If I Had To Now Deal With A Guy Stuck In My Computer I'd Be Kind Of Grumpy Too-

THEORIES NUMBER 10

So this theory completely unrealted to the Watchers, but is about the relationship between Bdubs and Scar (GTWS) specifically an invisble bondage otherwise known as a soul-link or soul-bound between them.

Take Season 7. When Scar was elected mayor over the Shopping District, Bdubs by himself, volunteered to be the assistant of Scar. Thus establishing the soul-link bond. And during his mayoral leadership, Bdubs was there supporting Scar during the Mycelium War and other events. Strengthing the already established bond.

And then there's Season 9 with the infamous RenTheKing council which included Scar as the hitman of sorts and Bdubs as the assistant to Ren along with the other members of Cubfan and Cleo. So more soul-link and bondage moments which reinforce the theory that Bdubs and Scar may have a soul-link forged way before the events of the Life Series.

So I guess soulmates be bromates.

PEARL FIRST MCC WIN

lessgoo pearl first mcc winnn the Cyan Coyotes

taken from Pearl's stream

long-awaited anniversary

a quick reminder for hermitblr/trafficblr to please tag your ship content properly.

it's basic respect to make sure ships can be easily avoided; not just for content creators who might stumble across them but your fellow fans who simply don't want to see it.

the catch all tags are #hermitshipping and #trafficshipping respectively. also many duos have a separate ship name for more specific filtering so please keep them separate and don't crosstag.

some examples off the top of my head:

treebark vs renchanting

gempearl vs shinyduo

scarian vs desert duo

if you're unsure, a lot of ship names follow general ship name principles [aka smushing names together] (mumscarian, grumbo, smalletho, etc) while duo names are silly and tend to apply to an existing alliance (the buttercups, waffle duo, boat boys, etc). there isn't a universal naming system though so i recommend checking the tags yourself.

and as always remember the wise words of the one and only zombiecleo:

[ERROR] Your messages aren't coming through.

it's all so incredibly loud p3 | previous part

Etho | 4:27 PM

cleo

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Etho | 4:28 PM

our math prof a while ago said you, scar, and joel dropped out?

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Etho | 4:30 PM

jimmy also said you didn’t meet him to do your guy’s floral arrangement assignment a while ago

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Etho | 4:35 PM

i know this isn't coming through to you

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Etho | 4:35 PM

but god i wish it did

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Etho | 4:35 PM

please reply soon?

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[October 9th]

Etho | 6:04 PM

hey cleo

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Etho | 6:04 PM

lizzie and grian talked a while ago

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Etho | 6:05 PM

on my and grian's behalf, sorry about your parents

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Etho | 6:05 PM

and the whole complications that brought along

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Etho | 6:06 PM

heirs to the company, huh? big deal

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Etho | 6:06 PM

no wonder you three went for your courses

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Etho | 6:06 PM

can imagine scar's excitement and joel's dismay haha

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Etho | 6:10 PM

we still miss yall, yknow?

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Etho | 6:10 PM

grian and i miss you

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Etho | 6:10 PM

and your cooking

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i miss you and

your sarcasm

your smile

your laugh

the moments you allow me to hug you

i love you

i miss you and i love you

i miss you

you're probably busy

Etho | 6:17 PM

you're probably busy with everything going on

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don't see a reason why you have to block me though

or grian

or anyone else, really

what's going on?

why couldn't you explain yourself?

why does joel still have contact to lizzie?

"Etho?"

Etho snaps his head up, seeing a concerned Grian standing in front of him, arms crossed. "What are you mad about?"

"I'm not mad?" Etho replies, scrunching his brows.

"Then why are you frustrated?" Grian joins him on the couch, looking over his phone.

"Hey!"

"I see..." Grian sighs.

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i just

Etho | 6:24 PM

i just really hope you're doing alright

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"I hope they're alright too," whispered Grian, leaning back.

Etho closes his eyes, and for a second, he can pretend Cleo and the rest are still with them.

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"Etho?" Grian knocks on his open bedroom door, "There are people outside, and I don't want to face them alone."

Marking his book, Etho asks "People we know?"

"Absolutely not."

An uneasy feeling settles in Etho's stomach, and he can tell Grian's feeling the same.

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[October 11th]

Etho | 3:58 PM

your uncle and some other guys dropped by asking for you and the other two

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Etho | 3:59 PM

said they don't know where yall are and they really need to talk to you guys about family matters

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Etho | 3:59 PM

they also looked REALLY anonyed when grian and i said we didn't know where you guys went

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Etho | 3:59 PM

is this why you blocked us?

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Etho | 4:00 PM

i guess we can't lie about where you guys arw in this scenario

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Etho | 4:00 PM

but we would lie for you three

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Etho | 4:00 PM

heck we'd go through anything for you guys

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Etho | 4:00 PM

we're your friends

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and i

love you

care for you

worry about you a lot

and i

Etho | 4:01 PM

will say that they all looked tough

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Etho | 4:01 PM

can absolutely beat me and grian easily in a fistfight

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Etho | 4:01 PM

did you know they tried bribing us too?

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Etho | 4:02 PM

where are you three?

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“Cleo wanted to hand this to you, Etho.”

Etho and Grian perk up, looking at Lizzie holding up a red rose and an envelope.

“Where is she?” Etho asks, sharing a hopeful glance with Grian.

“Somewhere out there, still sorting out family feuds,” Lizzie replies. “And before you guys ask, I still haven’t seen her nor Scar, not even Joel, ever since they left.”

