#or maybe they count as a self insert

[newtishfiction]

A Life Series/Empires/Hermitcraft Crossover AU Plot Bunny

Gods that title is a mouthful. Anyways. This thing started *checks notes* around Oct of 2022. Rediscovering an animatic by @iamfluffle did not help my plot bunnies. So I'm just gonna info dump before I drown in paper notes and half finished drafts.

This post got longer than I intended. All details are hidden below the read more line. I have also tweaked some stuff for the life series event since the introduction of Secret Life.

GIF by doyougifwhat-igif

On both sides the rift had closed after the end of the crossover. People checked in from time to time hoping it would open one day so another visit would be possible. Weeks goes by in silence...

Hermitcraft

One day Grian hears whispering from hermits's side of the rift. He didn’t like what the voices had to say.

Grian does what he can to keep people from discovering the rift being opened again. Destroys the cave entrance. Avoids his intended base in the floating rocks. Lies to his fellow hermits. Anything to keep people away. But the voices do not stop.

The voices grow in number and get louder to a point that Grian starts looking rough from lack of sleep. Everyone is concerned for him and not wanting to break so he continues keeping quiet about what's happening to him. So the source of the voices decides to play dirty.

The voices go quiet to Grian's relief and worry. The silence lasts long enough for him to believe its over. And when he lets his guard down the source strikes in the dead of night. A figure leaves the rift and wanders about the server whispering into the ears of some hermits.

Those hermits "wake" and unhindered by hostile mobs they head for the cave and enter the rift.

Empires

The peace of the empires comes to an end when the rift reopened. Everyone was happy and were ready to jump at the chance to revisit the hermits. But the fae were acting strange. Doing all they could to keep the rulers from the rift.

Choosing to heed the fae's warnings the rulers send messages or objects through the rift to see if everything is alright on the other side. For a long time they get no answers, mainly because Grian is avoiding rift and keeping people from it. One day they do start getting replies. Lies sent by the person.

Although still cautious because of the fae's agitation, a small group decide to go through the rift.

Reunion of Sorts

Everyone that went through the rift wake in a open field. While happy to see each other again there is confusion all around.

Having nothing on hand everyone breaks up into teams of two. Some teams go gathering for resources. Another group start up farms for food. Some build shelters.

The remaining teams go exploring. Looking for any landmarks that can tell them which server they're on. Except they don't find any of those. Instead the group eventually come across a world border.

They head back and relay this news to the others. And that is when a Watcher appears.

The Life Series Event

When someone is taken out of the game they return to their respective servers. Should they try going back through the rift they merely end up on Hermitcraft/Empires.

Those who haven’t gone through yet will end up on the Life server and are now considered active participants in the game.

For the sake of simplicity this event uses the Secret Life twist. Everyone has a max of thirty hearts that do not regenerate and must do secret tasks.

Grian

Yes he is getting his own section. This is mainly because of Martyn's one bit of watcher lore about Grian. The voice says: "He was never meant to be there. He was only ever meant to watch." So here's an optional detail to this crossover au.

Grian is unable to enter the rift. He only winds up on Empires when he tries going through. An outside force is keeping him from following the others. A punishment created by the Watcher doing this. A further cruel twist of the knife is that when Grian sleeps he can see what's happening to the others and can’t do anything to help those in the game.

Grian fills in everyone who hasn’t gone through the rifts. Filling them in on what’s happening in the mockery event of his smp creation.

#traffic smp #life series au #hermitcraft au #empires au #empires smp #empires s2 #hermitcraft #hermitcraft 9 #watchers #watcher oc #sort of #or maybe they count as a self insert #life series #secret life au #technically #secret life smp

[onlysushicat]

redesign of my trollsona I made last year, she was a bit ugly now she cute

#last drawing of the year maybe???? #trollsona #trolls movie #og art #self insert #that counts as self insert right

[lover-of-skellies]

Realizing that any ship that involves Ink could work with Ibis. Since she's me, but a lot of my personality has been amplified, so she's also like Ink

So like

ErrInk, for example. But it's Ibis instead of Ink. She just annoys the shit out of Error and is around so much that suddenly, it's weird whenever she's gone and things are calm

#not skeleton stuff #rambles #ibis.exe #does this count as self shipping. self insert stuff #maybe?? #I have no idea tbh #feel free to ignore me

[plucky-belmondo]

another realization, thanks to my older sister

me: *talking about my faves*

my older sister: PLUCKY we get it, you're into dudes with long hair!!

me: I am not :UUUUU

my sister: *gives me the "are you aure about that 🤨" look* First there's Jade Curtiss, then Mahito, and now Elliott!

