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Life Series/Hermitcraft/Guess the Build/Empires enjoyer Author of Do I Wanna Know and Losers Lounge (AMA!!!!) Secondary blog so I can be silly over MCYT in peace

[canary-curse-57]

I need to become emotionally attached mcyt again

[silkwhim]

this is their dynamic right

[lectern-fullcauldron]

some great life tips I've got from Joe Hills streams and videos that help contribute to the Joe Hills difference:

Read into things you aren't sure about or don't feel knowledgeable about and come to your own opinion from facts (although be careful when commenting on complex business practices online because you might get quoted in court)

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of practice

The American military industrial complex is as evil as you expect

Keep jumping on boxes and you'll surprise yourself by achieving things you didn't think you could do

Malicious compliance is a powerful weapon of resistance

Never allow space for bigots in a community that you're trying to build. Ensure they know that they are not welcome or else you may become reliant on them for money

Be careful when putting jars of pasta sauce in the boot (trunk) of your car

It's easier to find out whether people are unhappy about proposed changes than whether they're just ok about it

When you mess up, acknowledge it and do your best to fix it (take mimic back to spawn)

Commit to the bit

[sajdd]

WHO

[mcyt-researcher]

Research: Understanding MCYT Boundaries

SURVEY LINK

During my time in mcyt fandom, I've watched as the fandom's perception of creator boundaries has grown and shifted into a cornerstone of our fandom, and yet we don't actually have any good data on how the fandom as a whole perceives them outside of discourse posts.

The goal of this unofficial study NOT to make a value judgement on whether creator boundaries should be respected - it is to understand how the fandom currently perceives and interacts with them.* Is respecting creator boundaries important to you? Has your favorite creator made a boundary list or spoken about it on stream? Do you find some boundaries acceptable and others not? Have you ever been the target of hate for engaging with boundary-breaking content? Whether you think boundaries should always be respected or you think they're being used as tools of censorship, I want to hear from you. What are boundaries, and why do they matter so much to us?

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This survey is a mix of multiple choice and optional long-response questions. It should take about 15 minutes if you’re only doing the required questions, and much longer if you choose to answer the optional questions.**

If you are able, please reblog and share this survey link around. Feel free to post it on any platform, as I am currently only on Tumblr, which is not representative of the fandom as a whole. In fact, I’d love it if it reached Twitter. The more responses, the more accurate the results will be for the whole of mcyt.*** Anyone in mcyt spaces, including creators, are welcome to take the survey to share their thoughts. However, I ask that for the comfort of content creators and the spirit of good fandom etiquete, please do not directly share the survey with any creator or post the link in any creators’ official communities. Thoughtful discussion is always valued over reactionary comments.

The survey is set to close at 11:59pm EST on August 1, 2026 - I may extend this date if there is still a high volume of responses coming in, or if there aren’t enough responses yet for meaningful data. I will aim to publish the results within a month of the survey’s close, and keep you updated on the timeline if that’s not feasible for any reason.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped beta this survey- you all gave such wonderful suggestions! I wish I could’ve kept every question, but in the end a lot needed to be cut to make this manageable. Please know that I appreciate every one of you, as this survey would not exist today without you.

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* Why I think this data is important to collect: The idea for this survey came to me almost a year ago, and I started developing it around February of this year. I’ve spoken with dozens of people about this topic with diverse opinions, read and catalogued hundreds of tumblr posts, rewatched streams and videos by creators and fans, and watched as opinions have shifted across fandoms in real time. I feel extremely confident in saying that every person on every side cares deeply about respecting others and creating safe, welcoming communities in all mcyt spaces. Where they differ is on how to show that respect, which kinds of expectations they think are reasonable in different spaces, and beliefs on how those in power should be using their influence. I don’t expect this survey’s results to fundamentally change anything - this debate has been going on longer than mcyt has existed. But I think it’s still important to analyze the actual arguments people are making and how they affect our communities, instead of focusing on expected behavior from others based on our own values, so we can see the varying expressions of humanity in each other and work towards a better future for our fandom. I don’t think we’re as different as the discourse may have us believe.

** This survey is designed to encourage all participants to think critically about their position and the effects it has. I am aware that I have my own personal biases, so I have taken steps to ensure that the survey is as bipartisan as possible and also gives participants the opportunity to explain their answers for every question if they feel the need. Because of this, there may be questions that make some participants uncomfortable. While I would appreciate knowing why a question has made someone uncomfortable, participants are always free to skip such long-response questions.

