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We all making grandpa cry btw
I was high off my ass last night and had this dream where I was in this dense ass forest and sitting there was a tall woman. She was so tall I couldn’t see her face but she was wearing gold and I was like “uh…hi?” And she said “I made you, do you know that?” And I nodded and she was like “I hear your thoughts. Why do you hate my creation? Why do you try to destroy yourself? I made you perfect as you are. Please don’t break my heart”. Then she started crying and it flooded and I woke up with fucking heart palpitations like what does it Mean™️????
Makes sense actually. I'll check it out :D
SEVEN DEADLY SINS
Pride - Grian
Gluttony - Scar
Wrath - Joel
Envy - Cleo
Sloth - Scott
Lust - Pearl
Greed - Martyn
Pride: Pride fits him for a few reasons, watcher lore and general character. By common watcher lore iterations he is an escapee of the watcher realm. His refusal to go with their schemes gives him this role. Unrelated to the watcher lore, he has never been one to go down without a fight. His 1v4 in secret life, the killing of bdubs when he and Scar betrayed him etc. He is a fighter, and he won't give up even when the odds are against him.
Gluttony: Scar has always been known for his terrible trades, seeming to never have enough. He's always opting for more and more, not caring what it'll take to get it. Even if it means screwing over his “friends”.
Wrath: In reference to my Life Series Curses post; his being the Bloodbath Curse; it fits his slow descent to madness and thirst for destruction as each season progresses.
Envy: Someone overlooked, being dubbed the “Fake Winner” by many. Envious of those considered as “real” winners.
Sloth: I considered pride for Scott but I think it fits Martyn more and sloth can be affiliated with the fact that he won by not doing what he was supposed to do as the boogeyman.
Lust: Each season, Pearl has been heartbroken or betrayed (I think I don't quite remember but I'm quite sure Scarlet Witch was born from her divorce from Scott) so I think it fits(?).
Greed: Greed for Martyn fits I think cause he's always thirsty for a win, for something to happen. He is careful with what he has and is a very tricky character.
Alternatives:
I actually thought of wrath for Martyn because of his naturally chaotic personality but I thought Pride suited him more because he refuses to go down without a fight. A proper one.
I thought that lust would suit scar a bit because of what he said when he won secret life, as well as his relationship with grian (desert duo I miss you pls come back TvT) but in general terms I think gluttony suits his overall character more.
Grian was very tricky since he could fit in with and wrath as well cause he can be petty when he wants to i.e. killing of Jimmy in wild life but settled on pride cause it's more general.
Pride can work with Martyn as well cause I think it would make sense for his win in limited life as he refused to go with the fair fist fight in favor of ensuring himself the win. But I think it suits grian more idk. I kinda just put him in greed cause I like which else to give him TvT.
Project LUMEN: APPLICATIONS ROUND 2 OPENING SOON!!!!
As you can see on our lovely lil poster (made by @pinkish29) we're opening applications for the next round on the 30th of April! The period the apps are open will be for nearly three weeks (ending on May 20th) to give anyone plenty of time to apply. See below the Project Lumen banner for more info on the roles we have open!
Have you ever wanted to know what the life series would look like as a video game? Well we've got the answer for you! Project Lumen is an RPG-like game revolving around all the series of the life smp, with twists and turns, multiple storylines that can possible diverge from the 'canon' timeline. There will be mini games, quests related to each episode of a season, and much more!
Here's a basic rundown of what we're doing:
You, the player, are introduced as the Watcher Child (WC for short. They're the character in the poster above!). You are an apprentice within the Watchers, and your job is to follow and guide the champions chosen by the Watchers themselves through challenges and enemies. Featuring unique leveling systems, DnD inspired classes, and, most importantly, the ability to impact the story with the choices you make… because, after experiencing all the Life Series seasons from both the Watcher and the Player side, maybe you’ll have a change of mind. After all is said and done and seen, the world is yours to shape, Watcher Child.
We are looking for both writers and background artists!
