#Ren and Martyn have already been introduced

[ethosiab]

Hello hello! I have little time (and energy, i'm a little sick atm haha) to draw, but I've got bbpau on the brain so I'm thinking of introducing each character's role in the story. Which brings me to ask-

These are very arbitrary groups, but those who are grouped together have interconnected stories and I think it's easiest to introduce them together.

I'll also obviously giving a bit more info on how each of them know Etho and/or Joel as i introduce them.

[blueishspace]

Hero, Villain God 31

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*Grian's pov*

You and Scar make your way to the mall, you find out that he actually really likes to talk about himself once you get him started and he is free from worrying about secret identities...you learn a lot about him in the process, and by that you truly mean a lot, you don't mind though It's actually pretty endearing.

Apparently this is his first time at the mall in years, since he has become a hero, so he doesn't know much of what's there, you say you are in a very similiar boat and leave it at that because that's easier then explaining you are secretly a super ancient god of chaos who has not been in a "mall" ever.

You also learn that he uses a walking stick to go around in his civilian disguise... you don't ask, It's not your buisness, he looks relieved that you don't bring attention to it so you'll take that win... You do mind the way the mortals look at him though, it stirs something in you. You question when you began separating him from the mortals in your head.

As you reach the mall Pearl is waiting with her friends, you might have gotten a bit lost trying to navigate public transport... Pearl has a knowing look in her eyes because of course she knows... It's not your fault billions of year of experience aren't enough to read subway station maps.

"Finally, Grian what took you so long mate?"

Way to put you on the spot. Well, unluckily for her you do have a cover story already-

"Nevermind, I don't really care. Cleo, you have already met him a few days ago. Scott, this is my brother Grian and that is his... uh...friend Scar."

"Hi?"

Scar waves akwardly, you narrow your eyes at her...you can tell she rehersed that line and you know that she said friend in that way to imply something...you don't know what but it is something for sure... You step in.

"Well now that we are all introduced we can go do the...mall stuff"

Cleo laughs at that last part, you know you are hilarious, but the Scott guy stops you by grabbing your shoulder.

"I actually invited another friend of mine. We should wait for them."

What? You don't even get to be the last ones here? No fair, that's so boring...Also what's taking this guy so long? You and Scar literally got to the opposite side of the city.

But you do decide to wait for them and eventually they do arrive... He has to be shapeshifter because you are completely certain that that is vice mayor Martyn with just a different face. He even introduces himself as Martyn.A shapeshifter? No, that can't be right...

So you ask Pearl about it later.

"So, Martyn? What's up with that"

"You noticed?"

"Shapeshifter power of some kind?"

"Sure thing, just not his."

"Huh?"

"Mayor Ren's power, they seem to have a deal going on... Cleo and Scott have no idea though, that's why they are friends."

"Not big fans I take it?"

"Definitely not, I thought it would be obvious considering the whole villainy thing."

"Eh, you know what they say about assumptions, they make an ass out of you and me."

"So you know that very specific saying but not what a mall is? Or how to read a map?"

"I know how to read a map, It's just the subway map that's unnecessarily complex...also I heard that quote from a tv series Mumbo was watching, really funny"

"Hmmm"

Wait, now that you think about it there is something else you want to know.

"What's with that anyway?"

"Uh?"

"The you know, villainy, what is their tragic backstory™? All heroes and villains have those, except for me of course."

"Unless you count being a bored immortal as tragic"

"You are right, I do have a tragic backstory"

". . .I don't know Cleo's, I doubt Scott does either."

"And you haven't looked into their mind?"

"No. It wouldn't be fair. And they are my friend."

"You did it to Mumbo"

"Well, he's your friend, to me he's more of a friend in law then an actual friend really."

"Liar! You two got along great."

"Well that was after I read his mind so..."

... Ok then, you don't think you can argue anything with her without losing- wait, she didn't actually answer all of your question!

".And what about Scott?"

"He told me a bit, he was engaged at one point, on the day before the wedding ceremony was supposed to happen his fiance and his fiance's sister went missing, just one day went poof it seems. He has proof that the hero association was behind it in some way, it seems even they couldn't remove all the traces leading back to them...or they were prideful enough to not care."

