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not-so-anonymous-scotch · 1 year

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Maybe a drabble about Etho being the only one clueless to Bdubs. Like everyone knows what the flowers mean and Etho is just like ??

ah... ok anon i couldnt really find time to consider making this its own standalone thing so i hope its alright i kinda just worked this into the final part of Alas, Alas! There is a lot going on in order to conclude this fic but Etho is oblivious through out the entire thing lol.

m/m (ethubs), 3.6k words, part one

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For some reason it seemed easier to process the downfall that Bdubs' left behind in Hermitcraft, than whatever else was going on since he came through the portal. There was a kind of comforting distraction in tidying up the mess of the former king's castle, brushing off the dust that gathered and taking the personal possessions from the bedrooms.

They'd all left so unexpectedly, Bdubs didn't have the chance to come back after Ren lost the throne. Even so, he couldn't take the castle as his own- it wasn't his to have, but he'd be sure to preserve it in whatever state it was.

As he quietly made his way down the halls, Bdubs turned towards the throne room- the one place he hadn't been yet. Boots echoing with each step, he carefully approached the rubble before him. He cringed at the damage that had been done- the massive hole in the back-most wall, the way it caved in... Just as he leaned over the edge he heard something.

“Oh-” A familiar, trill of a voice came from behind, “the man himself, the designer of this gorgeous castle!”

Bdubs had to be careful, steadying himself as he stood close to the edge of the hole in the floor. When he looked back to see who it was, it was undoubtedly MythicalSausage. “Hi.”

Sausage approached, wearing something completely different from the last time Bdubs saw him. “It is such an honour to be in possession of a castle made by none other than you, Bdubs!”

Bdubs grinned awkwardly. “What now?”

Mythical giggled, making his was over to the crumbling throne. “The other day Ren declared this place be mine- isn't that great? Now I'm the king of Hermitcraft!”

He needed a distraction, sure, but a whole new King arc was not what he had in mind. “Ohh.. Interesting. Well,” Bdubs inhaled through his nose, “I was just stopping by to tidy up the place.. Since I didn't get the chance before going to Empires.”

Sausage hummed as he looked at Bdubs. “I appreciate the clean up, but it does seem a little boring...I saw you yesterday too- you were blooming like a garden!”

Bdubs felt his face flush at the comment. “Wh.. huh?”

“Yeah, what happened? You're looking a little, uh...” He chuckles as he walks around the throne to look at Bdubs, or more specifically his now bare cloak. “Well, I thought you were gonna be happy to be back. You seem a little distracted.”

“Oh of course I'm happy to be back,” Bdubs says, clearing his throat, “but there's just... so much stuff to get done now that I'm home!”

Sausage can tell Bdubs is not totally sure of himself as he nods along.

He laughs at Bdubs again. “Can't you do that after Christmas? You looked so adorable the other day, I thought you'd be hanging out with Eth-”

Bdubs shushes the other swiftly. “Yes, well- I would but, you see-” He paused, trying to think of the right words. “He doesn't... uh... It's jus' a little... embarrassing.”

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It took a second for a spark of recognition to hit Mythi's face. “Ohh right, right- I forgot about your little crush.. he doesn't know... The roses are kinda obvious, huh?”

“It's not a crush.” Bdubs hissed with light annoyance. “But uh- I don't think... I don't think he has any idea what the roses are about, actually.”

Sausage raises a brow. “Oh? Then what's the problem...?”

Bdubs drags his hands over his face, groaning. He'd gotten himself caught in a predicament- whatever he had to say about why he was avoiding Etho would not help in defending his stance on his feelings- feelings he totally understood and had no doubts about...

MythicalSausage could only respond with a giggle as Bdubs turns away, walking back towards the entrance of the castle. Sausage let's Bdubs go, not needing to add anything more to the answer he got from his silence.

Etho didn't mind that most of the time Beef called on him, it was to help with some redstone. He was useful for that- but especially with how engrossed Beef has been in his card game, it seemed to be one of the few times Etho actually got to see the guy. They'd been tinkering with this machine for hours now- something as simple as getting lanterns to light a specific way, was causing more trouble than they expected. But in the moment of quiet and trying to figure out the issues, it gave them plenty of time to catch up.

“So, you didn't go to the other server?” Etho asked as he crouched lower to reach the redstone he'd placed.

Beef leaned against a pillar, watching Etho. “No, no, I didn't have time to consider it. Had to keep finishing up the cards.” He didn't sound bummed about that fact though. “Bdubs went, didn't he? You see him yet?”

“Yeah- I saw him the other day when he came back. Poor guy really missed me.” Etho gave a light snicker. “I think that server got him acting kinda funny though. Told me he was a sun god, or something- I donno.”

“Bdubs acting funny? Isn't that normal?” Beef grinned with amusement.

Etho glances at Beef from where he's working. “Okay, yeah- he's kinda just like that too. But he was like... covered in flowers, on his cape? Roses an' stuff.”

“Ha! Seriously?” Beef laughed, “Like... the moss cape? It grows flowers? I didn't know that.”

“Mmhm.” Etho hummed, stepping back for a moment to flip the switch again, but... no luck. It was out of sync. “Yeah... uh, its done that before. Kinda weird.”

“Wait, when else did it happen?”

Etho was quiet for moment, thinking. “There were little white flowers, one time.... and um. Last Life, the roses I think?”

“Oh... so he did the roses again when he saw you?” Beef said as he stepped towards the redstone work Etho was doing to get a better look. He had a knowing grin on his face as he watched Etho work. “That's cute.”

Etho looked up from where he crouched below. “What?”

“The roses.” Beef chuckles, “You know... they're like.. romantic, right?”

“Oh.” Etho says awkwardly. “Yeah I don't think its like that. There's been some other flowers too when he sees me, so...”

Beef gives him a nudge. “I know, I know- I'm just kiddin'.”

There is a silence as Beef lets Etho focus again- but not much is happening.

“Maybe... maybe we should try something else?” Beef says, rubbing his chin.

Etho simply stands defeated at their non-working lamp contraption. “Yeah this... this isn't doing it.”

In the spire of diorite, Bdubs finds himself rummaging through his variety of chests- though not to find something, rather to make space and hide something. The soft green cloak on his back isn't there, instead bundled in his arms as he looks for somewhere to stuff it away.

No flowers to give me away if I'm not wearing it! was his one, only thought.

After moving around some stuff in his chests, Bdubs managed to put the cloak away, clicking the chest shut. With a sigh of relief, Bdubs starts making his way back down the tower. He feels a tad bare in just his jeans and off-white shirt, but it'll have to do for now. It was better than dealing with the moss.

There was much to do now that he was back and wasn't distracted. Bdubs had heard about the growing Christmas village, where the Empires crew was settling in. With how poor they were on this side of the servers, he decided it'd be worth lending a hand with some build materials. With shulkers in hand and elytra equipped- Bdubs heads off towards the rounded valley covered in snow. The chill of the air hits harder than normal as he flies downward, making him clench his teeth. He lets the chill pass over him as he lands, trying to hide how he feels without his cape.

Standing at the edge of the village, Bdubs starts making his way down the spiralling pathway, towards the large tree at the center. He starts throwing some boxes down, as others nearby notice his presence.

“BdoubleO! Hey, welcome to our humble little village!” The familiar voice of Pixlriffs comes from not far off.

Bdubs looks up from the shulkers he's placed not far from the village's tree. “Hi! Just bringing some gifts- or, build materials.”

Pix gives a short laugh. “Oh, that's great! We are... quite poor over here.”

