#poppies for his death and lilacs for his hopes

[mari13606]

Oh nothing, I'm just thinking about how Scar started secret life with his poncho showing sunflowers, which symbolize loyalty, longevity, and the sun. Y'know, the sun like the way we equate Grian to being due to him living and winning in the desert and being a disastrously bright person. And the loyalty he pledged and kept to Scar even after his debt was repaid. The longest standing players. I'm just thinking about the way it switched to lilacs and poppies when he went red. Y'know, like the lilacs and poppies he offered to Grian when he turned red hoping they could stay a team. Lilacs, which symbolize love, rebirth, and new beginnings. And poppies, which symbolize peace, sleep- and death. And I'm thinking about how he won Secret Life once he turned red, when he threw off the sunflowers and donned lilacs and poppies to pave a bloodstained path.

And I don't think that was an accident.

[ice-lice-and-2-many-dice]

I love Desert Duo because both of them are so fucked up in ways that only the other can handle.

Scar is careless with his own life, he doesn’t understand where the boundaries lie and puts his own impulsive wishes above others. But also he’s so selfless, he’s a stupid goofy dude with a silver tongue and a heart of gold. He will scam the shoes off your feet then offer to carry you home instead. He’s emotionless yet filled with so much more love than can possibly be shared. His word can mean life or death on the few times he actually stays true to it.

And Grian? He’s loyal until his final breath and doesn’t understand why others aren’t the same. To him, people are either enemies or those he would die for. He’s happy to lay down his own life to help an ally but has no remorse in the brutal killing of those he things are against him. He may not be the best charmer but he’s smart and conniving enough to lure a fish from water and then watching it drown. The moment he loses trust in someone they are at the top of his kill list, past be damned. He’s bossy as fuck and will happily go behind your back if you don’t follow his instructions. Or honestly, he’ll do it anyway. But also, he builds homes in the sand, gathers supplies and food not only for himself. Grian is the definition of All or Nothing, in the best and worst ways.

Neither are healthy, but somehow, in some fucked up universe, they make it work. Grian scoffs and gathers food for Scar as he works on gathering allies with nothing but a salesman’s smile and maybe a few threats. Grian kills Scar and swears his life in exchange, and Scar takes the reins with a gentle grasp. Grian watches him fall and doesn’t shy away from blood red eyes, because before he even sees them, he spots the pale hands holding flowers of guilt.

Because Lilacs means a first love, but they also represent the cycle of rebirth.

Because Poppies mean a hopeful future, but they also symbolize death.

[starryylies]

Hi! I’m fairly new so idk how this works but I’ve been thinking of the set of lines from Isle of Dogs that goes “I am not your pet. I never liked you. I don’t care about you. I won’t wait for you. I bite.”. I think it would be interesting to do something with that kinda prompt that can be like angst or angst + happy ending or something idk. I don’t have a character preference so whatever works for you. I hope this makes sense. It’s making more sense in my head lolll. -🐞

Love me nots?

simon dating price’s daughter

Angst with no comfort (sorry) Age gap, reader is prices daughter, forbidden love, Tw:SH, death

Note: Please Google the meaning of the flower names, they’re all related

That movie was so sad

and thank you for the awesome ask!

It’s my first time writing angst I hope it’s ok

She loved him, she needed him, without him she wasn’t one.

But for him she was his best kept secret, his own well done

she wept his name out loud for the world to hear

but he wept hers with a whisper like the mist that disappears on a heated day.

She was tired. She was wasted

But how could she not love this man for how he had saved her that day,

For when her wrists were slit with blood flowing out, touching the marble floor he was the one who,

protected her. loved her. Took her

Oh But no one could know. Oh no,

How could the captains daughter so tender and mild fall for a man who is destined to die.

He loved her she was his and he was hers.

For She was the girl broke down his walls and crawled in like a worm.

His heart was tormented but she patched it up and took the pain as her own.

He loved her like her own since she was the one who owned his soul.

Their love was like a dream, a dream with a rosemary field

But Alas!

That dream came to a halt just as the poppy shot up

She yelled and yelled till her own throat bled,

Crying and yelling she said, “I am not your pet, I never have ever once liked you. No longer shall I care for you neither will I bother to wait and if you dare try to lie to my face again, I shall bite.”

She left slamming the door. His face sagging down

Would she still have slammed the door knowing her lover had got a plan, a plan to write to her father tonight and asking him to finally make her ‘mine’.

A plan to buy a white dress with a Lilac in his hand.

Would she still have slammed the door knowing her lover was going for war?

Would she still have slammed the door knowing he’s passing the bridge that leads to another life?

[marzghost]

It's that time again where I over think block men. In this edition of the God forsaken desert duo I'll be over thinking the flowers.

In 3rd life we all know Scar gave Grian those god damn poppies and lilacs and now in Secret life Grian has given Scar god damn sunflowers. Poppies in the sacred language of flowers mean death or rather could mean sleep, peace, death, and or remembrance and as for lilacs, specifically purple lilacs, they mean the first emotions of love and or simply first love. With a simple gesture Scar changed their partnership forever. It was a red name looking a green name in the eyes and confessing something he could never say out loud in a death game without even realizing it. It was an acknowledgment of a weakness and where that weakness would lead them one day. In a death game death is unavoidable but he hoped that when his death came Grian could keep going. Never once thinking that those flowers would foreshadow the way their partnership would end. Never once thinking that his future killer was staring right back at him with a worried smile on his face. Now in Secret life it is Grian who gives Scar the flowers but this time they're sunflowers, do you know what sunflowers mean in flower language? Well let me tell you what they mean. They , in the sacred language of the flowers, mean a long life and lasting happiness and or could mean loyalty and adoration. Watching back the video you can clearly see these flowers weren't given to Scar in some big meaningful gesture like Scar had done all those life times ago. In fact they were given to Scar as if those flowers were garbage because to Grian that's what they were and yet Scar still takes them and makes it his entire thing if those namemc spoilers are anything to go off of. It isn't a promise. It isn't a confession. It's simply a flower. And yet and yet not. It's everything. It's nothing. It's two green names looking at each other with smiles on their faces. It's a new foreshadowing that I'm hoping comes to pass. It's a cactus deal in the middle of a field. And do you want to know what a cactus represents? It represents endurance, courage and power in the face of adversity. It represents two souls that finally understand. It represents Grian finally leaving that god damn ring.

