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Why all of them at once, I suppose

reblog if you’re gay, support the gays or are dehydrated

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Damn that copper must have been REALLY REALLY SHITTY

Geology ,library

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We sung it in assemblies in primary school so that bitch is drilled into my brain (the Australian national anthem is boring af too, it's just "three minute ode to the dirt in our country while conveniently ignoring anything problematic")

okay i’m curious

if not put why in the tags if u wanna

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Losing Track is so funny actually because Loki, Thor, Sigyn, and Lyf are each having their own personal existential crisis while Odin is infodumping about her train

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disown her /j

I just walked in on my younger sister listening to the forgetmenauts. I have raised this child well.

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To the one person who's gone through and like all of my stuff in one day:

Thanks! You're cool! I'm gonna go follow you now!

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murder

First thing you see after you zoom in is how you die

How you dying 👀

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this was in my "your tags" section so the desert duo tag was highlighted and it made it look like tumblr was saying desert duo was gayer LAFALSDFJASDLGKASLDGKJ

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I spy a familiar fandom crossover~

Various mechs (& grian) doodles i've accumulated over time.

IDs in the ALT description :thumbsup:

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TNT Joel vs The Clock Tower

Literally no one asked for this but I completely rewrote GTvTMK for Limited Life Session 7 and it turned into an AU

Also this mf is like five pages long. Enjoy!

The Watcher’s Song: Narration

And so, in the reign of King Ren the 1st, it came to pass that the Watchers began the planning of their fourth game, and cast their gaze to the servers.

Soon, every Hermit, Empress and Emperor strong enough to wield a sword was chosen and sent off to fight for the Watcher’s entertainment.

I was already skilled in these games, while Joel was still busy dying in every single one. Like an idiot.

I can almost hear the Watcher’s song now…

The Watcher’s Song: Song

[Watcher]

Grab yourself a sword, mortal, and join our games

With a smile, smile, smile

Build the TNT cannon and light the flame

Smile boys, that’s the style 

Come on a grand adventure

Playing our games all the while

So, grab yourself a sword, mortal, and join our games

With a smile, smile, smile

“Come on mortals!”

“The games aren’t that long and you’ll be home before you know it.”

“Let’s give the Watchers a damn good show.”

“The others won’t know what hit him!”

“So join the Life SMP Games, and have some fun.”

Burnt Last Night: Narration

Of course, when Joel arrived, alongside his best friend Jimmy, it was a very different story indeed.

The surface of the world was quickly abandoned, so all the fighting took place in the vast tangle of bridges above.

It was windy, it was deadly, it was cold. And most of the time it was impossible to see from below, aside from at dawn and dusk, or when a minecart fell from above and carved scars into the land.

And aside from that, you always had to keep one eye on your comms.

If someone had fallen, there was every chance they were on their way up to the bridges, but you’d have plenty of time to escape while they climbed.

But if it was an explosion death, you had to get underground and stay there for a while, because they were up on the bridges right that moment.

I was having a great time. But Joel and Jimmy found their own ways of dealing with it…

Burnt Last Night: Song

[Joel]

Burnt last night, and burnt the night before

Gonna be burnt tonight if we’re never burnt no more

[Joel & Grian]

When you’re burnt, your home fills with the sound

‘Cause the family wants to burn the mansion to the ground

[All]

They’re burning us, they’re burning us

One water bucket and it’s not enough

Thank your lucky stars that the cobble’s safe

‘Cause livin’ on the ground can be a chore

[Joel]

Bombed last night, and bombed the night before

[Joel & Grian]

Gonna be bombed tonight if we’re never bombed no more

When you’re bombed, it’s just your first night

[All]

‘Cause everyone’s acting like mobs, they’ll blow you up on sight

They’re bombing us, they’re bombing us

We’re low on minecarts so we can’t fight back

Thank your lucky stars that their chests aren’t hid

‘Cause mining all that stuff’s a waste of time

The Boogeyman’s Song: Narration

But I was not the only servant of the Watchers involved in the fight.

The one known only as the boogeyman had enlisted alongside me, claiming that it would be ‘jolly good fun’.

And indeed in the second game, it had (mostly) fought valiantly by my side, but it was when we twisted the rules that we discovered something interesting about it - It would corrupt whoever it so chose, but it didn’t exactly matter how many players were chosen during one session.

It stopped hunting Skizz after a session, only to show up the very next, within Joel. Then, later, Pearl’s tone when she asked if I wanted to play a game was rather…familiar. I even heard it went after Bdubs again, once.

Still, it seemed happy enough, after its fashion.

The Boogeyman’s Song: Song

[The Boogeyman]

When little mortals play at war

They don’t care what they’re fighting for

Player’s battlefields are rife

With items from the end of a life

Marching ever above the world

Take control, our minds are swirled

Whoe’er I corrupt, they must obey

Or time they will lose at the end of the day

As his powers grow, the games do to

More and more rules are woven through

Alliances they begin to rise

Until a curse brings their demise

Marching ever above the world

Take control, our minds are swirled

Whoe’er I corrupt, they must obey

Or time they will lose at the end of the day

Whoever I choose for this day

All allyships are thrown away

No more hatred, no more friendship

There’s time to gain, so make the hit

Marching ever above the world

Take control, our minds are swirled

Whoe’er I corrupt, they must obey

Or time they will lose at the end of the day

Joel Goes Crazy: Narration

The game continued like this, for five or six sessions - exciting and chaotic bridge warfare.

