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AUs I've invested far too much time into
Fires of Raficon AU (#hcx fires of raficon)
Hermit Craft Rising AU (#hermit craft rising)
OTHER: MCYT Continuity Family Designation (CFD) System
About me
Hermitcraft/Life Series & adjacent media occupies 50% of my hyperfixations, the other half is computer hardware (and there is absolutely no in between, blame the boatem brainrot)
I do this music thing from time to time too, and may share a music video from time to time. However, 9 out of 10 posts/reblogs here will be Hermitcraft/Life Series (or adjacent)-related, so don't expect much else outside of this narrow band.
You may use my musical works (including as background music for YouTube videos, stream assets, mashups, remixes, but not other commercial uses) as long as credit is provided (a link suffices.) Please do not loop or extend my work.
A method to categorize Hermitcraft and adjacent series: Continuity families
Each Pearl here can conceivably be categorized into an individual continuity.
Introduction
This concept of a continuity family is derived from the Transformers Wiki, TFWiki.net:
“...[It] is a term for a group of distinct but closely-related individual continuities… It is not a declaration of immutable canon, but it is an extremely useful organizational tool.”
Continuity families consist of multiple separate, irreconcilable universal timestreams (in layperson’s terms, AUs or ‘alternate universes,’ henceforth continuities; all three terms are synonymous). That is, continuities existing with the same family are distinct, but closely related in some fashion.
Whether multiple seasons constitute the same continuity or are separate depends on the subject matter: multiple series can be part of the same continuity, and multiple continuities can comprise a single series. Continuities encompass both official and unofficial media: that is, everything is canon in the eyes of continuity families; it’s just a matter of where it goes. As far as their own “character lore” goes, content creators may share a continuity’s main designation, or they may have their own take on it, in which case another continuity would be designated.
List of prominent continuity families
There are several continuity families of high relevance:
Hermetheum
All Hermitcraft series with Hermitcraft somewhere in the title. This comprises both vanilla and modded seasons, as well as any fanon content set along these lines.
Examples of foundational continuities’ designations:
Hermitcraft Season 1-10 (Hermetheum 0412.13 Iota3)
And less prominently:
Hermitcraft plays Vault Hunters (Hermetheum 1023.22 Iota1)
The three above continuity families feature substantial overlap such that they are also organized into the Adjacency superfamily, which also includes such smaller continuity families such as:
Impasse - Impossible Minecraft
Centurion - 100 Hours/100 Days
Origenes - New Life, X Life, other “origins” based series
Construct - Guess The Build, other small-group build series.
Hexxen - Witchcraft SMP
Adjacency - itself a continuity family as well as being a superfamily, the former is a loose amalgamation of similar-enough continuities that feature substantial character overlap with other continuities in the same superfamily.
Continuity subfamilies also exist within this family, e.g. Archer (which includes DDVAU and HGCZ, among other families featuring a certain superhero duo of the desert.) This is also where the majority of AUs would end up, each with their own unique subfamily name, depending on personal preference. Throughout this post, I will mention a few I came up with.
Power
The Power superfamily, spatially proximal to the Adjacency superfamily, encompasses several continuity families with tangentially related yet recurring themes:
Swashbuck - Pirates SMP
Rodentia - Rats SMP 1 & 2
Wyldfire - Cowboys SMP
Crimson - Vampires SMP
Regina - Bannerfall SMP
Other continuity families
Other continuity families do exist, of course. The following are just a few examples, in order of relevancy and virtual distance from the main families focused on in this post:
Artymator - Artimators SMP
Noxcrew - MCC
Mindblow - Mindcrack SMP
Vitafurtum - Lifesteal SMP
Lyzard - Flight SMP
Stratorule - Skyblock Kingdoms
Duke - QSMP
Yet other Adjacency examples (not exhaustive)
Archer - Superhero/villain AUs, especially Desert Duo centric
Nexos - Mecha-based AUs
Pocetmo - Pokemon AUs (further subdivided into Mystery Dungeon-based and mainline-based)
Under the continuity family system, each individual continuity’s official designation consists of three parts, beginning with the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the primary medium of delivery.
The first component takes the most specific continuity family designation, which includes subfamilies where possible. The number component follows the format of MMYY.DD, whereas the Greek letters pertain to the following forms of media:
Alpha - Animatics, animations, and other animated media
Beta - Merchandise descriptions (not artwork)
Gamma - Comics
Delta - Live-action (cosplays, skits, etc)
Epsilon - Still artwork not belonging to another category
Zeta - Text or printed story (i.e. blog posts, AO3, Wattpad, etc.)
