#malevolent 38

[dani-r]

Eldritch daycare is a go.

(for real, that "you're young" part crushed me. Absolutely loved that dialogue. In silly universe, tho, the potential is infinite)

[arthur-lesters-right-arm]

John is NOT happy about the amount of side quests Arthur is taking

[its-your-mind]

John: Scratch is staring at you like… a lost child.

Scratch: But… you… are my friend…

Me: ALRIGHT THROW AWAY THE PLAN I’VE DECIDED WE SHOULD ADOPT SCRATCH TOO. GO TO SLEEP WITH THE ROCK ARTHUR JOHN NEEDS A FRIEND IN YOUR BRAIN TO TALK TO AND I’VE DECIDED IT’S GONNA BE THIS OTHER LOST OUTER GOD FRAGMENT WHO LIVES IN NIGHTMARES.

[bulletbonk]

John is so diabolical imagine being so mad your codependent friend talks to someone else you try to axe them to death. Like what would he say after that. "Oh sorry Arthur jeez I guess I missed whoopsie daisy" Zero foresight Epic fail

[reddstardust]

OSCAR: Arthur.

ARTHUR: Yeah?

OSCAR: Who's John?

ARTHUR: No one. No one you'll ever meet. Goodbye Oscar.

JOHN: This is for the best, Arthur. Trust me, you'll see. This is the best for us, I'm sure of it. I'm sure of it.

[izel-scribbles]

shellshocked-soldiering once again during part 38..........

[grimalkhiindi]

This is gay sex btw

[averysaurus]

You know how in Season 9 of The Office, things got a little stale because Michael Scott was gone, and the Jim/Pam tension resolved with their marriage and kids, so to keep things interesting the writers introduced the Sexy Boom Mic Guy who looked a little like Adam Levine. Just to make us feel like, oh no, will Pam be faithful even when tempted by the presence of a new sexy interloper?? And that's basically what Oscar was. Oscar was the Sexy Boom Mic Guy, there was no point to his existence except to introduce a jealousy arc between the dream team. We pretend this is a horror podcast but we're actually all watching real fucking housewives of Arkham over here

[glendover]

I mean obviously John doesn’t know how to regulate his feelings bc he only has Arthur as a role model and let’s be real he’s not doing a very good job at showing John how to feel unwanted/ negative emotions

[memequeen1127]

I’m happy Oscar survived but I’m so sad about the angeleyes breakup 😭 even if it’s for the best to protect Oscar 😭

[expectro-carmim]

Previously, on Malevolent part 38

Arthur, the greatest babygirl to ever babygirl: you a babygirl

John: wtf does that mean

[dani-r]

I mean, I would do that. The bit is too tempting.

Eeeeeeeh Macarena - Aaaah!

[solarianvoidthearoace]

Oh. My. Fuck!

[I’m talking about sections of Part 38 of Malevolent in this post, so I’m putting it under the cut]

Arthur has been ignoring and deliberately going against John because he is scared John might have tricked/ betrayed him after all?!

Are you telling me Arthur Lester is in preemptive denial because of the sliver of chance that John is a bad guy after all?!

THIS is what caused their relationship issues since they made their way to New York?!

I know I have been clowning on them needing couple’s therapy but…

Although I did read two posts before finally getting to this episode (Part 38) and one post said John has been lying/ wilfully omitting things also

Like, aside from the whole deal with Kayne issue

Girlies, get a fucking grip

It’s been evident ever since the Dreamlands that Arthur and John want each other. They repeatedly chose each other. They want to be together – for better or for worse. And to a degree they need their relationship because they want to work out together and the relationship they have gives them a sense of purpose.

Before I now resume with Part 38 I also would like to say I don’t think Oscar is ““competition”” in whatever broadest-fucking-possible-sense.

Yes, John sounds a bit jealous but more than that he’s hurt. He’s hurting because even without saying, Arthur’s fear to confront John has been seeping, ringing, bleeding through.

Arthur has been keeping John at arm’s length, has been evading direct conversation and I can understand if John is vindictive enough about that to be deliberately obtuse about e.g. those car keys and the turn-off to the farm

They keep hurting each other because they don’t want to be – feel they cannot be – without each other

And I think that’s tragically beautiful, actually.

I see their codependency and desperation to stick together as that, desperate dependency. But also as an ill-fated manifestation of a platonic commitment they feel. As I said before they aren’t necessarily committed to one another – or at least don’t know yet how they are committed to each other –

but they sure as fuck are committed to sticking together. Committed to their kinship, to what they saw of themselves in each other. Both of them.

[shortkingrodserling]

the way that john is behaving like a toxic boyfriend. "it's better for us that we get rid of this guy you're friends with immediately." like who hasn't dated someone like this

[lesbian-jack-barnabas]

now that malev 38 is out publicly i need to talk about this. we can agree that the woman at the end was Lilith right. say you agree

[reddstardust]

JOHN: Arthur. I don't know what to say.

ARTHUR: Just tell me the truth.

JOHN: The truth? I don't care about this. Any of this. Oscar, the farm, Scratch-

ARTHUR: The deal with Scratch?

JOHN: Was a deal you took! I told you not to-

ARTHUR: So what do you care about then?

JOHN: You! And getting to the order of The Falling Star.

ARTHUR: The fucking order. The fucking order? Who cares, John? Why is that more important to you than Scratch? I don't get you.

JOHN: Bec- you don't have to get me.