#renault kazeki

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the only purpose of this drawing was to figure out a way to draw renault and i'm still not satisfied but. there he is. renault kazeki.

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gilbert and renault should've been buddies i think, they were almost getting there but then bonnard and auguste had to ruin it, i hope i die

like, just imagine: two boys who have been manipulated by similar people, made to believe that their owe their lives to them and whose formative years were all about serving to them (renault started working at 7, gilbert was "a masterpiece in process")

and they both have a terrible attachment to the person that abused them, so yeah uh. i want these two to escape together somewhere and heal together .... renault has big sister (yes, he's a boy. yes, he's a big sister.) vibes too so he can def keep gilbert "functioning" (by this i mean he can kinda make him into a functional person because he's pretty straightforward with how he communicates and his instructions are clear, like for fuck's sake he somehow managed to get GILBERT COCTEAU to help a bit with the crops, that's a big thing considering gilbert as a whole lmao)

[sirenicornio]

Same Energy

@hateweasel

[iiyarada]

Guys wtf is wrong with my version of Kazeki

[pokophobia]

if gilbert were to show ratatouille to renault i think things would go very bad very quickly (the sight of rats in the kitchen is killing him)

[windstir]

there are also these scenes :[ auguste comes back and renault is trying to defend gilbert and he gets in the way of gilbert and auguste so he doesn't hurt him ...

i am so sad they make me sick

[sirenicornio]

My Fav Shipps Hyper Ultra Mega Crack

Edgar Portsnell (The Poe Clan) X Julusmole Bayhan (The Heart of Thomas)

Oskar Reiser (The Heart of Thomas) X Alan Twilight (The Poe Clan)

Alois Trancy X Clayton (Kuroshitsuji)

Carl Messier (Kaze to ki no uta) X Thomas Werner (The Heart of Thomas)

Renault (Kaze to ki no uta) X Erich Fruhling (The Heart of Thomas)

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i was looking through the backstory volumes for something and :( this is after gilbert falls down the window and gets hurt and renault so worried about him ough ...

[pokophobia]

quick renault i made because I don't draw him enough ig

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i genuinely don't understand how someone can dislike renault because out of ALL the people who were/are close to gilbert he's.. genuinely not the worst. he didn't do shit

him wanting to stab gilbert was an intrusive thought of sorts, he was HORRIFIED by himself and the things his brain could produce.

and in the end he ended up trying to get gilbert to stab him. not because he wanted gilbert to get in trouble, but because he wanted attention from bonnard SO bad he didn't know what else to do to get it (mind you, renault was around 10-11 by this point, he was a little kid with mental issues as bad as gilbert's. remember when gilbert tried to kill himself in order to get auguste's attention? remember when gilbert burnt himself with a cigarette for attention? it's the same thing. gilbert's attachment to auguste is the same type of attachment renault has towards bonnard, both are abused/groomed/manipulated kids!)

BESIDES, once that was over (the stabbing and the jealousy) he genuinely showed concern towards gilbert, and that hasn't changed even after 5-6 years. even after gilbert left with auguste and they lost contact, renault was still quite worried about gilbert

so yeah renault hates dni all he did was take care of the garden and be italian and y'all hated him for that

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do you think renault has this system where he makes gilbert try foods he cooks and if he likes them then he considers it a win (because gilbert is picky as fuck) (if gilbert likes it anyone can like it)

[iiyarada]

Okay @hateweasel fine. I will say my thoughts.

Putting this under a cut because it's a LONG post.

Renault has been in Bonnard's house since 7, he says so himself, everybody knows this. He is a victim of Bonnard's grooming just as Gilbert is, he was raised by Bonnard (which is, side note, terrifying to think about!)

It's also commonly known that Renault is the son of a farmer in Southern Italy. In the 1870s, when Renault wouldve been taken by Bonnard, Italy was going through a HUGE Agrarian Crisis, many farmers ended up landless or their plots grew smaller and smaller, causing low income across farming communities throughout Italy. In 1900 many emigrants were actually driven off their own land. Renault's family was dirt poor, RENAULT was dirt poor, and he was taken in by a rich man who gave him a luxurious life even for that of a servant. To a 7 year old, that's everything. Bonnard is not only a father figure (again, terrifying to think about) but is ALSO the man who "saved" Renault from poverty.

