Even when they weren't hard allies, when Ren was Red in Double Life, he said outloud how tempted he was to shoot off Martyn off the dirt bridge.
As if he was warning Martyn to be careful in case he couldn't control himself. But Ren didn't shoot Martyn off regardless.
When the Warden was alerted, the first name Ren shouts was Martyn's while Martyn quickly tried to guide Ren back to him to safety despite the blindness.
When Ren died, the next episode Martyn talks about the darkness (just like in Last Life) before lamenting that he misses Ren to be dramatic with. And then he sets up Bleeding Heart Bastion to explode. (He has ownership over Box now after all)
Ren's death in Third Life having broken Martyn, making him more selfish moving forward, and gaining a soul scar fragment on his cheek from shedding a tear over losing Ren. (That those scars even transcend to another version of Martyn)
Martyn wearing the Dogwarts flag and having flashbacks to Ren (even almost accidentally saying his name before correcting himself to royalty) in the season he wins. (The last scene that flashes before his eyes as he dies being Ren at Black Heart Altar)
The next season Ren still isn't around in, he's the Big Dogs and became the Hound of Hell after losing his allies. (The ShadowHound being Ren's Shadow name in Last Life)
Ren calling their home in the flower field Renwood Mound, keeping Martyn in the name unlike in Third Life.
Ren saying that he's here to cleanse the evil in Martyn's heart. Ren laughing and saying lightheartedly how Martyn made it hard to improve their reputation. (Not Martyn's. Theirs.)
Ren looking at Martyn lovingly as the sun sets behind him.
Martyn and Ren having a domestic fight due to both of them building their highly flammable watchtowers in the wrong direction. Facing each other instead of facing away like they planned.But they don't take it down regardless. After all, wasn't Renchanting made of wood too?
Ren and Martyn working together like clockwork without a single exchanged word to kill Gem so Ren can gain a life. And it worked (if Mumbo didn't steal it)
Ren asking Martyn if they ever got married in Third Life and Martyn responding "Well I did cut your head off if that counts?" as if The Beheading was a marriage ceremony for them both. (And Cleo saying "Well, the fandom thinks you did")
Martyn and Ren looking at each other at the distance and imitating each other.
When Renwood Mound burned down, Ren calls their base InTheLittleLake. Their base's namesake being only Martyn now, an inverse of Renchanting and Dogwarts.
While Ren was talking about how there's smooching going on all over the place and how inappropriate it is, Martyn jumped closer to him and asked "Why aren't we smooching?" Before catching himself and looking away from Ren in embarrassment.
Remember how Ren said he was here to cleanse the evil in Martyn's soul? Yeah, scratch that.Ren egged Martyn on to windcharge Skizz off the stone bridge.
And when Ren lost Martyn?
You can't take the King out of the Hand and you can't take the Hand out of the King.
Even when it physically, mentally, and emotionally hurt to cling onto Martren, Ren still parades around. Smiling and saying that they got Martyn into the finale and how Martren is the Power of Friendship!
No sane man would cling to this form that shreds him from the inside out.Both of these two are so insane for each other that they would break without the other.
