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astrowarr · 6 months

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there's something about jimmy and martyn this season

four times over jimmy has walked the well-worn path into the realm of death all alone, his feet sinking in the inky, star-speckled puddles of the void and his hand shaking on the icy doorknob of After. and the familiarity— and oh, is it so familiar— never manages to suffocate the dread each and every time. the knowledge that this door, these wings, those eyes are all horrifyingly inevitable, following him, miraculously, across worlds.

until now. he steps in the pond of the void and there's a warm hand in his, so warm jimmy knows it to be unwelcome in this place. no one has ever been here with him before, and never in his endless lives and deaths has he ever been left staring wide-eyed at theback of someone's head, the back of martyn's head.

and martyn leads the way. there are no words— there never have been in this place— but his hand is firm and real in jimmy's. he walks confidently, the soles of his shoes marring the ground he walks across with ripples that never stop. and this time, martyn reaches out, and swings that haunting door wide open, ceasing its endless whispers all at once.

when martyn turns around, his eyes lock with jimmy's, and he doesn't speak— no one can, here, jimmy is sure of it— but he might as well, really. his eyes are tired, but they are certain. martyn says nothing, but jimmy hears him. of course he does.

follow me this time, would you?

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cherrifire · 2 months

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Please share your thoughts on the other 5 cutie marks, I'd love to hear!

Hi everypony! I got like 20 asks for the Dogwarts cutie mark lore so I'm here to speak my truth!

Before we start, I would like to write a quick reminder that a pony's cutie mark is not always their "special talent", but can also represent who they are, their personalities, and a possible destiny. Different cutie marks have different meanings and interpretations, but they're not just about representing what you're good at.

That being said, let's start with the cutie mark design I'm proudest of!

Ren's Cutie Mark

Ren's cutie mark is of a sunrise and looks pretty simple at first glance but there was a lot of thought that went into this one.

First of all, I bet you're wondering why a sunrise? Well, in the show, it is pretty typical for unicorns with great magical abilities to have one relating to space (examples being Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer, and Sunburst). And I figured since I wanted Ren to fall into a similar position of potentially becoming an alicorn, I gave him a cutie mark following the same trend. And I chose a sunrise to reflect the way Ren seems to glow when he enters a room. The way he carries himself is very warm and bright it just catches your eye in a similar way the sun would.

Also, Ren wears sunglasses. So a sun-themed cutie mark seemed appropriate.

Additionally, there are a couple of smaller details I want to point out too. Like the sun rays, if you look at them for a moment you'll see they're shaped like little crowns! I of course had to put a crown in thanks to how much Ren likes to play royalty, so I snuck it in there. And then the red spots underneath could both be interpreted as the sun reflected over water or blood. (But of course, this is a kid show AU so there wouldn't be any blood in Ren's destiny, just a fun reference to the red king and his whole thing about blood dyeing the snow red)

Martyn's Cutie Mark

I explained this one in an earlier ask but I thought I'd explain it again here for anyone who didn't see it!

Martyn's cutie mark is of a chopped log and a small stick.

This one is mostly a play on the name "Littlewood" but has other meanings too. As a character, Martyn tends to travel and explore quite a bit. In the Life Series specifically, he is usually the last one to find a permanent base and even then doesn't spend a lot of time in one place. Always on the move. Additionally, he's more of a wild card compared to other characters, always trying to be as unpredictable as possible.

The smaller detail here is the little swirl on top of the log is the same as the one on his Minecraft skin's shirt.

BigB's Cutie Mark

Cookies! Cookies! Cookies! BigB's cutie mark is of 3 cookies where one is trying to eat the others. There are also a few sprinkles there made to look like action lines.

We all know BigB loves cookies so of course I had to give him a cutie mark with cookies in it. For this one, I decided to follow the cutie mark trend of "symbol/item important to the pony duplicated 3 times" (examples being Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie) but I added a bit more creativity to it with the top on trying to eat the others to represent just how tasty they are 😋

Additionally, rather than the first cookie trying to eat the others, you could interpret it as opening its mouth to talk. Because BigB can not keep a secret to save his life! In Double Life when he started "secret soulmates" with Grian, he didn't last a day without opening his mouth. He told Ren about it immediately because he felt bad for keeping things from him.

Also worth quickly mentioning: People pointed out in my original post that they don't think BigB would be the element of honesty because of his behaviour in Secret Life. But that's just Secret Life. I think Secret Life to BigB was like that episode of My Little Pony where Discord makes the main 6 act the opposite of their true element. BigB was just going through a weird phase of telling very obvious lies because a book told him to.

Skizz's Cutie Mark

Skizz's cutie mark is of a lightning bolt from a couple storm clouds hitting the ground.

I think this is the cutie mark with the least thought put into it, unfortunately. There was still though just not as much as the others. The big thing I thought was fun was I made the lightning bolt shaped like an "S" to stand for Skizzleman. But other than that, this cutie mark sort of has the same meaning as Rainbow Dash's cutie mark. Quick like lightning, loud, bold, dangerous, and powerful.

