main: pirepoumon. currently neglecting @ethocomments, former father to @botm77 / executive queuer for @lastlifetwo.
published fic on ao3 as bellshazes, unpublished fic plotting & complaints here
tags & stuff: see tags on this post; game shows DO touch our lives is my catchall ethubs tag; mostly i tag by series (ex: hcs11, last life) and shortened character names; my own minecraft stuff is under peter plays or whatever smp i'm on with friends.
the person who remembered about its knights au and has been sketching it religiously for the past month
this au exists since 2023 and i've been returning to it from times to times but this time it's serious....... i've been possessed. it was fun before but now i'm really starting to come up with the story and characters relationships. these are almost my ocs at this point😭 i've never been au guy and never loved to come up with stories and stuff but this one is so special to me
does anybody even care that early in third life bdubs was teeing cleo up to kill him as a repeat of how they'd been the one to kill him in demise during season 6, and that this seems to funnel into his resolve to be her sword and therefore cleo's widow's alliance, and then of course, ultimately, the absolute shock when he does outlive them. does anybody even know about that anymore
going on a light hike later further out than i meant to schedule on a weeknight but it's an open air studio thing and also there's a distillery right across from the park and i could go there just to get pics to send my family even though it's mid liquor. bourboning my trail if you will
i do really love the nether hub's giant flowers all over though. i maybe overdid the size of the wisteria vines but that's okay! learning a lot abt using glass to fluff up foliage and simplifying... a lot of these are based on crochet flower designs, which already have geometric & simplified elements.
i think i'm gonna have to move the glowberry vines and also install windows and turn the tulip poplar by the pond into some kind of large shrubbery and maybe i will redo allt he foliage but i do. like. where the cherry tree is going. and of course the grass in the nether, which you can really make smooth with mossy cobble if you go insane abt light levels under the leaves
in which bdubs and etho take care of each other's health and wellbeing. transcript under the cut:
etho: my only goal in this is to keep bdubs happy.
cleo: that's all you ever care about!
etho: i just don't want him to say i hate it afterwards.
cleo: how's that working out for you?
bdubs: it's wonderful, he's very wise. and he's taking care of me, i'm a little sick.
bdubs: etho's taking care of me
etho: we gotta watch bdubs, make sure he's safe
[bdubs is smacked into the cow pit]
bdubs: [distressed noises]
etho: [putting blocks down to protect bdubs, leaving himself open] oh now he's looking at ME, NO!
etho: protect me, i'm low!
bdubs: etho you're low?
etho: i'm gonna eat all our lapis
bdubs: here, here here here! have some stalactites! [group laughs]
etho: i don't think that's safe! are you sure?
bdubs: they're good, they're good, i tried them. they're delicious.
bdubs: but alliance and priority is etho's love and health.
bdubs: i'll take care of etho's snail here...
joel: you're just following etho's snail here bdubs?
bdubs: i'm walking it to safety. yup.
etho: get underground! over here!
bdubs: [yelling] i'm coming! it's bad up there.
etho: follow the torch, follow the torch.
bdubs: okay! it's still coming though so get ready! [shouts]
etho: oh, bdubs...
bdubs: it's FINE!
bdubs: [screaming]
etho, fragilely: bdubs, bdubs...
bdubs: you! you did so wonderfully!
etho: my life flashed before my eyes just then...
etho: i was debating like, should i make a moss farm? and then when i heard you were doing it, it's like no i'm gonna hold off. i'm gonna rely on my buddy bdubs! [bdubs mhms] he's gonna take care of me this season.
etho: feather falling! feather falling!
bdubs: that's what I wanted!
ren: you should probably give that to bdoubleo, to be honest.
etho: bdubs, i will -
bdubs: no, it's fine, i'm gonna get it myself.
etho, quietly: you need it.
etho: someone help bdubs, he's got no gear. bdubs - someone help bdubs, please. i don't want him to die.
