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Putting powdered sugar on the post below

#Lunar's Reboggles #Powder Sugar Time

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Decided I Wanted To Make 2 Of My OCs In @rhapsoddity 's VigilanteSheriff AU! Here's Villain Gladiolus & Hero Cosmos!

Gladiolus Is A Villain Well Known For His Strength, That Being His Power After All. He Mainly Sticks To Simple Robberies For His Crimes Though There May Be Theories That More Is At Play. As A Civilian, Harold Cassius Is A Blacksmith And Runs A Store Full Of His Creations. From Axes & Swords To Spare Machine Parts And Even Works Of Metallic Art.

Cosmos Is Mainly A Support Hero To Wherever She Is Assigned To Work, Her Main Powers Being Portals And Levitation Help Her Teammates Get To A Crime Scene And Away From A Battlefield Quicker Than Most Traditional Means. She Also Wields A Bow For Incase She Is Ever Needed To Assist In A Fight. In Civilian Attire, Lunar Alarese Runs A Pots And Fabrics Shop, Oftentimes Making Trades With Local City Businesses For Her Clays & Dyes.

( Note, My OCs Are Not Currently In Any Way Canon To The AU, I'm Just Here To Plop My OCs Into A What If Senario )

#LunARThing #OC Lunar #OC Harold #vigilante sheriff au #Also The Designs Are Based Off Of An SMP I'm On

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El’s most recent SOS episode in a nutshell

#Eloise Has Seen The Unspeakable Horrors #Lunar's Reboggles #mcyt #mcytblr #sos smp #mogswamp #soupforeloise

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Neil Banged out his tunes today, on a train you have the comfort and relaxation to bang out your own tunes

#neil banging out the tunes #Lunar Reboggles

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Bringing This Joke Back From The Dominion SMP Times

The Scrunkly Has Commited Crimes

Send Him To The Microwave

#lunARThing #vikingpilot #dominionblr #dominion smp #The Scrunkly Has Commited Crimes #Send Him To The Microwave #Also The Time On The Microwave Is 4:35 bc It Kinda Looks Like The Word YES So Yeah

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Life Series Victors as Tarot Cards

A presentation on why we’ve got it all wrong when it comes to grouping life series victors.

This post will continue on with the implication that ZombieCleo is a Victor, simply because she is. She won real life, therefore she's a victor. Argue with the wall.

Now, I see your celestial trio of the first three winners. This should never change. This feels the most apt, it centers perfectly, and each of the things it represents are present in multiple different categories. Obviously in space, as everyone has adapted to, but also in a Minecraft world, and what I see as more important: in a tarot deck.

Think about it this way.

The Watchers, in whatever form you think they (or we) take, are collecting these Victors. Each one means a different thing, survived a different landscape. While I understand the celestial motif of the first three Victors, and how it fits into their characters, I would argue that many others are far too grounded for that.

It’s a collection, remember? What is better for assembling a set than a deck of cards? Especially ones that meddle in Fate, something the Watchers seem to adore.

So here are the cards each Victor represents, with card meaning and my defense as well. This will go in chronological order of the seasons.

Before I continue, I just want to give a disclaimer. Every tarot deck has a slightly different explanation for what each card means. The definitions I use are a mix of three of my decks and the official Rider-Waite-Smith deck's explanation, so if there are inconsistencies with what your deck says or what you know, please don't come for me.

Grian, Third Life:

XIX. The Sun

Beyond the obvious desert motifs (a whole extra post in and of itself), the Sun is representative of not only Grian's gameplay, but also how the Watchers (those collecting this deck) feel about him. Grian is one of them, so he naturally starts out in their good graces, with a greater level of respect.

Rider-Waite-Smith defines the card as one of success. Of course the Watchers will gloat when their baby wins. Even if he wasn't meant to, it did inevitably mean that throughout his game, Grian was inarguably one of the largest sources of negative emotions, second only to the Red Army. Again. Extra post on its own. When he won, it saved anyone the satisfaction that might negate their negativity, alongside the delicious outpouring of grief that was the final duel of Third Life.

Reversed, the Sun is a card of depression. As I just touched on, one of the most defining moments of Grian's game was his final victory. When the ending came down to himself or his greatest ally, he went about it in the way that caused probably the most pain to both parties involved. It pushed him to the very brink, ending in him defining his own ending just moments after winning.