me, internally: (vine boom)

#self insert #self ship #sometimes I imagine myself braiding their hair and putting flowers in it -- like that one scene fron Tangled 😳👉👈 #Richter can *technically* count -- he had long hair before in SotN xD #OR MAYBE TYING THEIR HAIR BUT WITH THOSE HAIRTIES THAT HAVE LIL' ANIMALS ON THEM--

[reinabeestudio]

Sometimes I'm taught funny stuff

#my art #self insert #yomiel (sona) #well its funni if the translation i was told is correct. maybe i was messed with idk /lh #well if its incorrect you can laugh at that instead AHAHAHAHAHDFH #but it's nice knowing people from other countries its fun #does the 2nd one count as 🚬👑 lore /j #tord #ew tord #eddsworld #eddsworld tord

[orgyband]

Might make oc playlists 🤔

#🌻 #i have so many so maybe ill just do some #i have like 73 ocs/sonas not counting any self inserts except my b.g3 one lol

[linagram]

if. hypothetically. there was a linagram dating sim. who would you want to get a route (thinking up to three or four routes rn)

#yes this is related to my last post on my main #you can vote and/or you can send me an ask with all the character routes you'd want to see! #asahi obviously doesn't count and i think naomi isn't the best character for a dating sim #but she can still kind of feel romantic attraction so ig she counts #wouldn't it be funny if you didn't play as a self-insert or a new character but like. #as a side character that we already know. #pov: you're playing as arata and you need to manipulate your bf into thinking that killing his classmate for being more popular is okay #or pov: you're takeru. you've ghosted eiko who is also a daughter of two criminals. she is also not very sane. she's in your house rn. #this might be silly but um! i really am trying to learn how to make vns andd maybe this could be a nice start^^'' #📱linagram timeline 📱

[yo9urt]

ball dur's gait 3 is ruining my life

#mine #I THINK I LOCKED MYSELF OUT OF AST4RI0N ROMANCE BY ACCIDENT #AND THE WORST PART IS I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW!!!!!!! #LIKE. WHAT SCENE DID I FUCK UP IN. WHICH DIALOGUE DID I MISS. WHERE DID I GO WRONG #i just got to act 3 and i had the option to ask him why him and my char haven't [ahem] in a while and i decided to click on it #and he finished the conversation by being like 'yeah theres never going to be anything between us' #i insta-reloaded to my save right before the convo because i refuse to accept that as being canon #even though i know the structure of this game well enough to know the fact that i have the option to have that convo #is like a 99% guarantee that i cant romance him #but fuck me man i wanna be a little delusional and keep believing #but if it's really over...............then 1. i'm very upset especially because this is my self insert #(although that is oddly fitting in its own way) #2. i still care him so much and in my heart i want to believe maybe after the events of the game something happens between them #3. im going to kill myself #and 4. on the upside i guess this does offer some interesting story/rp aspects i could play with in my silly mind #but fuuuuuuck me man i was counting on being able to do it i really thought i could get this to work................... #fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck man #so many things have gone wrong in this run it's almost kinda funny #i guess this also adds another playthrough to my planned list cause even though i watched the supercut and i know his romance already #i still kind of want to experience it for myself...even if it's not with my insert :( #but then again my tavs and durges will always be a little bit of an insert cause i'm going to project on them and they'll always #have something in common with me #i can try again in the future... #my 2nd run is going to be durgestarion with durge resisting the urges which i think will be really fun #but i guess im gonna need to use a guide LMAO #fuuuuuuuuuuck dude even though i reloaded to make the convo uncanon i feel like me and my little tav guy are sharing a deeply painful momen #ok this is too many tags WHATEVER i have a call in 30 minutes and then i'm playing the game for the rest of the day #even if he doesn't want me i will still care him...... #oh i guess that's the other upside is i can see nonromantic dialogue i might not have seen otherwise #i'll probably see friend dialogue in future playthroughs when i romance other characters but who knows

[animeshades1]

shoving myself into the narrative

#tuna art #scott pilgram takes off #scott pilgrim #gideon graves #self insert #does this count as ship art if i want to kiss him but i dont show that? #idk #maybe

[twin-wolves-123]

They're crying, and you don't know why.

They're unhappy, and you don't know why.

It's a little weird to see. After all, when you met them, the first thing that stood out to you was just how smiley they were. It was kind of refreshing, meeting the kind of person who would rather turn to you sitting next them and crack a joke about whatever boring lecture the professor was giving that day instead of just not acknowledging their other classmates. That was what most of that class did; at least, the students that didn't already know each other did that.

