#canary curse

[tangosyourtek]

Someone check in on Mumbo Jumbo, Jimmy can’t keep getting away with this

[numblittlecrow]

NEW HEADCANON ISTG HE DID SOMETHING THERE

JIMMY PRAYED AND THE WATCHERS LISTENED(Or saw ig)

BEAUTIUL ART ALSO

canary curse WHOOO????

[izelthewashbear]

Uhm guys? I just noticed something in Jimmy's new skin?

Look at this guy

You see it? Let's compare it to his other Bamboozler skin and his usual skin

My mans got a proper anime-esque shadow over his eyes 😭😭😭

This + the reddish rosy eyes = This man is actually turning evil isn't he

AND I'M HERE FOR IT

(will be a lot of fun writing this into my fanfic that you can read now please do)

[renp0d]

I hope grian loses it in the next session and kills jimmy (sorry jimmy but it'll be for the bit, you understand)

[jeena-says-hi]

This man I swear to god-

[kitab00m101]

(I had a vision that I don't have the time or skill to draw)

Everyone froze as they received the message. *Mumbo Jumbo blew up*

In fact, the whole world seemed to stand still for a moment, blurred and distorted as it's prisoners stood ever still. A few tears welled in Grian's purple eyes, but he was able to ignore them.

"Oh- damn it. Not again-" He muttered bitterly as he looked around at the void covered space he and the other players stood in. His freinds were starting to move again, as if thawing after being frozen, and of course it had to be Solidarity that was the first to see Grian at the center of this sudden eclipse of existence.

"G- Grian..." He exclaimed as if pleading like he had done for many seasons. This time, as the canary crumbled to his knees, Grian could see his gapsing, panicked breathes were results of nothing but pure relief. Oh- I'm sorry. I meant the phoenix crumbled to his knees. There was no need for the canary, when shivering in the familiar yet uncaring cove of Grian's wings was this season's first coal miner.

"Thank you all." Mumbo's voice was nothing but a slowly fading memory of the remaining.

Etho came closer, but stayed only as far as Jimmy had gone, fearing the Watcher's eyes dancing around Grian's figure. "Miss you already." He told the ghostly spirit sorrowfully. He lightly tapped the light green heart embroidered on his vest, and simultaneously a warm glow brightened and dimmed in Mumbo's heart.

Following his example, Scott did the same, dipping his head respectfully as his small green heart warmed thr empty space where Mumbo's had been. Cleo followed after, then Bdubs, and everyone else until all eyes rested on the final person.

Jimmy looked up from the ground, folding his ember encased wings behind him. He stood, and took a few steps forward, though Grian's watcher eyes glared at him. The phoenix pressed his cracking, but intact red heart. "Thank you." He said, his voice cracking. Jimmy couldn't help the overwhelming smile creeping onto his face, contrating so painfully with everyone's settling grief.

Grian closed his outstretched wing, and Mumbo Jumbo was gone. "They hate it when I let you guys say goodbye." His eldritch voices spat pitifully. "They never let you remember it anyway."

-The smoke cleared as the explosion settled. Grian could feel his higher up's eyes burning into him, but he couldn't acknowledge that. The games must go on.

// WILDLIFE SPOILERS

THEYRE SO SWEET AAAAAAAAAAAA

[wishbonefishbone]

SO I've read Canary's thrill, the first to kill and ALSO got reminded of my fav land of the lustrous panel... PHOENIX JIMMY PHOENIX JIMMY!!

[starangela]

Jimmy watching Mumbo die first

[loveaurapearl]

First Out (Wild Life Spoilers)

Hey guys, I'm still reeling from Wild Life's first permadeath, and it had me thinking.

Mumbo wasn't supposed to be the first out. It was meant to be Scar. The winner of Secret Life was meant to be the first to die.

What lead me to think that?

First, the Secret Keeper wanted Scar to be the villain and in my head, I don't think it was because they wanted Scar to win. Sure, in the life series, it's kill or be killed, but you need alliances to make sure you don't die first. You can't fight an army alone if your name isn't Technoblade. So by making Scar the villain and trying to make everyone hate him, the Secret keeper was trying to get him killed early. Sure, they didn't want him out first since the Canary Curse was still activated, but still they wanted him out early. But that didn't happen. Scar managed to wriggle his way through the other teams so their eyes were on other people and not him.