“Then how did you get their message?”

“Letters. This one’s for you.”

Etho takes the rose and envelope carefully, minding the thorns.

"Thank you, Lizzie."

She gives a small smile, then turns to walk away towards Pearl, presumably to their dorm.

"Oh," Lizzie calls out last second, "Happy Birthday."

Etho thanks her, and they split off.

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[November 3rd]

Etho | 12:43 AM

so i found your old notes on flower meanings while grian and i searched your room

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Etho | 12:43 AM

we cried of laughter from your list of flowers to give to make enemies, by the way

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Etho | 12:44 AM

and there are some notes here on what flowers you assigned to other people

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Etho | 12:44 AM

including me and grian

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Etho | 12:56 AM

a red rose for me, really?

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Etho | 12:57 AM

what’s that supposed to mean?

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“Red roses mean I love you.”

They’re leaning on the fence of a private flower field, one they’re not supposed to be in. A short distance from them stand Jimmy and Joel, arguing about something absolutely mundane again.

“I love you?” Etho laughs. “Can’t see you using that. Ever.”

Cleo laughs back, elbowing him. “I might.”

Turning his eyes to the other, Etho raises a brow. “You?”

“Mhm,” Cleo bites back a smile. “I know I'm a pain in the ass, but I still wouldn’t mind having someone to live out my days with, y’know?”

“So you’ll give them a red rose?”

“Yes. Every year on their birthday.”

“Without fail?”

“Zero failures.”

Etho shakes his head, “Huh, they must be really lucky.”

Cleo snorts, sounding unsure, “Yeah, sure they are.”

~

Etho | 1:04 AM

i love you too

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Etho | 1:05 AM

i’ll wait on that rose you’ll give in person

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A/N: well this took way longer than expected... then again, am just writing this for fun

spoiler alert !!

cletho's aro spec, but at this point, they haven't realized it yet bc it's there first times falling :] i was kinda conflicted about how to handle their relationship in the story but now i'm like, "yeah they're SO aro coded."

expect them navigating that eventually, but for now, it's angst :')

Ody and Eury singing dear Theodosia bc duhh, why not?

I got too lazy to fully color lmao

Theories and Headcannons Pt.11

So this theory is basically how Real Life is Third Life created by the Watchers as a punishment for Grian and his group of friends or the other contestants.

After the success of the previous Life Series games that provived enough pain, anguish and drama to satisfy the Watchers, they decided to create a rendition of Third Life to torture Grian once again as afterall by lore standards, it was Grian who first created Third Life.

The twist the Watchers decided to implace onto Real Life where to incoporate compeititors such as Pearl who had a persona who would be easily influenced by bloodlust and dispose of the competitors that they had deemed too weak or ineffecient. This was all done in an attempt to replicate the feeling of torture and anguish at Grian and the other original contestants during Third Life.

But this ultimately failed as Real Life ended quickly through the combined efforts of the contestants crowning Cleo as the new victor. Completing the sextet of winners all linked together through their soul-link bonds. And having the Watchers fail in their endeavour to replecate Third Life as another death game punishment.

Children of the Underworld

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Headcannons and Theories Pt. 31

So the finale of Wild Life finished around a week ago and essentially Joel pummeled through the final five remaining contestants and ultimately taking the crown as the victor for the sixth (seventh) season of the Life Series and with the final wild card being a culmination of all the previous wildcards except the randomized hunger, it's a safe assumption that the Watchers considered this season a delicious successor to Secret Life.

With 18 members participating that garnered over 180 deaths (186), those dieties who watch over each and every season of the Life Series called the Watchers feast upon the chaos and grief emanating from the pain originating from the players and the multitude escapades caused by the series of wildcards and the improptu angst and interactions between alliances and allies. Although the Watcher's prescence isn't as prominent as Secret Life, (cough cough Taskmaster) there's still details and other aspects of the Watchers incorporated into Wild Life.

Some of these aspects could include the wildcards. As Grian the creator or constructor of the Life Series in general, as control and power over the orchestrated aspects of the Life Series. Like the wildcards, tasks and twists similar to the power of the Watchers. As watchers, the Watchers are able to probe and instigate but not directly influence the players like Scar and his tasks in Secret Life.

Take the immortal snails. Beings of incapable power able to break the player constraints and move in unncanny ways all in the conquest to murder the linked player taken in the form of a snail. An animal nortorious for its slowness and naivete commonly portrayed by popular media has the highest kill count throughout the whole season. Inspired by the theory from the Rooster Teeth Podcast in 2014 that was later popularised by a Reddit post in 2016, the whole premise is that you gain immortality and one million dollars in exchange for an immortal snail that indefinately hunts after you as it itself is also immortal. Tying in with greed and the gain of money all in trade for the eternal worry of death that lurks all around you. Threatening your legacy built from one step of carelessness.

Yet other aspects of the Watchers continue to persist into the subsequent sessions of Wild Life. Like the Trivia Bot. A gameshow-like bot that is most likely inspired by Mettaton from Undertale, suits with the Watchers' polar behaviour of sparking fun, distrust and a precursor to the chaos to the finale. Yet all this fun cluminates to the finale where the chaos continues to rise to the pinnicle of the season where all but one wild card are mushed together for one minute and 45 sec where it stops. And a message of "The ending is yours... Make it WILD" would be the second season in a row of the Watchers or some other external force signifying the beginning of the end.

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so ye here my summary of the watchers influence over wild life

(write side tangent about spider grian later )