some mc shenangins

Firstly, I love the idea that Double Life by nature is meant to have two winners. It was intended to have a double victory, and Scott's choice to make Pearl the sole winner is just another reason why the Watchers hate him.

Also, I enjoy messing with that sacrifice because if we go with the whole "only victors remember" thing, then it puts the idea that Scott tried to make Pearl the sole winner so he wouldn't remember Double Life, or to ensure that she would remember everything. Either it was because he was seeking to avoid the pain himself if we go with a "winners only remember their games" route, or he didn't want to risk Pearl not remembering.

Maybe his victory did count, maybe he will always remember how he treated Pearl and only he knows the huge difference between him and Pearl in Last Life and Double Life. Maybe it didn't count, and he doesn't remember Double Life, so Pearl enters the winner's lounge thinking that the Scott she meets there is the Scott she knows, because Double Life was formed with a double victory near guaranteed, but it isn't. But he doesn't remember her from Double Life, he knows a completely different version of her and it was that version he'd chosen. There is another world where they were a happy team together, but it wasn't hers.

Also, I swear I saw a stream clip from after Past Life where cc!Martyn mentions that he isn't the first to get a double victory, that it was Scott back in Double Life. He might've been meaning Simple Life, because I'm pretty certain the CC's count those as viable victories while parts of the fandom doesn't. Although I'm not certain, because I cannot for the life of me find this clip again T-T

Oh, and if the "Scott said it was just Pearl's win" counts as changing the implied victory style of the game, then Grian's "no matter what happens, we can count this as a double victory" in 3rd Life also counts, which means Scar's been a winner since 3rd Life.

I'm not so much "missing" the point as I am taking it and throwing it aside for my purposes of inflicting angst upon myself and sometimes others.

Like, you’re an orphan adopted into a very small and isolated community. You’ve known your probably only peer and friend since you both were toddlers. There isn’t a whole lot that goes on in your community, but at least you have each other to hang around with. Then one night when you’re both 15, your best friend leaves in the night (did he even say goodbye?). You are then left behind to deal with whatever emotional fallout that comes from this from the people who care about him, as well as yourself but you can’t think about that right now because people need you, and pick up the responsibilities within your community for an additional person as you transition from a teenager to an adult. Flash forward 8 years later and you see your childhood best friend again and he’s acting like being gone for 8 years isn’t that big a deal. You’re understandably upset at him.

I would like to point out how Scott never brings up his own feelings on the matter, at least not overtly and in the ways he centers others. It’s always about Pyro’s family and their home. Now don’t get this confused with Scott not caring about Pyro, because that’s definitely not the case. This simply communicates how Scott is very much burying how hurt he was (and still is) by Pyro leaving. We see this in the way Scott is glad Pyro is still around even after their tense interactions on the first day. We see it in how easily they fall back into being a good team once they unlock their magic. We see it in how even despite how clearly mad Scott is at Pyro, he still sticks up for Pyro’s character and tells Maddy he’s a good guy (very deep down according to his wording) despite how much Pyro has been rolling critical fails on charisma checks.

welcome back toxic majorscythe

and DRIFT

Thought the moment where Scott flew up super high would look cinematic

They are only present in the Life Series because Grian asked Them to watch over the code so he could participate without having to worry about admin stuff. He is basically the favourite child of the Watchers, he could in theory get anything he wanted from Them.

Martyn's lore is the equivalent of playing heroes v villains with your younger cousin, just with more drama and maturity. They actually find it quite amusing and keep a record of what has already 'happened' to keep up with Martyn. The Listeners are also friendly.

Pearl is the most likely to visit Them because she actually makes free time in her schedule for those things. More often than not they will sit around and have the Watcher equivalent of tea, and gossip about drama They've Seen recently, or the hermits.

Jimmy, surprisingly, is more like the eldest child in a way. He is the oldest so the Watchers tend to show him the more chaotic side of what They See and often let him help sort out the resulting mess left behind. They don't hate Scott, They just didn't trust him around Jimmy at first.

Scar getting stuck in Secret Life was a glitch with the server code. The Watchers split Themselves between helping Grian and Xisuma fix the glitch and comforting Scar. Eventually They realised Lizzie was just chilling in the Void and threw her at Joel, letting the glitch fix itself.

Voidwalkers and Watchers coexist in the Void, the two species generally get along great. Watchers even consider Voidwalkers to be kin due to the vast similarities between the two.

They therefore love hanging out around Xisuma and helping him. Xisuma is about the same age as some of the eldest Watchers so quite a few look up to him. He has even mentored new Watchers on occasion, particularly those who used to be players (Grian).

Most hermits are chill with the Watchers and often drag Them into being cameras when they need both hands for a project. Doc likes to spar with some of the older Watchers that visit the server, They are very calm about losing and don't really care about winning.