#pathbubs

[lunarcrown]

Day 6: neko!!!!!

Featuring resident feral creechur Dbubs and his ever-enamored but similarly fucked up bf Patho~!

#pathbubs #hermitshipping #cringetober #cringetober 2023 #patho #dbubs #hels to pay au #htp art #my art

[aquaquadrant]

Why do I feel like Etho and Patho would actually really get along well. Like there'd be a minute of "oh shit" then they'd be making some weird machine together.

Also any chance you would be willing to share the story about Patho's clock and maybe info on Hels Bdubs?

(honestly? true. patho isn’t bothered enough w the concept of being a doppelgänger so he’d be chill w etho if etho was chill with him. and etho’s like. always chill. anyway idk if this’ll answer ur questions but here’s uhhhh something)

~*~

patho pauses at the top of the netherrack hill, boots hissing briefly as he shifts off a magma block.

xyz: -12,485.167 / 67.09835 / 253,295.942

the coordinates ever-present within his field of view tell him he should be another hundred or so blocks away in the z axis, but he can already see the jungle’s grown since his last visit. it’s been slowly overtaking the neighboring nether waste biome for a couple decades, now. rate of growth has held constant, unchanging. that's something, at least.

patho slowly scans the horizon. words and numbers flash across the left half of his vision as his cybernetic eye rapidly processes new information based on visual input: netherrack, netherrack, crimson nylium, grass, jungle wood, jungle wood, jungle leaves, weeping vine. light level 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4. there's a lava pool eleven blocks over in the x axis; light level 15.

he starts walking again.

153 fps t: inf fancy-clouds b: 15x15 3 tx 3 rx c: 695/41672 (s) d: 16, pc: 000, pu: 00, ab: 42 e: 23/109, b: 0, sd: 9 p: 18 t: 109 error fc:0 xyz: -12,487.331 / 65.21091 / 253,375.987 block: -12,487 65 253,375 chunk: -780 15 7,835 facing: south (towards positive z)(1.5/5) client light: 5 (0 sky, 5 block) biome: error:nether waste local difficulty: 6.75//0.00 (day error404 not found) sounds: 5/247 + 0/8

the data shifts with every step. he's learned to tune most of it out by now, only paying attention to the biome indicator as he crosses the chunk threshold.

biome: error:crimson jungle

particles and sounds immediately jump up a couple degrees. glowing red specks dance slowly in the air, mingling with the ambient noises; hoglins rooting around in the brush, parrots calling unseen from the canopy above, lava bubbling in a pool nearby.

p: 35 sounds: 23/247

the temperature is warmer here. patho shrugs off his jacket, letting it hang at his elbows as he picks his way through the jungle. he doesn't even need to think about where he's going, coordinates left ignored at the edge of his vision. he's taken this path many times before, and he never has to wander very long.

his boots crunch softly on the nylium and grass terrain. jungle leaves and crimson fungus alike brush at his shoulders as he ducks underneath branches, taking care not to get tangled in weeping vines.

this is his favorite jungle. it's not the only crimson jungle he's ever come across- not to mention the warped jungles- but out of all the biomes he's seen, it's the one with the greenest leaves. something about this jungle sustains the normal trees just as well as it does the fungi, allowing the grass and leaves to stay bright and full instead growing in wilted and brown. it makes a lovely contrast with the blood red fungi.

not for the first time, he's thankful that the jungle is far enough away from spawn to be left alone. if other players knew about this place, with its well-sustained passive mob spawning and greenery, they'd destroy it for resources for sure. but he never worries too much about that possibility, because no mob or player sets foot in this jungle without permission from-

a weeping vine suddenly sprouts from the ground and lashes around patho's leg.

it's quickly joined by several more, snaking out from the undergrowth to wrap around his other limbs. before he can blink, he's lifted off the ground and pulled up into the trees. he doesn't struggle, doesn't panic- this is nothing new to him. the vines string him up among the highest branches, where a familiar figure is crouched in front of him, nothing but a pair of glowing red eyes beneath a heap of moss.

