i cant deny that vex grian is incredibly tempting as an idea, but i think yall are missing that fuckin everything is grian in the grastle?????
i dont think grian is a vex, i think grian is a cosmic entity that warps and twists everything around him into visages and thralls of himself.
lest we forget the waffle of waffleduo???
grian has always been unknowable and eldritch, but give me unknowable grian that extends beyond. give me a grian who cannot and does not want to hide his horror. give me a grian whose mere presence bends reality itself to his own will and his own image.
yall want my rarepair ideas? too fucking bad
scar x skizz: we love a working couple. i feel like scar would be just completely in admiration of skizz while skizz is like "i have no idea how i bagged this guy"
also the snippet in skizz's s10 e18 (scar: "did you strongarm him with your big arms and your biceps and your thighs")
grian x tango: toxic yuri. the creator of decked out who cant stop coming back to the idiot who breaks redstone by existing near it. they have the dynamic of clueless mortal constantly getting into trouble x deity who would move heaven and earth for them except they constantly trade off who's the mortal and who's the deity.
iskall x rendog: gay people who want nothing more than the other person dead but also they're both theater kids and they make out sloppy style. they hate each other but they also hate everyone so that's to be expected. they keep calling each other out like
"well at least i dont pretend to be king every few months!"
"well at least im not selling fake apartments!"
and then they kiss
if anyone has any art of these pairs PLEASE GIVE IT TO ME AND I WILL KISS U ON THE CHEEK
ren likes to sit in doc's lap while doc works. occasionally doc will try to explain what he's doing but ren has no fucking clue what his his darling husband is saying he just "rrf"s affirmatively.
extension of the previous, while ren is in doc's lap, doc will occasionally find himself unconsciously chewing on ren's ear. ren is so desensitized to this that he doesn't even notice.
extension of the previous, sometimes other hermits will find doc nibbling on ren's ear and get very confused. its only at this point that ren or doc of them become aware of doc doing this.
ren has a very sensitive nose that is very trained on doc's scent and he can track doc down to nearly anywhere.
ren will frequently go up to doc, stick his face in doc's fur, and take a big ass whiff. ("what's that for, dear?" "my dude, you are the best smell in my entire life")
doc has made a hypersonic quantum compound skeleton farm in an attempt to impress ren. ren doesn't have the heart to tell him that he's been chewing on one bone for eight years and can't switch now. (any new bones just wouldn't have the right grooves and bumps it would be a sensory nightmare [definitely not creating a slightly autistic coded rendog wdym])
doc has also made earplugs that specifically filter out storm sounds because the thunder scares ren.
ren likes to write plays and cast hermits in different roles. doc would never act in such a play and ren knows this. however through relentless begging, doc has agreed to help ren run lines so he can get the dialogue sounding exactly right
extension of the prev; doc gets way more into it than he'd like to admit.
extension of the prev 2x; only once has doc missed one of ren's performances, and even then only half of the play. reason being he died midshow due to a firework mishap.
ren and doc do in fact share a bed, however doc sleeps on the actual bed while ren has a dog bed. the dog bed is not on the floor, it is in the bed with doc.
word count: 786 (holy shit i entered a fugue state what happened)
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Impulse hooked one of the window slats on his claw and peeked down into the streets. The city was completely quiet at night. Bdubs was nowhere to be found and few seldom visited this late.
A bright white flash streaked through the sky and landed gingerly on the sidewalk. The figure was lightly luminescent, looking around the streets and then down at a piece of paper they held in their hands.
It took a while for them to find the place indicated on the paper. They slipped into the door at the bottom of the building Impulse watched from.
Impulse's pointed tail flicked back and forth in excitement as ce waited. A few minutes later, the door to the small apartment opened a crack and a soft white light streamed through.
"Imp? Ya in here bud?" Skizz asked from behind the door.
Impulse couldn't help but let out a deep purr at the sound of aers voice. He pulled the door fully open and swung his arms around Skizz.
Skizz laughed as ey stumbled back against the weight of eir partner, "Woah there, I haven't even stepped in the door!" Ey fluttered their glowing wings.
Impulse hung with tys arms around Skizz's neck, "I missed you," te said with a faux-pout. "We haven't gotten to be together in so long."
Skizz ran his hands through Impulse's hair, settling his fingers around cir horn. A contented rumble escaped cir throat as Skizz nuzzled into cir hair. Skizz's ordinarily silent aura shimmered faintly into view and emanated a happy thrum.
"Finally alone, though. No one around to find us out," Skizz said.