Impulse's Cutie Mark

Impulse's cutie mark is of a lit-up lightbulb.

I absolutely crowded this cutie mark with the letter i. If you look closely, there are 6 of them. Impulse's design also has an i-shaped pattern on the belly if you look closely enough. But that's more of a fun easter egg and doesn't exactly reflect Impulse as a character.

There are a couple of reasons I chose a lightbulb for Impulse, the first and probably most obvious is that he's a redstone guy! He's a technical guy who likes to work smarter, not harder. So I figured the My Little Pony equivalent would be a light bulb/electricity. The second reason for the lightbulb is that it's usually used as a visual representation when characters have that "eureka!" moment in cartoons. When someone has a brilliant idea a little lightbulb turns on above their head. So since Impulse is the ideas guy, I figured a lightbulb would work for his cutie mark.

Etho's Cutie Mark

Etho's cutie mark is of a snowflake with a missing branch.

I promise there is more to this cutie mark than just "Canada is cold" even if that's part of the reason I wanted to give him a winter-themed cutie mark. While it is fun to make a nod to Etho being Canadian, I thought a winter-themed cutie mark would be fun to represent how he sometimes presents himself. Cold and a bit mysterious. I think deep down once you get to know him, those attributes melt away, but for people who have never met him, he may be intimidating that way.

I'll be honest, I don't watch a lot of Etho content, but I do have a few friends who identify as Etho girlies so I did my research. I was told in his Minecraft Let's Play World, that he has a snowflake build somewhere. I believe they said it was an iron golem farm? (Please correct me if I'm wrong) but I thought that was perfect for the cutie mark. And if you're wondering why there's a branch missing, it's because one of my friends said he was incapable of finishing builds sometimes so I thought that would be fun to include.

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Alright. Rant over. To celebrate, here are a few pony doodles so I can put this post in my art tag.

#cherri.speaks #cherri.draws #trafficblr #my little pony au #renthedog #inthelittlewood #bigbst4tz2 #skizzleman #impulsesv #ethoslab #Third Life x MLP #mclp

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daisy-mooon · 1 year

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Divorce quartets dynamic is fucking funny this season. Scott and Martyn decided to move in with each other and steal Cleo's brand of being Mean Girls. Pearl passive aggressively asking Martyn if he has Tilly and Martyn going "oh yeah I cremated her :)" and throwing gunpowder on the floor. Martyn telling BigB not to trust Pearl because if "the moon is high, you might die". Cleo gaslighting Pearl into being her ally and then when Cleo asks for books Pearl straight up lies and starts punching BigB so he won't tell her. Cleo and Martyn having the world's most awkward conversation and Cleo going "you and Scott are... sort of survivery". Pearl standing on a tree and staring at Scott instead of walking up to him like a normal person. Scott spending an entire episode making his and Martyn's house look cute and designing their shared storage system to only suit him and leaving Martyn to cope. Cleo doing their very best to ignore them all and juggling Scar and Bdubs forcing her to adopt them, allying with the entire server and the Bad Boys turning their base into bread and killing them whilst Pearl is like thirty blocks away and blatantly not helping. Most divorced polycule EVER. I am studying their relationship under a microscope.

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flashliiqhts · 3 months

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Designs for all the 3rd life members!

Also, if anyone wants to request designs, I want to do more of these, so that would be appreciated!

Impulse is an imp/ dragon maybe? I haven't quite decided

Tango is a blazeborn

Grian is a burrowing owl

Scar is a vex, but in the bug-wings kind of way, the bug in question being a desert locust

BigB is a cicada, thanks to this post: https://www.tumblr.com/mcybree/737964652377653248/is-this-your-man?source=share

Skizz is an angel - just a regular one for now

I didn't really change anything about Cleo

Bdubs is a glare

Etho is a grey fox

Joel is a Milbert's Tortoiseshell butterfly

Ren also just has a standard design

Martyn is a dryad-type guy

Scott is a unicorn hybrid, because I've been seeing that around and I thought it was neat

Jimmy is an American Goldfinch

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hmshermitcraft · 5 months

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Grian has done his few shares of shovel talking, whether that be with Tango and Scott when they got together with Jimmy, Joel when he got with Lizzie, or Ren when he got with Martyn, it's just he never expected to have all his siblings shovel talk Scar into the ground.

What he doesn't realise (though he really should've) was that his siblings were saving up their shovel talks. As much as they like Scar, he's the unfortunate person who decided to date Grian.

They have so many sibling shenanigans pent-up. Grian is going to regret ever knowing them.