Uhh... yikes, you didn't expect that. Wait... You do have a suspicion though...you do keep it for yourself now though.

"Oh, well, anyway-"

Pearl's voice cuts yours...rude, you were trying to say something.

"We should probably reunite with the others now."

That's..true, it doesn't take much to know it would be weird to just disappear on them...so you nod and do so.

As soon as the two of you are back with the others you hear Scar stop and gasp in excitement.

"Scar?"

"Grian! Look!"

He's pointing as a weird looking figure with a humanoid body but very inhuman and disproportionate features... You don't know enough about mortal media to know which character this is supposed to represent... All you know is that Mumbo doesn't watch it so it can't possibly be that good. . . Well, Scar seems to disagree, you do have to ask though.

"Uh... Who?"

Scar gasps again but this time in shock, is it really that weird, is it like an important piece of mortal culture or is Scar being extra? You can't tell.

"This is-"

"Guys why did you stop? Did you see something you like?"

It's Cleo, she seems to be the only one to have noticed.

"Oh It's nothing, me and Grian were just talking! Coming!"

He sounds cheery but you can see he looks dejected...and embarassed. Is he ashamed? Why not just show the figure like he did to you? Hmm... When nobody is looking you create a clone of the weird figurine and pocket it.

When later on you eventually leave the mall you take it out and give it to him... You don't know why his smile goes so wide over something as...small as this but you can't help but smile back.

Wait, this whole thing was for Pearl to do her goddess of wisdom thing on Scar and make him less stressed... AND YOU FORGOT. . . He did seem happier though, maybe...maybe it won't be needed. You hope so at least because you doubt there is going to be another mall meetup to crash.

[birbmotherpigeon]

HERMIT UNIVERSITY socmed

Part 10

pov Scar

Today was the day! Scar had been waiting for this day since last semester. Auditions day. He already knew who he was aiming for Demitri, the charming conman? It was almost made for him! Scar arrived early to the music room they where using today. He had promised Ren and Martyn to help set up before the tek team comes. Although Scar wasn't sure if it was a tek team or just Zed and Cub since 6 people from last years tek team seemed to have quit over night.

"Mornin' Scar" Martyn greeted him, Scar was surprised anyone had arrived before him, until he remembered Martyn was basically the righthand man of Ren at this point.

"Mornin'" Scar greeted heartily he looked around not seeing Ren "Where's the king?" He asked, setting down his bag before sitting down. He rested his cane on the char beside him. Martyn let out a small huff at the nickname.

"Ren's running copies for the acting part of the auditions" Martyn answered turning to look at Scar fully "Why are you here so early?" He asked stapping whatever he was doing. Scar shrugs "Told Ren I'd help set up" Martyn takes a box of kables

"Good, Then you can help me set up the sound system before the band gets here" Martyn says, putting him straight to work.

pov Mumbo

Mumbo stood waiting at the entrance to his unofficial dorm. Despite being the least excited about the event, he was somehow the first one ready to leave.

"Zed, we need to leave now if you want to make it in time!" he called, glancing at his phone for the time.

A moment later, Zed poked his head out from the room he shared with Tango, his hair still a bit tousled.

"They can wait. They can’t start without us anyway," he replied, though he stepped out with a box of assorted audio supplies anyway.

Tango trailed close behind him, already slipping on his jacket.

“Skizz!” Tango called toward the hallway. A door slammed open, and their final roommate stumbled out, hopping on one foot while trying to put on a sock.

"Yeah, yeah, I’m here!" Skizz grumbled, hurriedly grabbing his shoes and sitting down to shove them on.

The four of them made their way across campus, energy gradually building with each step. When they arrived at the venue, they were greeted by a blond man in a green hoodie, his grin wide and mischievous.

“Zedaph!? Look at you, solving all our problems! I swear, I could kiss ya right now,” the man teased, then turned his gaze to the rest of the group. “Who’s this lot, then?”

Zedaph opened his mouth to introduce his friends, but before he could get a word in, Mumbo stepped forward from the back.

“Martyn?” he said, tilting his head, trying to make sure he wasn’t imagining things.

