HOW YOUNG AND INNOCENT WE WERE

ALEX PLEASE

so who has Arthur's eyelids? either answer is funny.

1. John does. John is canonically aware and active while Arthur's asleep/unconscious. So who wants to take a shift in the coma ward with the otherwise unresponsive patient whose eyes are open and keep following you around the room?

2. Arthur does. If John pisses him off too much, he can at his discretion say "okay well now NOBODY gets to use the eyes" and close them.

Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: John & Arthur Lester Characters: Arthur Lester, John (Malevolent) Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Post-episode 25, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Arguing, Crying, Panic Attacks, Trauma, But Also!, Communication, and additionally:, Hopeful Ending, Queerplatonic Relationships, Minor Character Death, intricate discussions of the nature of humanity, Fix-It of Sorts, (as in now at least they’re talking) Content Warnings: minor character death, knife violence, blood, arguments, minor suicidal ideation, minor religious guilt, minor suicidal ideation, dissociation; mentions of minor character death, child death, cannibalism, ritual sacrifice, eye trauma, suicide attempt, minor child abuse, period-typical gender roles, body decomposition Summary:

Arthur grits his teeth and fumbles around for the soap. It’s a small bar, but it will have to do. “Look. I get that you’re angry, but this really isn’t the time for—”

“I’m not angry.”

Arthur scoffs. “No?”

“No. I’m … let’s call it grieving.”

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After killing Larson, Arthur and John leave Addison. They end up in a motel for the night, and when Arthur’s emotions and traumas from the past few months bubble over into an inevitable breakdown, he finally communicates with John just what has happened the past few days and why Larson’s blood has ended up on his hands.

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There’s blood on Arthur’s hand. He can feel it between his fingers, tacky and warm, sticking his skin to the handle of the dagger.

But he’s had blood on his hands since the day he cradled his daughter’s dead body in his arms. At least now, the literal matches the metaphorical.

He forces his fingers to uncurl from around the dagger. It clatters to the floor, loud in the silence that has overtaken the room. The echo of it is long, but Arthur thinks he imagines it longer. The room is large, the ceilings of the front hall of the manor vaulted and glittering with an intricate glass chandelier. The sound pings from surface to surface until it fades beyond human perception. (Inhuman perception as well, he supposes. Monstrous perception.)

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Actually, I decided I should have it written down. Here: (if you can decipher it🙃)

Ah yes, the brainrot is developing nicely

Ok, bestie is a little gullible. A lot gullible. We will have to work on that.

“…who?”

GOT ‘IM. ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED.

Old favorite character divorced, new favorite character acquired.

canon: the very first thing John did upon gaining control of Arthur's hand was strangle someone to death with it

fandom: with this power they can... no I daren't say it... oh but I must... they can hold hands 😳🤝😳

Clawing my way back up the pipeline to say

Can you imagine a Ghost Hunt UK x Ghost Files collab. The horrifying feedback loop Alex and Shane would make. Jonny putting Ryan’s imagination on steroids…

I’m tearing up just thinking about it

@kkachis

I don’t know how to reblog w a video ;_;

It uhhh…. It sure is something. I got the notes to play at more or less the right times, and I consider that an accomplishment. I later tried pitching down an irl violin for the “cello” and it was somewhat promising. The chorus bit is the waltz and it… exists.

Allow me to trample all over your hope and optimism with my take:

Episode 24 ends with Arthur muttering “This too shall pass,” the quote engraved in the lighter. To me, it feels like it has gone from getting him through horrible situations, to getting him through the horrible things he does to survive them. The lighter has saved their asses repeatedly, and has always been there when they needed a solution. However, fire is known for its duality in both giving life and destroying it, and the lighter seems intent on being the first and only thing Arthur reaches for when he needs a solution.

Ya know Malevolent should have its spookily-recurring lighter be the only benevolent thing in the show. Just a little spark of hope that Arthur will always find no matter how bad things get.

….And it would be a funny joke to pull on us paranoid TMA fans.

Congratulations on being canon

arthur, listen to me very closely. there is a mcdonald’s on this block to your left. walk up to it. good. now arthur, go in and order the 6 piece chicken nuggets. good, arthur. your order number is 11 arthur. yes arthur this is helping us. the king in yellow arthur