It's so sweet how in various imaginings fans have depicted c!Bdubs in Double Life as at least partially regretful and guilty for the murdering of his beloved soulmate.
However, this inadvertently heightens the ridiculous hilarity of canon Bdubs being constantly, horrifically oblivious to his repeated wrongdoing while Impulse silently seethes with both hatred and fondness in the background
'WHAT have I ever done to SWEET Impulse?!?' - Bdubs, Limited Life Megacut
This is what we call in the business, foreshadowing, folks.
For those confused b/c I’m realizing now that the way I edited this doesn’t explain it the best, what happened is that after they went into the portal they built with Impulse and Bdubs, Etho and Joel went in the nether, but came back to a portal trapped with lava, something Grian mentioned doing earlier in front of Joel and Etho.
If you aren't writing your final session Double Life Impulse.as a malicious megalomaniac who loves his husband then what’s the point?
My man put his whole Impussy into his super villain esq lines like “If we can’t win no can” and screaming that he’s gonna kill Pearl’s dogs with glee! He’s here to assume conversations between Bdubs and Etho are about him, get into a polycule, commit to the homewrecker strats even though they’ved never worked, and go a little insane with blood lust.
The only thing from stopping him from eating the golden apple, destroying the world and preventing anyone from winning; was his love for Bdubs and his wish for said soulmate to win.
He’s insane, he’s in love, he’s in your wall and he wants to kill you
I liked the double life polycule ending so I drew what I like to call impish
I gotta draw. The four of them together. 6th century ancient Ethiopian cathedral style castle with a Victorian twist and farmhouse kitchen interior. That’s what I call them.
Some rough sketches of all of the Double Life duos! I hope to clean these up later, but I wanted to post the wip sketches bc i like how soft they look :]
Okay, so, little rant, I love how soulmates have just matched each other's energy so incredibly well to the point where you kinda get why the universe made these specific people soulmates. Like, I know it was completely random but it just fits.
Like, you have Etho and Joel who are just full-on pranksters. They're just murder hobos who don't necessarily take being soulmates excessively seriously but also they don't take it not seriously?
Like, they have the exact same level of commitment basically.
Then there's Impulse and Bdubs and BigB and Ren who both immediately took it and ran with it as much as they could. Full in from the start. Full commitment completely serious relationship with more or less romantic connotations (depending on the pair).
Also, they match each other energy perfectly. And BigB and Ren have the "person who doesn't know what they're doing + the only person who thinks they do dynamic" like Jimmy and Tango which is a great dynamic to see.
And that brings me to Tango and Jimmy who, on top of having that dynamic, are also misfortune magnets. But since they're both unlucky as hell they also don't judge each other for it at all, they're just supportive and constantly think the other is amazing which is really nice to see. Also, both constantly worry about their soulmate's well-being.
And Scar and Grian are... well, they're Scar and Grian. Morally questionable people in a codependent relationship with the person that annoys them the most.
It's great.
They're both miserable.
And the funny thing is that even the pairings that have broken apart technically work.
Like, Scott and Pearl both don't give a shit about who their soulmate is supposed to be. And they're both incredibly petty people who immediately went all-in with hurting each other. And Cleo and Martyn also are kinda... they're the same kind of person which is why it could never work. They're both incredibly loyal, like, to an extreme. Which is also why any perceived betrayal is unforgivable for both of them. And, sooner or later, something was simply bound to go wrong, it's just unfortunate that it happened so early on.
Impulse exhales where he’s making himself some tools, rolling his shoulders. He looks over in the distance, taking in the view of the grassy slopes, the shape of what looks like a pillager outpost standing proudly. Impulse bites his lip, looking back at his work.
If Impulse is honest with himself, the idea of soulmates this time around is… It’s really nice.
The main issue is, of course, the shared health. Looking after himself is simple enough. Looking out for another person on top of that is… A little worrying to think about.
In which Impulse is in love with his soulmate, gets married to him, and confesses his love. In that order, with some details in between.
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I’m writing a clock duo multichap fic !! It’ll all be posted on ao3, and if you liked my rancher duo drabbles than i suggest giving this a read, too <3
Oh my word, I only just now watched Impulse's death from Bdub's POV and it's SO FUNNY because with the proximity voice mod all you hear is "Oh geez... ahhhhhhh-" Something about the scream and the way it's cut off is so funny to me I've been cackling for ten full minutes