As Pix goes through the boxes, some chatter picks up. They're not the only ones present though- the Christmas village has been bustling as people come and go.

“Ooh, whats this? Someone bringing some goodies?” The loud voice of Joel was easy to recognize, waltzing up without waiting for any answers at all.

“Yes, yes- you guys can split 'em however you want.” Bdubs said, standing back as a few other's seemed to take notice of the presents left for them.

“Well thank you Bdubs...” Joel says as he glances back, then pauses for a moment. He squints. “Hm. You're lookin' a little bare. Didn't you have like...”

Bdubs is quiet for a second before he clears his throat. “Oh, the glowstone cape? Yeah, I had to leave that behind when we came back.”

Joel doesn't catch onto his soft lie. “No, no it wasn't that one... The moss one- didn't you just have that?”

“Oh, yeah- yes, that one. I just had to put it away,” Bdubs keeps his words going, as he starts to inch away from the small gathering of people. “just uh... giving it a wash, you know-”

Suddenly, as Bdubs continues backward without much note of his surroundings, his foot catches on something and he quickly stumbles backwards. With a yelp of alarm, Bdubs trips- but luckily catches himself in a few steps. Everything pauses for that moment, as he regains his balance, and the players before him stop to see what had happened. This definitely didn't help- he didn't need anyone paying more attention to him right now.

Bdubs huffs, kicking at the ground and looking to see whatever annoying rock or misplaced block had tripped him. But he's greeted by something else- something worse. Underneath his shoes, roots had sprung from the ground, thick enough to cause him to trip. Even more striking were the small red buds that were slowly opening themselves up. Roses. He put the dang cape in a chest, chunks away from here, and yet... they were under his feet.

Trying not to look alarmed, Bdubs looked back up at the folk around him. It felt like he'd been standing there for many minutes, and as to not awkwardly stand there any longer he knew he needed to get on out of here before anyone who didn't already know about the flowers started to question him.

“Oh, you alright there?” Joel looked up from the shulkers when silence fell for a moment.

Bdubs was sure their gazes were dropping to the flowers under his shoes. It didn't help that he awkwardly shifted to cover them.

“Fine! I'm fine.” He answered stiffly and awkwardly. “You know what, it's pretty chilly up here so- maybe I'll go get my cloak..!”

Just as he's about to turn around, he catches the gaze of MythicalSausage in the back of the gathering. He has a sly smirk across his lips that say more than words ever could, and it annoys Bdubs greatly. It annoys him even more than he doesn't have time to get a word in to defend himself before he turns on his heel and jumps off into flight.

The wind whistle behind Bdubs as he dives for a quick landing near Spawn, spiralling down near the edge of the river not far from the portal at Scar's tree. His boots skid on the dirt, and he's quickly greeted with just what he thought-- while not blatantly overgrown, he can see a few roses near the window in his tower.. from the same floor where he left his cloak. The roots trail down the side of the tower- almost unnoticed with all the foliage and vines present, until they hit the ground where a few roses bud from the dirt. They were following him, undoubtedly. It sounded paranoid to claim that, but they'd popped up right under his shoes over at the Village, so there was no denying that dang coat could track him no matter what.

With frustration, Bdubs kicks at the roots and flowers that are leading to his tower. He only just barely hears commotion behind him, as the Nether portal not far off blips from someone coming through. In the corner of his eye he can see movement- Beef and Etho chatting casually as they walk in his direction. When Bdubs looks up they gesture at him with a wave, but Bdubs isn't here for that. He only gives the slightest of recognition before hurrying off towards his diorite tower. The matter was becoming more urgent, and there was no way he could explain this mess in front of Beef or Etho if they got curious.

With each step up the stairs Bdubs shakes off the delicate roots trying to crawl up his legs. Making his way up the spiral, he reached the chest where he'd hidden his moss cape. As expected, roses and roots had broken through the crack of the locked chest somehow and had made their way out of the tower- towards where ever he happened to be. The flowers that looked so soft and delicate somehow pried open the chest just to escape and hunt him down.

Bdubs clicks open the chest, allowing the smashed petals to unfurl and breath. Defeated in his attempts to escape it, Bdubs lays it over his shoulders once more. Better that he keep it on him then have the thing tear up the ground trying to find him...

From up in his tower he could see his friends outside- there were a few patches of roses in the grass there, that Beef and Etho seemed to take notice of. Ones he definitely trampled on purpose. He couldn't hear them, or really tell what they were thinking, but the way Beef looked amused made him all the more anxious.

With a groan, he ran his hands over his face.

“Ohh, Bdubs...” He sighs to himself, shoulders dropping as he walks over to the cozy little bed in the corner.

He was absolutely drained, and there was no desire in him to keep dealing with anything today. Not Beef, not Etho, not the Empires folk. He just need to stop. Just for a moment.

Bdubs woke up determined. He realized he was acting far too foolish- swayed by embarrassment and teasing. It was dominating every single day, and he was done with it! He was done running around too flustered to function. Flowers or not, he wasn't going to let that stop him from being normal. Very very normal about everything.

Just as Bdubs got from his bed, he swore he heard commotion downstairs. Carefully, he descended down the tower with his cloak on. He didn't even glance at the roses sprawled along the walls. That wasn't his problem. What was his problem though, was someone potentially intruding on his tower...

“Hello?” Bdubs called out as he started to round the last corner.

There was the sound of pistons shifting, and the face of Etho peered up from the stairs to the basement.

“Oh, hi. Hope I didn't wake you or anything, I just forgot something downstairs...” Etho says as he walks into the small entry way of the tower. “Also, um..”

Bdubs watched in silence as Etho pauses and brings up one leg. Around his ankle, a rose from Bdubs' moss managed to tangle around him. Bdubs swallowed as he tried to keep a straight face.

“I think these are yours?” There's a short chuckle as he tugs it off, dropping it in Bdubs' hands. Etho glances up at the walls where more seem to be.

“Y..yeah, they are.”

Etho looks him up and down. “Are you... are you good? You've been acting a little funny.” Etho shifts awkwardly where he stands. “I donno what this all is but it seems a bit... excessive.”

Suddenly, Bdubs' head was so loud. So busy and loud, he wasn't even sure if he was looking at Etho as he tried to process his words.

Bdubs blinks after moments of silence. “O-oh, no no I'm fine..” Bdubs pulled a strained smile. “You know this happens sometimes, it'll pass- don't worry!”

Etho still stood there, hesitating to leave. “Yeah but last time- last time I saw it was during Last Life. Are you sure you're good...? I assumed it was a good thing, but now it seems like its.. not? Maybe its cuz you're stressed out?”

Ah. Bdubs stared. Was that what he thought?

His hands grip the rose Etho handed him a little tighter. With a laugh he drops the rose and Bdubs plants both of his hands on Etho's shoulders- to his slight surprise at the sudden contact.

“Stressed...! Yes- yeah, I guess I'm kinda stressed.” Bdubs looked up at Etho with those big eyes. Eyes that told Etho he was containing a lot. That tone when he was letting himself go, and be a little unhinged, but still not stating why.

Etho furrowed his brows in light concern. Bdubs was like this sometimes, but with the combination of weird flower growing stuff, he wasn't sure what to do. “Bdubs... Why are you acting so funny?”

“I have no idea.” Bdubs stifled a laugh.”No freaking clue.”

Etho looked down at him with smiling eyes, Bdubs' silly energy contagious. Somehow he managed to ease his nerves with how not serious he seemed to be about this.

“...Okay. Well, if you need something come and... find me. I guess?”

