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Empires smp monster high au
jimmy is a combination of honey swamps and Venus mcflytrap
instead of honeys southern belle theme he goes for a cowboy theme
he was raised in a swamp away from both normies and monsters he was a wild child before going to monster high
so to summarize he’s a fishy slimy plant monster with a cowboy boy inspired style and terrible social skills
Lizzie is just like Posea Reef and is the daughter Poseidon
she has shiny blue scales covering her skin and bright pink hair and she is very tall
she is a half human that was raised amongst normies so the monster thing is new to her she used to look different so the change in appearance and instincts freaks her out when she thinks about it to hard
so to summarize shes an out of her depth neon demigoddess that just grew gills one day
joel is a descendent of dr hyde like Jackson
he transforms into a monster sometimes and his monster self is empires season 2 Joel
He’s not a god but he’s made out of stone with stone skin like Rochelle Goyle the gargoyle
he looks like a Greek statue brought to life with glowing electric green hair and lightning powers instead of fire
like Jackson joel doesn’t know he’s a monster and like in cannon even when given proof he doesn’t believe it he believes in monsters and goes to monster high but he refuses to believe he’s a monster
instead of being a scientist like his ancestors he is an artist
to summarize he’s a normal dude that goes to monster high or so he thinks he’s keeping a very shock secret from himself
the three bond over feeling like outcast
Lizzie and joel also can relate to each others changing bodies they make normie references and teach Jimmy about normie and monster social norms
Lizzie and jimmy bond over being fish and become seablings
jimmy and joel have known each other longer but not by much Lizzie only stated at monster high in the middle of the year but before that joel was ignored because he was a normie and Jimmy who didn’t know why everybody was ignoring him decided to become his friend
season 1 Joel headcannons
I headcannon that the reason season 1 Joel doesn’t believe in demons is because he took the throne at a very young age of 9 he didn’t even make it to double digits before he was put on the throne because of that he had to grow up quickly. that’s why he would shut down anything he considers childish like believing in demons and magic
He has ruled a very long time. Not as long as Scott or Lizzie, who are immortal, but still surprisingly long for someone with a mortal life span
he devoted himself to his empire because he had nothing else he was the secret child of the old king he lived a normal life before his father died and they came for him
he was separated from his mom and was told that it would be impossible to go back to his normal life and that he should make the most of the opportunity he had been given
So he found enjoyment where he could building was his favorite way to feel fine
He told himself he was content he didn’t have time for childish day dreams he had a kingdom to run
He didn’t believe in true love or anything like that until he met and fell in love with Lizzie.
Befriending Lizzie and jimmy was the first time since becoming king he felt like he could allow himself to be childish. He felt like himself again
As you can imagine opening himself up only to Lose Lizzie Jimmy and his empire in one instant well it broke him
he slowly started to believe in true love and the possibility of living happily ever after, but it ended exactly how he thought it would: heartbreak.
