#dlsmp ren

[the-somwthing]

OFFICIAL DOUBLE LIFE SECRET SOULMATES POST TO EXPLAIN THE PLOT

I will state nothing but facts here for other fans to interpret.

- Grian finds out Scar is his soulmate. He’s devastated by this but obviously tries to keep him alive, not telling him that he’s his soulmate until the end of the first session

- Important to note that when Grian was still trying to find his soulmate and tested with BigB, upon finding out they weren’t soulmates Grian said he had “never felt so heartbroken”

- Scar, upon finding out Grian is his soulmate, doesn’t really care about that much, already insisting the Jellies are his soulmate and it was even his thumbnail. He lets Grian drag him to his new home but doesn’t make any other efforts to work with him

- Eventually, Grian decides he wants a new soulmate, and sneaks into Box with the intention to “steal Ren’s man”

- By chance, BigB finds the heart and cookies before Ren does, and takes down the evidence as instructed so Ren won’t find it. He is on board with having a secret soulmate.

- BigB ends up being unable to hide things from his soulmate, he just can’t stand to lie to him, so he tells Ren about the secret soulmate, not revealing who it is but telling him that he has one

- Ren seems to misread the situation and believes BigB just has a secret admirer, which he declares is okay, because they can “look but not touch”

- BigB then of course misunderstands believing that Ren thinks this whole thing is okay to Ren, which I don’t blame him for because he DID explain things that (spoilers) Ren gets upset about later. But also Ren definitely somehow misunderstood, and maybe BigB should’ve caught onto what he was saying.

- BigB and Grian hang out as secret soulmates, BigB telling Grian that Ren doesn’t know who it is, but that he couldn’t hide it from Ren (“you know me”)

- Eventually the Relationship Ranch happens. BigB and Ren go there and despite getting into a few fights and failing some games, things seem to be going okay at the end… until BigB mentions that he saw his secret soulmate. Side note, I freaking love that part, Scott’s like “okay I’ll just step away to evaluate your score” and talks to his audience like “yeah I think I’ll tell them they need to work through some things” and as soon as he comes back Ren is yelling “YOU SAW THE SECRET ADMIRER?!” and Scott’s just like “oh that changes some things”

- Ren logs off in a fit of heartbreak. BigB then celebrates. After returning home he cries about it. He doesn’t want to lose Ren

- Grian and BigB continue to see each other, exchanging goods. Scar sees them at some point.

- btw, I forgot about the Broken Hearts Club, but I will say, you’re all probably thinking it happens after the Relationship Ranch. It doesn’t. Ren joined BEFORE that. Why? Because he went home and BigB wasn’t there once 😭 he came back later and Ren was happy again. Back to the plot

- Ren and BigB, who are now red, are forced back together. Neither one really wants to leave the other so it’s pretty awkward, until BigB reveals the gifts Grian gave him (that he wasn’t supposed to share with Ren I think. He of course cannot hide things from Ren and loves Ren so he shares them with Ren). Ren suddenly changes his mind on the whole secret soulmate thing, and decides he likes it and BigB should continue to see them.

- Scar gives Grian some cookies “for his secret soulmate” as you know an iconic call out line. I will say he literally did not care about anything Grian was doing up until this point. They do not discuss this further, Grian denying he has one.

- Grian Freaking Kills Ren (Which Kills BigB Too)

- As ghosts, Ren says that he and BigB were “loyal to each other till the very end”

- Grian holds a funeral for BigB. BigB as a ghost accepts Grian’s apology and forgives him. Grian declares they are “still secret soulmates”

And that is the entire Secret Soulmate Drama summarized. If I got anything wrong, let me know.

[pearlescentmoons]

[Double Life EP. 2 {Screenshot from Rendog}- "There is something wicked within you"]

[bakedtato223]

Happy (VERY) late Valentine’s Day 💝💘💝💘💝💞

[coolguypluiplup]

Ren and Tilly!!

Close ups under cut!!