As Etho went to leave, he had to pull his feet from a few roots that wanted to plant him in the floor. Bdubs dropped his arms to his side, watching Etho leave the tower. He was still dazed by the interaction, mind racing.

There was a strange mix of relief and disappointment in realizing Etho didn't really know what was up with the flowers. Sure, great- his first thought wasn't that it was romantic in some way. But also... oh, why did it bother Bdubs? Everyone else he spoke to seemed to find that implication pretty clear! Why did he feel a tug when he thought about Etho not getting it? He couldn't even admit the real implications to himself, so why would he manage to explain it to Etho?

Bdubs felt like he was bursting at the seams to say something. The confidence to be normal this morning had shifted to just being straightforward it seemed. The anxieties had built up enough.. if he could just say something- perhaps it would finally go away.

Etho said he could find him if he needed, and Bdubs wasn't going to wait on that offer. Only moments after Etho had left through the front door, Bdubs dashed straight after him.

“Etho-” Bdubs barely gave a warning before he wrapped him arms around the other from behind, the speed of the impact making rose petals flutter off his cloak. “Sorry- I'm.. sorry I've been acting weird.... these past few days..”

Etho found himself trapped in Bdubs' grip and was quiet for a moment as he registered how quickly Bdubs came after him.

“Um... don't be sorry, Bdubs.” He looked over his shoulder, to see Bdubs with his face buried against him. “But seriously, whats up? I think everyone's noticing you're not okay.. I saw Beef the other day too, he seemed concerned.”

“Oh, Beef? What did he think?” His voice was muffled against Etho's jacket.

Etho chuckled, “Ah.. I donno, he just mentioned how roses are, um... supposed to be a romantic flower. Which is kinda funny.”

Bdubs peered up at Etho, still holding onto him. His expression didn't change to shock or anxiety at hearing this though- he simply locked eyes with Etho. He was tired of overreacting, he'd heard the assumptions enough times now.

In that moment they were quiet, as Bdubs failed to respond. He didn't really know how to. Etho literally skipped right over the words, completely unphased by the implications. In a few moments Etho's expression seemed to change, though.

“Wait. Hold on-”

Bdubs could feel the heat rising under his skin. “Y- uh. N-no?” He cleared his throat, “I don't know.” His words came out fast, suddenly losing the impulsive confidence he had moments before. “I just missed you a lot.”

“I know. You told me already.” Etho shifted awkwardly against Bdubs' embrace, turning around to face the other. “I... uh, I should be sorry- for being so... dumb. I guess?”

Bdubs couldn't help but chuckle, causing Etho to laugh as well. “Ohh baby, have you seen me these past few days? I've been a freaking mess!”

“Well, I'll admit I didn't really get the vibe anything was different. You kind of always act like this.”

“Well! Well, I'm an affectionate guy, you know this.” Bdubs shrugs, “I can't help it.”

Etho hummed, “Then I'm surprised you only just fell apart. Could you really not take a vacation from the server without me?”

Bdubs laughed, but it faded in their next moments of quiet.

“So, you...” Etho seemed to start, trying to lead into the blatant question to ask.

“Uh...” Bdubs was quick to speak as he trailed off. “I like you, Etho.”

“But-”

“Dooon't worry about it. Don't. I don't wanna be weird.”

Bdubs was still holding onto to Etho.

“You're already weird.”

Bdubs huffed in annoyance.

“...Is that a good thing?”

“Of course.”

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sammy-writes-sometimes · 21 days

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"So… were you born or made?" Skizz asks slowly.

Bdubs can't stop himself from laughing. "That's definitely a question to ask on your second date."

"Third date if you count, ya know." It makes a motion with its hand and finger, the lewd implications bringing Bdubs back to them in a clearing against a rocky slope.

"So was every affirmation you gave a date?" Bdubs asks playfully as they roll on their side, grass curling underneath them.

"You're avoiding the question, Dubs." Skizz giggles.

"Yeah, yeah, but why do you even want to know?"

"Curiosity, and I wanna see if I'm right."

The dryad huffs, moving to trace a hand over the angel's cheek.

"I was born from a leaf, happy?" They take a lighthearted tone, no true heat behind the hostile words.

"So I was right." Skizz smiles. "You seemed like the type, but– sorry, I'm getting too invasive if I ask that."

The angel wraps a wing around them. "I know their original spawns are important for most nature spirits and have to be hidden."

"It's fine…" He murmurs. "It's– well it's complicated. My birth server is closed off now, me n' my brother can return when we want, but it's not like I want to…"

Skizz smiles as it kisses his cheek. Soft and gentle, but endlessly warm.

"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."

He hums, stopping for a moment to listen to the purr under his ear. Well, it's less of a purr and more something bird-like somehow, caught somewhere between a tiger's chuff and a songbird's trill.

"Since you already got to ask me; where did you come from? You're the only angel I've ever met and it's– I'm nosey and curious, I'd love to learn."

There's a brightness behind Skizz's eyes, barely hidden joy as he smiles.

"Do you know anything about how angels work?"

"Other than how you work down there, no."

Skizz laughs, a boisterous sort of thing as its chest shakes and rattles.

"What? It's true!" Bdubs yelps.

"True but–" It barely manages to get out. "It made me think how good you look under me, I got distracted!"

"Just answer the question, stupid."

"Okay, fine, I'm on it. Just don't complain when I keep you here for hours."

Despite the sun and the smaller worry he'd get burned, or the idea they'd be there until mobs start spawning, Bdubs can't find it in himself to be upset with that. The angel's wings, pristine and white, always looked beautiful during the day, but the idea of getting to see it at dusk almost felt dizzying.

"Deal."

Those wings shift, Skizz stretching out his arm and spreading his fingers.

"So gods, right? Those things above us all? They're real, kinda, but they need helpers so they made angels and demons." It then laughs. "Don't believe some stories, by the way. Demons aren't inherently or instinctually evil, they just sound big n' angry from living in the nether."

"How did demons get there?"

"No clue, but there's a bunch of stories and legends about what might've happened." Skizz nudges Bdubs closer to it, chuffing as it kisses him again. "But that's not really what we're here for. Maybe ask Impulse or Tango later, I'm sure they have their own legends.

"But with the gods thing, each has their own meaning and reason. You have gods of life, death, love, war, so on."

"And you?" Bdubs asks almost cautiously.

"It– it's kinda confusing to explain, but they're a god of the hearth."

"God of the what?"

"Hearth." It says as it laughs. "She's– they're kind of a protective god and a storyteller."

He brushes his hand over Skizz's cheek again, stubble scratchy under his palm. "Sometimes I forget you're something holy and important."

"I'm really not, just another guard and sorta follower of a god no one really talks about."

Bdubs moves to lay on Skizz, one hand resting on his cheek while the other lays on the angel's chest.

"I know you're already going to, but I'd love to hear more." Bdubs says softly. "About your life, this god you follow."

"I don't really follow her, angel's don't always have to." It laughs, then its feathers puff out. "Oh, do you want to hear about when I first met Dipple?"

He doesn't stop his partner, there's really no way he can as the day passes. A dulled chuff-trill under his cheek, laughter and smiles, the sunset dancing across hair and skin and reverberating off of snowy white feathers.

Neither of them really notice, trapped in story after story after story.

