#malevolent musings

[raisedbyheathens]

Have I been obsessively thinking about Mal episode 36? You bet your sweet bippy. do I need to spoiler?

I'm gonna have to say I'm Team John on this one. In the time that John has been lodged inside Arthur, Arthur has continuously put his trust into people and things with almost zero reasoning. Sometimes that was to their benefit, like Lorick; but generally it has been to their danger and detriment, like Kellin. Coupled with Arthur's obstinate insistence that he's totally fine and he's super over thirty years of trauma even though in the timeline of the show it's been what; four or five HOURS since Arthur was like "well, if we can't get out of this chair suicide is always an option!" and no wonder John is wary.

Was Arthur maybe unnecessarily harsh to John? Yeah, 100%, but they have an incredibly dangerous eldritch artifact on them currently that if they don't pass off could mean a second entity taking possession of Arthur. And we don't know if it was a joke or... but Kayne mentioned how impressive it was that Arthur didn't 'pop like a ripe cherry' with a piece of Hastur in him- but the added stress of a demon(or whatever Scratch turns out to be) could very well kill him.

Sure some of John's faculties may be slipping; but I feel relatively certain that after the discussion with Kayne in the mine John is thinking about Kayne Far Far more than he is letting on, and he can't not be thinking about the possibility of Arthur doing something real stupid like choosing to let Scratch take him over in the HOPE that it would kill him and stop Scratch.

Anyway I'm sure someone smarter than me can sum this up better; but honestly I love you Arthur Lester but maybe listen to your codependent disaster husband on this one

[avesmonster]

i've seen a lot of malevolent art where arthur looks just like john constantine and it's so funny to me. the appearance of your average englishman plagued by demons

[physical-manifestation-of-spite]

Harlan does not give this man a single moment of rest

[lihim-oa]

chat, what did Harlan mean by this?

[doxxed0367]

I AM SPOILING MYSELF BY GOING THROUGH THE MALEVOLENT PODCAST TAG BUT I CANT HELP IT-

[movietonight]

Only Malevolent can have two characters bicker after running into a wall like a cartoon character and then hit you with this

[randomfansstuff]

You see, the relationship between Arthur Lester and John Doe is quite perculiar.

If Arthur Lester were to die and be sent to hell, he would walk towards his eternal tormenter and be met with no one but John Doe.

If Arthur Lester were to die and be sent to heaven, he would walk towards his eternal haven and be met with no one but John Doe.

[ride-a-dromedary]

I would have liked to see the reunion between Halsin and Thaniel when he woke up.

[aparticularbandit]

honestly, i don't think sayori submitted that new poem to monika.

i think that's completely out of character for sayori to submit it. to write it, less so, but to submit it into a public forum where so many of those people would read it? from a character who has been hiding her depression for who knows how long because she didn't want anyone to worry?

sayori would not have submitted that poem.

monika put that poem there.

and like - this is one of my things with the common interpretation of monika killing sayori, but like. she did not. she did not want that. i don't think you can read any of her actions and think she wanted any of that.

but monika expects the player to check on sayori. monika berates the player for not checking on sayori. (i'm not sure how much monika understands about what choices the player has and does not have at this point.) monika literally makes the player go back to check on sayori by putting that poem in there.

the player never has a choice either. whether to go check on sayori or not.

and monika changes the narrative and sends the player back by putting in a poem that sayori would never have submitted.

[malevolent-muse]

@polkadotpenguin16 I tried a new technique :) I didn’t outline but sort of filled in as I went. First time doing something like this. Sonny looks a bit airbrushed but I’m really pleased. ... Like this work? Join the Tag List

[decidentia]

Adding an inconsequential, undeveloped character from the 2001 horror flop Thir13en Ghosts? More likely than you think.

[kiyrian]

My "I'm mentally well" diagnosis just arrived

[physical-manifestation-of-spite]

Episode 20

Episode 40.

He kept his promise. He may have forgotten who he is, but he never forgot Arthur.

[lihim-oa]

born to malevolent fanart forced to snork mimimimi

[drefvalentine]

“I have to hope that any creature can be redeemed” sounds like the kind of line that will make me Feel Things upon reflection

[movietonight]

"you know more than me by a country mile" "by a country mile? Yeeeeeeehaw" malevolent is a comedy actually