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a silly smalletho doodle I did. Idk what the context is, but it took me a really long time to get the anatomy reasonable, so I will not be taking criticism lol.

Joel meets Ethostrapod and Etho meets Snoel Snailishbeans. Joel is like ‘Grian said it was fine to touch other people’s snails!’ And Etho is like ‘Grian said it was fine to touch other people’s snails…’ lol he is in fear of the shrek snail. also in my heart of hearts I am a bug Joel truther and I choose to believe someone (Gem) compared him to his snail constantly. Like you know they were makin’ those ‘corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures -they’re the same picture’ memes about the snail - bean man duo back on Hermitcraft while the episode was running.

anyway I saw those snails and my first thought was that someone could make a killing on Etsy selling crocheted snail versions of people complete with pun names to the traffic fandom. Well actually my first thought was probably more along the lines of oh gosh what is that thing, but, you know, once I recovered from the shock I saw immediate business potential and can confirm I would spend all my money there. Also I really need little snailishbeans mementos to go broke buying and proudly plaster my room with lol (this entire paragraph is /silly)

a drawing I did for the amazing @insomnya777’s super au Halloween special! This collab was super fun and I hope to do more in the future! ^^

Go to Nya’s blog to find the au and read the fic!! (I got a sneak peak and can attest that it is really good, go read it!!!!)

I loved the most recent episode of Wild Life. I never would have guessed with all the ominous hints at what it was that it was running away from snails for ninety minutes lol but it was super fun to watch and a super creative concept! My favorite part was when Mumbo and Grian got cornered in the mineshaft and started freaking out because the snails were coming for them.

They’re gonna get you. They’re gonna get you. The snails are coming for you. Teehee.

some frames I drew for a boat boys animatic that never was

I’m really proud of how these two specifically came out. The second one is a how they died each time in double life and the first is just em dancing.

edit: I also forgot this one:

Joel was there two but I accidentally deleted the layer I drew him on

I’m bringing this back even though I drew it forever ago because I think it’s funny, and I’m still kind of proud of it. I forgot I used to draw noses like that lol. And also Ethos. I forgot I used to give him a little, like, swoopy thing. Hah.

I was listening to How to Be a Heartbreaker by MARINA and I realized it fit the boat boys perfectly

I might go back and add color later, but for now; behold…whatever the hell this is. Go listen to the song please this will make more sense I think?

This is, of course, all in silliness, I just thought it was funny. Also it’s a fun song.

Hi guys! Good news, I hucked my broken pencil at a wall in frustration, and it un-broke itself (mostly…), so I spent many hours making a boat boys animatic. Bad new, I don’t know how to sync audio, so I just had to record my iPad and play the song on a separate device. Its really bad quality guys (big sad), but I still think the actual animatic turned out pretty well, even if it’s still in the sketching phase. Anyway, the song is I Was an Island by John-Allison Weiss, go listen to it it’s so hilariously boat boys coded I can’t. Anyway, disclaimer, this is all for sillys and giggles. Also beware the angst.

I was listening to How to Be a Heartbreaker by MARINA and I realized it fit the boat boys perfectly

I might go back and add color later, but for now; behold…whatever the hell this is. Go listen to the song please this will make more sense I think?

This is, of course, all in silliness, I just thought it was funny. Also it’s a fun song.

Aight ranting time, can we appreciate how revolutionary Double Life was for the Life Series fandom.

The introduction of the soulbound mechanic introduced another potential method to interact and collaborate with different members of the community. In the previous canon Life Seires, most alliances were built of the members previously collaborating or being close friends (for majority of alliances, and this is not discounting that all the participants of the Life Series weren't already friends), but with the randomized pairing of Double Life, it forced new collaborations and interactions. Resulting in the mechanic transferring into the fandom's version of their Double Life, Woven Life.

Involving dozens of participants from authors, artists and animators such as rusty_courage, cherrifire, xmaruu, kitsuneisi, mudboowl etc.

(Non RPF)

But what stirred up the fandom into an absolute frenzy was the shipping potential of Double Life. We had Box Boys (Ren and BigB), the Homewreckers (Bdubs and Impulse) which were previously a ship in Hermitcraft and the Divorce Quartet (Pearl, Martyn, Scott and Cleo) which were pretty substanial new pairs but don't scale to the sheer amount of popularity the subsequent pairing recieved/s.

We got Scarlet Pearl which is not a ship but a fan favourite persona with her pairing with Tilly.

We got Boat Boys which are Joel and Etho which was a due no one initially expected but blew up to the fascinating dynamic they had.

Then we got Desert Duo again after the escapades of Third Life which produced lore upon lore of angst and tension which further fueled the shipping train for Scarian.

And finally we got the Ranchers, Team Ranchers or Rancher Duo consisting of Tango and Jimmy. Another pair the fandom did not expect but are instantly attached to. The amount of potential and ideas from this duo grew in number from their light-hearted dynamic to the angsty moments in the subsequent sessions was intense. Lore-wise, their pairings were eventually reunited during the Hermits x Empires Crossover in Season 9.

So basically Double Life was big for the Life Series fandom.

Joelskall or Smallishbeans joins the fight