*** I’m well aware that any recent discourse on this topic may skew results if arguments on one side are more successful than another in convincing fans of a particular position. I still think the data will be valuable even with a potential skew.

[canary-curse-57]

Jimmy and scar,,,,, they match each other’s whimsy so well,,,,, and they enable each other in a fun and healthy way,,,,,,, and they read each other and play off bits so well in a way that keeps them on equal footing,,,,,, and they just genuinely click really well and have for so long,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I NEED MORE OF THEM I LOVE THEM CAN ANYONE HEAR ME

[foxalotlposts]

Another web weave I'm proud of from july-ish

Art by @stiffyck!

[canary-curse-57]

hey guys first time writing scar how am I doing

[canary-curse-57]

I'm having so many thoughts about Sherrif Jimmy rn,,,, Tumble Town,,,, scar and jimmy being besties,,,,,, also my own personal wacky AUs too,,,,,, but it all comes back to that silly little town,,,,,,,, I blame deltarune chapter 5 for having a yellow sheriff style character it's alllllll their fault

[who-suffered-more]

who suffered more?

sheriff jimmy

jesus

Voting ended onMar 23, 2025

anon submission, no propaganda

[liminalcritter]

Heads up, Martyn came out as finsexual on his most recent stream about 11 minutes in

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING ME I was about to go to bed but then I saw this and rushed to my drawing tablet while watching the stream. so happy he found a label he's more comfortable with!!!

for the people asking:

fin means "feminine in nature". gyne/gynosexual put an unnecessary emphasis on genitals that he wasn't comfortable with and he found a different label that moreso focuses on femininity regardless of genitals. the first one is the flag i saw him point out on the stream, the second is an alternative version of the flag without the symbol!

happy pride everyone, don't be ashamed of having niche labels. the human experience cannot be contained within a binary, don't be afraid to go out there and find (or even create!) a label that fits YOU!! (and it is also completely okay to not use any labels at all. you are wonderful regardless.)

[canary-curse-57]

super duper excited to finally introduce a new fic!! I've been sitting on this idea for a while, so finally being able to share it is awesome!!

Summary:

After dying first in Wild Life, Mumbo thought that was it; he'd lost, generally embarrassed himself, and would be able to just peacefully mind his own business until the next game inevitably started. 

Little did he know that the Losers had to go somewhere, no matter how many times they lost.

(In summary; everyone loves to talk about the victors of the games winding up in a space together, but somehow I've never seen anyone discuss the hilarity that is four Jimmys in one room)

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[canary-curse-57]

oh my GOD I'm so fucking funny I need to finish this life series crackfic immediately,,,, it's so fucking good I can't believe I wrote this im giggling so much

[canary-curse-57]

1435 words on the night!! I just have one more scene to write and then need to read it over before I post!!! it's currently sitting around 4572 words, which feels wayyyyy too short/way shorter than I was expecting, but overall it is what it is as this is truly meant to be a one shot (with maybe more additions as I feel like it)

[canary-curse-57]

holy fuck these last handful of sentences have hands bro,,,, writing today + edits made last night while doing a read through have us up to 5117 words so I'll mayyyyybe hit 5.5k but. it feels unlikely.

[canary-curse-57]

Love how Joe's stream went from discussing the woes of American insurance to nominating Mumbo to rappel out of a helicopter onto a sea oil rig thing in order to set up a Hermitcraft center of operations, truly the Joe Hills experience

[canary-curse-57]

oh my GOD I'm so fucking funny I need to finish this life series crackfic immediately,,,, it's so fucking good I can't believe I wrote this im giggling so much

[canary-curse-57]

1435 words on the night!! I just have one more scene to write and then need to read it over before I post!!! it's currently sitting around 4572 words, which feels wayyyyy too short/way shorter than I was expecting, but overall it is what it is as this is truly meant to be a one shot (with maybe more additions as I feel like it)

[canary-curse-57]

oh my GOD I'm so fucking funny I need to finish this life series crackfic immediately,,,, it's so fucking good I can't believe I wrote this im giggling so much

[vexcraft]

scar says he's a "big fan of yuri"