#the bad boys

[kitskiis]

I think the saddest part about secret life Joel is just how futile all of his actions are in that season. On a surface level i mean stuff like all of his more careful gameplay being cancelled out by a singular failed tnt trap but on a deeper level i specifically mean how that character contrasts with last life Joel. Joel is undoubtedly at his lowest point in the life series in Last Life. He goes down to red in session 2 and spends the majority of the rest of the season alone (and when he does have allies it’s only bc of a shared bloodlust). The red bloodlust completely takes over and this festers for nearly *8 sessions*. Not only that but the one time he is given a chance to restart and go back to yellow his old alliance member goes to red, leaving him alone again, and he is made boogeyman the next session. This, overall, has lasting consequences (he actually wanted to be fairly friendly at the beginning of LL, a stark contrast to how bloodthirsty he was at the beginning of DL or Lim L), and gained him a reputation that has never fully gone away. This is especially bad bc most people agree that LL was the most violent season (despite the lower kill counts in comparison to LimL) and was generally the worst and most traumatizing experience in the games for most people involved. Compare this to secret life, which everyone agrees was definitely the happiest season for Joel (or at least the most normal. His life is a tragedy no matter the season.) he has allies that (for the most part rip mumbo) stick with him until the end, he is friendlier with a larger group of people, and when he initially has to deal with the loss of some of them he has people who can ground him (bc as much as I adore the bad boys, grian was not qualified to do that). He was so hopeful that season, and was generally in a much healthier place mentally. And yet, despite how much he seemed to have grown, those 2 seasons ended so similarly for him it was almost comical. Joel engaged in a fight at the end, watched his ally get killed by scott, and is then forced into a 2v1 against Scott and another player that results in Scott taking his final life and him finishing 5th overall. I was describing both of those seasons here. After everything he did to grow, after all the improvements he had made, everything ended *exactly the same*

Making this about the bad boys for a second (because I’m me) they kinda suffer similar fates. Grian learned in the most tragic way possible that his allies were doomed to fail as long as he was with them no matter what, that this was not something that he could control by simply avoiding killing them himself. Even when he actively tries to save them (“let Tim do it he needs the time” “Joel you can kill me!”) he’ll still lose them in the end. I think this realization is also what made him stop trying to fight it, which resulted in him killing or almost killing his allies from previous seasons immediately afterwards (stabbing scar in the back and that one scene where grian kinda ominously jumps with a sword like he was about to crit and kill bigb after finding out he had 50 seconds left on his timer). It’s sorta like a way of telling the universe “fine. You win”

Similarly Jimmy. Well. I don’t think I need to explain that one. Even when he was given hope that things could be different, that he could break the curse, he died only a few minutes later. I still hold on to the narrative that the watchers only allowed that to happen to give Jimmy false hope that things can be different only to rip the rug out from under him and drive home the point that he is in a losing battle because by the time of secret life Jimmy was one of the only few people who genuinely still believed he had a chance. Obviously this is not something that can fully be a reality until he goes out first next season so if he doesn’t that’s a little awkward but just work with me here

TLDR; here is reason number 672 on why I believe the bad boys are the most doomed motherfuckers on this server and their alliance is a modern tragedy

#no one will ever hate the bad boys more than the narrative #trafficblr #life series #smallishbeans #joel smallishbeans #grian #solidaritygaming #jimmy solidarity #the bad boys #secret life #limited life #last life #can you tell the brain rot has gotten really really bad

[hybbart]

Don’t tell Tim.

#grian #solidaritygaming #smallishbeans #the bad boys #limited life spoilers #traffic spoilers #limited life #fanart #fantasy #characters #comic #art #sketch #doodle #colour #Hybbart

[beinghuman11235]

Here they rest, they were the badest of boys

#my stuff #limited life spoilers #limlife #limited life #limited life smp #24lsmp #the bad boys #grian #smallishbeans #solidaritygaming #life series #trafficblr

[tibby-art]

i cant believe its only been 2 sessions

#limited life #life series #traffic smp #grian #solidaritygaming #smallishbeans #zombiecleo #goodtimeswithscar #the clockers #the bad boys #1k #5k

[nezhanetwork]

endless railways and ladders

#life series #limited life #jimmy solidarity #solidaritygaming #smallishbeans #joel smallishbeans #grian #the bad boys #my art #finallyyyyyy i got to draw my fav tlsmp trio!