Impulse grabbed Skizz's hands and pulled aer across the room. Impulse flopped over the side arm of the couch, dragging Skizz over the edge with him.
Skizz yelled as ey went tumbling on top of Impulse, landing with a thud. Impulse grunted with a smile on cir face, laughing with Skizz.
Skizz's wings came to rest over both of them. They stared into each other's eyes, blanketed in Skizz's soft angelic light. The world outside the window wasn't important. Not when they had each other's eyes.
Vibrant azure. Shimmering gold.
Impulse raised his hand to Skizz's face, tracing a line down from aers temple to aers cheek. Pressing his claw against aers skin with just enough force to make Skizz melt.
Skizz sank into Impulse and met his lips to tyrs. Impulse was warm, hot even, in a way Skizz never felt except when he was with tyr.
Impulse threaded cirs hand through Skizz's hair and pulled em deeper into the kiss. Eir lips were cool, freezing even, in a way Impulse never felt except when ce was with em.
They eased into each other's touch. Every time, it was a slight shock to feel just how opposite they were. Every time, it got easier to give in. It got easier for Skizz to submit to Impulse's warmth, it got easier for Impulse to embrace Skizz's chill.
The kiss felt like it lasted for hours. The only light in the room was emanating from Skizz's wings, which had wrapped around Impulse. Impulse responded in kind, tangling cirs tail around Skizz's leg.
The only sound in the room was Impulse's demonic purrs and the faint pleased hum of Skizz's angelic aura.
That is until there was a knock at the door. Impulse and Skizz instantly separated, staring at each other with wide-open panicked eyes.
"Where do I go???" Skizz whispered urgently, jumping to eir feet.
"Uhh.. Uhm," Impulse looked around as ce stood up off of the couch.
"I thought no one would know about this place!" Skizz said.
The knock came again. Impulse's heart started beating out of tyrs chest.
"Just stay behind the door!" Impulse said.
Skizz stood flat against the wall, aers aura going silent but aer wings growing in brightness.
Impulse swung open the door, "Gem! Heyy.. What's up?"
Gem's ears flapped, "Was just going by on my nighttime flight... And thought I'd ask you if you could help me with a redstone thingy in the morning," Fae said.
"Oh! Yeah, uh- Sure thing!" Impulse replied with an awkward chuckle.
"Were you talking to someone?" Gem raised faer eyebrow while fae looked around in the apartment.
"Nope! Just me haha! I come up here when I need some peace and quiet," Impulse said, a bit louder than te intended.
Gem's eyes fell on the gap between the door and the carpet, where Skizz's light was peeking through. Her expression dropped into a smug look, "Alright, Impulse. You have fun being alone with your peace and quiet," She chuckled and left.
Impulse closed the door, revealing Skizz staring at him.
"So fae..."
"Yup."
"And fae's going to..."
"Probably."
"We are never going to live this down, Dippledop."
"Just shut up and kiss me again."
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the intention is that gem is going to mercilessly tease them, not out their relationship before they're ready
they do not live together. they have several houses they have built collaboratively and that they co-own, but they never live in the same house as the other. they have to communicate on who will take what house so that they dont accidentally plan to stay in the same house for any length of time.
ext of prev; they've tried living together. etho stays up all night clamoring in the kitchen doing god-knows-what when joel is trying to sleep, plus he sheds (wolf). joel sleeptalks and plays way too many pranks. they simply can't stand each other when they live together.
joel (tanuki) unconsciously leaves little magical traps around wherever he goes. leaves that explode when disturbed, pots that transform whoever opens them. he tries to control it but it's just his nature. an aura of sheer mischief.
ext of prev; joel physically needs to play practical jokes on people. if he doesnt, the unconscious trap-laying gets way worse and sometimes becomes dangerous. its all about trying to find healthy outlets for his mischievous energy.
joel and etho both have cat-style love. they love each other, but not in the same ways. they can't be near each other when they want to. they lash out at each other without meaning to.
to elaborate on that, they have periods of wanting to give affection. but at all other times they feel smothered by the idea of affection.
"he's obsessed with me!" "no he's obsessed with me!" both are true, but they're obsessed with each other at different times.
when their affectionate times line up and they can cuddle each other, kiss each other, be around each other and dote on each other.
otherwise, they act as if they hate each other because it affirms their style of love. if one is feeling affectionate while the other is distant, they'll send love letters, build each other gifts, express affection from a distance. letting the other know that they're still there.
that's enough for them
ext of prev; it's the reason they don't want people to perceive them as in a relationship. half the time they can't stand the thought of being with the other.
they have had a really rocky relationship journey. in the beginning they kept breaking up with each other and coming away feeling bitter and hateful towards the other, but they couldn't stop returning to each other. it's taken a long time to figure out how to stay together without being toxic to each other. what they've settled on now is what's worked the best so far.
