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I'm a canary in a coal mine.
#relatable?#mental health#mental illness#college#relatable#me af#i learned what this meant today#i hate how much its true#a canary in a coal mine#i'm the canary#life is the coal mine
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maybe next time, okay?
#limited life smp#limited life#jimmy solidarity#solidaritygaming#solidaritygaming fanart#limited life fanart#mcyt#limited life spoilers#traffic spoilers#my art#jimmy’s dead! alexa play canary in a coal mine by the crane wives#ik it’s not original to use these lyrics for him but i’ve literally had the song on repeat while drawing this so#if u saw me post this earlier no u didn’t#trafficblr
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noooo joel was going to sacrifice his time for jimmy's so he wouldn't have to be the first out. that's why joel's been so reckless, because it didn't matter how much time he had so long as it was near jimmy's. so that when the time came he could give jimmy his time and he could die first.
and then jimmy fell and joel couldn't do it.
#jimmy solidarity#joel smallishbeans#canary in the coal mine#i'm going to scream jimmy why#limited life#limited life smp#limited life spoilers
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Most people discover their soulmate through hopeful shoulder punches, or tumbles in the same vicinity, or process of elimination.
But Jimmy?
Jimmy meets his soulmate through death.
He supposes it's only fitting. He has never been connected to the Watchers in the same way Martyn or, void forbid it, Grian is, but he is aware of them on a vague level, and he assumes Pearl is the same, though he's never had an opportunity to ask.
He is aware of them enough to know that he is the butt of their jokes. He must be, because he knows death follows him like a dark shadow, gnawing at his heels with an unnatural persistence. He knows he is their canary, their harbringer of doom, that his life is a mere waypoint towards inevitable destruction. He knows that, but he doesn't like it, so he chooses not to believe it.
But Jimmy is, despite his denial, an omen of death, so it is only right for him to meet his soulmate through a mutual end.
Tango was blown up by Creeper.
SolidarityGaming died.
Knowing that doesn't curb the frustration, though. For once a death of his cannot be attributed to his own fault, and Jimmy can't tell if that makes it worse or not, but it is easy for him to turn his anger towards Tango, who he has never been close to before.
It doesn't last, not when Tango is sheepish and apologetic and frazzled and his soulmate. He clearly didn't want to meet at the cost of a life any more than Jimmy did, and seeing his embarrassment reminds Jimmy remarkably of himself. It reminds him that it is a miracle the life they lost wasn't his own fault, and that he will certainly be responsible for the loss of one of their remaining two, if not both.
He supposes, again, that it makes sense. They are two halfs of one whole, now, and that means they must have something in common. What a pair they make, accident-prone and death-marked as they are.
They don't have a chance of surviving this. Not with how poor they are, not compared to everyone else, not with the universe itself working against them. Neither of them want to acknowledge that, so they don't.
Instead, they scrape together a little home. They find that, if nothing else, they are both very good at gathering chickens and cows alike, and perhaps that will be enough.
They may not live for long, but for now, they are alive.
("Have you ever heard about the canary in a coal mine idiom?" Jimmy asks Tango one sleepy night, when they're both exhausted from herding animals and setting up a wheat farm during the day. "The one where miners brought a canary with them to the mines, because it was more sensitive to dangerous gases than them, and when the canary died, it meant it was too dangerous for them."
"Sure." Tango replies with a yawn. "Why'd you ask?"
"People seem to think I'm a canary, too. Since I'm always first to die. Proof that there's no going back, or something." Jimmy admits quietly, and hesitates. He doesn't blame himself for what he says next, but he does feel a little bad. "If we're soulmates, that means you're cursed to be a canary too. Sorry 'bout that."
"That's a sacrifice I'm willing to make." Tango says easily, as if there aren't people who would recoil at the thought of sharing Jimmy's soul. He turns to him with a tired grin. "And hey, I'm the one who got us killed first. If you're a canary, that makes me a coal mine."
Jimmy can't help it. He laughs.)
#please take this little rambling drabble of my boys. i adore them#jimmy solidarity#solidaritygaming#tangotek#double life spoilers#double life smp#percy writes#not sure how coherent this is but it is what it is#the canary; the coal mine (and other hopeful metaphors of doom)
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canary, your cage is now open, you’re free to go,,
#jimmy solidarity#solidarity gaming#solidaritygaming#double life smp#mcyt fanart#:)c#canary in the coal mine#the ranchers
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SolidarityGaming - Canary in a Coal Mine
Please don’t return me to the dark of all the memories.
I loved this concept of a Life Series - Crane Wives crossover ever since i first saw it, and wanted to do a little one myself! With my username being canary as well as being based off this song, i thought it’d make sense to do it first, if i do more!
With the Canary Curse, I obviously gotta do Jimmy! This was a pleasure to do, it honestly amazes me how well it turned out!
The Crane Lives idea is from @cherrifire ! I do not own the concept or claim to!
#jimmy solidarity#solidaritygaming#solidarity fanart#the life series#trafficblr#traffic smp#traffic fanart#the crane lives#the life series x the crane wives#life series#life series fanart#canary in a coal mine#canary in a coal mine - the crane wives
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Team rancher my beloveds I miss you
#mcyt#team rancher#double life smp#the canary in a coal mine#fanart#tangotek#solidaritygaming#jimmy solidarity#digital art#sol art#mcyt fanart#digital painting#artists on tumblr#art#krita#i forgot how to tag#i miss em
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FINALLY GOT TO DRAW MY FAVORITE DUO IN DOUBLE LIFE SO FAR!!!! TEAM RANCHER FOR LIFE!!