Writers will be in charge of helping getting the script together, creating dialogue and helping create both canon timelines and alternate timelines. Your job is to make the world real through the characters, the story, and the world. You don't need script writing experience though, you'll be given opportunities to learn if you're selected. We're just looking for those willing to learn and dedicate time towards this beautiful game!
Background artists, which are the most awesome people ever you should really become a background artist, will create the backgrounds for things like fights and loading screens. It's your job to mold the world of the life series for this project. You get to draw things like the Secret keeper from secret life, the relation-ship from double life, the forest burning and the desert deserting in third life, and everything in between!
Please keep in mind this project is a long-term project that takes many months to complete. The workload, though, is extremely manageable and everyone currently working on it is having a blast!
If you have any questions at all, give us a shout (an ask)! We'll be extremely happy to answer any questions, especially of what it's actually like creating for this project (it's awesome), because we're already partway through third life.
Looking forward to seeing all of your applications, and meeting all you lovely people who manage to get in!!!
-Team LUMEN
SEVEN DEADLY SINS
Pride - Grian
Gluttony - Scar
Wrath - Joel
Envy - Cleo
Sloth - Scott
Lust - Pearl
Greed - Martyn
Pride: Pride fits him for a few reasons, watcher lore and general character. By common watcher lore iterations he is an escapee of the watcher realm. His refusal to go with their schemes gives him this role. Unrelated to the watcher lore, he has never been one to go down without a fight. His 1v4 in secret life, the killing of bdubs when he and Scar betrayed him etc. He is a fighter, and he won't give up even when the odds are against him.
Gluttony: Scar has always been known for his terrible trades, seeming to never have enough. He's always opting for more and more, not caring what it'll take to get it. Even if it means screwing over his “friends”.
Wrath: In reference to my Life Series Curses post; his being the Bloodbath Curse; it fits his slow descent to madness and thirst for destruction as each season progresses.
Envy: Someone overlooked, being dubbed the “Fake Winner” by many. Envious of those considered as “real” winners.
Sloth: I considered pride for Scott but I think it fits Martyn more and sloth can be affiliated with the fact that he won by not doing what he was supposed to do as the boogeyman.
Lust: Each season, Pearl has been heartbroken or betrayed (I think I don't quite remember but I'm quite sure Scarlet Witch was born from her divorce from Scott) so I think it fits(?).
Greed: Greed for Martyn fits I think cause he's always thirsty for a win, for something to happen. He is careful with what he has and is a very tricky character.
Alternatives:
I actually thought of wrath for Martyn because of his naturally chaotic personality but I thought Pride suited him more because he refuses to go down without a fight. A proper one.
I thought that lust would suit scar a bit because of what he said when he won secret life, as well as his relationship with grian (desert duo I miss you pls come back TvT) but in general terms I think gluttony suits his overall character more.
Grian was very tricky since he could fit in with and wrath as well cause he can be petty when he wants to i.e. killing of Jimmy in wild life but settled on pride cause it's more general.
Pride can work with Martyn as well cause I think it would make sense for his win in limited life as he refused to go with the fair fist fight in favor of ensuring himself the win. But I think it suits grian more idk. I kinda just put him in greed cause I like which else to give him TvT.
Hey kid you want a job?
Great get online and go to a job board. Indeed, Linkedin whatever. Now you're gonna search for a role that's in your city, fits your qualifications, and doesn't seem like a bad time.
See that easy apply button? Don't hit it they just throw those in the trash. Now you're gonna want to go to the company's website and check their careers page.
Oh? That job doesn't exist anymore. Cool go back to the job board and find another one.
Great you found another job, you're on the company's career page and the job exists!! So you're going to need to make an account on the career page website. They're using Workday, the same site as the last job you applied for? Who cares? You need to make another account for THIS job's workday page.
Now you're going to upload your resume. That'll autopopulate about 15 boxes with everything on your resume, except formatted wrong and with tons of errors. So just go through and painstakingly check the dates on all of that and rewrite everything you already laid out in an aesthetically pleasing format on your resume.
