So I’ve been reading @silverskye13 ‘s Redstone and Skulk, and I absolutely love it :] I ended up doodling some of the guys in class today and figured I might as well share!

Rereading Redstone and Sculk, got to chapter 7, and suddenly was overcome by curiosity about how Evil Xisuma and Evil Beesuma see each other. Brothers? Awkward distant cousins? Pretend they don't know each other? Something actually approaching friendship? Would love to hear if you've got ideas for this

Hello you've unlocked my hidden lore that I didn't think was going to make it into anything because I can't contrive a reason for it [yet].

Putting under the cut because this got a little long! Sorry for the rambling :'D

So in RnS, Evil Xisuma is the functional admin. He has access to creative mode, and all the god-like powers that entails. When hels was smaller and newer, he used it to wreak havoc. Now, he mostly just uses it to stave off boredom. Given he's also the richest person on the server [god powers makes that easy] he's also a Colosseum Patron.

There's a small list of Colosseum Patrons who remain mostly anonymous [because there's a lot of betting involved with the Colosseum, and the betting gets less interesting when the self-proclaimed leader of hels announces who he's supporting. Everyone rightly assumes he picks the most likely to win]. Other patrons are The Demon [Hels!Impulse] and Etho's Hels, though I doubt we'll ever have a reason to meet him.

[takes a deep breath] Okay! Now that that's out of the way--

EX and EB actually used to have a lot of dealings with each other, since before Helsknight came around and took the Hels Champion title, EB held it. EX was his patron -- which mostly meant sponsoring his gear and occasionally footing bribe money to throw matches. EX has a massive superiority complex though [god powers does that to ya] so he never really saw EB as an equal or a friend. Mostly he was an asset, and a boredom killer. EX was capable of being civil, pleasant even, but he was also always quick to remind EB that he had motives for everything he did, including anything nearing friendship. When EB lost the Championship to Helsknight, EX dropped him like a hot rock to try and patron the knight instead. Helsknight refused his patronage though, so after bouncing around a bit he's settled on a new hels to the arena, because hey, underdogs are always interesting, right? [He's Evil Sausage's patron, something the up-and-comer takes a lot of pride in.]

EB for his part sees EX as like, his out of control older cousin. You know, that one cousin who lived in the same town as you and went to a lot of parties and generally caused trouble, so when you inevitably saw their teachers in high school, they threatened you within an inch of your life if you acted like them? [Maybe that's just a me thing? Hopefully not.] EB is a lot more chill than EX, and realizes he gets a portion of his reputation from sitting in EX's shadow. He doesn't like it, but he's gotten used to it, and sometimes the immunity of being related to the most important person on the server is nice. If nothing else, EX's pride won't let something happening to EB go unpunished -- no one makes the Xisumas look bad. Their reputations are inherently linked. He thinks EX's company is fine in short bursts, and they do still talk on occasion, whenever EX visits the Colosseum, but EB would be lying if he said he wasn't relieved they weren't a patron/fighter duo anymore. EX's unsolicited [and often impossible] advice on how to make a "cool and interesting match" was never something he enjoyed listening to. They do both share a love of mischief and redstone though, and have been known to swap prank ideas -- though EB will noticeably tone down EX's suggestions when he does them.

evil x can have little a seasonal character designs. as a punishment

they're so fun to draw guys the armor seems bad but I promise it's all shapes and colors

I drew a Vespa :)

evil x (the real one), after being spat out of the void after several years of exile and returning to hermitcraft a few months into season 9:

i’m sorry, xisuma’s a what now????

Xisuma designs from December! Some brief explanations below :D

-Evil X is based on atompunk robots, cause he gives me evil AI robot vibes and I like atompunk

-Turtlesuma is based on scuba divers and astronauts

-Stridersuma is based on firefighters

-Beesuma is based on The Wasp from marvel and race car drivers, cause bees fly fast and look kinda like wasps? Plus super hero armor is fun to draw

-Xolotl is based on futuristic sci-fi armor, kinda like the subnautica buildings/vehicles? Or like portal but I haven’t played portal so maybe not. Also I gave him lights like the seawings from the wings of fire series :]

-doom guy X and bone mage X are just based off of the skins that’s it

When your Amazon music year in review says you’re a hermitcraft fan-

Hermitgang is, well, hermitgang.