[hermitscratch]

6., and Scarian please!

Send me a pairing + a number! || Accepting

6. A desperate kiss, Scar/Grian, 639 words

Grian hailed Double Life as one of his greatest ideas yet.

The concept presented so much potential: bind the players in randomly generated pairs and make surviving a them problem. Sharing a life so completely opened doors to new strategies, new necessities, and most importantly, new collaborations. Grian had worked out the odds. With their group of fourteen, the likelihood was that most of the pairs would be between people who had never before teamed in the game, or in some cases, never really spoken outside of it.

Joel and Etho were a great example of the former. They'd both flown the Dogwarts banner, back in Third Life, but their interactions were brief and non-committal. The only unified front Grian can recall them ever posing was when a TNT cannon had been involved. They shared a common goal now, and it didn't take long for them to fall in step with each other, especially when they wanted to drum up some mischief.

On the other side of things, there were Tango and Jimmy. The only pair to be united in death, and as much as Grian would like to write them off, once the dirt of their explosive meeting settled, they took to being soulmates like fish to water. Losing everything would do that to you, Grian supposed; Tango and Jimmy returned from that respawn with nothing gained but each other, and that was enough.

Grian probably wouldn't break up those pairs. Maybe some of the ones that weren't as enthused about their matches, like Scott and Pearl. Or the ones that didn't seem to click at all, like Cleo and Martyn. In the long run, it didn't matter much. Grian would take anybody, so long as it wasn't Scar.

Scar, who went the entire session thus far laying claim to other soulmates.

Scar, who misconstrued Grian's concern for his wellbeing as plain early-game kindness.

After the second failed attempt at telling Scar that the universe's sick sense of humor had seen it fit to tie them together, again, Grian started to wonder if the ignorance was willful.

They didn't have much longer before session hours ended. At least Scar was easy to find, sat at the edge of the jungle and surrounded by the odd, cat-like pandas he'd taken a liking to.

The first try was a bust. Scar looked away when the pandas followed him, the flash of damage shooting through them both going entirely unnoticed, and Grian made a frustrated sound. Four hearts gone, for nothing.

They could only afford one more hit. Grian reset the dripstone, repositioned Scar beneath it, and told him firmly, look at me.

Scar looked up.

The dripstone's point nailed him between the eyes and crumbled. Scar yelped, brushing blood and residue from his face, not even noticing Grian in the same position. They were down to two hearts. They were too hungry to regenerate.

Grian felt a hair's width from losing his mind. He took Scar's face and forced them to locked eyes. It's me, He wanted to scream, Not the allay or the stupid pandas, me. It's always me, always us, don't you see that?

It's been that way since the desert, back in Third Life. Together in the beginning, together in the end. Scar was flippant, clumsy. He was also strong, and clever, and fiercely protective of what he valued. Resources, bases, allies.

Grian.

Grian recalled a handful of lilacs and poppies, and an uncharacteristically small voice asking if they could still be friends with the same look in his eyes that Grian was seeing now. Cautious, hopeful.

He pulled Scar forward. It's us against the world again, He thought desperately as he stole Scar's very breath. When Scar kissed him back, hands holding his waist and pressed chest to chest, Grian thought Scar might have finally understood.

[beeindaclouds]

Hiya, can I request c!DSMP with a reader who has the power of Chlorokinesis like Isabela from Encanto? The reader can conjure and grow flowers, they can also manipulate plant life.

-🥀 anon

Hallo again 🥀 anon, hope you enjoy <3

C!DSMP w/ a Chlorokinesis!Reader

Includes C!: Dream, Georgenotfound, Sapnap, Badboyhalo, Skeppy, Quackity, Karl Jacobs, Wilbur Soot,Philza,Technoblade, Nihachu, Eret, Punz, FoolishGamers, Awesamdude

Click here before requesting, please ^^

Reader: GN - They/Them

Your powers give you the ability to create any type of plants that exists in the world

So obviously you made a job out of it by opening a flower/plant shop

It's true that in the SMP not many bought your flowers, but you were always happy to give out some for free since you basically made them with your powers

You gave each and every people in the SMP a different type of flowers, with meaning close to how you saw them

Dream received a Poppy flower; it's said that in the chinese culture this flower signifies the inability to control one's worst urges

George, the one time he visited before dissapearing from the SMP completely, received a Phlox; the flower has alot of meaning connected to love, but you merely gave it to him because it also means "sweet dreams", something he has a lot of

Sapnap is always attracted to one flower in particular, one that you always gift him, the Lily of the Valley; the flowers means pain and loss, and between Dream, George, Karl and Quackity, you weren't surprised by this choice of "attraction"

Bad always liked to buy Orange Lilies from you; a very ironic choice, considering the prideful and hateful meaning

You once gifted Skeppy a flower, after hearing about his constant quarells with Bad, a Chrysanthemums; as a way of comforting him for the loss of his once close friend

Quackity liked the Petunia's a lot, and always bought tons of them to put in his casino; it seems like the anger he held also translated into the flowers he liked

A bouquet of Periwinkle, Lilac and Pheasant's eye always waited for Karl at your shop; all three of them holding a meaning regarding memories

After the destruction of L'manburg, and the death of Wilbur, you threw a flower in his memory in the n9w destroyed Nation, a Yellow Rose; just as a reminder of how infedel he was to the people closest to him

Phil always liked to buy Violets from you, most of the time they were for his wife; they really showed how tranquil the couple were

Marigold was a flower Techno always admired in your shop; sometimes he would mumble about the closeness of death and the counting days

You always gifted Niki Blue Iris whenever she visited; a way of complimenting her for her strength and hope in the SMP

Eret always commissioned his servants to buy a few Purple Asters from you; of course a king like them deserved the royalest of flowers

After the imprisonment of Dream, you gifted Punz Black Dahlias; he thanked you happily, if only he knew the meaning...