#hermitshipping #trafficshipping #ask #grian tag #scar tag #tango tag #jimmy tag #scott tag #joel tag #lizzie tag #ren tag #martyn tag #scarian #flower ranchers #jizzie #treebark #mod 🎀

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mcytblrconfessions · 2 months

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i think ppl like hating on martyn bc they know they’ll get a response (bc he has every right to explain/defend himself) and it pisses me off bc rather than being a pain in the ass you could just put your energy into being positive about the things you do like. so i am gonna spend the rest of this confession being overly positive about things i keep seeing hate on. i love martyn’s vtuber lore, i think it’s really fun and a genuinely good story to get to follow. I loved secret life for how crazy and chaotic it became and how much more members interacted with each other. gem was amazing in the life series, she was absolutely hilarious and played the game so well and felt like a perfect fit in the group. I like when fanart has wings!!! idc about bird anatomy they look sick. i like when fandoms have in jokes or shared headcanons, i also like when people come up with more unique headcanons! headcanons are fun, as long as they don’t make CCs uncomfortable and aren’t done in poor taste then I don’t see the issue with them! make your fav a bug or bird or a flower!! make them furries!!! make them vampires!!! give them pink streaks in their hair!!! make them goths or punks or emos!!! do it!!!

is this really a confession or more just an autism fuelled rant?? idk, you decide!

#confession #cc: inthelittlewood

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makowcy · 6 months

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talk to me about spacing mining au martyn please plese i want to onow everything about him why is he kidnapping jimmy why is he an antagaonist why is he so handsom

clap alright

Martyn is a professional bounty hunter under Rens command aka he gets sponsored by the government to do his job (he is not a space cop but as far as the wanted characters are concerned he may as well be so if i refer to him as such thats why)

He had a brief encounter with Tango more early on, but for once Tango figures out quickly that this man works for the gov so not much happens there.

Quick timeline later Grian disappears > Scar burns Jimmy's house > Jimmy and Tango travel together for a while > they get separated by a commotion and Martyn meets Jimmy

Jimmy was wearing Tango's coat and since Martyn has already seen it once he followed him and decided to help him out, which immediately gained Jimmy's trust (+Martyn wasn't hiding that he's also from Earth). Now Jimmy basically ended up babbling about his life to Martyn and considering that his family members include someone so wanted as Pearl and whatever he has going on with Tango he's just a great leverage (side note most of the information he shared was useless to Martyn, the man has separation anxiety and the only people he ever speaks to is his family, ex husband and Tango, he just spoke his his heart out)

Also while it's a kidnapping Jimmy doesn't even realize it for the first half and Martyn finds him amusing, harboring criminals is not legal but he doesn't really care so nothing against the guy

Martyn used to be a criminal like many earthians and he ended up in his current work as a rehab thing, he proved himself to be very good at his job and stayed for the money (and ren). Currently he's Ren right hand and does a lot of the dirty work for him. He has his private information network and does things behind Ren's back which he is aware of, but he trusts him and can't quite bring himself to discipline him. One of many qprs in this au they are also not normal but a different flavor. Narrative wise while Ren is in a higher position of power than Martyn he's more of a supporting character for him

Anyways the reason for Grians disappearence is also Martyn and his little schemes, they had a quest with BigB, but the two of them did not trust Martyn one bit and BigB ended up helping Grian get away

Other important note is that Tango and Martyn are opposites in many ways and he absolutely hates him

#martyn is a bit of a rat doing things for his own gain only so basically his only positive relationship is with ren...#theres more stuff but if I write one more sentence in english i will cease to exist #space mining au #ask

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crowsongcaws · 4 months

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Life Series/Traffic Life Headcanon: Jimmy is a seer. Jimmy will have moments where he has strangely vivid dreams that follow a stronger sense of reality than the typical dream. Additionally, he does sometimes "zone out" and receive prophecies. This started after Evo. Because of the complications with Evo, he's never explicitly told anyone about these things happening to him, but he's aware that he can see the future to an extent. However, having no guidance, he's never learned how to interpret these prophecies or go about investigating what any of it means. This means that, despite receiving plenty of glimpses into the future, his accuracy for predicting what will actually happen is fairly low, and he's unsure if he can force prophecies to happen to him. In 3rd life, he receives a prophecy where he correctly predicts that the final battle that ends with a victor will be in the desert. This makes him overly confident during the alliance with Scar and Grian, except as it turns out, that particular battle was the final battle for him but not for the true winner. Grian ends up winning in the desert. In last life, he dreams about Scott covered in blood looking exhausted but still wearing this almost manic grin and decides to keep his distance and be wary, assuming Scott was going to be cursed and go on a rampage that would kill Jimmy. Scott ends up winning. In double life, when Tango gets killed (which kills him, too, in return), Jimmy gets a vision where he sees Pearl barely alive leaning over a very-much dead Scott. At this point, he's fed up with his visions and just comes to what he thinks is a lazy conclusion and says that Pearl will win. Pearl ends up winning. In limited life, he has a dream where all he can really feel is a breeze and it faintly smells like the ocean and blood. This dream is so subtle that he doesn't realize it's a prophecy. Martyn wins, and Jimmy only connects the dots about his prophecy afterwards. In secret life, Jimmy zones out (and ends up collapsing on the floor) in his and Martyn's base and has a vision where he feels as if he's falling. He even hears a loud clap of thunder the moment his body "hits the ground". His body feels paralyzed, his vision is hazy and dark, and he hears Grian say "She's dead. You won---". Unlike in the previous games, Martyn is not only there to observe this happen to Jimmy, but he was also in Evo with Jimmy, so Jimmy lets him in on the prophecies, dreams, and visions he's had. Martyn, of course, tries to interpret it himself, but what with the rules of secret life, he's having a hard time getting any information out of anyone. When Lizzie dies, Jimmy thinks that that means it's his time to win a game. However, once again, he only realizes the true meaning of his vision when at the very end, Grian tells Scar that Pearl is dead and Scar's the winner. Do the watchers know that Jimmy is a seer? Of course. Jimmy generally has bad luck and, again, has no idea how to interpret the glimpses of the future he gets, but the watchers see to it that he gets killed as soon as possible so that he isn't able to share his prophecies with anyone who could interpret the information better.

