Canary in a Coal Mine | Life Series SMP

An explanation (just so the video makes more sense!):

The phrase “canary in a coal mine” originates from a mining tradition dating to the 1910s, when coal miners used canaries to detect deadly gasses in the mines. The birds, being more sensitive, would die from these gasses, which would serve as a warning for the miners and allow them to evacuate with their lives. Nowadays, the phrase is used as an idiom for an early sign of danger.

In the Life Series, Jimmy always ends up dying first. A lot of people point out that Jimmy’s death marks when everything finally falls apart, where permadeaths take place and the carnage of the endgame is nearing.

So when people compare Jimmy to a canary, they’re saying that his death serves as an omen of what’s to come.

(I also quoted a fic from @chickinscratch on tumblr around 0:33 — please keep in mind that I interpret the ‘coal mine’ as the games itself! Link of the fic is here: https://chickinscratch.tumblr.com/pos... )

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Events based off of 3rd Life, Last Life, and Double Life SMP
Character by ‪@SolidarityGaming‬
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