The Return of the King?! | Empires S2

[@ramcams]

I love how Joel realised he can do a miniscule amount of lore and everyone will be hyped

[@RubinaCastignani]

yes

[@grutarg2938]

My favorite part is the single vine of glow berries that doesn't glow.

[@The_BlOb]

seeing season 1 joel back just made me legitimately so happy

[@dinalijayasuriya3196]

There were quite a few posts on Tumblr about it as well before I got the chance to watch this

[@AB-oh8eh]

Love how Joel makes an effort to do the Lore stuff believable and Jimmy just breaks the illusion not understanding what is happening

[@Blurry2.0]

I mean Joel breaks the allusion every time he says lore

[@thecamillarose9806]

I know everyone on empires tries Lore and Jimmy is like hey hey I see your costume

[@NL-fy6to]

Thats the joke lol

[@crystaldog7528]

lol

[@bookwyrm539]

I don”t think Joel put much effort in making the lore believable.

[@CoCoPuff331]

Joel really just brought season one Joel back just to show jimmy how to build in the Mesa without the plants looking dead and I love it.

[@Smallishbeansfan101]

FR THO I LOVE IT

[@waverteu]

L O R E

[@keeleyhartnup17]

ahahahahah

[@auxel1a]

yes!

[@robinmichelleartistry]

Cold hard facts right there

[@jaydentabron]

Did anyone notice how Joel try’s not to call Jimmy a toy but his sword is literally called “The Toy Destroyer”😂

[@ki0riginal]

Yeah I saw it and tried hard not to laugh but it's so funny

[@Octobris]

I know a different kind of destroyers

[@ommmmara]

technically, since jimmy is NOT a toy, he's not offending him at all :)

[@random.editor.person]

That fact Joel probably built more in Jimmy’s empire then Jimmy 😂

[@south452]

If you told me, even just a couple hours ago, S1 Joel and S2 Joel would canonically swap places (and just to build in jimmy’s empire?. ) I think I’d call you insane. But here we are. Good to see S1 Joel again though.

[@south452]

@donot. 💀💀 damn it took the bots like 15 minutes,, they getting slower

[@spicytaker]

you sound like a goddamn pooner 😭 how’s the binder Kai?

[@josiecroix]

Ur comment still has more likes than the KZbin's. Here's my contribution

[@YouTube]

the commitment to the lore is genuinely making me emotional ❤

[@andrewwebb917]

..is this like, actually KZbin? How is KZbin commenting?

[@floridaman...4109]

Yo its KZbin

[@floridaman...4109]

@@andrewwebb917 yes it's you tube it has 35mil subs

[@Horangiverse]

Joel still hadn't complimented yt. Your play Mr Beans

[@qsuehi]

Ayo, KZbin??

[@WickedChimera]

JOEL! I had to do a double take, I thought this was an old video 🤣 Also, Joel saying he's going to have more children sounded unsettlingly like a threat...

[@WickedChimera]

@Sarah Jayne Right at the end of the episode

[@mircasta]

A temple dedicated to Lizzy from season one would be awesome

[@atthebell4596]

oh my gosh yeah bc there's the whole pantheon idea to set it up

[@thenopequeen]

Yes, please 🥺

[@strawberryog1108]

Get a axalotol district

[@plebkitty]

And then season 2 Lizzie sees it and is incredibly confused

[@thenopequeen]

Season 2 Lizzie is scared of this mysterious Sea Queen, because cats and water don't mix

[@SysikMC]

Joel is the only person who would do a crossover with himself

[@therealMcFC]

let's appreciate how much hard work joel puts into his episodes, his building and in general. please keep up the hard work

[@dinalijayasuriya3196]

I've been bingeing Pixl's S2 episodes for a bit and yh it's insane how large Joel's base is (hence why so many sculk catalysts were put there for the whole sculk-infested Cubfan storyline)

[@ricorommeldumaplin4822]

If a lot of those Lore Pool exist on the server it would spell doom, remember about evil sausage supreme and wither sausage? Either one of them might end up using those to get to the server by switching with the good wood daddy sausage and cause chaos to everyone on the server, indeed a perfect plot for more LORE

[@JoveRogers97]

Two words: witch sneezes.

[@guineapiggirl3103]

Weve actually already seen sausage supreme. He's threaten to remerge with sausage to take over empires season two. It's possible he might be our villian.

[@MarxrileyAoki]

@@guineapiggirl3103 But I feel like sausage supreme isn't the only one

[@annabelmcdonaldimber9581]

SHRUB

[@xyliadetering]

Ok now I wanna see that lol

[@qweraven9]

That lore area is super detailed, love it.