Scott, Last Life:

XVII. The Star

Even ignoring the starborne origins and headcanons, as well as the crown of stars included in his skin (Void below, these posts write themselves) this one looks like a super simple explanation, but actually requires me pointing out something that may not be obvious to some Watchers: Scott, in every game and Iteration has made it a point to rebel against the rules in whatever way he can. I could go into full detail, but thats a lot of words and I don't need anyoen to get bored. (Void, this series and side tangents that require other posts)

In third life, a game about death and destruction, and the originator of factions, Scott took a very different route: he got married and built a house in a flower field. When grief finally found him, he refused to give the Watchers any satisfaction, literally crystalizing his grief into a part of his character design (and one that would remain for two to three more seasons, depending on your thoughts on the coral pieces). In Last Life, he is the singular person in all five seasons (technically two, but shhh this is more dramatic) to withstand the Boogeyman curse, something the Watchers installed purposefully to make people kill allies. Double Life, obviously, as Scott rejecting the soulmate the Watchers gave him. Limited life, in which kills gave more time, Scott did not die a single time without giving life freely, either to an ally or a temporary ally.

That got long. Anyways. Scott's game has always been one of hope, spreading positivity and refusing to be pushed around by the Watchers. And that's exactly what the Star means. Upright, this is a card about hope and perseverence, pushing through challenges, which is exactly what Scott does. He refuses to let the Watchers' actions upset him and continues to play the game for his friends and for the future and nothing else.

Even reversed it still fits. Reversed, the Star means loss or abandonment. I've already used up too much time on Scott here, so I'll let you pick your favorite instance of that.

Pearl, Double Life:

XVIII. The Moon

This one is far and away the easiest. Like the previous two Victors, Pearl's story connected her with her symbol even before she won. But blood moons and wolf packs aside (as that's a whole different post for a whole different day) when you take a look at the definitions provided, it becomes even clearer.

The Moon is a card of transformation and change, as well as revealing one's inner self. Rider-Waite-Smith attributes hidden enemies, darkness, and terror with The Moon. While I'll happily analyze every single one of Pearl's actions as the Scarlet Pearl, I think this one is plenty self explanatory. After her rejection early on in the game, she immediately isolates herself and latches onto the night motifs, leaning in to what everyone expects her to be.

The reversed meanings also explain Pearl's arc in Double Life perfectly: confusion, mixed messages, and disbelief. This perfectly encapsulates Pearl's feelings at the very beginning of the game via her rejection by Scott and subsequent abandonment by Martyn in an attempt to get back into Cleo's good graces. Her instinctual reaction is one of shock, not understanding why Scott would choose to pick a soulmate when she was right in front of him.

Martyn, Limited Life:

XVI. The Tower

One of my favorite cards, the Tower is instantly recognizable. While most of my analyses aren't about how the card looks, I feel like it's important to share this time around. The most common image consists of a tower and one or both of two elements: lightning, and people falling. As a card, it represents sudden change, destruction, and chaos.

If anyone here is not yet convinced that I'm correct, please go rewatch Martyn's last LimLife episode, then come back and argue.

You're back? Great. We agree? No? Fine, I'll explain.

This fixates mainly on his winning game, but I'll touch on the rest of his games as well. LimLife ended with a huge betrayal on Martyn's part, one characterized by being so insanely sudden. (Of course it's the Watchers meddling. But the Tower isn't always about your own choices being your downfall.) He quite literally snapped as if hit by lightning (see description of the card), and this spells the beginning of the end for him.

Similarly, in all of his other games, Martyn finds himself with one pivotal moment that spells his downfall. The Red King, Betrayal at the Southlands (and honestly his worst move in DL was abandoning Pearl to try and beg for Cleo's forgiveness).

Funny enough, the reversed meaning of this card is almost a perfect match. I don't think this needs too much more explaining.

Scar, Secret Life:

X. The Wheel of Fortune

I adore Scar in these games. Every single season seems absolutely plagued by chaos. The worst season, obviously, was the one in which he gained his crown. Poor guy was just trying to make friends, and it seemed like every new secret was the exact opposite of what he wanted.

The Wheel is just what it sounds like: it's the card of luck, destiny, and fate. I won't add a new paragraph for the reversed meaning here either, as it means the exact same thing as upright, but with negative connotations in the form of bad luck and misfortune.

