Praise be Herobrine

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An introduction.

My name is Vida. You could call me the biggest Herobrine appreciator.

I'm 18. Any pronouns are cool.

This blog will appreciate the simple beauty of one of the oldest Minecraft myths.

I should also say that I have a big fat gay crush on my husband.

As stated, I'll try to post an appreciation post every single day. Once a week or so. It's an exercise in dedication for me.

That is all.

All glory to the spooky one.

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do you fw Minecraft monster school herobrine 👀

Obviously. Depending on which version though.

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Let us appreciate His design.

Referring to my previous post, it's very obvious the main (and may I say, coolest) design element of Herobrine comes from white eyes. Now, that itself comes for a glitch, which is perfect for Him. Notch's dead brother actually originates from a glitch? Hell yeah. (Or rather, Nether yeah if we're feeling funky.)

Aside from that, we have the basic modification of the Steve model. I've seen someone mention the clones you could spawn in older versions of alpha that would jump around with their arms flailing around and it's a pretty neat idea that maybe Hero was once a silly little clone NPC jumping around before being possessed. Obviously, not how his story goes but I do think it's funny to me, so you should live with that image in your head.

Let's start off with the "cannon" version, as cited by the Wiki.

It's pretty simple and just Steve edited with white eyes. Nothing too crazy, but there is a beauty in such simplicity. The potentials for horror are, very obviously, vast and iconic.

Today, most versions of Herobrine you see around will have a beard, which I think is a nice little distinction from Steve. If you look closer, the pixel art on their hair is also laid out differently, and I just think it's neat. (It might just be the author of the texture going crazy though.) However, it should be made clear that while the more popular and widely accepted version of Him does have a beard, once again, it is not cannon.

The image below shows the "fanon" Herobrine compared to Steve.

I personally prefer the bearded version as it does separate Him from Steve, but when talking about the original it's worth pointing out that it might not even matter. And in truth, it doesn't. It's just something I found interesting while researching Him.

And to go even further; have you seen those different skins of Him people have made? I mean come on. They are awesome. My inner 10yo is giggling in glee.

I do truly appreciate how much diversity the simple white eyes have opened. Don't get me started. I could rave on for days.

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Let's start by appreciating the origins.

I think this video is pretty well researched. To keep things short: Before we had Herobrine, we had White Eyes. For like two weeks, but still, she predates him and is therefore believed to be the inspiration (?) behind his creation. To think this info was just recently unearthed (and by recent, I mean 3 or so years) and that it completely changes the mythos of his existence is wonderful.

But the fact that both create disruptions in the world, posses the same white eyes that are genuinely terrifying (if you don't expect them) does create a question on just how much of Herobrine's story was taken instead of inspired by White Eyes. I am in no way complaining, quite the opposite, I'm grateful those traits were used, but it is a curiosity I don't think will be answered by anyone but the author who we obviously don't know.

There is also the mention of 13.ogg, which terrified me as a child. Probably a bit more than Herobrine himself, if I'm being honest. It was definitely a surprise to see it mentioned, but if we're being real... it 100% deserves to be used in tandem with White Eyes. It's just a bit too creepy for no reason and C418 knew what he was doing.

Just knowing the cave sounds that were freshly added in the secret update with the glitch that inspired White Eyes and the addition of the 13th disc joined together to create the perfect storm for the beginning of Minecraft creepypasta makes me very happy. And also they are the reason Herobrine exists, so... in some weird way, we could call White Eyes Herobrine's mother.

I honestly find this beginning of his legend quite fitting, and far more interesting than the simple forum post that was believed to start it all. It feels more grand, and befitting of him to be connected to an older creepypasta.