But that infectious smile is gone, replaced by a frown that looks so, so unnatural on them. Their eyes, usually wide-open and twinkling with mirth and a question behind them ("What's up?" or "How was your day?" or, your personal favorite, "Grab some food with me?"), are dull as they stare into the floor so hard you think they might actually bore a hole into it.

Their arms are motionless at their side. Which is also unnatural-- it's hard not to imagine them swinging, raised for a high five, or coming at you from both sides for a hug.

They don't move as you sit beside them.

"What's wrong?" you ask. You're not sure if they even hear you.

"Nothing, it's fine," they eventually reply in a hushed voice. "I'm fine."

They're sad, and you don't know why.

It's been a few days since you've even had a conversation. You two normally don't go that long without speaking to each other. This time around, there's no frown, but you almost wish there was one instead. Their mouth is a straight line across their face, which is somehow even more unsettling. They're staring at their feet.

You open your mouth to greet them. The sound doesn't carry. A gust of wind blows, drowning out your voice, and a brown leaf starts circling toward their face. It sticks in their hair.

When their eyes lock on to yours, their eyebrows raise, their eyes widen, and for a split second you think, you hope that their signature smile is coming back, but in a moment it's all gone when their face goes back to how it was before, except they somehow look even sadder. Maybe it's the bags under their eyes.

"Hey," they whisper, brushing the leaf out of their hair with one hand. The other one clutches their jacket. Did they always do that when they were walking?

"Hey," you say back. Before you can think of what to say next, they keep talking.

"I have somewhere to be." And just like that, they keep walking.

The leaf they brushed off crunches as they step on it.

They're crying, and you don't know why.

You can't even tell at first, with the rain masking their tears. You'd seen them through a window alone in the downpour, just as unmoving as they had been a week ago, and rushed out with an umbrella. You wonder why they don't open their own. Maybe they stopped carrying one around, but you're not sure.

They look at you with red, puffy eyes when you move your umbrella to cover the both of you. You've never seen them that way before.

Their head tilts back down. They're soaked from head to toe. You wonder how long they've been out here for.

"Why?" you ask.

They don't answer.

Your arm is starting to get tired. You sit down next to them and lean the umbrella shaft against them. It's mostly over their head now instead of the both of you, but you hardly notice the raindrops that make their way onto your lap.

With your free hand, you move to comfort them, but they push your hand off their shoulder, shake their head, and turn away from you.

"Please."

It was so quiet, you barely register that they'd talked.

They sniff, and you know the next droplet falling from their face isn't from the rain.

They're still crying.

They're crying.

They're crying, and you don't know why.

#writing #creative writing #fiction #short story #romance #love #unrequited #depression #uhh idk #loosely based on a oneshot i read #what happens when you're the source of their sadness #because they're hopelessly in love with you #but you don't even realize #does this count as a self insert #or gay lol #i left their genders ambiguous on purpose so maybe #lgbt #lgbtq

[cherry-shipping]

i love my friends selfships........... sorry im wine drunk as fuck so im all kinds of mushy rn. but anyway sincerely honestly truly i love my friends selfhsips so anyway if youre my friend ACTUALLY not even my friend just a person in general. and you ever EVER!!!!!!!!!!! want to gush about your f/os or talks baout your s/i lore. god god god i cant even begin to describe how happy that woud make me. if i dont know who the f/o is i cant give you much about personal interpretations/headcanons but it still makes my stupid lame ass day to hear about them.......... so anyway. sorry for being a loser ive just always loved selfshipping and self inserts

#as a kid i would make self inserts for all the kids in my class if they asked............... like really #i had a friend in middle school (never had more than 1 at a time) and we had a comic together #where i drew us as candies..?? or something ? and anyway it was popular in our grade and sometimes people would ask for me to make them #characters in the comic as well #and it made me so happy. i made one person have an intereat in a game called socker which means sugar in my language BUT also sounds like #soccer which is what he liked doing during recess....... can u believe how clever that is for a 9 year old. i was wildin back then tbh #anyway. i just love self inserts and selfshipping Maybe mor ethan anythnig in the fucking world TBH. and my friends are swag too #cherry chats #grargh. if u want me 2 tag alcohol just lmk LOL #and for the record if any american is reading this or anyone from any other country where the legal drinking age is higher than mine..... #i swear to god im old enough to drink. im committing 0 crimes right now. or like 0 alcohol related crimes i guess #im pirating music...........?? if that counts????? #wah. i forgof what im talking about . sorry LMFAOOOO

[localyardchicken]

day 2wo of cringetober!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

#self insert #maybe????does a sona count #artwork #art #cringetober #once again rushed only because i now have robot baby for 3 days :3 #so fun! #shitpost #cringetober 2023

[girlscience]

@people who have a stable sense of self and identity, what's that's like? how's it feel to be beloved by the universe?

