#third life scar

[aresonist]

Dinner Is Not Over

[runningplanes]

monopoly mountain

[starleavess]

happy poland day . piłem piwo jak to rysowałem

[courtjesterart]

Trying to get used to my stylus whilst my proper pen is missing with some third life!grian (and some background scarian :3)

they're everything to me, desert won't release its grip on either of us

[lolli-popples]

So, this fanart has some story to it, so buckle up. It comes from a pattern I noticed in all the Life Series that I haven’t seen anyone point out. 

Every single series, Martyn is fully killed (killed on red) by the person who wins that season. In Double Life Pearl killed Cleo, which killed him. In Last Life, Scott killed him. 

Now Third Life is interesting. Grian didn’t kill Martyn. But in Martyn’s lore, it’s implied that Grian was not supposed to participate in Third Life. He wasn’t supposed to win. He was supposed to watch and cause more chaos and destruction. So, who is that last survivor after Grian? Scar. And who killed Martyn in Third Life? Scar did. 

I know everyone likes Jimmy’s “Canary in a Coal Mine” curse, but honestly, I think this is a much more interesting pattern. Whoever kills Martyn wins. He has to die for them to survive. Hence the name “The Scapegoat” curse. 

I wanted to make this post before the new life series came out, so I hope you enjoyed my theory. I might make some more tarot card themed fanart to go with more theories of mine, but who knows. 

[jeena-says-hi]

He’s just a little guy

[caroline-bunny]

something that makes me crazy about scar and grian in third life is how the power dynamic between them works.

Yes, grian is technically indebted to scar, but we've all seen how scar never insists on it. grian is the one who pushes the debt.

scar is an instigator, so he steals from and threatens dogwarts and everyone else. grian "begrudgingly" follows along, complaining the whole way and pushing back. but he still follows nonetheless, following scar up monopoly mountain and following him to the very end.

at one point martyn (i believe) suggests to bigb that they should "rescue" grian. then bigb agrees but adds "well, i think he likes it...". which is fair. the two then compare grian's situation to stockholm syndrome. even though i find the comment funny i don't fully agree.

grian as a character does whatever he wants to do. if he wants to play pranks, he plays pranks. if he wants to stay, he stays, and that's what he did.

everything grian does is of his own will (pulling out a lava bucket and pouring it on joel, only to put it out immediately. he builds him and scar a base without being asked. he does all of these things and says, "poor me, i'm being held here with a MADMAN against my will."

if this isn't proof enough then look at when grian turns yellow. he's not indebted to scar anymore, he died in his own trap and could just go anywhere he wanted, but he went straight back to scar. that's a very important part of their dynamic (to me at least) and i dont see people discussing it often.

grian literally admits this about scar: "im technically yellow so i could leave but i just have this... moral obligation to him... he's the most interesting character on the server. i just cant let him go."

scar is the one that ends up betraying grian in the end. not grian, who had every oppurtunity to either leave or stab scar in the back or not look out for him like he did. a lot of it is absolutely the guilt over the prank, but i think grian also has a huge soft spot for scar in general.

this isn't to say grian is entirely complicit in scar's shenanigans; grian warned everyone he came across that scar was trying to charm his way into a new pair of boots or a chestplate. i think this was grian being cheeky, as they often are to one another (i doubt scar forgot to wear armor as much as he claimed to).

scar in turn is meant to be more of a "leader" role, but he doesn't play that role often in third life. he likes playing on the same level as grian and the "debt" grian owes him eventually turns into a partnership; two people fighting on the same side equally. this extends itself into the cactus ring, where it's equal chances of winning with no armor.

in conclusion they make me so so crazy and i am unwell about them. sorry if this is messy

[zedvancementz]

mmmm desert duo..but they're just kids in a sandpit....consider?

[somehowmags]

resurgam

( @pinchhitsfromthevoid, for anon who requested 3l grian and scar with bright colors and stained glass!)

[doggogills]

so guess what i’m watching

[blitheringbongus]

Ive been thinking about third life lately

[aresonist]

[shiningstarlight101]

Iconic image

[shadcat]

3rd life desert duo <3

[genrihgayne]

ANIMATIC IS OUT!

[theskeletalsys]

Spent the last couple of days working on this- I hope you all like it!!

💕✨Doomed by the narrative ✨💕

Song link:

It's a really good song you should all go listen to it, I'm so very normal I swear