+ written by _adrilia_ (with a few bits from hapyhappiness) +

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A-ahem, sorry about that, something got in my throat. Anyway, events and mishaps these last two weeks in the Hermittpad fandom!

(Pst, it's because we do recaps switching off every week now, in case ya forgot-)

_-SmolBudgieLord-_ posted some hermits as Tumblr posts, featuring a plaster-fingered Grian and a cowboy Scar. They also premiered their Hogwarts AU, slotting all the hermits into their respective houses and planning out their roles in wizard society.

Come to think about it, a lot of people are doing Harry Potter AUs this week; aiMHana, SKblind..huh, I guess Harry Potter is in the vogue nowadays.

Coolrena created her Hermittpad oneshots book recently; she's messaged all included authors for permission and will be pumping out some oneshots soon. We can't wait to read them!

Beware, tags have been spreading across Hermittpad this week- stay alert and make sure to check your notifications, as you could be the next one to fall sacrifice to this contagion.

Emerald_Gemstones is bringing back their old Hermit Heroes oneshot series, an AU in which hermits have supernatural powers. They posted a list of all the hermits, their powers, and their role in the superhero scheme. Emerald has hinted that there will be some betrayals and drama to look out for, so make sure to stay in the loop with their book to catch that.

Indominus_Gaming wrote an impressively long, ominously-toned oneshot using the song Killer Inside of Me. It's a dark spin on the hippies vs. Area 77 arc, with a distinctly unnerving mood. This was Indo's last oneshot in their book; they've closed it completely and will be creating a Season Seven book!

BurntMelonBread drew the hermits in Animal Crossing style; Iskall, Grian, Zed, Doc, Mumbo, and Biffa. They're pretty darn good, 10/10 insist you go check it out ;D

Ariyaquila created literally the best Hermitcraft Star Wars crossover thing with Scar and Grian omg-

Sorry, excuse my fangirling. This oneshot is amazing. Titled "The High Ground", any Star Wars fan in this fandom should go take a read. The details, the descriptions, the tone of this oneshot is just too good.

hautedlife has combined Evo and Hermitcraft in the timeless Evocraft, Taurian scenario. With mirroring perspectives from both Grian and Taurtis, we absolutely love seeing these two interact through the form of letters in hauted's shot. Letter-writing oneshots aren't incredibly common in this fandom, but hauted did a great job!

faded_instinct updated their Alan Walked inspired, Gang AU story SHEEP with a tense meeting between a few major characters. We'll finally get to know; who is the mysterious gang-leader SHEEP? Who rules over this bloodthirsty gang, the lords of the night and the terrors of the city?

You'll have to read SHEEP yourself to find out, we don't- we TRY not to spoil books in this establishment.

Ash_InTheFlames planned on making a 10k celebratory post, but then they realized they had 14k reads instead. Modern problems require modern solutions...

_adrilia_ crushed 16k reads and 1k votes on Hermitcraft Origins, which, unfortunately, will be coming to a close soon, with much disappointment to her screaming readers. Along with that, she's finally opened her Season 7 oneshot book. Oh yeah, she also changed her username.

SausageLoli is considering a multifandom AU of all our favorite series'; Kingdomcraft, SMPEarth, Hermitcraft, LegacySMP and Nostalgiacraft.

Kitty_Katt14 has discontinued their story Not You, with a dark, evil version of Mumbo invading the server and driving everyone apart. It's sad to- sorry, hang on, this was an April Fools Day prank? And they're not going to discontinue it? And hang on, they actually finished it a few days later for real? And they just rickrolled us with that link they claimed was full of songs that made up the stor-

G O D D A M M I T

(Didn't get me ;))

Moving on.

bamalexis22, between tags, posted a sad yet sweet vent oneshot entitled 'Comfort' in their oneshots book. Featuring the persona Alex/Bama, this is a good writing piece to go to if you're feeling down or unwanted :)

Viola_halogen wowed us with a oneshot in similar manner to Alex's; sad but sweet, with optimistic Ren and Pamela the mooshroom making the best of a bad situation. Loser Island is the place to be.