<player>dat -7063fdce-39ac-4a12-d836-a990c45b2bb0

"hey, dbubs," patho says casually.

the figure straightens up, hood falling back to reveal his face. his huge red eyes are sparkling with excitement, despite the dark circles lining them, and his mouth falls open in a wide, sharp-toothed grin. vines of varying shapes and sizes curl lazily around his body, small tendrils sprouting from the mossy cloak he wears. a couple veins of red discolor his skin, crawling up his neck and across his face. his messy hair is a bit whiter than the last time patho saw him, tinged red at the roots. a clock hangs around his neck, to match the one hanging from patho's hip.

"patho!" dbubs practically shouts, throwing his arms out.

sounds: 24/247

before dbubs can say anything else, patho asks his usual question. “what’s your name?”

“what’s my-” dbubs blinks, works his jaw for a second. “GODSLAYER666,” he proclaims loudly, puffing his chest out. then he pauses, frowns. “wait, no, i- i don’t know why i just said that. uh…”

it’s somewhere in the middle, then. not as bad as his worst days- at least he’s aware he’s lying, even if he has no control over it. and patho has to admit, that's one of the most entertaining responses dbubs has ever given to his little test.

"uh huh." patho shifts in the web of vines. they're holding a bit tighter than normal. of course, he could still easily break out of them. if he wanted to. "did you miss me, dbubs?" he asks instead, his voice teasing.

dbubs throws his head back to let out a sharp laugh, sending a shower of red particles fluttering through the air. "what?" he demands incredulously, his eyes blown wide. "miss you? i d- eugh, n'you stupid- i- i didn't even notice you were gone!"

patho hums with amusement. "then you don't wanna, like, kiss me or anything?"

"no," dbubs insists stubbornly, even as he comes closer. he steps boldly into patho's space, hands coming up to grab his face. "no, no of course not, i don't..." his long eyelashes flutter as he looks patho up and down. he smells like moss; like old vegetation and decay. there's soil and dried blood caked under his fingernails. "why would i- you ha- you have a lotta nerve..." dbubs tugs at the left strap of patho's mask, tilting his head. "do i- uh, do i get to see ya?" he asks, expression suddenly eager.

"yeah," patho chuckles.

dbubs grins widely, pulling patho's mask down. for a moment, he just looks at him. his calloused hand scuffs along the metal parts of patho's face- the entire ramus of his left mandible and most of his cheekbone, lost in the explosion that took his eye. the remaining skin is rough with scar tissue. dbubs strokes his thumb along that, too.

"i lo- um, i- i hate your stupid face," dbubs mumbles before he finally kisses patho. he seems to process his words a second later, breaking away with a small gasp of "oh! i d-", but patho simply leans in again, reclaiming his lips.

he knows what dbubs meant.

~*~

dbubs spares patho the trouble of walking, simply having the vines carry him to the hideaway. it's a difficult base to categorize: part tree house, part nest, part garden. in some places the floor is made of wood- in others, just a thick layer of leaves. there are potted plants and hanging vines everywhere, interspersed among stacks of barrels and moldy bookcases. little red mushrooms sprout from walls made of thatch and tree trunks. a couple of shroomlights provide gentle lighting as glittery particles drift through the open air; red, from the biome itself, and green from the spore blossom that patho brought him last year.

the vines unceremoniously drop patho onto the makeshift bed- a mat of moss and old, shredded banners. he's barely gotten settled, pulling his mask up and pulling his jacket off, before dbubs flops onto him with a heavy wuff.

"so!" dbubs starts loudly, propping his elbows up on patho's stomach. "what brings ya to see ol' dbubs today, huh?"

patho huffs a laugh. "what, i can't just stop by to say hi?"

