This is a blog is dedicated to the series on Ao3 that is authored by @naris-606 and @charbeloved named It Was Never Enough.
Both Char and Nari have access to this blog, and can answer asks, yap, or update on all the specific things that have gone wrong with writing.
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Authors
Charbeloved
Yello, I use any pronouns and I write the DSMP sections! I'm very new to Hermitcraft but I've watched Evo and a lot of the DSMP stuff is just what I've seen or heard. I've disconnected the content creators from the characters a long time ago so I have no problems with writing their characters.
I have not seen a good chunk of the arcs but I have a good understanding of everything and my own versions so a good chunk of people are most likely very out of character.
Naris-606
Howdy hey! I use any pronouns. I'm writing the Hermitcraft sections of this fic. I've watched a lot of hermitcraft, specifically the season this is set in, season 7, as well as most of Evo Smp. I watched all of Techno's POV of the DSMP, and know most of the lore for it. I am not active in the DSMP space any more aside from Technoblade and this fic. I see the characters as separate from the CC's, and have been writing them like that for a while. This is my first collab fic, and I'm really excited!
Special mention to our lovely beta reader and editor @geodetojoy !
We also have two other beta readers that we've not asked if they want their usernames tied to this yet and thus will not name!
Tags
Angel's Apprentice AU - Anything that we post relating to Angel's Apprentice. Feel free to use it, Charlie's probably scrolling it a lot!
it’s so heartbreaking to realize that i’m not getting better.. it’s just phases of good, then bad, then repeat.. no matter how good i think i’m doing, it always seems to get bad again..
More people need to watch Evolution SMP. More people need to at least SEE where the ORIGINAL Watcher concept came from, and how different it is from fanon interpretation. In Evo, the Watchers were a stand-in for the audience, because the Watchers literally just Watched. Grian became a Watcher after he left Evo because he left the server and joined the audience. Watchers were the audience with a twist, but otherwise neutral/benevolent for the most part.
Granted, that shifted after Grian left, because Martyn took over as the main story/lore lead for the server (to my knowledge) and the Watchers became much more complicated, which was fun. The Listeners were a Martyn creation afaik and only existed WELL AFTER Grian was gone.
Martyn’s Life Series extension of the Watcher concept is so, SO fun and I love all the lore implications of it, but it’s definitely different than how Watchers started out.
Am I saying Martyn’s version is Wrong because it deviated from the original intention of Watchers? Hell no! I LOVE where it has gone and it offers sooo much storytelling potential.
Am I saying you can’t make Watchers villains? Nope! Go for it! Have fun going crazy with it!
Am I saying fics that don’t follow the Evo lore are Incorrect? Oh fuck no. I’d be a hypocrite if I said so, and taking inspiration from something by taking it in a totally different direction from canon is what makes writing FUN.
What I AM saying is it’s a little funny when people say Watchers are evil and always have been when that’s definitely not the case. And I AM saying it’s fun to see other Evo viewers who reference things in their fics that aren’t just fandom-shared common knowledge. (Mumbo for Mayor was the second time Grian pulled that stunt y’all.) And I AM saying I sighed a little when I saw that someone said “I know Listener lore is a Grian thing but–” when Listeners didn’t show up at all on Evo until AGES after Grian left the server. Listeners aren’t a Grian thing. Listeners are a Martyn-Jimmy-and-other-survivors thing.
I sure ain’t gonna judge someone for referencing Watchers or Evo without having ever seen it, even if they reference it “wrong” so to speak. But I WILL encourage watching Evo SMP if you haven’t, because it’s an old school Minecraft SMP and it’s so silly and so fun seeing all our favorite Minecrafters interacting at a younger age. Go watch it! I’ll bring the popcorn!
(And you might find inspiration there that you weren’t expecting to find :3)
More people need to watch Evolution SMP. More people need to at least SEE where the ORIGINAL Watcher concept came from, and how different it is from fanon interpretation. In Evo, the Watchers were a stand-in for the audience, because the Watchers literally just Watched. Grian became a Watcher after he left Evo because he left the server and joined the audience. Watchers were the audience with a twist, but otherwise neutral/benevolent for the most part.
Granted, that shifted after Grian left, because Martyn took over as the main story/lore lead for the server (to my knowledge) and the Watchers became much more complicated, which was fun. The Listeners were a Martyn creation afaik and only existed WELL AFTER Grian was gone.
Martyn’s Life Series extension of the Watcher concept is so, SO fun and I love all the lore implications of it, but it’s definitely different than how Watchers started out.
Am I saying Martyn’s version is Wrong because it deviated from the original intention of Watchers? Hell no! I LOVE where it has gone and it offers sooo much storytelling potential.
Am I saying you can’t make Watchers villains? Nope! Go for it! Have fun going crazy with it!
Am I saying fics that don’t follow the Evo lore are Incorrect? Oh fuck no. I’d be a hypocrite if I said so, and taking inspiration from something by taking it in a totally different direction from canon is what makes writing FUN.
What I AM saying is it’s a little funny when people say Watchers are evil and always have been when that’s definitely not the case. And I AM saying it’s fun to see other Evo viewers who reference things in their fics that aren’t just fandom-shared common knowledge. (Mumbo for Mayor was the second time Grian pulled that stunt y’all.) And I AM saying I sighed a little when I saw that someone said “I know Listener lore is a Grian thing but–” when Listeners didn’t show up at all on Evo until AGES after Grian left the server. Listeners aren’t a Grian thing. Listeners are a Martyn-Jimmy-and-other-survivors thing.
I sure ain’t gonna judge someone for referencing Watchers or Evo without having ever seen it, even if they reference it “wrong” so to speak. But I WILL encourage watching Evo SMP if you haven’t, because it’s an old school Minecraft SMP and it’s so silly and so fun seeing all our favorite Minecrafters interacting at a younger age. Go watch it! I’ll bring the popcorn!
(And you might find inspiration there that you weren’t expecting to find :3)
hi. are you scared? i know i'm scared. i'm scared a lot, actually. but when i curl up under the blankets to hide from the world outside they are soft and comforting against my skin. and food still tastes good even when my hands tremble holding the fork. so i think that we will be okay
the way ppl have designated cuddling as a purely romantic thing and is weird outside of that context has done widespread damage to our pack animal nature
btw it is sexy and cool to uplift and admire people who have skills you wish you had without using their ability as a stick to beat yourself with. even and especially if you are jealous of them.
