#The watchers

[silveraro]

WATCHER MUMBO!!!!

Surely this will have no negative consequences whatsoever!

[arc852]

Gosh, I have no idea how I'm going to put this into words but I'm gonna try my best.

I have a lot of feelings about Jimmy's canary status and such.

For four seasons he has been the first out, he's the canary. He signals the start of the end and for four seasons that was very true. And Jimmy hated it. He hated being out first everytime. Everyone around him either pitied him or made fun of him for being out first and Jimmy started to hate himself for how bad he was at the game.

And then came Secret Life.

As we all know, he wasn't the first out. And he was ecstatic. Even after dying second not ten minutes later, he cared more about the fact that he wasn't out first. He claimed the curse was broken and now we continue to see this into Wild Life.

Now, where am I going with this?

I think the Watchers are doing this on purpose.

There has always been something about Jimmy that the Watchers have clung on to. And up until this point, I thought the Watchers despised him. I mean, being the one cursed to always be out first, to be the one that warns your friends of their deaths, that's not fun. That's straight up torture.

But now, I don't think they despise him. I think they see to use him.

Think about it! The Watchers, for four seasons, have pummeled Jimmy's self confidence into the ground. Has made everyone see him as a loser. He started getting hopeless, started feeling like nothing was ever going to change.

And then it did change, in Secret Life, and he wasn't out first. Now, being out second is really not any better but it wasn't about that. Jimmy was starting to feel like, maybe he could actually do this! Maybe he could even win.

And then session 3 of Wild Life happened.

The Watchers did this on purpose. They gave him hope by not being out first in Secret Life and then let things get crazy in session 3 of Wild Life for Jimmy. Jimmy had it pretty bad in session 3 and I know a lot of us didn't have a lot of hope for him after that. Of course, session 4 went a different way than we were all expecting but again, that kind of plays into things.

The Watchers have torn Jimmy down, given him a little hope, and then tore him down again. And they did this to get Jimmy right where they wanted him.

Because Jimmy, before session 5, prayed to the Watchers. He asked them, begged them to please not let him be out first. To please let the canary curse well and truly die.

And they answered.

And Jimmy wasn't out first.

And now Jimmy is putty in their hands.

[candz13z]

hear me out: because of the canary curse being broken, the wings on Jimmy's back start shedding feathers.

He's shed feathers before, but the sheer quantity of them and the lack of regrowth is the problem. Due to the lack of familiar weight on his back, he starts wearing a backpack with bamboo in it to counter-balance it.

I present to you: the Losers Curse.

Where after dying first, it begins to change you. It's very subtle of course but it only gets worse as things go on.

For lizzie in secret life, her balance gets completely wrecked (sue sympathizes with jimmy). It always feels like shes about to fall over. There's also this weird thing where she just might blend it with the stars at night despite having bright pink hair. If you look to close at the black of eye, you might just find the void.

For mumbo, the smell of cinder and gunpowder cling to him. Sometimes there's this ringing in his ear aswell, so loud he is unable to hear anything else. The best part? He's not the only one that hears the ringing. Anyone close enough will hear it too, listen close enough you will hear an explosion too. It won't hurt you, not really. But it will definitely make you think you're being hurt.

They were supposed to be small buffs for the ones that need it, but it's from the watchers. They wouldn't just give something good without giving you the bad aswell.

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

right. So I'm kinda insane and found another song to talk about in some life series / evo context: Copycat. (Song will be linked at the end of the post!)

So, many people headcanon Jimmy and Grian being brothers- and it makes a lot of sense. They're both dirty brown haired, have dark brown eyes, are British, bird coded, have warring personalities, and actually are associated both with yellow, and then one other primary color- Grian taking red, and Jimmy taking blue. Even their main colorations show a kind of "parallel difference" between them, with recently, Grian being associated with red and purple, and Jimmy with blue and yellow.

Now. Recently Jimmy did some lore of him praying to the Watchers. And back in Evo, Grian was taken into the Watchers ranks- so there is some repeated or rhyming elements in their arcs. However, I raise you this- Jimmy is Grian's "replacement", or basically, a backup for if he defects from the Watchers. That's why he has such a deference to them- its hard coded into him. That's why he's acknowledged them so much recently, because Grian's slowly leaving, and they're beginning to get Jimmy to replace him.

For a long time, those two have had a sibling dyanmic- Grian, the older, stronger, and smarter brother, and Jimmy, the younger, weaker, stupider sibling. Grian basically torments Jimmy for his own amusement, and the Watchers let it happen- if Grian ever defected, they could simply feed Jimmy praise -you're better than Grian ever could have been, hes weak and you're incredibly strong, of course we will listen to you- and he would instantly be completely loyal to them.

The song has a few choice lyrics I'd like to point out:

"We get along just fine!" "I say everything you like to hear..." "It's funny how much I feel like I'm looking in a mirror!"

Say "Hello! What's up with you?" "I'm starting to talk like you do..."

"We've grown apart this time, I can't figure out the reason why." "It's funny how much I'd kinda like to see you cry."

"I've become what you like! I am what you wanted, right? Sacrificed all that I know, I have taught myself to let go!"

