#hcc bigb

[askthehcc]

So, the British friend group, what do you think about Mumbo and Scott?

Lizzie: Oh brother, don't get this one started on that one.

Joel: What?

Joel: What are you on about?

Lizzie: That day we went out for lunch and Mumbo and Tango joined us, you wouldn't let up all evening.

Lizzie: Poor Scott got an earful.

Joel: Well, yeah, but it was all banter, wasn't it?

Lizzie: Pfft. Hardly!

Lizzie: You were proper squawking around him you were!

Joel: Squawking!

Joel: I do not squawk.

Lizzie: Mmmmm, a little bit.

Joel: Rubbish.

Joel: Anyway.

Joel: I wasn't squawking, I just wanted to know what he was up to with Mumbo of all people.

Lizzie: Yeah... To be honest, if you'd have said to me before this that Mumbo and Scott would fancy each other, I'd be well confused.

Joel: It was a bit out of left field.

Lizzie: Yeah, but now that I've seen it, i feel like it makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Like, I can totally see them as little old men reading books together in little matching armchairs.

Lizzie: Do you know what I mean?

Joel: Yeah, I do actually.

Joel: I dunno, though, I don't think Scott would be that up for anything long distance, though. Not that long distance, anyway.

Joel: Mumbo would have to move back here if he really wanted to make a go of it.

Lizzie: Or Scott out there.

Joel: ...

Joel: Well, no.

Joel: That's not happening.

Lizzie: It might. If he likes him, it might.

Joel: Yeah, but it wouldn't. It's not.

Joel: Shut up, Lizzie, don't speak things into existence!

Lizzie: [Mimes zipping her lips]

Joel: Yeah, exactly. And throw away the key.

Lizzie: [Pouts]

Joel: Alright, not throw away the key, then. Just put it in your pocket.

Lizzie: [Grins]

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Martyn: Oh mate, I banked on it.

BigB: No you didn't.

Martyn: Sure I did!

Martyn: The moment I saw Mumbo when we arrived I could tell it was going to happen, honest to god.

Martyn: Hand on heart.

BigB: ...

BigB: You're such a liar.

Martyn: Believe what you want, mate. If I'm lying, that'll be between me and god.

BigB: ...You're such a knob.

Martyn: Ha!

Martyn: Yeah, alright, I'll give you that one.

BigB: ...

BigB: But, nah, for real, I totally saw it coming.

Martyn: Right, well that's the biggest lie, I've ever heard.

BigB: Me and God, Martyn. Me and God.

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Jimmy: Honestly?

Jimmy: It's just nice to see him happy.

Jimmy: I'm happy for him.

Jimmy: Yeah.

[askthehcc]

So what was like Martyn back in the days if Mumbo think he is kinda of an asshole?

BigB: Oof.

Mumbo: Yeah... you wanna take this one B?

BigB: Can I not?

Pearl: Well, I liked him!

Mumbo: Yeah, because he stood up for you.

Pearl: Well... Yeah...

Pearl: But he wasn't that bad, was he?

BigB: Yeah, tell that to the guys he used to rag on all the time.

Mumbo: To be fair, he wasn't, trying to be a total dickhead. At least not for the most part.

BigB: [snorts]

BigB: Listen, I love the guy now, don't get me wrong, but back then...

BigB: Well, let's just put it this way: if you'd have told me I'd be flying half way around the world with Martyn freaking Littlewood to see our mutual friend, I would've called you a not very nice name

BigB: And then I would've blocked you on Bebo. So... Ya know. Pretty stinkin' bad.

Pearl: Aw, poor Martyn! Not Bebo.

Mumbo: Look, he wasn't that bad, really, but me and B were kinda quieter at school. We just tried to keep our heads down.

Mumbo: And Martyn, well, he was just more rowdy, mostly.

Mumbo: And, you know, I guess... one of the less likable types of private school guys... You know, the upper echelon kind of thing.

BigB: Yeah, his family are from big money, like... Big.

Mumbo: Some of which I guess he had access to.

Pearl: Yeah, but he changed after all that, didn't he?