Ok time for the cover letter, explain why this specific job and company are deeply important to you. You love their mission statement and wouldn't even laugh if their ceo was gunned down in the street. You'll really want to reiterate the things you just spent the last 20 minutes filling out on the resume section
(Remember to include language from the job description, people who work in HR are lower than dogs and they need patterns or they get confused.) Write about a page, but hey don't sound too desperate or robotic this is where they judge your character!
Maybe add your portfolio site at the end here, who knows if that helps no one has ever clicked mine haha.
Anywayyy time to hit apply! Congrats! You'll see that confirmation email come in and you should be getting the rejection letter in about 2 weeks. Unfortunately your resume didn't have the right buzzwords and the AI auto rejected you :(
Time to start again and try not to kill yourself!
OFF- to exile.
queen of heart grian lets go, design by @y0gurtfae <3
Scott Smajor Fanzine interest check!
As many zines have popped up lately, I have realized a lack of Scott zines! So, I’m hoping to have the honor of hosting on myself, as someone who was introduced to MCYT thanks to Scott!
General information: You do not need Tumblr to participate in this!! Just Discord! The contributor acceptance emails (if everything goes well) won’t be out until around early June by my prediction. Because of this, don’t worry if you’re super busy now- look closer to that timeframe on your calendar! This will be a zine meant to appreciate all Scott has done for the community! No discussion about any past Twitter controversy is allowed.
Interested? Fill out the form at the bottom of the post!
I hope you all consider participating!
@mcytblrsource
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A new post (˶‾᷄ ⁻̫ ‾᷅˵)!
Watcherthing
watcher thing
A gender that is both a watcher (from evo smp/grian’s fanon lore) and a thing
Pronoun ideas
see/seer/seers/seerself
watch/watcher/watcherself
eye/eyes/eyeself
creep/creepy/creepies/creepself
View/viewer/viewerself
Pick which trend/mv I should do cause I can't decide (whether you should live or die). So uh pick one.
Phrasing Jimmy, phrasing
- Ranchers in the rain -
A DDVAU fancomic ( ^-^)ノ∠※。.:*:・'°☆
I Love them sm aaaaaahhh
Its been raining all week where I live so I drew this <3
If you havent allready go read ddvau DoubleHearted by @kitsuneisi and @xmaruu11, they are so talented!
Here's some grain for yall
Extra bits under the cut
Bits
Welcome to the MCYT Flashzine Hub!
Have you ever thought “Man, I wish I could run a zine for this very specific pairing/topic, but only three other people care about it” and sighed discouragingly but wistfully? Great news — we now have a solution for this ever-recurring problem. What if you could make a zine with, like, six contributors tops? Introducing MCYT Flash Zine!
This is a community space dedicated to the promotion, development, and creation of small-scale fandom zines modeled after the original definition of “zine” — an eight-page project on a very specific topic that can be printed onto a single piece of paper and folded into a miniature booklet.
Please join us and stick around this blog to see the beautiful hyper-specific niche (and easy to print) zines to come!
Our Discord for flashzine development and creation is open to the public, for fan creators aged 18+. Please note that NSFW content and zines are welcomed in this space, and therefore minors may not join the Discord.
Start checking your calendars! The official schedule for RTZ: A Rendog Zine has just landed!
On April 11th, we'll be releasing an application form for artists and writers. You can apply for one or both-- do keep in mind, though, that you can only participate as one of these roles!
The goal of this zine is to showcase through art and writing the different parts of Ren's Youtube journey, with the final release date being on his birthday, where we intend to gift him the zine as a show of appreciation for all he's done over the years!
So mark the date down, and get ready!
This might be a bad idea but... I opened an interest check for a new hypothetical zine idea I had with a few of my friends - a Life series zine focusing on AUs (alternative universes) created by the fandom.
If you're interested and can spend a few minutes to fill it in, I'd be eternally grateful!
("But Excel, don't you have TTRPG project to run?-" Yes I do, but I wanna know whether people would be interested in participating at a later date)
Mcyts Most Underrated: BigB Spotlight's contributor applications are now open until MARCH 31, 2025
Everyone who applies will be accepted except for cover artist.
If you want to apply as a cover artist, prepare 2-5 examples of your finished work. It would be recommended but not necessary to include examples of the same art style you will be using and to provide examples with rendered backgrounds
Contributor Application | Cover Artist Application
ZombieCleo Zine interest check!
