melon!!

grian is the sun because in old irish, the name grian means sun. also, sun is related to the desert, and that’s fitting for obvious reasons. and also the sun is related to the myth of icarus which matches with grian, who tends to kill/betray his close alliances. ALSOOO all the planets revolve around the sun, much like how grian is the creator of this whole series and is at the center.

scott is the stars because in his origin smp series, he was a starborn and also his life series skin has little particles that are very star-vibey. stars also symbolize good fortune and hope, like how scott tries to be non-violent and such.

pearl is the moon most obviously because it’s in her name (pearlescentmoon) but also in my interpretation, she was all alone in double life and her soulmate wanted nothing to do with her, much like how the moon is lonely and just orbits a planet.

martyn is mars!!! this is one of my favs, so basically the name martyn means dedicated to mars which means many things. for one, mars is the roman god of war which relates to how aggressive he is, and also i saw someone say that mars is the red planet = red king, and martyn is dedicated to the red king (ren).

scar is the earth because he had a motif of sunflowers in secret life, which is connected to nature obviously. additionally, scar tried his best to be down to earth and kind in secret life but was forced to turn evil, which is like how the earth was a good planet until people polluted it.

cleo is pluto because real life wasn’t really considered an actual season of the life series, so a lot of people don’t consider her a real winner, like how pluto isn’t considered a real planet.

as for joel, people can’t really figure out what he’s supposed to be. some people say he’s saturn or uranus for very valid reasons, but personally i think jupiter matches with him because of he has a big ego/temper like how jupiter is big and has huge storms, AND jupiter symbolizes growth like how joel grew from always getting out early to being the last green, yellow and red standing. also, joel was basically like zeus in empires s2, and jupiter is the roman version of zeus.

some additional things i want to say really quick; i also really like scar being mercury because mercury is the god of trickery and commerce which is perfect for scar, and martyn also fits well as a comet because comets wander around the solar system like how martyn is never really loyal to his teammates.