I’m a sucker for ensemble stories My main is liveandletrain Original posts tagged “rain rambles” mc non-yt tagged "minecrafting" Here primarily for Empires S1 and Traffic Life Series, with incidental Hermits and More
Because tumblr search function is notoriously unreliable, to the point im struggling to find my own things when i want them for reference so im making this, mostly for myself but if you want to use it go for it!
That being said, my tag for my original posts is #rain rambles
I tag all the Technoblade memorial art I reblog with #technoblade never dies (specifically the memorial-vibes art, so this is a bit subjective but just a heads up if this is something you want to avoid)
I am on AO3
This is my pinned post on my main which is an index of all my fandom specific sideblogs
MASTER POSTS:
The AU In Which All the Marriages Are Arranged/Marriage of State AU
Empires SMP Season 1 AU featuring fantasy agricultural economics and linguistics and arranged marriages that cover the full romantic-platonic spectrum. This is my major project, currently. Everything relating to it an be found under the tag #marriage of state au and the master post has important posts, fics, art, and organizational tags linked on it.
Avatar: The Legend of Jimmy
Group discussion and brainstorming post that has spawned at least one au, and some fic and art
FANFICTION:
Adventures in Grian-Napping (Life Series Urban Fantasy AU based off of Grian’s LimLife AFK Episode) COMPLETE - Tumblr || AO3
Limited Life Oneshots - Tumblr 1 2 3 || AO3
The Elements of an Inter-Dimensional Prison Break (Life Series & Evolution SMP AU taking place overlapping and at the end of Limited Life) WIP - Tumblr Part 1 Part 2 || AO3 || Summarized [Currently in stasis while i rework it and revamp it]
To Walk A Mile In Each Others Shoes (My take on the concept of Double Life soulbond pairs sharing physical traits and abilities over the bond) COMPLETE - Team Ranchers || Team Box || Dessert Duo || The Boat Boys || The Homewreckers || Bad Math || Tilly Death Do Us Part || AO3
Gone Fishing (Life Series Urban Fantasy AU ft. Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss + Martyn. Oneshot) COMPLETE - Tumblr || AO3
Flip-Flopped Hermits (ficlets written for the hermit fanon swap prompt meme) STANDALONE COLLECTION, WIP - AO3 || Tumblr - Hypno & Stress Cub & xB and Pearl & Mumbo (bonus Grian) Gem & Impulse Etho & Bdubs
Marriage of State AU Series WIP - AO3 || Tumblr links in the AU masterpost
After the End (SOS SMP post-finale ficlet ft. fWhip and Joey. Two alternate endings, I recommend reading the second one first) COMPLETE - AO3 || Tumblr Ending 1 Ending 2
LIFE SERIES (and overlap) META & THINKY THOUGHTS:
Concerning Patterns
Out of Context Snippet from Future Fanfiction
Shortform 3rd Life Ren & Joel Compare/Contrast
Repeating Patterns: Smajor, Ren, & Martyn 3rd & Last Life
Ethoslab & LDshadowlady
Final Death Scars || The Diagrams Thereof: TAG FOR THE UPDATED VERSIONS
The original posts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
Martyn's Betrayal
Watcher Lore Meets Hermitcraft Recap
Rain Judges the Watchers for Feeding Inefficiently
Middle Child Jimmy Solidarity
Evolution/Life Family Tree & Relationship Web (Updated version at the bottom of the post)
Falling Birbs
This one messed up my notifications inbox for like two days and it is specifically inthelittlewoods fault
Life Series Wing Headcanons
3rd Life Flower Husbands: Fated Tragedy
Scott Smajor Has Been Spiting the Watchers Since Third Life
The Ship Burns Everything Burns
The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same
RANDOM BITS AND BOBS:
Life Series Lore/Bit Poll OG Edition (Season Specific Follow-up Coming Soon!)
Watercolor Sniffer
Skizzleman Skizzleman Does Whatever A Skizzle Can
The True Potential of Empires S1: Scott and Gem's kidnapping
MCYT Wings: Grian || Jimmy Solidarity || Pearlescentmoon || Philza || Hannahxxrose || Geminitay (not wings but close enough)
Mumbo Jumbo was the EvoSMP Escape Plan All Along
Empires S2 White Collar AU For the Poor?
