#18s9hau

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

irrelevant worldbuilding details that will never make their way into the actual fic of the au are so much more fun than the actual plot. anyway does anyone want to hear about how Jimmy's preening is different from Grian's in 18s9h

[royallygray]

Slowly getting more and more intrigued by @ty-bayonet-betteridge 's 18s9hau (18 souls 9 hearts)

(here's the fic. scroll through the tag #18s9hau for other stuff)

Here are the soulmate duos and what I presume everyone's codenames in the poetry stuff is and my assumptions for the explanations are:

Grian & Jimmy

Grian is referred to as the Watcher, Jimmy as the Phoenix.

Pretty simple, Grian's a Watcher. I'm assuming Jimmy's a Phoenix and not a canary because he gets revived or something. Rebirth and all that jazz.

"The Watcher and The Phoenix, Those against us surely perish;"

BigB & Skizz

I'm assuming that BigB is the Liar and Skizz is the Lover, but it hypothetically could still be the other way around.

Skizz was a part of the Heart foundation, and is generally just a bundle of joy. BigB did like manipulate the entire server for the hole task in SL, and he also was secret soulmates with Grian in DL.

"The Liar and The Lover, - One to cheat and one to cherish."

Tango & Martyn

Tango is the Speaker and Martyn is the Puppet.

In this au, from what I can gather, a Speaker is a sort of Listener thingy and Tango is that. And Martyn is like the Watchers/Listeners/Probably Speakers's puppet. rip martyn

"The Speaker and The Puppet, To bring the game its spark;"

Scott & Joel

Scott is the Dissident and Joel is the Maniac.

Had to google what a dissident is: noun - a person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state. So Scott defied the Watchers in Last Life and also sacrifices himself too much and the watchers just kinda hate him for skirting around the rules. And for the Maniac. Well. If you've been watching HC10. He took that Reddit comment and sprinted.

"The Dissident and Maniac, How long to break apart?"

Bdubs & Mumbo

Bdubs is the Faithless, idk why. Mumbo is the Inventor.

I'm assuming Bdubs is the Faithless bc of 3rd Life where he turned on Impulse for a clock, and probably also some other things. Possibly the Boogeyman in LL. And Mumbo's just the redstone guy.

"The Faithless and Inventor, Chaos reigns and shadows grow;"

Ren & Scar

Ren is the Honorbound, and Scar is the Swindler.

Pretty straightforward, Ren was the king and swears his loyalty eternally to people just. always. and Scar. Scar's a scammer. we love him.

"The Honorbound and Swindler, Once both kings and now brought low."

Lizzie & Cleo

Lizzie is the Lonely, Cleo is the Betrayed.

No one showed up to Lizzie's birthday party. Also I think Cleo got betrayed by Fairy Fort, but I'm not sure. And it could also reference how Martyn left them at the beginning of DL.

"The Lonely and Betrayed, Allies once, that broke in twain;"

Etho & Impulse

I assume Etho is the Trickster and Impulse is the Faithful, but I'm not sure.

Impulse stays with his alliances (ex: Crastle) and devotes himself to them even when they're mostly falling apart. And Etho? idk what Etho does. But nothing else works for him.

"The Trickster and The Faithful, Neither shows their truest face."

Pearl & Gem

Pearl is the Wounded, Gem is the Trespasser.

Pearl gets abandoned in DL, and in SL, she sees Scar fall the same way she did, I think. Gem just kind of showed up to help Cleo in LimL and didn't leave. She wasn't invited, but now she can't leave.

The Wounded and The Trespasser, For something wicked this way comes;

"They kill and fall and love and die,

The game begins, our will be done."

(all the quotes are taken from chapter two of the fic)

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

something we haven't gotten to in 18s9h yet, that i have no idea how much its going to come up in the fic itself: as the game goes on, hybrid traits and magic bleed through the soulmate connection. Martyn/Tango and Grian/Jimmy have the worst of it because Listener magic does NOT play well with either Watcher magic or Speaker magic, but other highlights include Lizzie panicking as her body slowly loses the ability to heal itself, Scar teaching Ren tricks for ignoring the craving for human flesh, and BDubs having the fuckin time of his life when Mumbo teaches him to summon end crystals.

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

pairing Joel with Scott in my Double Life soulmateswap AU is MOSTLY about the dynamic but its also that im FASCINATED by the idea of what effect Scott going red early would have on the season and we didn't get that in DL since Pearl is also a fairly careful persistence player but Joel absolutely is not that man burns like a comet every single time

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Double Life SMP Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Characters: Secret Life SMP Ensemble Additional Tags: Double Life SMP - Freeform, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Different Soulmates, not certain how else to tag this, Double Life SMP Setting, Angst, Drama, Angst and Humor, Humor, going for a similar balance to that the life series uses, with probably less of a focus on humor than canon, and the angst taking over as the story goes on, also going to do my best not to focus on any one character and write this as a true ensemble fic, but i like any person will have favorites, i just dont know who theyll be yet, Zombie ZombieCleo (Video Blogging RPF), Wolf Hybrid Pearl | PearlescentMoon, Dog Hybrid Rendog (Video Blogging RPF), Avian Charles | Grian, Watcher Charles | Grian, Avian Jimmy | Solidarity, Phoenix Jimmy | Solidarity, Listener Jimmy | Solidarity, Listener Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood, Netherborn TangoTek (Video Blogging RPF), Listener TangoTek (Video Blogging RPF), kind of. hes not exactly a Listener hes a Speaker but there arent tags for that and its close, (i will get into what that means in the fic later dw), She/Her and They/Them Pronouns for ZombieCleo (Video Blogging RPF), Elf GeminiTay (Video Blogging RPF) Summary:

Jade to green to gold to scarlet Names will fade and eyes will darken Lives will end and blood be spilled, Worlds that fall once all are killed.

Winter's cold brings sleet and snow, Love that dies and hates that grows. Eighteen souls, but now nine hearts; Lives entwined to break apart.

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A Double Life AU featuring all eighteen members of the Life Series and different assignments of soulmates.

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

im going insane. im literally combing your blog archives looking for hints to the 18s9h pairings and there is Nothing. i need to eat them

i did lay all 9 of them out once but i completely forget what i tagged that post dlfkjgfhldkjgf

i appreciate your read on The Wounded & The Trespasser, like damn u really looked at me and said "u wont be able to resist shiny duo"

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Double Life SMP Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Characters: Secret Life SMP Ensemble Additional Tags: Double Life SMP - Freeform, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Different Soulmates, not certain how else to tag this Summary:

Jade to green to gold to scarlet Names will fade and eyes will darken Lives will end and blood be spilled, Worlds that fall once all are killed.

Winter's cold brings sleet and snow, Love that dies and hates that grows. Eighteen souls, but now nine hearts; Lives entwined to break apart.

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A Double Life AU featuring all eighteen members of the Life Series and different assignments of soulmates. Updates on Tuesdays.

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

anyway heres some more Speaker facts:

of the 18 members of the cast, Tango is the only one who is or ever was a Speaker

HOWEVER, when it comes to the closely related SMPs, i will confirm that FWhip, Xisuma, Beef, and Cub, possibly among others, are all also Speakers.

Evil X, for the record, is NOT a Speaker.

as a general rule Speakers are adjacent to but less powerful than both Listeners and Watchers