Thinking About How Joel Normally Leaps Into Battle And Gets Himself Killed Alone, But This Time When

thinking about how joel normally leaps into battle and gets himself killed alone, but this time when he said "where are all my teammates?" and bdubs said "i'm with you joel" he was, and joel didn't die alone

thinking about how bdubs spent so long building his base but he referred to it in his last title as 'mumbo's world' because despite it being his base he didn't build it for himself, he built it for mumbo

thinking about how pearl told gem she was a mounder for life and how much she meant that, she knew gem was one of the strongest players left in the game but she refused to leave her boys for gem because she was so committed to this team and having one of them win it for the all of the others

thinking about how loud mumbo screamed when scar led the wither into their base because he didn't want the tower they created together destroyed despite he himself destroying it partially with all of his failed traps against his teammates

thinking about the mounders and how it truly was for life for all of them. may they rest in peace.

who’s ready 4 serect life??? 😍😍

this one was done in response to the results of the persona champions polls going on on twitter

Said it before, will say it again. The way people are forgiving others because their violence is just a result of a task and no one feels the need to be violent outside of them is what’s making the server so peaceful. They don’t see each other as the ones responsible for what happens to them, like what happened with Pearl immediately teaming with Gem after she killed her. There’s no time for real interpersonal drama when you have to worry about following the orders of the fabricated drama. The lack of regen also disencourages players from attacking directly unless it’s really worth it, so they avoid it when they know the other isn’t fully at fault.

AAAAH this series has me in a chokehold-- the angst, the drama-- I just gotta talk about Scar's final episode! I can't stop chewing on the ideas it's spawned in my head.

I mean, Scar and Bdubs' dynamic has to be addressed. They felt like proper siblings in this. From the way Scar was like an older brother praising his younger sibling's efforts, to Bdubs boasting about his success to get his older brother's approval. . .

And for Scar, I might even go as far as to say that he was protective. How he was constantly in a state of hypervigilance about their safety. How he was constantly offering resources and support.

(gosh, I can feel the possible fanfics boiling beneath my skin)

And the fact that Scar went and killed Cleo for her favoritism, rather than taking out his jealousy on Bdubs.

Not to mention that Scar was absolutely brutal this entire season (this last episode in particular) yet to Bdubs he was almost gentle in this last episode. This is the same Scar who looked at Etho, his "father", and saw nothing more than an animal he needed to put down. The same Scar who pushed Bdubs into a pit of zombies for the giggles.

Yet when it came down to their red lives, Scar was more than willing to set aside his need to bully Bdubs and instead look out for their little group. (Even if Scar never planned to really end up in any group specifically, I feel he was more than happy to side with his brother.)

And Bdubs was also more than happy to have Scar join their group-- even after being pushed into the zombie stream. (I like to think this is because, while Bdubs was angry at Scar at the time, he more easily forgave Scar because of their familial ties.)

And in the end, it just feels like a sibling relationship-- you'll fight over petty things like they're the end of the world, but when the end of the world actually arrives you stick together and are as thick as thieves.

I'm just dying to see art or read fics about this complex dynamic and their messy past. I feel like there's so much potential.

I have so many thoughts about this last episode and this is only skimming the surface.

FYI for everyone who doesn’t know secret life episodes will come out in around 4 hours. Pearl confirmed that all the lifers (minus Scar who might upload early and Impulse who confirmed on stream that his episode won’t come out until Saturday) will upload their POVs together at around 12pm CST