#honestly i think grian and tango actually have verh similar roles jn hermitcraft.

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On the one hand, I'm really irritated by Grian stealing center stage again, distracting everyone from literally everyone else, but on the other hand... Actually I can't think of anything positive about this. Everyone is having fun I guess?

I'm going to come at this from the angle of hermits as content creators

I think grian/charles is just the sort of person who is Good at captivating and maintaining an audience, as both a content creator and among the hermits - people tend to orient themselves around what he's doing.

Whatever he does, people are going to pay attention, so I think that creating storylines that included lots of different hermits is a good thing for him to do

I can understand why that might be frustrating to see - especially if you think other hermits deserve more attention - but ultimately there's pretty much nothing people like grian and mumbo could do that wouldn't have disproportion audience and wouldn't, in someway, incentivies the other hermits to pay attention. Paying attention to then as content creators makes sense, because they have a Lot of away over a Large audience. People can choose to not participate (zedaph comes to mind for the last few arcs) but it is a smart to participate, it's content that comes with eyes to watch.

Attention is a 2 way street, sure grian does things that garner attention, but other people have to decide to look and stay and join in. Which the hermits and audience often do.

It can be hard to watch if you think someone is trying to overshadow someone's hard work, especially if that person often gets overshadowed, but the fact of the matter is, grian has a big shadow no matter what he does. He's going to draw attention to things, he's going to become a central character, even if he tried to take a back seat.

I think the way he spins stories is really well done, especially because he tries to involve as many other people as possible because the more people participating the more smaller channels will get more views. It can be frustrating if you don't like the plotlines or you don't like grians content, or it's not what you want to see from the hermits, but I think framing it as grian deliberately taking center stage isnt helpful

So it might be easier to see this upcoming hermitcraft plotline, as less grian trying to steal attention but grian already having attention and trying to channel it productively. He will have power no matter what he does, hes just trying to make interesting plotlines with lots of hermits involved.

The way I've avoided these sentiments festering is just, not watching grian. Honestly, he makes great things but he's not for me and I've found it much easier to feel okay now that I watch a different circle of hermits. There are people who don't involve themselves with his stuff directly. Zedaph, xB, hypno, tfc, etho, ECT ECT they may get a bit involved later down the line but there will be people who aren't that interested, and you can seek solace in them. That's what I did with Zedaph during demise and now look at me!

If you wanna talk more anon feel free to message me and we can chat, it's hard to explain in a monologue rather than a dialogue

#honestly i think grian and tango actually have verh similar roles jn hermitcraft. #tango mentioned recently thst a lot of the things he does are specifically so other hermits have thinfs tk make content abkut and with #grian does the same. #he judt prefers to stsy more involved #if there isna whole server event and grian or mumbo js involved theyre going to be center stage they just have the biggest ahdiences #and grian is a story teller #the stories he tells sre going to get attention #its less a delibrate act ajd more aj outcome of youtube #its fine to be upset i found it hard during demise to see people pay attention to people i thought wete deliberately overshadwoing #but honestly youre allowed to not watch grian #i dont watch him. hes not for me i think he does amazing stuff but hes not my cup of tea anymore #and im really excited tos ee where this goes! this will be a fun plotline hopefully! #meta #negative #ask z #long #its a sentiment people share with you i knoe they do #and kts really understandable #but maybe this perspective will help it feel less acidic when you think about it #grian