Eta - Audio-based media (e.g. podcasts)
Theta - Word of mouth (Twitter/Tumblr posts, etc.)
Iota - Web video (e.g. YouTube, Twitch). This can be further subdivided into the following:
Iota1 - Asynchronous web video (simple video uploads)
Iota2 - Synchronous web video (streams)
Iota3 - Both asynchronous and synchronous web video
Kappa - games (board games, video games, etc.)
Lambda - non-video promotional artwork, merchandise artwork, etc.
Mu - Video thumbnails (that aren’t screenshots of another category)
If multiple continuities somehow share the exact same timestream designation, a two-letter suffix consisting of the author/originator’s initials would be appended to the end of the designation to differentiate them. This is most commonly encountered if multiple creators have their own interpretation of a series’s lore:
For instance, Shubble’s finale of her Witchcraft SMP series (foundationally Hexxen 0223.18 Iota1) has it lead into Empires SMP Season 2 (which shares a timeline with Empires 1.) Thus, her continuity would be Imperium 0621.12 Iota3-SG, i.e. her interpretation of the events of Witchcraft SMP and Empires 2. (The timeline of the foundational Empires continuity implies Empires 1 existed as well, so it uses that series’s real-world start date unless otherwise noted.)
Examples
As an example: kitsuneisi’s Double Hearted (Desert Duo Vigilante AU) would be provided the following designation of Archer 1122.04 Gamma. This tells us:
This continuity was created on November 4th, 2022.
It belongs to the Archer continuity (sub)family, the continuities thereof which share the common theme of two superhero characters named Hotguy and Cuteguy.
This continuity’s main medium consists of comics.
While the short story “Fire Hazard,” published on October 5th, 2024 in text format, is regarded as canon to this continuity and thus shares the same continuity designation, if it were to be its own continuity, then it would be given the designation Archer 1024.05 Zeta.
Furthermore, the stories within the Hotguy Comic Zine, originally published on August 25th, 2024, has the designation Archer 0824.25 Gamma. However, one could regard the cover page itself to depict Archer 0824.25 Lambda - a proximal continuity consisting of just that cover page that may or may not have the exact same story as Archer 0824.25 Gamma. This is the glorious part of this system: you can give continuity designations to pretty much anything, and some continuities can have multiple designations depending on personal interpretation.
Another set of examples: ImpulseSV’s 19th episode of Hermitcraft S10 - “They Abandoned The City!,” originally uploaded on June 12th, 2024. The video itself is given the designation Hermetheum 0412.13 Iota3, as it is part of the greater Hermitcraft Vanilla foundational continuity.
Within this video, Impulse presents a story animation of his cyberpunk city, PixelPulse Valley, created by th3pooka, delivered in a comic-like format. If you take this animation as an animation, it’s Hermetheum 0624.12 Alpha. If you take this as a comic, it’s Hermetheum 0624.12 Gamma. Technically, both designations are correct and refer to the same continuity. If you frame it as part of a continuity pertaining to Impulse’s lore that includes the overarching story of Hermitcraft Season 10 (and only S10) in particular, it’s Hermetheum 0224.03 Iota3-SV.
Furthermore, if someone were to create a fanart of PixelPulse Valley the same day this video were released and frame it to Hermitcraft as a whole, it would receive the designation Hermetheum 0624.12 Epsilon-<XX>, where XX would be the author’s initials. If framed to just Season 10, it would be Hermetheum 0224.03 Epsilon-<XX>.
Continuities can also overlap during crossover events, but the multiple-interpretations clause of this system can throw a wrench in the mix: for instance, in their main continuities, the “Empires Crossover” would be the temporary convergence of continuities Hermetheum 0412.13 Iota3 (Hermitcraft Vanilla) and Imperium 0621.12 Iota3 (Empires 1-2).
However, if one were to consider Hermitcraft Season 9 as its own continuity, it would instead be a crossover between Hermetheum 0322.05 Iota3 and Imperium 0621.12 Iota3-<XX> (where XX are your initials) instead. A crossover event is canon to both Hermetheum continuities, but as the characters of the foundational Empires continuity didn’t visit Hermitcraft in two different continuities, it necessitates the creation of a new Imperium continuity which is otherwise exactly the same as the foundational continuity to account for this discrepancy. In other words, since “your” headcanon regards Hermitcraft S9 as its own thing separate from other HC seasons, a new “version” of the Empires continuity needs to be created to account for that (since the characters of the foundational continuity didn’t visit your version of the HC 9 world.)
