#falsegem

[djts-arts]

Valentine's day is a week away so it's time to

💝Pick your Valentine💘

[uncooked-glass]

Oooh music and rarepairs? How about… falsegem and number 23 please!

OOOH I've never written False before (or Gem's POV, for that matter!). I'm sorry if either of thm feel out-of-character, but hope you like the result :))

Gem tried and failed to muster up another joke. It was always like this with False; she was brilliantly observant, to the point where nothing escaped her. Even Gem’ s flawless smile and laugh deflection tactic didn’t work on her.

This is loosely inspired by the new HermitCraft season, where Gem decided to build a path connecting the northernmost and southernmost hermits' bases! Also, I made False an avian because I saw it like once and really liked the idea :D

You’ve Been Running Around

Gem was exhausted.

Her palms were red and streaked with blisters: a lightning-strike of a line where she’d been holding onto the shovel. A crust of dried mud had settled over her boots and the ends of her trousers. Her braid was disarrayed, with loose ends and scraps of hair hanging lifeless over her face.

It had been a fun idea; digging paths to connect all the Hermits’ bases. She’d been working all day, digging all the way from Keralis’ island to Tango’s castle. It was fun, she’d told herself when the sun climbed and heat began to bear down on her—and it was fun, seeing how many beautiful structures the others had built.

And it hurt. Stiffness twisted through her shoulders whenever she straightened. The exposed skin on her neck had hardened into a sunburnt shell. 

But she was so close to being done.

Just the final loop. Then I can go home and sleep.

A whoosh stirred the air above her head. Gem glanced up, lifting a hand to shield herself from the sun. The distant hills were eclipsed by a white wing as False alighted on the ground. Between the light glancing off her goggles and the hair strewn about her face, Gem couldn’t quite make out her expression. For an alarmed moment, she wondered how long she’d been following her; False had a tendency to circle and eavesdrop.

Oh, I hope she didn’t see me fall over back there. Better fix up my image. “Hey, False!” Gem put on her biggest, brightest grin and stood up straight. 

“Look at you.” False lifted her goggles and brushed her hair out her eyes. When she took in Gem’s dishevelled state and the shovel in her hands, her eyebrows lifted. “How’s the path going?”

“Oh, it’s going great,” replied Gem. She drove the shovel into the dirt and leaned on it. She was aiming for something confident; look how hard I’ve been working and how good I look doing it. It was only slightly ruined by the fact that she almost missed the shovel.

“Right.” False sounded unconvinced. “Not to interrupt your flow, but have you had a rest… at all?”

Gem frowned to herself. Had she rested? “Well, technically, yes. Tango showed me his base, and Skizz and Ren dropped by. They’re going Trial Chambering, I think. They want Mumbo.”

“Mumbo?” False wrinkled her nose. “That’s… not who I’d bring to a trial chamber.”

Gem snorted. “Yeah. I wished them luck.”

False’s laugh didn’t reach her eyes; they were lingering on Gem’s, discerning as ever. Gem tried and failed to muster up another joke. It was always like this with False; she was brilliantly observant, to the point where nothing escaped her. Even Gem’ s flawless smile and laugh deflection tactic didn’t work on her.

“Gem.” False took her arm gently. Her leather flight glove was startlingly cool against Gem’s hand. Wow, am I that warm?

False pulled her into her arms.

Gem’s head settled into the safe space, tucked under False’s chin. White wings wrapped around her back, shielding her from the endless beating of the sun. False smelled like petrichor and wind; like a forest at the top of a mountain.

A kiss pressed itself to Gem’s temple. “Bit better?”

Gem groaned in response.

False chuckled. “All right, then. I think we get you washed up and lying down for a bit.”

“I don’t need to,” Gem protested, but she could already feel her resolve ebbing.

“Yeah, yeah. Come on, love.”