Now why did they want Scar to be the villain? Because he was a thorn in their side since the first session. He failed his first task and then got Grian, the guy they hate and the ruler of Life series games, to make a loophole so he could get a re-roll, messing up their order of plans and accidentally giving Scar a really easy 'HARD TASK'. (Anyway, that's my headcannon on why Scar's Hard Task was so much easier than any of the other hard tasks we saw later in the season.) Scar used Mumbo's task to bribe him so he looked the other way so Scar could easily complete his task. Scar got Bdubs killed even though he was Green and he found a loophole in their task so there would be two winners in the Chicken game. He distracted the Wither for so long that it made everyone gather up and defeat it and the Warden with the only casualties being Jimmy, Mumbo, Grian trading his life for Scar's, and an accidental death of BigB on Scar's end. Grian cheated to spare Scar's life by allowing him to log off then log back in. And Lizzie managed to break the curse on Jimmy, allowing Jimmy to not go out first. So the Watchers turned their heads to Scar, the watcher's favorite, and decided that the only way to hurt Grian was to hurt Scar. And while their plans work on making Scar the villain, it worked too well. Scar wasn't just going easy and he won. Sure, Grian helped him a bit with bringing Gem and the Scotts' health low, but it was all Scar's skills that got him the title of winner.

Wild Life was meant to be the Watcher's revenge on Scar. After all, they allowed him to be paired up with Jimmy and Lizzie. Scott said it himself that their teaming up would mean they would be out of the series the fastest. And while the Watchers hate Scott, they realize he was right. So to try and restore order, they decide to let Scar have friends and then kill him so fast that he couldn't even be allowed to enjoy it. And session 3 was when the Watchers struck. They were so close to Scar losing his final life thanks to the invisible Snail trap that Martyn used. Martyn, an agent of the Watchers who they had been using for years and who was the winner of Limited Life because of their will. Sure, it meant the Canary Curse would be broken, but they didn't care. Scar would be gone and his team would be in ruins. They were so close too. The snail almost ended Scar's series. But then Grian, who had been avoiding Scar for so long and was trying to deny his feelings towards him, stopped the world and ended the Session early before Scar could die. Grian ended the game early for Scar again, and they weren't happy.

The one guy they wanted dead was now alive all thanks to Grian. It made them extra mad because it meant Scar now had a chance to not only live but thrive. They knew that if they didn't get him with snail now, they wouldn't know when Scar would be out next. And that's what Scar did. Scar not only got back to Green by killing Etho and Grian, but he managed to help the Canary regain his lives even after Martyn accidentally killed him with Jimmy's own trap by using Grian's own trap against him. And it was all thanks to Grian.

So the Watchers were glad to hear Grian vow his revenge against Scar and Jimmy, it meant that Grian was now on their side. They were so sure the Canary Curse would continue and Scar would be dead soon. And it at first worked, Grian got Scar on Yellow due to his admin 'Watcher' powers and it seemed like things were going well. But then Scar called out Grian for cheating. For using his Admin/Watcher powers against a player and this snapped Grian out of their trance. For all of Wild life, Grian had been using his Admin/Watcher powers more and more. At first, it was harmless, he knew all the Wild Cards. It would be impossible for the game to happen if Grian did not know the Wild Cards and Grian refused to simply just watch the games like the Watchers originally planned. But then Grian began using his Admin/Watcher powers more and more. Threatening to use his powers to ban people and using his powers to have an edge over the other players. He was becoming more and more like the Watchers he hated.

But then Scar called Grian out. Scar, the only one who could get to Grian, saw what Grian was doing, saw that it was unfair to the other players, especially him, and called Grian out for cheating. And it gets to Grian. At first, Grian tries to brush it off as them just being even. After all, Scar did the first underhanded shot by shooting him off the Bridge of the Spanners' headquarters, so it was only fair that Grian got him back. But the more and more he thought about it, the more it bugged him. He tried to ignore it. Try and push it to the back of his mind, but he couldn't. And Grian realizes he made a mistake. That he abused his Watcher powers and was becoming more like them. So to try and make amends, he gives Scar the mace. But of course, it wasn't that simple. Scar didn't care that much about the mace. What he truly, truly wanted was to have Grian back. To end their fighting and to be Best Friends again. To be like Third life again.