I thought of a hilarious situation for Hermes what if Joel one day choose to mess with jimmy by leaving Hermes in tumble town forced jimmy to be a babysitter or something
well turns out that Hermes because of the dolls Joel makes ends up being very receptive to all the cowboy things Jimmy let’s him do to keep him happy while he’s there
And joel doesn’t know it but it at first but there are consequences for the huge mistake he inflicted upon himself
because in doing that because when Hermes goes home he now wants to be a cowboy
and nothing Joel does gets him to stop the experience changed him now he always wears his hat that Jimmy made him and throws tantrums when someone try’s to take it and refuses to go anywhere if he doesn’t have the hat on
he turns into one of those kids that’s obsessed with a movie so he watches it over and over again and who’s parents are also forced to watch it or a kid with a special interest in wild west and he never stops talking about the topic
Hermes loved the dessert and him and his father can make rain storms so he doesn’t like the rain any more so he starts claiming to be the god of cowboys
when he gets older and he develops a unique domain he officially becomes the god of deserts and oasis’s patron of explorers and pioneer a guide to those looking to start journeys and facings trials
Empires smp season 2 sheriff jimmy headcannon
My headcannon is that as a child jimmy was a homeless orphan ignored by everyone
After his mother died he lost hope and just focus on staying alive until one day a group of kids visited the village it was big news and everyone came out to see the sight because the kids that visited where royalty from far off kingdoms future rulers
Jimmy saw how everyone stopped what they where doing just so they could get a glimpse of the promising youngsters and he was struck with longing to be noticed like them
From that day onward he made it his goal to become an emperor so people would love him like his mother used to
he dreamed up tumble town a place where he wouldn’t be an outcast and where people would respect him
He chose to settle in a dessert because in the town when it would rain due to not having a shelter he would get soaked and his belongings would risk being ruined
Because he was homeless he never when to school he only recently learned to read
In the town where he grew up there was a very wealthy family that had a young daughter named kirsty
kirsty was always told by her snobby parents to stay faraway from the dirty scrawny kid she would see sometimes around town and she did as she was told until one day she got lost in the woods she was scared and alone but then she found a cave in the cave was jimmy’s “home” she didn’t question it she was taught not to question anything if it benefited her
She took a look around and found many things food taken from the garbage, a poorly made cowboy hat and drawings of a sherif surrounded by townsfolk and adorned by them all
Then Jimmy returned at first he was embarrassed but then she started to ask about his plans and he started sharing the two of them talked until the Time came for him to show her back but that wasn’t the end of there friendship it was just the beginning
Kirsty would stop by whenever she could not telling her parents of course they would approve of her friend she was supposed to be learning to be proper lady a perfect example of a southern bell in the making not out climbing trees or digging in trash for food and other things to help jimmy
as the days went by she started to feel trapped jimmys enthusiasm inspired her his want for more made her want more
She encouraged jimmy to share his plans with others they started to recruit people Jimmys passion of infectious
Soon enough they started to put the plan into motion kirsty funded most of it but the others helped to so the pioneers set out to create tumble town
Jimmy has dedicated his life to tumble town and as you can imagine is terrified he will be replaced and cast out once again after all he was the outsider that went from the bottom straight to the top
he over works himself a lot trying to build the buildings and do all the paperwork so he doesn’t have to ask others because he feels he might loose their support and they will leave if he oversteps and pushes them away
I headcanon Joel to be the opposite he was born into health and and influence he much like kirsty was excepted to be a dignified and perfect from birth
Once he was put in charge he was finally free to do what he wanted he was like those kids that are super restricted and when they rebel they go way overboard
So Jimmy and joel are complete opposite
one had responsibility and devotion thrust onto him and the other had to fight tooth and nail for it
one craves the approval of other while the other stopped caring about what others think a long time ago
All the Empires SMP members (Season 2 edition!)
the curse has been broken at last
[ID: three images. All contain loosely rendered hands on a grey background. Image 1: Etho and Joel. Both hands are drawn facing away from the viewer, Joel’s hand has his fingers slightly splayed. Both have a yellow string in tied in a clove hitch knot. Text reads: Etho and Joel: Clove hitch knot. A boating knot that is quick and easily formed, but easily comes apart. — Image 2: Impulse and Bdubs. Their hands are drawn as if about to shake hands. Both have a green string tied in a true lovers knot. Text reads “impulse and bdubs: true lovers knot. Mostly decorative, still stable. Yknow, cause they really go for the whole ‘soulmates’ thing. There are three different knots with this name, it’s not relevant, just neat!”— image 3: Tango and Jimmy- both are drawn as if reaching out for something, both have a yellow string tied in a double constrictor knot. Text reads “Tango & Jimmy: double constrictor knot. Used in sutures. Incredibly strong and stable, to the point where it can damage and disfigure what it’s tied to. Nearly impossible to undo without cutting it. End ID]
Ideas about design, knot tying and “soulmate” relationships :]
here’s the original post for context , and the previous post!
“scar, i think we’re soulmates & you’re too busy chasing fairies!”
