#marcus ren

[telestoapologist]

LOL?

[datmoongamer]

Drawings from my Destiny 2 video, first draft.

50+ hours of editing in a week, countless hours of gameplay and studying the lore, 100+ shots... here it is.

I intend to remake it someday using footage sourced exclusively from myself, but I had to get something done for video production class, lol. Thus, it is unlisted on my channel.

[lyricalt]

PK2025: 11. Kiss on the Nose

Pridekisses - Prompt List 2025

Destiny - Enoch Bast/Marcus Ren - rated: G

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The problem with being suddenly put in the spotlight is all the attention one gets. Enoch isn’t quite used to it; there’s some narrative being spun by the media, making him out to be a scrappy underdog with only a hundred Glimmer to his name, pooling all his funds to be able to compete in his first SRL tournament, and that if he hadn’t placed on the podium he would’ve been shipped off to some place beyond Saturn to work off his supposed debt. 

It’s only half true. Enoch doesn’t consider himself an underdog. He’s been making his name known in the more local tournaments. It’s not like he came out of nowhere. Also, he had five thousand Glimmer in his Vaut, thank you very much. Taking on a couple of extra Strikes for the Vanguard was more than enough to cover rent for at least three months.

So, to get to the point, Enoch is stumbling out of the ring of reporters and casters after his fifty-sixth interview for a quick break, a little annoyed, which does kind of feel ungrateful, but right now all he wants is to hop on his sparrow and race back onto the nearest track. Maybe not win so flashily next time. 

Marcus steps out from behind the curtain, a grin flashing across his face when he sees how tired Enoch looks. “Darkness consumed you yet?”

It’s not completely private. Enoch can still hear the crowd’s murmurs, their prying questions and whirling cameras. He glances down at his clipped mic, double-checking to see that it’s off. He grabs the glass of water that Marcus hands over.

“Almost,” Enoch says, returning the grin as best as he can, half strength. He takes a sip, notes the fresh iciness, and downs the entire thing. For a runner up, Marcus does have some grace about it. “I don’t know how you do it. Did you know they’re saying I’m poor? That I came from the slums? What’s that even mean? No Guardian has ever came from the slums. We get free housing for at least five years after first resurrection.”  

Marcus laughs. “Ah, you’ll get used to it.”

“Wish they would focus on something other than some half-baked story about me,” Enoch mutters, setting the glass aside. “Like, say, my actual sparrow build.”

There’s a smirk on Marcus’ face, one that makes Enoch want to stare and beat the guy in a race all over again. The fact that Marcus doesn’t offer up any further advice causes Enoch to reconsider Marcus’ ability to lose with grace.

“Not gonna give me any tips?” he eventually asks. “C’mon. They’re eating me alive out there.”

Marcus’ eyes go up, thinking, and when he glances back at Enoch, the smirk’s still there but somehow more sharp. “Well, honestly, I only got one idea.”

“Which is?” Enoch prompts, sensing that Marcus is playing coy, and one thing he knows for sure about Marcus Ren—that Hunter hasn’t gotten an ounce of bashfulness in him. Especially not with that dangerous grin.

Marcus takes a step closer, grabbing Enoch by the neck of his armor, and pulls him down for an innocent (thoroughly fucking conniving, camera-cutesy, kid-friendly) kiss on the nose.

With a wink, Marcus whispers, “Start a better rumor.”

From behind him, Enoch hears the crowd go insane.

[l3rking]

We don’t talk enough about Marcus Ren and Enoch.

Where are they? What happened when they found out about Amanda? I need to know that our favorite jock boyfriends are ok.

[destiny-aesthetics]

I need an ENTIRE SERIES about these three, Ariadne (Ari) Enoch and Marcus, and their equally amazing Ghosts.

Every time there's new lore entries about them it's always gold.

Dragon's Breath is the newest entry.

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Dragon's Breath

Burn the world. Burn it all.

"You buying?" asks the bored clerk.

Ariadne isn't listening. She scowls at the display case. "Look at this thing, Enoch. How is it a dragon? It's barely a shark. Crux should have called it Shark's Breath."

"Shark's Breath doesn't sound dangerous. Unless you're underwater, I guess," Enoch says. At his side, Marcus studies the case.

"Exactly! While my dragon has been legally recognized as cool." Ariadne points to the gleaming crimson dragon painted along the side of her Sparrow. "No contest."

"Could be a contest," Marcus says. He looks to the clerk. "Do you do samples?"

Ariadne's eyes light up.

Twenty minutes later at the City's outskirts with waivers signed, Enoch hoists the rocket launcher onto his shoulder. Its shark's face grins at Ariadne.

"You can do it," says Didi. She and Ghost hover above the group, ready to record.

