#awkduahkduajdiaid

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i genuinely think the people who insist the life series is scripted just don’t understand the difference between something scripted and something that’s been given a basic premise and directives that everyone involved in agrees to play along with for the bit. like, no, specific moments aren’t scripted, but there’s a reason the series isn’t just “best pvper wins” and it’s because they deliberately prioritise entertainment over pure skill because the same person winning every time just wouldn’t be fun.

like, for the most part they’re a bunch of drama kids who have been given the perfect playground to act out the shakespearian tragedy of their dreams (some more so than others) (hello rendog) and they’re given the tools and situation to do so but everything else is just improv. and they’re also just having fun like i think we should all remember they’re doing this to have fun with their friends and play on a server where anything goes and they can grief all they want and sometimes they’ll just make stupid mistakes like walking off the side of a diving board and dying because they were so miffed about losing to a best tower competition they forgot where the stairs were, or blowing themselves up with their own tnt trap because they placed one block in the wrong place.

also i think people forget just how generally predictable people are in general, like after five seasons you can definitely start to guess how people will behave because they’re just like that. joel is reckless and he likes to poke the bear, martyn is good at staying alive but not good at keeping hearts (the difference between winning limlife and going out early in secret life), scott is good at the social game and a formidable opponent but also terribly self sacrificial, bdubs will betray anyone he’s allied with if offered something good, etc etc etc

#anyway it’s all just silly fun and a lot of people take it too seriously #it’s also like. genuinely how would you script some of these moments #‘mumbo it’s important you place the fenceposts down here. they’ll come into play later’ #chekovs fenceposts #‘joel the script says you have to lose all your lives this episode yeah sorry man but you’ll get some back later’ #awkduahkduajdiaid #anyway i’m here for a gem or joel win next season #trafficblr #traffic smp #grian #mumbo jumbo #geminitay #smallishbeans #inthelittlewood #tangotek #scott smajor #bdoubleo100 #rendog #life series smp #secret life #ethoslab #jimmy solidarity