#jimmy solidarity #trafficblr #traffic series #life series

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riacte · 2 years

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You don’t have to love your “soulmate.”

Heck, you can even hate them.

That’s what Cleo and Martyn do. At first, she’s frustrated and upset by how little her so-called soulmate seems to care about her health— their health. Then she sees him with Pearl, the two having emerged from the fiery depths of the Nether, and he’s as nonchalant and as unaffected as always.

And Cleo stops caring.

She punches him and he punches her, and they’re both stubborn, awful, loyal people. Their bruised knuckles are mirrors of each other, they add pain onto layers of pain, fully knowing they’re hurting themselves by hurting the other. But no, Cleo doesn’t care. And ironically, Martyn is on the same page as she is. They’re soulmates, she thinks with a scornful huff, and they share the same views about this stupid connection the universe has oh-so-kindly graced them with. What bullshit.

Because yes, it turns out Cleo and Martyn are similar after all in the sense they don’t like it when the universe decides for them. Cleo chose Scott. She has free will, and her mind is independent from the incessant tug in her heart, thank you very much. Now she chooses to hate Martyn and vice versa.

It’s war. They don’t speak, but it’s war. Cleo stubs her toe in the mines. Martyn runs through prickly bushes. Cleo goes out hunting in the night and Martyn wakes up gasping at the feeling of an arrow through his arm. Cleo’s out with Scott when she abruptly feels flames licking her legs, and it remains there for a suspicious few seconds before she feels the cool relief from water. (Cleo’s not stupid. She knows Martyn has quick reflexes. And she knows he’s petty; she just knows.)

Sometimes neither of them eat. They let the hunger gnaw at them, hollowness in their stomachs, but their hearts ache with pride and stubbornness. It becomes a competition to see who can last longer without breaking. It’s not self harm, because Cleo knows they’re both guarded and all about self preservation. And as much as they bother each other, they don’t laugh when someone eats first. After all, it’s for their own benefit. It’ll be like laughing at themselves.

And it’s not like they ever did something terrible to each other. No, no, no. They just exist and are inconveniently soulbounded. They annoy each other out of spite. It’s their way of rebelling against the fabric of the universe that wraps around them. And as strange as it is, they share the same goals. They’re united in their desire to not be united. They’re twin flames burning independently.

And it’s fine. It’s really fine.

Until Scott dies.

He’s been shaking for a few minutes now, frantically shoving food into his mouth. Cleo’s panicking and messaging Pearl, but she’s not replying. Cleo doesn’t have health potions, she doesn’t know what’s going on, she knows Pearl won’t intentionally harm Scott, but Pearl’s dying, and Scott’s dying, so—

Scott doesn’t even get to say goodbye. Cleo blinks and her chosen partner is gone, leaving behind a hollow suit of armour and half-eaten fish. A flower from his inventory flops lifelessly on the ground.

No.

Scott’s not dead, he can’t be dead—

No.

Scott still has a life left, right? He totally wasn’t on red. He wasn’t on red, despite Cleo seeing him every day. He can’t be dead for real.

NO.

Cleo picks up Scott’s gear, his chest plate over her thumping heart, his trusty sword in her sweaty palm, and she runs.

Hunger throbs inside her, her hearts are low, and she feels wounds on her legs. Martyn must be hurt. Her lungs ache with effort (how does she feel so dead and alive at the same time?) and she doesn’t know whether it’s from him or her. Cleo barges through a thick forest, the branches scratching her face, and she thinks with a vindictive sort of satisfaction that Martyn must be feeling her pain too.

Martyn’s panting and resting on a rock, holding what appears to be the remains of Pearl’s tattered armour. His face is oddly frozen but Cleo knows the grief churning behind his eyes. She doesn’t feel it, but she knows because they’re similar people.