"oh sure, okay." dbubs rolls his eyes, one of his vines flicking through the air dismissively. "you j- yeah, okay, be all secretive, then! see if i care." his haughty demeanor doesn't last long, though, as he shimmies up a little further, arms folded on patho's chest. "d'you- uh, do you wanna hear what i've been doin'?"

patho sighs good-naturedly, shifting so he can tuck his arms behind his head and lean back against the wall. "alright, go ahead."

dbubs beams at him and immediately starts telling lies. he tells patho about all the amazing things he's built (the jungle looks the same), all the incredible battles he's fought (no one's entered the jungle in years), all the wonderful places he's gone (he can't leave the jungle).

but patho doesn't mind that it's all lies. he's content to listen anyways.

they carry on like this until dbubs suddenly pauses, scrambling for his clock. "uh oh! gotta schreep."

patho glances at his own clock; dbubs is right on time, as always. that's one thing he never lies about. "okay, okay," he says, pushing dbubs off- he hits the moss with a soft thump. "lemme get my anchor."

"well, hurry up already!" dbubs shouts impatiently, vines swatting at patho's arm as he pops down his ender chest.

after placing the anchor and setting his spawn, patho reaches up and presses his finger directly into the center of his left eye, shutting it off.

he doesn’t regret putting a data processor into his cybernetic eye; the information it’s given him is invaluable. but every now and then, he needs a break from it. even when his eyes are closed, the display is still active, showing blank values on the back of his eyelid. turning the eye off is the only way to make it go away- of course, at the price of half his vision. so he only does it if he’s sleeping somewhere fully secure, and if he’s alone.

the jungle is an exception. dbubs has full domain out here- no mob or player can come close to his home without him allowing it.

"finally," dbubs huffs as patho settles back down. he's quick to cling with both his arms and assorted vines.

patho can't help but chuckle. "what's that you said about not missing me?"

"oh, shut up!"

~*~

patho abruptly reenters consciousness, emerging from a deep, dreamless sleep. with a soft groan, he fumbles to turn on his cybernetic eye, wincing at the sudden influx of data.

149 fps t: inf fancy-clouds b: 15x15 3 tx 3 rx c: 695/41672 (s) d: 16, pc: 000, pu: 00, ab: 42 e: 1/109, b: 0, sd: 9 p: 52 t: 109 error fc:0 xyz: -12,587.412 / 96.77253 / 253,401.623 block: -12,587 96 253,401 chunk: -783 15 7,845 facing: north (towards negative z)(1.5/5) client light: 7 (0 sky, 7 block) biome: error:crimson jungle local difficulty: 6.75//0.00 (day error404 not found) sounds: 27/247 + 0/8

"goooood morning!" dbubs calls, over on the other side of the little nook. he's busy rummaging through barrels, perhaps trying to find some breakfast. it’s unlikely he has any food stored; when he’s hungry, he hunts, and the jungle always provides.

"mornin'," patho says, rubbing his face. he sits up- and then pauses. there are weeping vines wrapped tightly around his legs. he sighs. “dbubs, you’re doing it again.”

“what?" dbubs manages to sound surprised. "no! no, i’m not, i’m- i’m just over here, minding my own business, crafting a loom.”

“a loom,” patho repeats flatly.

“yes! for um, for banners.”

“do you even have any wool?”

“do i ha- uh, of course! yes, of course i do.”

“can i see it?”

“no. no, i- i just ate it, actually. um-”

“you ate it?”

“yeah. sorry.”

patho sighs again. he kicks the weeping vines away. "i uh, i didn't mean to be gone for so long," he says, rising to his feet. "but, you know, i- i got held up with a job."

"a job?" dbubs glances over his shoulder at patho, squinting. "what kinda job?"

patho stretches his arms above his head, hearing both his natural and mechanical shoulder joints pop. "some guys out west are tryin' to make a portal out of hels."

"a portal?" dbubs's mouth falls open. "oh, for goodness sakes- and you call me a liar!"

patho knows better than to take offense. "it's true. they've got a player who came here from another world."

"uh huh." dbubs scoffs, but he can't quite hide the anxious shimmer in his eyes. "yeah, yeah, sure... so- i mean, did you do it, then? make them a portal?"

