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Explaining ‘Life Series’ curses

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By: Julia Yang

Yet again, another ‘Life Series’ article, but this one should be interesting! In the ‘Life Series’, some members are given what fans call “curses”. Curses are what fans discover are repeating to a member in each season, like how Jimmy is always the first one out (putting aside the past 2 seasons).

These curses can get complicated and may sometimes make no sense, so I’m here to save the day and explain them all to you to the best of my abilities!

This one was explained in a past article about “fan designs”, but it’s back again for this article too: the Canary Curse. Jimmy, as spoken about above, has somehow been on a streak of being the first member out for 4 seasons in a row! It’s impressive, really.

The Canary Curse is in reference to when coal miners would bring canaries into caves to warn them of gas/oil leaks (danger) as canaries are very sensitive to gas/oil leaks and would die first before the coal miners. Jimmy, the canary, would die before all of the other members, warning them that things are soon to be in utter chaos.

In connection with the Canary Curse, Mumbo has something called the Coal Miner Curse.

Mumbo is the coal miner to Jimmy’s canary, as in every season Mumbo has been in— minus the most recent one, Mumbo has managed to die minutes after Jimmy. I really hope that makes sense because I’m not sure how else to explain this one.

Grian has the Widow’s Curse. This curse was assigned to him because Grian has always ended up betraying his close teammates or being the direct cause of their death. For example: in ‘3rd Life’, Grian and Scar, who had been allied and teaming together throughout the entire season, had a fight to the death, where Grian won, making him the winner of ‘3rd Life’. In ‘Last Life’, Grian and Mumbo had a dispute, sparking a fight. Grian, knowing full well that Mumbo was the one that he had the strongest connection to in all of his alliances, goes on to take Mumbo’s last life.

These next few ones aren’t really well known throughout the ‘Life Series’ community, as they’re not as “official” as the others, but I thought it’d be fun to include them too.

Impulse has the Winners Ticket Curse. Impulse, in more than half of the seasons, has managed to get his last life taken by the soon to be winner of the season. In ‘Last Life’, Impulse gets shot by Scott at his base, losing his last life and forcing him out of the season. Scott will then later on that same episode go on to win the whole thing. In ‘Limited Life’, Impulse, Scott, and Martyn were discussing a way to have an even deathmatch. Martyn would then go on a killing spree, killing Scott first, and Impulse second. Making Martyn the official winner of ‘Limited Life’, and rendering Impulse as second place.

“Winners Ticket Curse” as in whoever takes his last life, is almost a guaranteed season win. If I’m being totally honest, if my curse was basically the saying “so close, yet so far” I think I’d lose my mind.

Ren has the Blinded Curse. He often dies to things that he doesn’t see. This can mean a trap, an arrow to the back, an axe to the head, or a stone to the skull. Whatever it is, it’s something that he hadn’t seen.

There are many more curses to be given out to the members, some of them blessings. Of course these curses “aren’t real” but they are fun, aren’t they? They’re just things fans came up with to keep themselves entertained and keep a creative mind.

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  1. Another curse that I’ve seen around was Lizzie’s “Crossfire Curse”, where her final death has always been the result of being the crossfire other other players drama:

    • In Last Life, Lizzie died because she was caught in the Etho-Bdubs drama, of Etho promising to give Bdubs a life if Bdubs killed another red player. The player that Bdubs killed to fulfill his end of the deal just so happened to be Lizzie.
    • In Secret Life, Lizzie died because she was caught in the Joel-Scott drama. She was instructed by Joel to kill Scott, as per Joel’s task. As a failed attempt to kill Scott in The End, Lizzie fell into the void and lost her final life.
    • In Wild Life, Lizzie died because of the Jimmy-Grian drama. Jimmy killed both Mumbo and Grian using a TNT minecart earlier in the season, which led to Grian swearing revenge on Jimmy. Grian laid off at first because he made an alliance with Scar, but when Scar lost his final life, Grian immediately plotted to kill Jimmy in the Bam!Bunker. The trap that Grian set up ultimately killed both Jimmy and Lizzie, making the Bamboozlers the first team out of the season. (:<)

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