#listener martyn

[niy0ki]

Limited Life Martyn because he’s my fav

(i might render a few things and repost this in the future)

[pixxlotl]

Going with the "Grian is the one who designed this game as opposed to the others" headcanon, it makes you think about the superpowers he gave his friends, how they were all laughing and having fun in the beginning, and that was intentional. It goes to show that even when forced to design the death game his friends are put through (a punishment for trying to usurp the Watchers time and time again), he still cares. They all know he's the one who designed this game, and he hopes they realize the little mercies he's giving them.

He gives Cleo the power to bring people back from the dead, just so he can have a chance to see his best friend again.

He gives Pearl the power to fly, and hopes she appreciates having her wings back, if only for a short time.

Jimmy gets to go invisible because Grian knows the Watchers aren't happy with the curse being broken. He wants to protect him.

As for Martyn? Grian doesn't really know a lot about what's going on with him and the Listeners, but he might as well try to strengthen that connection in the little ways he can without arising suspicion.

He says it himself in the beginning, "let's not forget this is a PVP series," but it sounds hollow even to his own ears. It's pandering to the watching eyes, making them think the lighthearted fun is all unintentional.

He falls out of the sky with the wings he gave to Pearl, and he wonders if the Watchers are starting to catch on.

[valverii]

guys can someone please explain the watcher/listener lore to me like i’m 5

[kingiune]

me and the devil,

walking side by side.

[soonysy]

Day 124 What are LISTENERS like?

Some ideas for Martin are from arts that I saw anywhere

Also any ideas for Listeners are really appreciated!

[aniisol]

gonna start crying from the implications of the lore stream and Martyn Inthelittlewood saying Martren was a form of torture. like

Ren genuinely wants to be kind. even when the "DNA abomination was taking over his brain" he was fighting it, rambling to himself that he couldn't hurt anyone. I made a post about this before, but Ren doesn't want to kill people or keep secrets. he only does when he has to, like someone he loves' life is in danger. usually that's Martyn, and for Martyn, usually that's Ren. take all of it how you like, but they're attached to each other, and love each other, and that's the only emotion the Watchers can't stand.

the Watchers forcibly separated the characters who were attached to one another with Double life (disregarding Grian and Scar, since Grian is a Watcher and allowed to manipulate the game as such). however, Ren found Martyn anyway, so, at the end of Double life, they took Ren away. this is where we see Martyn "become more selfish, a more self-absorbed character, willing to do what it took to win." the Watchers took away his moral anchor, the man who wanted to be kind.

after the two games that we see (there could've been more) Ren is back in Wild life, and he and Martyn head straight for one another. this is what the Watchers DIDN'T want, and after Martyn died, it was the Watchers who created "the DNA abomination." Martyn called it a kind of "gentle torture," both as a way to get back at Ren AND to see how "hosts" could affect the game, the intensified emotional output by multiple players in a single body. and since Martyn was "someone Ren held dear, someone he loved" it probably had a heightened effect. (please send help)

the Watchers proved that Martyn was willing to kill in Limited life, so would splitting him with Ren finally overcome Ren's desire to "be good?" are they torturing Ren with pain and confusion, or is it just the fact that he became what he became? I used to think Martren was his fault, a way to keep Martyn alive and in the game, but it wasn't his choice at all. Martyn Inthelittlewood we need to have a talk

[shreddies-scribbles]

the watchers always out here cursing the narrative broooo

[goysus]

something I need to say… GRIANS POWER BEING STEALING OTHER POWERS AND MARTYNS POWER BEING LISTENING???? Brother! Watcher and listener. Grian spends half his time just sneaking around being invisible (in three different ways) and watching everyone and then steals their power to use for himself. Martyn is just a listener. Literally nothing else to that. Bro listens. I feel like it’s so fitting and I love it. Plus, martyn and grian’s phone call is adorable. If martyn does the fake-out instead of lore again I won’t be disappointed, just mad.(joking)

[huskynotwolf]

Episode seven was WILD

We got lore? Listener Martyn’s back (and gone)

Welp. Too bad. Anyways, time to switch povs

[cherrifire]

Rendog will not be returning for Limited Life.

This comic was inspired by this ask by the way!

[mothofprophecy]

Still obsessing over these guys’ lore

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[cuterrguy]

Watcher!Grian and Listener!Martyn designs :D

Small details I want to point out:

Martyn’s wings are Ender Dragon wings! Don’t really have a reason for giving him them, I just thought they looked nice

Grian’s Hermit wings are parrot ones, his Watcher wings are more equivalent to raven/crow wings

Grian’s eyes are covered in his Watcher design, but visible in his Hermit design, meanwhile Martyn’s mouth isn’t visible in either design :) Take from that what you will

The key around Grian’s neck is just from his shops on HC. Whether it’s the entity, Grain Train, or whatever/ whatever season I’m inserting him in, the key is just to that specific shop

Had a lot of fun coming up with these! Will probably do more, I think Pearl is next on my list to draw 👀

[candz13z]

ok but hear me out all the life series winners have a little bit of an additional part of them plus their celestial symbol, based on the series they won.

Grian is the 'watcher'. Although he can see everything, he is particulary attracted to fights. While others chalk it up to him being chaotic, its because he won a fight for his series win. Its like a sixth sense, he can basically smell blood in the water. His knuckles are perpetually bruised from it. He smells of freshly drawn blood and lilacs. His wings are never really the same after the tussle in the cactus.

Pearl and Scotts come as a pair, they are the 'Soulmates'. They can drift their ways into eachothers world at will. Pearl always has atleast one dog at her heel and her cloak in permanently stained in blood at the edges. Since last life was the first time the boogey was active, he gets random flares of bloodlust every once in a while. Pearl doesn't try to calm him down, they are far past the calm.

Martyn is a 'Listener', as the name suggests he listens. But hes also very obsessive about checking the time. He carries a pocket watch with him at all times, sometimes he'll just stare at is as the time ticks down, its his version of rebellion. Hes also constantly calculating how worthit it would be to kill someone, he wouldnt want to waste his time would he?

Scar is the 'Merchant', hes always selling something or trying to buy something, despite having next to no time to gather resources. He always manages to get people to buy his wares with his eternally silver tongue. Theres also the odd pang of lonliess every once in a while, and theres atleast 1 sunflower on his person at all times. Hes been known to smell like magic.

Joel and his car would maybe be the 'Traveller', iykwim? Hed show up at different places in times that really made no sense. He can also travel to other times, not just places. His favorite to visit had to be the limited life series, with his bad boys. He takes the leather jacket now soaked in blood and it stays with him. He also meets martyn there. They dont find it in themselves to look eachother in the eye. To acknowledge this is to talk about these curses gifts.

[characcoon]

The Void Watcher. Not to be confused with the Eyes of the Void.

A possible design of Higher Watcher Martyn, for a possible future arc of LARL. Possible.

[ckarlova]

I’ve been doing some studies.

[echodrawsthings]

paper Martren doodles, I choose to believe he forcefully made himself look like Martyn because I like angst normally