#renskizz

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

ok so. forgive me for a second but i've been abnormal about skizz and ren since the hiatus between third life and last life and holy shit this season is already not helping.

let's talk about skizz, ren, undying loyalty, and golden apples, shall we?

so the thing that you need to understand about skizz is that he is loyal to a fault. impulse literally says this exact thing about him in limited life, and skizz himself says himself: "you know me and my factions, i never turn." the second thing is that the first person their loyalty manifests for in third life is ren. he and ren run into each other on the second night when ren is getting accosted by mobs outside skizz's door and skizz gives him a place to stay the night. ren decides to trade skizz for his leather, for the upcoming enchanting buisness, and gives skizz a golden apple in exchange. skizz thinks this is wildly more than he deserves but is very thankful. skizz doesn't say it here, but this is the moment he swears his loyalty to ren.

throughout third life, he is willing to do or get basically anything for ren. the two of them literally die together to the tnt trap. when ren dies on the alter and everyone thinks martyn betrayed him, skizz is the first person to get there in the morning. he's in half broken gold armor and borrowed tools from bigb and he still tells ren "get behind me", still tries to protect him from martyn. when skizz is on red, he goes a bit crazy, but he channels that bloodlust into protecting ren. he kills jimmy in the red desert, he kills cleo when she tries to attack ren, he chases down impulse when he betrays dogwarts and dies trying to kill him.

when skizz dies in third life, he's got an unused golden apple in his hotbar. after he dies, he remembers the first time he met ren, etho, and martyn, and he spends quite a bit of time on his memory of ren and ren appears in his first memory of etho. after he dies, ren wields a blade named in his honor.

skizz spends third life loyal to ren- he dies for him and he dies with him.

in last life, ren and skizz end up on completely different sides, and it very quickly gets bad because when ren becomes boogey, he kills skizz. he lures him into a trap. he tells skizz he loves him. skizz literally says "i am broken hearted" when ren kills him. ren holds no regard for the relationship they used to have and yet skizz cannot help but compliment ren's skill with the trap, outright says he can't be mad at ren.

and then it only gets worse because skizz tries to storm ren's tower with impulse after they've gone red. and that! doesn't go well! and while skizz is retreating, while he is eating the golden apple in his hot bar, ren shoots him dead.

and that is the last time they've spoken. two years ago.

because skizz isn't in doublt life. and ren isn't in limited life.

and when skizz's time comes in limited life, he ensures he doesn't have a golden apple in his inventory this time. this time, he hands the apples off to his teammates, where he knows they will go to good use. and then he hands etho a diamond fucking axe (red winter is coming) and asks him to execute him for the sake of their alliance. ok! sure! fill ren's role more explicitly, why don't you!

and that first session of secret life genuinely only made it worse. when skizz is talking to tango and cleo about their alliance, skizz says he wants to give leadership over to someone else: "i want to be more of a soldier than a leader this time." cleo says she'll fill the roll of leader- she doesn't take orders well - and then seals their alliance by giving tango and skizz a golden apple each. because of course she does.

and well, we all know that didn't really work out, so that's one person off the list that skizz can fill the dogwarts shaped hole in him with, so then he goes to bdubs. he says he'll lay his sword at bdubs' feet. he says he'll win bdubs with his loyalty. he calls bdubs "my leige", jesus christ dude, you couldn't be less subtle unless you straight up called him ren's name.

skizz has been (whether accidentally or on purpose is up to you) trying to recreate the experience he had with dogwarts, and particularly what he had with ren, since the moment dogwarts fell. he can't have it with ren because he missed his only chance in last life, so he'll fill the void with whoever he can. his fellow soldier. ren's successor. ren's new kingmaker. anyone. and it's never gonna work. i need ren to come back for like, 900 reasons, but i especially need him to come back so skizz can have a shot at making it to spring.

