If impulse and indulge were to meet would there be a way to tell them apart? Would he just, take impulses place and put him with limbo and Daz?
How would the hermits react to the notion that was never impulse? And the reaction to their impulse?
Well that first question is a pure hypothetical since Indulge has no desire to ever meet Impulse or take his place. There is definitely a way to tell them apart, aka, Indulge's eyes. They're almost always consistent of some pink, Impulse's, meanwhile, are brown and yellow. In their less human forms they're easier to tell apart, as Impulse doesn't have dragon horns. If there were a need to then yes Indulge would totally send Impulse back to Hels to suffer with Daz n Limbo. At least Daz anyways, Limbo has his own projects that don't consist of torturing an innocent even if he looks like Limbo's abuser.
Hmm, if any of the Hermits caught on immediately it'd be Tango n Zed 100%. The others though, it may be a little longer until they realize. If they found out Impulse was replaced they'd probably feel awful for never noticing and worried because "where the heck is the real Impulse?????"
Meanwhile I can guarantee Zed and Tango are tryna figure out how Indulge got to HC because finding out how he got here means they can figure out where Impulse is.
hey! i just remembered this blog existed, so i logged in to check on it and saw a few asks saying links broke. they should be fixed now, minus the discord link as the server isn’t up anymore
also, since i don’t use tumblr anymore, this blog won’t be active from now on. requests will not be reopening, and current unfinished requests won’t be finished. sorry for the long pause in even saying this, but i hope everyone has stayed safe - mod slime
So, I saw your helscraft refs, and I’m a bit curious about ren, bdubs, and Grian.
What inspired their designs?
Okay so Hels Ren's design may be overhauled so there rlly isn't anything there(sry) but I have proper references for Koray(HelsGri) and Helsdubs now so before I ramble
(Yes I made fan skins)
Koray lowkey started as just an edgy Grian because that's just kind of the aesthetic of Hels isn't it. He still kind of is, but there's a bit more to him now. His missing eye is inspired by a series of body horror ficlets written by @harley-the-pancake
As for Helsdubs, his sewn on smile is inspired by how Bdubs is constantly smiling. The vines, of course, are inspired by season 5 nHo Bdubs, and so is the tanktop and headband. His white hair is actually based on Bdubs' old MC skin with white hair instead of dark hair, and his colors are green n blue bc I associate those colors w Bdubs.
I don't tend to write based on other people's stuff but @red-rose-gown has been making candy related body horror stuff and it's been too good Not to get in on :)
[TW for body horror and candy gore-adjacent content.]
-Mod Slime
It was a rather soft thud that alerted Zed that someone was in his base, other than himself, of course. The presence of another Hermit was a tad confusing, as Zed hadn't expected any visitors. Had he forgotten about a scheduled test for the day...er… Night?
He grabbed his clipboard and checked, no, nothing was scheduled. He didn't really have anything scheduled, to be fair. He lived all by himself on a mountain, secluded from everyone else, there wasn't exactly a need for a perfect schedule when nothing could interrupt him.
So he thought, anyway.
After hearing the same thud again he decided to go check out the entrance to his lab. Maybe one of the Hermits is just sleepwalking, or they're just playfully messing with him… he repeated these kinds of thoughts, as a sinking feeling grew in the pits of his stomach, settling only deeper when he got to the laboratory's door.
He stepped in something cream colored, it was liquidy, but not fully. Like icing. He got down and picked some of the substance up onto his finger, licking it. Definitely icing… but why was there icing on the floor?
He followed the sugary substance until he found what he assumed made the thud noise. He froze as he stared at the specimen, realizing that it was the thing that left icing on the floor.
The icing was pooled around it, almost like blood, and Zed hesitantly made the choice to get closer.
As he approached it, he noticed how its skin looked melty, how purple crystalline shards were sprouting up from several places across its body, most notably its shoulder blades.
Its eyes were a glossy purple, shimmering pink when light hit them.
The thing that was the most strange, however, was this… Candy coated thing… was wearing Tango's shirt. Zed only recognized it from the double T insignia on the sleeves, and the more he stared at it, the more he had a realization.
This thing wasn't just wearing Tango's clothes… no… No it was Tango, even if barely recognizable.
Zed got on his knees to get close to his friend's face, trying not to look at the dull eyes staring past him.
Some of Tango's now icing-like skin was melting over his eyes, and his mouth was slack, barely expressing any emotion. Zed couldn't even tell if he was alive, but given the two thuds, he had to be. He had to.
The blond sighed, pulling his sleeves down and picking his friend up. Given the state Tango was in, it was a surprise his head didn't melt from his body and splatter to the ground like fallen ice cream.
Zed shook the thought off the moment he had it, though. Tango was probably uncomfortable just lying on the floor, so Zed carried him to his bed, laying him down in it as clearly as he could.
Now that Tango was on an elevated surface, Zed could get a better look at his appearance. His once red freckles were now pink and purple, and they looked more like little sprinkles than freckles. His eyes looked like broken crystals, shimmering even more now that he was in a lit room, and a lot of his skin had melted over his left eye.
He had little dots lining his skin, almost like nuts in a chocolate bar or chocolate chips in a cookie. Zed wanted to pull one out to test that comparison, but decided against it. For Tango's sake.
Another thing Zed noticed was Tango's fingers. They were sticking together slightly, and seemed much stickier than his face. They were also a golden caramel, much like his hair.
In fact, his hair was one of the weirdest things about his new appearance. Rather than being messy, it was perfectly smooth, and reflected light much like a caramel apple would. It seemed almost too similar to be a coincidence.
The only part of his new appearance that confused Zed were the random purple shards. They were sticking out of his head, his back, and his shoulders. Clearly they were protruding from inside of his body, but Zed didn't know where they came from… And was mildly terrified to find out.
To be fair, though, Zed didn't know why Tango was like this at all. Randomly turning into candy isn't something normal, even for the Hermits. There had to be something that caused this, but given his distance from society, Zed did not know what that something could be.
And he'd ask if he thought Tango could hear him, but he wasn't sure if he could.
And that was the most terrifying realization, and that realization haunted Zed as he stared into his friend's numb, glossy eyes, horrified of what put him in this state...