In any case, the main motif of the song is losing your identity- and that's exactly what's happening to Jimmy, memories of servers being scrubbed as the Watchers prepare him to take over Grian's position. The whole chorus is Jimmy giving in to the Watchers, and thinking about Grian in anger- he pushed him too far, yes, of course- the perfect way to get back at him, to team up with the eldritch gods Grian hates. Grian said he should be stronger- well now look at him! He's one of the strongest beings alive! He is now what his brother wanted him to be, perfectly made in his image.

Oh, and in case you need further convincing, look at how Grian's wings are usually portrayed. Scarlet macaw- red, blue, and yellow. Now look at Jimmy's wings- nearly always yellow, but in Wild Life, he's become a parrot. His wings are blue and yellow now. I bet he sometimes sees little red feathers and rips them out, desperate to distance himself from Grian- unfortunately, his brother.

Meanwhile, Grian doesn't know what's up with his little brother, and is desperately trying to get him back, to prevent him from making the same bad decisions he did- maybe even losing some of his Watcher powers as Jimmy's power begins to eclipse his own.

Link+ a lil more below the cut. This post is too long already. Whoops

Okay I can perfectly see in the "Copy that copy cat!" bit in the chorus, different sprites show up with every beat. The first four are of Grian (followed by a short animation of him saying the line) hitting poses, with maybe each sprite having a little refrence to a different season or series they have been in together. And then it swaps to Jimmy, facing towards him, hitting the same poses, with matching refrences. However by the end of the song, Jimmy takes charge, doing the poses first and surrounded by eyes- and Grian, trying (and failing) to match the poses and control the eyes, confused why he's lost his power.

Give my boy Jimmy the power. Grian has tormented him far too long.

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

reblog because. Ooh boy is it relevant now

"Skizz! take a seat!"

Villain jimmy my beloved

[ranx0]

Shamelessly posting my GoodTimesWithScar life series headcanons because someone needs to hear them

GoodTimesWithScar scar is my silliest goober EVER and I would like to share why. Ahem.

- He lived in secret life until the next life series began, if he had died he would have been sent to an abyss or something kind of like sleep, where he would just wake up in the next season, but no, he was in secret life until wild life started up.

-He’s making so many 3rd life references to Grian in wild life BECAUSE he now remembers and is trying to signal to Grian he remembers. He acts like he doesn’t around others, which is my explanation for him saying “what happened in 3rd life” in the most recent ep!

- (this isn’t necessarily a GTWS hc, more of a winners one, I could make a separate winners post if I feel like it) Non-winners remember only bits and pieces like a hazy memory. Maybe one moment from each episode. While winners, they remember only what they went through. So scar when he got his memories knows Grian wins, because he was there, but he wouldn’t know people like Scott Pearl Marytn etc… won because he didn’t live to experience it. But he does remember his deaths and who killed him.

-He is the watchers favorite, it may or may not have stemmed from Grian attaching himself to him in 3rd life, but now the watchers follow him everywhere he goes. Why was he given so many villainous tasks in secret life? To cause chaos, the watchers favorite activity. Why was he kept alive? Because the watchers thought they’d ‘reward’ their favorite player by letting him stay alive. Why’d they pair him with Grian in double life? To make scar happy, and to annoy grian.

That’s all for now okay bye :3

[enjithequeer]

Theories and headcannons ig

What really happened is that they banned canaries in coal mines. The true reason he broke his curse.

The Watchers have decided that C!Jimmy seems more obedient than Grian, so They've treated him nicely letting him live longer in order that get him on their good side.

They knew that C!Jimmy was definitely on their side when he prayed for them.

In my opinion C!Jimmy has slowly been making his way into being on their side possibly even becoming one himself. Like for instance, In Secret Life he was rhyming and you know who else rhymes? The watchers. Him in Wild Life shows that he has no remorse for people he's killed or C!Mumbo when he gets out officially, and he just responds with 'Ha'.

I feel like C!Jimmy believes his only chance of living longer is if he prays to the Watchers. I think when he rhymed back in Secret Life that is what gained the Watchers attention. Not the usual attention he got from them, this is when the Watchers really noticed that he was worthy, so they let him live a bit longer. But the only problem was C!Grian knew about this and the Watchers couldn't interfere with the game. It was C!Grian's task. So when he places the last wither skull it was C!Grian who was trying to keep C!Jimmy's curse. Going against what they want.

At first C!Grian was trying to help C!Jimmy break his curse but now in Wild Life he is trying to kill C!Jimmy in order to protect him. Even with C!Mumbo being already out. C!Martyn wants C!Jimmy out for the same reason C!Grain does. They want to protect C!Jimmy from the Watchers, as they are manipulating him trying to make C!Jimmy become one.

[randomfandoms234]

Jimmy reacting to Parkour civilization is really watcher coded not going to lie

Not going to lie Martyn and Jimmy reacting to stuff is just watcher coded in general

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

AHAHAGSJAHSKHAHAHAHA

quick shitpost redraw of that miraculous comic

[hikoririn]

what if he was the rift

[sophietheghost]

Dear Canary, since you asked so nicley, we can make a exeption just for you

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

Im chewing on this btw

Some more Jimmy Solidarity canary curse animatic storyboards for you guys :)

[joelywoely]

the watchers favorite

[winter-mornings]

Only ever meant to Watch

[mayloony]

We’ve grown hungry 👁️