"basically." patho shrugs. "i uh, i told them everything they needed to know, to make one."

"right. you told th- okay." dbubs nods, bites his lip. "um- you didn't stay? to see the portal? or, uh…”

patho chuckles, crossing the distance to put his arms around dbubs's waist. "nah. i mean, come on, you know me, dbubs. i'm a- i'm a hels player, through and through. what's the rest of the universe got that's better than this place, right?"

dbubs grins at that, slotting his arms through patho's. "oh, you- you're such an idiot! y'know, i uh, i've been outside'a hels before and i- um, let me tell ya, you're missing out!"

"mhmm." patho smiles even though his mask is on. he knows dbubs can tell.

"yeah! "dbubs nods vigorously. "and, uh, there's- i got a whole world that's just mine!"

"is that right?" patho rests his chin on the top of dbubs's head. "tell me about it."

"it's a beautiful world, of course. my perfect builds, i ha-"

"of course."

"- uh, hey! quit interruptin'!"

"sorry, sorry."

"i di- thank you. so i um, i built a big ol' crastle, with a- hyeugh, a sorta um, horse course... y'know, with th- with the fastest horses anyone ever saw, one-stick horses, and- and uh, everyone was really impressed…”

this won’t last forever. it’ll only be a matter of weeks, months if they’re lucky, before patho won’t be able to ignore the itch to wander again. before the comfort and familiarity of the jungle becomes unbearable. before dbubs grows so used to his presence that the jungle itself tries to overtake him, the way it has dbubs- vines and veins of red.

he’ll leave without warning in the middle of the night, while dbubs is sleeping, because trying to leave while dbubs is awake never ends well. he’ll leave without a word and try not to think about the frantic whispers he knows dbubs sends him on lonely nights, despite knowing patho will never receive them (it’s the only time he regrets fusing his communicator with his arm- but how was he supposed to know he’d hear it in his mind? how was he supposed to know that disabling the chat was the only way not to lose himself completely to the endless flood of data?)

he’ll stay away long enough for dbubs to shatter apart, losing himself to the wildness of the jungle, and come back together. he’ll wait until dbubs has recovered from his grief, so that the next time dbubs sees him there will only be joy. because no matter how many times patho hurts him, dbubs always forgets it eventually.

“… so, you see, ol’ dbubs been workin' on a new technique, using the uh. grade- uh, gradient? block palettes... to create depth. ah hah! so- so listen, now, to teacher! it all starts with the color scheme..."

this won’t last forever. so for now, patho closes his eyes and listens.

error fps t: b: tx rx c: (s) d: , pc: , pu: , ab: e: , b: , sd: p: t: error fc: xyz: / / block: chunk: facing: ( )( / ) client light: ( sky, block) biome: error: local difficulty: // (day error404 not found) sounds: 1/247 + 0/8

~*~

#hels to pay au #HTP fic #hels hermits #hermitshipping #ethubs #<- i mean SORTA #pathbubs #in case it’s not clear patho’s mech eye basically acts like a debug screen #like when you press F3 in mc to see a bunch of data and stats #he can always see that info. prob less cluttered tho bc there aren’t any computer specs for him to look at LOL #anyway don’t look too much into the data values i was pulling them out of my ass #except for dbubs player data. DO look into that :3 #ALSO ty everyone for the asks i’ll get to em soon #my writing

[fryingpan1234567]

so I know… most if not all of the ships in the HTP au (@aquaquadrant and @lunarcrown) are inherently toxic and Bad™️. unhealthy.

they’re rooted in players that are literally coded to be Like That, so the best it gets is kind of like… never wanting to kill each other. that’s the bar I feel like

but I can’t stop THINKING about them because I always pictured it like— a Hels’ partner is the one person they’re sane for. the one person they’re not absolutely feral for (or maybe they are but in a good way). the one person they’re better for.

FOR EXAMPLE.