The knock at the door set the trio almost silent. Skizz's laughter petering out and Zedaph's ears perking up as they all turned to face the sound. Tango set down his teacup on the plate with a gentle, satisfying clink.
"Who could be knocking at this hour?" Zedaph said. It was incredibly late. Tango, Skizz, and Zedaph all met for midnight drinks at least once a week. Impulse typically joined, but Skizz had forced him to sleep off a long redstoning cram session.
"Pardon me, shouldn't be long," Tango said with a soft grin, flicking pheir tail as phey stood.
Zedaph and Skizz returned to their conversation. Tango left the kitchen, leaving the door open. Ne flicked on the porch lights and glanced through the peephole.
Grian.
What could that pesky bird want now? Tango thought, niers expression turning sour and anger ticking through niers mind.
With one deft motion, Tango flicked open the locks and clasps and swung open the door.
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I shouldn't have come. Why would phey forgive me? Phey're not going to answer. Phey're probably asleep. I should just go. Grian thought to aivself.
Grian tapped its talons on the copper plated porch of Tango's house. It stared at the ground, scratching up a bit of the greenish oxidization.
Grian looked backwards at the crescent moon. He was just going to leave before the door opened.
Tango stood in the doorway, hanging pheir weight onto one leg. Pheir warm skin almost made Grian feel toasty, even with the distance between them. Tango standing just behind the threshold and Grian tapping aivs talons on the copper.
One or two feet felt like a yawning chasm.
Tango's head cocked to the side, niers flame licked the air and hissed discontentedly. Tango glared at Grian. Niers tail swished back and forth, smoke burning into the air through niers anger.
"What do you want, Grian?" Tango said flatly.
Grian stared at the floor again. It was awkward but felt better than matching Tango's furious gaze. It struggled to get the words out, as if a lump of coal was lodged in its throat.
Grian's heart started to beat faster, and he stepped backwards. Fight-or-flight was starting to kick in and all Grian wanted to do was fly away.
Tango recognized the anxious look on Grian's face and grabbed aivs arm, "Don't run away again..." Tango said, frustrated, "Tell me what you want to say."
Grian looked into Tango's eyes. For a moment that old compassion glimmered behind red curtains. That old flame burned behind pheir eyes like embers so-long-lost, and for a moment Grian almost believed that Tango might take him back.
"I miss you, blazer..." Grian said, sneaking in niers pet-name. "I don't like the way we ended things."
Tango dropped Grian's arm, leaving a reddish mark where the heat was. Phey glanced to the side, "I have guests over. You should go, Grian. We'll talk in the morning."
Tango moved to shut the door, not caring to give a parting look to Grian. Grian lunged forward and kissed Tango.
Tango stumbled back in shock of the brazen gesture. Grian swung its arms around Tango's neck and pulled phem deeper into the kiss. Tango's warmth seeped into Grian's lips as phey started to sink into the kiss.
Tango pulled away almost as fast as the kiss started. He whispered softly, with the faintest hint of a smile in his voice and the faintest twitch of happiness in his tail, "You should go, birdie."
And shut the door.
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I HOPE U LIKE IT I REALLY LIKED WRITING IT. i went way harder on the toxic angle than i was expecting BUT I LIKED IT A LOT
i know i barely post on this blog right now but im taking a hiatus. i cant really handle anything related to mcyt right now so im just disconnecting for now
taking this time to shout out my favorite people in this community to hopefully spread some positivity
@chipperchemical - always makes me feel nice just seeing their pfp <3 i wish this wasn't a sideblog so we could be mutuals TwT
@mirineii - one of my besties ILYYYY UR ART IS SO CRUNCHY IT PISSES ME OFF
@oddly-specific-hermit-headcanons - these always put a smile on my face and the mods r super genuine
@daily-tango-doodles - itty bitty tango! i love these doodles they make my day better every day
thats all for now. might have a headcanon or fic post to make me feel better later
send me a number and a pairing uwu
i'll write a short thingy, like a paragraph if im feeling it, 100 words if im really feeling it.
can be any pairing but im way more likely to accept yaoi and things on my fav ships list
dk for how long this will be open, but send in anyways