Martyn squinted for a moment, clearly trying to place the voice—then lit up.

“MUMBO!?” he shouted, striding over and pulling him into a warm, crushing hug. “Oh husband, thou hath returned! Doth mine eyes deceive me?” he declared theatrically, drawing laughter from a few nearby students.

Mumbo chuckled, doing his best to return the hug despite the box in his arms. “I didn’t know you went to HCU,” he said with genuine surprise.

“Last-minute decision, really. Applied to theater—kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing,” Martyn admitted with a grin.

Mumbo raised an eyebrow, amused. “You? Choosing theater? Could never have guessed.”

The friends Mumbo had arrived with were now watching in silence, expressions ranging from amused to bewildered. Eventually, Tango broke the moment by clearing his throat.

"You guys know each other?" Zedaph asked, his curiosity piqued.

Before either could answer, Skizz piped up. "I’m more curious about the ‘husband’ thing.”

Impulse made an agreeing noise. “Yeah, that kinda stood out.”

“We’re old high school buddies,” Mumbo explained, brushing off the question with an intentionally vague tone.

Martyn, of course, wasn’t about to let that slide.

“Where we got married,” he added smoothly. “Oh, you should’ve seen Mumbo. He was a blushing bride.” He clutched his chest and swooned dramatically.

Mumbo let out a muffled laugh. “Pfft—as if! You were the bride.”

“No, no. It was definitely you. You wore the veil.”

“Only because you made me.”

They slid easily into casual banter, clearly having had this playful argument many times before. The rest of the group watched, partly entertained and partly confused.

Before they could reach the climax of the joke, someone across the room called Martyn’s name. He turned, gave a quick thumbs-up, then looked back with an apologetic smile.

“Sorry, lads. We’ll have to do introductions later—the band just arrived,” he said, already in work mode. “If you could set up the master board and start on the mics, that’d be great.” He pointed toward the stage, then gave Mumbo a quick pat on the shoulder.

“See ya later, handsome,” he added with a wink as he walked off.

“Oh hoho, this isn’t over, darling!” Mumbo called after him, laughter lacing his voice. He could hear Martyn snickering as he disappeared into the next room.

When he turned back, his friends were staring at him like he had two heads.

“What was that?” Etho finally asked, doing a poor job of hiding his smirk.

Mumbo raised a brow. “What was what?”

“That!” Tango exclaimed, motioning vaguely at the air. “Dude, you can’t look at a cute guy without having an existential crisis, and suddenly you’re flirting with one?”

Mumbo blinked, caught between confusion and mild embarrassment. “No! Not flirting—that’s just how Martyn is!”

Impulse snorted. “Sure, darling~” he teased, fluttering his eyelashes.

Mumbo groaned, rolling his eyes and starting toward the stage. “You’re the worst.”

Laughter followed behind him as the group trailed after, the teasing far from over.

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Authors note:

Hi guys! thanks for being so patient I kinda took up a bunch of extra shifts ar work so I've been Woking none stop the last 15 days ಥ‿ಥ.

Anyways it's been sitting mostly finished in my drafts for a while. I was planning to add another Grian pov at the end but I wanted to get it out faster so it'll start with that next time instead ~~~~

And yes I had to include Aha-sbands somehow they are my beloved. This will absolutely not cause any drama what so ever... ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ (I'm not actually sure It will, but there's potential!!!)

The boys will actually get to meet soon, hehe. Like actual full on talk sooooo look forward to that!

//Birb ♡

[ju5tanarti5t]

Hi I'm the person who sent the "Scott's a Watcher" ask

I'll be real all of my Watcher lore is from Evo, I don't keep up with Martyn's lore; nothing against him, I just prefer the idea that the pure Watchers are completely passive and that only players-turned-Watchers use their powers to actually interact with the world (the angst is self-contained that way)

For me all the ex-EVO players (Grian, Big B, Jimmy, Martyn, and Pearl) as well as Lizzie and Scott are Watchers

The EVO players are kinda self explanatory: Grian got taken and turned into a Watcher, the rest of EVO followed (either as listeners or just concerned friends trying to get him back) and got turned as well