[@thegameplayer125]

jimmy: all empires can build an embassy for their empires joel: time to build a palace

[@Mchell0]

The amount of times Joel has said he's big just makes me laugh

[@ronagiger257]

sameeeeee

[@sadsquidb]

As much as I know building towers for other gods is hard, I think God Joel should build one for the ocean goddess, axolotl Lizzie. Because she disappeared and many of the other gods could've assumed she's dead

[@shroo_3933]

12:12 “This is the most beautiful thing Ive ever seen, Who build this? Must of been some absolute genius, hopefully interior matches… oh…” -Joel 2023

[@shroo_3933]

This fr had me snorting

[@3amDepression]

If you’d told me Joel would canonically switch season one and season two a couple hours ago, -I’d probably believe you because only Joel (or possibly Lizzie or Scott) would actually think to do that but was it still unexpected YEaaah

[@Vraydorn]

Seeing that Jimmy is expanding from Andy's room, I think you should build Sid's room now around the vacation homes. I'm sure Jimmy will love it. ;)

[@Cocoecake]

5:30 The Rift part 3- but this one can also do time travel?? Canonically aren't the empires seasons in the same world just 1000 years apart?

[@Greenphantom16]

Yep but it said one time use only.

[@marinosluca3202]

Hello joel, excuse me?! Your intro castle is 100x better than everything I ever built in mc

[@Haze_d]

Lol

[@AlienGhostii]

Lol

[@The_Rat_King_]

Lol

[@nvrmndlvm]

Lol

[@TheBrasingtons]

Lol

[@lolzee3747]

Joel has just introduced the most op thing in all of empires history: the lore pool. How many of these exist in the world of empires? Will it ever make return? Nobody knows. Except god Joel. He knows all.

[@tjyt100]

Man's one of the goats of Minecraft truly special

[@Spartan-6969]

Fr fr

[@daedalus5253]

But Doc‘s gotta be the biggest on.

[@andrewwebb917]

​@Daedalus some youtubers are the goat, but doc is the GOAT.

[@emmaemmafield717]

He went from a king with a lore allergy to the god of lore He’s come such a long way

[@mayukhap1360]

Joel has the most amazing builds. Good to see our favorite mezalean king back

[@sanrioplush7307]

I like how I didn't question the thumbnail for a minute, I was just like " Yeah this is normal"

[@Emmari417]

I just know this “king” is going to be interesting 😁

[@eloquentornot]

I have a ton of videos to watch today but as soon as I saw this title and thumbnail I knew I couldn't wait! Return of the king indeed!!! Mezalea is so beautiful and I'm so glad you decided to do this with the mesa build here too, also good move making it abundantly clear that this was a one-time thing otherwise there would be so much theorising that the others could start doing time travel crossovers with their other characters as well, it's such a fun concept! Both of your characters in this episode have one way or another of making fun of "lore" and stuff, but even when the whole bit is poking fun at the narrative, you never truly break character, and the two feel flawlessly distinct in your acting! It can be all too easy to see the way you treat "lore" and think that you're just not taking it seriously, but this proves beyond any doubt that you're as in-character as anyone else on Empires, just with a fun meta twist on some stuff! Aaaaa it's so so so cool to see the Mezalean King again!!!

[@couldntpickone]

You're an inspiration.. The amount of time and efforts you put in your videos ... ✨😭thank you for entertaining us...

[@couldntpickone]

@donot. I'm not clicking on it 🙂

[@wasyago]

for the building ideas, if you're feeling lost or bored you can always try to do some little things first, and then maybe an idea sparks up? like adding some lantern posts or floating islands with trees that don't have any purpose to them, fields or crops in lore village, stuff that makes the place feel lived in, you know! also random idea, itd be cool to see more fountains and waterfalls and pools in your area since it all started from a fountain, and there's a lake and all that... maybe some cascading water features?

[@anony-missy]

Omg such good lore! We love a classic character return. And the new build looks beautiful

[@Allunary]

Cool to see you trying your hand at some Wacky Lore stuff! It was fun to see the Mezalean king again, after so long. The build looks great!

[@irksomefruit]

joel's acting is on point. this intense lore is confusing me

[@kanaihmeinen306]

Nice to see the good old (definitely not short) mesa king back in business

[@space_planet]

i only saw the title and thumbnail and i am already hyped i will leave an edited part by when i finished the episode Edited: wow the way it happened is so perfect for him and jimmy's reaction to the mazalien king ( i think that's how it is spelled)

[@zakariakhurram8901]

He makes unnecessarily long and good intros

[@buneris]

I SAW THE THUMBNAIL AND JUMPED PH MY GOD

[@riverbein3901]

SAMS 😭

[@Viperine_pen08]

The crossover no one asked for, but needed! Let's goooooo!!

