#3l desert duo

[maddisandy]

"But you died at my hands because I didn't love you."

Scar cusped Grian's cheeks in his hands; his eyes were filled with sympathy, filled with sorrow, filled with softness. "Grian I died and you grieved me. Yet here I am standing in front of you, alive, and you still grieve me. You do love me, you always loved me. I forgive you, and I always forgave you. Grief is love, and now its time to put your guilt to rest."

[sandhippies]

[isjasz]

Feather and Crystal (I remember)

Set after wild life session 5, under the premise that dd gave each other a feather earring and a crystal necklace back in 3rd life <3 They can be seen in a lot of my past pieces, the og concept was from bugs buggsxp back during dl !!

[lar-arts]

Just like third life...

These two make me sick I swear <3

(textless version under)

[applestruda]

I missed these fools

[morickkk]

Flight of the Crows - Jhariah

Without teeexttttt :

My apologies for the soulmate art thing btw 🎹🎹

[yutarts]

some 3L flower husbands designs i don't think i posted

[elliotthedumb]

the life series has gotten a lot more lighthearted over the years. we started off with third life - and now I’m not saying about how much fun it was with the creators, more so the fandom and how we view the seasons - and third life was very heavy, fandom wise. so much of the angst comes from that first series with the alliances and betrayals and sure they continue on throughout the series but the third life ones hit harder than any others. they were the ones that people still draw and write about years later, and the ones that despite their forgetfulness, the cc’s still remember them. third life was the heaviest, darkest, probably most lore-heavy season of all of them.

each season after that got just a little more easygoing. last life was still intense, but double life was a lot more fun. limited life had its moments, but the bad boys and the clockers made it a hilarious season at some points. during secret life and wild life, the weight of the death was lifted and they started to truely enjoy being there, not just trying to survive like 3l or last life, not just making the best out of the worst like dl or liml, but having genuine fun.

and of course, we have angst and we have sad moments but the general vibe of the series has gone from danger and being on edge, from uncertainty and fear, to acceptance and enjoyment. the players have started to have fun in the series, much to the watchers discomfort. the game that was designed to be a death match, to break up friendships and tear people apart, has bought them together to create a setting of content. despite all the horrible death surrounding them, the players have started to live, to thrive in the harsh environment.

[itschizzled]

[ladidatt]

This session was something for sure! I was constantly bobbing between ecstasy and depression. (I was left in depression as mumbo died😢). What with the almost pointed questions (why did the bot have to do scar like that) and the mace alliance (is it even an alliance?) it all seemed a bit specific to desert duo. Can all that really be a coincidence? Here's my headcannon.

The watchers made this series to mainly feed off the emotions of the players. Out of all the emotions they have had, grief was their favorite one (they generally preferred negative emotions). So, they put them in a game that one could not really win.

The first season was Grian's win. To the watchers this was almost perfect (the only thing they were unhappy about was that Grian had won). After killing Scar he was a sea of grief, and the watchers could feast.

The second season, they considered a failure. This time Scott won. They would have preferred almost anyone else. Even after winning the death game he did not have much negative emotions. In fact, he had a sense of victory. The watchers out of anger and shame killed him on the spot.

Double life was much more successful in their eyes. Pearl had given them a constant stream of negative emotions. Upon her death she left behind a huge amount of rage and not enough greif. She even left behind relif. This was far from perfect.

In limited life Martyn gave them a huge mocktail of negative emotions, but his cons overweighed his pros. He was aligned with the listeners. He asked much too many questions. Upon his win they sped up the clock and waited him to die. He left behind grief but it wasnt nearly enough.

Scar constantly radiated greif and lonliness in this season. They decided to keep him and feed off him until the next games. But they still longed for the huge amount of grief that had cured their hunger for weeks during the first game.

I think real life was not something the watchers had control over. It was a regular minigame conducted by the players which they subconsciously built to resemble the watchers games.

In wild life, I feel the watchers are chasing that perfect formula they had in third life. Renchanting is back, and they are trying to bring desert duo back through the bots and stuff. They had tried the same in double life but that had failed. They hope for better results this season so they can once again make them kill each other.

[maddisandy]

i was taking notes on wines salesmanship and blacked out and suddenly these two were on my notebook. don't know what happened there

[aresonist]

[isjasz]

do you remember

[vesperionnox]

[ Day 172 ]

When Sun meets Earth

[desertduo-but-everywhere]

[ashzamjesus]

happy pride month to all