#renbo

I could be locked in a box for 24 hours and still find things to yapp about this drawing alone, so I really gotta pull myself together to not just go off the rails here-

But, first things first, here are the closeups of the men of the hour:

And now to the fun bit, my yapping!!!

I could spend literal hours talking about this drawing in particular, let alone Ren or Mumbo themselves!! So imma try and lock in enough to still keep this somewhat precise and structured!!

(Because I am known for doing exactly that-)

Ehem!! Starting off strong with my dearest Mumbo!

I was really concerned that he would look too bland or not detailed enough next to ren while doing the lineart for this drawing.

Like, really, really loosing my mind while drawing!!

(Once I find out what I have to sacrifice for Tumblr to accept my video file I will post the timelapse, promise!! It is such a fun watch!!)

I am so glad that coloring in his eye shadow and hair really made everything come out so cute!! I lost so many years stressing over him that I wouldn´t be surprised if I were to get grey hairs coming in, heueheuheu!!

For my favorite thing about him in this drawing... I must say I am quite torn here-

I could just say that I like his pretty eyes the most, but I think the real answer would be the way they are able to convey his joy and adoration so softly.

[to the surprise of literally no one... My social media profiles are so overrun with drawings of this bafoon of a man that I resemble the Lizzo-Fanaccount-Meme more than anything sane atp-]

A little fun fact before we talk about the diggity-dog himself!! I originally gave Mumbos nose shading, but just??? Didn´t like the way it turned out in the end. Below is the original version.

Am I crazy or does something just look... off with that? Does anyone even preffer this alt version?? Oh, the mysteries of the universe-

TALKING ABOUT the universe, lets talk about it´s center- REN!!!

This absolute sweetheart of a man, a living bundle of joy and relentless motivation, the drive to keep pushing through no matter what life throws at you!!

I adore him to bits!! So ya´ll can IMAGINE how happy I am that my affection for him literally seeped through into this art! There is noone that could look at this and not see that they were drawn with so much love!!

This Ren might honestly just be the best thing I have ever drawn, hands down!! There is not a single thing that I don´t like about it, its unreal!!

But, once again, my favorite thing about him has to be his expression. That smile is bright enough to almost be counted as blinding!! (especially considering how uncomfortable I usually am with drawing openend mouthed expressions- We are actually improving here, cyberdogs!!!)

The other details I added are also so dear to my heart.

I took extra care in making his canine features, his fangs, the fluffiest ears and the cutest paw pads, look like I imaginend them. Slowly but surely they are less and less daunting to draw, yayyy!!

And of course I cannot forget about his gloves with his insignia and the hair pins. ESPECIALLY the hair pins!! They are my greatest weakness, besides those two, at least.

[You could honestly trap me cartoon style using hair clips as bait, not even joking-]

Well then. I think this is as good a place as any to stopp my wayyy too long rant about this.

It is my birthday today though, and I am stuck in the worst seminar known to mankind from 8am- 8 pm today AND tomorrow. I can have some yapping as a treat, ok?

He pulled his communicator up only a few inches to his face, his body feeling heavy and his fingers numb. He ended up handing to slap the damn thing with his entire hand, barely even pressing enough buttons to make sense of it. Ren felt himself starting to slip, his face colliding into the snow. 

Rendog has sent his coordinates

Mumbo groaned as his communicator went off for the third hundredth time, about ready to throw the damn thing off his arm until he saw it was a message from Ren, with just a set of coordinates. Odd. He frowned, messaging Grian. 

MumboJumbo>Grian: Hey man, Can you come help me? I think Ren might be in a bit of trouble. 

Grian>MumboJumbo: Oh of course! Just let me get some first aid stuff just in case.

That’s what lead Grian and Mumbo flying straight into a blizzard, flying over head above the clouds, unable to see the land under them. Mumbo looked at the Avian, who was starting to shiver in these temperatures. Oh yea, Grian was a tropical bird. He forgot. 

“Do you see him??” Grian called out. Mumbo looked at him. 

“Of course I don’t! The clouds are too thick to see through!” Mumbo said, checking his own coordinates in relation to Ren’s, before he gasped, stopping and turning back. “He should be right down here somewhere!” He called out, and Grian yelped as he quickly followed. “REN! REN??” Mambo yelled, hardly able to see anything in the heavy snow. He landed in snow with a heavy thud, and he groaned lowly. 