Scar is plagued by the whims of luck left and right. It seems like, more than any other player, Scar is unable (whether by others, fate, Watchers, what have you) to take full control of his own story and take actions that he wants to take, instead limited to where the current takes him.

But in the end, that chaos is what gives him his win. The lack of alliances and freedom that the game forced on him was what eventually lead him to be unmoored and able to volley his pain wherever he wanted, leading to a mostly painless win.

Cleo, Real Life:

XIII. Death

A little on the nose, I know, but which of these choices aren't? For a series entirely based on improv, there are a stupid amount of coincidences present.

Now, I know this is far and away the shortest series, so I'm going to analyse Cleo as a player across all of her seasons, not just her winning game. Sorry Real Life. You should have been longer.

While the meaning of the Death card may seem obvious, it's twofold in actuality. In some historical decks, even, the card is instead named Rebirth. I know how ironic that is that the zombie is the one who stands for death and rebirth, but again. Blame the stupid narrative, not the poor me trying to make sense of it.

In what my lovely mutual Honor called "phoenix behavior", I'm going to focus specifically on her deaths and rebirths, specifically BigB's betrayal in LastLife. Cleo takes her death hard, as anyone might. But her rebirth comes with change. The minute she respawns, it's with a different understanding of the world around her. She immediately embraces the change that has been given to her, burning down the Fairy Fort and ditching her alliance for a new one.

The reverse captures Cleo as a character over her seasons better than anyone on this list. While the upright meaning of the card is change, reversed it signifies stagnancy, obsession, and immobility. This can be seen almost perfectly with her thoughts on alliances. Scott remains forever in her good books, even over the course fo multiple seasons, simply because he has never wronged her. Even when they aren't direct allies,she still cooperates with him whenever, simply because she retains her previous feelings about him. The same can be said for BigB, but in the opposite direction. From the moment of the betrayal onwards, she refuses to trust him, going so far as to warn Pearl away from allying with him in LimLife.

Bonus: Jimmy Solidarity, the Canary

XII. The Hanged Man

But Moon! you shout, throwing your complimentary bucket of popcorn at me. Jimmy isn't a Victor! He's the exact opposite!

Yep.

That's why he's so soggy and why he goes on this list. You wanna argue that he doesn't have the same lore impact as a Victor? Too bad. Can't hear you. Jimmy gets his own card.

Initially, I was kinda sad that I already used the Tower, because that's the portent of doom and gloom or whatever, perfect for a canary. But then I spied an even better, even more Jimmy card.

The Hanged Man is the card of sacrifice. While I could go on a whole rant about the Fool's journey and how it is represented in the Life Series, that is Extra Tumblr Post Number IDK Anymore. Instead, today I'm going to stick to the basics. To specify sacrifice, the card doesn't just mean giving up. It signifies self sacrifice specifically. And what is Jimmy if not a semi-willing first sacrifice to get the chaos rolling?

How many times has he gone out to stop his friends from being the one who has to herald the change? The canary knows that he will sing the final notes, but so long as he can ensure the miners don't have to, he will descend once more.

Conclusion:

Now. Did I spend more time on this post than I ever did on an English Lit essay? Maybe. But as much as I love the space motifs this fandom has, I fundamentally disagree when we get to the latter winners. Come on, guys. Tarot decks are right here.

If I missed anything, or I misrepresented a player's game, please tell me. I can't be everywhere at once, and I'm always happy to learn more about some of the players I don't watch as regularly.

Anyways, this was way more fun to write than I expected. If anyone wants to see me give cards to the rest of the players who have yet to win, or an analysis of anything a mentioned in my tangents, please let me know.

Special thanks to @honorsongs who kept me company through this whole process and gave me many a suggestion when I lost my train of thought.