Amouranth seemed like the perfect flower to gift Foolish, especially after gaining immortality

The only flower you seemed ro gif Sam was a single Lone Daffodil. Togheter they meant luck, but alone they meant the opposite

[mcytgirly]

Non talked about opinion, but ‘Cool About It’ by Boy Genius is so desert duo coded and I haven’t seen anyone talk about it. So please take part in me analyzing the lyrics of ‘Cool About It’ to show you why it’s desert duo.

Met you at the dive bar to go shoot some pool (Found each other always, even if unintentionally. Always there to play the games.)

And make fun of the cowboys (ie. ranchers??) with the neck tattoos (I like to think soulmate marks in double life were on their necks.)

Ask you easy questions about work and school (every single small talk they’ve had in the life series since 3rd life)

I'm trying to be cool about it (the two of them literally haven’t mentioned what happened in 3rd life since like double life. I know as actual people their lives didn’t change obviously, but as characters they did. They were completely changed because of that desert, and yet they’re expected to be ‘cool about it’)

Feelin' like an absolute fool about it (idiots in love?? Need I say more.)

Wishin' you were kind enough to be cruel about it (Scar has never once gotten mad at Grian for all the times he’s hurt him. Outside of double life Scar hasn’t even really confronted Grian about it. Yes, Scar said the “you stab a man in the back” and “it’s for your secret soulmate” but he’s never fully been mad at Grian.)

Tellin' myself I can always do without it (I like to think that yes, both Grian and Scar never left the desert. But Grian tried to and failed, just like him trying to convince himself that he doesn’t need Scar. Well Scar never left the desert out of choice, he always goes back to Grian.)

Knowin' that it probably isn't true (Neither of them can do this without each other. Just Grian still tries to get away and Scar hasn’t. They need each other.)

I came prepared for absolution, if you'd only ask (The entirety of third life was the two of them literally against the world. The two of them would go anywhere with each other if the other asked. Literally all of their deaths in double life was an adventure they went on either separately or together.)

So I take some offense when you say, "No regrets" (They both hurt each other, and made each other lose lives. Though Grian pushes away Scar because he doesn’t want to hurt Scar again. Well no matter what Grian does, Scar still goes back! Scar doesn’t regret any of it.)

I remember it's impossible to pass your test (The entirety of every scam Scar has committed. Grian has never fallen for one, it was always Scar who fell for Grians. For example, Scar giving Grian a life in last life, and the entirety of their cactus trade in secret life.)

But I'm trying to forget about it (GRIAN WANTS TO FORGET, SCAR DOESN’T. NEITHER OF THEM EVER DO)

Feelin' like I'm breaking a sweat about it (“Scar put your clothes back on!”)

Wishin' you would kindly get out of my head about it (Grian being the one to tell Scar, “She’s dead Scar. You won.” in Secret life. And the entirety of “the voices want a fight” in third life)

Tellin' myself one day I'll forget about it (Once you win all the tiny details come back, but during the games you remember everything. So Scar remembers third life in last life but not on Hermitcraft. So every single season Grian always hopes he’ll come back and he’ll have forgotten what happened, he’s stuck having every single detail swallow him whole. He wishes he could use his hands again without seeing blood on them. But forgetting meant forgetting those lilacs and poppies, and Grian couldn’t live in a universe where he didn’t remember what those flowers smell like. Scar wishes he could remember everything yearns to never have to forget again, until he then wins secret life and realizes winning is to much to carry. Not when the memories haunt him everywhere and everyday for the rest of his life. He yearns to wake up one morning and forget everything, to never feel that loneliness again, but that would mean forgetting the desert, Scar can’t live in a universe where he doesn’t miss the feeling of sand underneath fingernails.)

Knowin' that it probably isn't true (Though contrary to the prior statement, both of their biggest fears is the other forgetting everything)

Once, I took your medication to know what it's like (After Scar won Scar was able to understand why Grian was so avoidant and never spoke about the life series outside of the games)

And now I have to act like I can't read your mind. I ask you how you're doing and I let you lie (Never apologized outside of 3rd life. They just don’t bring it up, they lie. Just like when Grian asked Scar if he wanted to be friends and Scar HAD to say no because he had to LIE)

But we don't have to talk about it (They never actually talked about what happened outside of the games!! They’ve never fully brought up 3rd life since the beginning of last life. They were never going to talk about it. )

I can walk you home and practice method acting (The both of them act like it doesn’t matter, but it does. It does matter. It eats them alive. It’s what brings them back to each other in every life, is every game, in every universe. They’re just ACTING)

I'll pretend being with you doesn't feel like drowning (Whenever they’re around each other they just have the memories of everything before this. They would forever be trapped by the memories of every moment they’ve ever been together. They will always go back. They will always feel like they’re drowning.)

Tellin' you it's nice to see how good you're doing. Even though we know it isn't true (They just want life to go back to how it was before. They’re just idiots in love. They just want to be a part of each others lives. They hate each other, they love each other more than anything. They want to be a part of each others days, yet they’re going to betray each other in ever lifetime. They’re going to avoid each other for the rest of their existence, they’re going to find each other again in EVERY SINGLE LIFETIME.)

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[mochiwrites]

There’s a whoosh from beside him, and Grian tenses as a figure appears next to him. He stills, seeing the man from the corner of his eye. He recognizes the brown hair and green eyes, and his stomach drops. Though his outfit is different from last time, brown jacket replaced by a maroon tail coat as a green corset covers part of his shirt.

He wears that picture perfect smile again, and it sends shivers down Grian’s spine.

For some reason, his mind whispers for him to keep walking. So he does, keeping his stride normal. He wonders how long it’d take him to get to Mumbo from here.

“A fine day, isn’t it?”

Grian’s eyes narrow, “What do you want, Scar?” He questions, not in the mood for entertaining the man’s games. The circus is still a very fresh memory.

Scar pouts, “Aw, c’mon Grian, don’t be like that! Can’t a man pay a visit to an acquaintance? See how he’s doing?”

A harsh laugh escapes him like air leaving a balloon, “The last time you ran into me you kidnapped me and nearly killed me for your circus act! Forgive me for being hesitant to trust you.”

“Gosh, you humans and your grudges.” Scar grumbles in return, shoulders sagging slightly.