[eyelessfog]

@frogsquire i actually was talking about the ren and joel connections yesterday with the help of our good friend vampireautism but basically

so obviously we can make the easy connection of dogboys. ren rendog [his name, his skin, how he refers to himself ect ect] vs joel smallishbeans [its generally the army of dogs and how important they were to his 3rd life character as the lone wolf who was loyal to no one but himself]

but loyalty between the two of them is SO good. because ren is known for his loyalty. he has it in all of his seasons - martyn and how it was the two of them to the end. lizzie and how she was his queen and he didn't harm her even after they went separate ways. bigb and how he trusted him and they were a team no matter what was going on on the side.

but joel is different. joel is more well known for his being alone - in 3rd life, he was, like i said before, a lone wolf. he put up his flag for the red army, but it was convenience, not loyalty. and maybe that's where this loyalty thing seems to break apart, but it doesn't. because ren gives his loyalty early. immediately, even. he needs someone else to be there with him. he works best with a partner.

but joel doesn't need a partner. not like ren does. so we go to last life.

in last life, joel and scar were set up to be partnered. and i think joel was ready to give his loyalty to scar. but he hadn't yet. <- actually i haven't watched that episode in a hot min but he might have actually. i don't remember if joel was or wasn't going to try to kill scar but im p sure scar was going to kill him. if joel wasn't going to kill him then like. bangs on the walls are you listening to me. that was the beginning of his loyalty.] but the thing is that joel then turns red and they can't be partners because it's not allowed and-

joel was turned away. he was going to give his loyalty- maybe he already had - and was turned away. in fact . do you even know how fairydog that could have been. scar had lives. joel only had the one. lizzie had lives. ren had two. he could have given one. she DID give one. scar and joel's partnership could have continued on. lizzie and ren's partnership did continue on.

whatever. who even cares. whatever. anyway

here's where stuff gets really fun. double life. loyalty is coded into the game. they give you partners - hand them to you on a silver platter. joel didn't need a partner in 3rd life. he had dogs. in last life, the person he wanted to be his partner pushed him away. in double life? he has etho. and he's loyal. the ship, the shirt, the amount of care he shows in his way. he isn't like ren in the way that he'll bow and promise his life and his love and his everything. joel his rough around the edges, and so his his loyalty. but its there and it's REAL.

when the ship burns, everything burns, because that was the image of his loyalty, and you can't get rid of that without paying for it.

[mars mentioned "it's you and me to the death" versus "if the ship burns everything burns" and like. you get it. you get it.]

and then - and this is the big one - limited life. his loyalty is so... here for this one. and unfortunately, ren isn't. anyway.

he teams up with jimmy immediately. he teams up with grian so soon afterwards. they're the bad boys and the bad boys bread bridge and - and the team, like i said, is rough around the edges. joel's loyalty isn't kindness. it's friendship and more. it's "i'll kill for you" and he does. it's "i'll die for you" and him TRYING.

because that's the thing. his loyalty can be giving up everything. because when he's loyal to someone, they're everything to him.

sound familiar?

[plutachrogers]

Someone make something poetic about the main reds of the three seasons. A king, a wizard, and a witch

[artisticcrow]

The Cold Bloody King. Leader of the Broken Hearted Champions; His Ocean Comet and Cloudy Moon. Killer of the Lovers and Resenter of the Sun

[breakdown post here]

[orangeocelotmartyn]

Got 100 followers on here now and I wanted to reply to @simplydm’s post about which double life couple would’ve used the golden apples if they could’ve and this came out

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When BigB returned from his rendezvous with Grian, Ren was waiting, perched on one of the fence posts in Box’s basement, his eyes peering over his sunglasses looking almost red in the torch light. 

Even though BigB knew he was there, he still startled, nearly falling off the ladder. “Jeez, Ren, you scared me. What are you doing down here in the dark?”

Ren shifted, his hands in his lap, but the gleam BigB saw in the light was most definitely not Ren’s watch—it was too golden for that.

“I knew it,” BigB said, when Ren didn’t say anything. “That’s a golden apple, isn’t it? You’re leaving for Martyn, aren’t you?”

Ren stood in a fluid movement, and held his hand out, revealing just that. “Says the man who has an apple in his inventory right now,” he said levelly, for once seeming deathly serious. “Grian gave it to you, didn’t he?”

BigB shifted again, leaning against the chests in a more casual pose, as if to prove to Ren that he was unaffected by his tone, by the fact that he was radiating pure predator. "It was my idea, actually. He supplied the apples, I supplied the gold." BigB tilted his head, taking Ren in. "Hope you don't mind."

The golden apple in Ren's possession danced in the light as he tossed it gently between his hands, and he raised an eyebrow. "Huh. Thought they couldn't be made in this world, only found."

"Only within the borders. But those are easy enough to get past."

Ren hummed, more of a rumble from his throat. "That explains the damage I took a few hours ago, then."

"Guess so."

