#john b at most

[menlove]

identity crisis? help is here. if you ever wanted to know which x coded y girl you are but for the beatles this uquiz will tell u everything u need to know. 100% satisfaction guaranteed

[dykedvonte]

Hancock: Mama Murphy this jet be straight bussin' fr fr no cap

Mama Murphy, not understanding a damn thing he said: Thank you sir, I love when you visit Mayor Hancock

[princessbrunette]

thinking about how before you’d ever introduced yourself to john b, you knew who he was.

not because of all the criminal activities and adventures he’d found himself wrapped up in, more so before of the way at every party on the boneyard or bonfire, there’d always be girls lingering around him.

he was friendly, warm, charming — naturally likeable. he wasn’t known to get around, as far as you were concerned none of these girls actually slept with him — but you’d often see tens of giggly drunk girls all but lining up simply hug him.

you were intrigued by all the attention he got — which is why you curiously approached his best friend, jj maybank — to investigate why that was. he didn’t have much of an answer.

“i’on know, honestly. john b is like — a teddy bear for pretty girls. they can’t resist that shit.”

when you eventually started to date john b, the attention didn’t go away — however instead of giddy smiles in his direction it turned to petty, jealous glares in yours. some even had the audacity to still approach.

“jb, it’s been foreeeever! bring it in.” a girl you’d never seen before opens her arms. when you scratch your head awkwardly, not wanting to thief your boyfriend of social interaction — you’re surprised to feel him tug you closer by the waist.

“yeah, you know i think i’m alright from just here.” his smile is friendly but the grip on you is tight. you hate to admit that you feel a sense of pride watching her smile fall.

“so it’s a crime to hug someone now?” she lowers her arms, letting out a bitter laugh.

“look, call me whipped — but i actually don’t wanna touch anyone but my girl, like — ever. have a good night though, ‘kay?” he’s polite, and pulls you away — not even bothering to bring it up again. loving you was the easiest option with john b, and for that you knew you’d made the right choice.

[fancygremlin]

Malevolent is a podcast, so it has to heavily rely on dialogue or descriptions to convey information to the audience. Since no visual cues are available to foreshadow or set themes, it is interesting to try and recognise patterns in the descriptions and narration that are given.

Of course this extends to John, a character that can be brought to existence through audio alone. Something that I really enjoyed for John is how, when he is falling in the background (either intentionally or not) his absence is marked by Arthur's gaze being described as vacant, unfocused or uncanny.

This occurs on two instances: after Arthur and John are arrested on the island, and (mainly) while on the train to New York.

In Season 1, Arthur and John are apprehended by the police while investigating clues on the island. John voluntarily decides to step away from the situation and fade into the background. He stubbornly refuses to aid Arthur out of spite. He simply stops speaking, stops describing things or even reacting to the environment or the situation.

John's absence is not only evident by his lack of speaking lines, but also the fact that the policemen do immediately point out Arthur's unsettling and unfocused stare:

Interestingly, Arthur's eyesight is described as such again in Season 4. During this season we are made aware of John's growing difficulties and worsening conditions as he struggles and forces himself to still be of aid to Arthur. He is forgetful, he keeps missing clues and is unaware of his surroundings, he fails to remember facts, clues and experiences (both old and new), he has difficulty recognising the faces of friends and foes... even forgetting his own name and identity at one point. We later find that he is struggling this much because he is slowly succumbing to the King in Yellow, as they both battle for control over the same plane of existence.

The start of his gradual loss of identity is marked at the very start of the season, as well as later on, and always by the same character, the Butcher. He immediately acknowledges how Arthur is never quite looking at him... quite consistently and insistingly:

It is very, very possible that Arthur’s stare has always appeared vacant and unfocused and never quite right ever since John took residence in his eyes. I am not denying that. Most characters simply seem to have the common courtesy to not point that out... except for the Butcher, but I feel like being polite is neither a top priority or a desirable quality when you are a serial killer, so I guess that's fine?

Whether Arthur's eyesight was ever quite proper or not, I think that it is not a coincidence that the audience is explicitly made aware of this detail at the two aforementioned points in the narrative. It is certainly an interesting way to convey the struggles of a character that not only is invisible to the audience, but also to the characters in the podcast itself.

[lydiaas]

JJ MAYBANK & JOHN B ROUTLEDGE in S03E06 THE DARK FOREST I don't know what to do, JJ. How the hell do we get to South America? No clue, but…

[the-alan-price-combo]

this picture sleeve is a psychological need 🙏

[shellxrls]

GUYS ITS A CROSSOVER OH MY GOD

[belenstilinski24]

Just re watching

I know it's for a plot sake but Kie ruining their chance of exposing Rafe & Ward bc her yelling and then stepping on JJ's hand

But also

Don't those recorders have tapes that they could take out of it

Also fucking Shoupe didnt even looked for Gavin's body?????

And then Kie blamed JJ

Lmao girl, you wouldnt have to run away in the first place if you didnt start yelling sis

?????

[unproduciblesmackdown]

christmas rehearsal today

[mariocki]

John Levene pops up as Gene Bradley's co-pilot on his private jet, called Tony, (John Levene's character, not the jet) in The Adventurer: I'll Get There Sometime (1.15, ITC, 1973)

[hardlypartying]

Off to one of my best friend’s wedding! KRCG always on my mind!

[itspileofgoodthings]

weird take but I’m fascinated by the use of pronouns in pop music and I think they’re really important and telling

[wallylinda]

i get why everyone wants to moralize the gl corps into space explorers but realistically it’s still just going to be the same level of “progressiveness” as before. like park rangers: the green lantern edition is still going the have the common tropes where they head to an alien planet → meet the local population → inevitably get mixed up in a problem → superheroes function as superheroes do → oh wait, this is a cop allegory again! i mean cmon wtf are they going to do in space if they’re not going to fight ppl. none of them know jackshit about galactic wildlife they’re getting poisoned if they try to repopulate an endangered species or some shit like that 😭😭

[socksenjoyer]

might fuck around with a life series locked tomb au, but maybe not from the ninth house's (so obviously desert duo's) perspective. i think a sixth house or a third house lead story would be cool as hell. logistics of the third house would be weird so i propose that corona and ianthe are just Evil Cleo and Eviller Cleo

[the-alan-price-combo]

I made a mobile based on the Animals' GoGo Mania/Pop Gear performance of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"!! 🐾💖✨️

(Bonus Mickie Most and Hilton Valentine silliness under the cut 🙏)

[hide-your-bugs-away]

need to post my magnum opus before the sun sets on this wonderful May 18th