option, there. All they could do was reach across the gap and try to make do that way. Scar fiddling with the bolts of his cage is a show of his motivations and ambitions to escape the confines of his universe to get to Grian, far before he even says it aloud.

Grian stays in his cage because to him, there is no other way out. He's weighed the options, seen the dangers- and even the smallest movements out of line cause the cage to sway. It's just not worth it to try anything different, even if it means being trapped for an eternity...

I AM SO FLATTERED THAT YOU NOT ONLY READ IT BUT RE-READ IT??? HELLO?? I'm sobbing

I am so so so excited to write more for this series, I'm not going to lie. I've been writing notes and gathering ideas for what exactly I want to focus on for a potential sequel. Thanks to help from @/cuteiemonster I have a lot of headcanons for their roommate (yes, roommate) behavior. As well as what they're up to post-fic!

I will say, there is a chance there will be something I put out before the sequel fic- depending on where my motivations lie. I've been thinking about writing the story of Scar's family, and what happened to them. After all, Scar wasn't always alone out there, in the wastelands... Ooh, just thinking about it just makes me excited

The main reason I haven't immediately jumped to write more already is mainly due to school taking up a lot of my time atm! Not to mention I've been getting into a new minecraft server I've been playing in (if you see the art I've been posting to this account LOL), which is basically just every trope I'm obsessed with (Multiversal Purgatory...)

AND!!!! INSPIRATIONS AND STUFF! The anomaly was originally going to be a Creature of uknown origins, but I felt it would be more fun to make it someone with a name and face. Mumbo was a character I've been really interested in writing, so it was a bit of a no-brainer when it came to picking him. Though, it did change things slightly, because the anomaly was originally going to be an irredeemable villain character. But the more I wrote about Mumbo, the more I was like "dude this guy is too wet of a cat to be a villain on purpose" so instead we ended up with the Mumbo in the fic, who's just ever so slightly too casual about world corruption (against his will)

As for universes? I'm going to be honest, pretty much all of the universes in this fic were pretty much straight from my own noggin. I just wrote whatever felt right! There was that Pirate AU with renchanting and navy captain Grian, the Graveyard AU with a groundskeeper Scar and vampire Grian, the Superhero AU with Hotguy and the unnamed villain Grian (who's either named Xelqua or Poultry Man lets be real). A lot of the universes I wrote in-depth about were universes that I would love to write standalone fics of, so this fic itself was partially a collage of various ideas that I may or may not ever write about.

MAN I wrote way more than I was expecting. Tbh I could've written more but I don't want to keep you for TOO long LOL! If you want to talk more about it I'm so chill to chat on discord or through tumblr messaging (im crazy)

Ok one more thing

This snippet from chapter 1 is Lizzie from Empires season 2 okay goodbye

#long post #ask #From the Observatory

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You are in great danger.

More stuff from that minecraft server! Ft. Grian (?) and Mumbo

#mcyt #mumbo jumbo #grian #hermitcraft #my art #sward au

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Some sketches! Been playing on a fun server recently and there's a whole lot going on

#mcyt #mumbo jumbo #grian #my art #this server's wild man #its like a mix between a build server an smp and a roleplay server #with my favorite extra sprinkling of multidimensional purgatory #ive been drawing a lot for it so i might end up posting more in the future #sward au

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"This certainly wasn't what he'd envisioned an apocalypse to be like. The movies always made it seem so much more heroic."

Some art for my Apocalypse AU fic Dreams from Within the Cage! This is a bit of a prequel piece, back when things were just starting to go very, very wrong.

#goodtimeswithscar #hermitcraft #mcyt #apocalypse au #horror #tw eyestrain #my art

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Dreams from Within the Cage

Summary: Scar never thought of himself as much of an escapist, until the apocalypse. In just a few short months, the life he thought he’d be living crashed and burned, leaving him stranded without purpose. Amidst his one-man trek through the desert wastes, he dreamed of worlds far unlike his own. So what happens when those dreams begin to talk back?

