RENDOG!

Desert duo wip cuz yes

GRIA: yes, my boyfriend doesnt remember me but we ARE getting back together

GRIA: ok so maybe he does remember . but hes just acting coy right? hahahaha ... RIGHT....?

Omg i love this

Angels and Watchers are both descendants of avians that found a way to wield magic, they just became different creatures because some of them chose to live in the Aether and some of them chose to live in the void

Because of this Grian and Skizz have similar instincts

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Honestly fascinating how much The Lifers dehumanize themselves.

They so often see themselves as monsters, curses, weapons, rabid animals, assets, currency, anything but people.

Lives are currency, bodies are only as important as they are useful, every word they speak, every breath they breathe, they think of themselves in bargaining power and viability and use.

They cut off parts of themselves, it's okay, it won't be permanent. They push down their feelings and desires, because honoring them won't get you anywhere. They die. They wake up again.

Something puppets them, strings that can't be cut. There is no agency in this place, they are always on stage.

Something opens its mouth to devour them. They are livestock off to slaughter, their very emotions cuts of meat.

Something won't let them leave, traps them behind invisible glass. Bug taxidermy, butterfly wings pinned to a wall.

There's something inherently dehumanizing in the mere concept of the games. There is no end, there is no way out, there is no choice. You will kill, and you will bleed, and you will die, and They will feast on your performance, and you will wake up to kill again.

How can you keep seeing yourself fully as a person through that? How can you not start to look in the mirror and see a sharpened blade made for killing, or a puppet dancing on stage, or butterfly wings pinned to the wall, or livestock to slaughter?

This world is one that poisons the mind, destroys the body, and steals the soul.

THE LUMEN NEWSLETTER!!!! MARCH 2025 EDITION!!!!

Something we've been working on to keep you all updated in a way that was extremely fun for us. This will be a monthly thing! Enjoy our shenanigans!

Pie's favourite articles you all have to read: "The Questionable Pie 'Multiverse'" by Kori, North's Interview by North, and the public comment section! (Future editions of the newsletter will hopefully have Real Public Comments instead of made up ones! If you want to say anything at all, whether related to the project or the life series or anything at all, send us an ask that clearly states it's a comment and we'll put it in the next months' edition!).

Thanks to Pie for organizing this, Teri for helping out, and everyone who contributed with articles and interviews and everything inbetween. And thanks especially to Charly dearest, who singlehandedly (pretty much) carried the visuals with all their awesome art <3 Also props to Charly and North for the beautiful comic at the end!

-Pie <3

There's no fucking way

scarian at the crane wives concert. i fucking guess.

SEVEN DEADLY SINS

Pride - Grian

Gluttony - Scar

Wrath - Joel

Envy - Cleo

Sloth - Scott

Lust - Pearl

Greed - Martyn

Pride: Pride fits him for a few reasons, watcher lore and general character. By common watcher lore iterations he is an escapee of the watcher realm. His refusal to go with their schemes gives him this role. Unrelated to the watcher lore, he has never been one to go down without a fight. His 1v4 in secret life, the killing of bdubs when he and Scar betrayed him etc. He is a fighter, and he won't give up even when the odds are against him.

Gluttony: Scar has always been known for his terrible trades, seeming to never have enough. He's always opting for more and more, not caring what it'll take to get it. Even if it means screwing over his “friends”.

Wrath: In reference to my Life Series Curses post; his being the Bloodbath Curse; it fits his slow descent to madness and thirst for destruction as each season progresses.

Envy: Someone overlooked, being dubbed the “Fake Winner” by many. Envious of those considered as “real” winners.

Sloth: I considered pride for Scott but I think it fits Martyn more and sloth can be affiliated with the fact that he won by not doing what he was supposed to do as the boogeyman.

Lust: Each season, Pearl has been heartbroken or betrayed (I think I don't quite remember but I'm quite sure Scarlet Witch was born from her divorce from Scott) so I think it fits(?).

Greed: Greed for Martyn fits I think cause he's always thirsty for a win, for something to happen. He is careful with what he has and is a very tricky character.

Alternatives:

I actually thought of wrath for Martyn because of his naturally chaotic personality but I thought Pride suited him more because he refuses to go down without a fight. A proper one.

I thought that lust would suit scar a bit because of what he said when he won secret life, as well as his relationship with grian (desert duo I miss you pls come back TvT) but in general terms I think gluttony suits his overall character more.

Grian was very tricky since he could fit in with and wrath as well cause he can be petty when he wants to i.e. killing of Jimmy in wild life but settled on pride cause it's more general.

Pride can work with Martyn as well cause I think it would make sense for his win in limited life as he refused to go with the fair fist fight in favor of ensuring himself the win. But I think it suits grian more idk. I kinda just put him in greed cause I like which else to give him TvT.

second part of this! hermitcraft but following everyone's in-canon lore, featuring: grian the totally normal fisherman

WHAT WHAT I LOVE THIS WHAT

[ Alternative final. ]

[To live is to die - Metallica]

[And what if he did slay Scar for the enchanter, how bitter would that have been?]

Grain in his semi watcher form

Is it safe to say I am obsessed with him and the life series?

I absolutely adore his lore