I've always headcanoned Lizzie as Grian's sister because of YHS (if you don't know what it is, good), and then Seablings and Skyblings happened so I just think Lizzie, Pearl, Jimmy, and Grian could be Watcher siblings; with her new role as DM for Misadventures SMP, she's in the boat of making games/worlds for her friends and using her Watcher powers for good

I know Scott has been friends with Lizzie and co for a long time, and if she suddenly went missing, it makes sense that he'd try to find her and that's how the Watchers got him; he escaped, and now he uses his Watcher powers to put his friends in escape rooms (consensually of course) and study them like rats in a maze (I love him for this and if I could study my friends in a lab, I would)

Most of the "lore" is just a vibe check from me, and an excuse to have EVO+Lizzie+Scott be super badass and god-like; Grian has two friend groups: the average queer friend group (cosmic horrors that can manipulate the fabric of reality) and the average nuerodivergent friend group (Just Some Slightly Autistic Guys™️) (I am both and this headcanon means everything to me)

I find the idea that Grian told the Hermits "hey guys I want to make a new fun game called Third Life and introduce you to my family, be nice because you might scare them off :)" and hard cut to the scariest, most intimidating Biblically Accurate Angels capable of Great Harm is incredibly funny

And also also in the context of shipping the contrast between Completely Normal Dude and A Literal God is the dynamic of all time to me (Scar x Grian, Tango x Scott/Jimmy, Ren x Martyn/Big B, Gem x Pearl, Joel x Lizzie); I eat that up every time

Oo I really like this. Can't currently comprehend it fully rn as I'm currently in a loud restaurant so thinking is hard but I really wanted to answer this.

I'm always a sucker for sibling head canons so already loving that. I also love how you talk ablut like Lizzie's and Scott's being a DM and the game maker for the escape rooms. Connects into what you were saying about how Scott thing with games. I forgot the exact wording.

Words are being jumbled in my mind as usual so I can't get the exact wording I want to say out but I do really like this headcanon lore thing.

And who doesn't like normal dude x Massive god thing that could kill you in a second

That's all of my thoughts for now as my finger joints are telling me off. Really REALLY love this au thingy ma jig. Words are wording great here

[amethystfairy1]

How are ren and Martyn doing in TT? We haven't heard from them in a while and I miss their dynamic. Also is there going to be any new ships introduced in TT? I've been into nature wives a lot recently and I wondering if they are going to be in TT since they are already in TTSBC. I will love it either way though!

There will be no new ships in TT, or at least, I don't have any planned right this second. All the main squads and storylines are established, and while there are a couple individuals who still haven't made named appearances quite yet that we're going to be meeting as we travel on, there won't be any fully new storylines introduced. Sorry, no Nature Wives in TT! 😓

They will be making a return in TTSBC soon, though! I promise! I have plans, I do, I've just been having far to much fun messing with Zedango lately 😆

As for Ren and Martyn, I know I'm late responded to this, but they're back! The newest fic for TT takes place with them! Hopefully you enjoy it! 💖

[aleksiej]

MARTYN’S ENDING EXPLAINED

First three paragraphs talk about the Evo SMP and both the Watchers and Listeners. You can skip that, if you’re already familiar with their concepts. 

For everyone who don’t know, Martyn was on the Evo server with Grian, Jimmy, Pearl, BigB and others a few years ago. In the lore of this server, there were entities called “The Watchers”, who’s job was to navigate the players to jump through the updates, as the server has started in a very old version of Minecraft and was updated, when the players found clues and portals left for them by the Watchers. 

I cannot speak of what exactly happened during the full server runtime, as I am yet to watch Martyn’s POV of the events, but I can say that Grian, after having his series last 51 episodes and, in matter of the lore, disappeared after taking on the Ender Dragon. All information points to him becoming a Watcher, as the ending poem that shows after killing the Dragon for the first time was altered and depicted two Watchers talking, and at the end had a line that was probably Grian (thanking for watching and supporting the series) marked as Watcher 3. 

After Grian left, to the canon introduced The Listeners, as a kind of counterpart to The Watchers, although if it’s wrong please do tell me, I’m not an expert. 

