#Malevolent Episode 26

[420technoblazeit]

I HAVE TO STOP LISTENIGN TO MALEVOLENT WHILE IM OUT IM FIGHTIGN OFF TEARS IN THE FUCKING GROCERY STORE RN

[occudo]

A bit late, but some Kayne reaction to ep 26

[luci-z-wont-shut-up]

"Why are you taking off your shoes?" "Because I don't want to be heard" tjsjfsjfsjtdkfygkxigc bro r u serious rn. Bro. Bro ur talking to urself (*talking*, not whispering) about ur murder plans in the ECHOEY FOYER/STAIRWELL OF A MANSION. BRO WHAT.

[hyenasatanist]

[fortunechaos]

I've been thinking a lot about the like moral frame work that Malevolent sets out because I don't know, what else am I going to do with my braincells.

Interestingly, and fittingly, it's very much a coming together of one ideal from Arthur and one ideal from John which both together make up the central part of the story.

From Arthur we get the precept of having to own your past. To John in episode 14 he says "You are the King. You don’t get to deny that because you’re choosing to change. Own it. Grow, change, be better, but own your mistakes." This seems to be the same rule he holds himself to with Faroe, or perhaps he holds onto thia ideal because of what happened with Faroe.

On the other hand, John brings to the table the idea that anyone can be redeemed. As early as episode 3 he says "I have to hope that any creature can be redeemed." This is before John knows who or what he is, but faced with the possibility of what he might be he wants to believe that he's capable of changing. This idea continues to carry through the Dreamlands arc after he learns he's the King in Yellow, but I think it's become most evident again in episode 26 when he conforts Arthur about Faust. The King has not won. If John can seek redemption after everything he's done, than certainly Arthur, a human forced to those extremes under intense stress and trauma, can be.

But... The ideal that Malevolent sets out isn't either one of these things, it's the combination of both. You cannot forget your past mistakes. You have to live with them. But you can be redeemed from them. No matter what mistakes lie in your past you can move forward and become a better person. You carry those things with you, but you are not restrained by them.

[monstrouscrew]

more like moments from the episodes.

care while you have someone to care about, even a mortal vessel, right?

and, maybe, maybe tomorrow is a better day ~~

a human heart, a dying ember

the light that's leaving you alone

beneath this silent mass of stone

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ID in alt txt, will add it here by request.

[snow-den]

Ficlet: Singing (After Episode 26)

The climb down into the mines is long and Arthur is not overly keen on what he knows they will find there. There is no way he’ll think of what they have left behind in the mansion either though, the feeling of eyes popping underneath his hand too fresh in his mind.

“Talk to me, John,” he says instead. About what? John asks. He’d shrug if he wasn’t currently climbing down a rope. “I don’t know. Anything.” Suddenly he remembers John’s voice when he had recited the poem. “A poem,” he says. “Or a song. Something to distract me.” He half-expects an argument, John reasonably pointing out that Arthur shouldn’t be distracted when he is climbing into a hole. Instead though, there is a beat of silence. I can't forget the night I met you, John then begins. Hearing the song almost startles a surprised laugh out of Arthur, suppressed only by the knowledge that they need to be silent. That's all I'm dreaming of, John continues. His voice isn’t melodic, clearly unschooled in anything resembling singing, wavering between notes and unable to hit some of the higher ones. Arthur doesn’t care. And now you call it madness. He thinks it’s the most beautiful song he’s ever heard. But I call it love, John ends as his voice turns softer and there is longing, in his words or in Arthur or maybe in both. It doesn’t matter, what matters is knowing it’s there.

Yes, Arthur thinks. I call it love.

[kenniex2]

WORDS HAVE NO MEANING

TO EXPRESS

HOLY FUCK

HOLY S H I T

MOTHER FUCKING GOD D A M N

[podcastsonmain]

Moodboard for part 26: The Bedrock :’)

[swaggynay]

SPOILERS FOR MALEVOLENT EPISODE 26!!!

Doodles while listening to new Malevolent episode

[the-she-they-in-yellow]

inspired by part 26 including arthur’s murder and subsequent mental breakdown

[izel-scribbles]

guys trust me do not listen to malevolent s3 in public. i was doing the shellshocked soldier meme face trying not to fucking scream and cry

[luci-z-wont-shut-up]

O h .

Oh THAT'S why yall always say Fucking Apple

[hyenasatanist]

PART 26 IS LIVE !!!!!!!!!!

[jo1sstuff]

Arthur, don't ruin the moment. You were actually getting along for once.

[milkteamoon]

DAILY QUEST

• Cry over a Podcast Man eating an apple (0/1).