Pathbubs is arguably one of the worst ones. they’re very sweet and fluffy with each other, but Patho is constantly aware that he’s going to have to leave fairly soon, and Dbubs is either blissfully unaware or refuses to admit that he’s thinking about it. Patho will return after Dbubs’ broken heart heals, when there will be no anger, no grief, just happiness to see him again.

which is… hella toxic.

but like, picture— Patho, on his many adventures out in the world, discovers a cupcake. it’s like a normal cake, but small and travel-sized. what.

so he brings one back for Dbubs next time he visits, who is ECSTATIC and demands to know how to craft one. he declares that he hates it and then devours half of it in one bite, which Patho finds highly amusing.

or like, Dbubs wakes Patho up at the ASS CRACK OF DAWN to drag him out the front door, explaining at a mile a minute that they’re going to go vANQUISH a GREAT BEAST and— and Patho BETTER be PREPARED because this is a BIG HUGE EPIC FIGHT—

and then the vines pull them through the trees so they can see over the top of them, and there’s the sunrise. Dbubs goes quiet as Patho blinks in surprise, pink and gold light turning his hair a pleasant orange color. the red vines growing from Dbubs reach towards the sun, waving cheerfully. Patho doesn’t quite know what to say, but Dbubs snuggles into his side with a contented sigh, and he figures maybe he can stay an extra day this time around. maybe. if the itch to leave isn’t too bad.

example two: Bravo and Timmy.

(technically Bravo isn’t a Hels but bear with me here) they seem like they have the most potential to be normalish— an Overworld player and a sweet but anxious bird boy. and I think they have their normal moments, but most of the time they’re just not like that. again: it’s in their code.

but you get moments like… Timmy forgets to eat for a while, which was just a habit from living near spawn for so many years, but now that they’ve moved away, Bravo’s been pushing him to eat a healthy amount. not because he’s concerned, or anything. just. constant death messages cluttering his screen are irritating. yeah. so Timmy forgets to eat, and Bravo notices how bad his hands are shaking when he hands him the thing he asked for. Bravo sighs in (totally real and not affectionate) annoyance and tosses him some of the food out of his own inventory. they take their lunch break together.

alternatively, Bravo’s been working for hours and hours! and Timmy actually had to remind HIM to eat once or twice! and that’s not good, right? so Timmy drags him away from his work for a much-needed walk, and they have a real conversation that didn’t involve insults or excessive swearing. strange.

last one last one okay

bX and Alisker?? ship name help TvT

anyways. we don’t know a whole lot about the two of them individually or like, their backstories, but bX used to fight in the arena until Alisker freed him (some way or another). maybe he was like “hey that guy can fight maybe I should get him on my side so people are more scared of me.” but some part of me is hoping, because HelsKnight is the champion and therefore the best fighter in there (OVER bX), he still chose bX because there was something special about him. some kind of connection. it wasn’t just business. it wasn’t NOT personal!!

now there are those little canon details that are so. just. Alisker trusts bX the most out of literally anybody who works for him, enough to have him run all the errands including the high-risk ones. he keeps water nearby at all times because bX is a guardian hybrid and he wants to keep him healthy/ happy.

and then… there’s another part of me that is very concerned. the unbridled pda— Atlas literally said that was showing off a very prominent weak spot. but what if. it wasn’t. like what if Alisker isn’t worried about that, because it’s not a weak spot? if someone (probably Bravo or smth let’s be honest) had bX pinned, threatening to kill him if Alisker didn’t do whatever whatever, Alisker would be like. “eh. I don’t care. go ahead.” BECAUSE HE’S SO POWER-HUNGRY HE CAN’T COMPUTE THAT SOMETHING, SOMEONE, COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE IMPORTANT.

and maybe bX knows this. and maybe they’re cool with it. maybe it’s just the way they roll.