And finally, we are back on the Last Life SMP. Martyn lost his final life, on the podium as a third to stay alive. After death, he talks with a mysterious voice who has been talking to him during this whole season of Last Life. The voice declares him to be a failure for not ensuring the victory for himself nor, interestingly, Ren, who the voice would be satisfied with as a winner as well. But, Scott being the last one standing, and him opposing the Boogey curse the session before, the voice definitely ain’t pleased. It speaks about the 3rd Life, and the Red Winter and how it made it hungry for not only blood, but for fear and confusion and betrayal that the war in 3rd Life simply didn’t provide. Martyn then asks about Grian and what was the voice’s deal with him. The voice disaproves of Grian, because he is participaiting in the death game, when he was only supposed to be Watching. You know, like a Watcher? The voice then calls Martyn “more of a Listener”, which, fair. He did listen to that voice the entirety of Last Life. 

So, are Martyn and Grian kinda opposites? Will it change in the next season? Will there even be a next season? Did the Watchers made the moon big? 

So yeah, all I can say is, treebark is the Watchers’ OTP, flower husbands - the absolute oposite and Grian is a feral cat that they don’t like cause it doesn’t follow the rules and makes a mess everywhere. Oh, and also, Evo and the 3rd/Last Life series are connected in lore and I love it. Gonna go now madly theorize about Scott’s Elsa powers in Empires SMP, buh-bye!

[theres-an-impulstor-among-us]

things i hope for in the future Season 2 of 3rd Life

- more people. not just different people but more, up to maybe 20. i get that it would be harder to consistently coordinate 20 people for a 3 hour recording session every week but consider: even if you have 1-3 absences per session, that allows it to go on for longer. 3LS1 was SOOO good but its only fault was that it escalated so quickly that it ended after only 8 sessions. idk if that's what Grian envisioned but i personally would love for it to last longer. there were SEVENTEEN deaths in that last session, it would've been amazing to spread it out more.

- different interactions. the strong duos like Ren/Martyn, Grian/Scar, Scott/Jimmy have been absolutely amazing but what was so good about them was that they were mostly unexpected. Ren/Martyn NOBODY saw coming. Scott/Jimmy started out as just "we live near each other" and quickly escalated to "cottagecore husbands". Grian/Scar were thrown together in the first episode and their bond lasted all the way to the final episode, despite everyone thinking they would separate. the best part of those duos was that nobody expected them to be as good as they were, so i hope for just as amazing but different duos in S2, ones we can't even imagine atm.

- clearer rules. Grian's intro to the series said that once you get to red, your objective changes to trapping and killing other people, but in this series, greens and yellows were doing that too, not least himself, under the pretence of Scar making him do it. i want them to either introduce firmer rules that greens and yellows can't trap or kill, especially on behalf of a red, or just straight-up get rid of that rule altogether. the thing that bugged me wasn't that Grian killed while on his green life, it was that he did it after previously saying that only reds can kill. not knocking Grian, just want things to be clearer :)

- a new map and new twists. i'm just including this here bc i know Grian has already said there will be both of these things, but i just wanted to say i approve of this. the size of the map was very good, so i hope they keep that the same. and i cant think of what further twists can be introduced so i'm excited to see what Grian comes up with

[blueishspace]

Looped Sun 9

Loop #311

Grian had waited for a good Watchers'loop for a while now. He always liked those because he could cause so much mischief and pranks during those, now he just needed to slay the ender dragon and join them.

This loop was going to be amazing, he could feel it.

Loop #314

Scott really liked this loop what could he say? It was fun and getting rainbow laser really fit his whole brand. And getting to litterally paint the world was way more fun then he would have tought.

Loop #316

It had been a while since Pearl had a Saint Pearl loop where everything wasn't angsty for some reason, finally she could relax and bave fun with her Empires friends and eventually her Hermitcraft friends too. As much as she likes Scarlet Pearl it became grating after a while.

Loop #317

Scar loved this loop, create was always a fun mod especially with his friends but this wasn't just create, there were so many mods he could use to create the biggest theme park yet! And also a plane, and a train and maybe he could improve his supersonic wheelchair.