“I think I’ve earned a right to hold a grudge against you.” Grian huffs at him, and it’s only then that he becomes aware of just how his heart is beating nervously against his chest. “And you owe me the truth. It’s the least you could do after trying to kill me.” He says, glancing over at him. “It may be the middle of the day, but I can get Mumbo here if you’re going to threaten me again.”

Scar seems to pause at that, a million different emotions flickering across his face. Grian can hardly read any of them. Finally, finally, does that picture perfect smile of Scar’s drop just slightly. His lips twitch.

To Grian’s surprise, the man stops walking entirely, green eyes flickering around them. Grian freezes in place, watching him carefully. He narrows his eyes at the other.

“Right, one moment.” Scar hums casually, forcefully keeping a bright expression on his face. He looks around until he finds whatever it is he seems to be looking for, forest green eyes going bright. Grian follows his gaze and finds a flower bed.

His face scrunches up in confusion.

Scar walks over to the flower bed, reaching into it. His face goes soft, “Well hello darlings.” He murmurs to the flowers before his hand gingerly plucks two of them from the dirt. The flowers are pulled up, roots and all. A bit of dirt spills out of the bed. Scar grimaces before holding the two flowers in front of his face and using his nail to cut the roots away.

Looking pleased with the result, he turns back to Grian. Grian, for his part, watches Scar approach him feeling nervous. What did he want with those flowers? Is it another plot to kidnap him? Another murder attempt?

“Now just hold still.” Scar singsongs to him, reaching out with the flowers. Grian goes stiff, shoulders hunching up to his ears as Scar’s hand moves toward his face.

His eyes screw shut as he waits with baited breath for something to happen.

A beat passes.

His feels gentle fingers in his hair, carefully brushing the strands behind his ear. The gentleness surprises him, and as he feels a weight against his ear, his eyes open.

He finds Scar rather close to him, a serene smile on his face. It’s nothing like his previous smile, the one that was just a smidge too perfect. This one is gentle, soft. And this close, Grian can see the regret woven into his lips, the gentle upturn of his mouth that doesn’t quite reach his eyes.

And his eyes, Grian can hardly believe it. In those emerald green depths he sees guilt. It causes Grian pause.

“Lilacs and poppies.” Scar says, speaking rather quietly. “Lilacs can represent a few things, like innocence, purity. Or they can represent spring, renewal.” He smiles, slowly pulling his hand away. “As for poppies, they’re the traditional flower for death. Though they may also mean remembrance and hope.”

Grian finds himself too stunned to speak, no longer afraid or nervous, oddly enough.

“The reason I’m here, songbird, is because I’d like to offer you an apology. I had no personal interest in killing you, though my employer thinks differently.” Scar hums.

“You?” The words are leaving Grian before he can think about them. “Where does your personal interest lie?”

Scar looks surprised, green eyes widening for a minute before softening, “Well, that’s a fine question that is!” He exclaims, some of that grandeur returning to his demeanor. Grian finds that Scar acts larger than life. “I suppose my own personal interest lies in getting to know you. You’ve caught my eye, little bird.” Scar winks, “Though that’s only if you’ll allow me.”

Scar is putting the choice in his hands, Grian realizes. He’s leaving the next move up to Grian, and is opening himself up to the chance of rejection.

The thought softens any kind of bad feeling in his chest.

He speaks his next words carefully, “I’m not going to forget what you did.” He watches Scar’s face, but doesn’t see any changes in his expression. Though he notices a hopeful glint in his eyes. “But I’m a believer of second chances, and Mumbo seems to know you so… alright. You’ll have to earn my trust though.”

Scar beams at him like he’s just hung the sun for him, and it catches Grian completely off guard. “That, I can certainly do.”

[mayvora]

So. How do we feel about the spring coming again?

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blur thoughts, bad english, also kinda drunk and still shaking from the finale. sorry.

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The winter is the beginning. And it was the beginning of traffic - first season, start of the "year", the freaking RED WINTER aka Ren and Dogwarts. I kinda feel like you get my point.

So. Scar and Grian (and Bdubs, I love him deeply) defeating Dogwarts aka winter = the start of spring. Am I right? And our first spring started with Scar falling by Grians hands... And Grian falling to his death, first death, but definitely not last.

And now... Secret life, season 5... It's like Third life. It's the fifth season. Winter came, spring did, summer lasted, fall went away. We starting the new year.

That's why the curse is broken. It's not. It stayed in the year it belonged to. The new year came... the new rules are here.

And they came with the winter, slow and comforting in the beginning, like a little party, like a holiday. Fun start, slow start, little deaths. January with its "after the Christmas and New Year" stuff.

And then. First permadeaths, and that's how you feel that February is here. Angry, cold, evil. Snowstorms. Freezing to death. Short but crazy.

Ending with... yeah. You knew it, didn't you?

It's spring.

And it came with lilacs and poppies, soft memory of the first spring we had together. Memory of the start. It came with a person who ended the winter before and did it again. But last time it was Ren and this time it was Gem.

Last time it was Grian. The one who fell. This time it was Scar. The one who rised up from the hole, went all the way to the secret keeper and succeeded. And got the same task, like the Keeper is reminding us.

It's not the end. It's the beginning. Year passed; are you ready for a new one?

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More thought about traffic = year!! (suggest yours maybe..?) (pleapppse)

I don't have much about Last Life... BUT THE DOUBLE LIFE. OOOH MATES.

Summer is the time of warmth!! Everything is blossoming, shining, nature is awake, it's full of LOVE. and the season is dedicated to CONNECTION which some of players portraied as love. Yes impdubs and ranchers I'm looking at you.

But the person that wins Double Life. She doesn't feel this warmth. It was stolen from her. And she takes it from everyone else (ONLY RETURNING IT TO SCAR IN THE SPRING, YOU FEEL ME RIGHT?) as a symbol of Fall taking summer down. And the only thing Summer (aka SCOTT THE WINNER OF LAST LIFE AND THE SYMBOL OF SUMMER TAKING DOWN SPRING) can do is to. watch his warmth (Cleo) die. From the hand of his own soulmate. And fall as well.

ALSO, SUMMER SCOTT IS SO REAL. He is warmth. HE IS THE SACRIFICER. he is that one guy WHO GIVES. who dies to Martyn aka winter and dies for Pearl aka fall. who dies to Gem, the February storm, the killing coldness. WHO DISAGREES WITH LAST LIFE AND THE BOOGEY RULE. HE IS THE SUMMER. I hope you understand me. My English vocabulary is bad. Sorry again.