I just… I love the way Aqua writes characters. it’s so nice to read and conveys both personality and like goal/ ambition so flawlessly, even if they don’t get much read time. IT’S AMAZING

#anyways. #hermitcraft #htp #hels to pay #htp au #hels to pay au #pathoslair #dboubleI011 #bXminer #Alisker0 #animositygaming #bravobiz #Pathbubs #SOMEONE HELP ME OUT WITH THE OTHER SHIP NAMES

[3000-200-grains-of-salt]

hey yall, back at it again with another pathbubs piece. it was inspired by the part in @aquaquadrant and @lunarcrown 's hels to pay au where she mentioned a spore blossom in like one whole sentence.

anyways go read hels to pay, and here is the artwork (and a bonus version! pthalo green my beloved <33)

the title is "the nights were as dark as my baby, and half as beautiful, too" from 'as it was' by hozier

i cannot begin to describe to you the hellscape i had to slog through creatively to get this done. i fully colored it around 4 separate times before landing on the final colors. backgrounds are so terrible sometimes. head perspective. but nevertheless, this one was pretty fun to make!

thank yall for likin my stuff and see you in a week 👋

#seattlesaltsartowrk #pathbubs #hels to pay au #hermitshipping #htp au #htp art #hels to pay art #ethoslab art #etho fanart #ethoslab #bdubs fanart #etho and bdubs #bdoubleo100 #bdoubleo fanart #bdoubleo #bdouble100 fanart

[lunarcrown]

The cover art I did for Aqua’s pathbubs playlist!!!

You’ll never see patho this soft anywhere else, he’s a SUCKER for this wild jungle man :,,)

#this one goes out to salt #our pathbubs number one fan #HEHEHHE #patho #dbubs #pathbubs #hels to pay au #htp art #hermitshipping #my art #pathdubs

[lunarcrown]

Patho will allow ONE (1) person into his personal space and it’s a crimson jungle cursed wildman with a overactive lying bug named Dbubs who OVERACHIEVES in the “getting into your personal space” energy

And here he’s telling some extremely BS tall tale and patho is smiling under his mask at the obvious lying but the enjoyment of his voice nonetheless

Aqua made a fic that has this lil scene in it AND SO MUCH MORE!!!

#hels to pay au #dbubs #patho #pathoslair #path….bubs?????? #pathbubs #???? #dbouble1011 #my art #htp art #OH MY GOD I FORGOT THAT WAS A TAG I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USING OOPS #no wait false alarm I HAVE been using it phew

[3000-200-grains-of-salt]

i,, i dont know what happened i was drawing and then i blacked out and it was 5 am..... oops. aNyways here they are!!!!!

if anyone cares the title is "sweet like candy in my veins" i got it from electric love by Børns :D

i tried out a new coloring style and really liked how it came out!

shoutout to my irl friend for listening to me explain everything about pathbubs over 30 minutes (hes never even heard of hermitcraft lmao. thanks to him for letting me ramble like a madman when he literally knows Nothing.)

and shoutout to @aquaquadrant and @lunarcrown, the creator and artist respectively of the hels to pay au which this is from and you should go read it! it is amazing and they are amazing!!

one more thing... thank you so much to all y'all who leave notes! i dont say it enough but you guys are amazing and are part of the reason i have motivation to make art. i can and will cry (/positive) over compliments left in the tags and every like makes me smile!! love yall <3

#hdbdhdbdhbd... they r kissing #i bled for this <3333 #seattlesaltsartowrk #pathbubs #hels to pay au #hermitshipping #htp au #htp art #hels to pay art #ethoslab art #etho fanart #ethoslab #bdubs fanart #etho and bdubs #bdoubleo100 #bdoubleo fanart #bdoubleo #bdouble100 fanart

[3000-200-grains-of-salt]

i am so normal

wooohooooooo!! this took..... an insane amount of time!! it needed to be Perfect and in the process i got lost in multiply/color mode clipping mask hell! there is literally like 15 clipping masks in different colors and i honestly have Not A Clue which ones matter and which ones dont.

again, this is fanart for @aquaquadrant and @lunarcrown 's hels to pay au!! ahahhahaaaa, i SAID you would get moree and YOUR GIRL DELIVEREDDD!!! I physically can't NOT draw these guys or i will literally pass away!! if you havent read hels to pay, GO READ IT RIGHT NOW GO READ IT ITS SO GOOD!!! you can find the directory in aqua's pinned post! and this is specifically the drabble that aqua wrote so basically– *GUNSHOT*

Ahem. Anyways, bon appetit.