“Mumbo!” Grian yelped, helping the other man up on top of the snow. “His coordinates are a few blocks back.” He said, picking up the non avian and flying towards them. The two hermits gasped as they saw a blob in the snow, an unusually high stack of snow that was oddly Ren shaped. Grian let go of Mumbo, using a torch to keep as much visibility as he could.

Mumbo fell to his knees in the snow, digging his boyfriend out of it. His eyes widened a bit as the blizzard started to clear. “R..Ren..?” Mumbo practically whimpered. 

In front of him was a passed out Ren, his face dug into the snow and Mumbo assumed he couldn’t breathe. He picked up the frozen hermit, holding him close. “It’ll be okay Ren, I promise.” Mumbo said, Handing Ren over to Grian. He needed his hands to shoot off fireworks while they flew, and Grian didn’t. 

Grian grunted with the added weight, but held the werewolf princess style and nodding. “Void… He’s frozen to the bone.” He said softly. 

“I know, we have to get him into yours or my base.” Mumbo said, grabbing more rockets from his inventory; Aka a small bag they each had on their backs. What? Inventory sounds cooler than backpack. Anyways, he started off quickly, expecting Grian to follow him. He needed to get Ren home quickly, so the man didn’t freeze to death. 

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Ren could hear mumbling around him, his ears twitching softly. His face felt… wet. But at least warm. For a second it almost grossed him out, but then he realized he was covered in hot towels. He felt grass under his arms. Where was he? He still couldn’t feel his fingers, or his legs. “Hm?? Mumbo-?” He groaned, going to sit up. 

“Nonono! Don’t sit up!” Mumbo rushed over to him, forcing him to lay back down in the grass. They were out in front of Mumbo’s mega base. He saw it now. “We just started a fire, to help you warm up.” He looked down at his arms, those covered in towels as well. 

“So you mean to tell me. You first reaction to. To me being frozen. Was to let me sunbathe in the jungle?” He asked slowly, a fond grin pulling at his face. 

“W..Well yes.” Mumbo said, face flushing red. “It seemed like a good idea.” He added, sitting down beside Ren and helping him take off the towels. Once the towels were off his body he sat up again, looking down at his legs. He could see the black crawling up from his feet, and he practically whimpered at what he realized. 

“How are we gonna fix this?” He asked gently, thinking he would need prosthetic’s. 

“Well, Grian’s working on making a bath tub for ya, so hopefully we can get this healed up without needing to take a limb off. Thankfully, it was too cold over where you were for any infection to get in, and Grian and I were careful when it came to touching any dead skin.” Mumbo said calmly, and Ren nodded as Grian called them over. 

Ren yelped as he was scooped up into Mumbo’s arms, walking over towards Mumbo’s hobbit hole. Grian had cleared out a space behind the nether portal, a larger tub filled with swirling water. “Strip em down lover boy~!” Grian laughed, and Ren chuckled at him as he sat down. 

With some help from Mumbo and Grian, they got him stripped down to his underwear- Briefs if anyone wanted to know- and into the water. Ren sighed out of content, his tail wagging under the water. Mumbo grinned, and Grian walked out to leave the two alone. 

“You scared the crap outta me.” 

“I know babe.”

“You should’ve asked for someone to go with you.”

“I know, babe.” Ren grinned lazily, sinking further down into the water. “Bathe with me?” He asked. Mumbo rolled his eyes. 

“Its not a bath. Its hydrotherapy.” He said, rolling up his sleeves. He reached into the water, taking Ren by the hand and gently helping him flex his fingers Ren went to open his mouth, but Mumbo cut him off. “And yes. I Did learn this from Doc.” He huffed. Both men shared a laugh. 

“I’m sorry Baby, for being so stupid.” Ren sighed, and Mumbo chuckled. 

“We’re two halves of the same Idiot, I suppose.” Mumbo’s voice was soft and fond, sitting at the edge of the water. “You better hope I don’t have to make you prosthetic’s. It’ll be a testing nightmare.” He sighed. Ren gasped excitedly.