Narratively, I *adore* Pearl's "I'm not trying to be good at the game! I'm trying to fail!" because when you take it with the end of Double Life, it feels like she saw what winning was like and genuinely doesn't want that. She'd rather lose than be Scarlet Pearl again. I don't know, that just hit me.
I LOVE THE ARTWORK! The fact that Grian is just lurking right behind him and Scar’s “ How’s the guy with No friends win?“ ITS SO AMAZING AND SAD AND WJABSBBS
God that final moment Scott had with Gem was story telling at it's finest. Him sacrificing himself for her, giving her things to help her and just saying "Go Gem" as she kills him. Amazing.
Scars last line of "how'd the guy with no friends win" always hits me because he lost 3rd life because he had Grian and was willing to sacrifice himself for him, for all grian did for him, and lost because they fought in the cactuses, in double life he lost because his soulmate had died while he wasn't able to do anything, and in limited life he lost because he had tried to save the family which allowed grian (who he had also allied with) to kill him, at every turn he had lost because of his alliances (and grian) so when he finally was alone, he won
Yeah!!! I also love that, although they weren't a team at all, Grian inadvertently delivered Scar the win by taking 51 hearts from Gem in that final episode (I counted from Gem's POV lol). Truly a fitting end
Honestly, With Gem being in any life series, it's basically another Joel. Gem is on many aspects, Canadian(aka polite and kind /j). But, honestly, she has morals. And one of these seasons. She's going to pull what scar just did and loose all sense of loyalty. It was her loyalty to Scott that hindered her thinking. It was her loyalty to Pearl that hindered her fighting. If she let that go, she'd would have stood a much better chance of winning. Honestly, That's my tip for any PvP. Get in the mindset that you can. not. lose. Because it's 25% skill, 75% belief. Also it's why I terrify everyone in any PvP game I get too good at. Also why I relate to Gem so hard.
It's kinda sweet that Scar refused to hurt Pearl until it was just the two of them, and he clearly didn't want to be handed a victory, he wanted to win on his own merits.
Gems “I’m not making you do anything! What are you doing?! We were friends!” While fighting against scar and Pearl was heartbreaking, like- I can’t even fit into words how I feel about it.
This animation is super cool! Love it! Also the dichotomy between Gem/Scott and Scar/Pearl at the end was amazing and makes Scar's win even more sweet :D Thanks for the amazing video :)
am i the only one who finds the ''you did it, you did it mate'' from pearl to be really really foreboding and haunting its like a ''i'm proud of you after all you've been through but, this leaves it with this''
Scar saying "You're good at the game! Be proud of yourself!" IS SOOOOO. IT MAKES ME ILL. And Peal being like "I'm not trying to be good at the game! I'm trying to fail, Scar!" RAHHHHGH
