imo sharing your art for free online for strangers to see it requires a lot of courage. A lot of mental strength. Im being serious rn i think if youve ever shared anything online and even if its not popular even if only a few people have seen it i think thats very very brave
Sometimes, interests collide in my head, and as a result, I start thinking about things like whether a hermit would have a devil fruit and if so which one, i.e. Grian having a mythical zoan of some kind of bird creature, or a bomb making paramecia.
All of a sudden, guests appeared on your doorstep. Would you let them in? - and other spooky arts of mine that I put into one post! Undead creatures, lots of bones and some blood are included.
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A lot of these arts are related to my OC Heather and her world: https://www.tumblr.com/nataliedecorsair/660503183111667712/dude-let-me-in-you-know-heather-is-a-lady-and
ok so since it's just occurred to me that the fandom is constantly growing and changing and learning, there's some bits of hermit backstory that I know that others might not. hermitfacts coming up:
the server was built as an equal mix of builders and redstoners (and then Joe Hills was added as a WILDCARD to shake things up)
season two only happened because Joe Hills ran a coup
tango is the father of the iron farm, before 1.14 made iron farms easy, your best bet was to ask tango. tango also modded villagers before the villager update
etho invented the etho hopper clock, revolutionised the minecraft let's play, and inspired a lot of the server to play/film
impulse is the guy behind the item sorter, and he is a master of villager manipulation, with his villager breeder being in massive use
bdubs' brother, pungence, joined hermitcraft before he did and played for season one
iskall is behind the vault hunters mod and it's really cool and you should check it out
the way cub built concorp inspired Mojang to update the way villagers work
doc is friends with the Mojang game Devs (even if they took his arm)
Hypno runs the hermitcraft website, even when he's not active on the server
Welsknight came in to defend the others in a rap battle when he was away from the server
Stress runs a fitness channel alongside her Minecraft channel and being a parent
Joe hills used to have a webcomic and do drawing streams - he saw twitch be born, and will likely see twitch die
Scar got his start in call of duty
Joe Hills thought hermitcraft was a scam when he was invited
There is no set of official written rules for the server, instead going off of courtesy and discussing any concerns in meetings
Mumbo holds the record of youngest age at time of joining, having been 17
Xisuma invented the precursor to Bedwars
Grian invented TNT Run
Joe Hills has written Hermitcraft fanfiction
Bdubs runs a family vlogging channel in addition to his main channel
A number of Hermits have musical abilities, including Xisuma (who has posted guitar covers on his second channel) and Wels (who has posted a capella covers of sea shanties on his Soundcloud)
My friend Carrot and I once did a “trivia hunt” contest - looking for the weirdest, most obscure fun facts about the server and members as possible.
So these aren’t necessarily backstory facts, but here’s tons of Hermit fun facts I know. I can provide sources for like 99% of these if I try.
Below the cut because there is a LOT.
There’s an official Hermitcraft theme song
Jono, who makes music for some hermits (including about ALL of Grian’s timelapse music) is Ren’s brother
“Xisuma” is Music with an x instead of a c and an a at the end (Music -> Musix -> Amusix -> Xisuma)
X is ripped
X has dyspraxia
X and Joe are the only hermits to have part of season 1 and never gone inactive - they’ve never Not been hermits, ever.
We all know X counts his episodes by total instead of by season but he actually skipped Episode 404 because of Error 404 Webpage not found
Etho had a block made in his honour in an April Fool’s update called the Etho Slab
There’s a solid chance Etho has never paid for Minecraft ever (he seemingly has no cam account and got MC before it cost money)
Scar was a really good swimmer when he was younger and was notably good at the butterfly
Doc is the current oldest hermit (45)
All Team STAR skins were references to Team Fortess 2 characters
Scar’s cat, Jellie, was named Jellie after she tried to maul hospital jello
Ren was born in the same city as J.R.R. Tolkien
Cub is from Chicago and “Cubfan” is a reference to the Cubs baseball team.
Grian has a biology degree
Scar’s skin and Youtube profile picture is Indiana Jones. His PFP was made by ZloyXP, the Hermit Recap writer.
Scar’s an artist and not only owns multiple art books that he consults for ideas, not only draws all his builds beforehand, but is a really skilled oil painter.
Bdubs is also an artist and is stellar.
Scar’s “default” build is a tree.
Scar’s IGN is GoodTIMEWithScar instead of GoodTIMESWithScar because of the 9-character limit in Minecraft gamertags. He says this is because his channel is multiple games = multiple good times but Minecraft is one game so it’s only one good time. His cam account - despite being only 8 characters where he could’ve had the s is “BadTimeWithScar” and was called “RocketRodRyan” until 2017 (Ryan being Scar’s real name).
Similarly, Grian’s cam account, TwoMuchGrian, was originally “The_Grifter”. This can be seen in earlier seasons.
Scar’s Mayoral skin was the mayor from the Power Puff Girls. Scar does not know what the power puff girls is.
Grian has anxiety & panic attacks and mentions it sometimes on his instagram.
also grians cat pearl looks like a MUPPET
Grian once handwrote, signed, stamped, and wax-sealed a letter to deliver to Iskall’s real life house to invite him to join the Architechs.
There’s a fan term called The Grian Effect where hermits get spikes in their subcounts after collaborating with Grian.
There’s a several year old clip out there of Grian calling Jimmy a gorgeous and handsome man. Legend says he never complimented Jimmy ever again
In Last Life, Scar would be an evil little swindling scallywag and then edit those scenes out of his own videos. You’d only know the screwed up things he was doing if you watched other peoples’ videos. This is my favorite fact.
As mentioned, Xisuma started YouTube because he was inspired by Etho. He also looked up to Doc.
Season 8 was canonically a simulation.