SO, THE FALL COMES. AND IT'S LIMITED LIFE. the season when families come together to sit near the fireplace cause the outside is too cold and they actually prefer the warmth of their own home. The season of CROPS HAHAH BREAD BRIDGE FITS NICELY. the season that comes before winter AND LOOK WOOW MARTYN WON. THEY GUY WHO STOOD WITH THE WINTER FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. killing the summer btw. Like. Guys. I'm insane the symbolism is just TOO GOOD.

I love it deeply.

I know you have your own thoughts. The parallels you noticed that fit this concept. I beg you on my knees! Share it! You watch more people than I do, you know so much!! Share what you think!! I NEED symbolism it's like a drug for me I LOVE IT.

Happy Scar winning secret life day everyone 🎉🎉🎉

[ladyjuquia]

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Two sides of the same coin. Tristan who belongs to the Death, bedded in a field of Poppies symbolising Death, and Juquia who beloved to the living, laying down in the cold water, surrounded by Water Lilies standing for resurrection and Re-Birth, but also being her Birthflower. On Tristans Chest are white Tulips symbolising new beginnings, forgiveness, as well as honour and respect. On his Chest, where his heart his beating and the scar of his death lies, the white Tulips which him the best in his new life, after all a Servants Summoning his a chance and second Life for them. 11 Tulips in the number, because the straight numbers belong to the dead, showing how Tristan is accepted and embracing his new gained Life. Juquia meanwhile as a blue Cornflower around her neck. The blue Cornflower symbolising Hope and Patience. It can also stand for genuine happiness and tenderness. The blue Cornflower places on Juquias Neck shows how long she was isolated and „held on a leash“ during her time at the Clock Tower, not giving her any freedom. But she took it with patience. She was hoping for something better to come soon, she was waiting for the Change that would bring her happiness.

Now the biggest parallel is Tristans flower-covered eyes and Juquias flower-covered ears. As they both symbolise what they are so sensitive for. Tristan who is selectively blind, he chose to close his eyes, not facing the cruel world and the suffering that came along with it, the ugly and the sadness - And Juquia who chose to stop listening, to disappear in her own world, not hearing terrible voices and noises anymore that could hurt her.

The Flowers on Tristans Eys are orange orchids, standing for spiritual growth, yearning, courage and new beginnings. They are put on his eyes by Juquia who is is standing for his new beginnings. Juquia who is helping him with the spiritual growth and Juquia being the reason he found courage to face his own anxieties and negative thoughts about himself and his past to move onto a better life. His eyes are healing and ready to accept witnessing Beauty and Purity again. When giving the Flowers to someone you also express „Admiration of ones Beauty“ - Something Juquia always saw in Tristan, no matter how much his thought of himself as a Monster.

Meanwhile Juquis ears are covered by white-lilac mallows standing for healing, protection, love, serenity or gentleness. Tristan is the one hear who is protecting her, he is the one who offers her healing, not only mental healing but also easing her pain with his harp that is caused by her Fairy Curse. Juquia is able to love and accept love, she is able to embrace positive things, thanks to Tristan not being affected by her curse and showing care and love to her like nobody else did.

There are also other parallels found. Like Juquia having cooler colours and Tristan having the warmer ones. As he is dead but he is receiving the warmth of the new Life while Juquia is stressed by the painful life torturing her but having a moment of calmness. Tristan being in the Sun and Juquia being in the Moonlight. Not only does Tristan symbolise the Night and Moon as shown in several official promotional Artworks, meaning she is bathing in Tristan’s Grace, it also shows Juquias Nature of rather hiding in silence and in the dark but also not complete darkness as it scares her away. Tristan on the other Hand is in the Sun, in the Spotlight like a brave Hero, the Hero we know through many tales, always ready to go into a new adventure. Needless to say; Juquia is his ray of sunshine, a warm light bringing calmness into one’s heart and mind.

Tristan being upside down, while Juquia facing the camera straight. It’s additional to the „living and the dead“ plus it’s shows the POV of the other. Tristan’s image is from Juquias POV, where he is resting on her lap. Juquias image is Tristan’s POV, where he holds her gently while she is floating on the water. Tristan smiles while having his eyes closed, showing more trust and carelessness around Juquia, while Juquia has a genuinely smile, feeling love and loved while and being able to feel after long time at all, something that’s not pain.

Tristan being on a flower field, meaning he is lying on a ground. He was always connected with nature such as the forest which is showing here - It’s his home. It’s something Tristan always wanted in life. A place on earth where he belongs to and can always return to. Juquia, while also being connected with the Forest, once mentioned that she often visited the seaside for her poor health, showing also her yearning for health.

Both are dressed in white and very plain clothes, the focus is on the flowers, not the Accessoires or anything. Yet you can see Juquia wearing Tristans Ring for example.

Both paintings are part of the flower series you can find also on my Account when looking for flowers. These two are very important pieces since they explain a lot about the characters and their story while also showing unity and capturing their essence. It’s one of the most important TrisQuia Pieces.

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Looking at the meanings for poppies and lilacs because desert duo and:

poppies can mean remembrance and hope for a peaceful future, and specifically red poppies like seen in minecraft mean consolation, remembrance, and death. Since red poppies are the only poppies in minecraft it’s possible to count them as both or just the red ones.

Lilacs(or specifically purple ones since there’s no general meaning seemingly) are the first emotions of love or spirituality.

And as a whole yeah the flowers work for the two of them, but… don’t they also work individually? I mean As in both flowers together make up a good encapsulation of the desert duo but each one matches one of the two. I think Scar would be the poppies, since he was the first one to ask for peace and kept trying to be friends with Grian throughout Double and Limited Life(to a lesser extent but still). He also dies a lot, so many of his relationships in the life series are related to death(the desert duo, anything to do with life giving in last life, trying not to die in double life, being hunted down in double life, and then in limited life death is pretty much everywhere and at first mostly joking), and also he’s deadly. He’s the one who’s the most obvious about remembering past series, and he tries to at least sorta comfort anyone he’s teamed with. Meanwhile Grian is constantly trying to avoid being attached, fearing those first feelings of love(In whatever way you take it) and is questionably a watcher which well and ticks the ‘spirituality’ box I think, but for more there you can see the whole control over the game thing. He’s actively trying not to remember the past to not get attached.