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hello trafficblr i have an Offering
the string isnt real, it cant hurt you
but it can rob you
bdubs 🤝 joel
“funny prank on my love” *shatters knees so their soulmate feels it*
ren 🤝 joel
let me get this b*tches pronouns before i murder them ruthlessly
very much still thinking about time loop Joel
very much thinking about him putting his head down, focusing entirely on Azalea, on building and growing and ignoring everything else around him; the first loop he misses the meeting, it's an accident, because not seeing them at all is, somehow, just as painful
but he still doesn't go the next time, or the time after that, and it's not like it matters, is the thing- everything is the same, every word and bickering second is just a repeat, and Joel is tired. he is tired of hearing Lizzie repeat herself, a broken record scratching out the same two lines, or Jimmy, as pitiful and useless and deserving of so much more, and it's in the middle of digging up trees he barely remembers planting, that he starts to cry
(Joel is tired, he's so tired, and worse than that, more horrifying than this weight settling itself on his shoulders, is the fear in his hands, in the small tremors he cannot shake)
(the demon is real, and he doesn't want it to be)
well now I'M thinking about time loop joel again too. just... yeah he eventually stops bothering to go to the meeting. and he should. he should keep going. maybe he should try to warn them again, except no one will listen to him except lizzie and jimmy at best, and that's not enough, not now, not for this. so he just stops, for a while, and he just... lets himself be miserable for a while, and that's not enough either. for the first time in a long time he knows he should be doing something. for the first time in a long time, worse - he's not sure what he can do.
What do you mean they all died/lost their memories/left to wander in exile? I’m pretty sure everyone’s just hanging out at a pool party actually~
I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since the first episode of Empires!! I made this as a celebration and I had such a blast with it :DDD Be sure to zoom to spot all the details, and lemme know if you want me to post some closeup shots!
Joel gives the winners a ride in his car, and they drive around to different seasons of the life series. It's basically an interdimensional travelling car. And then they crash into the side of Joel's base in hermitcraft because someone let martyn drive.
I think there are so many amazing bases you could draw in season 9 and this current season.
Grian's, Gem's, False's and Pearl's season 9 bases were iconic imo, and there's also the Decked Out castle. You could also go for the Post Office this season or Bdubs' frankly Ghibli style home, Keralis' vacation spot, or Joel's Japanese steampunk city.
These are such good ideas!! I'm gonna try and do one per season, maybe from season five onwards, so I have five artworks. I would love to do the decked out castle, I'll have to think over some of the other seasons. Although mumbo's base in season 7 was so so good.
I also did wonder if maybe I did five artworks of hermitcraft or maybe six/seven artworks of the life series. One representing each winner. Example:
- Grian/season 1: monopoly Mountain castle, sun motifs
-Scott/season 2: the cottage he and his allies based in, star motifs
-Pearl/season 3: her tower, moon motifs
-Martyn/season 4: The mean gills base (I cannot remember the name pls don't hate me), a mars motif? It'll be hard to include the planet in this one. But I can work it out.
-Scar/season 5: trader scars with the sun flower field, earth mofti
-Joel/season 6: Car
They won't be portraits but think of landscaping paintings. Like a mix of Claude Monet mixed with Van Gogh. It would be the same style for the hermitcraft artworks aswell.
Lemme know what you think would work best :DD
![Limited Life - Out of Context bc of course [FINALE SPOILERS]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/bb96ae7d0dc2491013ee2a3fa57aa131/56d5c6e9ed58f5b9-86/s540x810/ba9717fca6f91b867a2ddf43826354b576a04e32.jpg)
I really love this out of context LiL video! Stalary did such a great job!
Spoilers for Hermitcraft X Empires So I’ve been thinking about somethings since some of the people who were in the life series remember some people while they don’t remember others like how Impulse didn’t remember Lizzy (Nevermind! Impulse does know Lizzy!) , but remembered Scott. And how Scott doesn’t remember anyone from the series and Pearl doesn’t either (Aside the hermits). While others do seem to remember like Tango, Scar, Grian, Jimmy, and Joel. I wonder if the people from the Life series where given a choose to forget the games or given a choose to only remember certain parts of it while others decide to remember the whole games. Like what if one game was very hard on some people so they choose to forget leading the watchers to clear their memories of the games or a few parts they wanted to forget while wanted to hold on to other parts they enjoyed.
