#justfor2am

[justfor2am]

Wait I need you to expand on gempearl in the mafia au situation I think you’re cooking something here

i simply think gem should be this feared daughter soon-to-inherit the "family business" and happens to offer a down-on-her-luck pearl a loan that she certainly can't pay back, and thus is put to work in gem's circle as a "cleaner lady" :]

and then yuri eventually ofc

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hey! i haven't checked in for a while so idk if you already know, but for some reason your general and sketch art tags in your pinned post are broken :((

i think tumblr updated how tagging works so everything got all messed up, not sure. just thought i'd let you know :) hope your day is going well!

Oh, I didn't notice!! Thank you for letting me know!

They should be fixed now <3 the URLS have "20%" instead of a - for the spaces in tags now for some reason.

[justfor2am]

i made a grumbo edit :]

[justfor2am]

I'm writing this letter, and wishing you well. — explicit

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Edit: Chapter NINE Out Now!!! It's OVER!!!! Words: 25.5k

Status: Bi-Weekly Updates, Currently 9/9

Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP

Relationships: Redscape, Grumbo, Scarian

Summary: There isn’t time for youth when you’re royalty. Mumbo and Scar are well aware of that fact, their hasty betrothal one they now have to live with for the rest of their lives. And as Grian, Mumbo’s devoted, life-long servant, is dragged along to a new land, and a new life, to serve them both, there’s only so much heartbreak the three of them can manage. If only there was a way out.

Organized By: @hermitshippingbigbang

[justfor2am]

huitzil — hummingbird [teen + up rating]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Words: 9127 Status: Chapter 2/8 Fandoms: Hermitcraft Relationships: Mumbo K. Jumbo & GoodTimesWithScar Art Created By: @lucasleppy and @chillingxy ! Please go check it out HERE! Summary:

I’m sorry, but I don’t want to drop you—” the stranger apologized, their voice fading away for a moment before drawing close again, picking him up once more.

He was set inside a scarf that had been looped around several times, making a small, warm nest for him. His slowly blinked his eyes open to look at his rescuer, but even that small effort felt herculean.

“You, you rest now, okay?” the stranger said, his eyebrows furrowed worriedly. {...}

He could hear his new caretaker mutter to himself, but the words were nothing more than white noise.

Something about terrible luck. Something about hummingbirds.

Organized By: @mcytblraufest !!!

[justfor2am]

grian "i don't do lore" my fucking ASS

spoilers for his newest hermitcraft episode btw

sooooooo what the FUCK king. grian. my dude. buddy. champ. whatever fucking sniffles he got made his brain go haywire and i'm living for it.

we got:

-grian still actively trying not to resist (and failing let's be real)

-because despite using a legal loophole to create "adventure" tasks instead of "quests" that's still very much defying the king's rule

-partied in the king's vault and accidentally (real) stole from the king

-he put words into grumbot prime's mouth, which is the main thing i wanna talk about

whatever timeline grumbot prime came from is SUPER fucked up. grian calls prime his son, but prime only refers to our grian as 'father' and not 'dad' the way our grumbot used to.

and the way prime reacts to having words (literally) put into his mouth tells us so much about his universe. we know that in his timeline mumbo won the mayoral-ship, and logically speaking would've received upgrades to continue helping with mumbo's mayor term (hence why he looks so much more advanced that our grumbot!)

given that mumbo is, well, mumbo, it's easy to assume that grian and prime would've been the ones really running the show over the shopping district. and prime, their prized advisor, fulfills his only purpose to give answers.

but what happens if he gives an answer that his grian didn't like? grian would not be above changing prime's words to suit his own needs, after all, prime's just a machine.

to prime, mumbo and grian are his Fathers with a capitol F. his creators. there isn't the same emotional bond that our grian has with his grumbot, and this is telling in his tone.

prime has been visually unemotional, cold and robotic up until grian messes with his messages. only now is he angry, and flat out threatens our grian.

something bad happened in prime's timeline, and he isn't above making that known.

grumbot's been taken advantaged of in his own timeline, has had his advice overlooked from uncaring creators.

"my grian was sorry too" to me indicates that one of the instances that his grian changed his words, led to a dangerous outcome.

whether that means that someone bad happened to the alternate shopping district, or to prime's grian specifically, i hope we find out soon.

[justfor2am]

fullmetal alchemist hermit au!!!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

you want to read it soso bad. do it now peace and love <3

[justfor2am]

sanders sides and situational context

okay i'm adding nuance to my sanders sides take because i feel like it needs to be said.

i don't think having sanders sides episodes be ad reads are a bad thing. it's important to remember that this is thomas' livelihood and he has people to pay.

i also don't think fluff is a bad thing, and i genuinely miss when episodes were light and breezy. (which, reminder: that's what the Aside videos were meant to be.)

i don't think having a fluff, time-filling video for an ad read is bad.

but i DO think that doing an ad read for a series that has not had a main plot-centric episode uploaded in roughly 2 years while the fanbase is held in update-less limbo isn't exactly a good look.

i've seen several people try to play the "gotcha!" card of: "well the crofters video was an ad too!"

firstly, as i said: it's not a bad thing for a sanders sides episode to be an ad.

secondly, the crofters video was uploaded April 19th, 2018. the next video, Learning New Things About Ourselves (the puppet episode) was uploaded October 29th, 2018.

roughly six months. LNTAO was a high-production video, and the delay was more than understandable. however, six months compared to two years isn't exactly a fair comparison.

(side tangent: i've seen some people talking about a supposed bonus episode made that was locked to patreon; i don't have patreon nor am i fully informed about the situation or if it's even real so i have no opinion no the matter.)

i have not seen the newest video yet, but i am excited to do so. i have missed these characters greatly and they hold a special place in my heart. but that does not negate my frustrations with thomas + co. about how disjointed this series has become.

in no way am i demanding new content. in this age of the push for endless content consumption, i am not asking nor expecting an indie team such as them to create new episodes every week as it used to be. that would be ridiculous.

i'm asking for clarity. that thomas would occasionally tweet "scripting is 1/2 done!" or "we're slowing sanders sides production to focus on other projects/ensure that the finale product is up to our stands/take a break."

if the thomas and/or team were to say "hey, we're going radio-silent for the next few months to really focus on the finale, don't expect any new content for a while", i would scream for joy. because then at least we would know to wait, and roughly for how long.

it's the fact that we sort of get new unrelated videos at the same time that this really high-production finale is getting workshopped that concerns me. this is not healthy time-management.

it feels disingenuous to keep fans in the dark about a very high-production (and fan-funded given patreon,) end-of-season 4-parter, and announce more merchandise for a series that has felt as though it were abandoned.

i'm certain it's difficult behind the scenes, and i wish the team would let off some of that pressure to release smaller, low-production videos that are slice-of-life and less taxing to create. (probably once a month at best.) or at bare minimum, the fans are better informed on the timeline of production, so that the waiting feels less infinite.

i'm not expecting anything to change. and while i joke about being angry with the team, i'm not. i'm not even disappointed, really.

in truth, i fear for the future of the series if things continue at this rate. and i hope the team takes the time to acknowledge this stagnant feeling within the fandom and take measures to counter it. that's all i can hope for.

tl;dr people have a right to be frustrated with the new video, people have a right to be happy with the new video, and updates on production would be nice, though it shouldn't be expected as much as i hope for it.

thanks for reading