valiant_skelly
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- Hermitcraft SMP (22)
- Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series (11)
- Empires SMP (2)
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"Thank goodness for these lovely paths," Bdubs announces, "Only the smartest, tallest hermit on the server would think to appoint those invested in public infrastructure to power."
"Ren burnt everyone's diamonds."
"There are many theories of economy," Bdubs concedes. He kicks a rock along the path. "Hey, Etho?"
"Mhm?"
"What did my corpse look like?"
or, (some of) the emotional fallout of bdoubleo getting hit in the face with the freakin' moon, over the course of season 9.
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"I AM NOT GOING TO CRY." Bdubs's eyes burn. He sticks his glow-stick adorned wrists into his sleeping bag so that Scar won't have any light to see his face by. "I'm not a baby. I'm in the SECOND GRADE, Scar, in case you forgot. And I know things too! Like— like— I know, that when adults get a divorce, the dad sleeps on the couch first. And Dad doesn't sleep on the couch."
Scar stares at him for a long, long moment. "You're stupid," he declares.
Bdubs knees him in the gut.
or, the last camping trip the clockers take as a family.
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thrifted skirts and cigarette burns by valiant_skelly
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series
27 Aug 2025
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Bdubs looked upwards and took as deep a breath as he possibly could of that college town air— fresh and full of hope and despair and sweat and weed and sex and alcohol and desperation and misguided faith and clumsy independence and freedom. He imagined that he was filling every possible crevice in his lungs until they ached, like those videos of people shooting alcohol ink into resin to make the free association of flowers, and then added a little air more. He held it for a second, digging his teeth into his lip, before breathing out through his mouth, pretending he was a dragon exhaling fire.
Cleo tapped the side of his boot with her knuckle. "Whatcha doin' up there, bud?"
"Saying hi to the stars," he responded easily.
or, in which bdubs stands on a porch railing.
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- Part 3 of val's hermitcraft + co college au
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spilt milk (always leaving and never letting go) by valiant_skelly for Madisongs
Fandoms: Wild Life SMP - Fandom, Hermitcraft SMP
13 Apr 2025
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"Can we get you some water, buddy?" Grian asked, "…Maybe some warm milk?"
The impact that that suggestion sent through Mumbo's body was almost as strong as that of the one of him hitting the floor only minutes ago, shocking him out of the last of his tears. "I— I— I'm not regressed, Grian!" he sputtered shrilly.
Grian quirked an eyebrow. "Aren't you, though?"
He may as well have stabbed Mumbo with a sword.
Wasn't he, though?
or, in which the source of mumbo's pain does his darndest to provide comfort from it.
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- Part 11 of valiant's mcyt agere fics
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Impulse flopped down onto his back on the mattress with a huff. "What do you want me to say, Skizz? That imposter syndrome is a bitch?"
"It's not imposter syndrome if I'm actually a fraud."
Impulse covered his face with his hands. "Oh my god."
or, skizz and impulse have a conversation about deserving good things.
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val's hermitcraft + co college au by valiant_skelly
Fandom Hermitcraft SMP, Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series
27 Aug 2025
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what is says on the tin <3
marked as complete but if the inspiration strikes me i will return to torture etho summore !
your suffering is not noble, take the tylenol.
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blessings in disguise by Anonymous
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, Empires SMP, Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series
06 Jul 2025
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When Scar was a child, seeing the strings had felt like a blessing.
He’d still been full of wonder, young and not yet burdened by the heartbreak of the world. It’d been marvellous to grow up like that, surrounded by dazzling bursts of colour. He’d been an easily amused baby, and Scar can only assume that he saw the colours even then, entertained by their shifting nature. Shades of purple, orange, yellow, blue, green, black, brown, and red everywhere he looked.
Of course, now seeing the strings is less of a blessing, and more of a...
Well, a lucrative business practice.
Or: a soulmate au with a bit of a twist
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- Part 55 of mc fics by vee!! <3
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Bookmarked by valiant_skelly
28 Jul 2025
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Anything To Hear You (Say It One More Time) by mgrnn
Fandoms: Hermitcraft, Minecraft (Video Game)
12 Dec 2021
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Bdubs scoffed. “Etho, why in the world have you called me out of the blue just to ask about how my day went?”
There was a pause. Etho dropped his head to the ground again, too tired to hold it up anymore. He shifted his left arm so the communicator lay close to his head, allowing him to speak quieter. He didn’t feel like he had the strength to keep speaking so loudly.
His eyes were heavy, and all he wanted was to fall asleep right now, listening to Bdubs' voice until he couldn’t hear anything at all.
“Etho?”
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Prompt: Character A is about to die, and rather than try to get help, he calls Character B to talk to him one last time before he goes.
Except Bdubs won't let Etho die.
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Bookmarked by valiant_skelly
01 Aug 2022
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A Game of Love and stories related to it.
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30 Aug 2025
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Powerless by patentpending
Fandoms: Thomas Sanders, Sanders Sides, Video Blogging RPF, Sanders Sides (Web Series)
06 Sep 2018
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“People like us,” Logan had once remarked to Virgil. “Are statistical anomalies.”
(Almost) Everyone in the world has powers. As for those who don’t, well, they’re such a small part of the population - only 0.04% - why would anyone care about them?
Ever since he realized what people mean when they call him Powerless, Virgil Sanders has tried to fight back against the system that oppresses people like him, Patton, and Logan. When Patton’s bakery is targeted in a hate crime, he finally snaps. With the help of a mysterious sponsor, Virgil becomes a villain, ready to remake a broken society. The only thing standing in his way is the world’s most Powerful (and infuriatingly charming) superhero: The Prince, who is hiding the fact that his gilded life isn’t as perfect as it may seem.
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- Part 1 of Powerless 'Verse
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07 Nov 2020
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The Book on the Table is About Spain by afiniteredwood for kai_ros
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP
07 Sep 2025
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Not yet late summer, but getting there languid and lazy. Heat prickles across Etho's skin. When Bdubs dies, Etho is going to be so utterly alone, gutted and hollowed out.
Etho has, he wants to think, been good about this whole thing. He hasn't screamed, hasn't cried more than he needed to, hasn't left or walked out or told someone he doesn't love Bdubs anymore in a shameful moment of weakness when what he really is is overtired. He has learned to put his desire away into little boxes, to not look and to not touch, to not bring it up unless Bdubs does first.
The clock reads 5:59AM.
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Bdubs is diagnosed with a terminal illness and Etho is left to pick up the pieces.