SavannahEclipse wrote a Punk AU with the Architech boys, Sahara St, and plenty of 80s vibes. Grungy & lighthearted, this oneshot had us hooked from the very beginning- I think the aerodynamic mohawk was what got me. Cutting down on their 20+ drafts, Savannah also gave us a comforting slightly-vent shot with Doc and a slightly cryptic, Grian/Watcher shot this week.

hxrmits has the items in their ebay basket and is one click away from a Fem!Tango cosplay (let's just ignore the one Hapy did, that was too provocative for our Christian minecraft server-). The Recap is impartial and does not condone irresponsible purchases but this would be pretty epic to see-

Along with that, Erica has promised a huge twist to the end of their story, 7 Days, which is scaring a lot of us.

FoxyNinjaBear has to slow down their work on A Hacker's Tale; online school is running amok because of that-which-will-not-be-named, and Foxy needs a bit more time to complete work at home vs. at school. We wish them well and eagerly await the next installment!

Casuallyy hit 200 followers (!!) and has been reworking her account with a new bio and covers. Actually, a lot of Hermittpadders seem to be doing this.

Everyone seemed to be in on a hilarious joke where they wrote gibberish oneshots in different languages or stuffed through Google Translate or written backwards, and I just spent about five minutes trying to figure out what the ever-loving h e c k a largefrenchbread 's latest oneshot meant before I scrolled down a bit and saw it was a joke.

Between hitting 150 followers, Ariyaquila wrote us a mildly amusing, mildly terrifying, very realistic oneshot about a hermit stumbling upon the Hermittpad discord server. Meet our protagonist, the bumbling, oblivious admin of the server, as he takes a few steps into the server and yeets right back out again. Pretty dramatic plug for the server, if I do say so myself.

psst...check out the server at https://discord.gg/7bTkFJ ...join us in hell...

WithImaginaryFriends silently slid us a bunch of headcanons this week- Grian, Scar, Tango, Impulse, Zed, Doc, and Iskall, all with their unique quirks sUCH AS:

"Zed: He drank paint water twice."

We do have a certain level of dignity here on Hermittpad, after all.

I_Love_Polar_Bears unpublished The Secretive Hermit last week. All our love goes out to you, Bear- I'm not sure why you took it down, but I'm sure you had good reason to. Should you ever put it back up again, we'd be overjoyed to have it back <3

Eclipsal_Midnight began writing a new Hermitcraft book! This cryptic novel only has the teaser "7 Years..." in its description, and the rest of the information we'll have to garner from the first few chapters. You should know I have very high standards ! !

Let's see...interesting new character names, futuristic setting, vague teaser with the character Xelqua, and LGBTQ+ husbands all in the very first paragraph.

Oh no ! You're meeting all my standards ! !

(please, please tell me you caught that reference-)

A new Picrew website is taking over Hermittpad! This time, it's a minesona maker with clothing from various Minecraft YouTubers. Design your own version here: <insert link or whatever or just leave this in, doesn't matter>

On the topic of trends another trend has arisen in the Hermittpad discord server. The topic of worm on a string came up when p3pp3r_ sent a video she found on how to make your own large worm on a string. Multiple hermittpadders took up the task as they have nothing better to do with their lives since we're all in quarantine and we're now making Wormits.

Yes. You heard me right. Wormits. Hermits as worms.

Xyekem HIT 800 FOLLOWERS

I THINK YOU MEANT READS?

YEAH READS

CAN WE KEEP THIS IN THANK YOU

YUP WE'RE KEEPING IT IN, HI INTERNET

VivaLaGrianlution posted their first story. Let's see in the first chapter they got... winged au, polyhermits, Joe suffocation, heavy flirting.... wowee all the stuff I need in my life, that I didn't know I needed.

hapyhappiness hit 300 followers. Lord, that's a big number.

HermitcraftSnake made a really fantastic poem in their oneshots book; it was just a vent post, and not Hermitcraft related, but this piece of writing is really quite good. Pretty much summed up what's it like to be trans, honestly.

22jgardner drafted up a short, angsty writing piece with Doc, X (well, not really X-), Wels, and Biffa. This other "X" has taken over Xisuma's life, an imposter, or a thief if you will, but he was a fool to try and trick Doc.

becca4leafclover WROTE A SHIP FIC HURRY DO THE INITIATION WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE ETC ETC WE HAVE COOKIES AND POPTARTS AND ETCETERA

(This was a one-time thing though, don't expect anything more. Just enjoy the Scarian while ya still can ;D)

ausforyou doodled some beauuuuuutiful Portalverse Impulse and Tango, dressed in their feminine garb and looking fine.