Until Joel’s best friend Jimmy did what the canary is prone to do, and died.

The details are, in true canary fashion, utterly pointless and strangely hilarious.

But what’s interesting, is the effect it had on Joel.

Joel Goes Crazy: Song

[Joel]

We’ll murder everybody else with minecarts heaven-sent

And we’ll rain down upon the ground the iron we have spent

They’ve tried to take our MRye5 and haven’t made a dent

And your blood will float our sub!

[All]

Break alliances, rain the minecarts

Show them all the aftermath of the cursed canary call

The Watchers will learn why they shan’t break our hearts

And your blood will float our sub!

[Joel]

We’ll kidnap every pufferfish and take the upper hand

We’ll construct so much TNT that we’ll run right out of sand

By the time we’re done with it there will be no more land

And your blood will float our sub!

[All]

Break alliances, rain the minecarts

Show them all the aftermath of the cursed canary call

The Watchers will learn why they shan’t break our hearts

And your blood will float our sub!

[Joel]

“All together now!”

[All]

Break alliances, rain the minecarts

Show them all the aftermath of the cursed canary call

The Watchers will learn why they shan’t break our hearts

And your blood will float our sub!

Midnight at the Clock Tower: Narration

[Grian]

So TNT Joel blew a smoke-shrouded path

Through the TIES and through the family, dealing out his wrath

Everyone else gathered, and plotted his demise

But they all fell, like the tears within his eyes

Such violence can’t last, and before the minecarts ran dry 

The family lined the shot up, and let the arrow fly

And so Joel fell, like the canary before,

And landed on the ground, on the clock tower’s floor

The Tower, the Watcher, looked at young Joel

And said “Welcome, mortal, the third one to fall”

“You made a good effort, but you weren’t good enough”

“But perhaps I’ll give you one last chance, just prove that you’re tough”

“It’s just a simple challenge really, easy for one like you”

“Just kill the player I summon here and I’ll give you hours two”

So Joel nods grimly and the Tower smiles, and with a sharp crack!

A player falls to the ground, landing on their back

They stood up and looked at Joel, and he realised his mistake

For there before stood the one whose life he could not take

“You’ve agreed, now kill him here” the Tower’s cold voice spoke

Joel backed away and tried to speak, but his words came out a choke

Because before him there, standing confused, was Jimmy the Canary

Joel had agreed but now he found he couldn’t do the deed

As the scenery reformed to a cactus ring and he stood atop a stone

Joel looked the Tower in the eye and gave his response:

[Joel]

“No!”

[Grian]

The Tower sighed and shook its head, “You already swore you would”

Joel glared at it and shook his head

[Joel]

“That doesn’t mean I should.”

[Grian]

Meanwhile outside time had stopped, I recognised the signs

And though I couldn’t scream, my mind filled with my cries

Jimmy still had no idea, for he could not understand

As Joel looked at him, saluted, and then held onto his hand

[Joel]

“Bad boys to the end.”]

[Grian]

He said,

[Joel]

“Our run was pretty long.”

[Grian]

For that day the music of explosions became his favourite song

And so they faced down the Towers rage, bad boys to the end

As the Tower let out an enraged roar, and the space began to rend

Jimmy scattered to the winds and awoke in his empire

And Joel heard the thunder crack and felt the lightning’s fire

So as his clock ticked to a halt and time simply moved on

The brightness of the lightning faded and I saw that he was gone

And with the emotion within me that I’d hidden to play the game

I let the tears fall from my eyes and I screamed out his name

#traffic smp #trafficblr #limited life smp #limited life bad boys #Life SMP as Mechs #this is definitely an au now #TNT Joel AU? #name pending

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Hey I'm gonna start something that'll maybe go nowhere let's go

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#local haunted school and I'm PRETTY SURE there was like a cult in some old house or some shit back in like the 60's/70's

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Yippee, hyper specific poll!!

#tall friends #blanket

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My last Mechs/Life SMP post actually got a fair bit of attention by my standards (six notes since I posted) so I would also like to add

Grian, up on MRye5 with the Bad Boys: Push the minecart down gently, Jimmy, let's see what these Mean Gills can do!

Gotta say I'm in the mood for violence and I reckon you might be too!

Let's get this party started the only way we know: Fireworks and explosions, that's our cue!

#trafficblr #traffic smp #limited life bad boys #limited life smp #life series #you know what I'm just gonna #Life SMP as Mechs #there we go

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I'm not sure if there is ANY Mechanisms/Life Series crossover in the fandom (aside from me) but Grian constantly talking about how Joel went insane after Jimmy's death? The EXPLOSION KILLS?

JOEL IS GUNPOWDER TIM

#trafficblr #traffic smp #limited life bad boys #limited life smp #life series #i'd mechs tag this but it's a fairly small fandom so... #Life SMP as Mechs

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Yessss, I just posted earlier about how the moon will sing has Watcher!Grian/Watcher!Pearl vibes but it totally fits with Desert Duo as well

you know what surprises me?? the fact that the album 'coyote stories' by The Crane Wives feels desert duo so much and I don't see anybody say a thing about it

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So The Moon Will Sing by The Crane Wives is definitely a Watcher!Pearl/Watcher!Grian song right? It isn't just my brain making everything Watcher related?

#watcher!grian #watcher!pearl #evo smp #trafficblr #the crane wives #the moon will sing