#double life smp#double life fanart#chris doodles#tangotek#solidaritygaming#trafficblr#uhh are there other double life tags#jimango#?? is that their tag#team rancher#theyre my beloved#something something canary and the coal mine
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"Good morning Canary," Tango greets him brightly, in a voice that's liquid sunshine. "It's time to get the session started! We've got cows to feed and a chicken-barbeque-ificator to make."
He ducks out of the house he built, with materials he gathered while Jimmy was out begging for a bucket of water. He hasn't once brought this up. He hasn't once reminded Jimmy he isn't being very helpful, or told him he makes dumb decisions. He hasn't made Jimmy the butt of a joke, unless the joke is about both of them.
Jimmy stands and stretches. The house is full of the smell of food, which is funny because Tango says he can't cook. Just like how he says he can't build, except he built their house, and Impulse used to gush about the crazy things Tango would build when they were in the Southlands together. Jimmy wonders what people have told Tango about him. He knows the canary thing, obviously. Does he know they're doomed, because he's here?
It's not that Jimmy feels useless, or pathetic. It's just that, well, he's used to people bringing it up by now, isn't he? It's a fun game. Remind Jimmy he's a bit useless at times. Except Tango isn't playing along.
Jimmy grabs the finished chicken from the furnace and eats his breakfast while he walks. Tango is replanting some wheat in the garden and muttering to himself as he works. He can't go mining, he's too vulnerable. Except he went down into the mines yesterday when Jimmy was taking damage, to make sure he was okay.
There's a lot of things that Tango can't do.
He can't cook. He can't build. He can't mine. He can't fight.
There's a lot of things that Tango won't do, too.
He won't play along. He won't hold things against Jimmy. He won't remind him he's kind of useless sometimes.
Jimmy wonders what else Tango can't, won't, do.
Tango looks up from the wheat field and cuts off his muttering with a nervous laugh.
"Oh hey Canary! Welcome to the land of the living." He hands Jimmy a few pieces of wheat. "Thanks for getting those cows yesterday, by the way! That's gonna be a life saver later."
Jimmy smiles and laughs. It's weird, being congratulated like this. It's not that he isn't loved, or has never gotten praise. It's just that most people aren't so forward with it. Genuine. Jimmy can't take a compliment. He's never had to before. He's used to digging for them through veiled words and backhanded fondness.
"Well hey, don't worry about it big man," Jimmy stammers. "You know I've got us covered."
"Well at least one of us knows what he's doing, right?" Tango laughs, and once again Jimmy feels like he's being washed in liquid sunlight.
Tango can't do a lot of things. He can't build a house. He can't cook. He can't mine.
Tango won't do even more. He won't put Jimmy in his place. He won't play along. He won't acknowledge his own accomplishments.
Maybe they really were made for each other. Maybe, for once, the universe knew what it was doing when it tied their souls with string.
Jimmy wanders back to the pen to feed the cows. He wonders if the canary is ever fond of the coal mine, if the dark halls and cold stone bring it comfort before the end. He wonders if the mine is ever fond of the birdsong, if it ever regrets it's choking embrace.
There's a lot of things Tango can't do. Jimmy wonders what they can't do together.
#the barking writer#jimmy solidarity#tangotek#the canary and his coal mine#dlsmp spoilers#double life smp spoilers#sorry this hit me like a baseball bat to the face#anyway im hear to tell you all to listen to#canary in a coal mine by the crane wives
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THE DEVIL WORKS HARD BUT THE WATCHERS WORK HARDER!
#4 times in a ROW#limited life smp#trafficblr#jimmy solidarity#solidaritygaming#canary curse#traffice life smp#traffice life#limited life spoilers#limited life#alexa play canary in a coal mine by the crane wives
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Everyone is saying Tango being soul bound to Jimmy means that Tango will Inherit the canary curse. But what if Jimmy being soul bound to Tango is what he needs to break the curse.
People are saying that Tango is Jimmy’s coal mine, but If a coal mine loves a canary wouldn’t it do everything in its power to save it.
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Something something the Crane Wives release a canary in a coal mine pin
Something something the canary curse is broken
Something something not only is the curse broken it died in its cage
Something something in death it is now free and is no longer under the watchful gaze of others
Something something the canary is free to sing without warning and no longer has to light the way into the afterlife
#big thoughts here#the crane wives#secret life spoilers#secret life#life series#jimmy solidarity#solidaritygaming#the canary curse#canary in a coal mine
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he may not have died first, but he's still the canary
#fanart#secret life fanart#secret life smp#secret life#jimmy solidarity fanart#jimmy solidarity#solidarity gaming#canary curse#life series#traffic smp#life smp#he will always be a canary#he may have gotten out of his cage but he still died in that coal mine
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Team Rancher has stolen my heart honestly
#double life smp#dl fanart#tangotek fanart#solidaritygaming fanart#team rancher#canary and coal mine#I’m holding my breath for Tango’s villain arc#mcyt
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if i had a nickel for every time a fandom i was in adopted the “canary in a coal mine” thing, i’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s pretty awesome
#minecraft#a special tag for box to keep track of her posts#trafficblr#life series#traffic life#traffic smp#traffic series#jimmy solidarity#solidaritygaming#the magnus archives protocol#the magnus archives#tma#canary curse#canary in a coal mine
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martyn/jimmy team up next so that martyn can dedicate his season to keeping jimmy alive to break the curse
#the man needs a cause#if he doesn’t have one he just starts hunting people i’m afraid#scott’s a bit too competent. it worked because that meant martyn got to defend him on green#but he was still chomping at the bit to defend skizz and afk grian#he needs a thingamabobby your honour#otherwise he’ll pine for ren#martyn inthelittlewood#inthelittlewood#jimmy solidarity#limited life#limited life smp#life series#life series smp#3rd life series#canary in the coal mine
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