#kellin malevolent

[mydirtyvalentine]

obsessed with kellin malevolent. i don’t talk about him enough but my god is he one of the side characters of all time.

first of all, this guy drops perhaps the best one liners in the entire show. i cannot express how much i love the line “arthur, tell that voice in your head that my mother was not a whore,” cause like, on the one hand its fucking funny as anything, especially when paired with harlan’s equivalent of a vine boom effect. but on the OTHER HAND, this line is absolutely terrifying cause we go the entire ep thinking this guy is nothing like arthur and the voices he speaks of just signify his own mental instability but then we get this shocker of a reveal!! UGH, i adore ep 4 so much.

and don’t even get me started on just how creepy the entire ep is. i’ll never forget how much of a captive i felt like listening to that ep, trapped in that car with arthur not sure what this quick tempered guy in a gas mask was gonna do next. that unsettling dread was unmatched.

and oh, kellin in SCRATCH’S DREAM ??!! fucking incredible scene. we go so long never thinking about this guy and then bam, a nightmare encounter showing back up in arthur’s nightmares.

also just obsessed with kellin’s attitude. yes, please sing a shitty cover of a song that hasn’t been released yet. i adore how arthur gets in the car and kellin essentially just demands that arthur serenades him and then gets pissed when arthur fucks up the lyrics.

truly an icon of a character. kellin holeman i’ll never forget you.

[snake-spire]

I think the most underrated motif in Malevolent is the music motif brought up by the butcher. This idea that every person has their own symphony or music in them.

Because he’s right when he asked Arthur if he here’s it too. Because Arthur does. Faroe’s song is obviously his music. He is constantly thinking of in to the point that it’s ingrained in his muscle memory to moment he’s at a piano.

But so many characters also have that same motif. Kellin has his. Same with The King in Yellow/Kayne depending on how you analyze the song on the radio. I know Kellin’s overlaps since it’s the same song. Either way, it signifies that unease, as though someone or something is watching. And knows.

I don’t pay too much attention to the background music in the show but I honestly should. See how many characters had different themes.

[moookar]

The Trader and Kellin!!

[vitikka]

Here are some of the other Malevolent characters in the style of Tintin

Now also featuring font from the Tintin comics!

(They are only busts because I have not really drawn any of them in my own style)

Even tho I love the Tintin comics and try to stay true to the style (with some liberties), I will not imitate the racist way Hergé drew and depicted black people because it is wrong and very hurtful just fyi (if you disagree: please, leave)

(I feel that this is important to say eventho the actual post is not about that)

[crayycrayon]

i think john just hates people who sing in cars. he calls kellin unstable after he starts singing in the car and he tells arthur to tell oscar to shut up when he sings in the car

[cosmic-horror-statements]

Malevolent 41 spoilers

Ah yes, the three characters that Arthur has told about John:

Mentally unstable gasmask man

Detective that witnessed The Horrors™

And a fUCKING OWL

[crustaceousfaggot]

Can't believe "hey Kellin, your mother was a whore" is canon

[lihim-oa]

This episode made me feel things

[quoththe-raven99]

Kellin!! Why isn’t there more fanart of this guy. Loved his reappearance in season 4.

[thesolarsystem404]

he is banned 97

[toastydumpster]

magma doodle dump with @trustypaladin !!

I'm absolutely feral for their Oscar ...

[mydirtyvalentine]

and she wants you to tell that voice in your head that my mother-

[skaagi]

Quick 20 Minute Kellin sketch :D

This might become a bigger illustration if I'm in the mood.

[rudycrowley]

Can we talk about Kellin? I feel like we aren't talking about Kellin enough.

Honestly I'm not sure what else can I add about Kellin, but my point stands still.

[egobraindeath]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARTHUR LESTER 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

bonus doodle from my sib @vulgar03