#gemdubs

[smallknowingjester]

:33 < good morning sunshine!!!!☀️

[hmshermitcraft]

for the theme: from the water

bdubs species starts out as a tiny patch of wet moss on rocks, commonly found in and around rivers or lakes. as they age, their rock becomes more and more akin to a living being, an extension - the central nerves start breaching inside the stone. fairies born of moss, they call them in folklore.

a storm breaches the meadowlands in which bdubs resides on a pebble, surrounded by his kin, and he gets separated from them, carried away by water. he does not know how much time passes when he finds himself soaked and unable to move.

it is only then, weeks later, at the beach of a lake, a human picks him up, inspects him. the human, a hermit, does not know what they have picked up. out of desperation bdubs decides to do what moss fairies are forbidden from doing, from even thinking about: he begins the process of transforming his body into what resembles human structure.

"how dare you human pick my rock up? and to carry me somewhere, no discipline!"

gem, ever the curious deer hybrid she is, opens her basket only to see long ears, wings thin as washi paper and a very angry complexion matched with crossed arms.

"a moss fairy!"

Bdubs did not put all those effort in just to be called cute! He's not adorable! Stop 'aww'ing over him, this is a serious offence!

Gem agrees to help him find his home but... They spend the day walking in circles with no success. Gem has to call it when it starts getting dark, but promises her friends might be able to help! They're all very smart.

And even they can't seem to find it. Their worst fear is the meadowlands and community of fairies has been washed away, spread apart by the water. That there's nowhere for Bdubs to go back to.

And it hurts. Bdubs won't show it, besides being snappy, but... It hurts a lot. He thinks, as he spends more time with the hermits, though that... Maybe he has a new family here?

[incorrect-hermitship-quotes]

Gem: Do you have any pets? Bdubs: [remembers girls like sensitive guys] a cat Gem: What’s his name Bdubs: [remembers girls also like tough guys] missile launcher

[hmshermitcraft]

Gem has two massive pet flying fish who hang out at her lighthouse, Bdubs has some birdies, who’ve decided that the giant fish are their best friends and both parties keep showing up at the others bases trying to hang out, resulting in multiple jumpscares (mostly for Bdubs, no expects the biggest glowing fish you’ve ever seen hanging out outside your windows), Bdubs and Gem both find themselves hanging out and bonding a LOT as the flying pets play, unable to really stop them

Gem had to apologetically install blackout blinds in Bdubs' base, because it turns out giant glowing fish make it hard to sleep. Bdubs, however, had to just a apologetically brush out bird poo from Gem's hair from when it was her turn to tell them it's bedtime.

They are happy, at least, to find such good company in each other. Guess these menaces can be thanked for something!

[hmshermitcraft]

Fluffy Gem and Bdubs?

They spend a lot of time cloud gazing together, enjoying the daylight. They're people of the sun, after all! They sometimes forget the sunscreen though, and end up with awful sunburns. They ended up with tan lines of sunglasses once and got endlessly teased for it.

[hmshermitcraft]

Hermitshipcanon #495

As a waitress, whenever a group of boys start hitting on Gem, she likes to hit on the underdog of the group, just to throw all the alpha-male jerks off. Bdubs was the first to actually flirt back, though, and he was actually quite charming. Gem stopped her little game shortly after.

[incorrect-hermitship-quotes]

Gem: Bdubs and I are no longer friends! Bdubs: Gem, I feel like there are better ways to tell people we’re dating

[hmshermitcraft]

Hermitshipcanon #440

Getting lost in the mountains wasn’t Gem’s idea of a good time, but she has to admit, getting rescued by a dark and handsome (if not tall) dragon rider sweetened the experience just a little bit. Hey, isn’t Bdubs supposed to take off her wet clothes and warm her up with body heat?