Minecraft Headcanons

Pumpkins naturally contain powerful nature magic and carving faces into them gives them a outlet to release that magic through hence why carved Pumpkins hide you from endermen aswell as explaining how carved Pumpkins give inanimate gollems the spark of life, its also why newly summoned iron golems have vines on them already and how they can produce flowers to give to baby villagers, because iron golems are able to Channel the natural magic of their Pumpkins to summon plants such as flowers and vines, it just never uses this power in combat because it's much more physically strong then it is magically strong so it's more practical to use its iron fist for punching. This is also how snow golems have stick arms despite only requiring snow and a carved Pumpkin to creat them

The pox itself isn't infectious at all, but patients are still quarantined to keep the pustules from bursting near any fertile soil. Patients are often kept in heavy tents with minimal airflow, enclosed stone brick buildings, or underground. Without fertile soil, the fertile spores from the pox don't last long once they burst, only a day or so. Once that period is over, surviving patients are cleaned up and released back into society.

(This is sort of a follow-up to my previous submission, just to clarify and expand upon a few things.)

Minecraft Dungeons and it's tie-in novel Rise of the Arch Illager introduce the Nameless Kingdom, a bygone society of ancient builders who built the desert pyramids, and their sovereign, the Nameless One, an extremely powerful lich who still rules over its kingdom. The wizards of the kingdom practiced necromancy, and still linger as the undead necromancers, capable of casting bolts of soulfire and summoning the dead at will. Evidently as well, they elevated wizards to positions of political power (hence why the Nameless One is such a powerful spellcaster).

It is my belief that the nameless kingdom, as part of their religion, revered undeath as a sacred state of immortality and contentment. As such, when the world began to crumble, the Nameless One and its wizards decided to attempt to preserve their society and culture in what they viewed as the only proper way - to conjure a grand spell, granting all of the kingdom's citizens the sacred embrace of undeath and allowing them to live forever in exalted bliss. 

You touch a creeper and realize that they’re almost like moss?..

Endermen bathe in dust or sand instead of water, like sparrows and chinchillas do… And for some reason, it works.

Have you ever wondered what ghast tears are for? Well, there's a very similar substance in nature that comes from another ginormous headed animal that may serve a similar function: spermaceti. The reasons why I assume this is the case are: - Ghast tears don't require a bottle to be held, which hints at them being solid or at least viscous rather than fluid like actual tears - They're strangely white & opaque for something supposedly meant to be a liquid - The wording "ghast tear" implies that this substance comes from the animal's head, much like spermaceti. This might be the etymological reason behind the name

Now, what purpose would ghasts gain from this material? If you're not familiar with spermaceti, it's a waxy, torpid substance found in the heads of sperm whales, whose use remains undetermined, although it's hypothesized to either work as a cushion, a buoyancy controller, or the most widely accepted answer, aid in echolocation.

Since ghasts are gigantic, they often bump into rocks & stones because they fly through a cavernous environment & having their bodies filled with a viscous white mass would help serve as a cushion. This could also tie in with the tears' healing properties, which would allow them to cure the damage received from a possible impact with the nether's cavernous terrain, while also minimizing the damage done by the impact, making them a double utility tool.

Considering ghasts are huge & have seemingly no method of self suspension in the air, the tears might help them stay afloat, & although this might not be entirely plausible in an earth-like environment, with a different atmosphere, it might just be plausible enough for speculative fiction purposes.

This headcanon is.... (not really) BAAAAAd