tbh whenever i think abt scar's relationship w/ gender (his own) i remember an essay by susan schweik about the disabled poet josephine miles, whose disability meant that "'[she didn't] pose the same problems another woman would,'" and who was therefore considered kinda not a woman by her contemporaries. womanhood as a category alienated/marginalized her, because womanhood was defined around non-disability
it's not quite to the same extent for scar but he'd agree, i think, that his disability precludes him from quite a lot of conventional masculinity.
[CUB presses TAB, looking at the list of hermits currently online. He types in chat "Scar", then erases it. He types in chat "Sca" again, and erases it right after. He then types "Anyone up for some golf?" and sends the message]
CUB: Gonna ask people if they're up for some golf.
There are so many wonderful and entertaining dynamics where Scar gets to be as chaotic as he pleases while the other person yells at him in disbelief. Funny man ー Straight man (also knows as boke-tsukkomi, for weebs like I am) is a proven comedy duo formula that works, and works well.
Which is why it upsets me when people try to push Cub and Scar in this box. Because Cub presents you with a dynamic that hasn't been explored before: what if you thought everything Scar Goodtimes does was fucking awesome. What if you were completely down to get into any and all trouble with him without a single question asked.
What if Hotguy were the sexiest man alive. Well, he is, obviously, and Cub is gonna collect all merch of him that exists, and give him a dedicated corner in the museum, and outbid everyone for the Hotguy painting auction. Because Hotguy just makes him feel a special sort of way, you see.
What if the magic crystals were actually real. And they are. They possess secret, powerful capabilities no one can begin to understand. They bend time and space. You should totally visit the wizard in the jungle and buy everything in stock. Cub did that and Cub absolutely does not regret it.
Scar wants to abuse his authority as the POE, blowing up all shops that he deems unworthy? He should do that. Here are some TNT blocks.
Scar wants to burn down the s11 map, despite the hard work of the firefighters? He should do that. Here is a flint and steel.
I can keep going for eternity. Cub loves crazy. Cub IS crazy, he is Scar's wonderful mad scientist friend who he is a little scared of. Just because he knows how hard Cub can go. Every hermit knows how hard Cub can go. Cleo thinks Cub is the scariest hermit (despite being able to handle him herself pretty well). Doc, despite his evil theatrics, doesn't dare to mess with Cub. Cub can destroy entire Minecraft ecosystems in seconds just because he thought it would be funny. He is not no-nonsence, he is all nonsence.
And he loves his friends so much! Including Scar, especially Scar! He is an incredibly involved hermit who is always ready to help people and participate in community projects. He often laughs at Scar's jokes when no one else does. He always treats Scar with respect, seeing him as an incredible strong and capable individual. And he gets so, so worried when there is even a tiny implication that Scar might actually be in trouble.
TL;DR: Cubfan135 is the silliest man alive who is deeply enamored with everything Scar does and you should treat him as such
Etho: Who wants it?
Guude: I already have feather falling on.
Bdubs: I don't have any feather falling.
Etho: I'll give it to you.
Guude: I just saw your boots disappear too.
Bdubs: I just have regular.
Etho: Here you go. They're golden.
Bdubs: Dang it! Well, now we're matching.
(Etho chuckles)
Bdubs: That's what I get for making fun.
Etho: You're– you're opposite stripe of me. That's awesome.
Bdubs: I am!
(Etho laughs)
Etho: Aw, we're one of those look alike, uh–
Guude: You guys are adorable.
(Etho and Bdubs laugh quietly)
Bdubs: Ah it's perfect.
imagine being ethos lab at your stupid ass fucking desk stupid fucking mouse pad from a defunct 90s tech store rotting from the inside out stupid kleenex box stupid sideways mouse bitch in the goddamn canadian wilderness on your dead decrepit amish farmland nobody around for miles except the occasional car crash lights all off monitor at 30 brightness illuminating your face opening a screenshot of your wild life episode one recording in ms paint and very carefully zooming in and cropping it to perfectly centre frame the minecraft avatar of the man you have been in a back and forth gay ass faux relationship for a decade the man who has said before he would read fanfiction of you both romantically the man who has called you his boyfriend so that everyone can see he is the focus HE is the focal point of the episode he is the call he is the main attraction and btw this matches his thumbnail perfectly did you even know that? did you see his thumbnail because you see all his videos and choose to mirror it purposefully or are you so linked in all you do it just happened . saving that image uploading it to youtube (WHICH YOU NEVER DO) and hitting publish and then just leaving your desk and going to bed alone like it means nothing and if you close your eyes the monitor burn into the back of your retina shows you his ghost
The thing that really bothers me about this, is he doesn’t say “just kidding, I love you bdubs!” which would be a joke. He says “just kidding Bdubs.” So we all know that he’s Talking To Bdubs who’s Watching This Video. And then in a much softer more vulnerable tone, he follows up with the “I love you.” NOT JUST “LOVE YA” OR “LOVE YOU” WITH A LAUGH AFTER IT. No. Sickening stuff, honestly.
