Web of Lies hermitcraft AU (Summary/info post)
Grian is surprised when Jimmy contacts him, especially since they haven't spoken in years. Back then, Grian was still a journalist who secretly worked with villains and Jimmy was a young adult who got accepted into a hero program...
Apparently Jimmy had become a vigilante instead, and the reason he contacted Grian was because he and his civilian friend Joel were creating an underground fighting ring and they needed workers for the bar above it that functions as a cover up.
He's hesitant to accepts their offer, since he's been trying to stay out of any... Crime "Shenanigans" for the past few years since quiting his job as a journalist, but agrees after they assure him that they just need a civilian worker that won't rat them out to the heroes.
Everything goes well at first and Grian slowly gets to know the other staff members better, that is until he starts to overhear more and more strange conversations between his co-workers, mentioning a strange type of magic that has been causing chaos in the city recently. It sounds awfully familiar to a cult Grian knows from his time as a journalist in Evo.
Grian is determined to stay out of it, ESPECIALLY if it turns out he's correct about the watchers being involved, but he has to at least do something, right?
Or, Grian has to make a choice between his quiet life as a "civilian" and saving his friends. Determined to do both, he tries to influence the watchers games from behind the scenes without anyone finding out, even going as far as creating new secret personas. Too bad the watchers think identity reveals are incredibly entertaining...
!!Masterpost is here!!
more stuff below!
(These things might change slightly, but I'll keep updating this post as i write the fics/comics!)
Characters
Major characters: Grian, Joel, Etho, Mumbo
Important side characters*: Jimmy, Gem, Pearl, Evil X, Ren, Doc, Xisuma, Scar,
Other minor characters: Cub, Zedaph, Skizz, Beef, Tango, Bdubs, Cleo, Martyn, Scott, Impulse, Joe, Iskall, False, Stress
(*still count as major characters, but they r either only relevant during one arc, don't get much screen time, or don't influence the plot that much)
Relationships
The main ones r just.... All of the major chars ig? Like, Grian&Mumbo, Grian&Jimmy&Joel, Joel&Etho, Grian&Etho, Grian&Gem, Grian&Pearl,...
Side ones / only relevant during one arc: Grian&Evil X, Grian&Xisuma, Grian&Scar, Etho&Bdubs, Etho&Doc, Pearl&Scott, Cleo&Scott, Skizz&Beef,...
Theres also some side (friend)ships that im not sure about yet, mainly boat boys and rendoc, since i can't decide whether i wanna make them platonic, ambiguous or romantic 😭 feel free to tell me what u prefer!!!
My current plan is to finish the first chapter until the 18th and possibly post it :D
In the meantime, which one do you prefer?
FYI BEFORE YOU VOTE:
Since yall choose fics+comics in the last poll, imma try to do both. The thing im not sure about is whether i should just like, write the longfic and then have some chapters be comics (1), make the longfic but add artworks in each chapter to illustrate the scenes (2), or write the longfic and focus it on the main plot and then post like seperate small comics of other characters povs on tumblr (3)
I think option two is the one im probably gona do... But im curious about yalls opinion!!! Feel free to suggest other options too :D
sort of obsessed with the wolf costumes the wolves of wool street have, if only because i hope all the zedaph artists go insane with the idea of a sheep in wolf's clothing,
HI HEY HELLO HEARD U WERE LOOKING FOR ART REQUESTS AND IF U DONT MIND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LIL DOODLE OF SCAR HELPING ETHO TO SCAR-PROOF THE MAIL SYSTEM /nf
[Day 28]: Scar
You want a lil doodle of Scar and Etho? Of course, lemme just-
-oops i think my hand slipped... This was just supposed to be a doodle but while looking for references i saw a scene that i just HAD to draw.
I apologize for taking to long on this request LMFAO. i do hope u like it tho :D
If u recognize the Etho, it's because i posted the sketch for him on his day of hermitaday!
It's a lil rushed cause i didn't have much time, so i think it can hypothetically still count as a sketch? At least the shading?? Mayhaps???
(curse school for being from 6am-4pm on most days :(((( I JUST WANNA DRAW!!!! lets ignore the fact i go to an art school and i already have 9+ hours of art a week, not including the art projects in other classes.... I want to draw MORE!)
Chat, ya'll hungry?
They always are ;^;
Here's the second artwork for this chapter :D It's Xornoth destroying a building! Yay! Death!
(if you saw me post this yesterday... NOT YOU DIDNT. my sleep deprived ass definitely didn't accidentally post this yesterday at 2am...)
Close ups below!
Currently OBSESSED with evil x, my favorite tropes are:
1. Hes not evil. Hes trying to be, but he really sucks at it
2. Hes the scapegoat. The forgotten brother. Hes the one who always got blamed for everything and never had a support system. He became the thing they were scared of out of self defense, out of desperation. He never had a choice. He never wanted this. But at least hes the one getting hurt and blamed for everything, not his brother. (or, alternatively: hes so angry at his brother for getting everything evil x ever wanted to have)
Wait what its Halloween
[Day 5]: Tinfoilchef
I never actually watched tfc, since i only started watching members besides Grian when s10 started, but i still decided to draw him in order to keep his memory alive :> RIP tfc, from what I've heard of him I'm sure he was an amazing content creator and friend!
Spend most of my day writing job applications again (and i was at a family dinner), so i didnt rly have the time to draw more than a sketch wkehwke
hi!
may i have an evil x resting/chilling out?
Here you go! Hope ya like it :3
Yes hes wearing zeds hoodie n slipper