Loop #320

Mumbo... well he was definitely fascinated by this world's redstone. Well, it didn't look and It didn't work exactly like redstone but it was so similiar in every other way it was hard to not make the comparison. Mumbo had already begun to understand some of it's simpler machines and he found he liked experimenting with it almost as much as he did redstone, a fun challenge definitely.

Loop #323

Tommy: Hey! G! How's my favorite doing?

Grian: Huh?

Tommy: Wait, are you feeling loopy?

Grian: Of course I am, I sent back a ping, are you?

Tommy: I mean, yeah. Why are you looking at me like that?

Grian: I didn't know you were looping.

Tommy: That's a joke righ-

Other Grian: Tommy! Nice to see you- who is that?

Grian: Who are you!?

Other Grian: Grian, Hermitcraft looper. Now, you?

Grian: Grian, anchor of the life series branch.

Other Grian: The life series is part of the Hermitcraft branch mate.

Grian: No? Hermitcraft is part of the life series branch.

Calliope: You're both wrong.

Other Grian: Calliope?

Grian: Who?

Other Grian: The administrator?

Grian: Wait really? I'm so sorry!

Tommy: Ok what the fuck is going on?

Calliope: It's simple, when Secret Life started the life series branch became so separated from the Hermitcraft one that it itself started looping.

Other Grian: But I keep looping into the life series pretty often.

Grian: And like, most of my loops start in Hermitcraft.

Calliope: Yes, the loops aren't completely separate, think of it as two branches wrapped around eachother. It's a mess for is admin to deal with.

Grian: Has this ever happened before?

Calliope: We had loopers that looked identical to eachother because of their actors before but never two itirations of the same person.

Grian: Uh...we should probably start introducing ourselves to loops as Hermit Grian and Life Grian shouldn't we?

Hermit Grian: Yeah... I'll need to tell the other hermits.

(For the one person who asked, yes, Living in The Circular is canon to Looping sun.)

Loop #329

Grian: Ok, ok, idea my lord.

Ren: Yes me hand?

Grian: What of we stole Scar's Lama?

Ren: ... Why?

Grian: For insulting you my liege, he shouldn't be allowed to not be punished.

Ren: Hmmm...

Scar: Martyn, Martyn, Martyn.

Martyn: *sigh* yes Scar?

Scar: Can we steal Dogwart's enchanter?

Martyn: You know we don't need it.

Scar: But I do! I d- Ahhhhh!

Martyn: The ravine! Scar!?

Goodtimeswithscar fell from a high place

Grian: I can't believe you did a science bros fall again.

Scar: I was distracted by trying to annoy Martyn! I forgot about it!

Grian: At least you didn't die this time.

Scar: At least I didn't have to do the whole hand of the king bit.

Grian: Eh, it wasn't that bad.

Scar: ... You still prefer me, right?

Grian : Of course I do Scar.

Loop #334

Scott: I made a mistake.

Grian: What did you do?

Scott: I tried the resurrection spell from Witchcraft on Jimmy.

Scar: You didn't!

Grian: What? Are you crazy!?! You can't just-

Scott: That's not the problem... He became a zombie.

Grian: ... Are we stuck in a zombie apocalypse?

Scott: Yeah...

Grian: That's ugh... I need to punch a wall.

Loop #335

Scott: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer!

(Never really know who you can trust!)

Scott: If they wanna get the bag open-

Grian: Scott.

Scott:- What, I was just singing my part. What is wrong with yo

Grian: I'm tired because someone started a zombie apocalypse.

Scott: Oh It wasn't that bad.

Grian: It was.

Loop #337

Pearl: So Jimmy is Papyrus and Martyn is Undyne...

Grian: Asgore, Scar told me that he's taking Toriel's place.

Scott: I'm taking Mettaton's place, Ren is Alphys... It's so weird they don't even realize it since they aren't looping.

Grian: Wait, who are you Pearl?

Pearl: Isn't it obvious from the hoodie?

Grian: Oh. Is Mumbo not-

Mumbo: I am.

Grian: Mumbo? Were?

Mumbo: Look down.

Grian lowered his sight to find a golden flower wearing a familiar mustache.

Mumbo: You steal someone's soul ONE time.

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