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.
ethubs who've been fwb for a decade getting to a new season of hermitcraft and bdubs turns to etho and waggles his eyebrows hey so when do you want to break in the new server and etho half scandalised says and what makes you think i'm a sure thing? and bdubs goes i'm not taking that from the guy who's always sneaking up on me trying to get his hands in my pants and etho very oh i see so you think i'm some kind of floozy and bdubs says floozy! and etho says you know a little romance every now and again would be nice i don't even remember the last time you did something nice for me without wanting something out of it. and obviously that's a lie and they both know it but now on principle they can't have sex until romantic standards have been met, except bdubs can't just give him flowers or a box of redstone and call it a day because etho will accuse bdubs of thinking he can be won over with flowers or redstone, and bdubs can't take him out on a date because a) it's right at the beginning of the season, the infrastructure of the server includes an end portal and a quartz shop and that's it, and b) see the aforementioned point about flowers and redstone. so they are at. somewhat. of an impasse. however they are still incapable of being normal about each other. theyre out chatting and bdubs is sketching and he's like man i want to paint this but i don't have any paper. wait. take your shirt off. and etho raises his eyebrow and says uh huh but he does, and then he's lying on the grass and bdubs is covering his back in oil paint and he says is this if this is supposed to be foreplay and bdubs says how can it be foreplay i'd end up with paint all over myself. and etho says so it's fine for me to be covered in paint but youre too high and mighty for it. and bdubs says well i don't get myself into these situations! this conversation obviously does not lead to sex. another day etho decides that he would actually like to try getting good at pvp again so drags bdubs out to a clearing and they get extremely hot and sweaty and etho pins bdubs to the ground with his crotch basically on bdubs's face and he's got his bare chest out and on any other day even one of these things is near guaranteed to secure him a blowjob, both of them together is a slam dunk, but bdubs just look up at him and says now i know you want a little more romance than that sweetheart. and proceeds to trigger etho's respawn twice in a row. then bdubs notices etho's nail varnish is chipping on his toes and so insists on doing it for him because etho always gets the varnish everywhere and so he's got etho's feet in his lap doing them and then giving etho a foot massage and bdubs gets hard and he looks over and notices etho is too and says that's very interesting. and etho says oh you think this has something to do with you. very cocky. and so they don't fuck. and it goes on and on like this throwing themselves at each other and getting soundly rejected for months until the end of the season gets announced as being a couple of weeks away and they look at each other and realise they haven't fucked in almost a year and a half and well. they do not spend much of the next two weeks finishing any projects.
Its already insane how often joel mentions bdubs but to say “imagine bdubs naked with beetroots covering each nipple” on stream and to include in your own hc episode is. well.
what is personal space to a cubito. i mean this sincerely. like generally when people are hanging out they stand looking at each other a respectable distance away, like you would if you were having a conversation in real life. but really you could get into a group and have a conversation from opposite sides of the server. prox chat makes a difference but there's close and there's close, you know? racing to get into the same bed. pushing someone else with your body. zooming into their face. standing closer than normal. standing close because you want to be close. standing close because all your friends got to be with him in real life last week, to touch him and see his face without pixels blurring their vision or the box of the screen restricting their view. but you, all you get to have is this.
I’ve been loving the pace of the Mumbo videos lately he’s settled into a really good rhythm:
Hi everyone let’s try build two (2) (✌️) trees today :)
Experiences the most emotional turmoil and artistic agony a human can experience for the next eight minutes
Okay 😦 I think I like how the first tree is going 😟 I’m really happy with how my base is turning out 😬
Hi miscellaneous hermit of the day your base is so cool and everything you make is so cool and you’re so cool let’s go stargazing together and maybe kiss on the cheek and forehead but no further ☝️
Okay :) second tree time!
Fourteen minutes more of convulsing on the floor and coughing up blood
I had a once in a lifetime experience a few days back lol 😜 because
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