#secret life spoilers #life series spoilers #skizzleman #rendog #secret life #my writing #analysis post #(not really. ill be real this very much veers more into summary territory than i would like for an analysis post.) #(but i like it enough to put it in that tag anyways) #renskizz #(is that their ship tag???) #(you dont have to read this through a shipping lens it should just be known that that *does* color how i think about them) #anyways. training montage by the mountain goats skizzleman song of all time. #“i'm doing this for revenge/i'm doing this to try and stay true/i'm doing this for the ones we had to leave behind/i'm doing this for you”

[hmshermitcraft]

so desperate for renskizz content

Skizz's superpower is pretty average, in his opinion. If you were to ask someone what superpower they could have, it might not even make their list! Being able to talk to animals isn't the worst, though. It makes working at the shelter easier!

It also means he knows, immediately, that the suspiciously large dog in front of him is not in fact, a dog.

He takes the dog to his home instead of the shelter, leaving it to sleep on the sofa with a blanket tucked around it. The poor thing seemed exhausted, not putting up any kind of fight.

When Skizz wakes he finds a... Mostly nude man, sitting on his sofa, the blanket wrapped around him. The man's name is Ren and Skizz got him out of a massive pinch last night. Is there anything Ren could do to help?

And, well. They always need extra hands at the shelter.

#hermitshipping #ask #ren tag #skizz tag #renskizz #mod 🎀 #weekly theme: superpowers

[goodold-fashioned-killerqueen]

202 and renskizz?

*insert angsty fic about them here*

yes it was sped up version don't judge me i saved it long time ago :,3

#trafficshipping #mcytshipping #renskizz #i didn't know much about them but nice pairing btw :3

[indigo-flightly-falls]

It's a Quarter After One, I'm All Alone and I Need Someone

My gift to @staringamassivemistakeintheface for the MCYT Valentines Day Exchange :D (@mcyt-valentines)

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Characters: Ren & Skizz

Ships: renskizz (focus), poly dogwarts (background)

Summary: (Newsies AU) The night after the failed protest and subsequent beating the newsies took, Ren confronts Skizz on a fire escape and they talk about stuff.

Trigger warnings: mentioned/discussed period typical homophobia (in the context of Ren's family pressuring him into marrying a girl), brief mentions of police brutality (talking about a past event), smoking.

Ao3 link: It's a Quarter After One, I'm all Alone and I Need Someone - Stars_In_Our_Paws - 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series [Archive of Our Own]

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"Alright, Sparrow, can you move your leg?"

Ren and Racetrack were currently helping Sparrow figuring out how bad his leg had gotten hurt during the raid.

"King, I walked back to here, I think I can move my leg." Sparrow sassed, his tongue sticking out to distract himself from the pain.

"That doesn't mean you can currently move it." Ren pointed out, raising his eyebrow. "Move it now, or I'll tell Bumlets that you're making your leg worse."

"Threats aren't fair." Sparrow grumbled, but he complied. He was able to move his leg a bit, but it clearly was hurting him. "Fuck this." He hissed, leaning back into Racetrack's arms. "I'm not listening to you."

"Alright, I'm not helping you if you won't listen." Ren threw his hands up, knowing Sparrow would rather listen to Racetrack anyways.

Ren stood up, stretching by reaching his hands to the sky. The lodging house was bustling, but it was quieter then normal. The beating they'd taken had been a blow, and even worse was Crutchie being taken and Jack unable to be found.

He took a small walk towards the windows leading up to Jack's 'penthouse', which was what he called the top of the fire escape.

Ren noticed a figure on the lower fire escape, almost thinking for a second it was Racetrack due to the smoke trails, before realizing with a shock that it was Skizz. And then he felt a bit silly because he could hear Racetrack berating Sparrow for stressing his bad leg.

Skizz had never smoked before. Ren wanted to figure out what was up.

Ren climbed out the window, taking a breath of the air, tinted with smoke. Skizz had his back to Ren, staring out at the city below.

"Hey, come here much?"

Skizz turned his head towards Ren, before looking back out at the city's lights.