"Ari, you get five seconds head start so you'd better gun it," Marcus says. "And… Go!"

Ariadne's Sparrow screeches away as Enoch counts, fires, and lowers the rocket launcher.

"You really think this is a race Gris can win?" Enoch asks. The rocket arcs towards her, bright in the sky.

Marcus leans in and claps his shoulder.

"Not a chan—"

A ball of flame rises from the landscape as the rocket impacts the Sparrow.

"Now that's cinema," Didi says, satisfied.

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I can't get enough of them 💗

[tf2demo2004]

the lore on the Aerolite HW-42 sparrow states "'Here. Try this one. S'got a low center of gravity, like you and your big Titan butt.' —Marcus Ren" which can be read to imply that that there's an in universe stereotype that titans have large booties; through this it can be speculated that there could likely be rumors within the last city stating that Zavala is caked up

[demiclar]

I never thought Cayde and Marcus Ren having a mentor/mentee relationship was something I needed until I thought a little too hard about that one recording Cayde leaves Marcus when he dies and suddenly its in the fic.

[aerista]

With the defeat of the Witness, Sol has become a more relaxed state of affairs. Yet, the Hunters who abandoned the Tower still remain "missing". Little does the Vanguard know that they have created their own network of communications and hierarchy known as "The Collective". It is here the big Hunter names in the system have come together to live, thrive, and recruit new Lights to their space. One of the many include Sarreah, an Awoken Hunter who's been around a lot longer than she'd like to admit.

After realizing a new threat was creaking through the surface of Venus, she must put pride aside and reach out for solutions from some possibly unconventional places. Whether or not it goes well is up for fate to decide.

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Updates every Friday!

[ahungeringknife]

365: March 24

I like intellectually know Marcus is like... a very capable Hunter and shit. On the other I can't help but imagine him just being the biggest self absorbed bastard who is WAY too smart for his own good and WAY too obsessed with sparrows and SRL.

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It really was something getting a call from Didi to come down to part of the Hanger now because Kass was busy blowing up Marcus' workshop. The Ghost didn't even seem harrowed for the destruction she was explaining either.

Grey still booked it down there. When they arrived there was exploded sparrows everywhere and fire and Marcus and Kass having a yelling match over a burning pile of metal and scrap. Or maybe it was another new prototype from Marcus, hard to tell. Kass was positively radiant in fury and Grey had no idea what had happened.

They grabbed the fire extinguisher on the wall to start with. Grey wasn't Solar inclined and used it to wade through the scorched workshop. They were ignored by the two fighting parties and they weren't even sure what they were arguing about. Something serious to have made Kass so damn mad.

They sprayed Marcus across the back with the extinguisher making the skinny shit jump in fright and when he cleared the way they sprayed Kass down too. "Okay, that's enough," Grey said loudly before she could start yelling again. "What the fuck is going on here?"

"She lost her mind and started blowing up my work!" Marcus cried.

"He's a piece of shit," Kass pointed at Marcus accusingly.

"Just because you're insane doesn't make me-

Grey sprayed him in the face with the extinguisher. "Watch the mouth, bucko," they said cooly. Then they turned back to Kass who was wiping the extinguisher foam off her, "Whatever he did isn't worth burning down the Hanger. Cool your jets," they said.

Kass looked around at the fire absolutely starting to grow beyond the room and with a loud huff like a great puff of air all the fire went out. Which... was terrifying if Grey thought about it too long. They didn't know any Hunter who could do anything like that living or dead. A Warlock maybe. But a Hunter? Terrifying. "I am not sorry," she said, folding her arms. "Do not call me again, piece of shit," she told Marcus and stalked off.

That left Grey alone with Marcus covered in extinguisher foam. "What the fuck did you do, Ren?" Grey asked him.

"Nothing!"

"Doubtful. Didi, what'd he do?" they asked his Ghost.

"Kassandra brought him a nice Dawning gift and Marcus laughed at her," Didi said.

"Hey! That is not what happened," Marcus cried, furious.

"Is that what this is?" Grey kicked what had been between them. It was more or less some cloth that was nearly burned to a crisp.

"Yes," Didi said. "She got him a new cloak."

Grey blinked at Marcus. "And you laughed at her?"

"I did not," Marcus steamed.

"He said he thought it was a joke and was surprised Kassandra took this so seriously. He also didn't accept it."

Grey smiled dangerously at Marcus and the SRL racer looked nervous. "My sweet Kassy took your relationship serious and you laughed at her?" they said. "Is this a fucking joke to you, Ren?"

"What? It was just a fun winter league thing," Marcus said.

