- Jellie POV was really fun, I actually had more I wanted to do but I decided to postpone for now. Perhaps another day!
- I knew about Pearl's cat Nugget, but the idea I'm working with here is "Jellie cat is the official name for this type of cat coloration, and it was explicitly designed after Scar's Jellie, so a shred of Jellie's soul exists here."
- I'm glad you caught that Jellie was trying to get outside sneakily, sldkfj (And that time passes differently because that was pretty subtle, iirc... alas, she is but a cat). Also, we love a Grian comparison for Sniff!! That's my boy. He's kitten. He's baby.
- Cub and Scar do share an AFK. I don't know a ton about their relationship, but I know they're good friends and have been for a long time. I'm playing this as ambiguous so everyone can have what they want (sprinkled with silly vex & evoker lore on top). The funny thing is, Cub is earlier in the character list for Sniff because I actually need him for a later scene, so I'm glad I got to pull him in for this one too so I feel further justified in my tag, ha ha.
- <3 "Scar's kitten," Jellie's beloved.
Ooof, it’s gotta be bad if even Cub is expressing concern for Etho not being back yet… does it have something to do with Sniff not being plugged in yet or?? Aww and Sniff asking Scar if going shirtless will help and Scar unhelpfully doesn’t answer the question lmao
lskjfds
POV: You're Etho and you walk back into Between and your "half-ex" is now running around without a shirt. This is not your responsibility. You walk out.
Also Sniff I get the feeling if Lizzie and Etho are pulled from you too soon, you’ll feel hungrier sooner bc you haven’t properly digested them or gotten all the nutrients you need.
That would be correct! I'm actually glad I got to slip in this part of the lore, because I really didn't think "anivores can also steal leftovers" would come up. Thanks for joining my 'fic, Sniff <3 Most useful character in the entire story. Gets into trouble, talks to lots of people, and needs things explained...
- I hope you've had a fun time! Thanks for committing to the bit and revisiting <3
- Sob... I just want all of Grian's ditched experiments to be friends.......
The four glowing dots clearly mean something but I can’t actually tell what the significance is haha.
- Programmed to use commands [i.e. agent]. In his video, he can teleport short distances. I tried downloading his server, but alas I could not figure out how to get it to work... my boy did not show up for me.
NPC Grian probably speaks exclusively through chat like the cam accounts do
Iirc from the Build Swap videos, he also screams in all caps when he types... I'm gonna use italics instead and hopefully that's easier on the eyes, wheeze...
Ngl it’s kinda funny that I almost forgot this story is about a Life Series because I’m loving the stuff about Between so much.
Murder is fun but also if I could just write arguments and friendship and drama between characters every single day... I would.
Is James simmer JamesTurner or is he an OC?
JamesTurner! ... just because I think it's funny when he and Pearl hang out (Australian buddies + one of his catchphrases is "Aww, Batuu!" and every time he hangs out with other bats, I imagine him saying "Bat too" and I laugh).
What’s sparking? Is that losing some pixels due to high emotions or?
No sweat or blood in this universe, so sparking often stands in for one or the other. Technically tears do exist in-game [ghast tears], but I generally use sparks for players instead.
skdlfjs... I should watch Legacy SMP... I've done some wiki research, but never seen it, though I know Skizz got trapped under netherrack for weeks or something? I just know he was in it and Pearl and Scott were friends in it which is just /chef's kiss for soulmate references. The story in question is "Criminal Experience" and I based it on Naked and Scared (running around and doing quirky stuff) + the general idea of "Skizz is a good guy and probably doesn't mean anyone any harm, but also demons and angels are both deliberate mods in this universe so I want to see if I can come up with reasons why they would end up with these." That's really cool if there are some nice Legacy parallels in there too.
Also <3 I was worried the blaze chatter was off-topic, but also I really liked it. I love the pack dynamics and how you get little species conflicts that go overlooked by other characters. Most people are like "Yeah, phantom drama is important" and every time I write for Tango, I imagine him like "Wow! I literally respect none of you people :)" and it makes me laugh skljdf...