#Lunar's Reboggles #While I May Be A Space Stuff Enjoyer When It Comes To Traffic Life Winners #I Always Enjoy Seeing Tarot Card Truthers Pop Up On My Dash #Very Good Essay 10/10 #traffic smp #trafficblr #grian #scott smajor #smajor #smajor1995 #dangthatsalongname #pearlescentmoon #inthelittlewood #goodtimeswithscar #zombiecleo #jimmy solidarity

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Did someone say solar eclipse?! ☀️

Pretty sure I’ve posted these before but figured I should share some of my earlier sketches for the Sunscorched variant of the Startouched homebrew race I made a while back! Plus some of the sunset sketches because I think they’re neat :3

(The very first concept was actually made straight after my original Startouched post so it’s funny seeing how much my art style has changed since then)

#Lunar's Reboggles #Another Reblog Of Sparkly Elves On Eclipse Day bc Why Not ^v^ #Prev Tags Below #solar eclipse #lonksadventures #dnd homebrew race #doodle #sorry the images are pixelated my iPad is being weird #if you like these guys check out their stat sheets hehe

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Now that every Startouched subrace is finished I can finally post all six sheets together!

Keep in mind that any lore or art I’ve made is meant as a building block for y’all’s ideas and characters and can be thrown out the window if you want! 💖

I just want to say thank you to everyone who has supported this homebrew project over the last year. The suggestions, ideas, questions and art that you guys have shared have helped me keep up the motivation to finish these guys and I hope you all like the final piece 💖

In the future I may make more dnd homebrew stuff but for now I’m gunna go lie down-

#Lunar's Reboggles #Fun Sparkly Elves #Reblogging On 2024 Eclipse Day bc Why Not ^v^ #Prev Tags Below #woe solar eclipse be upon ye #maybe once uni stuff calms down I can draw some more of these guys hehe #lonksadventures #dnd 5e homebrew #solar eclipse

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Wanted to flex my recent improvement with a fun piece of cl!Scott for my life series au. I was inspired by some fanart by @smallidarityyuri, so shout out to them.

Here are some of the sketch passes I took. I still like the second one so I might do something with that later.

Also, here’s the timelapse for those who are curious.

#Lunar's Reboggles #chained life au #trafficblr #scott smajor #smajor #smajor1995 #dangthatsalongname

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You Aren't Alone Doin Stuff Like This! I Once Had A Dream Before Season 2 Came Out w An Entire Hypothetical S2! Scott I Can't Remember What He Looked Like But He Had The Ocean Empire So I Like To Think He Wore Almost Like A Godly Robe Adorned With Pearls & Sea Glass. Might Draw That Someday!

Hey. You want to see the esmp s3 version of Scott Smajor I hallucinated in my sleep

I don't know what happened but I dreamt that esmp s3 was announced and Scott looked like this, also his entire Thing was that he lived in a part of the world that was constantly night time and all the colours were fucked up as if void/space texture had been applied to everything, and he would look all cute and innocent and lure people places and when they went there he would stab them and run away giggling and dematerialise similarly to how endearment teleport, leaving behind star particles and a bleeding and confused victim

He also really liked flowers. I don't know.

#Funky Idea! I Like It! #empires smp #empiresblr #empires s3 speculation #scott smajor #smajor #smajor1995 #dangthatsalongname #Lunar's Reboggles

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I finished a wcsmp lineup for all the contestants! idk if I'll carry on but in theory I'd love to have designs for the tower mentors plus Bertha, Mertha, and Milo (and whoever else I might have missed. I gotta rewatch it) just because I miss wcsmp and its characters has some really fun stories and designs :]

#Lunar's Reboggles #witchcraft smp #prismarina #shubble #shubbleyt #joey graceffa #ihascupquake #laurenzside #zombie cleo #soupforeloise #scott smajor #smajor #smajor1995 #dangthatsalongname #Cool Art! Am Also Working On Witchcraft SMP Designs Lineup ^v^

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Hello! Recently I Have Been Enjoying Scrolling Through A Tag Called The Chained Life AU By @marsmarbles And I Found A Funny Coincidence That A Poem I Made For Potential Speakers Around The Start Of Secret Life Ended Up Matching Up Suprisingly Well With The AU's Concept Of Speakers! So Allow Me To Share!

