#mcyt rambles

[sea-of-souls1100]

I CAN'T. I PHYSICALLY CANNOT. THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT COMES UP.

[astrono]

so.

[comrade-shrimp]

Mcyt artists stop whitewashing quackity (CHALLENGE!!!!)

[sea-of-souls1100]

Was I the only one who thought there would be 3 new Hermits the whole time,,

[sea-of-souls1100]

man. i love hermitcraft :)

[sea-of-souls1100]

I think that the Hermits have, for the most part, developed the habit of small touches on shoulders and arms and wrists when they pass by or otherwise end up behind one another. A quiet, "Hey, I'm going out of your field of vision but I'm still going to be here, please don't freak out." Be it a consequence of the Life Series, or a response to Etho's tendency to throw sharp objects and Grian's instinct to unfold his wings as fast as possible in the direction of unknown presences, or force of habit because nothing is worse than scaring somebody into activating a half-finished redstone contraption. I love you nonverbal communication I love you the intimacy of knowing someone else's habits I love you automatic accomodations I love you close-knit communities.

[sea-of-souls1100]

hi hello! you said in the tags of that hermit body language post that you like talking about that stuff so take this ask as me enabling you to talk more! i have a habit of taking notes on hermits' speech patterns for writing characterisation, but i haven't really been paying attention to body language, and i really like the descriptions you added onto that post, so i'd love to hear more on that topic if you want to share your thoughts! :D

Oooh, you know how to get me to like you >:D I will absolutely talk about this, thank you Echo!

-Grian is a fun one. He's in it for the ✨ drama ✨. Dramatic zooms to emphasize when he's feeling affronted, outraged, aghast, particularly mischievous, or extremely confused! I like to imagine all of these emotions come with big hand movements—he occasionally likes to punch the air. He's over-the-top but in a different flavor than Scar, and he has this unique quality of loving chaos but only if he's the cause. He's also one of those people where like,, if he's gonna try something new, it's okay if the first attempt isn't the greatest, but he's sure as hell gonna keep trying until he's at the very least somewhat satisfied. Dedication!

-Tango is also interesting, cause his in-game body language, like, doesn't match the way he projects his character at all. Even if he talks big, there's very little movement. He stays surprisingly still, and even when he gets excited I feel like he punches the air more than actually jumping and moving around. It takes a decent amount of emotion for any bigger movements from him, and I think some of that reflects how much he just. Enjoys thinking through a problem. He loves that stuff!! He'll sit somewhere and stare at a problem until he can come up with something new or he remembers some obscure game mechanic that can solve it.

-Cleo is very... Deliberate. If she's going to move, it's gonna convey something. Crouching to get closer to someone in a sneaky way, jumping back in surprise, almost never moving her head fast, like people such as Gem or Scar or Keralis do. She's usually not in any particular hurry to get anywhere, so she tends to walk instead of sprint and jump. When she's editing, she also has a tendency to jump cut to wherever she needs to be instead of actually showing the travel. She has zombie wine aunt vibes, y'know? Laid-back, friendly, sarcastic, and just a teensy bit unnerving.

-Joe, on the other hand, likes to pretend he's being deliberate. He'll act like he knows where he's going or what he's gonna do, but half the time he's... Mostly clueless >:'D He also rarely sprints places, and his flying is. Honestly kind of clumsy? I swear I'm not trying to bash Joe here, I love 'em. He's very self-aware, and tends to look around/take note of wherever he is, sometimes verbally—beyond just like, saying it to the viewer. He'll go "oh, I've fallen into a hole," mostly I think because he finds it amusing. He'll jump up on things if he gets bored. I've also noticed that he tends to make less in-game eye contact than most when he's taking to other Hermits? He'll occasionally glance at them and talk a bit, but otherwise be looking somewhere else.

[sea-of-souls1100]

The idea that Joel, to accommodate his 11-foot-tall stature, would rather put three beds next to each other and sleep sideways than make a long bed that could fit him normally is a fittingly comedic way to take his new sleeping set up in his starter base I think