Hiya!
I find it tragic that there is no ZombieCleo zine so here we are!
If you find that you, too, are also interested in a zine dedicated to Cleo of the Zombie variety, it would be wonderful if you could please fill this anonymous form out!
Reblogs are greatly appreciated! And if anyone you know might be interested in this, please let them know about it! <3
Please let me know if there are technical issues and I'll fix them o77 and please bear with me I haven't done this before lol!
Mark your calendars! DoubleHearted-vember is coming!!
To celebrate the 2 year anniversary of Double-Hearted (DDVAU) on November 4th, a group of us fans have put together a drawing/writing prompt list for the whole month of November!
What is Double-Hearted (DDVAU)?
Double-Hearted is a comic created by Doody (@kitsuneisi) and Maruu (@xmaruu11) based off of Hermitcraft and the Life Series. It follows the adventures and misadventures of Scar and Grian as they navigate their double lives—one as the beloved celebrity hero Hotguy, the other as popular vigilante Cuteguy, both unaware they're coworkers at the same university.
Where can I read it?
Here’s a link to the masterpost!
Who are the awesome people who made this list?
That would be @rebelrenee36 (me!!), @liloinkoink, @kowore, @deedolldrawz, and @anpanbun
Can I start working on it now?
Of course! We wanted to give plenty of time so people can start preparing now to help avoid burnout. Feel free to participate as much or as little as you’d like as well. Late uploads are also a-okay!
What if I'm not an artist?
We tried our best to make most of the prompts writer-friendly as well with the exceptions of Day 22 and Day 30, but feel free to use those as two more free days instead!
What's up with the bonus Day?
At the request of Maruu themself, we've added a bonus day at the very beginning for the first completed arc of Double-Hearted! Since the Mother Spore arc takes place on October 31st, it’s only fitting.
What if I have more questions?
Feel free to send me an ask and I can answer any questions, offer suggestions, or link any other resources!
It's growing
Hey its me :DD
Sketchy Saturday 5/4/2025!
In the spirit of april fools' week shenanigans and tomfoolery (It's always been a whole week wdym its only a day?), this week's sketchy Saturday is brought to you by one of our very own writers! Now, originally this idea was to get a writer to bring us a sketch so terrible it was comedic, but instead we ended up with something better!
Presented to you by our lovely dear @maru-iru, a sketch of the Watcher Child themself! Very beautiful if I do say so myself.
Take your pick.
-Pie <3
@charlybvnny here's a bunny
DELETE THIS POST
He's not homophobic guys he's just a hater
imagine you’re a tiny thing. your mama is big and strong so you follow her everywhere. she’s very strong, which is why when she falls asleep on the floor you sit with her. you sit with her until she starts to fall apart. but its ok because she’s strong. and then you get really, really, really thirsty, and you think if you sleep it’ll be okay. and then you wake up surrounded by water and you see a face beyond the water and its blurry and you dont know how to feel about it so you go back to sleep and then you keep seeing the face beyond the water and they talk to you in soft words you dont understand and you’re still so small and confused but you know the face beyond the water is helping you. maybe it loves you. but you’re a tiny thing. and then one day you decide you’ve had enough water, and then you start to move. and you see the face beyond the water, who is so happy to see you and they do something you’ve never seen a face do, their mouth curls at the end in a smile and youve never seen it so you do it too and you keep doing it because you love the face beyond the water so much and they love you too and they’re strong like mama and they feed you and pet you and love you and one day you grow so big they can ride you. and they make you a hat and goggles to protect your eyes and they show you all sorts of wonderful things and YES this is about the happy ghast from minecraft im OBSESSED
...she'll grow into it
HOW ARE THEY ALL SO GORGEOUS!?#?@?!?
GEM ONE CHANCE PLSPLSPLS 🙏🙏
HE MOVES!!!! WITCH!!!!! /silly
Day 84
April Fools! There is a Grian in here, you just gotta find him :D
Individual pics of all the Hermits I drew under the cut!