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cactusringed · 5 months

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the secret base bit is SO homosexual. like. unreasonable amounts of it. why'd you build this man a bedroom in your base, xB.

for more thoughts on the xbetho rivalmance - there's also a moment during a s7 stream of xB talking about how etho inspired him to get into minecraft content creation, but he's really (lightheartedly) flippant about it, saying it was some guy who "doesn't even make videos anymore," and it really like, cements to me that there's a respect there, beneath the bullying and the 'come and get me, come show me what you're made of, i bet you won't' type stuff. i'm also crazy about the idea that both of them had their code updated on vanilla hermitcraft worlds - xB in s3 with the guardian code and etho, whitelisted for s6 but not joining properly until s7, dealing with the new phantom code then.

xB, i think, feels like he properly dealt with it, though, and did well to accept the new parts of his code - heading out to a monument and learning to embrace the guardian side. Etho, on the other hand, has a well-rested friend to keep his urges at bay and i think tries his best overall to... not indulge himself. some mischief sure but he tries to curb the urge towards violence. meanwhile xB's moving guardians into his base and building an arena to kick the shit out of people - and specifically targeting Etho to get him into said arena. also as the seasons go on i've seen xB straight up refuse to sleep so many times, he refuses to pass the night so often and will happily snipe phantoms out of the air to stick to his guns -

i just,,, really love the idea of xB taunting Etho in an effort to try and help, in the most roundabout, sorta jackass-y way possible. he wants Etho to embrace what he is and enjoy it, because, yeah, at first the code change can be scary and suck, but learning to love it helps a lot, and embracing it has benefits. bloody fucknasty sex is a benefit, trust him. i just think mutual trust and respect and antagonism in similarly kind of reclusive, quiet, but mischievous and kinda badass dudes is. mwah. super fun. chef's kiss.

Ough oh my god I love the idea of them like.... Being regular humans once but then their code is updated and they have to deal with their new quirks that is so tasty actually I love love love love that ur so smart anon. Tell me more about guardian xB I wanna know more this is so fun

I love phantom etho who is always focusing so hard on bdubs to keep his urges at bay. If he's near someone who's well rested he's able to pass as human, and when in a group etho always constantly focuses on bdubs - even when it doesn't seem that way - because it grounds him. But then xB REFUSING to sleep, staring at Etho across the map or in a group w him, seeing the way etho sweats and rhe way he shifts and his eyes dart to him as he's so, so, so damn HUNGRY

I want etho to eat him. <3

Xbethubs............. Ur opening my mind sm right now. We're kissing

#Xbanon

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finnitesimal · 2 years

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bdubs looks like he's judgementally looking at you over his glasses like those librarians in movies

"Everyone clap" if u don't cheer and clap for the specialist fucking boy right now or I explode this fuckitm meeting room or how that bit goes.

Hotguy glasses are a passive act of resistance. As is aiming for the king's head

"also I take screenshots of my abs if anybody wants that we're also doing calendars" thoughts on this one first off imagine walking into a shop and finding books for sale and they're of the shopowner's superhero oc cosplay in an artfully torn shirt. It's sold nine copies so far

secondly who is we. you and who king. Who is snapping these shots. does cub have the raw footage somewhere

"bdubs I know you love calendars. Anyway carry on" legally can't say anything about that on main something about pinup calendars traditionally being hung from the wall across a bed. Anyway when I said. Lol beds and now clocks scar's shops have had a target market lmao! I didn't really think um. Yeah

Promoting your shops during a meeting is an active form of resistance

CLEO CUT THE SCITTIES AD OUT NOOO

I think it's a very funny visual that they're asking ren where the diamonds are. You're looking through them. They're on your face

How did he lose all the diamonds. Well if you're a man of keen observation like me you may notice that the table you're all sitting at is a 120 inch flatscreen tv

"thats one point for cub" I didn't know we were fucking. Grading this

Iskall 85th of his name. Cubfan 135th of his name Smajor the 1995th of

"none of you were at this party right" somehow this is exactly the plot of the john mulaney sketch. And I said no you know like a liar

Joe I deeply appreciate you cutting out the bit where Ren talks about the violation of his private area

Burning the flag can't wait to make a side by side of that. I'm very glad Doc decided to bomb every block of his independent state to bedrock before it got tragically paralleled to. Yea. Can't wait for the next arc where the king threatens to build obsidian walls around th sorry

"one point for me bdubs!" What does that mean. Why are u addressing this to him. What is the competition here

"Minus one point for iskall" iskall I'm so sorry you finally log back on and the disrespect u get

"I've saved the worst for last. The brussels sprouts of the news, if you will." "ooo I like brussels sprouts"

The king's court trying very hard to not laugh in his face looking at his statue

"look at what they did to my statue!" Stop the video. Look up "look what youve done to my peonies!" Exact tone and intonation

I'm sensing some very quick passport renewals to move to the perimeter

"I'm hunting impulse Right Now" juxtapositioned with him wearing his head in the crastle halls

bdoubleo100 right hand of the king being told "you loudmouth, go sit in the corner," actually goes and does it. Is it just anyone with a marginally firm tone of voice that does it for you. Sorry didn't mean for that to come off so slutshamey but I am in fact doing that

"he said they were one-to-one" "based on his words?" I mean. As opposed to diamonds? The currency also based on an agreement that they have value in a commercial market? I do wonder what theyre gonna do with the diamonds now.

Hmmmmmmmmmm moss cloak emeralds. Alright hold on

Y'all voted him into this. technically bdubs put the crown on there but. Not his fault you guys took one look at bdubs' big wet sparkling eyes and said Aye

joe moving out of the way to quietly look at the painting when You Speak When Spoken To and Shut Up echoes past the barrier of the group call I guess

Gotta say the blatant favoritism for cub is kinda funny

He's paying them in the royal emeralds oh I see

"NEXT, MY LOVE!" "Hello, my love!" He's collected this court like the hermit tcg cards. How does he keep getting away with this.

Something about bdubs and the king and executioner scar and impulse's head being hung from the throne. Something there

#condensed thoughts from joe cleo and cub's eps #hermitcraft spoilers

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beastly-writing · 1 year

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Albino Enderman hybrid!Etho x lizard hybrid!Bdubs x SA'ed!trans masc!reader

Summary: One last kiss is fine, right? Etho and Bdubs thought so, but they were wrong.

A/N: like Tall Canada man. Am I right? also Reader was SA'ed by someone whos not a hermit. It doesn't sit well with me if a hermit did. they're all so chill and kind

*～*～*～*～*～*～*～*～*～*～*～

"Stopppp~!" Y/N giggles as his boyfriends smother him in kisses and a teeny bit of spit. "NeVeR!!" Bdubs chortles with pure chaos. "Pleaseee?" Y/N having a bit of panic but the boys see it as him being silly. "Hmm maybe after a few more kisses Ma chérie." Etho hums kissing his soft jaw.

Y/N kinda shuts down, stiffening and not moving when Etho squishes him to kiss him one last time in kind fun.

"N/N? Y/N? Y/N!" Bdubs whispers as to be as calm as he can as Y/N starts crying and shifting back to Bdubs and shying away from Etho. "Please." Y/N hiccups softly "No. I don't wanna kiss."

Etho looks as horrified as he can with the mask on from one of his partners crying because of him. Bdubs is equally as horrified from Y/N's panic.

"Shh~. It's okay" Bdubs says as he slowly hugs him.

"What did I do!?" Etho panickly wispers to Bdubs "I don't know!" He replys patting the now kinda hyperventilating Y/N. "Please." Y/N whimpers softly. "Y/N?" Etho asks softly. 'Etho? It's Etho! Why is he here? Where am I?' Y/N thinks to himself. "Are you able to talk" "Etho?" Y/N asks in the softest voice Etho and Bdubs has ever heard their loud boyfriend talk in.