"So," Ren said, after BigB failed to elaborate further. "Are you going to do it, dude? Going to break the rules just like that? Do you not think we could win this?"

BigB couldn't help but to bark out a short laugh at that. "We haven't won any other time we were teamed, what makes you think this will be different?"

Before Ren could reply, BigB barreled on, clearly wanting to get this something, this rant, off of his chest. "We're already red, and you're already doing the same stuff you do every game--teaming up with Martyn. You two already dress alike."

Ren blinked at him, eyes flicking to BigB’s dog ears, and then down at his own cookie socks, before deciding that it wasn’t worth another rehashed argument. 

“So you’ve already made your mind up, that’s clear, but is Grian leaving Scar for you?”

“Uh, yeah, of course,” BigB said quickly, as if he couldn’t—didn’t want to—believe that the other option was even likely. “He hasn’t wanted to be linked to Scar the entire time. Now he can do that.”

Ren’s ears flopped when he tilted his head in acknowledgement, and his eyes dropped to the apple again. “Well, I wish you the best of luck with your ‘secret soulmate.’” The words came out carefully tempered, but there was some lingering resentment there, that Ren, a man with his heart on his sleeve, couldn’t quite control.

At that BigB held up his golden apple, ‘cheers’ing Ren, and he kept eye contact as his teeth ripped into it’s flesh, the juice dripping down his chin, as Ren’s impassive look dropped, as he grinned, stowing his own golden apple away. 

“It was nice working with you while it lasted,” Ren said, as BigB finished off the apple, leaving only the core, and BigB nodded his agreement.

“Sorry it couldn’t work out,” he said, seeming genuine, and for the first time in a long while they both seemed happy with each other.

“You can keep Box,” Ren said, a final offer of peace. “I’ve got other plans.” As turned away, to climb up the ladder, leave Box behind, he patted his pocket, and his grin turned softer, more thoughtful—but no less vicious.

He had a blond to hunt, the red in his veins sang, and he had a plan to do just that. 

[hollowwish]

the most based comments ive ever seen

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

im so normal about deaths in double life (lying)

[the-somwthing]

It’s still interesting to me that I see people mostly blame Scott for making Pearl have a bad reputation (this is about DL btw), and then others will point out that Pearl was usually being weird or a menace to others and that’s why she had a bad reputation not just cuz Scott was saying she’s his crazy ex soulmate, but NOBODY brings up that Ren (and BigB) literally went around saying “PEARL IS A DEMON!!!! IF YOU GO ANYWHERE NEAR HER YOU WILL DIE!!!!” Like… if ANY outside force is making Pearl unfairly look bad I’d look to the guy acting like it’s a witch trial rather than the soulmate who simply recounts the things Pearl has ACTUALLY done lol.

[kaesnpoint-art]

you guys can have some martyn doodles, as a treat, most of them are a fantasy/dnd martyn design I like to play around with!

The second one is inspired by @nert-z double life martyn design!

[sammy-writes-sometimes]

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If there was one thing, just a singular thing, that Ren hated about his body, it would have to be his ribs. Now usually they didn't hurt, simply two bones that often slipped and popped in and out of place, but they rarely hurt.

Which is why, after he was killed by a endermen and went from green to yellow on Double Life, he was rather frustrated.

He had so many good days in a row for nearly a year now, why did his ribs have to do this?

Ren could hear Bigb call from the other room, but he was too busy wallowing to listen. When the other's voice came again, he slowly reached for his communicator, groaning when he fully processed that he was using the arm on the side of the old injury.

<rendog> sorry ddude did you need something?

<rendog> *dude

<rendog> sorry having a bad pain day

<rendog> endermen sliced my ribs and they wiggled too far out of place

<bigbst4tz2> Oof dude

<bigbst4tz2> I was actually gonna ask about that since if feel your pain and all

<rendog> yeah sorry about that

<rendog> fought some red faced freak two years ago

<rendog> broke two of my ribs or something

<rendog> doc says the cartilage is bad

<rendog> it actually makes it hard to breath sometimes but im good rn

<bigbst4tz2> Don't apologize for anything, I understand it

<bigbst4tz2> Sometimes the muscle in my right left leg gets all knotted and it hurts to walk

<bigbst4tz2> If you need anything just tell me

<rendog> thanks dude

<rendog> a heatpad would be nice I think its on the top shelf of the cupboard

There was the sound of feet shuffling through their half made kitchen before BigB wandered into the room with the requested item in his paws.

