if you're up for it, what mer do you think Grian would be? I've seen a cod before because well he does look like one, but i feel like he'd be different. Also, botem crew lives in a sunken ship?
he's a harbor seal :] + some mumbo as a treat
as to where the boatem lives – they don't live together :( pearl lives in a sunken shipwreck, impulse(walrus) has his little island and doesn't leave the coast often, while scar grian and mumbo are mostly nomadic. though they do get together and chill at pearl's from time to time.
Helloo there blog! I just recently checked out one of your fics about the mermits! It was interesting that I came up with a silly headcannon:
Every season of Hermitcraft, there’s always been this underwater place where mermaids exist. Every hermit is welcomed. It cost like a diamond to become a mermaid and experience being a mermaid! ( I remember it was in one of the fics)
I feel like at least all of the hermits experienced being a mermaid once!
I could probably go on and on about this lol
Helloo there anon! That's an interesting headcanon! The mermits have probably always had a place to go, and yeah, once they've revealed themselves to the other hermits we're sure the other hermits would be welcome!
For context, in this au the mermits are: Etho (who is the one that can cast a temporary mer spell on people), Grian, Hypno, Iskall, Impulse, Mumbo, Scar, Wels, and xB. We've done a few fics that include Etho turning other hermits into merpeople before; his spell lasts multiple days, during which the subject can't turn human again until the spell ends or either they or Etho die and respawn.
Bdubs in H2DoubleO,
Keralis in Sweetlips,
Cub, Zedaph, and Xisuma in the main au fic, Deep Secrets, and
Jevin in There Are Many Benefits to Being A Marine Humanoid.
And may more Fishy adventures can be found in the full series.
See our list of hermits as Mers under the cut!
Bdubs would mostly visit a lot because Etho is there a lot - despite Etho always teasing him about his lovely pink mer tail. Bdubs insists that it's salmon-colored, to which Etho always points out that salmon aren't actually that color.
Beef wouldn't hesitate to get himself into the water, get a crash course on being a mer from his good friend Etho, and then insist that he taught him everything he knows :P
Cub would visit the mer palace frequently, too - he'd have fun as a mer. His tail is bright blue with highlights of white.
Doc's cybernetics may be waterproof, but that doesn't mean he necessarily likes to spend a lot of time in the water. It doesn't help that his merform is a bit unconventional. a ‘Leaf Sheep' sea slug to be exact.
False's tail one one of a sword fish, but she doesn't spend much time with the mers, she's busy being the queen of hearts and body parts. But once a Conduit was added, she's happy to pop by as a human.
Gem also doesn't really spend much time with the mers. She's visited once or twice; under Etho's spell her tail is very pretty and spotted, and her antlers turn into coral! But being stuck in the water for days with no legs is a little too disconcerting for her.
Jevin gets to be an octopus whenever he drops by! This is generally very conducive to him being a menace.
Joe is happy to stop by every now and again. Not to often but you know being a fish is quite conducive to building underwater. His tail is a pinstriped zebra fish.
Keralis has to stop by to see xB. All the time. His mer form is based on a very specific type of goldfish.
Pearl hit it off with a number of the mers when she was part of the Boatem crew, so she's happy to drop in whenever she needs a break. Maybe her mer form is based on a bogue - its scientific name is Boops boops :)
Ren very much prefers to keep his paws dry, but he's joined them a few times, as a dogfish shark of course
Tango doesn't like being a fish. He hasn't had a very good experience with it. Impulse and Zed did manage to peer pressure him into hanging out at the mer palace one time though. Never again, he tells them.
Cleo's mer form is a glass fish, meaning her spine is on full display within the tail. She's gone to the Mer hang out a few times but prefers to not get wet so she stays on land.
You have answered something from me already so feel free to ignore this but, I feel like maybe when pearl and Grian first met or maybe after they have gotten comfortable with eachother Pearl jokes about eating him, maybe as a prank but for a little while after he ends up using mumbo as a shield because sharks tend to be a little nervous around orcas (i watch way to much marine biology videos in my free time)
the only one joking about eating grian is mumbo himself tbh. the rest of boatem aren't sure if he's actually joking or being real n just waiting for the last straw to snap. pearl is deffo nervous around mumbo at first (im pretty sure orcas hunt great whites sometimes) and as the largest fish feels protective over her friends, but they bond eventually :]