Swagger Stagger is Tango’s intro music

Touch and Honeypie are unrelated (tho we do associate honeypie with beesuma-)

Clear Day is the hermitcraft recap music

And Evil X is. well. Evil X.

Still need to finalize a design for Wasp still but- have this doodle from today’s Xisuma ep. I have many thoughts and feelings

On Waspsuma / Evil Beesuma / Hels!X

[img id: Evil Beesuma sitting at the bar in Hels' Kitchen, from X's episode 1021. Jeff the Minion and Ex's Minions are behind him]

This Guy, this evil Beesuma in Hels' Kitchen, was one of the 3 characters that Xisuma specifically asked Pooka to put in. (the others being Hels!Mumbo and the Minions from 450)

When we were trying to figure out this guys deal, Auri @waterfall-ambience remembered that X at the beginning of s7 was talking about bringing Evil X back as a Wasp, and I went and found the stream that he was talking about that in:

(from Hermitcraft Seven (11) Livestream 21/03/20, 43 minutes in)

[X: 'Is Evil X in Season 7?' says Clash, I'm just gonna say, ok, there's- there's 5500 peeps here, right, yknow, tuning in, thank you everyone.

Uh... You can't keep a secret, I know that by now, okay?

Right, we've learned that, because there's always someone saying Grian is the door thief, so we know- we know the audience can't keep a secret, y'know, which is why I can't tell you when Season 8 starts.

But anyway, we're not gonna go off on a tangent about our plans for Season 8. Um.. Let's talk about the here and now, right? And Evil X!

I... keep having ideas to bring back Evil X, but it requires something. Someone out there who's watching will be able to help me with it.

Cuz, I can't make skins, okay? Well I can actually, I, y'know, I'm competent when it comes to going into a video editing program and making some.. edits, like I can change the color of the skin, I can swap some pixels around, I'm not someone to draw the pixels, BUT.

There's been this idea floating around that Evil X is currently a wasp. And he's without a wasp skin.

That's all I'm gonna- I- Let's leave it there! That's all I'm gonna say! Y'know? Having a wasp skin... Might facilitate something!]

There's also this tweet and retweet by Evil X's twitter account, from before that stream:

[img id: a tweet by Evil Xisuma, saying "Everyone should... BEE EVIL!". The tweet is dated 3/3/20]

[img id: a retweet of a drawing by @sSleepyflowers of Evil X as a wasp, titled "Xisuma is a bee. Evil Xisuma is a wasp." EX retweeted it, adding "I'm feeling a sting coming on!" The tweet is dated 3/5/20]

So. In s7, Xisuma was thinking about bringing EX back as a wasp. This didn't end up happening, but it's likely the inspiration behind him asking Pooka to put this Waspsuma in the bar. This doesn't confirm or deconfirm any evidence of him being Hels!X, I just thought that this was something that should be brought to the attention of the rest of Hermitblr. as it provides Some out of canon reason for whatever the hell Waspsuma is and what he's doing here. doesnt help explain any of the In canon reason yet thoughBHJVCFX

First of all: what the fuck!

Second of all: what the fuck!

Third of all: what the fuck!

Fourth of all: what the fuck!

Fifth of all: what the fuck!

All the lore boys are here! <3

I am hysterical about the beginning of X’s new ep, this is so fuckin funny this is the best 

OK FINALLY I know I'm late to this by like, a day or two but this was a big drawing so sorry for the delay, but anyway here it is! The Xisuma1000 celebration art! A redraw of one of the frames but with the rest of my favorite Xisumas in it :3

More Hels lore stuff UwU

“Evil X should’ve been a wasp to complement Beesuma because wasps are evil >:/”

You fool. You absolute fool. Evil X should’ve been a wasp because they’re also important pollinators. It’s just that people tend to be more scared of them and they do things like hunt pests rather than making honey. They’re overshadowed by their more appreciated bee cousins and that’s why it’s a great fit for the character.

BABE WAKE UP THERES NEW HELS LORE IN XISUMA'S NEW VIDEO

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