I mean I guess, but if Taurtis was in any danger Grian would take the gloves off. And he is also the god of destruction. As in he isn't scared to get into fights with the watchers or listeners or humans or demons. He will cause destruction and let the earth reclaim things but he wouldn't hesitate to kill something that poses a threat to Taurtis.
Spinning off that "Taurtis, God of Life and Grian, God of Death" submission: Taurtis was appointed by the watchers to help keep the overworld prospering and Grian in turn was appointed to keep the Nether in balance. Hence the reason the bastions have Grian's face. And an angsty note: Grian gives the wither effect to anything he touches so he wears gloves whenever he visits Taurtis.
POG, VERY POG HEADCANON
I imagine the two have a friendly rivalry, for example, near-death experiences are when Grian is about to claim another soul yet Taurtis grabs them just in time, before giving Grian a friendly wink.
Grian feels guilty for accidentally killing something and causing Taurtis to cry and rain to fall so from now on he will not take off his gloves in front of Taurtis, But he thinks he shouldn’t be in the overworld at all. He has to guide souls through the Nether
-Nest au- ( Taurtis headcannons )
• Taurtis normally refers to perch on Mumbos shoulder or Grians arm in his sleeve.
• Taurtis will also find new flowers that he gives to Cleo, Cleo now has a garden
• He tries to get Doc to hold a kitten by showing that its harmless
• he managed to get him to hold one for a minute
• Taurtis likes to fly with X and joe
• He messes with Etho by hanging like at bat on one of his arms
• they use this to scare others into thinking Etho is a vampire and Turned Taurtis
• their expressions are worth it
• Taurtis clings to Grian and now Grian has a pet
• Taurtis likes Grian the most and likes to cuddle with him
• by this point Grian just places Taurtis into his shirt
(I'll add more later)
-Nest au-
Groups:
Netsters live in the nest (evolutionists)
Society live in cities (hermits) -people and gods mixed-
Basics:
The hybrids live in the nest and have lived there for generations protected by the watchers. How ever due to the expansion of the society they were forced to move to a private island. A god that goes by xelqua ends up finding a very injured Taurtis that was accidentally was abandoned. He brings him back to the hermits where with time they all bond and Taurtis is allowed to call him Grian. But once the watchers go to retrieve him the hermits that had grown attached to him refuses to hand him over. Grian more so than others. All hell breaks loose after wards.
Idea <Stiched Hermits>
About: Taurtis is a kid and the hermits are either dolls or stuffies he finds and restores each having their own unique design and use some even being droids and the evolutionists and yhs/ts peeps being his friends. Taurtis takes good care of these dolls. (I'll start with head cannons) Also all of them are alive.
Who pulls the Strings pt1
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Three forces used to live in harmony, peace between them. Trying to protect the word and the people. But like all things, it must come to an end. The watchers and listeners despised them, saw the power going to their heads. War broke out both sides fought vigorously. While the watchers successfully placed two into tombs, one disappeared. Almost 1000 years later they awoke, sharing a body with another. Trapped within the vessel with no control. This vessel was Taurtis, soon Stiruat would be in control. They would make repore with the innocent soul. Becoming attached to Taurtis. Becoming his boogeyman. But once danger strikes. Who will be in control, and what will happen to those who get in Stirauts way? Is Stiraut as good as they first seem, or are their intentions much more sinister.