have u read phantom prayer by @/shadeswift99 ?? its a cool n spooky af piece when we all had moon cult brainrot ab mumbo going into a downward spiral trying his hardest not to acknowledge that the cult is obvs not real n the moon isnt sentient or w/e
AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH
granted i love anything shade writes + mumbo related so…*twirls hair*
started thinking ab the similarities of mumbo n empires!pix and left a comment!! i mean,, the vigil,, the moon,, (mostly) inanimate objects that only hold power if you think they do…the nature of deluding urself yadda yadda
( bold is me, small is shade
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shade SHADE. ohhh how dare you. you've hurt my lttle skrunky so bad. mmm i love me some good mumbo angst. the way he looks at the moon, forcing himself to love it? the way you can tell how he's been through the song, the dance, and musical number before? this is not the first time mumbo has pleaded and begged and cried out for answers. ( does the moon love him back? does the moon even exist at all? ) my minecraft crops are watered. you could give red a run for her money
also this kinda gives me prophet pixl vibes. excuse my empires induced rambling, but the similarities/differences??? aghhh. mumbo is so desperately reaching out, trying to be something he's not, while pix can only gaze longingly at who he used to be. mumbo wishes the moon was real. pix hopes his visions arent. i could write a whole character study on these two and their echoes lol. anyway 10/10 fic, will haunt my dreams.
I've always liked haunted houses, it's a privilege to turn your dreams into one <3
I haven't watched Pix in Empires, but that certainly does sound fascinating...if you did write that essay I would totally read it. I'm interested in the ways that they and their relationship to their respective gods are similar and different, especially as it relates to that bit you mentioned about craving truth from emptiness vs. bearing the heaviness of something known to have substance unwanted. I wonder what would happen if the two of them met....
(And as for Red, imo she'd still sprint away with every last penny. She's years and likely thousands of words down the road from me when it comes to writing prowess, I respect her and her work so much. The comparison is certainly flattering though!)
craving truth from emptiness vs bearing the heaviness of something known YES YES YES YOU GET IT!!! two idiot fools /pos who are not destined, but have walked their respective paths in a way that mirrors the other. i might take you up on that essay haha,,, if i can spare the writing braincells to do so ( glares at my third/last life roleswap au thing. BEHAVE ) maybe itll be a nice change of pace. ive already written the copper king before, and mumbos one of the two hermits i watch. itll help me stop having feels ab my au martyn at least ( thats a lie, i feel things ab cs!martyn everyday ) writing meetups ab characters who have no right to have so much chemistry my beloved... ill be sure to tag you on tumblr if i end up writing it!!!
talking ab it makes me actually wanna write this thing ngl, have 2 catch up on empires first tho..