#people who say shit like 'i knew i was [insert identity here] when i was 5 or 12 or whatever' i wish i was you #i have been flip flopping on this shit as long as i can remember #and it's not like it's new feelings i'm flip flopping about? it literally like the same exact emotion every god damn time #and my internal idk sense of self really doesn't change much but which piece my brain thinks is important does? #i don't know if that makes sense #like... i would never say that some mornings i wake up and feel zero attraction to women but some days i do think i've made it up #or like some days i think maybe i am attracted to men but i just never want to date or marry or be in any sort of romantic relationship #with a man... i just don't hate dicks and could theoretically have sex with a man... and like some fictional men are pretty. #and i had one crush on a guy when i was like 12... but i also was incredibly jealous of him and hated myself because i was female #and i would never get to be him #but then i'm like does it matter that i don't want to date men? i am not sure i want to date at all? #except i kind of would like to date a very specific tyler of woman in a very specific type of relationship #and i do genuinely think i would love that so much and sometimes i want it so bad i physically ache #but i don't feel that way about men. but the one guy i had a crush on i did when i was 14 or whatever #but also people talk about all these experiences they had as a kid with being gay in the church and how hard it was #and sure i had a hard time but it wasn't very hard to hide it from everyone so like i didn't face a ton of shit other people have #so like does it really count? #maybe i'm just making all of it up and i'm just straight and lying to myself about everything #but i've known i found women attractive since i was very young #and not to be tmi but until i was presented with outside information about sex with men i only pictured myself having sex with women #because the idea of piv sex literally doesn't compute at all in my brain #i genuinely think i would rather die than let anyone stick their dick inside my body #and i used to have legitimate panic attacks about having to marry a man and have sex with him because i felt like i had to #and i know all of this is super super cis centric but i'm going to be so honest. adding in trans identities when trying to figure this out #has only made it significantly more complicated in my brain #and i feel shitty about that but it's true and i don't know what to do about that #and i could keep going on and on about the fact i'm 99% sure i'm stone which also confuses things #because i can find stuff about being a stone butch lesbian but if i am bi.... i have literally never seen anything about being stone #with a man before. literally never. #but also does it matter? because i might be a lesbian since i am very uncomfortable with the idea of romancing a man in any way

[socksandbuttons]

i may be busy bUT ALSO PRINC... PRINCESS UTUT..... PRINCESS TUTU BELOVED SHOW GINJANINJA EXPANDING ON PRINCESS TUTU AU POSSIBILITIES DAMN NICEEEEEE anyway im fine im normal its alright im totally normal rn

#remembers her iz mg au #that no ones allowed to see #i adore it so much #whats my other mg au??? space may doesnt count thats a space heroine au not the same thing but abracket #i do have a couple msic MG girls around that i dont know what im doign with but they <333 #the mg au of the sugarushers i wanna recycle one day #MG 11 AU BELOVED THAT A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN ME AND BESTIE I LOVE IT VERY MUCH #Maymay sparked a couple mg ma aus (such as the ppgz one i liked the deisgns of!) #theres also mg maddie but maybe ill redo hers #bruh i reall y JUST LIKE MAKING AUS AND OUTFITS.... #princess tutu papyrus au belovedfd vdfnj (i love his duck doodle i did lol) #i think i have a mg au for vylet but i think shes just in ppgz as a lil shit tbh she dont do much #boy howdy i would talk forever of m dumb mg aus #oh my goddd mg may au thI #why do yall think my 'self insert' is a magical girl??? bCAUE LOOK LOOK its so FUN #this close to just going 'hoohohohohoho SUN AND MOON hohohohohoho' #anyway i know yall are here for Very Specific things but also #aside fusionfall aus MG ones EXIST

[ask-zacharies-snackarie]

Okay Google, post cringe

#delete later #oh my god what sluts‚‚‚‚ theyre holding hands #my art #my doodles #my doodle #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #delete later maybe #fnaf sb #daycare attendant #fnaf oc #i guess DCA:Bird counts as an oc‚ are self inserts also ocs.... #my fukin camera wouldn't focus on this to save it's fuckin life i have no clue why #its oribably causebthe imsge is like 2 inches by 2 inches big but regardless #probably*

[freylaverse]

Been studying the art style of Arcane since I finally got around to watching it, so I thought I might try a little self-portrait in the style! Reference under the cut.

#self portrait #oc #does this even count as oc? #oc insert #arcane #maybe