And it brings Grian back to his humanity. It made him remember the good memories and that he doesn't have to be like the Watchers. And to hear Scar say 'What happened in Third life?', it softens Grian and they become Allies. Whether or not Scar remembers what happened in Third Life, it doesn't matter since Grian fully believes Scar doesn't remember anything about Third life except for Mr. Bubbles, Pizza and their friendship. (To be honest, I have no idea how genuine Scar was when he asked about what happened in Third Life. On one hand, he sounds like he means it. It doesn't sound like he's lying. But on the other hand, Scar is a master liar, and he remembers the Lilacs and Poppies like it was yesterday. So it's up to interpretation.)

However, Grian still wants to save Mumbo and Skizz. He still wants Jimmy dead, so there was still a chance that at least the Canary Curse could continue. Sure, Jimmy prayed to the Watchers to be spared, but the Watchers don't care, they just used his wishes to make sure Tango wasn't out first.

But... Mumbo didn't want Jimmy to die first. Mumbo wasn't a heartless fellow to a fellow struggling red life and thanks to Scar, Grian allowed Mumbo to spare his life. However, we all know what happened next. Mumbo, not checking if everything was secure, not checking if everything was safe, not seeing the warning signs that the mine was dangerous, saw Gem moving away from Jimmy and trying to get a life back activates the TNT minecart track. And... with one lever left active, Mumbo dies in a firey explosion. Grian, not looking at Mumbo, only hears an explosion as Tango's wind burst thrusting him into the air and saving his life, and is left paralyzed as he sees his friend's burnt corpse. And in the first time in forever, Grian is allowed to grieve. And the world stops and pitied Grian. Grian, who was seen as the source of all the lifer's suffering and a villain who must be slain for all of Wild Life, was pitted and was finally seen for who he was, human. Sure, Grian was close to being like the Watchers. Much closer than he ever had been before. But thanks to Grian protecting Scar in Session 3 and preventing Scar's final death, Grian was saved from himself and the Watchers. It was thanks to Scar and their friendship that saved Grian but at the cost of Mumbo's life.

Mumbo, poor Mumbo, only wanted Grian to look at him like he did to Scar. Mumbo who wanted Grian to love him like he did Scar. Mumbo who wanted Grian to save him like Scar. But it was too late. Mumbo wasn't a fighter and unfortunately, there are some things not even Watchers can protect you from. Only when it was too late, did Grian finally look at Mumbo like he did with Scar. Just like Third life...

[smutnytechnik]

As the self appointed phoenix!Jimmy central, yes finish it (asking respectfully)

wip

i love how people in the fandom are calling jimmy phoenix now when the curse is broken <3

[unstali]

Quick sketch.

The energy I crave to bring to the party.

[insomniaruler]

There’s symbolism here,

maybe in the way everyone notices Mumbo’s death, a miner without a canary to die for warning, a tragedy.

The watchers cheer and push for more, unlimited in ways they have never been since before the Game. (Maybe even before EVO)

Maybe in the way nobody noticed Lizzie’s death, a missing person, lost in the mountains, missed quietly by one, a personal tragedy sure but nothing like a public death. An accident if anything.

The watchers cradle and claw the stranger they do not know, creating a new face for their canary.

Maybe in the way Everybody knew what Jimmy’s death meant, a decent into madness, a mine collapse as the miners realize there is no way out. Now the players are lost, walking in the dark without a canary’s song to drag them back into the light.

The Watchers embrace their champion with open arms, he was never the Listeners’ he is Theirs, as They are his.

[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.

[easily-distracted-by-fandom]

REMINDER THAT I HAVE A COALMINER MUMBO AND STARBORN SCOTT FIC THAT IM PLANNING TO WRITE IF MUMSCOTT WINS

YOU GET ELDRITCH MUMBO AND MUMBO ANGST AND ACTUAL CANARY JIMMY

YOU ALSO GET FAE SCOTT WHO DOESNT UNDERSTNAND HUMANS. DONT YOU WANT THAT

also pics of my dogs if Mumscott wins

also also I’ll write drabbles or draw art for you as long as you send your vote to my inbox.

Reminder that @deityoftherain will write a fic for the winning ship! Have fun propagandaing!

[herm-itcorp]

IS THIS FR WHAT YA’LL ARE OBSESSING OVER??

(Pretend that’s a canary.)

[wishwingalpha]

I love the hc that Jimmy is a phoenix now that his curse is gone!!! RAHHH.

I need more Jimmy art as him as a phoenix this is great.