[@GUCCI_FAN]

Idk why but when you went back to S1, I screamed when I seen Lizzie's Palace.💀

[@qweraven9]

Glad to see the handsome god is back!! Hope you had a nice break 😄❤️

[@Mango_TN553]

The intros are always such a fun experience!

[@QueenCami_123]

THE MEZALIAN KING RETURNS I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

[@AGamingPotatoBird]

Hey Joel! If you’re feeling a little lost, it’s totally fine! Just do whatever you need to relax, have fun, etc. Well all be patient for you!

[@stormynoga]

Just suggesting something. There are 2 certain stag gods that could definitely use a temple

[@justinthomas7385]

Perhaps a temple dedicated to the stag spirit that Scott was the champion of in season one???

[@loekiepower152]

Joel: Jimmy and I are friends now. The name of his sword💀

[@PieceOfBreb]

I love, the tall King nah i have girlfriend

[@ivyart3737]

Absolutely loved the idea of the Mezalian king coming to this universe to build something for Jimmy!

[@brightwist]

very fun episode, hope nothing bad ever happens to the wonderful, very cool (almost too cool to live with) king of mezalea and his wonderful palace

[@ChromaHolster]

Oook, so a little of a mixed up time-line, Fwhip juuust started that spawn build on Friday, and the clip of going and talking to Jimmy in Tumble Town is from at least a week or two ago

[@emmarozo2804]

Joel, with these pools of lore I would love to see a temple dedicated to the Ocean Queen, since she is technically an immortal fish goddess

[@spicytacomc1647]

I thought King Joel of Mezalea died of being too cool

[@owendigo]

I love how good Joel is at doing lore, like it's so realistic

[@applemnster6309]

I love watching you build! Because the megabase is so intricate, I think that if you slowed the time lapses for it down a tiny bit we’ll be able to enjoy it more. I love seeing the details get added on layer by layer. Thanks, Joel! Great episode today too 😊🎉

[@noaweggemans9507]

I really like interaction between the people on the server! You could talk to people for an whole episode and I would love it! Long story short: you don’t have to build every episode for it to be a good one ❤️

[@LightningfoxxyMC]

The throwback to Season 1 was really quite nostalgic, would love to see more!

[@OPG2081]

Can't get better than the king of Mazalia and hottest(and shortest) rapper. King Joel should make a diss track against god Joel or vice versa lol. Love your vids

[@xynthymr]

I'd like to see the ruins of part of the floating islands that fell to Earth. Maybe a tower that stopped floating, and crashed to the ground.

[@shxd0wwazhere]

At the start of s. 2 we were told empires season 1 and 2 aren't connected. They lied to us lol

[@c0rals3al]

Joel Should Have A Lore Child With Lizzie [That's Half Cat Or Something, iDk]

[@justwolf3937]

I know it's not the big thing but I love that, despite being allies with Jimmy, his sword is *still* called the toy destroyer

[@jennymay9793]

The lore is always fun, I know its a lot of work but I really like to see the center part of your amazing build finished even if no in sides are dun, I think it would just look so finished and epic, but it is up to you wot you wont to do I am just happy seeing it all come to life😁

[@mystieflower]

the king of mezalea is back?! so excited for this episode!!

[@caroline3335]

It’s always nice to season 1 again!

[@Lurkingintheinternet]

So excited, i missed the first season a lot so I’m excited what will happen!

[@SmtoonStory]

Joel really just brought season one Joel back just to show jimmy how to build in the Mesa without the plants looking dead and I love it...

[@sngletear1359]

I LOVE THIS SERIES, CURRENTLY DYING FROM EXCITEMENT FROM THE TITLE

[@tonyroberts7481]

Empires!!!!! Wow it’s been rough without Joel and the gang. “Actually he’s really lame” The best line the toy has ever come up with. 😂😂😂

[@koalafication1018]

This lore is so amazing and better than other lore that whoever thought of it is amazing Also a nice quote from Joel- "This is a lore"

[@jailanelsobky]

Barely delivers lore but when he does it’s alway the best

[@Cxrm3n]

I'd definitely love to see more to do with the lore village!! I feel like an empire really feels like an empire with the smaller builds scattered around. As for the mega build, i kinda just wanna see the flooring get added😭

[@IloveAdrienAgrest]

As much as I know building towers for other gods is hard, I think God Joel should build one for the ocean goddess, axolotl Lizzie. Because she disappeared and many of the other gods could've assumed she's dead Original comment: @Gweniline

[@craftingranger7552]

You should definitely have a massive statue as well as one for Hermes in your Mega Base

[@waldzwerg7814]

What I wanna see in Empires? In some other empires are taverns. So... what about a karaoke-session with the other rulers?