"Y-yeah? maybe?" "Why are you crying? What did I do, so I don't ever do it again. I didn't mean too! You're too sweet to hurt. I'm so so so sor-" Etho rambles and cuts off when Y/N opens his mouth then closes it again with a face that shows he's thinking hard.

"Past trauma, Hermoso. Very bad past trauma.-"

(Time skkkkkiiiippppp)

"Oh." Etho and Bdubs say in unison

"Yep." Y/N sniffes. Etho and Bdubs burries Y/N in a hug that turn into cuddles. With the soft particles that emanate from Etho and Bdubs' tail wrapped around him, Y/N slowly lulls to sleep.

*～*～*～*～*～*～*～*～*～*～*～

Thanks for reading the fic! I hope it wasn't too detailed in the bad way

also if you were SA'ed too. I have a kind little flower for you <2 🤏⚘

#brooo! I forgot to tag this fic up!#etho x reader #x reader #bdoubleo100 x reader #polyhermits #poly fic #SA tw #CSA tw #vent fic #hurt/comfort fic

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silverskye13 · 1 year

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Hello! I adore all your work to bits and have ever since about when you first posted chapter 43 of Casting Rain- and now I've found out that you're into my latest hyperfixation, Hermitcraft! Happy days! If I may ask, what got you into the fandom? What hermits- if any- do you prefer to watch?

I got into it (technically) through Sad-1st I think! I was into Hollow Knight at some point, and found Sad-1st's animations and artwork for it. Then they moved on to DSMP, and at first I couldn't follow that at all [Minecraft RP? That dramatic? That's a little cringe isn't it?] So I started watching Minecraft Manhunt instead. Then I saw the Techno vs Dream fight, started watching Techno. Got into DSMP via Techno's POV [I only ever made 1 or 2 fanarts for it. It was a very blink-and-you'll-miss-it fandom for me]. Then I was talking to some friends about getting into MCYT, to which one of them was like "HAVE YOU HEARD OF HERMITCRAFT."

I started watching Grian's S6, moved on to Grian and Scar's S7. By S8 I was watching Grian, Scar, Cub, Docm77, Rendog, Pearl, Impulse, and Mumbo.

[squints]

Yeah that seems right.

Watched everyone's finales.

Got obsessively into the Life!Series for a bit there, especially Etho.

Went through a period in S9 where I watched everyone's POV, because I watch a lot of videos while I'm drawing/filing paperwork at work and kept running out of stuff to watch. Got exasperated when the videos couldn't keep up with my consumption rate. Stopped watching so HC could catch up and I could binge it all later. At some point in time did the same thing for EmpiresSMP.

Now if YouTube suggests me a video I watch it and if it doesn't I just.... Wait. Until there's 3 or 4 videos I can watch in a row. Except for Etho, Fwhip and Joel, who I watch immediately.

Barely related but there's a MCYT JWhisp who I've also been watching since I first got into Minecraft Manhunt, who accidentally gave me my first impression of Fwhip, because I misspelled JWhisp's name once and got brought to a Fwhip Empires video instead, then got really affronted when I realized it was the wrong person. It's kinda funny to me that I ended up liking Empires as much as I did, about 6 months later, given my first brush with Fwhip was basically, "Who is this?? What the heck??"

Anyway all that to say I watch.... All of them pretty regularly. My preferences lie with Etho, Doc and BDubs right now I think? They're the ones I most reliably watch as soon as an episode comes out.

#answering asks #archtypal-archivist #Jwisp beloved i wish youd join an SMP i think thatd be fun and cool and rad #i also watch Koolani? Kalani? whenever he mades a video #if you ever wanna see exponential growth in MC building watch his series

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atherix · 2 years

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Hello! I’m a big fan of the midnight series! My friends and I scream about it regularly. I have been eagerly awaiting these coven meetings and this new chapter didn’t disappoint!

Can you tell us more about elf/vampire Bdubs? How does that combo work? How he came to be with Cleo? Just anything you are willing to share!

Thank you again for the continued effort you put into this epic story :)

Hiii thank you so much~! <3 I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed this chapter, I was worried it would be boring kfskjsdkj!

I will happily answer these <3 I don't have plans to write about it in the main fic (maybe in tumblr exclusives hmhmm) so <3

So! BDubs is an Elemental Elf- specifically, he's a Flora Elf (yep, the Elemental Court is broken into different elements of nature; Flora, Fauna, Fire, Water/Ice, Wind. They do not have ALL elements and stone/earth is not something they have control over)- meaning he has no Light Court magic so his Fae magic is not incompatible with Vampire Magic the way Scar's is. He also has long hair, as is Elven tradition (and also in line with their pantheon) but mostly keeps it under his cloak- which he made himself btw <3 He retains his Elemental magic and also has the standard Vampire magic (Turning, the ability to Feed and process the inherent magic in blood, semi-immortal soul sustained through said magic, healing through blood drinking, etc), but unlike most Vampires he's a "daywalker"- meaning he can walk around in the sunlight without burning. This is great for him ofc, being an Elemental Elf he really likes the sun (even if he doesn't necessarily NEED it). Unfortunately, "daywalking" sort of takes the place of a Vampire's unique magic (one could say the invulnerability to the sun IS their unique magic) so BDubs doesn't have a unique magic like Mumbo's shadow walking or Blondie's teleporting or Cleo's.... well, we'll get to Cleo's in-story so :)

Now! BDubs has been with Cleo for a century or so now. Vampires and Fae are the two longest-lived Supernatural species (below Deities and Lower Deities), so Vampire and Fae society sometimes intermix bc there is something comforting about knowing you're not the only ones watching people around you grow old and die hjfdjkfsd (this is also how Cleo became friends with Scar's mother). Also Fae COULD just stick to their own realm but that can get so lonely and boring so (the King did not start trying to keep Fae in and Human/Human-adjacents out until Scar is born jkgfdk). BDubs and Cleo met at a little party Cleo hosted- now BDubs wasn't a noble within his own Court, he was your pretty average working-class Elf, and he was sent to this party as a sort of- hmm... gardener I guess you could say- get the plants all nice and pretty for the party, as a favor to Cleo who has been a pretty good ally and friend to the Fae for a while now, and it was in the middle of a drought so Cleo was a little miffed about their gardens being a little gray. Remember, this is all pre-war and before Cleo started actively disliking/distrusting the Council even though they were already wary of their interest in Joe, so the concerns were a little more petty back then. BDubs interacted with Cleo a lot in order to get the garden and the plants and everything exactly the way they wanted them, and they ended up bonding during the course of this and Cleo just kinda decided "Huh, I like this funky little Elf, I think I'll keep him if he's game" and BDubs was sooo game for it. Convincing the Fae Courts to let BDubs stay in the Natural world was a little more difficult but hey, when ya know the name of a Fae it's pretty easy to keep them around regardless of what the Courts say ya know? So yeah <3

BDubs is also with Etho, as a special treat to a good friend, and has a couple future partners lined up once he meets them hehe. But other than that hmmmmm I can't think right now hjfgdjkfd if you have more questions I am happy to answer 👀👀

Thank you for enjoying it, I am having so much fun writing it <3

#ask #Midnight Series #Hermitshipping

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art-i-know-yes · 1 year

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SPOILERS FOR LIMITED LIFE FINALES

im in class

Tango's Pov

rip skizz pour one out

laaaaassstttt epissoooooddeee

rough session is...yeah

"im the lowest!" "that's why you're in charge"

hiding. the plan is hiding.