But it isn’t quite perfect, Scar follows that ‘first feeling of love’ thing quite well- immediately going with Grian and clinging so tightly to that bond, being murderously protective of Pizza and Bubbles, (can’t remember last life), going off with the allay because it was interesting(a love of adventure counts), the jellie pandas, and yet again immediately going off with Grian upon finding out about being soulmates, and then the love of his family. And Grian is very much followed by death(mostly of those around him) and he does remember everything, he says “this is the ultimate betrayal” as if he and Scar are still teamed up and wears mourning clothes in remembrance of the Bad Boys.

[cactusringed]

hi! its t! i hope you dont mind me spamming your inbox abt this, i dont have any other scardubs shippers who i can talk to. you can let me know if you do! :]

youre so right about bdubs not being cruel and calculating enough

just imagine bdubs not quite understanding the weight of scar offering him his life. to scar, it feels like lilacs and poppies and can we still be friends. to bdubs the offer feels like no kill passes, clocks covered in blood, and scar's fire aspect sword burning through his back. salt on top of a ready existing wound

bdubs furious in a way nothing but scars blood on his hands could ever describe or soothe. but he can't do it yet. all he can do is snap at scar about, 'just you wait until im red,' and tell him that hed really appreciate it if scar went and jumped off a cliff or stood on a cactus.

but it all just rolls off scars back like water with a laugh and a joke. it makes bdubs see red, but hes not red. theres nothing he can do to get it through to scar that hes serious

i dont know if its better or worse if scar knows hes serious or not

maybe scar is completely clueless. sure, the ribbing is angrier than he remembers, but the routine of teasing and joking around an anger that doesn't really mean anything is familiar enough. and its not like the world theyre on hasnt made everyone darker, scar's done things to people hes not proud of too

but maybe scar knows. hes not an idiot. its a right there in your face answer that someone hates you when they keep threatening to kill you when they can and asking you to just go die already.

maybe scar thinks he can fix it. even after he makes himself useful to bdubs, dedicates himself and this life of his to bdubs, it doesn't make him any less angry. and i think scar knows that it doesnt, but just cant accept that he cant fix it. cant accept that he hurt bdubs, someone he cares about, so greatly that bdubs hates him and wants to hurt him. wants to kill him. is going to kill him, and no amount of making himself useful is going to change that

either way, whether he sees it coming or refuses to, i think when bdubs does turn red and kills him it hurts the exact same. it stings with betrayal and grief and, worse, the knowledge he deserves it. that he's the villain in bdubs book. that the only redemption hes getting is through death

i cant decide what route from here i like better

1) bdubs feels completely satisfied. the bloodlust in his veins is gone. none of it matters to him anymore... but it still matters to scar.

scar being terrified that even dying couldn't fix things, only to find out that his death fixed things and feeling worse. he pledged his life to bdubs (it feels like im sorry im sorry im sorry) and that means nothing to him.

scar means nothing to him anymore.

scar thinks hed prefer if bdubs hated him still. at least him pledging his life means something then, at least his death means something then, at least this whole situation means more than scar pulling one stupid prank

2) bdubs is still angry

scar thinks it's fixed now, with his death, but hes wrong. bdubs is red, and he wouldnt be if scar hadn't taken his green life

when scar comes back to bdubs smiling and asking if its all even now, bdubs sees red. scar thinking this is all something transactional, an eye for an eye, a debt he can pay off, pisses him off

scar treated bdubs' death like a joke. then his own like a joke. and bdubs decides hes going to make sure scar isnt laughing by the time hes done with him

3) bdubs feels horrified

seeing scar getting torn apart by the zombies was what he wanted. and for a long moment he feels euphoric.

until he realises scar isnt yelling or screaming or anything. just quiet pained grunts and heavy breaths

until he realises that scar doesnt even bother trying to fight back

until he realises the heavy breaths are sobs, and the look on his face is betrayal not pain

he realises just a moment too late and scar is dead. bdubs doesn't even have time to say he's sorry, let alone try and help. all at once scar pledging his life to bdubs feels like when grian attacked the two of them in third life screaming betrayer, his voice so heartwrenching bdubs felt bad for him even on red

scar pledging his life feels different

it feels like an apology, utter devotion to making things right with someone you care for, trust and love built on a pillar of death.

and bdubs doesnt know if he can fix it

Hiii don't worry I love talking to people I just hope u don't mind how slow I can be replying to asks ^_^ hehehuhu my ask box or dms are always open either way xoxo

See your idea of Scar third lifing in and pledging his life to bdubs is to tasty when, well, you take third life into consideration. Scar who knows what it's like to die to a prank but who was quick to forgive in exchange for complete and utter devotion. Scar who believes he can offer the same, and receive the same forgiveness he once gave Grian.

Only to realise he isn't trusted. It's a transaction. The same as a no kill pass. Meaningless unless given value by the person receiving it. And bdubs giving it no value, not believing in Scar anymore, not after he was burned one too many times.

For Scar to think he can fix it with what anyone else would call a 'deal' is an insult, after all the lies and frauds and betrayals - and bdubs, who should be familiar with in-the-moment, hot blooded betrayals for one's own safety - has none of it.

I think he would regret it and feel not only pity but horror, after killing Scar. He'd think of killing Tango in last life, and Skizz in limited life. How even in his rage Skizz offered a fair battle to settle scores. How he didn't afford the same kindness to Scar, whom one could argue pushed Bdubs (and Impulse!) into the zombie horde as a means to self preservation, with the same sort of red hot fear that a boogeyman might have. But whom one could also argue did it out of a bout of sadism and cruelty instead.

It's that uncertainty that hurts, and makes it difficult, in the end, to know if his anger was warranted. It's that uncertainty that makes it difficult to feel true satisfaction as he's torn apart just like he was.

[all54321]

Underneath the Moon (Scar POV)

Grian POV

I tried so hard for a clever title for this, but struggled so much. But some of my workshop titles made me think of “Dear Fellow Traveler” so… I just went with it.