“Pearl died to a mob. I couldn’t save her.”

Cleo flops down on the rock next to Martyn. There’s a sizeable distance between them. Their hearts are half down and neither of them have eaten. They share the familiar aches of hunger and pain and untreated wounds and oh, the grief of losing someone.

Now both of their loyalties are to dead people. Cleo sees the fresh scars on Martyn’s face, the ones she got from running through a forest. He doesn’t do anything about it. She doesn’t do anything about it.

It hurts. They hurt together, yet they’re fiercely determined to not to be.

“Do you want to eat?” Cleo finally asks, because it’s their health that they’re sharing, and while she and Martyn are soulbounded enemies, it doesn’t feel right to do stuff without his consent when he’s next to her.

Martyn shakes his head. Cleo thinks he feels guilty because he and Pearl didn’t part on best terms. There’s a trickle of blood running down his lip. Cleo feels it too.

“Not now,” he says, and Cleo can assume he feels apologetic, because that’s what she would do in his position. Martyn’s suffering, and he wants to have his moment before he’s reminded of his unbreakable ties to Cleo. Their hunger can gnaw at him for a little more, a punishment for how Martyn failed to save Pearl.

They sit next to each other, twin wounds littering their bodies and souls.

It hurts. They hurt.

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A little inspired by this. Really intrigued by Cleo-Martyn and their potential dynamic.

I don’t want this to be an enemies to lovers thing or even an enemies to friends thing. They’re soulmates who can’t stand each other because they’re so similar. That’s it.

I know I’m being melodramatic here but like, it’s the Life series. We’re all dramatic about block people lol

#double life smp #double life spoilers #zombiecleo #inthelittlewood #sorry martyn if you see this #long post #ria.fic #trafficblr #mcyt

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wassupmygays · 4 months

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ummm hello I would like way more about hunger games au pls I'll take anything wheres Jimmy where's Tango wheres Scar from I will take whatever you give me I will go feral over this thank you

!!!! ok first off i just wanna say u made my day with this ask im so excited that other people r excited abt this and want to hear my explosions (also i definitely want to make individual profile posts for each tribute so this will be. sparknotes of what i have thought up so far :D) Tango - i have tango in district 3, along with mumbo. district 3 is the technology district, and with mumbos redstone contraptions and tango's decked out programming, it felt very obvious placements to me :] i dont think they were very close at all before the games. not in a bad way, just they didn't cross eachothers paths all that much (subject to change but in life series canon theyre never on the same team iirc). theyre cordial in the proceedings before the games but dont train together or plan to team up. tango, skizz, and bigb eventually ally together during the training days before the games! (aka heart foundation) Jimmy - jimmy and scar are actually from the same district, district 11! 11 is the agriculture district, and to place jimmy in this district i pulled from his ranchers and empires sheriff vibes if that makes sense. i also just know that 11 is one of the poorest districts and doesn't usually do well in the games, and we all know jimmy in these games. (i considered jimmy in 12 bc of the canary thing, but skizz and impulse r from there and i figured putting him somewhere else is fun too!) scar - as said above, scar is from district 11! i don't think he is expected to do super well in the games from the reaping, but during interviews its clear that he has the charisma to get some sponsors. i honestly haven't thought up all that much for scar yet but dw i will (he literally wins. how could i ignore him) fun fact! scar and jimmy were going to kind of team together, but during the first day of training, scott (career tribute) makes some joke to gem about how they wouldnt stand a chance if they teamed together bc of their district. jimmy let this get in his head and decided to split from scar, causing both of them to be loners at the start of the games. jimmy eventually finds martyn during the games and they ally bc of reasons (that i can get into if we want to), but scar stays relatively alone honestly most of these tributes and their district placements are pretty set in my mind, except for martyn, cleo, and bigb, who i still can't figure out where to put (if anyone has suggestions pls send them lmao). ive got some bits and plot points from the series already worked out into a hunger games universe, but a lot of it i dont! if theres any specific part of the series anyone wants to ask about, please do!! i work best when someone tells me what to brainstorm on lmao. anyways lol hope yall r liking this! i dont have any clue if it will gain any traction, but i've been thinking abt this au so much since the finale and i wanted to try and share it and talk about it with people :D pls send comments or asks abt any of it if you want to !!!

#secret life #life series #traffic life series #trafficblr #jimmy solidarity #tango tek #tangotek #goodtimeswithscar #hunger games au #secret life hgau #asked and answered

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sirinoya · 8 months

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a transcription of the diaries/journals from the prismarine castle

i dont want to forget any of it, so i made this so i have easy access.. screenshots of the journal pages are after each journal transcription!