[@perebima]

The existence of the lore pool has made this the funniest episode with the slightly meta compliments to your own builds in character. This has been my favourite episode by far, I would love it if you could work with the other empires and have more magic lore pools spring up and old characters make appearances.

[@katgokes]

Not reading any comments but I’m begging for my theory Abt Joel originally being the Joel from empires season 1 and turning into a god after Lizzie died and using her orb is true Edit: no clue what happened to god Joel, I can work with this

[@fishythekitty7327]

Lovely castle there Joel

[@jackg122slay]

I’m hyped just by the title ❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@insanegeco276]

Love the series Joel

[@gracecameron2198]

you were 3rd

[@Jojo_gacha24]

I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW JOEL S1 WOULD REACT TO LIZZIE BEING A NONE AXOLOTL TwT Also WHOS here in 2024?

[@elijahmartinez195]

Love it make the content still!

[@TheNumber1Tree]

As soon as I saw this I was like huh wonder why it’s showing me season 1 empires…. I looked at the title and um that confused me a whole lot thanks Joel thanks😃

[@Jor.505.]

Joel that castle in the intro is the megaest mega build In the whole mega world of mega builds

[@Evgoblin]

Honestly your intro castle should’ve been what you built in tumble town instead of the palace

[@therandomshow_]

Nice to see his Royal Highness once more and see a bit of Mazalia back on Empires. It was such a beautiful kingdom Joel, and also know that part of this was probably to simply show up Jimmy on how to build in the badlands/terracotta biomes lol

[@deyynskiartz8169]

Did Joel the 11-foot handsome god canonically ever meet the 10-foot Ocean Queen in that server?

[@BlueCrystalAnimatez]

"this is a lore" I SWEAR THE GRAMMAR 😭

[@uniquewierdo3757]

I was literally smiling the entire episode, ever since Jimmy's video I've been waiting for this and flashbacks of season one are amazing!

[@robinmichelleartistry]

Why do I love Empire's Season 1 so mcuh more? It's just amazing and the king lives on in our hearts. Beautiful builds as always as well. I think doing the side towers would look awesome and I would be interested in seeing those in future videos!

[@InterstellarNoa]

The way I screamed over the lore and jumped around. Scared my dogs.

[@Random_guy1016]

The fact that joel and jimmy are friends and no longer enemies but joels sword is named "the toy destroyer"

[@999feed]

hi joel i think you should add whatever you wanna add to the base, in empires i like to look forward to watching the build grow and the funny story so its entertaining with whatever :0 you do so good!! i love you and lizzies

[@trash__queen]

I think upper Stratos building and maybe just doing the little bits while you figure out the main structure of the base would be cool. Also maybe have part of an episode ejust be shenanigans where yih go to all the empires and just see what happens

[@lastlifejumbo]

I know Joel brought S1 ! Joel back for like,, building stuff . But I am actually so insane about seeing him again & A CODFATHER MENTION ??? IN 2023 ?!!?!???? I swear I'm not insane about them I swear- /pos /hj

[@chl0e_74]

I think Joel could make a mega hotel for everyone who visits to stay in!! PS: MAKE SURE ITS EXTRA COOL TO RUB HOW RICH AND AWESOME YOU ARE IN EVERYONE ELSE IS FACES BECAUSE YOU ARE BETTER 💯💯

[@zombauz7412]

Keep going finishing up the Empire Joel! Looks great, lot of effort and love the lore call back. Its like you guys have your own metaverse with other series you've made and collabed with. Just don't forget not to force yourself to build these things all at once and be creative on a time limit. I don't mind if the vids are a couple days later as its something you have worked at your own pace. We all love when you are chilling, seeing what happens and letting that creativity/personality just ooze out naturally (weird word put there purposefully). Sorry bout your little man ='.'= I feel for you all the way down in Tasmania :) Suggestion - Try 'visiting' some other empires? (Lore wise or just for a visit) And or show up randomly while others record or live stream to see what they are up to... (annoy/stalk/help out) See what comes of it!

[@froggystuff7025]

Not my idea! As much as I know building towers for other gods is hard, I think God Joel should build one for the ocean goddess, axolotl Lizzie. Because she disappeared and many of the other gods could've assumed she's dead

[@DoomsdayDaisy]

This video is a great example of why Joel is my favorite content creator.❤

[@pamelasalazar5665]

I thought this was a past video until I saw the date it was posted! An amazing and big and tall and strong god got replaced by a mere mortal!! (I guess he really isn’t just a mere mortal since he’s a king, but he can’t compare to Joel “god” smallishbeans anyway)

[@edie_lo]

I really need Lizzie to remember her past!! If you guys got married in season 2, maybe everyone would remember? Or maybe if Xornoth returned? Idk it would just make a really good video to have everyone remember their past :)