Neither of them speak about remembering what happened until after Last Life, where they learn that Ren remembers, who gets them to tell Xisuma. They soon learn about Scott and craft the theory of the 1st and 2nd placers remember. So Pearl gets dragged into the group immediately after Scott remembers Double Life.

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Scar isn’t sure what to make of his dreams last night. They were horrorific, but oh so real. Is that what they went through when they vanished? He saw Impulse soon after leaving his house that morning, after he regained his composure, he looked and acted normally.

Scar found reasons to encounter most of the others from the game. That are in Hermitcraft anyway, he doesn’t know how to find the others.

Either they’re great at pretending or don’t know. Was it just a dream?

He tries to go about his days after normally, but things just feel wrong with his knowledge. He doesn’t know if he should tell everyone, or if they were better off not knowing.

He thinks back to Grian, who was his partner in crime, who stuck with him through everything, who he betrayed, who killed him in turn. Scar shivers, remembering his last death. He can’t really blame Grian, it’s not his fault, it’s the fault of whoever put them in that game.

As much as he hates what happened in that ‘game,’ he misses many of the moments he spent with Grian. Just them, together, no one else. He sighs wistfully.

Thinking of the avian made Scar realize he hasn’t seen him in days. He’s been too wrapped up in what he remembers that he didn’t notice that he hasn’t seen Grian since.

Scar exits his home and looks around the Boatem clearing and, just like it has been the past week, Grian isn’t around. Mumbo is however.

He hurries his way to Mumbo, trying to not look desperate. “Hey, Mumbo, have you seen Grian around lately?”

“I… have,” he starts hesitantly, “but only a couple of times recently, and every time he’s extremely skittish and finds some reason to leave. I’m worried about him but he always leaves before I can ask what’s going on.”

“I haven’t seen him recently at all, it’s worrying,” Scar tells him. It’s unlike Grian to just vanish like this.

“Are you talking about Grian?”

Scar jumps as Impulse suddenly joins them. Mumbo nods, “something feels wrong…”

“I haven’t seen him around much at all, it’s like he just vanished,” Impulse tells them. “I only know he’s still here because I occasionally see him around, but he’s always gone before I can even think of approaching him.”

“Have any idea what’s bothering him?” Mumbo asks, looking at them both, clearly anxious.

Scar gets a sinking feeling in his chest, is he not as alone as he thought? He needs to find Grian.

“Scar?” He startles as Impulse speaks, both him and Mumbo looking at him with concern. “You okay?”

“Y-yeah, just wondering what’s wrong with Grian.” It’s not exactly a lie, but it sure feels like it is. He can’t tell them, can’t let them know.

~

The moment he can, he excuses himself from the conversation. There’s one surefire way to confirm if Grian remembers without asking.

It takes him longer then he wants to find the flowers, picking a handful of each. With a nice bouquet of lilacs and poppies, Scar returns to Boatem.

By the time he lands, the sun is setting. He lurks around Grian’s starter base, trying to hide, he has to return to sleep, right? Both Mumbo and Impulse have seen him, so he has to at least be nearby. Scar just hopes he hasn’t missed him.

Just as darkness settles around Boatem, Grian suddenly lands right in front of his door. Immediately going to enter his house. “Grian!” Scar exclaims, faux cheerily. He can’t just dump his worries on him right away.

The avian flinches, staring at Scar with wide, panicked, eyes, one hand still on the doorknob. “Uh, hi Scar!” He responds, smiling widely, as if trying to hide his nervous step back as he lets go of the door handle. His smile doesn’t reach his eyes, and his wings are slightly spread as if he’s about to take flight.

Scar closes most of the distance between them, still leaving some space to not make Grian panic, the hand holding the flowers behind his back. “Haven’t seen you around lately, what have you been up to?” He tries to keep his tone casual, to not scare away Grian. He just needs to find a good way to give him the flowers without it being suspicious in case he doesn’t remember.

“Uh, just working on some stuff,” he replies vaguely, taking another small step back, like he doesn’t want Scar to notice. His eyes flicker to the hand behind Scar’s back but doesn’t mention it. Grian seems to be looking anywhere but at Scar’s face.

“Like your mega base?” Scar offers.

“Y-yeah!” He agrees, eagerly taking that excuse. “Just planning stuff and gathering materials.” His response is rushed as he tries to elaborate on a whim. He takes another step back.

“Well, I have a gift for you, I’m glad I just caught you now.” They both know he was waiting.

This gets Grian to pause, finally looking him in the eyes before looking away again, “a gift?”

“Yup,” Scar says, holding out the bouquet.

Grian’s eyes widen when he sees it, his eyes flickering between it and Scar, recognition clear in his eyes. His wings spread out a little more, betraying what he’s about to do.

Scar surges forwards and grabs his wrist, causing him to freeze, “wait!”

Grian stares at him with panicked eyes, completely frozen. Tears quickly well up in his eyes, and Scar barely manages to catch him before his falls, dropping the flowers in the process.

Grian clutches him tightly, sobbing into his chest. His voice cracks, broken up by the sobs, “I’m sorry Scar… I’m so sorry.”

Scar holds him close, “it’s okay, I don’t blame you, not for anything.”

Grian’s sobs only get louder, even if it’s muffled. Scar just holds him close.

[steampunkedparm]

rb'ing with the pointing out what is a nod to what cus their simple but im still proud of them (and more thoughts cus they just keep on coming):

-green heart on grians thumb is a nod to him tricking scar into giving him on his his lives so G could have 3 in last life (in a silly little note, it'd be fun if scar was the one to paint that on grians nail wouldn't it ;) i definitely didn't think about that a lot while painting this. like im getting way too in detail but like. consider the painted nails a reflection on their images? or at least how i imagine it: grian is slightly meticulous so he might constantly repaint/redo them. scar doesn't entirely care about his image. if it chips oh well. yk. i dont know what im trying to say with this but there is something)

-the "string of fate" is a similar nod to that, more correlating to the lives they started off with in last life (despite going their separate ways they're still tied together. could also lead into double life where they're damn ear literally tied together in health. it kinds leans the two series' together)

-the hearts are quite literal for double life. I'm not sure if the deaths came across the best but i tried :'

-THE. FLOWERS. i H O P E they at the very least resemble poppies and lilacs. which i also hope comes across as a nod to third life :) which damn scar by chance chose some Interesting flowers to give to grian as hope to still be friends :) poppies and lilacs huh :)?