"King, you know the answer." Skizz answered, not smiling like he usually did. He took another drag of the cigar, probably stolen from Racetrack.

"Drop the title please, you know I'm Ren to you guys." Ren walked over to lean on the railing next to Skizz, looking at the smoke trails.

"Yeah, but you're the king of the five of us."

Ren pulled Skizz into a side hug, leaning his head onto his boyfriend's.

"I like being just Ren around you guys."

Skizz huffed a laugh, rolling his eyes. "You picked the nickname King, you dug your own grave."

Ren gently punched him in the side for that, before the two of them drifted into quiet.

It was nice, after the day they'd had. Skizz had new bruises on his face, and Ren had bloodstained bandages on his wrist. It was the price they paid.

"How's Etho?" Skizz broke the silence, looking worried for his partner. Ren just sighed.

"You know how they are. They pretend not to care, but they care deeply 'bout everybody in this lodging house. Crutchie getting taken's shattered their confidence."

"Should I go check on them?"

Ren shook his head, exhaling. "Hand and B are with them."

Skizz nodded, still looking worried. "I'm glad they're not alone. Is everybody else okay?"

Ren made a so-so motion with his hand. "We're all bruised up, Les's arm is bothering him and Sparrow's leg flared up again, but we got away pretty good considering it was the bulls."

"I suppose it's better then it could be."

"Yeah." Ren agreed.

Once again the two drifted off into a easy quiet, knowing neither of them had much to say. They just watched the city together, as Skizz periodically exhaled a bit of smoke.

Ren used the time to reflect on his choices in the day, trying to figure out if he could've stopped Crutchie from getting taken.

"You know," Skizz started suddenly, "It's kinda funny how many formerly middle class or wealthy people are here."

When Ren raised his eyebrow, Skizz continued to explain.

"Well there's you, Sparrow, Nipper, Racetrack, Etho, Martyn, and probably at least one other." Skizz counted off on his hand. Ren just chuckled in amusement, with the smallest amount of bitterness mixed in.

"Yeah, and of course I'm the only one who gets badgered to come back home."

"Got another letter this morning?" Skizz questioned, evidently remember how downcast and angry Ren had been as they walked out of the lodging house.

"Yep." Ren said, stressing the 'p'. "They said they had a 'nice perfect girl' picked out for me, and if I went home and married her, they'd forget about my 'transgressions'." He growled the last word out, making fists with his hands.

"Ah, that's what got you upset?" Skizz asked, leaning against the wall.

Ren nodded, leaning onto his left hand while his right hung over the balcony.

"That sucks. They really are just pushing you to get married to a girl, aren't they?" Skizz asked, knowing exactly where Ren came from and what was at stake.

"I get caught in the Bowery once, and they all take it as a hint I'm gay." Ren held his finger up, shaking it. He then sighed.

"You are, though." Skizz said with a knowing smile.

"Yeah, but I don't want them to know that." Ren said, hanging his head.

"People are stupid." Skizz commented staring off into space.

"Yeah." Ren laughed in agreement, smiling at Skizz. "I'm glad this place is at least open-minded enough to let us be together quietly."

"I mean, nobody talks about it, but there's the five of us, Racetrack and Sparrow have something going on, same with Blink and Mush. Crutchie has eyes for Jack, both Etho and Cosmo have been accepted as, quote, 'not a girl, not a boy, but space', and Racetrack's been pretty open about being born a girl, so..." Ren continued, listing off the many queer people in the lodging house.

"I don't know how this specific group of newsies is so gay." Skizz laughed, finally putting the cigar down.

"Yeah, but I guess if I have to die because of who I am, I'm glad I'll be dyin' with youes." Ren told him with a smile, showing off his pointed teeth.

"Don't say that!" Skizz cried playfully, pushing Ren to the side. "We're gonna live for years together!"

"I know, I know!" Ren laughed, just glad he had gotten Skizz's spirit up again.

The two of them fell into the same silence they always seemed to, just enjoying the night and each other. They linked their hands, watching the stars twinkle in the sky and tried to ignore how they should've been hearing the sound of two bodies above them.