Mumbo holds shift with his thumb (tbf I also do)
Impulse plays with an inverted mouse
Cleo was a teacher
Mumbo’s got a dog named Kubo. The Daily Mail newspaper used a photo of Kubo, among other dogs from Google, in an article talking about brushing dogs.. without his permission.
Ren is left-handed (my friend Carrot says that Mumbo, Jevin, and Imp are all left-handed as well, and Keralis “plays left-handed but I don’t know if he actually is”. I can’t confirm this.)
Bdubs dyed his hair blue once.
“BdoubleO” is a play on his last name (Booko). He worked as a contractor at Booko Brothers Inc. before doing YouTube full time.
Mumbo is allergic to oranges
Mumbo’s real name is Oliver “Oli” BROTHERHOOD. What a last name. In my mind the real reason he didn’t come back in time for the crossover is because having two Olis would be too confusing. He had a build called the Olicopter once as well. Similarly, Grian’s last name is Batchelor. This is ironic, because Grian is married.
Mumbo and Doc are tied for tallest hermits, both 6′5. Grian is tied for shortest with Cleo, both 5′6. Also, allegedly Scar is 6′0 standing??
James Charles is a fan of Mumbo. Pewdiepie once plugged Mumbo for Mayor and it got spammed hard and became like a genuine problem for a bit.
iirc Scar lives in fucking WASHINGTON
At the same time that Scar had to take a short hiatus because of his health, Jellie became sick and almost died. They recovered at the same time, because they are the real soulmates
All weird hats and items (like Scar’s ears, hardhat, and top hat, or Zedaph’s trophies) in Hermitcraft are actually carved pumpkins.
Scar HATES snakes.
He has two older brothers and we see at least one in an IRL Minecon video.
Famous Birthdays thinks Scar is 40. Nobody knows his real age, but he laughed at this.
Grian’s original name was “Gria”. It was taken on Minecraft, so he added an N. Apparently he still uses Gria when Grian is taken (according to Carrot).
Also, Grian never actually used the name Xelqua. Nobody’s ever called him Xelqua. It was a placeholder name when he made his YouTube account.
Grian’s name on YouTube got changed to “Sun” for like a day and then changed back. Nobody knows why. Grian does mean sun in some languages, to be fair.
Grian’s cat Maui was a contestant in the Minecraft Cat Poll that Jellie won.
Grian’s favorite color is brown (source: Carrot. Carrot did say that he added on that he doesn’t like picking a favorite because someone will get peeved)
Scar’s is orange, Xisuma’s is “blorange” (blue and orange). Zedaph’s is red, Etho’s is green. Impulse’s is purple. Doc’s is green. Beef’s is blue.
People originally started drawing Zedaph more prominently with sheep features because people kept confusing blonde haired Zed with blonde haired Grian when G first joined.
Tango likes to play hockey and taught his wife how to play as well.
Tango and his wife have been married for 18 years. They met on an online dating website made in 2000 called Eharmony.
Joe had a DND series on YouTube, as well as one about writing Hermitcraft fanfiction. The TSD in his YouTube handle is a reference to an old DND group he was in, Team Snow Day.
Xisuma made VanillaTweaks (which is the modpack the server uses, including features like Silenced nametags, miniblocks, player and mob heads, singleplayer sleep, etc). It’s actually avaliable to the public and you can customize it with features both included in and not included in HC.
Cleo used to write Final Fantasy fanfiction.
Scar’s first ~500 videos were recorded on a Macbook.
Joe’s favorite book is Hitchhiker’s Guide. Also, he owns two pillows with his face on them.
Etho and Cub have the same birthday. So do Grian and Fwhip.
If Bdubs could have any superpower, he’d want Mind Control.
On Mindcrack, Bdubs had the nickname Boo (b double o)
False was Sheriff of hermitcraft once and then got jailed for corruption.
Apparently Etho has the nickname “Ladders” because he always had them on him and preferred them to stairs.
Ren has a degree in journalism and BA in English Literature and can knit.
Bdubs’ red headband in some skins is the HEX code b00100. this is a reference to himself.
Grian did his honeymoon before he and his wife actually got married (iirc because Covid)
After an MCC, Grian bought a lordship title in the UK. He is offically Lord Grian Dreamslayer, after he killed Dream in the tournament.
Tango used to play clarinet. Also, Zedaph almost got arrested by 6 armed police officers and a helicopter while recording a video with a prop gun.
Joe has a degree in US History
Doc killed Dinnerbone in UHC and then Dinnerbone took his arm to nerf him and there was a bug fix mentioned in a snapshot that said “Remove ‘docm77’ mob as it is not working as intended”. This is the origin of Doc’s cyborg arm.
Pungence (a former hermit and Bdubs’ brother) originally went by “AssyrianAssassin”. His Minecraft skin matches Bdubs’ original.
Speaking of, Bdubs’ face was not always :D. It used to be :|, then Etho wished for him to get bigger eyes and a bigger smile. The world has never been the same.
Impulse used to have an eyebrow piercing
Hypno named Hermitcraft
Cub ran into Etho in real life at random once, in a store in Canada. He only recognized that it was Etho by his voice.
The Minecraft part of the Stanley Parable was inspired by Hermitcraft.
Tango technically joined Hermitcraft in Season 2.. because Mumbo couldn’t figure out his iron farm design and asked for him to be whitelisted just to help him. He was blacklisted right after.
Etho used to work in a family owned greenhouse business.
Season 1 had to be reset two separate times.
At some point (as in, YEARS AGO) Grian said his favorite pokemon was Dewgong.
Before HC, Scar, Cub, Wels, Ren, Iskall, Python, and Stress were on a server called Kingdomcraft.
etho likes mini wheats
Doc has degrees in electrical engineering, social science, and political science. He also has a PhD in dementia research.
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