Hell’s Worst Escape Artist

Perhaps the world of 2044 will be as different from ours as 1979 now seems from our present time. But let us also echo this wish into the future— may they have peace and happiness.

we absolutely did not appreciate Ursula Le Guin enough while she was around, y'all

rachel corrie’s letters

the artist is hibstitches

found a little explainer

!!! I am the poster for the bell-baby-chain concept I’m so glad you liked it! I absolutely love the imagery of “goldskin” piglins. They remind me of the art of kintsugi/kintsukuroi- a Japanese pottery repair method and philosophy where breakage is mended with a mix of metallic lacquer, often gold.

( The concept of gold-painted scars also ties into one of my own favorite headcanons about piglin culture, wherein gold does not symbolize wealth but rather health and vitality, so scars being decorated with the pigment makes extra sense in the logic of that cultural mind frame. As a way to both honor the sign of survival and aid in the recovery from injury. With the added bonus of being objectively cool to look at.)

alright art people everyone come look at this

Haltadefinizione

It's an archive of masterpieces of art, mostly from the 15th to the 19th century! and you might be thinking "what makes this more special than other art archives?" well let me show you

here we have my favourite botticelli painting, right? adoration of the magi, right? now look at the zoom on this thing.

cool, right? well what if i told you that this was nowhere near its full capabilities

aha guess what i lied to you again it can do more

I CAN SEE THE CRACKS IN THE PAINT GUYS. THE INDIVIDUAL BRUSH STROKES. I'VE BEEN OBSESSING OVER THIS SITE ALL DAY

Hate to intrude, but I’d recognize those flowers anywhere. That there is a picture of Bradford Pear blossoms. Yes, would know those flowers anywhere: as they are a heinous and vile tree unworthy of being planted. At least where I grew up.

They were very popular for a time due to their lovely flowers and fast growing tendencies, making impatient neighborhood developers see them as an easy way to decorate, but they are a deeply invasive species who’s quick branches break often- causing huge messes and even property damage after storms- and those lovely flowers stink like rotten fish when their blooms burst. The “pears” of Bradford pears are small and inedible by humans. Making them both Weak spined, unpleasant, highly invasive, and on top of that, a liar. 0/10 tree. (They do make good firewood, the only good use they have) (exaggerating my disgust for humorous affect)(but no they’re genuinely one of the worst trees to plant) (and once you start seeing them)(you can never stop)(they’re everywhere)

I do not know if there is a character worthy of being equated to such a foul and insidious flora. But I do know that: if someone likened me to a Bradford Pear, I would not take it as a compliment.

Concept: “Baby” Endermen are ‘born’ from an Enderman’s favorite block. One that is carried so often and loved so deeply that it begins to warp. End Magic being imbued and creating a new Pearl nestled in the block’s heartcore.

The block deepens, becoming the Head and sprouting little gangly limbs and eyes. Thus creating a new Enderman.

This does imply the transition stage where a blockbaby has not fully “hatched” and thus results in the image of two little enderlegs sticking out of a block, running around like a chicken with its shell still on

Folk music is wonderful because there’s bound to be a million versions of any song you love. Folk music is terrible because nobody will ever sing it right except the person who taught you the song. 

Do you think baby Piglins have little toys that resemble the long extinct megafauna of the Nether. Much like how we have dinosaur plushies and other small joys? Creatures long dead and gone, living only in our collective imagination. And in the hand’s of someone playing make believe. Pieces together from what little remains and loved all the same.

what if they were made out of materials created through the extinction, like plastic dinosaur toys.... in the false self there exists traces of the true self etc etc.

The world is harsh and is full of horrors that want to kill you. Love persists anyway.

Idea, inspired by Peccaries: Piglins have scent glands under their eyes and on their backs. They use them to mark their clans and families. Because of this,touching another’s face or rubbing another’s back is a gesture of deep familial trust and affection. Doing this without permission is deeply rude at best and violating at worst.

Piglin Weddings traditionally have the affricated Piglins place their cheeks together as a sign of accepting their vows.

Expanded thought: Perfume, Incense and other aroma/fragrance based crafts have a lot of cultural weight attached to them. Coupled with the concept that their sense of smell is much more sensitive (inspired by the “pig’s snout is 2,000 times more sensitive than a human’s”) Piglin aromatherapy might actually be A Thing, and a highly thought out and respected field at that.

Piglins have a chokehold on the essential oils trade.

Imagine: Small vials made of hollowed tooth and bone, filled with the scent of home, kept tucked close above the heart or pinned behind the ear. Daggers laced with perfume so that your presence lingers in enemy wounds. Incense Burners carved in the likeness of Hoglins or Mushrooms or other Nether Flora/Fauna. Walking into a long abandoned Bastion, it’s great architecture crumbling, but still being able to feel the faint whispers of lives longed lived, by closing your eyes and breathing in deep.

Idea, inspired by Peccaries: Piglins have scent glands under their eyes and on their backs. They use them to mark their clans and families. Because of this,touching another’s face or rubbing another’s back is a gesture of deep familial trust and affection. Doing this without permission is deeply rude at best and violating at worst.

Piglin Weddings traditionally have the affricated Piglins place their cheeks together as a sign of accepting their vows.

Expanded thought: Perfume, Incense and other aroma/fragrance based crafts have a lot of cultural weight attached to them. Coupled with the concept that their sense of smell is much more sensitive (inspired by the “pig’s snout is 2,000 times more sensitive than a human’s”) Piglin aromatherapy might actually be A Thing, and a highly thought out and respected field at that.

Piglins have a chokehold on the essential oils trade.