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i was relistening to Part 6 and just really love and want to think more about Arthur’s behavior here and the snapshot it gives into his character cause like. This is Arthur before pretty much all of The Horrors. He’s flourishing. Just out of a nice month-long nap and has a new mystery to solve. He’s in his element here! This is what he Does! It’s probably one of the closest peeks we get into what his life had been like before everything, how he did his detective work, all of that. We learn how he goes about his investigations (before any of the post-horror desperation and moral issues hit) and just. This is how he worked. This is what he Did.

and what do we see? CRIMES. this man commits CRIMES. on the DAILY. without a second thought. just acts like it’s totally and completely normal.

this man walks into a store and very casually, matter-of-factly lists off the items he wants. A .45 Automatic with bullets to go along, a flashlight, matches, and a way to force a lock. like. That shit outta put him on a list or something, ESPECIALLY when he’s asked for an ID he says he doesn’t have one, and just. buys a new (fake) one. like. Thank god that clerk was dirty or else he’d be arrested cause what the fuck kinda sketchy shopping list is that? my brother in christ I don’t think there is any legal reason to have a way to force a lock. not to mention that and a GUN

Then he promptly heads off to a recently murdered girl’s apartment, and when finding the door locked, just picks it. Without a moments hesitation. And he does it really fuckin fast too, like. You know that guy’s had a Ton of practice. he did that in like one single second while blind and without control of one hand. he even admits it, says he’s done this many times. this guy’s a fucking menace.

Once inside the apartment (that he broke into. also the apartment of a recently murdered girl, not just dead but MURDERED like. She was KILLED HERE not even a week ago. this was a CRIME SCENE) he just kinda. Rummages around and takes a book. I mean yeah, she is dead, but also. you can’t just break into someone’s apartment and snatch their shit my guy??

and then at the docks. oh my GOD dude. You’d THINK a GROWN ASS MAN would maybe CONSIDER the CONSEQUENCES of STEALING A WHOLE ASS FUCKING BOAT OFF A PUBLIC DOCK IN BROAD DAYLIGHT but NOOO. that’s actually his instant go-to. Can’t get a ride? cool, I’m stealing a boat. there wasn’t even a second of hesitation or deliberation. What to do next? Oh I know. Steal a fucking boat. doesn’t even think of the consequences or that there’s actively people here (and he just gave his name to one), just up and takes it. it’s such a normal thing to do.

anyway all this to say that Arthur Lester Malevolent has always been a feral little creature with no regard for conventional approaches. he’s always been like this. I mean yeah he’s gotten So Much Worse but like. he didn’t start from ground zero either. Even in Part 4, when he needed to distract Kellin, when his first idea to honk the horn on his truck was turned down, his next instant suggestion was SET HIS HOUSE ON FIRE. there is no middle ground with this man. he will always jump straight to crimes without a second thought and I love that for him

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(Edit: because you're so right, I left out a very important detail)

In addition to that post I made recently about how much people who do evil from a place of stupidity irritate me:

JURGEN LEITNER.

There is no sympathy in my heart for Jurgen Leitner. He lived involving himself in matters he didn't understand and couldn't handle, and *died* involving himself in matters he didn't understand and couldn't handle. Just a silly, painfully stupid old man, with a self-aggrandizing "hero complex," if you can even call it that, what with how 'fame and glory' focused his motivations were.

His entire existence can be boiled down to:

Spoiled little brat wants to be more than daddy's money, fucks around, gets people killed, fucks around some more, gets more people killed, "contains" what is essentially several time bombs of pure Eldritch evil in one building, narrowly escapes his demise when the time bombs inevitably detonate, gets a bunch more people killed, hides out in some tunnels like a little rat, distracts the former Archivist with his utter bullshit, gets absolutely wrecked by a kid in eyeliner, returns to the tunnels, saves Jonathan (the *TINIEST* W,) then info dumps his entire vague understanding of the universe onto a person who is in no place to digest any of it, openly conspires against someone who DOES know what's going on, and is promptly pummeled into soup...

Embarrassing. 👁️

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tfw you find out your peaceful jedi boyfriend uses slurs

(commission info // tip jar!)

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neil perry + merry christmas, please don't call

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bang, bang, bang, bang, goes the farmer's gun

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The themes of Malevolent are:

1. Platonic love is just as powerful as romantic love

2. Choices matter, even when an outcome is inevitable

3. Daddy issues

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the difference between their reactions to john falling is killing me 😭😭😭

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Yelena, in a high voice, holding Barbie: Hey, Ken! I was thinking about going back to school and starting a career!

Ava, in a deep voice, holding Ken: Nonsense, Barbie. You’re staying home and having my kids.

John: What the fuck are you two doing?

Yelena: Playing systemic oppression.

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I loved Thunderbolts*, that moment when you have to defeat god with a knife and a gun

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Oh, I'm fine. I have a great past, so I'm totally fine. Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes // Thunderbolts* (The New Avengers) (2025)

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Bucky just wants his arm.

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idk man i thought of this in a drive through

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Indeed

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tower fics are so back baby