#3rd life angst

[angeart]

tiny hmtb writing progress update with more 3rd life angst to throw heedlessly at you <3

Grian’s head is swarmed by apologies, but they’re not Impulse’s—they’re his own, spoken hopelessly and desperately into the oppressive desert heat; an endless chant of I’m sorry, Scar, I’m so sorry. It’s not heard. It falls discarded into blood-soaked sand, and the only available redemption left is for Grian to fall as well. To take himself away from everything he loved—everything he destroyed—and let himself topple. 

[windwardwords]

CHAPTER TWO/LAST CHAPTER I HAVEN’T SLEPT IT’S 6:30 ENJOY IT’S SCAR POV TIME WOO 

[jestroer]

Filling my annual "being ill about 3rd life desert duo" quota

[buggsxp]

get your hands dirty (and rip up the garden)

[applestruda]

Old memories

[thatstoomanysausages]

Does anyone ever think really hard about Grian's inability to team? To stick with the same people he'd allied with at first after it shows the slightest hint of going downhill? Or about everyone's knowledge to be weary with teaming with Grian as he's notoriously disloyal with his teammates?

Cause the gutting thing is, he isn't. He isn't disloyal. He doesn't have an inability. In fact, I'd argue he is one of the few people who are tragically loyal to a fault, at least in most cases.

In Last Life, although he killed both Jimmy and Mumbo, he still felt the need to return to his allies after he'd turned red, feeling betrayed when they threw him out for being red. After that, he stuck with Joel and didn't dare betray him.

In Double Life, although he cheated on Scar and constantly complained, he stuck by Scar almost obsessively. His aim to protect him, even if he said it was for his own benefit, was painful. He didn't try to leave Scar behind like Cleo or Scott, he didn't try to sever the bond between him and Scar, nothing. It was almost like he was desperate.

In Limited Life, he was beyond loyal to his boys. He was loyal until the very end. And although he immediately switched to join the Nosy Neighbours, he didn't try to team with anyone permanently until Jimmy and Joel were dead. His silence when he realised he was truly the last Bad Boy was deafening. He hid his grief by saying that he had a backup team, just to save face, even though he built a gravestone for both boys and grieved them meaningfully.

In Secret Life, it wasn't as if he was fine with having no allied, like someone would be if they truly didn't care for loyalty, he was desperate once again. Having no teammates later in the game would hurt him, yes, but his desperation felt lonely, not power hungry. He didn't dare betray Etho nor Cleo, and stuck by them until the end. He was losing his mind on his hill before he teamed with the two, he needed to have close allies to depend on.

Now, in Wild Life, Mumbo is out of the series and Grian goes to say he needs to find some more friends, even with Skizz still around. Now, I don't think this is a power play thing, it's a desperation thing. He's hiding his grief by pretending everything is fine because if it wasn't he'd be vulnerable. For the past couple sessions, he had been working tirelessly to help get Skizz a kill so he could get off of being a red life, even to his own detriment.

Grian doesn't half ass teams. He will not team with everyone. However, he gets vulnerable when the ones that he connects to die.

Because that's how it went about in 3rd Life. He allied with Scar throughout the whole game, it starting simply because Grian felt guilty about what he'd done to Scar. He felt guilty. He stuck with him the whole game, undying loyalty, and all it ended in was him standing at the top with his best friend's blood drying on his hands.

To him, being loyal to someone like he was in 3rd Life ended badly. So, to avoid that, he found a way to still stay teamed with people, but not be left at the top of that mountain again, alone, even if his teammates die.

But so far, the curse keeps following him. He will always outlive his teammates. And this season is following the pattern, again, Mumbo dying right in front of his eyes, so close, yet so far. Always in a distance where he could've done something different, and he'd still have a teammate.

He may move from person to person, but only when they are dead or reject him. He is the forever Widow, cursed to always face his consequences, over and over and over again.

[blu-xp]

hi sorry just had the thought of red life grian and scar arguing somewhere and they start fighting but stop and just stare at each other wide eyed because oh my god we've done this before why are we destined to hate instead of love

ugh i HATE THEM (im lying)

[stiffyck]

Been thinking too much about 3rd life

[samgatinho]

I’m sorry. I’ll see you again. I think. I hope.

wearing thin by @sparxwrites

[canneddolts]

Do you have any thoughts on freehoun?

[w1ngedv01d]

headcanon/fic concept that (life series!)grian always avoids brushing his hair. he can do it, but he hates the sensation, and the headspace he gets to, and everything, so he avoids it when he can

in 3rd life, it became kind of a problem, with all the sand in his hair. so scar of course grabbed the brush and cheerily offered to brush his hair. it became Their Thing

In the Southlands, he truly considered asking Mumbo to help, but it didn't feel the same. He wasn't Scar

And every season after that... he just. Dealt with it. Gritted his teeth and bore it, even as he hated every second of it. It was hell, but he did it all by himself

((In Double Life, Scar looked over and was so close to offering to help again. But looking at Grian, glaring and almost crying, hand shaking and breaths uneven as he bore holes into the mirror with his strength to power through, he couldn't quite bring himself to offer. Not after their mutual "betrayals". Not after everything.))

[burntolivebread]

I miss 3rd life

[windwardwords]

Hey! Good morning! (I haven’t slept it’s still morning)

Want some good ol’ 3rd Life Grian Angst? You do? Well here you go! Fresh and still warm! (My laptop is struggling)

Enjoy!

[treahollow]

- what we lost -

Life series brainrot is back

and flower husbands are on the mind.

I thought the sketch for this was pretty funny

[kitab00m101]

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING

I have just had a million dollar idea that I would legit sell my soul to experience.

Dungeons and Dragons: Life Series Edition

A group of players, waking up in a blocky world, with no memory of anything before except for a single sentence. "Win the game."

Some players may have features or abilities similar to the creatures that inhabit the world, some are stuck with nothing but their pride and their instincts.

Allying, fighting, bribing, trading, betraying, pranking one another. Taking calculated risks to thrive and survive, all while The Watcher decides your fates.

The Watcher (DM) makes every session a living hell on your character's body, emotions, and mentality, and yet the company of those you are still fortunate enough to call friends makes it all worth while.

In the final session, the ghosts of the deseased sit alongside the Watcher as chaos insews. As the final players tear eachother apart down to the last life.

And if all of you are cruel enough to put your characters through all of that pain a second time, the winner from last campaign will not appear back in the world the same way their friends will, because they will remember everything they had to do to... win.

[applestruda]

The two remaining

Its ok guys, after this they went and rebuilt the sand castle and lived happily,,