(Tango was super sweet signing my picture, he asked if it was okay to "Sign right on the jersey." Also got Impulse, Skizz, and Scar to sign some drawings, and Skizz liked my Skizz cosplay so much he asked if it was okay to take a picture - mini highlight for me was Impulse looking at me with a smirk when he saw who I was dressed as and saying "Skizz will die." because the positive voice it was paired with was hilarious. And Scar even signed my PiglinMyNose as Pig... I need to scan them so I can post them on Tumblr... just dragging my feet, haha. All in all it was a fun time! Scar giggled when I showed him my Pig art and it still makes me laugh... Good times! with Scar.)
I made Xisuma a slime too. I don't know a lot about him (I know a lot of people portray him as something like "void walker" but I don't know enough to be sure if that's his canon species or just fanon). He works well as a slime though because 1) Position of authority on his home turf works well- Hermitcraft won't crash and burn if he dies in Between, 2) Always smart to have slimes I can potentially put on the chopping block if I need someone to respawn at their spawner for some reason, 3) He shapeshifts into different mobs every season and that's on-brand for slime biology (Pig shapeshifts too, but his is unintentional).
You named Jevin and Pig. My other canon slimes are Dream (Green blob; his thing is jumping between rooftops and ignoring turf war drama, so he's off doing his own thing and doesn't show up in this 'fic apart from that one time Sniff wanted to eat him in Chapter 7), Slimecicle (Name fits; I don't know anything about him except that it's the obvious species choice), and Ryguyrocky (My cross-eyed beloved... Ryguy was my introduction to MCYT because I really liked his slaughterhouse puzzle series [i.e. he would be a cow or pig or something and try to avoid dying at the hands of his friend who designed complex puzzles for him], and he's hands-down the top shapeshifter in New Star, so a lot of slimes look to him out of respect even though they don't have centralized leadership. Ry's also friends with BigB because they both tend to get into everybody's business. He'll get a small cameo soon. It ain't much, but it's honest work. Anyway!
why on Earth has he not been plugged in yet
Where tf do you set that guy's AFK without his consent; he didn't fill out his paperwork- /shot
Scott’s mind has got to be racing right now.
And therein lies the true core of Scott's story arc....... :') Whatcha gonna do, sparkle boy?
Thanks for hanging out and sharing your thoughts! Have a nice trip! (Dog's Life is on holiday hiatus anyway so it's not going anywhere atm and there's plenty waiting for when you get back~)
Oooo that makes sense about Jellie being special, given her breed in Minecraft is named after her specifically.
Cub and Scar are really good friends that love hanging out and do it a ton. I totally buy them sharing an AFK, it's really sweet. I just love hearing all the details about who shares their AFK with whom. It's so cool to hear about.
Always useful to have characters in fics who are not native to the world so they can learn about their own world as the audience does so too. Plus Sniff is also super endearing on top of all that <3
Ah I see! I've never seen the NPC Grian video, just heard of him.
As of right now I've only seen the first three Legacy episodes (ep3 is the first one where he and Pearl interact, which he's discussed on the podcast before, so very cool to see it play out). The netherrack thing hasn't happened yet so I know nothing about it. I was actually watching it because in another ZITS fic I was reading, Skizz's important backstory people from before he met ZIT were Legacy SMP people, specifically Python, Zloy, Scott, Sausage, Pearl (adopted siblings), and Logic and SlicedLime (adopted dads), and so I was curious about it. That, and being told Skizz's family was from Legacy reminded me of Skizz mentioning the story where he met Pearl and wanted her to say how bad his build was in his video but she was too nice and offered real building tips instead. But yeah, another fic made me wanna watch it but then watching it just reminded me so strongly of Criminal Experience so I had to tell you. I haven't seen Naked and Scared yet, beyond one stream for the first 3-4 episodes of Season 26, but it doesn't surprise me that Skizz is more of a menace there because he's alone with Impulse. The Legacy stuff, given it's his first proper SMP, he's nervous of being "kicked out" but is also very Skizz about it all, so you can definitely see the translation of ex-anarchy who is trying to not be anarchy anymore but still having those instincts, and is learning how to interact with Hub players again. Which fits so well with what we saw in Criminal Experience.
I love Tango giving so little of a fuck about phantom politics. It's a nice change of pace, and a good reminder that things important to one POV aren't gonna be important in every POV because there are so many individuals just living here.
