#but like many people i'm just really fascinated with the storytelling and unintentional character development that unfurled here

[askdacast]

"how did the guy with no friends win?"

except, he did have a friend in the end

Pearl, a past winner who was also all alone the entirety of DL and went mad because of it

Pearl, who won because the person who betrayed her at the very start atoned for what he did by sacrificing himself and giving her the win

("I guess I forgive you after all...")

Pearl, who after healing from that betrayal went on to open her heart to alliances in the end (Nosy Neighbors + Grian et. al.) and eventually did find one she could call...family (The Mounders)

Pearl, who was the ONLY one to extend that invitation to the friendless villain ("I guess you found your family after all, Scar")

Because she was the only one who knew what it was like to be all alone, like him

But also come back from that dark place and reach out to someone who suffered just like her

And in the end they became a duo, she even tried to sacrifice her life for that fellow 'undeserving' lonely person, and only didn't because he wanted a 'fair' (for a given definition of that word) fight

Even at the end, Scar's "I'm gonna get you Pearl!" loses just...a tinge of the angry, bitter bloodlust he'd been baring throughout the session, and sounds almost playful

And then "she's dead scar. you won."

He killed the only person left who considered him a friend because she, in a sense, gave her life to him

It didn't start with the duel. It started with her hand of forgiveness.

but also because Scar really did become so much better at pvp like dang his red kills were vicious

#heeho i'm back to talking about funny minecraft creators in their funny improv series causing unintentional pain to their fanbase again #secret life smp #traffic smp #life series #pearlescentmoon #goodtimeswithscar #i'm in no way trying to take away from scar's achievements #he EARNED that win #but like many people i'm just really fascinated with the storytelling and unintentional character development that unfurled here #both negative in scar's case #but less talked about is pearl's positive one #i seriously feel she was far less unhinged in this one even after becoming red pearl #she even did her usual crazy singing thing but then went 'oops sorry' #like i know it was just a gag but it unintentionally came off as actual character development and that's hilarious