I’m. really proud of this??? got hit with the sudden and intense brainrot about the last life series’ again thanks Cherri Fires Tongues and Teeth animatic so bam, finally out of my way too long artblock.

i’ll try harder to make scar more muscular next time :’ but! holy fuck! holy fucking fuck!! I did my best to implement nods to the 3 different life series’

[dayables]

It was never about the prank

Or the 3rd life Grian and Scar are in love essay.

Grian and Scar’s alliance, friendship, love affair, early in the game is based upon Grian owing Scar his first life as an apology for the prank that killed Scar. Grian sets the deal as, “I am in your service until I lose my first life. I’m your teammate. I’ll do whatever you want to do.” Grian is also, a terrible teammate in many respects. He tries to ruin all of Scar’s deals, he kills three people when Scar just wants to steal BigB’s cookie. Grian is, a truly terrible at “being in Scar’s service.” and “doing whatever he wants to do.” Grian is staying around Scar because he likes Scar. If Grian did not enjoy the deal, Grian would find ways around the deal.

Before the prank, Scar only proposed taking over the sand biome to Grian. Grian doesn’t say no either. He only proposes they monopolise dark oak saplings instead. Desert Duo’s alliance was never about the prank. It’s about loyalty and passion and just like all romances, it ends in either marriage or death.

If there’s one thing about desert duo, it’s that their loyal to a fault. There are so many quotes I could pull to prove this point. One example, in episode three following Scar’s death. He offers poppies and lilacs and asks: “Can we still be friends?” There’s uncertainty in the question. This would make sense considering the fact Scar’s the first red life on the server. By the rules of the game, the answer is no. The one time Grian cannot justify breaking the rules of his own game, is accepting his place by Scar’s side as a friend not as a debtee. Also to mention the flowers again, lilacs mean: Do you still love me?, grief and optimism. Poppies mean: eternal love, sacrifice and remembrance. The flowers say many things Scar does not say: I still love you, I hope you love me still but I think you don’t.

In the finale, Grian asks Scar at the battle of Dogwarts, “Is this it? Is there where we show our true allegiance too each other and that’s it? We turn on everyone?” Every alliance before this fight was temporary. Scar and Grian only ever cared for each other and pizza. While they knew Scott, Jimmy and Joel were on their side there was never a care in their alliance. Just the knowledge they had a common enemy before they turned on one another. All of their allies were brought together by war. Scar is Grian’s “True allegiance.” Scar is the only one Grian cares about and vice versa. They were recluses who others had to seek out. Desert Duo never had the opportunities for friends because they had each other they never left that desert.

So let’s talk about the desert. The sand land, the fallen kingdom was a desolate and expansive. There was no desert village, there was no pyramid. The sand land was nothing more than Monopoly Mountain, Pizza, Scar, Grian and cacti. There wasn’t a single sign of life besides the prickly cacti, not even a singular dead bush. It slots right in with their isolation. There was no reason for anyone to come to the sand land unless to see Grian and Scar and as I said before, Grian and Scar only left it to gather resources. Everything was always about the sand lands and Grian and Scar and Pizza were the sand lands.

Finally, you have the betrayal. When Scar threw everything he and Grian had over the pieces of paper Grian has been calling useless the entire series.  In this moment both Grian and Scar’s worlds tilt on their axis. Grian has been betrayed by the man he pledged himself even when he no longer had too. Scar stops basing his actions over the pieces of paper. Bdubs had the ‘no kill pass.’ But Scar “didn’t know what to do” after Grian. Scar had a plan to kill Bdubs when Grian returned. Scar didn’t want to take Grian’s final life and when Scar didn’t fight? Neither could Grian. Scar asks if they can, “fix our sand castle.” And Grian asks, “Can we win together?” It’s in the very fabric of their characters: Grian doesn’t want to kill Scar and Scar doesn’t want to kill Grian. They just… have to kill each other… to figure that one out…

Then it ends. It ends exactly how it began. Grian killing Scar. It ends with just the two of the. It ends in the desert because they could never wash off the sand. It ends beside Pizza’s grave. It ends in a fight with fists and a fight on their own terms because they never cared about the rules which dictate they should be fuelled by bloodlust.

It doesn’t end with a prank because the prank was nothing more than a prank. The tragedy, the end and the beginning lie in the fact its Scar’s blood on Grian’s hands and he never wanted it there. Except the second time round, there’s a weight heavier than guilt on Grian’s hands. There’s loss as well.

In conclusion, they loved each other. By my fucking god, Grian and Scar loved each other. It’s weaved into their story so deep it’s impossible to uproot it all. They were fated to die by each other’s sides, that there would only ever be one victor and they chose to love anyways. They chose each other, were loyal to each other, never doubted each other in the face of a death game and yeah.

[aimfall]

i can’t believe scar accidentally gave the fandom the best flowers for symbolism for desert duo in 3rd life after he got to red

lilacs and poppies! my god

lilac lilacs (color, flower) symbolize a first love. during the victorian era, giving a lilac to someone was a reminder of an old love and widows often wore lilacs because of this

poppies symbolize death, hope, and remembrance

now, how is it relevant to the both of them?

lilacs

a first love — they stuck together after the very first episode of 3rd life and continued to stay together for the rest of the series

reminder of an old love — after his death, it would’ve held more weight as a reminder, wouldn’t it? (and also the entirety of double life)

widows wearing them — grian killed scar after sticking together for so long, widowing himself

poppies

hope — scar gave the flowers to grian in hope that they could still be friends. in the other life series, there’s that hope that maybe, maybe they could get along at least

remembrance — after killing bdubs, scar remembered all that grian did to keep him alive and offered to be killed. grian remembered their friendship and refused. and before the final battle, they spun around in boat to remember good times and dueled at pizza’s grave

death — they both died there. and their whole duo is centered around death at the hands of the other.

and that’s all I can think of! I’m not very knowledgeable about flower symbolism, so if there’s anything that I missed, feel free to comment and I’ll add it!