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Grian flinches, a full-bodied gasp wrenched from his throat. His sword, gleaming and dripping with Bdubs' blood, stills. Crimson drops stain the waters below.

"No," He says, so soft that Scar almost misses it. "No, I can't. I literally can't."

Why not? Scar tries for a smile, "Sure you can."

The sword lowers further. "No, no I can't—"

"You just stab right here," Scar points. Water splashes a little as he shuffles forward on his knees, angling the sword toward—

The blade is wrenched away from him. "Scar!"

Scar looks up.

Grian stares down at him in horror, eyes wide with unshed tears. His wings, vivid and colorful like a parrot's, are spread like he wants to flee.

Somehow, that thought— the thought of Grian running from him rather than towards him— scares him more than dying by Grian's hand. Blade. Whatever he wants, really.

"Gri," Scar whispers. "C'mon. I betrayed you, remember?" This should be easy.

Grian opens his mouth, closes it.

Then, "Let's go home."

What? "But—"

"I want a fair fight," Grian says, something desperate settling in dark eyes. "No swords, no armor, just fists."

Scar stares up at him for a few moments, just drinking in the sight. Light catches in sandy strands like a halo, and for a few moments, Scar feels like a believer— knelt in front of a pulpit, a worshipper in the face of the divine.

Eventually, Scar finds his voice.

"But of course," He says, taking Grian's hand in his own. "I'm sure Pizza would love to watch."

Grian relaxes, laughing a little in response.

Scar doesn't really know what they talked about on the way back. He's pretty sure Grian doesn't either.

(Surrounded by cacti, Scar misses. And misses. And misses.)

(Call me selfish, Scar thinks, pain blooming into spots in his vision. The wind has been knocked clean from his lungs. But I'd die for this view all over again.)

this is basically what happened in 3rd life feat my favorite clip ever:

AND WHENEVER I REMEMBER THAT CLIP ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS WHEN ETHO GOT OUT IN LAST LIFE AND AT THE END HES LIKE “didn’t win it for bdubs, but he didn’t win it for me either” then he chuckles and goes “just kidding bdubs i love you” 😭😭😭😭😭😭 genuinely sick to my stomach at this.

Pearl who is so SO loyal. There’s not a Question with Pearl, if she’s on your side, she’s On your side. Did that breed from Double life? Where she was left alone, not Loyal enough, not a Good enough teammate? OR did it come before that, born from Last Life and the three G’s example?

Say what you want about Scar but he Survives. Oh he takes damage and he takes his clothes off and he runs around being a fool but he Lasts. Like a cockroach, like a Villain, like the last man standing. Did that come from Secret Life? Did he Learn to guard his hearts and his lives? Or has he Always known how to survive. (All of Third Life on red and still a second winner.)

And Scott- Scott wins the series that is All about the social game. Win lives, trade lives, convince everyone It’s Not You- you’re safe, you’re safe, you’re safe. Did he learn that there? Or did he win it because he was So Good at it already?

Martyn wins Limited Life and he throws his lives around- because he can win them back right? He can steal someone else’s time. It’s just risk VS reward! Now he's on two session three. But hasn’t he always gone to the Nether first thing? Hasn’t he always been cocky and loud and Risky?

Cleo and Real Life and knowing the point’s the fun, knowing you’ve got to drag the Wardens to the surface and run from them laughing. Knowing nothing Lasts- don’t be silly! It’s just a game! She’s a jester and a menace and hasn’t she always been? (Give them a flint and steal and let them Loose- on a mansion, a meadow, a mansion again.)

Joel- Mad mad mad, rampaging, chaos maker, the ship burns everything burns, army of dogs as mad as him. Did he win the chaos because he IS chaos- or because he learned to Use it? Stay Wild and going with the flow and doesn’t this season Scream Joel?

And Grian.

Third Life was different wasn't it? No one knew what was coming, they weren’t prepared, they expected it to Last, to end peacefully, slowly. And instead it ended like war, fast and bloody and full of Fire.

Grian thrived in Third life because he was Fast. He killed when he was green, he twisted the rules, he was Chaos when people didn’t expect it. And later when they do… there’s more lives in almost every other season. Last life with six, Limited with dozens, etc etc. A TNT trap isn’t the same devastation, a war is more than one insane battle.

In third life they were technically allies. Grian teamed with Scar and Joel was friends with Scar (friend pass)

In last life they become absolutely the bestest of of buds while red. In the finale literally everyone has to come together to take them down and I think that speaks to how good of a duo they are.

Then you have double life which isn’t a lot of evidence but the sadness they aren’t soul bound (the universe knew they’d be too powerful)

Limited life rolls around and the boys are back, obsessed again, what is happening

In secret life not only were they ‘soul bound’ but they gifted each other hearts so much. Losers /affectionate

Then in wild life they just instantly buddy up when their respective allies are dead.

Only watched a couple minutes of Simple life and don’t remember much of real life but they still team up.

And of course Joel just so happens to have Grians permits and has begun the process of blackmailing him.

third life had circumstance. everything was new and hard to grasp, and no one knew what to do. the villain of third life was the world itself; think of the animal extinction, for example.

last life had brutality. both physically and mentally. it was rife with betrayal and isolation; reds had to abandon teams, and the boogeyman mechanic's paranoia forced everyone apart.

double life had love. love, and the fate it tangled itself in. it was a complex villain, but love killed them again and again, and rewarded the single person who didn't give in to it.

limited life had time. the passage of time itself was the enemy and everything was driven by that. they clawed their way to every last second, and time ate them all in the end.

secret life had the secret keeper. unyielding, unrelenting, unmoving, all-knowing. when the secret keeper forced them to do awful things, no one disobeyed, but hated it all the same.

wild life has grian. grian is representative of every wild card the world plays. he runs the command, and stops it at the end of the day. he is transparent about that. he accepts bribes for information, and unabashedly uses his knowledge to his advantage. he is Other. the players treat him the exact way they did the secret keeper; he's not a player like them this season, he's a symbol, and one of every awful thing that's happened to them at that

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