Further examples
Magnus continuity subfamily, subset of Adjacency family (The Hermit Archives)
The Hermit Archives (podcast): Magnus 1022.31 Zeta
The Hermit Archives (original text format): Magnus 0722.30 Eta
Navimeques continuity subfamily, subset of Adjacency family (Boatem Knights AU)
I hope you know how much all your work for Gamers for Giving is appreciated. Every dono animation had folks in chat oohing and ahhing. The graphics and overlays were so great. And while, sadly, most people who donated seem not to have realized that their thank-you email contained digital downloads, my unscientific survey of Joe Hills' livestream suggests that 50% of people who opened the zip are using at least one of the files as a device background.
ahhh thank you!! im still a little bit shocked and amazed they trusted me with all those graphics but it was such an honor working on them honestly and im really glad people enjoyed them!
Community artists: Bee Applestruda, LocalWheel, Doody Kitsuneisi, xMaruu11, Julia Cocoabats, Hoffen Ink_ghoul, Froagonaut, Anpan, Middy StarlightRuby, KingTheGhast
Small handful of best friends I've had for years: Jinxitaj, Lew Driflew, Evan TheWordSchmidtt, Hazel theshysprite, kingbumbles.
This is just a small collection of the friends I've made throughout my journey as an artist and content creator. There are going to be people on this list you have never heard of and that's okay. All of these people are very special to me and I hope you can see that when you watch them play this server.
Also note that more than half of this cast are in the LGBTQ+ community. This is an LGBTQ+ safe space so please be kind and respectful to everyone involved with this smp as well as to each other in the fandom. Thank you! <3
some of the stickers i made in part of the HADM Sticker Sheet (go get em!!!) and also im helping the @hermitadaymay team this year with some chibis and full body art as donation rewards!
please go check all the other cool rewards you can get by donating and helping 💗
Don’t know who needs to see this, but Gem put this in her Discord regarding the charity event and shipping. Transcript for screen readers:
“Hello community!
I really don’t want to write this, but I think the fandom is in a place right now where it does need to be said. Please refrain from shipping hermits while they are in real life raising money for charity. Do not ship real people generally tbh, it’s getting very weird.
Us hermits are all friends! Friendship and friendly chemistry with each other are great things! We are going to entertain you all, and help out gamers outreach in the process. I am simply asking that you read the room, and be appropriate.
That said, I do have 2 full time mods hired for the event. They will simply ban you on sight if you break this boundary in twitch chat, or in YouTube comments and this discord.
Thank you for understanding! I can’t wait to put on a great show for you all”
(Transcript over)
Ship what you want, I guess, I’m not really all that big on hermitshipping, but keep it out of the charity event. Shipping the creators’ silly block game characters is one thing, but during a real life charity event where so much of the Hermits’ screen time will consist of their real bodies and faces, shipping does border on weird. Maybe that’s just me as an aroace person, maybe it’s basic etiquette. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
On a similar note, let’s be normal about Cleo doing their face reveal. ‘Kay? I’d say they’re being very brave about putting their face out there after being a faceless content creator for such a long time, and it’s for a good cause as well, so I’d better not see anyone being an ass about it. My friend Rat made a good post regarding that already, click here to see that.
Apologies if my tone here sounds a little snappy, I didn’t get great sleep last night. Hooray for insomnia…
Oh 𝔽𝕌ℂ𝕂! You didn’t tell me you had a beast in your home. You’ve got a little goggyee. Eh- BOGGY. A poopy dog. A buppy- a little 𝐹𝑈𝐶𝐾𝐼𝑁𝐺 ƊOƐGGУ. I’ve never seen a reell dog before! We only have Lego® Dogs on Lego® Island. 𝒪𝒽! Oh FUCK! Oh fuck nooo! This red bastard’s got teeth! Sharp teethh. He’s going to tear me into little Lego® pieces. I’ve never been so scared in my life! WHAT THE FUCK this is like a jumpscare from Five Fuckers at Uncle Festers. GET ME THE 𝔽𝕌ℂ𝕂 OUT OF HERE!
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