[artsy-book]

The Curse Of The Eclipse: The Movie

my @mcyt-valentines drawing for @canadiankakashi!!! :D the pairings i was given were so fun so i had to work all of them in ^-^ and i had to make a sort movie poster with xisuma's music again because the opportunity was too good hehe

anyway more rambling and some closeups under the cut <3

okay first i need to say that this took around 49 hours to finish which honestly is less time than i figured it would take! this drawing felt (and still does honestly) like it would be such a big undertaking and part of me was worried that i wouldn't be able to finish it in time or to my liking. BUT I DID!!! ^-^

the idea i went with for this drawing was a moon big apocalypse movie of sorts :D i did intend initially to draw a big moon but i ended up not laying out the drawing for that. but i did try to allude to it with the graffiti of the big red moon in each of the sections! and fun fact; i didn't plan on doing that, it was just an in the moment thing hehe.

and the order of the sections was intentional! martyn and ren out in the wilderness on top (this was the section i planned on having the moon visible), followed by false gem and cleo in the abandoned city (i had debated including the moon here too but concluded it wouldn't be very readable at the scale so no moon here), and then etho and xisuma in the tunnels of the subway! in my mind its like the journey to "safety" of sorts :)

and the backgrounds!! they were such a trust the process thing lmaoooo I spent a lot of time painting over the same things multiple times to help achieve the atmosphere and look i was hoping for. and i tried having no lineart for the backgrounds so that i wouldn't be as worried about having everything so perfect and i think that played out really well :D i especially love it for the subway part!!

and the graffiti!! i had a LOT of fun playing around with it a lot hehe especially with the subway. i love the lil drippy look i got so it looks a lot more like it was spray painted on! and i feel like i did an alright job at getting the graffiti to look like its actually on the buildings and the trains! and on the right building partially behind the overgrowth i snuck in Emporic Rain (Soulside Eclipse song)! that was more of a last minute easter egg but i thought it was fun and fitting ^-^

and the graffiti down in the subway i found both more tricky but also easier. tricky in that i didn't really have an ideas for creative graffiti, especially that i could do at the scale needed in the space i had. but easier in that i could just slap some colours together at the end and it would look good and make sense why you can't tell what it is. so i did a mix of the slapping colours on the trains and writing some more drippy words! and i snuck another Soulside Eclipse song that i have used in the previous art (Black Hordes Rising) which i was SO HAPPY i was able to fit!!

anyway i think that's it for my rambling hehe ^-^ here are the closeups!!

[elven-kisses]

I don't know if you're still taking art requests, but can I get some cute e2!FalseGem??

I got a bit carried away with this to be honest

[hmshermitcraft]

You’d think that being a dragon hybrid was fun. Gem was convinced it was the opposite. She’d been hunted down for her scales time and time again, and running away was starting to take its toll on her.

That’s until she literally crashes into False.

False hadn’t even realised dragons were real until she met Gem, who was littered with cuts and bruises. Dragon or not, she needed to get treated.

But who was gonna tell her dragons could be this cute?

False had always heard stories of dragons as being hot-headed, ferocious beasts that refused to listen to reason in the face of treasure. What she meets instead is certainly annoyed, but an also very flustered Gem who's already trying to pick herself up and leave.

False convinces her to stay in order to look after her wounds. What would she do with Gem's scales anyway? Besides admire them, they're gorgeous. Even better once she's got all this blood cleaned off them...

[waveridden]

it's @mcytsapphiczine posting day and i got to write two pieces!!! wow!!!!!

first snow is a winter-themed false/gem piece about the end of the world and how the world keeps turning anyways

honey, honey is a spring-themed shubble/mog piece about first dates, new friends, and new experiences

thank you again for inviting me to the zine and making such a great experience!!

[rutellingmeashrimpfriedthisrice]

MCYT Yuri Week Day Five!

Prompt: Rarepair

Ship: False (FalseSymmetry)/Gem (GeminiTay)

Series: Empires SMP (season two)/Hermitcraft SMP (season nine)

Word Count: 1,007

@mcyt-yuri-week

Gem could tell the difference instantly. The way she spoke, the way she moved, everything was so different, yet so distinctly her.

This was her False.

"Gem!" False- her False said, rushing closer. Gem could recognize her anywhere, wearing her usual clothes and talking to her with such familiarity.

"False! Is it really you?" Gem asked, reaching out but not yet touching her.

"Really me? What do you mean?" False asked, confusion evident on her face. "Where are we? The portal- This isn't Hermitcraft, how are you here?" She asked, eyes scanning the redhead's face for answers.

"It is you!" Gem hugged her tightly. "I'll explain everything, I promise." She said softly, trying not to notice the confused looks her Empires friends gave her for being so overly-friendly with someone from the portal. "Come on, let's go to my kingdom." She suggested.

