Temba, His Arms Wide 🩸

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My first proper TMAGP art and its on the day Season 2 airs hxbdbd

They make me physically ill I'm going insane

If it's alright, could we get a hug from Arthur and maybe some words of encouragement from him?

I completely understand if not. I just thought I'd ask

Motivational Arthur and a hug for the Arthur girlies out there !

My take on The Manager and Kayne

The moment John and Arthur enter The Managers office were told something very clearly. He looks and sounds EXACTLY like Kayne aside from the color of his suit. To the point that the boys think they were sent to Kayne in death. This tells me one thing very clearly: This is still a specific mask of Nyarlathotep. Not his core being himself. Or a different mask.

I've seen a lot of theories that this is Nyarlathotep himself and Kayne is a rambunctious kid who is off making trouble but that doesn't seem to be the case. Nyarlathotep has at least 1000 avatars or 'masks'. Hell there is an entire CoC game that takes a year of regular play minimum to get through and it only has you dealing with 3. These masks all look very different from each other. Some human, a lot not.

The body that Kayne is in, is one of those masks. It's the one Nyarlathotep is wearing right now. It's still him in there. Because The Manager looks exactly like Kayne we know that he's still that mask. He just made different choices, just like Kayne asked a different question.

I've also seen a lot of theories that add a layer of self loathing to him that pretty much every character in the show has. But I really doubt that's the case. Most of Nyarls masks aren't that manic or crazy. They're charming and put together, able to sway LARGE groups of people, in some cases entire empires. That shit takes boiling the frog, not dancing around in gore. The Manager comes across more like how his masks normally behave. And I've always felt that Kaynes insanity is the result of collapsing so many iterations of himself into one body.

I don't think The Manager is innocent and pure. Or wracked with guilt. I think he just knows this isn't going to go the way Kayne wants, and just like Arthur and John, wants to keep living. Nyarl keeps Azathoth asleep because he likes doing what he does. He's more than capable of being helpful when it suits him, and I'd bet that's what we're seeing here. Not guilt and self hatred, just trying to keep the status quo he enjoys quite a lot. Trying to differentiate from Kayne is just a way of distinguishing himself, they're identical otherwise. Even in behavior when he's not actively trying to stop it. I don't think he's pure and good and feels guilty. I think he just doesn't want to die either.

it MIGHT put him in a coma

Got a little cray cray with this one

6 of Wands

I’m so excited to finally be able to share my piece for @malevolenttarotzine!! It was such an honor to get to work with so many amazing artists and I can’t wait to see how the final product turns out. This illustration is meant to represent John’s growth and humanity, ultimately culminating into his bringing Arthur back from the brink in The Bedrock. His journey as a character and becoming his own self is such a beautiful and fascinating part of this podcast and so that is what I tried to show with this card. I hope you all enjoy and please don’t forget to check out everyone else’s cards! They’re all absolutely amazing.

So like what if John's a possessed suit of armour niightstalker gave me brain worms

I keep thinking about the possibiity of Arthur and John both dying, John going back to the Dark World... and Arthur not winding up in the Dark World but instead finding himself back in the Waylay.

His Blood & Sand is still waiting, right where he left it. This time it's accompanied by the person who ordered it for him: Parker.

And Parker says, hey, you're finally here, it's all okay now. You've been through all kinds of hell, but now it's over. You can rest. We'll go find your little girl, and you can be at peace together, and be done with all of the pain you've suffered. You can rest. Just come with me, okay?

Arthur's still a little dazed--not quite sure where he is or how he got here or why it's so strange to see Parker again, feels like maybe he's forgetting something important--but oh god he's tired and everything hurts, he knows that much, and going to be with Faroe and have all the time in forever to just be, without worries or fears, sounds like--well, he's not a believer, obviously, but it sounds like heaven. He agrees, and starts to follow Parker out of the bar to whatever's next.

And then the band starts playing a different song:

And you call it madness, oh, but I call it love...

And Arthur remembers what he's forgotten that was so important, and remembers who he'll be leaving behind if he goes this way. Who he'll be leaving behind, alone, in a dark and horrific place, forever. Who he once told he would find again, should they both find themselves in hell.

And Arthur Lester has a choice to make.

Real confused about the s5 finale, what even is this????

so you’re telling me when parker and arthur first met, parker saved arthur’s life. then, the last thing parker ever did was try to save arthur. he died trying to help him.

harlan guthrie im under your bed.