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Some wispy yellow fellas.

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don’t be scared.

(print!!)

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I’ve been discussing dilf John with the discord homies a lot lately…

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it's not from any specific scene, i think i just got inspired by one of @estridd's amazing pieces! i was just thinking about john sitting down funny

finished part 26 today and what the HELL!!!

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Arthur is the best thing to ever happen to John.

John is the worst thing to ever happen to Arthur.

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Guys he's such a tough guy!!!

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everybody say thank you @potato-lord-but-not for sending me the reference image :D

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It's rare to find media that explores gray relationships: undefined relationships that aren't just some generic flavor of "friends with benefits." People who have seen the best and the worst of each other, the glamorous and the shameful. People who are each other's parent, friend, rival, lover, mentor, and none of the above. People who love so desperately, so fiercely, and have no need to label each other.

And then you have Malevolent, which is fundamentally driven by a relationship that is yes, deeply tender, yes, toxically codependent, yes, violent, yes, gentle, yes, angry and messy, yes, joyful and simple. Two beings who are completely at war with each other's existence, yet fight to the bloody death to stay together. Who breathe in tandem for survival, who root for each other's happiness, who sabotage and manipulate each other and are fragile and vulnerable all at the same time.

What a gem, truly.

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@magpiesdotart @haleymaccosplay @cool.and.normal (on IG) @quinndecker @nicoriice @beentobeetle @potato-lord-but-not @autumn-doodles @hydrus101 @mewy101

(btw check the reblogs because there's an extra bit I couldn't fit in here hehe)

I doodle Jarthurs from my IG question box :333

Thx for everyone for letting me borrow their Jarthurs hehe

In order of appearances:

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Arthur Lester at the piano straight "composing it"

And by "it" haha let's just say. Child neglect

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“john doe is the eye aligned” “john doe is spiral aligned” SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME

he is so, SO, buried that it HURTS ME for you to all MISCHARACTERIZE my boy like this. trust.

Johns main conflict has been, at least in the more recent seasons, so very focused around him feeling trapped within arthurs body and like he has no power. It was the main issue with back with Yellow and is too with John,,,

to say that john is more beholding aligned than buried would be more accurate to season 1/2 john. it associate him with the eye would be focusing more on his little eye-motif he has going on with arthur, rather than him as a character, i think. back when he hadnt quite decided he was committed to arthur + humanity—pre-coda john—, he gets to be eye aligned. BUT post-coda john is so UNDENIABLY the buried

TLDR john is the buried with a hint of lonely and seasoned with beholding. thanks for listening.

oh and if youre one of those “but but but the spiral because madness” people then dont even sPEAK TO ME.

Hastur/KiY - spiral

John - buried

Yellow - lonely

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Harlan Guthrie interview how are we feeling

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Kisses for Arthur, Noel and a very confused John.

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arthur lester immediately post-coda

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and more sketches....

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God… look at them! 🖤🩸

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I Died For You [A Malevolent Animatic]

Voice acting and audio by @malevolentcast , who very generously sent me this audio file to use for this animatic. Thank you for creating such a beautiful show.

Background and details under cut

I began this animatic early last year after finding the audio on TikTok. Once I heard it, I was immediately struck with the thought of how those first couple of weeks in the Dark World would be for John immediately after Season 2. It seemed perfectly fitting, how John might be tortured by his guilt and uncertainty if Arthur was even still alive, and that torment would only aid his regression to his more… Kingly qualities.

I began to draft the thumbnails of the animatic in my sketchbook before transferring it to my digital workspace, which was incredibly intimidating at the time. This was my first independent animatic. In last year’s InvictusCon, Harlan popped into my stream as I was explaining my animatic thought process to my viewers, shaking with both excitement and terror. I was stunned when he offered to voice it himself. The next day, he sent me the audio file. To this day, I am still stunned he spent so much time and effort to create something. It was the encouragement I needed to finish a longer-form animatic. It may be only a minute and some change, but this is a whole year of my life condensed - my obsession, my adoration, my passion for not only this podcast but for art in general, both visual and audio.

It’s by happy accident that I finished this right at the cusp of the Season 5 finale. It almost perfectly slots in. So… let’s all pretend that this animatic took me a month to do rather than the year I spent sweating on my couch and complaining about the number of times I forgot Arthur’s wooden finger.