My Most Correct MCC Opinion
The Price of Being Birb
i was so good at this water sort mobile game and i’m stuck on level like 348 and i’m convinced this one is impossible. i was stuck on it for weeks like a year ago and then quit and came back to it recently with a new hunger and vengeance and it’s kicking my ass i swear
If you use Firefox, you can go to the about:config page, search for "media.mediasource.enabled" and double click on it to set it to false. After you restart Firefox, all youtube videos will load entirely even when paused! This also affects other streaming websites :)
go to About:config
find media.mediasource.enabled and toggle it to false
find media.cache_readahead_limit and change it to 9999
find media.cache_resume_threshold and change it to 9999
additionally if you'd prefer mp4 to webm
also in about:config, find:
media.encoder.webm.enabled
media.mediasource.webm.audio.enabled
media.mediasource.webm.enabled
media.webm.enabled
and toggle them all to false
note!
this will limit video to 1080p
and use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dont-accept-webp/ to kill WebP
Fuck Google
This edition features work from over 40 artists and writers based on the events of Past Life SMP. You can download it from the link below; enjoy! (Our cover for this edition was illustrated by @anneliis18!)
And with that, we are getting things started! As a brief reminder for those new to the event -- AU Roulette is a casual fic-writing challenge encouraging fanfic authors to play around with different types of alternate universe stories, which will be randomly assigned to each participant regardless of the fandom they sign up with.
Writers will be able to sign up from May 10th-31st with a fandom of their choice. At the start of June, each participant will be assigned three AUs from a masterlist using a random number generator. Each author will then have the choice of completing the challenge one, two, or all three of the AUs. Any fic exceeding a 500-word minimum will be considered a completion, so long as it employs the AU premise. Fics can then be posted at any point during the month of June.
As a reminder: The fandom you signed up with is used to filter AU assignments, in order to minimize re-rolls! (For example, someone signing up with "The Lord of the Rings" will not be assigned a High Fantasy AU). Please only sign-up with one fandom.
The sign-up link can be found here. Please feel free to spread it around and get the word out about this year's event!
// "There's been sanity in this trip, and I appreciate that! I havent had the urge to stab any of you!" , delighted Cleo. And indeed, eerie crypts and mystic tomes are quite good for anyone with a modicum of taste. //
A snippet of a Cleo, Drift, Shelby and Pearl on a trip in session 2, personally felt this moment in the soul, every trip I pick the creepiest historical location possible and have a splendid time.
Me writing this ask just proves the op’s point but oh well lol
I think part of why pearl fans are so into analysis is because Pearl’s double life narrative was the hook / gateway into being a pearl fan for a majority of the fanbase. Pearl is also one of the lifers who is very keenly aware that she is playing a character during the life series and has directions that she intends on playing out. In fact, all of the divorce quartet were very aware they were playing characters / constructing a narrative together, all of which helped set up Pearl for a cathartic & satisfying ending win!
It’s also the fact that Pearl’s narrative is much more character focused than event focused if that makes sense? In that, her mental state is the key point of why her narrative exists vs events that just happen like with gem’s boogey army in secret life or even the cactus ring stuff. Events are eye catching and memorable, easy to spread around via clips or make cool art of. Pearl does not really do extravagent or explosive kills, but the relationships she builds with the lifers around her are some of the most interesting and complex in the entire series. So, naturally, Pearl fans gravitate towards relationship & character analysis. If fans wanted explosive and dramatic kills or cool action scenes, that’s more up grian and gem’s alley. Scott does set up narratives & complex relationships, but I get the feeling that any super complex relationship (i.e. jimmy & pearl) were mainly just accidental, because his playstyle is more just being the nice and helpful guy.
A part of it is also due to Pearl’s passive personality interacting with very strong personalities like Scott, Cleo, Gem, etc. Pearl is kind of the perfect pawn to manipulate a narrative around, because she doesn’t really fight back against the imposed reputation she’s given. “Scarlet Pearl” “Witch” “Pathetic wet cat” are all “negative” tags attatched to her, but she absorbed and embraced the titles into her character.
Also, she’s just prime material for angst. Which I feel like a lot of people who also write analysis are also very into.
Yeah I mean you got it. I don’t think I’ve got much more to add, you’ve got it. Pearl’s play style makes her perfect for character analysis because she is, by nature, a solitary player who spends her seasons reaching out for connection and interaction. Big events and explosive kills are fun and stuff but, frankly, I have enough of an attention span that I don’t need that to like Pearl’s videos. I don’t actually enjoy videos where crazy stuff happens every two seconds and I have to hear the YouTuber screaming constantly at every little thing. I much prefer the way Pearl approaches situations generally carefully and focused on survival rather than doing the coolest looking thing. She appeals to our little analytical gremlin brains because she gets you attached to her and her interactions, not the cool shit she does.