2 versions because accidentally filling a whole color layer instead of just a bit was the best mistake i ever made, and i am indecisive

#i. i am insane. deranged even #i am so insane abotu rhhthem nsdh theyr #tg htyeyre #thehrye ejidsk tghey re ksihai thyehre kdishaisng htyerhe kisdhing theyreksi issing thyere ksaidingin #theyres kissing !!theyre kissing1!!!!!!!! theyre kisisng!!!!!!!! #theyre kissing!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEJAJDs #AJKHDKJSHAKJSDHKJASHJDHAS!!!!!!! #<- Normal #seattlesaltsartowrk #hels to pay au #pathbubs #hermitshipping #htp au #htp art #hels to pay art #ethoslab art #etho fanart #ethoslab #bdubs fanart #etho and bdubs #bdoubleo100 #bdoubleo fanart #bdoubleo #bdouble100 fanart

[aquaquadrant]

Thinking about Dbubs and Pathos again. i wonder if the reason Dbubs is always so happy to see Pathos is because he doesn't think Pathos is real? that once it's been long enough alone and it's just him and his made up plans and made up actions, if he also makes up people? if he talks to "Pathos" all the time, and it's only when the real one comes to visit that he begins to wonder if maybe, maybe, he might be real. But then, he couldn't be. real people don't disapear in the night

oooh that’s an interesting concept and i can def see the angst appeal, but that’s not really what i was going for? dbubs’s pathological lying is like playing pretend in a way, but even on his worst days, i think he’s subconsciously aware it’s not true, he just kinda lives in the fantasy. so he’s still able to tell real from not-real, and wouldn’t mistake patho (or any other real player) as something he made up. that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t still talk to patho when he wasn’t there, or lie to himself about patho’s whereabouts in order to make himself feel better (even if only temporarily).

#hels to pay au #HTP ask #pathbubs

[3000-200-grains-of-salt]

wow wowie ✨its more pathbubs✨ !!! the title is "framed in gold/circlet of stars" even if no one cares <3 dangit i love symbolism and glowy things!!!! even if i did Not think it out whatsoever. more symbolism and pathbubs comin soon (but you already knew that, lmao.) this is again from @aquaquadrant and @lunarcrown 's hels to pay au WHICH YOU SHOUDL GO READ RIGHT NOW!!!!!

and under the cut, one with just the characters 'cause i liked how they turned out :]

#i forgot some stuff but at this point i dont care #gonna try to be more lax with my schedule of when i post #better for my mental health to stay as much as i can off social medias #and to not worry about posting everyday #though that's not as much a problem with the blue hellhole of a site as it is with the other blue hellhole of a site #seattlesaltsartowrk #pathbubs #hermitshipping #hels to pay au #hels to pay art #htp au #htp art #ethoslab art #etho fanart #ethoslab #bdubs fanart #etho and bdubs #bdoubleo fanart #bdouble100 fanart #bdoubleo #bdoubleo100

[aquaquadrant]

okay but imagine a timeline where patho making his comms part of his arm didnt require turning off every aspect of chat, just the public chat. he can still get whispers but he just cant reply to them, the message shows up in his eye but he cant (or doesnt) reply. Meaning when he leaves dbubs not only does he hear the sound of getting messaged but he also sees all of his messages begging him. "come back" "where did you go" "why do you always leave" "do you not really love me?"

YOU… i like the way you think.