Edith's journals:

"Ice Wall" by Edith

It happened so fast, and it came out of nowhere! An ice wall split out city in HALF! I was busy doing errands when it happened. Our power regulators... they're encased. I'm at one of the towers writing this right now. Our bridges are flickering. This whole situation is looking pretty dire. I'm trying to stay calm and practical about it. I don't know whether or not Elise is over here yet, as I haven't gone looking. But if she's not here, then she must be on the other side, along with whoever else. Maybe this will be a temporary thing.. At least, hopefully our systems can get back to working before things become worse. Till next time.

2. "Elise" by Edith

Oh Elise... It's horrible out there, and I hope, not as horrible over there. The council is trying to break through the ice—I fear it is too strong... Every day I examine the perimeter, but it is getting harder now that the vents are blocked. Water is seeping in and I've noticed it has climbed to my knees. Eventually, I won't be able to go down to the lower quarters. I pray to find a crack in the wall soon. I will get back to you. My Elise.

3. "Accomodations" by Edith

The council has started to make decisions now for the 'greater good.' They are militarizing our situation. I feel as if I am a poseable doll. They are telling me to do this and that. We sleep on cots and eat portions which leave me hungrier than before. The water is now too high for me to walk through. I am stuck up with them. Without you... Elise, I hope your side is doing well. You might have fared luckier since Constatine is most likely with you. He knows how to guide us rightfully. Stay strong My Dove.

4. "Decisions" by Edith

Elise. it is getting dire now on our side. Whispers are being shared of abandoning our homes and leaving. Leaving!? Pah! I've lived here all my life, and with you. Nothing else is out there worth my attention. Only you. Only these memories of us. I'll stay here instead, if they do decide to leave through the cobbled walls.

4. "Cold" by Edith

It is getting colder in the air. My body shivers. The walls are getting crystalized by the ice. I can't even move if I wanted to... I can't feel much anymore either. I hope it's warmer over there for you, Elise.

these are all the journals i saw. twitch has stopped working for me, though, so i haven't been able to check through apo, graecie, martyn and kuervo's group </3 someone please tell me if there's another! tyty

#sirin liveblogs #pirates smp #lorekeeping #scurvyblr #pirates smp spoilers #sirin speaks

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silverskye13 · 4 months

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okok i've another question but not an in-universe one; were there any rules or patterns you followed when coming up with the appearances of the helsmets for RnS? :V or are they all moreso based on What Seemed Right for each individual character :0

Mostly just what seemed right, to be honest! A lot of it is based on what I'm trying to do with them as character themes.

Tanguish started out as more of a riff on Tango as a fire-related character. Then I decided Tango would be fire/redstone, ergo his double would be ice/sculk. That eventually kinda balooned into his personality. He's contained, isolated, secretive, sneaky. But he seeps into things. If you've ever had to deal with your road deteriorating over winter, because water keeps freezing in the cracks and breaking the asphalt apart, that's his vibe. You almost don't know he's there until he's cracked you open.

Helsknight has a canon design, but his 110% was just me designing something that looked cool. My first Wels/Hels designs had Wels as a Ottoman inspired knight, with a focus on short, blocky shapes. Meanwhile Helsknight was more of a pointy anglo-saxon knight style, with a lot of triangles and sharp lines. Eventually when RnS started to reform my ideas, I decided Wels was a more caricatured english knight, with a lot of modern crusader/paladin vibes, and focused on making Hels a dark mirror of that. Giving him sharp, unapproachable armor was a visualization of him being an angry, brooding character [which is why, as a lot of people have noted, he opens up a lot more when he starts taking the armor off. That's also why, when he's feeling vulnerable, his nervous ticks have to do with the buckles on his gloves, or the hilt of his sword. He's trying to decide if he's going to open up about something.]

Martyn and Red both have canon designs as well, technically, since they're the 3rd Life versions of their characters, just a little to the left. The crown the Red King has, which covers his eyes, is a direct reference to Ren's quote, "The blood is dripping into my eyes. I can't see. I've been blinded by the violence." He's been blinded by violence, and finds it hard to keep his humanity intact when the crown is off. It binds him to his purpose as The Red King -- protecting people. Martyn in my head looks almost exactly like his 3L red life skin, and that's purposeful. He wants to keep a low profile. He doesn't want his other half to know he's his own entity that exists.

EB's design has a lot to do with his past and not his present. [I feel like I keep alluding to him having a backstory,,,, we'll get there someday.] The way I've put EB and EX as characters in relation to Xisuma, is they represent different struggles he's had at different points in his life. EX was the hubris of being a server admin, the desire for limitless control. EB was the pride of success, and the white knuckle grip it required to keep it. He used to be a very prideful, and very dangerous, person. And stung pride [ha! bee jokes] can lead to some very angry outbursts. So he looks very waspish, long and thin, and sharp angled. The fact that he's an android is 110% just because I headcanon Xisuma is a robot. Sorry doomguy I've fallen in love with the AI headcanon.