Martyn always plans names

already bombing

team merge

bread bridge 2 is the hellscape

learning your lesson

scott is NOT waiting

Nosey Neighbors, TIME, Scott, and The Clockers

yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh

rule #1 is to always look up

one death and Etho is GOONNEE

grian scream :D

grian death :(

wow he wanted his time back

right back at him

BDUBS

awww ur soulmate

that looks awful

TANGO

oooo wasn't grian

surprise scar

14 MINUTES

they're hunting each other

DID THE BORDER MOVE

FALL DAMAGE

when did cleo die

rip tango

Scott's POV

whatcha doing babe

silent huh

YOU'RE NEARLY YELLOW

that's a lie

i just got Grian's notification

not for long

oh so martyn actually left the mean gills

im so excited to who's gonna win bc is not The Clockers

real time bomb set up

so...it went badly

one death

ok kinda figured it was planned

yes. very important to the deal.

gg babe

im so excited for Grian's pov bc wtf

like I know it's a game but like

scott dies in here

'sorry spilled my lava'

jinx

yeaaahhhh

a lot is happening

some of them hours

he's really just handing them out

scott is terrifying is the lesson

my heart

rip babe cause like

scott loses this game so sorry Beyonce

knew it was a play

"impulse :["

grian babe you had 5 hours. to have lost a solid 3.

OMG

Scott's--UGHH. the music he put scared me and THEN he backed away off the ladder. my heart.

GRIAN--WHY YOU ALWAYS AFTER SCAR

ALL THE CLOCKERS ARE OUT

"underwater?" "underwater." *next clip not in the water*

"i just wanna talk"

oooo they do (another headcannon lmao pearl and grian are siblings. of course very popular)

forgive each other's sins

"you can't see it from the ground" -joel

it's just up and up

so under bread bridge

plz no

grian is a 'yes and' man

GRIAN'S HACK

DIVE BABES

well there goes them

who died there

peaaaarll

RUN BIGB

HELL YEAH

"round table of compliments" for skizz!

scott keeps looking up and it's so funny

awwwwww

"you scare me" "awww"

"and now we kill each other"

rip bigb

bigb hacks

byeeeee dan

betrayal arc from i e

"martyyynnnn they tried to kill me" "who what where" "impulse and ethoooo" "alright they're dead" it's so cute

side note: my favorite thing out of this season is people being like 'this is a kindergarten playground.' i love it so much bc it's keeps it fun and cutesy. still love my angst tho

MEAN GILLS love em

the idea of everyone being like 1 or 2 deaths kicking them out the game is like exhilarating

oh. martyn.

NOO GRIAN last 6

everybody's off

BYEEE ETHO

Scott's so good

bye bye PEARL

mean gills vs impulse

8 minutes

even playing field

AHHHHHHH MARTYN

I figured it be one of them

HE WON YES OOO MEAN GILLS

babe said put him down

"my own mean gill. and i wouldn't have it any other way."

ya know the entire sun, star, moon win thing we got going on. well we have the Listener/Watcher which kind of fits in.

this is the the second time I've learned who won by actually watching and not just looking it up

Grian's Pov

solidarity. huh.

"my stuff"

i did vaguely think about boogey

well i wonder if that happens

"it works!"

well. there's that trap.

where's your mother

"went out for milk with the neighbor" lmao

oh. well. good idea.

he really is bc he's been wandering like this entire ep

literally did not hear a word from Grian other than a scream in...there

they're bullying him/j

was that a grian kill? i thought that was a tie kill

bad boy till the end

fun fun fun for the boy

the silent fights are the best bc you know they're all stressed

oh you created that one the sky height

IT WAS GRIAN

awww his cackle

it genuinely makes me very happy

he's just begging

ohhh that explains that one

oh that was pearl's

OH HE GOT CLEO TOO

final kills should give an hour

this season nobody actually ran out of food

like piranhas

too bad neither was right

the bridge will provide

potato pier will also provide

ok so i was right

gUlp

ya know each session is like 3 hours and so 8 episodes is basically 24 hours

oh so if you're in the same side you can't do anything but lmao

"MY BREAD"

babe just drowned

50 SECONDS

from every angle

what kills you grian I'm so curious but i have 8 more minutes

it's the feeling of being a badboy

awww scar's little 'cUtEgUy"

PROTECT THE PODCAST

ohhhh OHHH BC HE GAVE ETHO THE SWORD

even stevens

it's just loop and loop and loop

"pearl-friends PEARL.FRIENDS."

pearl is too feral

good luck

this music

WOOOOWWWW. YOU PULLED A JIM. YOU PULLED A JIMMY.

rip my bad boy

"ooOOOOoOooO spooky"

you did well tho. very good.

Jimmy. jimmy please. I SO BADLY WANT TO KNOW YOUR REACTION.

sighhhh the bad boy way spreads. they all died on bread bridge.

MARTYN'S MY LAST ONE AND I WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY FINISHED THE SERIES THE DAY OF AND NOT MONTHS AFTERWARDS...

Martyn's Pov

very excited to watch.

im listening on 2x speed bc he mostly with views I've watched

untrue and you know it

very funny fast speed voices

water people love it

oh he did that

oh so much happened

fast suspense music

for the /j

"Wow this map is huge" Yeah literally half of the map was just ignored

3 numbers that kill you from boat drop

you know the fact that Scott let them do that but i guess it makes sense bc he's pretty honest but

wow martyn

nope just Grian

he was instant with that jump

he killed etho WOO

mad maneuvers

almost pulled a tango

had to change it back to normal speed. headache :(

mean gills double team

you got him with his own bucket

scott was putting on work

'hard sweat hard sweat why you gaming so hard'

4 hr 8 min

like our fore fathers who watch on

lmao went insane

why we counting down

fair. ominous.

back here

OH YEAH I FORGOT ABOUT THE FRAGMENT SOUL THINGS

is he free from being a Listener now that his soul is safe

im so spacey that i can't really understand

ok wait. there are watchers. they are Listeners. not free but still trying to run away from a choice. after each perma death(?) [for martyn] there's a soul fragment and woven together they make his soul.

that's the gist, right?

ANYWAY THATS THE END AND AHAHHHHHHH IM SO HAPPY HE WON WOO

annnnddd im actually caught up on every pov bc the first 2 i only watched grian and in dl i got too behind and only watched grian's finale (as well as Jimmy's but...we all know how that ended)

anyway im happy. im scared to read angst. and i really want to see more of the kindergarten playground au type beat. but. yeah. that was fun.

#you could and should absolutely ignore this #mcyt #life series #limited life #limited life spoilers #life series spoilers #my boi :(#my boi :)

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fruitwanderer · 1 year

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so real poly boomers kinda goes hard tbh... and yeah mood my wips document has been so busy and yet every fic is so long nothing has been published lol!

also yEAH limited life has been *rotates things in brain very fast* it's really been *rotating accelerates* y-yeah i've been very normal about it

(also you're right i straight up have not given myself an anon name hmmmm... can we go with starlight anon?)

Ignore the fact this took like two hours for me to even see, I was watching videos 😔

Also I just went through and edited a few posts so hopefully have the corrected starlight anon tag? Hopefully pfffff

But yeah poly Boomers goes hard it's just like *points* there my silly little guys and the do silly little things such as attempted murder on eachother.

Another good rarepair is Bdubs + ZITS because we (mainly Mango and Imp) have issues that can be summed up as "all my special little blorbos have to kiss eachother at least once". Tangdubs (and Impdubs) is the most fun tho cus ✨Theme and Angst✨ related reasons XD

#answers #starlight anon #a: 🥭

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theres-an-impulstor-among-us · 3 years

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Last Life session 5 out of context

transcript below the cut:

Jimmy: I can't really interfere cuz I don't want to die here, but I do wanna see him die.