#hels to pay au #HTP ask #pathbubs #not much to add i just think everyone else should have to consider this <3<3<3

[3000-200-grains-of-salt]

the soft blaze of glowstone lights your very own ballroom

*cough cough* ehehe, sorry to turn into an aesthetic blogger... its more likely than you'd think 👀

anyways, i.... wasn't gonna post this today. i waaaas gonna give yall a short break from the pathbubs art and my insanity, buuuuuut.... here we are, with far too many guassian blurred add layers and glowy things for no reason other than crow brain like shiny thing. tumblr decimated the quality. um, enjoy <3

and this is fanart for @aquaquadrant and @lunarcrown s hels to pay au! specifically the pathbubs drabble blah blah blah ive said this before, and i am stiiill insane baybeee!!!

#(also side note- sorry for tagging yall so much if it annoys you #i just get that you might want to see fanart n stuff? #in any case just tell me if you need me to stop and i will :] #but not even the force of a collapsing neutron star could keep me from posting fanart though. #<- has at least 3 pathbubs pieces in the works at the moment and is quickly becoming their biggest fan) #seattlesaltsartowrk #pathbubs #hermitshipping #hels to pay au #hels to pay art #htp au #htp art #ethoslab art #etho fanart #ethoslab #bdubs fanart #etho and bdubs #bdoubleo100 #bdoubleo fanart #bdoubleo #bdouble100 fanart

[aquaquadrant]

They’re on to you!! Run!

O SHIT LMAOOO 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

i’m def not the first person to use the name ‘patho’ but i’m quite proud of ‘pathoslair.’ u just KNOW there are hels players that are like “i just realized it’s ‘patho’s LAIR’ not ‘patho slair’ omg??” and it irritates the hell out of patho hehe

#hels to pay au #HTP ask #pathbubs

[aquaquadrant]

I like how "pathoslair" is also like... yes Patho Stair but also. Patho Slayer-

hagsjdhs omg… patho has totally tried to get that nickname started on multiple occasions but to no avail… despite his impressive and intimidating reputation, ppl just can’t let go of ‘patho slair’ 🫡

#hels to pay au #HTP ask #pathbubs

[aquaquadrant]

I bet Patho also grits his teeth about portals not having corners haha. Building the big dimension portal and seething as the scientists don't corner up at first when doing initial layouts for the portal. (This is brought to you by Tango saying he loves to troll Etho about it in his latest video)

HE 100% DOES HAHA

but he has to maintain that too-cool-for-school aloof demeanor so he suffers silently… maybe an offhand comment implying they’re poor if they can’t even afford corners, that’ll usually do the trick.

#hels to pay au #HTP ask #pathbubs

[aquaquadrant]

(about the ask where you could "kidnap" dbubs forest i cant link it but its from june 13th) hypothetically patho when he left one night take just a small vine with a bit of the nylium and kept it in his pocket while he travels. it may start trying to over take him like in the actual jungle but what if when that happened he just,, planted it and kept going. and he does this every time he leaves, slowly helping the forest expand so one day dbubs has much more forest once it finally reaches him

ah, this ask? that’s an interesting idea, i’m not sure how much ‘jungle’ someone would need to start transplanting the biome elsewhere but in theory that could work. only problem is you’re right, it’s not a very hels thing to do and it’s not a patho thing to do either.

part of the reason patho loves the jungle (and dbubs) so much is because of how removed it all is from the rest of hels. it’s the one place he has, the one little sanctuary, where he can retreat from all the chaos and violence, the pressure of upholding his ever-important reputation. he likes that it’s secluded way out in the middle of nowhere, and if the jungle starts spreading too fast, that might change. even worse, dbubs might become something that could be used against him. if dbubs gets too close to other players, it’s only a matter of time before someone realizes they’re together. and while dbubs is formidable and can certainly hold his own against nearly any hels player, he’s in a fixed location. anyone determined to go after him just has to keep trying.

so if the idea of helping the jungle spread has ever occurred to patho, he hasn’t acted on it yet. which is kinda fucked up but that’s how he is.

#hels to pay au #HTP ask #pathbubs