[mwapollo]

i think (= in my opinion, from my perspective, subjectively) hermitrcaft has hit its most boring spot since early seasons and i think (subjectively) it stems from the all-time low stakes in narration. what will change in the overall narrative if half of the hermits decides to leave on a several months long vacation while their friends and competitiors take over? nothing. nothing at all. stakes mean "if i don't act right now the thing i don't want to happen will happen". if i don't build this giant robot for our mayoral campaign right now we will lose the race, if we don't replant the soil right now the entire island will be covered with mycelium and the autority of our mayor will be shattered, if we don't ally and take action and leave right now the moon will fall on our heads, if we don't fight back right now we will never come back home, if we don't protest the poepoe right now we will be exiled or silenced forever, etc. etc.. and now whenever i watch the hermits i can't escape the feeling that i'm watching the same episode over and over again. intro - an overdragged one-person bit - the latest stream, condenced - inspiring but static build - outro. yeah sure i can just stop watching but maybe i care and maybe it's sad to see that it becomes a repetitive monthly ritual rather than a story

[mwapollo]

oh also i hope you know you can't tell a good story without being vulnerable. to have high stakes you must have a good conflict, to have a good conflict you must have a weakness or an unfulfilled desire or something to change inside yourself, to show those sides of yourself you must be vulnerable. you basically can't tell a good story if there's not a single bit of discomfort and not a single path you haven't already walked. the grumbo arcs of season 7 and season 9 are so great because grian allows himself to spill his uncomfortable and awkward feelings out even when it leads to rejection and silence. admitting you need somebody is a vulnerability and a weakness (narratively speaking) and I EAT THAT SHIT UUUUPPP. but now the only storytelling we get is in like, buildstone and npcs. the waterfall you've just built is undoubtedly awesome yeah but what about that darkness within you?

[mwapollo]

i think (= in my opinion, from my perspective, subjectively) hermitrcaft has hit its most boring spot since early seasons and i think (subjectively) it stems from the all-time low stakes in narration. what will change in the overall narrative if half of the hermits decides to leave on a several months long vacation while their friends and competitiors take over? nothing. nothing at all. stakes mean "if i don't act right now the thing i don't want to happen will happen". if i don't build this giant robot for our mayoral campaign right now we will lose the race, if we don't replant the soil right now the entire island will be covered with mycelium and the autority of our mayor will be shattered, if we don't ally and take action and leave right now the moon will fall on our heads, if we don't fight back right now we will never come back home, if we don't protest the poepoe right now we will be exiled or silenced forever, etc. etc.. and now whenever i watch the hermits i can't escape the feeling that i'm watching the same episode over and over again. intro - an overdragged one-person bit - the latest stream, condenced - inspiring but static build - outro. yeah sure i can just stop watching but maybe i care and maybe it's sad to see that it becomes a repetitive monthly ritual rather than a story

[thedemonastrophel]

I think this trian of reasoning is why I personally connect so much with season 7- aside from it being the first one I watched -it provides so much narrative and story driven interactions. The whole concept of a base hidden from the other players and the audience because the audience is an entity through which the enemies of the resistance could find said base, it makes you feel involved in a way that doesent compromise the engagement of the story. We don't have to say to suspend your disbelief because this only works if someone doesent find out about it through a YouTube comment or the twtich chat, because those comments are a part of the story itself.

Also the ability to have a reason for your build and a way for them to interact with other players is so interesting. You (a hermit) build something connected to the story. You log off, then come back to find it drastically changed and have to figure out how/why and what has happened since you've been away. Potentially create a reactionary defence plan to put into motion. There's so much potential for story with all of their concepts thst I think the earlier seasons used a lot more effectively, whereas here it feels a lot more seperated.

[mwapollo]

i think (= in my opinion, from my perspective, subjectively) hermitrcaft has hit its most boring spot since early seasons and i think (subjectively) it stems from the all-time low stakes in narration. what will change in the overall narrative if half of the hermits decides to leave on a several months long vacation while their friends and competitiors take over? nothing. nothing at all. stakes mean "if i don't act right now the thing i don't want to happen will happen". if i don't build this giant robot for our mayoral campaign right now we will lose the race, if we don't replant the soil right now the entire island will be covered with mycelium and the autority of our mayor will be shattered, if we don't ally and take action and leave right now the moon will fall on our heads, if we don't fight back right now we will never come back home, if we don't protest the poepoe right now we will be exiled or silenced forever, etc. etc.. and now whenever i watch the hermits i can't escape the feeling that i'm watching the same episode over and over again. intro - an overdragged one-person bit - the latest stream, condenced - inspiring but static build - outro. yeah sure i can just stop watching but maybe i care and maybe it's sad to see that it becomes a repetitive monthly ritual rather than a story

[arekayic]

(Mumbo says he has to leave)

GRIAN: Bye, Mumbo!!!

ZED: Good luck getting logs!

ETHO: Sounds good, Mumbo.

GEM: Goodbye, Mumbo!!

…

GRIAN: …Love you, say it back!

GEM: Gosh.

[mwapollo]

I was not expecting this blog to be where I found out Mumbo's engaged- 'scuse me is this fr?

i mean they didn't explicitly announce anything but they both love to show off this completely random non-engagement ring with a big ass stone on viki's ring finger since they've moved to france.... i wonder why

[mwapollo]

i miss grumbo :(

oooooh babyyy :( i knowww life is TOUGH currently for us grumbo enjoyers. mumbo not only has moved but is also engaged LOL

life's changed a lot since i was active on here and so has my vision for grumbo and how i feel about them and the fanon and the fandom... but you better believe me i'm still utterly insane about them & they're one of the things that makes me push through each day

[arekayic]

king…… king please……

[arekayic]

BROTHER.

[bellshazes]

bdubs, gayly: okaaaayyyy. [normal] i will be careful. etho, in the same tone: okaayyyyyy [laughs] bdubs, extremely indignant: oh, oh let's just make fun of me [garbled objections] we go back for years! etho: i like how you said that! [more insistent, talking over bdubs] no i LIKED how you said that!! i thought it was good! bdubs: oh it was a nice way? oh okay. [gayly again] okayyyyyy :) etho, copying him again: okaaaayyyyyyy :)

[mumbeau]

yknow what sure what the hell. he's grian. who cares anymore

[mcytblrconfessions-but-badder]

iiiiiiii dont see where people are getting the romance out of sfawtde/dawtde. genuinely. and it also just makes the story less compelling when it's romantic. like yaoi whatever sure but their dynamic is so much better not romantic? they'll definently have Something Undescribable going on, on account of derek's infinite knowledge, but that something is certainly not romance i don't think. play your toys but also it is so absurd how much of the fandom there is all about the shipping and romance i dont get ittttt ttttttt gnaws at my cage

.

[darkestbrook]

I hope they pirated Minecraft on those computers. I think Rocky would like it

[forrest13]

Inspired by a Ven Venbies post on twt, it’s genuinely so scary to think about cc not liking the headcanons lmao

[mwapollo]

saw a post arguing that giving character scar a disability is "borderline rpf" i think. we lost the fucking plot

[lorefulgood]

this is actually the funniest editing decision scott’s ever made. like yeah man. pearl picks the bits she likes to remember and forgets the others. now tell me, which one of you picked the bits of this conversation you liked to remember and forgot the others? go on, tell me. quickly.

[breathaaaaa]

Hey there!

[mightaswelljxmp]

they stand So close to Each Other all the time