In an earlier comment, you mentioned how the story right at the end of the Twitch Con podcast part 2 was about you, right? Well when I finally caught up to that bit I was paying extra attention and was like "that's Riddle that's Riddle!!". Impulse sounded so bad about assuming he got to keep your art though, poor guy. It's so cool you got to meet them all and got them to sign things!! I'm in Australia so it probably will never happen - there's no way any of them will come specifically to Australia (and Pearl was going to PAX near me and it killed me because I had prior plans already, and also in the city but an end of footy season thing with my team so it couldn't change, so it kinda killed me knowing Pearl was so close and yet just out of reach. I was literally sitting on a tram going past the convention centre she was in for the convention...). Imp and Skizz's reactions to your Skizz cosplay sound so good. And Scar signing as Pig!!! I bet he wasn't expecting PiglinMyNose art at all haha. Did you also see Gem??
Nah, as far as I can work out, the "void walker" thing is just a way to explain his suit - that the air composition from the End and in the void is different to the overworld, so he needs his suit to breathe. I do like your reasoning for him as a slime though - shapeshifting is definitely a key plot point what with the Xisuma themed party in the Crastle during the King Ren era haha. And having head admin of your server with an actual spawner in the Hub the server is in is definitely a much better idea than anyone else. So yeah, I fully accept slime!Xisuma.
The green blob descriptor for Dream reminded me of fruitberries's skin too, actually - is he also perhaps a slime? The only other thing I know about Slimecicle is that his name is Charlie I think. I also know nothing about RyGuy other than when Impulse was on an MCC team with him, but all of the reasons you've given make sense for them to be slimes so yeah. Also they're literally on the slime spawner - gotta have several named slimes on hand if needed. Was there a particular reason you chose for New Star to surround the slime spawner rather than another one?
why on Earth has he not been plugged in yet
Where tf do you set that guy's AFK without his consent; he didn't fill out his paperwork- /shot
If consent was the entire issue then literally why hasn't Grian swung past to ask!!! It was literally Grian's job to plug Sniff in and he was with Scar when the three of them decided Sniff would live with Scar! Come on Grian pls!!!!
I have no idea what Scott with do regarding Honey... probably initally try to ignore it. But I have been considering this moral dilemma for a few weeks now (so glad I picked up on the allay!Honey foreshadowing early) and I still don't know what is Right to do. It's a very tricky one!!!
Holiday hiatus is completely valid and fair - I hope you enjoy your recharging time!!
My sibling laughed (affectionately) when I explained that Sniff was in this story and I said that everyone who's commented seems to be enjoying him so far and we got a good laugh out of that, slkdfj
Ah gotcha, gotcha
"Different people have different opinions" is my favorite thing <3
Wheeze... I asked him to sign it and he set it down on the table next to him and I was like ("... Uh-oh.") Gem and Scar were on either side of him and I was trying to shuffle my papers. He covered super well when I clarified I wanted him to sign it, to the point that I did wonder afterwards if he'd misunderstood but I also felt like maybe he was just waiting for me to step closer. He was super nice, and when I went back the next day I gave him a nice note and drew a copy of that drawing at the bottom he could keep if he wanted to... TwitchCon was still a bit of a trip for me, but it was also close enough that I couldn't resist, especially since Impulse is pretty much my favorite and Scar was coming down and doesn't travel often. It was neat!
Yeah, Gem was there both days and Scott was there just on Friday for MCC. I was so shocked to see him and I hadn't brought my Scott art for him to sign, which killed me sdkfj. I just totally didn't even check for him because I thought he was too far away, but I gave everyone compliments (Scott for pulling all the MCC stuff together and he chatted happily about how stressful it had been and how close he'd been to needing coverage, congratulating Gem on joining Secret Life), and everyone was super nice. I did really love Scar signing my Pig art because he signed as "PigMyNose" and I think it's hilarious. He also felt bad for misjudging how long his name was and almost running it off the page but I assured him it was perfect. I think it's really funny.
Everyone was nice and Gem even took a picture of me and my sibling in our Imp and Skizz cosplay with both Imp and Skizz. Sorry you missed Pearl, but perhaps some other day! (Impulse sounded SO bad in the podcast... I left a comment on that video telling him it was fine and I was happy to meet him and glad he liked my drawing, so hopefully it doesn't haunt him, wheeze... I do find it funny that it apparently bothered him so much that he went somewhere he knew I would listen - since I complimented the podcast in my notes to him and Skizz - and apologized and/or justified his confusion. Impulse, I promise, you were Fine...