"Your kingdom? You have a- Is that a bear?!" False startled at the large brown bear now sniffing at the grass near Gem's feet.

Gem chuckled sheepishly. "Let me catch you up."

💜💛💜💛

"So you mean to tell me there's a version of me running around whose only personality traits are loving copper and selling iron? What am I, a golem?" False asked, drinking an offered bottle of honey as she sat on Gem's bed.

Gem chuckled and shrugged. "I don't know, maybe? You certainly aren't as fun to talk to as you are now." She said between bites of a golden carrot.

"What are you even doing here if everything's so…predictable?" False wondered, looking out over Dawn, which resembled Gem's elven base so much but was also so completely different it was hard to describe.

"I like it here." Gem said, a wistful smile on her face as she looked out over the kingdom she'd created from scratch. "Here I don't have to focus on any big projects, I can just…do whatever I want. I can make a bee farm one day and attend a princess party the next. It's just…nice." She said, shrugging.

False glanced down at her empty bottle and moved it to her pocket as she mulled over Gem's response. "Why didn't you tell me you were here? That here even existed?" She asked.

Gem giggled. "I wasn't sure how you'd take it if I told you I subconsciously created a version of you in my princess roleplay world." She finally answered.

False blinked. "You- You made this place?"

Gem shrugged. "Maybe? It has all my friends here, makes sense I made it." She said nonchalantly.

"Gem." False said, emphasizing every syllable she said. "You got bored, and made a whole world, just so you could be a butterfly princess. Do you know how incredible and impossible that sounds?" She asked, eyes never leaving the redhead's.

"Well when you put it like that…"

"Gem!"

"Okay, okay." Gem held up her hands in surrender. "It does sound kind of unbelievable, yeah."

False shook her head and chuckled. "You're insane." She said with fondness in her voice.

"Hey!" Gem punched her shoulder lightly, fighting back laughter and grinning when False snickered and punched her back.

💛💜💛💜

Gem waved to False from afar, noticing Scott's questioning gaze from beside her before she tried to continue her conversation with him.

Gem hadn't felt this excited since she "moved" to the land of Empires, hanging around False between her princess duties at every chance she could, looking forward to her friend's jokes about the other rulers of the land.

It was different with False. Her other friends marveled in the strange new land, not knowing it was made by Gem or that the people they met weren't real. False knew, she saw this as a game just like Gem did.

She felt seen with False.

But it couldn't last forever. She knew that. Gem always knew her friends would eventually leave, that she'd be the only sentient person in the Empires again.

She just didn't expect it to be so soon.

"Come on, Gem." False smiled slightly, rubbing her arm as she stood near the reawakened portal. "You'll see me again, right? Back in Hermitcraft."

"I-" Gem sighed. "I know." She forced herself to smile. "I just…thought I'd have company here a bit longer."

They stared at each other for a minute as the other Hermits and Empires rulers said their goodbyes before False cleared the distance to bring the Dawn princess in for a tight hug.

"I'll see you soon, Gem." She said quietly.

Gem held her tightly, eyes shut tight to make the moment feel longer than it was. "See you, False." She whispered back.

False turned to leave, but paused at the feeling of Gem's hand curled gently around her wrist.

"Thanks. You know, for keeping me company here." Gem said with a small shrug and tight smile.

False's smile softened as she moved to hold her friend's hand. "Any time." She said, giving her hand a small squeeze. She lifted Gem's hand to her lips, leaving a light kiss to her knuckles while the princess blushed brightly. "Until next time, your majesty." She said with a bow, giggling softly as she let go of the redhead's hand.

Gem clutched her hand to her chest, stunned silent as False turned and stepped through the portal.

💜💛💜💛

"Hey, Gem!" False- leader of Cogsmeade- waved, carrying a barrel in her arms and straining slightly with effort. "I've got your shipment! Sorry it took so long, I was…traveling." She said, setting it down with a heavy thud.

"Thank you." Gem said with a forced grin. It was hard to face this False knowing she was so different from her False.

"No problem!" False grinned, wiping some sweat from her brow.

For a moment, Gem caught a glimpse of her friend in the identical girl's smile.

"Do you…want to stop by the tavern for a drink?" Gem asked slowly.

False perked up, nodding happily. "Sure!" She agreed.

Gem walked with this False, wondering if she would ever start to feel the same as the one she loved.

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