'feminine garb', what the everloving [REDACTED] does that mean-

TinyUWU finished writing their story Beyond the Storm, a Grumbo fic about..well, a storm. The author didn't spare us any details; if you're not too squeamish and you're in the mood for a gory love story, take one last look at UWU's book before they close it and move on.

Jeina58 hit 77 followers- as in Docm77, if you didn't realize. Similarly, bamalexis22 hit 69 followers, as in the [REDACTED] number if you didn't realize.

noconsistentname blessed us with a Wels in Twilight Forest; this boi is absolutely gorgeous, what a pure specimen of peace and stars and all things good.

aiMHana must be in a feline mood, because they dropped a list of HC cat headcanons (ya know, Jellie and Maui and etc), and drew us a lovely snippet of fanart in their next chapter; there are more Hermitcraft cats than you think! Everyone's heard about Jellie, Maui, Pearl, but did you know about Doc's cat Gracie? Iskall's cat Alice? cLEO HAS TWO CATS THAT I HAD NO IDEA EXISTED WAIT- (little do you know, Tango also has a cat ;))

DangerAngel2 is taking requests now, if you have something in dire need of writing.

Spudacious decided to casually drop some hermits in oversized pajamas and act like it's nothing, oh my god why has this not existed my entire life i need this so much,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

paulamm2 hit 50k reads! Lord, that's another big number.

ExKeichi, brandishing a new account after they lost the password to their old one, has been busy writing Season Seven oneshots. The top stories: WILL Poultry Man be able to retire peacefully? WILL Mumbo be able to avoid plummeting to his death? WILL Keichi get their old account back?

Well, you can find the answers to the first two by reading their book. The last one we're not as sure about- Keichi, good luck navigating the terrors of Wattpad Help. Hoping you can reclaim your account <3

Ash_InTheFlames CELEBRATED THEIR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK HAPPY HIPPY HOPPY BIRTHDAY ASH AND MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUUUEEEE

hxrmits ALSO CELEBRATED THEIR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK! WISH THE BIRTHDAY BOTTOM A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

DreamerOfTheRealms has established a plan to be a dragon and take over the world we fly wiTH OUR BRAINS THIS IS BRILLIANT LET'S GOOOOO

Kitty_Katt14 hit 90 followers!! Lord, that's one more big number.

emberdragon240 has begun a story of BFDI (Battle for Dream Island) with the hermits. Hold on to your horses as we embark on a tale of game shows, betrayal, competition, and the grueling fight for a place on dream island. In this fiercely competitive battle, the hermits are pitted against each other in various challenges to get themselves onto their fantasy home; a five star, luxurious private island. This contest seems to be all glitter and sparkles, but it could end up tearing the server apart...

Fandomsunite05 gave us a taste of their new miniseries, After; set in the zombie apocalypse AU, a rag-tag group of hermits makes their way through the remnants of their world. A failed experiment in Area 77 sent out waves of zombies that wiped out half the population, and now the survivors must pick through what is left to make it in this brutal new worlds .

CuteCatKid has begun a series of designing the hermits in Gacha life! Scar, Cleo, Stress, False, Iskall, Xisuma, the Architechs- we're well in and all the designs look great so far! The gacha style is adorable :D

BridgetTh3B1RD updated her story Caught in the Crossfire this week- a mistake in the Sahara system leads to some rather rash decisions, and soon the group is falling apart in a red-clouded rage.

aidnnnn is now taking drawing requests! With a grand list of gorgeous color palettes, they're asking for any landscapes, scenes or characters to go with these hues. Drop in and offer up your favorite Hermitcraft moments for aidnnnn to create!

There is now a Hermittpad version of Tag 2: Electric Boogaloo circling around Hermittpad! (Not the same thing as a regular tag where you answer questions.) As of 4/8, unicornthalady possesses the tag. Since most of us are probably near broke and would *never* kill someone in real life (I mean, I hope, but I don't trust y'all), all trickery, bribery, and kills are strictly roleplay. Let the tag games begin!

A quick PSA for everyone: a lot of people have been getting tagged or messaged by random accounts asking for sex or promoting "free gift cards". Everybody just remember to stay safe online: don't bother messaging or spamming the bot as it could access your account, just block and report it.

And now for a more serious note. As some of you know, _Ash-Potato_ is on life support for some form of cancer. Everyone here on Hermittpad hopes you get better, we're all praying for you. <3 #SmileForAzael, everyone.

Question of the week; What's something that you're grateful for?

Much love to everyone, you're going to make it through whatever you're going through. See you guys next week!