BigB: Well, yeah, later on after the whole... you know... the whole disinheriting thing.

Mumbo: I mean, yeah, of course.

Mumbo: This wasn't really a good answer, but the point is that he was just kind of not a great guy back then.

BigB: Really loud.

Mumbo: Which we weren't.

BigB: Problem with authority.

Mumbo: Which gave him a bad habit of fighting with teachers constantly.

Pearl: That... That one, yeah. Yeah...

Mumbo: But Pearl's right, though. Once he left school and got over the whole substance thing, he really did become a good guy. Great guy, even.

BigB: Oh, for sure. He's like, the most solid dude ever, now.

BigB: So, like, it's whatever now, you know?

BigB: The past is the past and all that.

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Martyn: ...

Martyn: I mean, yeah.

Martyn: What do you want me to say?

Martyn: ...

Martyn: They're not wrong, so...

Martyn: [shrugs]

[askthehcc]

Gotta know, what are the brits favourite type of tea?

Martyn: flat British breakfast cuppa for myself, obviously. A little bit of milk and two spoons of sugar and Bob's your uncle.

BigB: I can respect that, but I'ma bit of a fancy boy, myself. I like a nice roobis tea, but it can't be over-brewed.

Martyn: Oh, ark at 'ee, he is a fancy boy.

BigB: I am, I am.

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Lizzie: Oh, there's this raspberry and lemon tea that we sometimes get at the shop, if we're feeling proper spenny.

Lizzie: Sometimes I'll get some fresh mint from this little herb garden we have on the windowsill and brew it up in a pot and all and it's proper good, it is.

Joel: Yeah, it's pretty good, bit too fruity for me, of course, but I don't mind it every now and again.

Lizzie: Yeah and it really depends on whether or not we've killed the herb garden, too. It's about a fifty-fifty on whether it's dead or not.

Joel: Yeah, we're a bit shocking at plants, to be fair.

Lizzie: What's your favourite, Joel?

Joel: Oh, Yorkshire biscuit tea, mate. Bloody lush, it is.

Lizzie: Yeah, and no actual biscuits in it either.

Joel: Yeah, that bloody gluten can fuck right off, it can.

Lizzie: [lifts fists in a fighting pose] back off gluten, or we'll give you some of this!

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Mumbo: Oh, earl grey, I reckon.

Scott: And nobody is surprised about that.

Mumbo: Oi! What's that supposed to mean?

Scott: You're such an Earl Grey drinker!

Mumbo: I'm not sure what you're implying, there, Scott. Nothing wrong with Earl Grey.

Scott: [laughing] I didn't say there was, I just said I'm not surprised you drink it.

Mumbo: Alright then, Mr Judgemental, what's your favourite tea, then?

Scott: Peppermint.

Mumbo: Oh, big surprise there.

Scott: [gasps] and what does that mean?

Mumbo: It means whatever you think Earl Grey means!

Scott: Mumbo!

Interviewer's note: The two continue to bicker, following this part of the interview so we decided to cut the clip here. Like, seriously. Get a room.

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Jimmy: G, what's your favourite?

Grian: Uh, I don't know. Anything really?

Jimmy: Oh, come on, there's got to be something you like best. What's your go-to in the cupboard?

Grian: Uh... I guess just a normal tea?

Jimmy: Like a breakfast tea?

Grian: Yeah, sure.

Jimmy: That's cool! Simple and easy. I like it.

Jimmy: My favourite is Ice Cream tea.

Grian: You... what?

Jimmy: Ice Cream tea! I tried it once in this tiny little cafe in this tiny little seaside town me and Scott went to once and it was so good dude.

Jimmy: I bought like 2 boxes of the stuff.

Jimmy: It's so fricking good, dude, but it sucks cause I'm nearly out and I literally cannot remember the name of the cafe.

Grian: Huh. Weird.

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Scott: The Ice Cream tea? Oh yeah, Jim loves the stuff.

Scott: He's almost out now.

Scott: ...

Scott: Don't tell him, but I called the shop a month or so ago and have some on order for his birthday.