Ren looked into Skizz's eyes, finding the exact same thing he was thinking.

'I'm so glad I met you'

Ren leaned into his side, feeling Skizz press a quick kiss onto his forehead.

This was nice.

#trafficblr #3rd life #indi's writing #renskizz #dogwarts #life series #mcyt-valentines #I know you said you wanted renskizz but I'm also poly dogwarts trash so you get both :D #also while the content of the writing isn't very funny the general idea of these 5 idiots being part of the newsies family takes me out #you know Etho and Racetrack partake in gambling often (thinks back to stat poker). Skizz & bigb probably do as well #also Nope I know this is the third(?) AU where dogwarts interacts with the newsies but honestly this is just how i roll lol #it's kinda funny how for the Halloween exchange i didn't start planning my gift until the posting day. #but this exchange i had finished on the 4th and have only proof read and shit after that

[tikycuki]

banshee skizz. oh also rendog too I guess.

don't ask why I randomly started hermitshipping.

the second one reminded me of something too

holy shat television female or something idk

#renskizz #hermitshipping #ren tag #skizz tag #not maintagging i guess #tikycuki art

[tomssobbingcorner]

Can I please have some Ren/Skizz, or either of them if you're not into shipping? Those two have lived rent-free in my brain for months. :)

cuddling <3

#renskizz #scribbles! ⭐

[staringamassivemistakeintheface]

@fogwitchoftheevermore little more Renskizz for the soul? I got a doodle (that took me way too long) and an unfinished letter from Skizz to Ren during Secret Life.

Dear Ren,

It's been awhile, hasn't it? Feels like Last Life was just a few weeks ago, but I turn around and two games have passed and a third starts. Time flies, man.

Me and Top are teamed up, again. I know, it's part of the fun to mix it up, but we've also got ourselves a Bopper! BigB joined us a few weeks ago, and the Heart Foundation is stronger than ever! Everyone looks forward to winning the raffle, and we've got favors ready to cash in from all across the server. Forget Trader Scar's, this is how you do business!

This game is something else, man. Everyone's riding a dead horse (except Bdubs, and whoever has the camel), we're scared shitless of tripping, and BigB is suddenly the most confusing person alive. The tasks get more involved as the series goes on, and things just keep getting weirder. Tango had an imaginary friend, BigB had to play lackey to the reds, Lizzie connected everyone's bases… it's been interesting.

Sometimes I wonder how you did it back in 3rd Life. There were what, five of us in Dogwarts? Six? It had to have been the largest alliance that's ever formed in the games. And you led us masterfully. You made everyone feel important, like we were fighting for a good cause. I was happy to be your soldier. Meanwhile, I can barely lead my closest friends. BEST was a disaster almost from the start, I was the first one out in TIES, and the Heart Foundation is already being subject to fraud. I try to follow your example, but you inspire loyalty in people in a way I just can't.

#life series #renskizz #I’m hooked on rarepairs

[mcyt-rarepair-tournament]

#MCYT Rarepair tournament #rarepair polls #mcyt polls #mcytshipping #rendog #skizzleman #third life #traffic smp #katherine elizabeth #pearlescentmoon #geminitay #empires smp #empires s1

[nickle-moth]

If you're willing to take ship requests, I need some Renskizz. They give me life.

If not, can I please have a Wels? :)

I'm always up for some ship art!

Hope you like it!

VOTE MOGBEANS

#nickleart #nickleresponds #hermitcraft season 10 #hermitshipping #hermitcraft fanart #hermitcraft #skizzleman #skizzleman fanart #rendog fanart #rendog

[riacte]

i know we're all about falseren crumbs right now but i'm honestly still not over the renskizz stuff we got early in the stream

goddd that was healing 🥺

#ask box #answered #liveblogging

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

three parallels in the skizz episode that made me want to throw up

#secret life spoilers #secret life smp #skizzleman #tangotek #ethoslab #rendog #renskizz #BECAUSE I MEAN CMOOOOOOOOON #RENSKIZZ-ERS WE ARE WINNING

[hmshermitcraft]

renskizz content.... please...