It feels almost like there's a fire burning under the skin on his side, reminding him all too well of times when he's been stabbed and beaten and murdered.

His arm is gently lifted by BigB as he struggles to hold it up, wincing and instinctively bringing it back to a point where it won't hurt.

"Here, right?" He asks as his fingers ghost over the area above his lower ribs.

Ren nods before BigB moves to rest the pad of heat against the old, unhealed injury.

It doesn't go away Instantly, of fucking course it doesn't, but it starts to feel just that bit better even if it is still hard to ignore.

The werewolf leans back, getting as comfortable as his poor ribs will let him when they've popped out of place.

Ren makes an attempt to speak, but all that comes out is a strangled croak that causes him to curl in on himself in embarrassment.

"It's fine, you don't need to speak." BigB comforts. "Just try to rest."

He sighs before typing a message into his communicator.

<rendog> cant sleep but ill try to rest

[mizumech]

My thoughts on Martyn’s Limited Life lore so far

“Every grain that passes

Comes to rest

A pillar built

Another test

These fickle feuds

Unguided hand

Forever moulding

In the sand

The thrill to kill

The fleeting gill

All washed ashore

To settle still

A single day

And then it’s gone

Doomed to repeat

Our will be done”

That’s what flashes on screen in Martyn’s episode 4 at 12 hours, 39 minutes and 2 seconds, right after the timer flashes 11:33:09 (the three numbers are divisible by either 1, 3, 11, or itself, does that mean anything?)

This implies that something big happened off-camera and Martyn is hiding something, because that’s a whole one hour not shown. Even weirder is how no one seems to have any footage of that.

I’ve only really watched Etho and Martyn PoVs so far, and I’ve been unable to find evidence if Martyn doing anything suspicious at that timing with Martyn roughly two hours behind Etho. (boogey victim+triple tnt victim+scott and bdubs kill)

As far as I’m aware, Jimmy is the only one of Martyn’s previous allies who have reached that timing (Cleo’s POV is currently unavailable, so I am unaware of anything going on at that time. Scar, although not an ally, skipped over that timing in his timer). At that timing, his plans to extort something from the Nosy Neighbours are interrupted by Pearl. In my memory, joined the shadow clan in Last Life, which could be an interesting fanfic thing as Jimmy is heavily related to Scott.

The first four lines don’t mean much to me, it could just be a way to emphasise that time is only running out and it is permanent. I’m not sure about what the ‘pillar built’ refers to. This could be a DLSMP fishing rod reference, an LLSMP end crystal reference and perhaps much more. My main theory is that this pillar refers to Scott’s MLG, as he was tested in LLSMP via end crystal. Once again, it seems he has failed this test, because, hear me out: He was not willing. Their will was not done.

After all, the Shadow liked Ren because he was willing. The Shadow would’ve preferred Ren winning over Scott. Scott’s test of the end crystal was a test of will. His unwillingness to kill and boogey-kill caused the Shadow to target Scott. And yet again, Scott defies. Scott refuses to die. Scott evades and Scott lives.

The first two lines could also be a reference to LLSMP thing about the Shadow consuming the souls of the dead or how every day passes eventually and becomes the next using the (grain=grian meme). Maybe it even refers to how many places the bread bridge passes suffer destruction.

Now, in video time, at 11:33 (I know that this doesn’t matter when it comes to other POVs as lore is Martyn-specific, but it is fun) Martyn, Jimmy (LLSMP ally), Etho (3rdLSMP & LLSMP ally) and Scott (current ally) respectively are saying ‘I want my time back’ agitatedly, trying to kill Martyn on the Bad Boys Manor (or just defend Joel), watching the chat announce Martyn’s death to fall/ender damage while fighting Tango and watching the chat announce Martyn’s death to the triple tnt kill.

In response to Martyn at video time 11:33, I want to talk about ‘These fickle feuds, unguided hand’. I know this could be a reference to the absence of Ren, who Martyn has had a track record of allying with, and I don’t deny that theory. In fact, I agree with it. The Shadow has been shown to rather like Ren. However, I wish to point out that Martyn explained he had only wanted to stress Joel out, and that he hadn’t wanted to kill him, but only decided he wanted to do so because everyone else was doing it and well, Martyn really is that kind of guy. Fickle basically means to switch loyalties or motives fast, which could apply to his sudden change in motive when feuding with Joel. Unguided Hand could refer to how the Listeners did not tell him what to do, and it was not their Will being done. ‘Forever moulding in the sand’ could refer to how all of these fights have to do with the want and need for time and perhaps how Martyn became the Hand in response to the Sand People.