for bdubs, so when he dies all the time it'll help him. he needs all the help he can get.
bdubs: no i don't, i'm fine.
etho: he doesn't even have a shirt!
bdubs: it's for battle....
etho: oh, okay
bdubs: i don't know who's gonna take care of me now that he's gone... he was the one that took care of me. and kept me alive!
etho: i don't know how you're gonna do this scar, because i'm gonna defend bdubs, and then you'll die.
scar: come on!
bdubs: yes, i'm okay! she was chasing me! we were there, we were making plans!
etho: i got you a life bdubs, i got you a life!
scar: boop, sign the contract!
etho: bdubs you gotta protect me.
bdubs: i'll protect you.
bdubs: set your spawn just in case.
etho: i did, i did, thank you. you're always so considerate, bdubs.
bdubs: yeah, yeah, i care.
etho: you're sick right, i gotta take care of my poor guy...
bdubs: yeah i'm just gonna lay here.
etho: bdubs we need you!
bdubs: i'm on it!
etho: oh it's getting dark - bdubs, save me! thank you. just at the right time there.
[bdubs sighs loudly several times, and etho silently turns around to look at him, making bdubs laugh]
etho: you okay bdubs?
bdubs: i'm fine.
bdubs: how dare!
etho: who am i kidding, i'm washed up bdubs! it's all over!
bdubs: stop it! no!
cleo: i'm gonna get so annihilated right now.
etho: cleo's right, she's right, i have no confidence anymore because of her.
bdubs: stop it. no, you're a hero!
etho: i'm wondering if you were needing a cohost, if you were running out of steam.
bdubs: alright, yeah, yeah i do, i'm out.
etho: but i can texture too, like i [mumbles] texture.
bdubs: yeah yeah! i know you can - i know that too much is uncomfortable. right?
etho: i don't know what it is. like i like it when you do it.
bdubs: sure yeah, but it can be too much.
etho: i got a little bit of texture in here!
bdubs: you do, look at this!
etho: i could throw some granite in here, i could do all kinds of things.
bdubs: you sure could and you know it.
etho: bdubs is just protecting me okay, he knows what's best for me.
now i remember why i gave up making compilations forever ago looking for some clips makes me want to blow up my house with me in it. did you know that after the "someone help bdubs he's got no gear" 3l clip that i've included before he actually goes, in an even quieter voice, "i don't want him to die" before cutting to the next scene. because i forgot and well. brb blowing up my house
actually the best etho & doc & bdubs hangout of all time is when etho goads doc into a) putting bdubs on a toddler safety leash and then b) using the babysitting crane to sacrifice him on the blood altar. featuring great etho quotes like can bdubs fit between the knives? and it might produce interesting physics [if you baby-crane him into the blood altar].
i ain't clippin all that you just need to watch the last six minutes of this episode where etho cuts out all of the just him & bdubs part of the call where bdubs gets started on the crackpack server in favor of only showing him not lifting a finger while directing doc to torture him in strange and upsetting ways
actually the best etho & doc & bdubs hangout of all time is when etho goads doc into a) putting bdubs on a toddler safety leash and then b) using the babysitting crane to sacrifice him on the blood altar. featuring great etho quotes like can bdubs fit between the knives? and it might produce interesting physics [if you baby-crane him into the blood altar].
bdubs, gayly: okaaaayyyy. [normal] i will be careful.
etho, in the same tone: okaayyyyyy [laughs]
bdubs, extremely indignant: oh, oh let's just make fun of me [garbled objections] we go back for years!
etho: i like how you said that! [more insistent, talking over bdubs] no i LIKED how you said that!! i thought it was good!
bdubs: oh it was a nice way? oh okay. [gayly again] okayyyyyy :)
etho, copying him again: okaaaayyyyyyy :)
bdubs: [reading a chat message about his new haircut] "did you get the stripes on the gay side?" is there? a gay side for haircuts? i know that they say that for earrings. [stares] but, anyway-