Spoilers for Empires x Hermitcraft
Scar thought they were in a another life series. Man was like "here we go again."
Not to make an overly specific post but I just finished watching Joel SmallishBean's latest Hermitcraft video and he said he wanted to get a blue axolotl and i-
i just got flashbacks
to when sneeg spent like 9+ hours breeding axolotls in order to find a singular blue one
so uh.... good luck joel
Joel sort of gets dogs.
Not just in the he-has-sharp-teeth-and-wants-to-tear-people-up way, though he has that, and sometimes he wonders if he always had that, always had the pounding red mist in his head or if it had wormed its way in somewhere inside a wizard’s mountain and never gotten out until he couldn’t remember what it felt like not to have it chewing away at him and. He thinks he borrowed the sharp teeth from dogs, and sometimes he looks in the mirror and thinks, huh, he hadn’t always been like this, but frankly it’s sick as hell to be so visibly a monster so like, who cares, he’s badass—
Anyway.
The point is. He doesn’t have to be some kind of animal to get dogs, or like, that’s not the angle he gets dogs from. Or, he gets them like that? He doesn’t know, he’s bad at metaphors, god, why does he do this to himself? The point. The point is that he could get wolves but not really get dogs, if he wanted to, but he gets dogs too.
He didn’t always, really. Like, all he really needed was blood beneath his nails and between his teeth. Not really doggish, that. A wild animal. Dogs are all domestic. But…
So. Never tell Jimmy this. Joel will never hear the end of it. But he patted Joel on the head and Joel—maybe it’s silly. It’s a little bit silly. Jimmy is all… weak and floppy or whatever. Except he’d patted Joel on the head and really kept sticking around and Joel went:
Ah. Yes. I’ll die for you now.
And so like—he gets dogs, is the thing, because he’s a wild animal and he wants to kill and bite and he’s a monster and he’s proud of it and he’s not not a monster anymore it’s just… Jimmy put his arm around Joel last night and Joel almost cried, is the thing. Not sure how to explain that other than…
There are benefits to being a domestic monster?
No, that sounds weird. He’ll workshop it. He’ll workshop it.
Thank god for Sketchfab. Drawing the car was so worth it
Docm77 working on some sort of blueprint
Have a docm77 working on the blueprint for the joel bot! Hes struggling with figuring out how to do his hair lol
Listen, i love Joel's whole car symbolism and all... Its very meaningful... And stuff...
But i rly think we should make him Venus. Yk. Cause he's short.
Yayyy chapter 5 of wolau is out! Here's the artwork for this chapter :3 a lil drawing of Joel's & Jimmy's bar, inspired by Joel's season 10 glowink shop
Close ups below!
Imma admit i got a lil lazy towards the end... But i already finished the chapter a week ago, and ive been rlyyy busy lately, so i just wanted to draw this as quickly as possible so i could post the chapter wkrhwkje
Grrrr i already finished the next chapter for wolau DAYS ago, but i need to finish this painting before i can post it >:(
Here's the lineart/sketch lol :D it's inspired by Joel's Squid shop!
Rough animation of badboy joel i made for chapter two of my fic, "A golden thread" which I'll be posting later today :D
Not sure why, but occasionally my animations colors get messed up, so here's a still version:
I decided to make a lil sketch of Joel and Jimmy too :D im pretty happy w/ their designs so far!
GO READ WOLAU HEREEEE!!!!
...oh wait shit, i just realized, i might end up having to redraw some of the art I've already made for wolau tho, since i drew them differently there-
Lil wolau!Grian sketch! Yay :D
I'm still trying to work out their designs (especially like, facial shapes n how i draw their expressions n stuff), but hopefully I'll be able to post their finalized character designs soon!
Rough animation of badboy joel i made for chapter two of my fic, "A golden thread" which I'll be posting later today :D
Not sure why, but occasionally my animations colors get messed up, so here's a still version:
Important question for my hermitcraft fic/au