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Cleo: I'm gonna die in, like, five seconds. Scott: Yeah, that's- Cleo, overlapping: That's how it goes. Scott: On the way back to the base, Cleo will die.

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*Etho mutes his mic, then lets out a scared groan*

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Grian: Well, it's a good job you're gullible. Jimmy: Isn't that- You know- Thanks.

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Skizz, flexing his shield: Yeah! Yeah! Block!

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Martyn: Oho! Oh, I've set myself on fire, there.

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Scott: We're not on villain arc Scott just yet.

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Martyn: I didn't mean a word I just said. You're an idiot. *voice getting fainter* As if he would betray us like that, he is- *voice fades out*

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Grian: BERNARD!

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Impulse: Oh, he's gonna DIE!

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*Martyn slowly zooms in on a figure moving around on top of the tower, only for it to be revealed as Mumbo*

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Lizzie: I do not welcome death with open arms.

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Jimmy: Umm... *stops talking and stares as his goat jumps out of its enclosure*

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*Scott makes various sounds* Scott: WHAT?!

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Mumbo: Heyyy, wait a minute!

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Grian: Boop!

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Skizz: Get the bed. Get it back. Set spawn. Feel good. Have a sandwich.

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Lizzie: BigB was supposed to be moving in here, but apparently he's gone into witness protection. *pause* Ren: Uh...

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Martyn: That might be the most un-aha thing I've ever seen happen on the server. Mumbo: Mmm, that's very un-aha.

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Scar: Can I touch your hair? Skizz: Please do.

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Mumbo: And by "sus", I don't mean sustainable.

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Lizzie: All that's left to do is sit here and wait for death to come upon us.

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Joel: Where've you gone?! This is-! Joel: *snickers*

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Etho: I don't envy the next person to go in there.

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Martyn, with the announcer voice modifier: Trap activated. Make sure you don't step on it, or it's bye-bye. Impulse, with the same modifier: Back away from the trap, back away from the trap.

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*Joel screams*

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Skizz: I dunno how to do anything. Ever.

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Lizzie: I thought I was just falling really slowly.

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Mumbo: Absolutely nothing. Nothing is going on whatsoever.

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Scott: Hi. Grian: *screams*

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Bdubs: Cleo, you lit yourself on fire. Cleo: I know. Sometimes I do that.

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*various voices, including Grian, screaming*

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Skizz: What am I doing? Why am I doing this to myself?

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*Scott hides from a screaming enderman*

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Mumbo: Should we not be being a little bit careful about- Okay.

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Lizzie: BigB! *scary music plays*

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Skizz: Look closely. You can see Etho. Right there. On the toilet.

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Ren: Is the sun a moon of like a bigger sun? Is that- Is that how as- as- astronomics works?

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Grian: Grian's not here now, please leave a message after the beep. Scott, laughing: Oh, okay, okay. Grian and Joel, at the same time: *make a beep sound*

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Impulse: Well done. I mean, it cost Grian his life. But well done!

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Pearl: Enjoy your red life! *giggles*

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Lizzie, to a bee: Who sent you?!

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Martyn: These are my guns; I call them "ah" and "ha".

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Scott: *captures an axolotl* I diiid it :D

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Grian: I LEFT YOU ALONE FOR FIVE MINUTES!

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Cleo: Just don't before I just shoot you.

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Mumbo: Punning it up on our balcony.

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Scar: I am the least professional person you could ever imagine. Pearl: Oh.

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Martyn: I like to live on the EDGE!

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Bdubs: Honey, I'm home! *pause* Etho: Hello.

Scott: They have about six braincells between them, to be fair.

Impulse, to an enderman: 'Scuse me, sir. 'Scuse me, sir. I need your- Boop! YEAH!

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Etho: Yoink!

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Mumbo: Escapes are not my thing, Scott. Scott: I know, that's why I took you prisoner last time.

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Martyn: I now have a firstborn, so I'm kinda worried about signing her away.

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Impulse: Now we go! Mumbo, overlapping: Run! Run! Run! Run! Scott, overlapping: We need to go! We need-! This way, Mumbo! This way, Mumbo! This way, Mumbo! Other way, Mumbo! OTHER WAY!

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Martyn, with an echoey voice modifier: Man, I wish I had some friends down here.

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Impulse: We gotta keep it away from Grian; he'll find it if it's here. Scott, overlapping: Oh. Impulse: Yeah, don't put it on your head, Scott!7

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Etho: I gotta grow trees cuz you took all the wood, you fool!

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Scott: Pearl, I don't know where they keep coming from! I have three in my inventory! Pearl: Do you have a bucket? Scott: No, they've all got axolotls in them already!

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Grian: Page three... is empty. Mumbo, how did you mess this up?

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Pearl: Are you gonna get the flint and steel out? You gonna get the flint and steel?

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Cleo: You looted my corpse. Cleo: *creeps menacingly towards Etho*

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*Enderman hits Scott* Scott: Ow!

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Mumbo: You're gonna have to find out, mate. Jimmy: Alright. *Jimmy sets off the trap, causing Impulse and Mumbo to yelp*

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Cleo: I'm gonna go get some more lava. Scott: Okay, you enjoy. Cleo [singsong]: I will!

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Ren: This potential alliance is made up of Shadow Fart, Terry, The Shadow Queen... and a dog.

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Grian, talking in the background: -go any further. Impulse: *lowers the trapdoor, dropping Jimmy onto the campfire* Jimmy: *yelps* Oh my gosh! Impulse: *laughs* I couldn't resist.

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Scott: That's a very flammable house you have, Joel. Very flammable.

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Martyn: Be swift! *long pause* BigB: Goodbye.

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not-so-anonymous-scotch · 1 year

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In Between Something - Last Life ethubs drabble

A/N: been busy w holidays and wanted to write up a little short bit of interaction between these two to hold over before my next bigger chapter. i was also drunk writing this and did not beta read lol sorry. on 500 or so words. Also during last life ep1 vaguely.

this is part of my fic The Killing type- read this par ton ao3!

There are bumps against his skin, healed over scars too pale to notice. In recent years he hadn't added many more- that's not really what he did anymore... even if it was the reputation he seemed to have. PvP master, cunning, sly- expected to kill in an instant he was threatened. Etho couldn't deny his skill- he was a veteran at the game, he knew how to play it well. Scars come and go- most go. But in this case they stack up, his skin can't keep up with it. Bumps and ridges that never go away.

“You know how... how everyone thinks you're so scary?”

Etho stared up at the sky as he laid back beside Bdubs, opposite to each other. “Yeah.”

It had only been moments after the first session ended, Etho knew Bdubs was lingering behind to put a few more blocks down. The server would be off soon, but Etho hung around regardless. For just a moment in the uncommon silence in this game.

“Do you think its kinda funny?” Bdubs looks at Etho from the corner of his eye. “I know you're good at fighting but.. you don't do it much.”

Etho was quiet for a moment. “Oh, um. I guess its kinda funny.”

“I mean- I mean its like... its just funny because, you know. We haven't really been doing things like... like that Death games-” Bdubs continues, “or, or UHC even. You were gettin' a lotta kills back then.”

Bdubs seems to say it with some kind of pride for Etho, impressed by what he was capable of. Etho wasn't unhappy with those incidents, not at all. It had just been so long.

“I mean, I still- I can still... you know, kill people.” Etho says quietly, looking over at Bdubs. “I have, recently.”

