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Hermits, The Beloved

@nowaxjustanaxe

Help girl, I'm hyperfixating on Minecraft Youtubers.

what if ghasts were from the overworld and used to be native to extreme peaks, and what if they filtered clouds like whales and ate snow and

:c and now they're only in the nether

Y'know, ghast tears make regen potions. They're crying regenerative tears onto their children to keep them moisturised in an environment unfit for their species

Darn you Minecraft for giving me maternal instincts again. Worse than when I saw the cold strider for the first time

(Also, this comment read me for FILTH)

Happy Ghast

I saw the harness and immediately hoped it was dyeable and I was proven completely right. ZERO notes. ZERO complaints. This is the best possible update they can make with the drop model. I'm so delighted by every aspect of this.

my partner pointed out that the giant ruined nether portals that naturally generate were meant to transport something large!! Perhaps ghast shaped

"And when the coast was clear, I peered out from behind the carcass. 50 metres away I saw something I had never seen before. It was very small and was grey in colour, unmoving. Checking for mobs, I quietly traversed the soul sand towards this strange item. When I reached it, I drew in a sharp breath - it was a ghast. At least, that's what it looked like. It was very small, no more than half a metre tall, and it's skin was dry and cracked. I lay my hands on it to check for any signs of life, and found the faintest of heartbeats. It was only then that I realised my trousers were damp where I had been kneeling, and I saw that this baby ghast-like creature was sat on a patch of damp sand. I frowned, for there was no water in the nether. Suddenly, I noticed something from the corner of my eye. It was a ghast. Fully grown. Hostile. Though, maybe not. This one was crying, tears falling to the ground around it. Curiosity taking hold, I rummaged through my backpack to find a small leather pouch. I stood up and headed towards the ghast, warily. It seemed unbothered and as it continued to cry I held out the pouch and the tears accumulated at the bottom. When the pouch was almost full, I hurried towards the baby, and gently poured the ghasts tears onto it. They were soaked up instantly, like the baby ghast - ghastling? - was a sponge. I looked back towards the other ghast, presumably the ghastlings mother, and she was just hovering, crying still. As gently as I could, I wrapped the ghastling up in a piece of cloth I'd found, and I held it in my arms. It's mother floated towards my crude attempt at a portal, and I knew immediately that she wanted me to save its child - she didn't want it to meet the same fate as the rest of the nether ghasts. I hurried towards the portal, and as I stepped through, the mother floated off over a pool of lava and before I knew it, I was back in the overworld."

I am absolutely not ok. I never thought ghasts could cause me so much emotional turmoil and yet here we are, in the grasp of a very turmoiled collection of emotions.

So anyway I will be making fanart of the happy ghasts I have no choice.

If ghasts were went to fly, why does the nether have a roof? Also fuck drawing cubes.

A Happy Ghast? Well Now I've Seen Everything.

For as long as I can remember, people have been asking for a rideable dragon to hatch from the Ender Dragon egg. But a good creator never does what the audience expects, because the audience's expectations are mostly informed by the past, and the creator must plan for the future.

So instead of a dragon, here's a rideable ghast. You know, like those mods that add "happy" versions of hostile mobs? It's like that. And instead of hatching a dragon egg, you have to soak a very thirsty hell squid. Enjoy!

It might seem like a random, quirky feature to some people, but I think the Happy Ghast is the first feature in a while to truly add to the game's progression. We've had new weapons, armor, and ore, but for the first time in a while, this is a new kind of asset that will help us navigate and build. The Happy Ghast will be on the same level as the Elytra as a late game feature everyone will want to have.

And arguably, the Happy Ghast outdoes the Elytra:

  • First, there's a very involved process to get it: you have to find it in the most dangerous nether biome, then bring it to the overworld to soak in water for a while, and then you raise it like any other pet. Once it grows up, you craft a harness, and then you're set. It's a fun journey just to get it.
  • It serves as a pet rather than just an item, adding a personal angle to it. The Ghastling is adorable, and the Happy Ghast is a novelty that just...makes veteran Minecraft players happy. You get your own Ghast. That's worth it even before you can fly on it.
  • The riding looks a lot more precise and smooth than the rapid thrill of the Elytra, and you can build while you're on it! That's arguably the best part - it's basically Creative Mode flying in survival. It's practically an accessibility feature, and it's a more liberating way to build tall structures in Survival Mode than putting up tons of scaffolding (or in my case, dirt that I'll remove later.)
  • Lastly, three other people can hitch a ride on your Happy Ghast. It's basically a flying minivan. Everyone will want a ride from the first person in the server to get a Happy Ghast. Your unsettling, pale cube of happy ectoplasm will be the envy of the server!

Who knows, maybe this game drop will actually come with an Elytra update to balance out the usefulness of our new friendly phantasm.

It's a really well designed feature, and I'm excited to try it out. I love it when Mojang really zeroes in on what aspects of the gameplay to update based on how we play the game. This is one of those new features that really shows off their creative team's strengths.

It's been a day, and I'm still not over this, so allow me to ramble about the child.

  • I will die for them
  • I will kill for them

I'm excited for the Happy Ghasts but their existence implies the normal ones are miserable because they aren't meant to live in the Nether and that's so sad.

I'm excited for the Happy Ghasts but their existence implies the normal ones are miserable because they aren't meant to live in the Nether and that's so sad.

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