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  1. Public Bookmark 20

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    What does it mean to love? Bdubs’ new neighbour Etho is mysterious, but Bdubs can't help but feel like his neighbour is similar to him in a way he can't explain.
    Whimsy, banter, bonding, shared hobbies, explorations of being aromantic asexual in one's 30s-40s.

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    Bdubs just had to take a peak inside. Blame his inner interior designer. Bdubs knocked on Etho’s door yet again. Eventually, Etho peered out of his purple door, hiding behind it as if it were a shield.

    “Hi neighbour! Are you mostly moved in now?”

    After a brief silence, Etho answered, “Eh, still got boxes around.”

    “Well,” Bdubs grinned, “when you’re done unpacking those, when’s the house warming party?"

    “House warming party?” Etho questioned in a tone that said ‘not happening.’

    “Oh come on! Buying a house is a big deal! It's real grown up mature stuff. Plus, all of us neighbours are pretty close, all nice people!”

    “Can’t.”

    “Oh not this again! Why?”

    Etho looked down, fidgeting with his sleeve before saying, “it’s nothing.” He moved to shut the door in Bdub’s face, but Bdubs shot out his foot to jam between the door.

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    28 Jul 2026

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    Scar can’t answer, too busy trying to control his breathing. It was Grian who had helped him build their home in the desert. It was Grian who had chosen to stay by his side, even after he didn’t have to anymore. It was Grian who had sat on the mountain with him, pointing out the stars and naming them.

    It was Grian who had looked at him when they were the only two left, and had said there had to be a winner. It was Grian who had led him back to their mountain, hand in hand, and beat him to death in the shifting sands.

    Grian remembered none of it.

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    The prize of the victor is to forget what they had to do to win. This causes problems for Scar, who has developed a fear of Grian and can’t tell him why.

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    19 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 40

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    He should have know it would happen, eventually. He was discovered, unmasked as a Watcher and sent away for the safety of the server. All of those living in Hermitcraft had any memories of him wiped, save a little ache in a soulmate's chest.

    Now he watches, and protects, and yearns.

    Title is from "Graceland Too" by Phoebe Bridgers.

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    19 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 20

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    Xisuma is absolutely terrified of water.

    He wouldn’t be caught dead admitting it though.

    Or, a ton of times X failed to tell anyone about his phobia, and the few times he couldn’t ignore it any longer.

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    16 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 18

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    Etho didn’t like touch. 

    This was understood amongst the Hermits. It was a thing. Just as Joel hated horses and Mumbo hated sitting still, Etho would shrink away from physical contact and stand on the outskirts of social situations. The Hermits understood that you didn’t touch Etho. 

    However, something being understood was very different to something being practised.

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    Etho hates touch. The hermits don't understand the breadth of his fear. He struggles to articulate this.

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    16 Apr 2026