You want a relationship brimming with positivity? This is it. They can't go two seconds without complimenting each other. It took ages for people to figure out they were dating because they just are like that.

#mod 🧙‍♂️ #hermitshipping #renskizz #skizz tag #ren tag #ask #anonymous

[hmshermitcraft]

renskizz.... (thinking abt third life)

do you see the vision. with the theme. and them. I am requesting.

Skizz is perfectly mediocre. He wouldn't say that's a bad thing, no! With the kingdom quickly heading towards war, being unremarkable is the safest thing he could be. Especially when he's someone who works so closely to the king.

Ren's a good guy. He's a strict king, with firm morals and that's got him a bad reputation. Many would say Ren's biggest flaw is his refusal to let things go - which Skizz can't deny. But, Skizz would argue differently.

He thinks Ren's biggest flaw is how far he's willing to go for those he cares about.

This is something Skizz is intimate with because, well... Maybe his relationship with the king is a little more intimate than a simple servant. Maybe those late nights spent in Ren's room aren't for strictly 'business' (also known as Skizz supposedly copying Ren's documents and letters.)

But that's not something they can be open about. Because Ren loves his people, and he loves Skizz.

To choose between them would kill him.

#hermitshipping #trafficshipping #ask #ren tag #skizz tag #renskizz #mod 🎀 #weekly theme: servants

[hmshermitcraft]

renskizz?

Skizz was prepared for a lot of things about dating a werewolf. Ren's given him multiple lectures, terrified Skizz is suddenly gonna grow a brain or something. Skizz just doesn't see how anyone could find Ren intimidating! The guy's a bigger than average puppy. The worst he does is gnaw on the rugs.

At least, until spring came around. It turns out Skizz was not prepared for trying to wash a wolf that rolled about in flowers and is covered in pollen. He's not stopped sneezing since Ren came back inside... Next time Skizz is getting the hose.

#hermitshipping #ask #skizz tag #ren tag #renskizz #mod 🎀 #weekly theme: flowers

[hmshermitcraft]

renskizz, perhaps?

They're going to need a bigger house.

The amount of dogs Skizz and Ren have acquired between them is... Increasing. At a steady rate. They're already fortunate to have a lot of space inside and outside for the dogs to live in, but they need more. They can't say no to those cute eyes!

They only have two permanent resident dogs (excluding Ren, that is.) The rest they care for until they're able to find a new home for the puppers. It's easy to tell which two Ren and Skizz kept - they're the dogs with the longest names.

#hermitshipping #ask #ren tag #skizz tag #renskizz #mod 🎀 #weekly themes: pets

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

🏵️ + Skizz?

send me a character+a flower and i'll make up a fic about them and write a snippet of that fic!

talk too much: in which ren and skizz talk about secret life

"oh god, don't remind me of that session. worst i've ever played that game, i think." skizz laughs, before he registers ren's words. "wait, that you've ever played?" "oh, yeah," ren says, looking through a chest for something to soothe his bee stings. "did tango not tell you about it? basically i subbed in for him that session. it was a whole body switch thing. lizzie and pearl and gem and cleo did it the season before, actually." skizz stares somewhere a bit over ren's shoulders as this information sinks into his brain. ren body swapped with tango. for an entire session. an entire session, during which skizz went on an uninterupted ramble about all the things he loves about ren (a ramble that included phrases like "he's a really good looking cat", among other things). to tango. who is actually ren. and everyone had neglected to mention this to him for months. good to know.

#space rambles #renskizz #hermitshipping #EVERYONE GET EXCITED WE CAN TAG SKIZZ AS HERMITSHIPPING NOW #im not maintagging this otherwise cause idk how much i like it #title comes from talk too much by coin btw #but i have wanted to write this for quite a while and just. not written it because i dont know where to take it #but this is canon #to me