I discovered HC while S9 was towards it's end, and proceeded to binge all Grian's episodes from S6-S9, by the time I got to 9 it was finished, I honestly cannot imagine being there while season 6 was being made, it feels like a long time since I watched those, let alone people who saw them when they came out,

(Ik I'm missing out on a hecc of a lot by only watching one perspective, I've tried, the other perspectives just don't hold my attention over hundreds, I do watch around a third of the hermits in the current season tho)

^I also watched only grian's episodes because he really makes hermitcraft interesting. LIke there was 5 years of hermitcraft being a chill place and then grian joins and there is a prank civil war.

Yea, I didn't really watch the seasons before S6 because of just how daunting it is to binge that many episodes,

I've tried with hermits that give similar vibes or are close to Grian like Scar and Mumbo, or even Doc, who I love to watch in S10, but I got tired of it after only a few episodes, even when I tried watching in S6, it just didn't keep my attention

Grian was the only one that I could watch for hours straight without getting bored, every single one of his episodes are interesting and quirky, he may not have as much of an impact now as he did in S6, but he deffo was the one that started the ball rolling down the hill, and now more and more people have grown into that chaotic, fun feeling rather than just generic survival minecraft where you make builds with friends

Granted Grian is still the start of most large things, but not as many things per season as in S6 (coff coff, mycelium resistance, crossover lore, exploding magic mountain)

^don't forget tag

Yea, and he basically started the whole thing with the permits

Yeah

Social impact? not too too much, but deffo there, most of the hermits individually aren't that affected and usually will do their own things

Consistently starting things that end up becoming a huge deal and affect almost the entire server? absolutely every season

You get what I mean? kinda like how the government greatly affects their country without really changing individual people

It is agreed that Grian is the most impactful hermit that ever graced upon this server,

You could take almost any hermit away, and things would change, but it would still be Hermitcraft just the same.

But you take Grian away, and Hermitcraft is suddenly substantially different