[aofikofi]

bad boys

#solidaritygaming #grian #smallishbeans #solidaritygaming fanart #grian fanart #smallishbeans fanart #limited life #limited life smp #life series #the bad boys #aofi art #:DD

[cerealdog]

Mourning boys

#limited life smp #limited life #grian #joel smallishbeans #jimmy solidarity #the bad boys #mcyt #trafficblr #smallishbeans #solidaritygaming #my art

[daftaiyo]

3 weeks old silly sketch i've never finished

#daftaiyo art #the bad boys #grian #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans #limited life

[isjasz]

[Day 10: Sacrifice] (or the lack there of)

"KILL ME"

#hermittober #solidaritygaming #smallishbeans #grian #the bad boys #limited life #limited life smp #trafficblr #traffic smp #isdoodles #family dead guy pose sorry for the messiness i might have to speedrun like this for a couple of days #bc school is starting to kick ass again o7 #but THEM GODDAMMIT #they never ended up sacrificing eachother for time iirc man

[uhohgottashreep]

trying to collect my thoughts about The Bad Boys (that is, jimmy grian and joel)

like. joel and grian are by far the most bloodthirsty people on the server ("aw i'm not the boogey :(" and grian's 3L murder spree while green). meanwhile jimmy is constantly referenced as the most likely to die. they're all horrible chaotic influences on each other, they're egging one another on -- but then they hasten to warn each other about leaf waterlogging on bucket jumps. they spend their afternoons quietly fishing in their little wooden clubhouse... then go back to doing property damage and stealing things and setting fires

it's two short + one tall, but the one tall is all ineffectual bravado and the two short are these totally unhinged berserkers

"we're the only ones allowed to bully jimmy" + "i love my terrifying murderous besties" energy, is this making sense??? they're driving me mad

#fellas please help me rotate them #solidaritygaming #limited life #limited life smp #joel smallishbeans #grian #trafficblr #the bad boys #of the life series lol #shreep #he asked for no pickles DO YOU GET ME #this is what happens when my partner takes a nap and i'm alone with my thoughts pff

[ewwww-what]

Just watched boys night. Will never be normal again.

#please they are so deeply awkward with each other it’s my favorite thing ever #these kids were entirely socially isolated and lonely until they met each other #I’m so glad that they just kind of don’t know how to be friends sometimes #PLEASE #popular kids who are so cool and also SO not cool I love them #the bad boys #(some of them aren’t even boys if you think about it..) #fantasy high #d20 #d20 fantasy high #dimension 20 #d20 fanart #fantasy high fanart #fhjy #fabian fantasy high #fabian seacaster #fabian aramais seacaster #gorgug fantasy high #gorgug thistlespring #riz fantasy high #riz gukgak #fh #the bad kids #I’m playing a game right now where I try to let myself post doodles instead of only finished work and it’s so much harder than I thought #undescribed #not described #my art

[b3l0v3dzz]

Some life series text posts

#ahasbands #celestialduo #bad boys #the bad boys #flower husbands #divorce duo #mumbo jumbo #martyn inthelittlewood #inthelittlewood #Scott Smajor #pearlescentmoon #Grian #jimmy solidarity #smallishbeans #joel smallishbeans #bdubs #bdoubleo100 #ethoslab #etho #trafficshipping #trafficblr

[hybbart]

Jimmy sounded so genuinely done with his base being burned down again.

#limited life spoilers #traffic spoilers #grian #smallishbeans #solidaritygaming #the bad boys #limited life #fantasy #character #art #sketch #doodle #Hybbart

[theminecraftbee]

Joel and Grian are curled up on either side of Jimmy, and Jimmy is lying wide awake.