Which brings us to the next part! We can also assume the verse is meant to be ‘Forever moulding/In the sand/The thrill to kill/The fleeting gill/All washed ashore/To settle still’ instead of ‘Fickle feuds/Unguided hand/Forever moulding/In the sand’. This could refer to how the passing of limited time moulds the need and the thrill of killing and also to how Scott was the last green among many yellows. Although I am unsure as to what ‘The fleeting gill’ may mean, fleeting means something lasting for a very short period of time. Did he mean ‘The fleeing gill’? Does this refer to Scott the merman dying underwater? Does this refer to Scott’s skin being ‘corrupted’ by coral? Speaking of which, the Shadow is opposed to Scott (if I remember rightly), and the coral is the symbol of the partnership between the H2Bros, which is…interesting to say the least because Scott told Martyn to kill him, mimicking 3rdLSMP. Is this an example of Scott being willing? ‘All washed ashore, to settle still’ could refer to Scott respawning on land, and how the beef between the Shadow and Scott is not done. This could also however mean that Scott’s willingness to die has caused the Shadow to reconsider but not completely. The Shadow can Hear the similarities between Dogwarts and the H2Bros. but is not totally trusting of Scott because Scott is hated. By literally everyone. The Watchers hate him, Pearl hates him, the server is after him, the Listeners hate him, and by extension, the Shadow hates him. But that’s why the Shadow could be reconsidering. There is drama to be had. However, the words ‘washed ashore’ invoke the imagery of shifting, washed sand, which could refer once again to Scott’s death, or imply that something big happened at 11:33:09 on the timer (e.g. killing someone, someone dying, someone going red). This could also imply that arguments and disagreements from previous games are not yet settled and that Martyn may attempt to kill Grian, Scar, etc.

He could even kill Scott again.

The last four lines are pretty standard lore stuff talking about the nature if the games and of course, the last line.

Our Will be Done.

Their will be done indeed.

[sheepthing]

ok so: i should preface by saying that a majority of the time i hc the both of as baby to toddler regressors, sometimes even pre teen to teenager regressors depending on how im feeling, but for now im just gonna stick w my 7 months-4 years impy n 2 years-4 years bdubs, i also imagine that they change pronouns when regressed, w impy going from he/him to she/him n bdubs from he/they to it/its, NOW ONTO THE RAMBLE EXPLANATION !!

impulse is v much someone who strikes me as regressing pretty young but is v cautious n unaccepting about it, he regresses mostly due to stress n him having a need to as the mature n responsible one in most settings but especially in dlsmp, since hes now soulbound to bdubs, this doesnt help the fact that hes also the youngest when regressor on the server, w most (save for bdubs n cleo) regressing to older kid to teenager years, so a majority of the time when shes regressed, impulse is way too small to do much on her own

shes also v rarely awake save for when he has to use the bathroom or when he has to eat/drink something when small, so hes also nervous that hes gonna be too sleepy to protect bdubs, to protect the rest of her other allies, so impulse often forces herself to be awake when small even when she doesnt want to be

bdubs on the other hand, is v accepting n un-cautious about its regression, often seen regressed w bigb n ren (the local puppy regressors on the server), its just as loud n chaotic n cocky as it is big, its wild n bratty but also sleepy as well, bdubs doesnt care about the fact that its in a death game when regressed due to having impulse as a soulmate, its that regressor that is v high energy during most of the day but instantly has an energy drop once the sun fully sets

bdubs is also v imaginative when regressed, often coming up w these elaborate n intricate worlds n stories, it often physically drags scar, impulse, cleo, ren n martyn into its story, having them play n mess around w it, it tries not to be too bossy, but it cant help but get upset when someone doesnt do what it imagined in its head or messes up a certain line or action

bdubs also helps impulse loosen up, to accept her regression more, to not be as cautious when regressed, to let himself relax n let himself actually sleep when she wants to sleep, to stop worrying about Big Boy things, to let himself just be small, even for a moment

it tries to be nicer w impulse, cause it knows that hes stressed n doesnt want to make impulse feel worse, so it lets things go a bit more easily, bit more quickly

[fictionkinfessions]

i miss my husband, grian, i miss him a lot

i also miss my wifes, ren, i miss them a lot

-ur local dlsmp impulse and hc impulse (separate timelines n canons tho) (#xb💙)

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