#i think i just love the dethklok employee cinematic universe. or the minor mtl character universe. whatever. it’s great

[frienderbender]

We were watching a Tom Segura special before bed last night and he always has a bit about his weird interactions with his doctor, which lead to me waking up in the middle of the night thinking about Dr. Mal Praktis. What does he do when he's not sewing people back together? Has he always been this cantankerous or is it just since working for Dethklok (understandable)? What's really under that rug on his head? I need more Mal Lore!

Also thinking about him being the pediatrician in the Just a Bunch of Guys universe and he's just So Over kids

ah what a great thing to wake up to haha The Mal Lore……

i just wanna say though re: him being their pediatrician in some guys AU: funniest shit ever. while i think the kids get on his nerves, i think he absolutely still hates the parents most of all. with the kids it’s like. what’re they gonna do. they’re kids. but the parents? oh my god. worst people he’s ever met. ANYWAY REAL MAL LORE i’ll put a cut since it’s been awhile since i’ve just talked about this guy.

mal definitely gives me the impression of someone who’s always been, well, like that. i think he’s always seen the work he does as somewhat beneath him, that he’s the smartest person in the room, etc. even pre-dethklok when he was just a regular doctor/surgeon. that’s why i think pre-dethklok he was running a pill mill (and ultimately got his license revoked); he was bored. in a weird way i think he can appreciate being the company necromancer, though eventually he does find cleaning up charles’ messes to be rather dull as well. and dethklok themselves? well, they certainly don’t help his temperament.

that said though as far as like, what he does in his downtime, i made a joke on one of his posts talking about him being an avid TV watcher, and i still stand by it. he likes dramas with intricate plotlines so he can theorize about it (i think the exact joke i made was like. you should hear his theories about what’s happening on LOST). i think i still have some lore stuff in my notes somewhere so i’ll just paste some of that here :^] ->

“Originally from the Massachusetts/general New England area, grew up nearby to Charles but the two never met until college. The two actually have a pretty pleasant history, and were often grouped together as being naturally gifted in their respective fields (Charles being at the top of his law class, Mal being the top med student). Where their similarities ended, though, was that while Charles had always been a workaholic, Mal was known to get bored easily, as well as notably getting into medicine for the money rather than some burning passion for saving lives. The two kept in contact, though they rarely ever went out of their way to hang out as both were busy with their careers.”

“Mal graduated top of his class, got his MD and began practicing medicine, being heralded as someone born to be a doctor. Not only that, but he was also a gifted surgeon as well. All around the best doctor, which inevitably led to him getting pretty bored with things after several years. After being a working doctor for a good 15 or so years, Mal ended up running a pill mill for extra money. He wasn’t beneath running some shady operations, and when his scheme was finally found out (it took a couple of years; he ran it really well), his license was revoked though he managed to miss a conviction. Mainly because his lawyer…was Charles.”

“Charles, after hearing about what was going on, knew that he needed doctor for Dethklok’s medical team, as by this point the band was getting ridiculously bigger and the boys themselves were getting into more trouble. Charles needed a doctor who was 1) exceptional at his work and 2) willing to do some shady medical practices. Mal was the perfect fit. So he worked his case in exchange for Mal’s expertise on the Dethklok medical staff (don’t worry, they were able to get his license back too, though that’s not necessarily public knowledge as this was a fairly notable case in the area). Mal agreed to work for Charles, and in exchange got an even bigger paycheck than what he got practicing medicine normally. So while he cannot stand Dethklok, he continues to work because he’s now the highest paid doctor in the world.”

onto just. general lore stuff. he was probably born some time in the early 60s, making him somewhere in his mid-to-late 40s in 2008 (my baseline time period for the show; s2 era)

i don’t think he’s ever been married, mainly because he doesn’t think anyone is good enough for him. i also think he’s someone who doesn’t exactly practice what he preaches when it comes to good health; he smokes and takes pills, though he’s never impaired. it’s pretty impressive. and i do think that while he does feel a certain amount of bitterness towards charles at times, the two are on very good terms and will occasionally have a drink together in his office.