The Demon is a take on ImpulseSV's character trait of sharing that turns into exploitation. One of his big collab points with other people is the fact that he makes farms, and in 3L there was an entire plot point around how he kept giving people things, and all of those people individually agreed because he kept giving everyone things, he was on nobody's side, so, you couldn't really betray him, could you? The Demon therefore is a character who is determined not to be used or exploited in any way. He hoards his wealth like a dragon, makes pacts and bargains that only benefit him, like a demon, and his eye is always watching for a knife in the dark [don't think too hard about Tanguish taking knife lessons]. The man has, to put it bluntly, trust issues. So his design echoes that idea of a monstrous person so busy armoring himself he's forgotten how to connect with people. Bright golden eyes, impenetrable scales, armor and tools disproportionately strong compared to what he should ever be expected to use them for. He's daring someone to betray him, so he can be justified in destroying them for it.

I'm trying to think of other characters that've popped up.

Evil Sausage [I think the fandom calls him Bratwurst??] is mostly just a parody of some of his appearances in Empires. I liked how linked he was to Xornoth, so I imagine the shadow that makes his elytra wings is what's left of his union with Xornoth the demon.

Hels!Watcher Grian is both a reference and a handwave at the fact that Grian is an instigator. It makes sense that a fear, or mirror, for that would be someone who refuses to interact with the world, or maybe wants to but physically can't. Eye themes abound.

[loud shrugging]

Yeah, that's it. It's whatever seems right for what the characters are doing.

#answering asks #redstone and skulk #yayforstuffs #good question!#i like getting to talk about all the silly things that go into character design choices #rns asks

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cerestheinterdimensional · 4 months

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Winners!!

It's quite scuffed but it took me awhile so I wanted to share it here!

keep reading for alts and explanations of the choices I made!

OK so first, Martyn's role was never an after thought, I always planned him to be "observing" the main picture because he isn't really in any duos, at least none that have made it to the end, also he's the only one in his lore who is being harassed by the Watchers!

Border: the poppies and lilacs are for grian and scar, they were actually the first characters I had in mind when I was first planning out this piece in my head! The snow is because of pearl freezing herself in double life, the crystal's because that just to seem most of people's thing for last life/winner scott.

Pearl: I was going to make her part dog and scott part cat, but cat didn't really fit him and I really liked the moth pearl designs I had seen so I made her a moth. I had decided I wanted to show the astronomical signs for the winners, and so I chose what is supposed to be a weird axe, mainly because I really liked people's moon scythes for her, however I wanted to incorporate her most infamous weapon.

Scott: The main "big" decision for him was to make his sign, the stars, an arrow mainly because I wanted him and pearl to parallel, and because of what might be his most infamous weapon.

Grian: I wanted him and scar to parallel so I decided that they would have poppies and lilac, just in different places. I made him birb because. I got the idea for his shawl mainly because of @cherrifire's thumbnail for the third life compilation and then I thought it would be a great place to put not only a sun reference, but a watcher reference.

Scar: I'm not sure how obvious but I gave him real tears while scott and pearl have fake ones, this is because pearl and scott are supposed to be more stain glass window esq and their tragedy for when they won was, quite obviously, a past season and scar's is from this very season. The reason he is even crying to begin with is because he finally is reunited with grian in the "winner's club". Grian isn't crying mainly because I'd say his character has "moved on" and is putting those days behind him so he can focus more on helping out the life members. decided to give his shawl my favorite of his signs proposed, the earth. Tbh I don't think there is a particular reason except for the fact that a few animatics convinced me and I like the aesthetic of it.

Martyn: while his role and pose in general wasn't an after thought, his sign was. I had gotten to his flat colors and was like "oh. shit.", as to my horror I realized I had forgotten to add any signs of, his sign so I just decided to throw it onto the back, had I not forgotten, it probably would have been an earing. Also I chose mars because that's the only one I've really heard for him, and because of the roman god war.

If anyone has read all this thank you so much 😭😭 overall I'm oddly conflicted with this piece because it was quite a lot for what I usually do and I think a good bit I did really well, at least for me, however I also think I rushed a few bits to much, especially martyn :/ oh well!

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So... just to play advocate to the devil (or fallen angel in this case) seeing as everyone has very.. strong opinions... fair warning. Rant incoming. This is for both my fellow whispers and for a certain few characters.

I think DL!Scott (and DL!Cleo) were within their right to say no to their soulbonds.

Like. I get that everyone feels bad for Pearl because she was abandoned and all alone...

But i want to remind everyone...

Pearl and DL!Martyn did kinda leave first.

Did DL!Scott act the right way? No. No he didnt.

But...

DL!Scott and DL!Cleo looked for their soulbounds everywhere. They met and tried the bond with everyone... and were left alone. With no one even knowing where Pearl and DL!Martyn were... so those two had to set up camp SOMEWHERE because they kept losing health and needed food to he. They stayed near because safety in numbers...

Only for Pearl and DL!Martyn to go into the NETHER.

I want to point out here.

This is insane.

