insects = panic

Bdubs: Yeah, Tumblr— Tumblr— They don’t want— They don’t want me anywhere near this language or them. But I’m coming. I’m comin’. I’m taking my time, I’m biding my time. I’m waiting for the right moment, but I’m coming. I’m comin’ to Tumblr and I’m gonna, I’m gonna wreck ‘em. (laughs) “They will cry.” Yes, I know. I know. But—a—but guess what? You guys cried when I found you, but look at us now! We’re in love! They just don’t know it yet. They don’t know—they don’t know what we could have.

Xisuma: [Presumably reading a message from chat] "You said you're fine with us using any pronouns for you, but does that mean you want us to use more than just he/him/his?"

Xisuma: Uh, I don't want anything. I just, y'know for me it's just intent is what matters, so if someone comes in, maybe they think I'm a she instead of a he, and they say, y'know, something using those pronouns. It doesn't bother me. Doesn't bother me, I'm sure they just mean to communicate is all, so uh, you can call me whatever you like basically. But most of you address me as derp half the time as well! Y'know what I mean? [laughs].

You put my thoughts into words!! Exactly, they're just a group of "normal people" with reasonable but varied lives, yet they mesh together so well. A lot of them have worked in other professions before, I guess Cleo's example of being a teacher is the most famous, but Cleo quit teaching for YouTube, and it's just... normal progression. It's normal to switch jobs if you wish, even if you're well-established in your career or whatever already. And I keep on thinking about how Grian studied biology in uni, yet what he's doing now is completely unrelated to his degree. I think culture nowadays is like "Ohh your uni degree has to be related to your future work!! It's super important!!", but the hermits have an astonishing variety of degrees (Cub doing astrophysics? Gem getting a degree in Medical Laboratory Technologists? Geologist Cleo moment?), and even with their wide variety of hobbies/ degrees, they end up hanging out on the same Minecraft server.

I'm not exactly sure what jobs the hermits did, but I think Tango used to work in game development, and that translates over to his intricate minigames in HC. I think Ren or Impulse used to work in a radio station or something, which is why they have that charismatic announcer voice which works so well in their content. False used to do graphic design commissions, and her art skills translates over to being a fantastic builder. So even if you stop doing your old job, you can retain your skills and use them in a different, yet productive way.