Scott: Actually, I guess it was several months ago now. It was before we stopped speaking...

Scott: Well, anyway, come February, he'll have some more, so...

Scott: Yep.

[askthehcc]

OMG BIG B do you have any idea how wonderful you are <3

My favorite person in the world!!!!

Sooo when did you and Grian meet??

BigB: Erm...

BigB: Gosh, I'm not sure I even remember at this point.

BigB: It must've been through Mumbo or Pearl, but I only started seeing either of them outside school in year 9 or something...

BigB: So... it must've been at a social gathering somewhere?

BigB: Possibly Pearl's house.

BigB: So, probably when I was 14 or so.

BigB: No details, though, sorry.

[askthehcc]

We know the staffs favorite drinks, but what about friends of the staff and the brits?

Skizz: Oh! Not to be too much of a fancy pants about it, but I'm quite the fan of a cappuccino, extra chocolate.

Tango: Pfft, don't let the working class hear you say that or they'll riot.

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Martyn: Just a good old British cuppa' tea for me, thank you very much. None of that mocha-cino malarky for me.

Joel: Yeah, I just drink black coffee, obviously.

Lizzie: Mmm, okay, then why do you always order a caramel frappe whenever we go out?

Joel: SHUT UP, LIZZIE.

Joel: At least I'm not one of those weirdos that likes a strawberry matcha. Who adds strawberry to their matcha?

Lizzie: The woman who's about to become your ex-wife, it seems!

Joel: Lizzie! You can't keep holding our marriage hostage to get me to agree with you!

Lizzie: ...

Martyn: Yeah, but you know she can, don't you?

Joel: Well!

Joel: I wish she wouldn't!

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Jimmy: Ever since Tango first made me that honeycomb mocha that time I came in too early for Grian's shift, it's basically all I can think about nowadays.

Scott: Oh, the honeycomb mocha is the all you can think about, is it?

Jimmy: Yeah, it is!

Scott: ...

Jimmy: What?

Jimmy: What's that face for?

Scott: What face? I only have the one face, Jimmy.

Jimmy: Scott, what are you–

Scott: For me, it's black coffee, the stronger the better.

Jimmy: Hey, nononono, don't you distract me with you and your caffeine problems, cause you know how I feel about that.

Jimmy: Which, by the way, I've been meaning to say– No, wait, Scott, wait, come back!

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BigB: My favourite drink is whatever Mumbo's beautiful moustache makes me.

Mumbo: [pats BigB's shoulder]

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Gem: I change with the seasons. Some days I'm all about the vanilla lattes, other days I just want something super sweet and chocolatey.

Gem: It's hard to pin down, to be honest.

Pearl: Except for pumpkin spiced latte season, though.

Gem: Oh, well yeah, I mean, come on Pearl.

Gem: You know I'm a pumpkin spice girlie through and through, it's just not available all year because someone in head office clearly hates me.

Pearl: In the head office of all coffee shops, you mean? Even The Hermit? The independent coffee shop where our friends work?

Gem: It's a conspiracy, Pearl!

Pearl: ...

Pearl: Well I won't drink anything weaker than a cortado, personally.

Gem: [slams hands on the table] A conspiracy, I tell you!

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Etho: I'm kinda partial to a green smoothie.

Cub: I tend to have a flat white.

Etho: Cub! Don't you count as staff, though?

Cub: Yeah, but the interviewer forgot me last time.

Etho: Oh, snap, that's pretty rude.

Cub: Indeed it was, indeed it was.

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Interviewer's note: ...Yeah that was my bad.

[askthehcc]

scott, do you have any mental illnesses?

Scott: Lol, no.

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Martyn: Oh, absolutely.

BigB: yeeee.

[soemthingsparkly]

you just reblogged a bunch of bigb stuff so i decided to finally watch his secret life, but then i took a break and went back to tumblr and my dash was full of bigb fanart and stuff and i was really confused until i remembered why i was watching his secret life in the first place

Yeaaaaah, I haven't watched much of BigB, either, so I went on a little research spree for his appearances in the next chapter of HCC!

This man remains a mystery to me and HCC Jimmy.