Going into the nether is dangerous... but to do it without even finding the person you share a life with and discussing this with them? They werent just betting their own lifes. They were betting their soulmate lives as well, without even meeting or ASKING them.

As DL!Cleo said to DL!Scott. "I feel taken advantage off"

So to leave their soulbounds was within their rights. And it wasnt DL!Scott that put everyone against pearl. He just called her his crazy ex because she moved herself into his house and stayed in his walls, remember?

Everyone else decided to not interact with Pearl for their own reasons and bad luck which sucks and is unfair to her but it wasnt DL!Scott who did that.

Should he had treated Pearl better? Absolutely. And you (DL!Scott) will probably have to make up for treating people the way you did while you were hurt and felt abandoned before you can go back to your angel glory because just because you are hurt is not an excuse to hurt others.

But us whispers need to remember that there are two sides of the story and we should consider both.

I just feel like... if my soulmate went into literal hell while my life was at stake without even asking me? I would also be very angry and want nothing to do with them. Especially seeing as they NEVER APOLOGIZED FOR THIS DANGER.

Sorry. I just feel strong and feel like people need to remember that these people also felt certain things when making choices. Rant over. PD out.

-PD

... Well this is for the other whispers I believe

#asks #trafficblr #traffic series #author answers #PD

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I have no idea what Marble Hornets is but I am very much interested in your au 👀 I got no specific questions but- *sits down* I wanna hear all about it :)

OHOHOH I THANK YOU Starting off, what's Marble Hornets? Well it's an online horror series that follows Jay Merrick after finding his old friend Alex's tapes from when he was working on a student film called Marble Hornets, but things get very weird and freaky when he realizes there was something going after Alex. Very very VERY basic summary of the premise of Marble Hornets, and this au follows the premise pretty closely but as my own au has places were it differs

So this au, Grian finds a box of old tapes given to him 3 years ago by his old friend Martyn who he hasn't spoken to since. The last conversation they had was when Martyn gave him the tapes and when Grian asked what he should do with them, Martyn replied, "Burn them." The tapes themselves contain the old footage of a student film project Martyn was working on (that I'm probably not going to call Marble Hornets just for my own preference.) Deciding to reminisce on old times he starts watching them and notices a lot of weird things in the tapes. Notably a lot of audio and visual distortion, and something, or someone, that keeps appearing in the background. He decides he's going to start documenting all his weird findings in a blog, and as a result gains the attention of someone who keeps sending him weird and cryptic messages. As time goes on the tapes lead him to start asking questions and looking further into things and ask what happened during the filming of this project. Cue Grian becoming an amateur detective trying to solve what happened all while being stalked by a mysterious account online and strange entity only known as The Watcher.

So that's the basic premise, like I said it follows the original pretty closely but there are plot points and details that change in this au. Other characters include Jimmy and Scar who were actors on Martyn's project, Martyn's friend Scott who helped him workshop a lot of stuff back in the day, Scott's roommate Pearl, and Big B and Ren who were extras on set who get a passing mention.

I have a whole outline on this au and its plot points and reasons I picked certain characters to fill certain roles and I'll definitely be sharing more soon I already have more doodles of this au (cough and a friend who may or may not be encouraging me to write a fic cough)

#marble deserts #marble deserts au #marble hornets au #need to come up w a name for this au bc I also want it to be the name of the project Martyn was working on #ive heard marble hermits but I think that's someone else's thing and this is more life series/evo than hermitcraft #marble life?

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thecrazyhusky · 4 months

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Watchers and Hunters Contents Page

Watchers and Hunters is a fanfiction I wrote and posted on Quotev. I existed four months ago and I’ve been writing new chapters as well. For some reason I have decided to put it on Tumblr as well because of my extremely bad management. The PoVs shuffle between Grian, Scar, Pearl, Scott and Martyn (at some point). Also I’m too lazy to tag every single one of my chapters so click the links below.

Have fun!

Chapters Below (click to view)

When I first found a Watcher — Scar

Rescuing an idiot — Grian

When rumour spreads faster than Truth — Scar

I killed Ember — Grian

Grian meets Xisuma and (somehow) doesn’t get killed — Scar

Looking for answers — Grian

The empathy link — Scar

Top three reasons I hate myself — Grian

I like Wolves, but I stand corrected — Pearl

I have no plan. At all — Scar

All my friends are idiots — Scott

How to draw a Map (gone wrong) — Scott

Eyes and Ears — Pearl

Stuck (not really) — Grian and Martyn

I’ve wasted two and a half hours on nothing — Pearl

Others:

Truth or Dare? (A truth or dare game between Cleo, Doc, Etho and Joel)

The Standard Morning (Xisuma shares his usual morning and what he has to go through)

I’m not bothering to bold Martyn’s telepathic messages.

#Watchers and Hunters #The weirdest book I’ve made so far #grian #goodtimeswithscar #scarian #pearlescentmoon #scott smajor #listener martyn #watcher grian #eyes and ears #life series winners

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