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This is my submission for the @mcytblraufest! I am so so SO excited to share it with you guys! :D

It is completely written, so the remaining two chapters will be posted in the next few days.

Thanks so much to my wonderful artist @cuteiemonster who has been an absolute dream to work with! <3 Their art will be included within the fic, but please also check out their tumblr post here!

I'd also like to thank my beta reader @riceofthepuffedvariety for helping me iron out all the bumps! :D

#mcyt #fanfiction #hermitcraft #hermitshipping #sort of its complicated LOL #i couldnt make up my mind #desertduo

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MY THIRD PIECE(s) FOR @mcytblraufest !! o7

LETS DO THIS ONE LAST TIME, these are for @allusiontomemes 's fic, [ DREAMS FROM WITHIN THE CAGE ] !! we got horrors beyond comprehension, we got multiple universes, we got accidentally destroying said universes, we got desert duo- come on down and see what else is up with these guys!!

thank you allusion and @riceofthepuffedvariety you made me go insane o7

#reblog #ITS MY FIC!!!! ITS MY FICCCC YEAHHHHHHHHHH WAHOOOOOO #i love this art so much ill die for it actually #i should probably post the fic to this account LOL #WAAA

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With these Imp, Skizz, Scar, and Grian streams, I've realized that a requirement is the ability to kill each other, otherwise Grian doesn't have the necessary enrichment

#the last game they played had no friendly fire on #and grian got bored immediately #now barbecue simulator lets your throw knives into each other and grian is immediately entertained #mcyt #From the Observatory

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Some Aggie sketches based on the vibes of random songs in my playlist!

Ft. Mother Spore, S8 Grian, S9(ish) Scar, and NPG!

#the s9 scar is actually from a dsmp rp server im in #mans is Possessed #mcyt #hermitcraft #goodtimeswithscar #grian #npg #npc grian #please talk to me about npg i care him deeply #my art

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Honestly the best part about The Incident today is that Doc has absolutely been WAITING for a moment like this. He must be so excited.

#mcyt #hermitcraft #after the initial anger subsides of course

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The Hand will serve The Crown

#just so you know since im not gonna reblog any lim life spoilers for at least a few days #im not normal #im dying #in fact #so have this instead #reblog

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I absolutely need a compilation of MCC teams reacting to the fake sand timer noise. So good.

#mcyt #mcc was so good

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Hello everyone! This has actually been sitting in my folders for a bit now so I may as well share it!

Welcome to a Desertduo Magia Record AU!

The Rundown: Scar and Grian are both magical girls (gender neutral). Scar is a coordinator who runs his own shop to acquire grief seeds from others. He also is in charge of handling every magical girl who develops Doppel Syndrome.

Doppel Syndrome is an obscure disorder in which a magical girl's Doppel takes over and fuses with the magical girl themselves. The result is something not only extremely dangerous but unpredictable.

Grian has Doppel Syndrome, due to some really reckless decisions and a lot of bad risk analysis. He was meant to be locked away, but Scar kept him around, both due to the fact that Grian still owed him and that Grian's Doppel was surprisingly... docile.

This AU is a combination of me and my friend's interests, so @sensitive-g was my Magia Record loremaster in all of this. I actually don't know that much about the series by myself so thank you Sens

Here's Grian without his gloves and his human-faced disguise! Matches far more with his wings, don't you think?

This was spurred on and inspired by @/cute-pluto's B.E.S.T. Team designs which I absolutely love and you should check them out.

Grian's design is inspired by _InkGhoul's Alchemist Grian Skin!

#hermitcraft #goodtimeswithscar #grian #desertduo #magia record au #scopophobia tw #my art #'what were their wishes' you may ask #i know the answer but will i tell you? probably

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I am going to LOSE MY MIND

#HOW AM I GOING TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE TODAY KNOWING THE NEXT SEASON OF THE LIFE SERIES COMES OUT TOMORROW #From The Observatory