[ Speaker Poem ]

There Are Those Who Watch Talking Occur

There Are Those Who Listen To Their Words

We Are Those That Say Those Simple Verbs

We Are The Sounds Stretching Between The Disturbed

A Game Is Played, Screams Ring Out

Till The Game Is Said And Won

But Those Who Standby Can't Help But Ask

Is Their Will Truly Done

We Care Not For Victory, We Care Not For Death

We Care Not For Winners And Their Final Breath

We Speak The Words For Those Without

We Simply Sing Song With Shrieks And Shouts

There Are Some Who Watch, Others Who Listen

We Are Nether Yet Inbetween

But That's Not For Us To Say, So Go Play A New Game

And We'll Continue To Speak

#Lunar Writes Stuff #chained life au #trafficblr

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I Personally Vote Mercury But Here's Propaganda For All Options! (Tarot Cards Aren't In The Poll, Sorry Tarot Card Truthers)

Pluto: The Farthest Planet From The Sun (It Is Now Labeled A Dwarf Planet, But The Point Still Stands), Has Alot Of Secretism & Death Imagery.

Mercury: Mercury Is The Roman God Of Travelers, Trade, Thieves, & Trickery... Which Is Just- Scar. It Is A Planet With No Moons Which Can Symbolize Scar Having No Friends This Season. It Is Symbolized By The Color Green, Not Sure How That Helps But It's There-... Look I'm Trying Not To Be Biased But There's Alot Of Symbolism Going For Mercury-

Earth: The Planet Of Life. The Sun Both Gives It Warmth And Can Scorch It At Times, No Need To Explain The Desert Duo Implications. There's Also The Fact That Scar Is A Terraformer & This Is A Good Pick For A Nod To That Skill Of His. It Has One Moon Which Can Show His Dynamic With Pearl As Well.

Other: This Is Probably The Vote For The Tarot Card People Or For Other Symbols, Not Much I Can Say Here Since The Only Tarot Card I've Seen People Suggest Is 'The World'. It Means Arrival & Life When Upright And Means Emptyness & Lack Of Closure When Reversed.

Vanilla Extract: Vanilla Extract.

At The End Of The Day Though, Whatever You Pick Is Your Choice & Interpretation! So Long As You Provide Proper Evidence For Why You Chose That Symbolism Specifically, Do Whatever You'd Like! Whether You're Doing Astral Bodies, Tarot Cards, Alchemy Symbols, Zodiacs Or Constellations,,, Whether You Make Martyn The Tower Card, Mars, A Meteor Or Comet- Scar Pluto, Mercury, Earth Or The Vast Void Of Space! Whatever! Just Have Fun And Make Cool Stuff!

Reblog with propaganda for each option!

#gtws #gtwscar #goodtimeswithscar #secret life #secret life spoilers #trafficblr #traffic life spoilers #Lunar's Reboggles #Just To Reaffirm In The Tags #So Long As You Provide Proper Reason For The Symbol You Pick For The Winners #Then Feel Free To Do Whatever! Be It Astral Bodies Or Tarot Cards Or Whatever Other Theme You Can Think Of!

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I felt like making more Minecraft skins so have a red version of the Impulse skin I made. (I like the arm paint/tattoo much better on this one)

Since I love Gem's yellow and red skins I may also make 80's outfit versions of those based on the drawn designs I did tomorrow. We shall see.

Once again, anyone in the community is aboslutely free to download and use this (with credit ofc ^-^)

Link to skin here!

#Lunar's Reboggles #trafficblr #impulsesv

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Secret Life Fanmade Opening

Managed to scramble this together the past week for an after effects class ^^

I'll be adding some sketches, assets, and stills below for those interested 👌

#Lunar's Reboggles #secret life smp #trafficblr #grian #scott smajor #smajor #smajor1995 #dangthatsalongname #pearlescentmoon #inthelittlewood #martyn inthelittlewood

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I really like the dawn idea because their like Helios (sun), Selene (moon), & Eos (dawn) coded

Valid!

#trafficblr

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seen a couple people do this, so here’s my version

traffic series ask game!

🌲 favourite member/character?

🏜️ favourite team or duo?

🎨 favourite piece of fanart? link it!

🌓 opinions on the watcher lore?

🧨 favourite season and why?

🔥 if you were in the life games, how would you play it?

❤️ best double life pairing?

⚡️most cinematic death?

🌿 any favourite interpretations?

🔮 predict the winner of secret life

🌹if you could add one more player, who would it be?

❄️ be honest, which character do you care about the least?

⭐️ do you think of the life series as separate from hc/empires, or connected?

🌌 what happens when the players die?

🎥 who’s your most watched pov?

#Lunar's Reboggles #Send Asks Pls & Mayhaps?