“Oh yeah, yeah I know but it's just,” Bdubs replies with a laugh. “its different ya know?”

“It is.” Etho pauses, running a hand along his chest where those faint scars lie. “It's... part of the games, like its expected. Not really a thing I just... decided to do. Like I really wanted to.”

There's more quiet between them, the night getting colder and their breaths billowing out as they breathe.

“I try not to really make it my...thing anymore, though.”

“Your thing?”

Etho clears his throat. “You know, the scary persona. It's handy, I guess... but-”

“You're not scary.” Bdubs interrupts with a laugh. “To me, because I know you.”

“Well I just- I didn't really think it'd catch on after all this time.” Etho sighs.

“So no more killing?” Bdubs asks, clearly with jest. “You wouldn't wanna kill my pretty face? Its been so long.”

“No... Or, yes?” Etho chuckles.

Bdubs hums. “Alright, alright- well I look forward to adding another scar when that happens.”

Etho feels Bdubs scoot closer to him.

He swallows. “You still have scars on you? From... years back?”

Bdubs nods, “Yeah... you'd think almost ten years later they'd be gone. But you got some pretty good hits on me- no matter how many respawns, some are still there.”

As they lay there, Etho sees Bdubs raise his right arm, a faint scar running all the way down. “You didn't kill me on this one but, hoo boy. It stuck around.”

Quietly, Etho looked at Bdubs' arm. He wasn't sure what to say. It didn't make him sad, or guilty. There was some kind of feeling tugging at him though, something different. He reached up and locked his fingers with Bdubs'.

“You want another scar to think about?”

“Yeah.”

“Alright.” Etho said, “Another time though, okay? I want to stick together this series.”

“You don't wanna kill me when we go red?” Bdubs looked over, grinning.

“No.” He kept his eyes on the night sky above. “Not this time. We're sticking together.”

#ethubs #ethoslab #bdubs #bdoubleo100 #hermitfic #hermitshipping #this isnt blatant ship btw but ya know #last life fanfic #trafficblr #last life smp

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Omggg how I've never thought about that. I bet bdubs has seen etho with his mask down a lot, how back they go, and it's just one of those casual things how close they are. Maybe beef, doc, you're right. It just makes me think how big a deal it kinda would be for etho to do with a new friend??? Like he's comfortable/trusting with them like you said. Like I feel like he would with Tango at this point?? And then Tango's reaction to that I don't even know 🥺

Exactly! It's been so long that it's became a big deal. When in the beginning, if someone asked he'd probably show them. Like: "My face? Sure... I don't know why you wanna see it though? It's just a face"

Tango and him are pretty good buddies so I could see it maybe happening. It'd be really funny. Tango would probably start spitting out incomprehensible words like he does when he's surprised haha.

Yeah haha. Him chillin' with Bdubs without the mask and someone walks up and they both scramble to to cover his face xD Bdubs like... grabs whatever is nearby and throws a bucket at his head lol

For Doc, he holds Etho very highly so I'm a bit torn on if he would show him or not. Or if he'd even want Etho to show him. If he did, Doc would probably vaporize in a ray of light at the sight of Etho's face.

Beef and him are Team Canada buddies so even if he didn't mean to on purpose, it's probably slipped at some point during their shenanigans.

#aibi chats #if Doc saw Ethos face by accident he'd be like #MY EYES I AM UNWORTHY #this man xD his love for Etho is something else nssnsn

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grain-my-beloved · 2 years

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Do I think Joel was justified in attacking The Southlands? Yeah. Do I think The Southlands were justified in killing him? Yeah. Do I think Joel was justified in killing Scott? Yeah. Do I think Pearl was justified in killing Joel? Yeah. Do I think Bdubs was justified in killing Grian? Yeah. Do I think Grian was justified in swearing revenge? Yeah. Do I think BigB was justified in killing Cleo? Yeah. Do I think Cleo was justified in being absolutely pissed? Yeah. Do I think Ren and Lizzie were justified in staying allies with BigB? Yeah. Do I think Cleo was justified in her vendetta against the Fairy Fort Alliance? Yeah. Do I think Jimmy and Mumbo were justified in going around attacking without discretion? Yeah. Do I think Grian was justified in killing them after they kept attacking him? Yeah. Do I think Grian was justified in stealing lives from Scar? Yeah. Do I think Scar was justified in stealing Grian's horse? Yeah. Do I think Grian's justified in killing the horse Scar stole from him? Yeah. Do I think Scar's justified in being pissed about the horse? Yeah. Do I think Bdubs was justified in betraying the red life team and killing Lizzie? Yeah. Do I think the red life team was justified in shooting at him for it? Yeah.

I could pretty much go on forever, guys, my stance on Lastlife Smp will kinda always be that there are no bad guys. They're all the heroes of their own story and the villain in everyone else's. They're all just kinda..morally grey. They're selfish, but they have to be. You can't blame the characters for doing what's needed to survive and from an objective standpoint you can't fault one player for killing or cheating or destroying or whatever when everyone else does too. Morality is objective and when everyone's awful, noone is, because what's right or wrong depends on the environment. This evaluation would probably change if there really were fully good/innocent parties on the server, but there aren't.

Of course you can still root for your favourite. People are more than allowed to analyze things mainly from the perspective of their favourite character. More than allowed to cheer when their bias is winning and boo whoever gets in their way. Etho and Bdubs mains are more than allowed to glare at Grian for killing Bdubs, Grian/Joel/Lizzie/etc mains are more than allowed to glare at Bdubs for killing Lizzie, and so on.

However I think it's important to keep in mind that this is from the perspective of the character you chose to support and not an objective good guy vs bad guy situation. Cleo was not "the good guy" in her conflict with the Fairy Fort Alliance, nor were BigB, Ren, and Lizzie "the bad guys". Or the other way around, for that matter. If you're a Cleo main you can talk about how the other three emotionally affected Cleo or what her motives were for what she did. You can cheer when she wins over the others because she honest to god was not wrong. On the other hand, you can talk about how Cleo emotionally affected the other three or what their motives were for what they did. You can boo when Cleo acts against them because they honest to god were not wrong. But just because your side wasn't wrong doesn't mean they were The Right Side either. Lastlife Smp is not a good guy vs bad guy story. It wasn't in season one. It isn't in season two. It's a 17v17 free for all (14v14 in season one) with a big cast of equally complex morally grey characters. Which is why I get kinda annoyed when people root for their faves while under the impression that their fave is "the good guy". When I see a season one Dogwarts main booing Monopoly Mountain or sobbing over their team, that's more than fine (and in fact i will engage in crying for dogwarts occasionally because while they were never the team i rooted for, i adore their pov and feel awful for their loss). However whenever I see one whole heartedly analyze season one as a good vs evil fight with their team as the good guys, I kinda have to roll my eyes at how Scar and Grian- and everyone else on Monopoly Mountain's side for that matter though to a lesser extent- are reduced to cartoonish levels of unfeeling chaotic evil who wanna watch the world burn. As if Ren and Martyn weren't just as intimidating a pair. As if Etho didn't gladly help take Bdubs second life. As if they weren't the ones to first start eliminating players from the game. None of which I think they're villains for, mind you, but all of which kinda proves the point that the other team weren't villains either! Nobody was.

I just think that's important to note when seriously analyzing the series? We all have a character or a handful of characters we would like to see win and it's fine to root for them but I just don't love seeing attempts to objectively name characters as ~in the right~ because I can't think of even one conflict i've seen in either season of Lastlife where i'd say a character was fully in the right or in the wrong for any given conflict.

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