On top of that, Renault is canonically described as Bonnard's "favorite disciple" (it says this in an art book), he's complimented and showered with praises by him, he's given attention and is told he's someones favorite, and he has been since 7 years old.

Now for all of that to be taken away because some guy shows up in YOUR house? Suddenly this stranger is the favorite and you're left behind? That's going to hurt! None of this is Gilbert's fault, nor is it Renault's, all of the blame falls on Bonnard. But Renault can't blame Bonnard because, to Renault, he can't be a bad guy, he was that one that saved him! He's not a bad guy, GILBERT is the bad guy here! (He's not, obviously, but Renault has been groomed into the mindset that Bonnard can't do wrong, even though he very much can and very much does).

Okay now, when it comes to this scene! The Renault stabbing scene. I think it's fairly clear that Renault doesn't ACTUALLY want to hurt Gilbert, Gilbert himself says afterward that Renault was scared and that his grip was weak and shakey. The initial thought of stabbing Gilbert with the knife is a thought that Renault DOESN'T want, he wants to get rid of Gilbert, sure, but he doesn't want to hurt him.

He's scared of his own thoughts of hurting Gilbert.

In the actual fight scene between them, Renault puts Gilbert in a chokehold (once again, described by Gilbert as weak and shakey) amd there's some sculpting tool on the ground. Renault's plan is that Gilbert will grab the tool to stab RENAULT in self defense.

In Renault's mind, if HE gets hurt by GILBERT, then Gilbert will have to leave and Renault will get attention from Bonnard again, because he was the one who got hurt. This is a drastic way of thinking but it also makes sense if you're a victim of grooming and believe you're at risk of losing the only person you can trust (Bonnard is not trustworthy at all, please keep in mind that Renault has been manipulated since 7.)

That doesn't work. Obviously. And Gilbert stabs himself in the arm instead, leading Bonnard to believe that Renault really did stab him, which results in Renault being given a bloody nose by Bonnard.

Side Tangent: That scene makes me so so sad not just because it shows how Bonnard is physically abusive to his servants, including the one he deems his "favorite" but also because Renault is still willing to forgive Bonnard afterwards. He still goes out of his way to make sure BONNARD is okay instead of himself even after he was hit by him. It's incredibly sad but also, unfortunately, realistic to how people in similar situations to Renault will act. It's just really sad.

Btw, Bonnard only stops hitting Renault when Gilbert steps in and says thet he was the one who stabbed himself because APPARENTLY one bloody nose wasn't enough.

Renault doesn't hate Gilbert, they actually seem to get along pretty damn well after the stabbing scene. They start planting flowers together and Renault tries to protect Gilbert from Auguste when he shows up, even calling Gilbert a member of the household ("I will not let you take a member of this household by force!"). From the few panels we get to see of Renault and Gilbert's dynamic, WITHOUT Bonnard getting in the way, they act a bit like brothers. (I've made a post on how Renault acts like am older brother before and how he probably picked that hp from his OWN older brothers). We just don't get enough of Renault and Gilbert together for them to actually build upon that relationship, because of course, Bonnard and Auguste get in the way again.

THEY are the villains here, they are the ones that want to hurt people, the ones who made Renault and Gilbert so reliant to the point that they become irrational and scared if their abusers - who happen to be the people that raised them- show signs of leaving.

If the roles were reversed, and Renault was the one to run away and live with Gilbert, and Auguste began doting on Renault and ignoring Gilbert, I 100% believe Gilbert would've reacted in a similar way Renault did. That's why they're parallels to one another.

TL;DR Renault doesn't want to hurt anyone, he just wants to be loved, and the person who "loves" him, just so happens to be an abusive creep who's manipulated Renault in having to rely on him for everything. His actions come from a place of fear, not hatred. Fear of losing his parental figure, fear of losing the place he lives in, fear of losing someone that "loves" him, the fear of losing everything.

This entire rant is kind of messy and I apologize for that, I just wanted to write but I didn't plan in advance I was just winging it, point is:

Renault Agricola I will always defend you 🫡

[iiyarada]

RENAULT ASEXUAL‼️‼️

"Renault

Bonnard's first disciple. He's fond of Bonnard but hates sodomy. He once had a fight with Gilbert because he was jealous of Bonnard's love for Gilbert."

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Renault and Liliath refs for a project I'm working on with @nullbutler

I tried working with their lineless style and it was pretty fun :3

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Guys hes actually everything

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He was missing something