Grey narrowed their purple-gray eyes at him. Giving a new cloak or armor piece to your partner was a symbol you wanted to be serious with them. Lightless always said it was akin to 'marriage' but Guardians didn't get married. "She's right, you are an asshole," and they sprayed him in the face with the extinguisher again. "I see you bothering my baby girl again and I'll carve up that stupid face of yours," and for good measure threw the extinguisher at Marcus' chest where he caught it with a grunt. They walked off to go find Kass.

[ice-6caydesqueen]

I’ll add my own

shin shiro tevis andal efrideet and marcus :D

and of course caydieeeeeee gets his own spot always

Where does your hunter fall on the stereotype graph?

Feel free to give examples! Warlock and Titan soon to follow.

[q8qwertyuiop8p]

Dark Details of Arcane Season 1

Five of some of the darker, more morbid details you might not notice watching for the first time.

1. Silco's Shadow

In s1e6, when Marcus opens the door to his daughter's bedroom, Silco leans forward to place cards on the house he and Ren are building. For a brief moment, however, his shadow appears to be strangling Marcus' daughter.

This eery juxtaposition of course foreshadows the threat Silco will soon make to Marcus and the hidden danger he poses to Ren. It is also ironic considering what happened to Silco.

2. Jinx's Voices Trying to Convince Her

In s1e9, during the dinner party scene, you can hear a voice whisper something to Jinx after Caitlyn points pow-pow towards her. It is difficult to make out, but listening closely you can hear:

"It's time to leave them."

This prompts Jinx to whip her pistol out towards Caitlyn, who is already aiming towards Jinx, nearly getting killed in the process.

Supposedly you can hear this phrase during some other scenes involving her psychosis, however this is the only scene in which it appears in Netflix's subtitles.

Earlier in the scene Vi tells Jinx that:

"We can just go... we'll leave and never come back!"

This triggers Jinx's psychosis. She asks where they would go, looks over to Mylo, and says,

"No... no, no, she's not saying that..."

3. Message to Silco

If you look closely at the table in the dinner party, you can see that Jinx, furious and hurt after overhearing Silco's apparent plans to "betray" her, wrote "DIE" on the table in front of him.

After accidently killing him, Jinx looks down emotionlessly at the table, exactly where she wrote that word.

4. Painting Parallel

The scene of Silco cradling Jinx on the bridge is likely meant to be a visual reference to the 1880s painting Ivan the Terrible and his Son by Russian artist Ilya Repin. The story behind the painting parallels a different scene.

The painting depicts Ivan cradling his dying son after he struck him on the head in a fit of rage. Ivan is horrified and grief-stricken at what he has done, placing his hand over his son's wound in a hopeless attempt to take it back.

This foreshadows Jinx killing Silco when she is no longer in the right state of mind, as well as her immediate shock and regret. She even begins to place her hands over his wound before realizing there is nothing she can do.

5. Aftermath of the Bridge Explosion

In episode 8 when Jayce visits the bridge, we get a brief shot of the aftermath of Jinx's explosion, and looking more closely one can see just how gruesome it is.

Blood splattered everywhere, intestines spilling out, blown off limbs, and even brain matter can be made out in this graphic scene. The rest of the shot, however, is very beautiful.

Arcane was originally going to be even bloodier. In the storyboards Jinx punches the arcade so hard her knuckles bleed all over it.

In the original layout animation, blood sprays on the camera when she bashes a firelight with Pow-Pow, and she even smiles with glee. Mylo's death would also be much bloodier.

[sorascribbless]

I love the way daughters are depicted in Arcane. Most media when depicting parents fighting for their daughters or their “undoing” by them, its because they are the embodiment of innocence and good. Little girls with pure hearts untouched by the evil of the world.

But thats not the case for daughters in arcane. The closest thing i can think of is Marcus’ daughter, but the daughter characters in Arcane are people. Women with flaws, women who’ve done bad things, good things, theyre real people who’ve made horrible mistakes and achieved great accomplishments. They are clever, smart, who have autonomy and choices and hold responsibility for those choices.

They’ve been touched by the hardships of the world, they’ve been shaped and molded by them. And they were worth fighting for still.

They were still worth becoming undone for.

[datmoongamer]

New Marcus Ren, Enoch Bast, Didi, and Ariadne Gris lore

Spoilers for Dragon's Breath's loretab

[annoyingann]

winter camp

Somewhere in the background, Ren is looking for his glasses and his work apron, and Zeke has lost carrot for the soup. hmmm where could these things be xD

[teterev-um]

Squid game... but Hedone high?

Bonus ↓

Sucker😈

[nozomisumino]

Silco is so funny. He dragged his followers into Marcus’ daughter's room while he flaunts his power over him. The guy on the rocking horse is the best bit.