He shouldn’t be worried, of course. In a lot of ways, he’s not, really. Sure, Joel sort of smells like blood and Grian sort of smells like gunpowder, but that’s to be expected of the two of them, especially considering the amount of bloody gunpowder from the day before. Joel is happily and contently asleep, having mellowed out almost instantly after his kill for the day, and Grian had taken longer to sleep but fell into it easily enough, oddly sated, and Jimmy—

He’s still awake. He’s staring at the stars.

He sort of feels like he’s a human who got adopted by a wolf pack?

Which, like, okay. Joel occasionally hums in his sleep, which is weirdly cute. If someone tried to attack them in the night, Jimmy’s pretty sure Grian would actually bite them. Like, Jimmy’s pretty sure he’s seen Grian bite before. The rules of the game say no killing on green but Joel loves killing and Grian will tie himself in knots to avoid the rules so it doesn’t matter.

There’s nowhere in the world Jimmy could be safer, really. Like, outside of the fact Joel and Grian are both morons who convince him to do dumb things too, but from the moment Joel came across him and asked if he’s a bad boy too, Jimmy knew that would happen. It’s fine. It’s fun, even.

It’s… heady, even.

Jimmy lies on his back and looks at the stars. He feels like a human who got adopted by a wolf pack. Sure, he doesn’t know how to be a wolf, but that’s okay. They do. They’ll show him. They’ll make up for the places he can’t fight.

They’ll make up for the things he fails to hunt.

They’ll…

Grian turns over. Jimmy lies stock still.

They’ll do it until they realize he’s not a wolf. Then what? Joel brought him into the pack. Grian joined on willingly. They knew what they were getting into, really, they did. The two most bloodthirsty men on the server, they’d known what they were doing, taking on one of the only men here who hadn’t managed to kill almost at all. They had to have known, right?

They had to have known. They’ve made fun of him for it before. They still make fun of him for it now.

But.

But.

Jimmy lies awake on his back and looks at the stars. A human adopted by wolves—it has things the wolves wouldn’t. There are reasons wolves decided to let humans run in their packs long enough to make them dogs. There are reasons to take a human in, if you’re a wolf.

Jimmy wonders if there are reasons to take him in, or if he’s just… dead weight.

Joel hums in his sleep. Grian turns over again. Jimmy doesn’t move.

For now, though—for now it’s good. Feels good, lying between two wolves. Feels good. Feels better than lying in the cold, at least. Feels like he can almost be one of them. Feels like he could understand.

Gods, he’s never telling Joel or Grian he thinks of them as wolves. He’d never hear the end of it. He wonders if Joel knows how to bark.

Slowly, he stretches an arm around both of them. They get closer.

He may as well enjoy it, he decides warily. If they never realize he’s a lamb in wolf’s clothing, that’s on them.

#limited life smp #jimmy solidarity #the bad boys #a bee fic #this is just for fun waffling around with the wolf metaphor here #anyway. just think. the guys with the two highest kill counts chose the guy with the lowest to stick to #wonder what that must feel like if you’re jimmy?

[sweasling]

powerpuff girls bad boys

alvin and the chipmunks buttercups

i tried to do them all humanoid like the alivn and the chipmunks but ,. I. Strayed after Grians . and i turned them Real

i’m. losing my mind a little bit

#grian #hermitcraft grian #hermitcraft #the bad boys #the buttercups #mumbo jumbo #goodtimeswithscar #gtwscar #life series #trafficblr #hermitblr #yeahhhhhhhh

[katiky-png]

MAKE A WISH

who CARES about having lots of followers!!! i dont NEED 1k!! my weed smoking army FOREVER and ALWAYS!!!

the bad boys are representative of my population

#who cares about 1k follower celebrations #i have me a weed smoking army for ever and always we are the way the truth the life #trafficblr #hermitblr #grian #joel smallishbeans #jimmy solidarity #the bad boys #grian fanart #smallishbeans #smallishbeans fanart #jimmy solidarity fanart #solidarity fanart #solidaritygaming #limited life fanart #liml #katart #trafficshipping #does that count #three blokes smoking weed together is shipping right #right