Y'know, like angst where one or two, maybe three people is pretty popular. Like, [ACTION] happens or [THING] happened, and bam, angst. But then.. instead of focusing on a person and an issue, why not just expose the Hermits for their faults? (Note: This isn't actually true, I just made it up-) Also. I made the space between each person enter and shift enter, so it's a slightly bigger gap just for the reference. So ta-da! Pobodys nerfect!

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Xisuma just overworks himself a whole lot because he feels like a constant failure and disappointment for not consistently fixing issues. He's just like that.

He lost his brother to the Void, and despite it not being his fault, he carries a bunch of guilt around because of it. Part of that guilt is carried into his overworking, as he tries to cope with losing his brother by making everyone else as happy as he can, and keeping things for everyone else perfect. His loss was the reason he created Hermitcraft and roped people into it, because without Ex he felt lonely and got tempted to meet the same fate just to get rid of the pain that was eating him alive.

Stress would've been a good person to talk to about all this. She is the uttermost sweetest, kindest, lovable person on earth- All selfless and really smart too.

This is exactly why nobody would have seen the other colors she can flies. Nobody would've thought she'd been forced to watch her parents and family be murdered, flayed, beaten and bruised. Nobody would have known she cried into her pillow every night, or the things she'd done. Nobody would've known the way her mind would twist into pure evil, and the thoughts it would give her.

But, heed my warning; Underneath all that sweetness and innocence, that sugar and spice, she has the whole dark forest living inside of her.

And on the opposite end of the spectrum, so does Doc. But on the outside. Or, at least he pretends to. He tries to act all tough with his threats and demeanor, but really he's just a scared, confused, and embarrassed little kid. He hates all the metal he has on him, it's the bane of his existence.

All he wants is to be normal again, not some emotionless hunk of silver junk.

He copes for this by acting cool and threatening, but somewhere in a locked box in his mind, a voice yelling through the cracks and sprinters keeps trying to persuade him to crack. To break. To admit to his fears of being an outsider. To accept the loving warmth of the people who care for him- They don't. They don't. They don't.- To accept the fact they do- Don't.- Do care. To show some vulnerability, and stop acting all high and mighty and arrogant.

But he doesn't listen to that voice- He never did, never would, all in fear of what may go wrong. So he keeps that box locked and shut tight.

Biffa is like Doc. He has a locked box too, except he wasn't the one to lock it. All this man wants is some chocolate milk. It's all he's ever wanted.

And he's lactose intolerant.

Then there's Ex- The brother Xisuma thought was lost to the void. But instead of dying like anyone else, he lived. He never was truly happy, and besides his brother he didn't have much to care for- In fact, he had nothing to care for.

So he lived as there wasn't much soul to suck from him.

But it's when he thought his brother stopped looking for him was the thing that twisted him over.

He soon filled himself with hate, resentment, and envy. But also, the smallest bit of disappointment and grief- Sorrow, despair.

Somewhere under a now blackened heart, he misses his brother and longs for the day when he'll be able to see him again.

But for that small, minuscule part of a person he used to be to surface, it would be a long swim through the endless ocean of raw hate and animosity he'd pertained for his brother.

Ren has a set of similar issues, just completely different and with the hate directed to himself, not others. He's constantly thinking everyone is going to think he's being weird and that people hate him. The self-absorbed part is just self-deprecation, but is consistently misinterpreted. So when he's being a wacko over appearance and all and going overboard,  it's really him panicking over people thinking he's a slob.

He can't stand silence, because it lets him travel to the corners of his mind- He doesn't want to go there. It's a bad place. A place that holds all those bad thoughts that are just so freaking large that he can't even process anything besides the inability to breathe and the tightness in his chest.

And Joe. He has his own dark place, and the same dilemma as Ren- Except he handles it much differently. The 'big words' are a hoax. He has a lot of self-doubt, (like Ren,) but he's probably his own worst enemy. Words often bounce around in his head, beating him down and telling him he's stupid and useless and that nobody cares about him. So he learned big, complimentary words to fight his thoughts with, but is constantly having to grow his vocabulary.

Unlike Joe with his internal issues, Tangos' are more external. He starves himself. He'll claim that he wasn't hungry and ate earlier, but that's a lie. Eventually, small meals became sustainable for him, and he can function normally. The reason for this is 'just because.'

But there's a lot of 'just because's.'

Some people may call Impulse lucky, but he sure wouldn't. See, nobody in his life has hurt him, but then nobody in his life has really cared for him either.

So while he doesn't have anything to mope over, he doesn't have anything to be happy over. He just 'is.' He exists to play his part in the world, yet he questions that every day. Because of this, he feels pretty invisible to everyone else, which has torn apart at his personality, leaving behind just a few easy to access emotions. The others are still there though, but it's extremely hard to pull them out.

Grian's problem isn't like Impulses' or Rens' or anyone else's.  It's the whole being short thing. It isn't a joke to him. He absolutely HATES it. The reason he's so hyper and over the top is because he feels the need to be recognized. He likes building a lot because he can control all the variables about it, and it makes him feel good when he's done something accomplishing. Again, this relates back to the 'being short.' It bothers him and he feels incompetent and small compared to everyone else.

He never says anything about it though, and jokes around with it to act as if he's ok with it. He fears if he says anything people will either one; Feel bad about it and treat him completely different, or two; He'll somehow become an even bigger disappointment to everyone.

And Scar just gets really anxious really easily, hence the angel on four legs- Jellie. He also does bad with silence because it makes him feel uncomfortable and awkward. He brings Jellie around everywhere because of three things. One, he loves her. Two, everyone else loves her. Three, she takes people's attention off Scar himself and to her, which makes conversations and interactions easier. This helps to be a conversation buffer and easy to talk about, which makes him slightly less awkward.

But there is one thing they all have in common; They never, ever talk about it. Either for being a disappointment, inability to speak of it, or just general fear, everyone kept silent. Maybe, maybe if someone brought something up, things would change. Maybe if they all stopped being paranoid and realized that yes, everyone else is suffering too, they could fix their issues. But, because nobody can dare to speak up, they all awkwardly interact and choose to suffer in silence.