Fruitberries would also be a good one! I don't know much about them either but I know what their skin looks like, so that makes sense. And yeah, having lots of slimes is essential since they can't leave easily, ha ha. I'd also like someone from Empires to be a slime (and someone from Empires to be a phantom) so we keep a decent balance of those SMPs in the "power struggle..." Need to do some research.
Smh. Get your head in the game, Grian.
I think I solidified the slime spawner's presence when I needed to explain how Pig got here. He shows up at the end of Chapter 6 (end notes) and I wanted to use that note to clarify people's species and also indicate how you can arrive at the city.
Things were still vague in the early days- I knew I really wanted a perimeter and I needed to justify how there was one (ex: natural Between generation or manual labor). When I was writing that Sniff and Pig first meeting story, I'd already established Pig as a slime hybrid (in Dog's Life) and I was struck by the thought that it would be hilarious if this funky little guy said hi to his mom. I really liked the idea of dragons existing in this world (spawn eggs + wide-scale terraforming + dragons are powerful and cool). Anyway, I solidified my dragon ideas around that time and it just made sense to put the slimes in the perimeter since that's one of the famous places they spawn (and I already gave a swamp to fireflies so I didn't need too many more).
ksldjf... the real reason is just that Scott hasn't gotten to that part of the paperwork because he's been doing MCC, dragon stuff, and HALO meetings. It's not exactly easy to sneak into Scott's office and Grian's been trying to juggle that with having that carrot talk with Scar, cleaning up after Hermitcraft, fixing the creeper explosion problem in Dog's Life, and reviewing Impulse's code. Anivores tend to give Scott more leeway than most (and Scott has a lot of XP in his wander time stat) so Grian can't outlast him and rarely gets on before Scott's awake. Grian left Sniff's player file on Scott's desk (didn't finish plugging him in before Scar showed up), so it really is just a matter of waiting for Scott to notice it's there. Scott knows Sniff's unthreaded but hasn't necessarily found Sniff's file yet and Grian would rather not admit he snuck in. Scott also can't drop everything he's doing for this guy who's not supposed to be here, so Sniff's just being stalled out. Sniff's not in a rush because he's been on his server for a long time and he's enjoying being outside it (and having time move differently).
Yeah, Impulse definitely sounded like the faux pas was haunting him... the anxiety of it all. At least you know he does read every comment on the podcast, so he can see it didn't bother you as much.
Awww Imp and Skizz cosplay with both Imp and Skizz!! That sounds awesome and I'd love to see it if you were comfortable sharing.
I knew Scott would be there for MCC reasons, but I didn't realise he was there for only the MCC day and not for any other day... across the pond is a super long trip for just a single day!! And it's nice that he was able to be open about it being stressful as well. I love hearing everything about your interactions with the Hermits there! Very cool you were able to make the trip! Hopefully one day for Pearl except I'm gonna move interstate next year so uhhh. We'll see lmao.
Yeah, I don't know much about Fruitberries either other than green blob and speedrunner, and also the one in TGTTOSAWAF that Grian always wants to follow for his block placements.
Hmm, looking through my list of Empires people, and excluding the Hermits, we have: Fwhip, Joey, Katherine, Lizzie, Sausage, Oli, Pixlriffs, Shelby, Scott, Joel, Jimmy. We already have established Scott, Joel, and Jimmy as non-slime, and I'm pretty sure we've also established what Lizzie is but I don't remember. I feel like Oli would be another good one to have as a slime for the "probably gonna die a lot" reasons. Fwhip is the Empires Admin, if you want him as a slime for similar admin reasons as Xisuma. I also don't know too much about the Empires people though, so those are my "low background knowledge" thoughts.
I love hearing about early backstory and how it came together, in a series of happy accidents in some ways. The dragons and the spawners and everything makes the story so much richer, it's great.
Ah, thank you for explaining more about Sniff's paperwork and stuff, and Grian's struggles to get it done. And that Sniff doesn't care about not being plugged in, though I am still personally very stressed that he'll get eaten before he's plugged in and I don't want that. I do accept all those reasons though.
<3 Thanks, I love my silly pixel world and all its complicated species interactions and roles
(Maybe in January I will get my cosplay pics up on Tumblr- Made a new friend who had amazing Jimmy LimLife cosplay and they gave me permission to post their photo too so I just need to get around to it!)
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