#malevolent part 5

[bumblebee-bookshelf]

So finally listening to malevolent (yayyyyy) and I just finished part 5 - is there any canon fandom design for this Adam Fry guy?? Or the weird creature guy with the long pointy hands or is that also Adam Fry??? Just curious cause I thought he was fun and wanted to doodle

ALSO ‼️

really really really liked part 4, here's a Kellin doodle :))

[capesch-arts]

Rehearing Part 5 again and knowing that Adam Fry is one of many faces of the King, has led me to the conclusion that one of the things he likes from humans is Hamlet aldkdnfnfn

[tumb1rprincess]

Ah. John finally gets his name. And that little moment where John said he was lucky to have found Arthur, aw, that was so cute. Which it feels weird to call a demonic entity stuck in a blind man's body cute, but that's the word I'm using.

The song the radio changed to in the hospital, was that the same song that was playing in the car at the end of episode 2? I think we've heard that song more than once, and I think John triggers it somehow. Why? What does it mean?

Lol Arthur suggested going to the morgue and I literally went "No, no, please don't." That just sounded horrific. And it was.

John literally being at a loss for words to describe this hound monster thing, that scared me more than anything else. Like, if he's horrified by this thing, you know it's bad. Although when he said they had to stop it, I literally went "Not again." The last time they stopped a monster, everything went batshit insane. But I guess that's John and Arthur's thing now. As dysfunctional and scared as they are, they have to put a stop to these things.

Lol John's here spouting Robert Frost poetry and doesn't even realize it. I love my poetic little demon boy.

This probably isn't the last time we've seen Adam. He sounds scary at this point and I'm guessing he killed Amanda? Like, Arthur told him her name and that was the last thing he needed to find her. But why did he kill her?

I've seen a lot of people compare this series to the Magnus Archives, and Arthur and Jon specifically, and I can see why, besides both of them being horror podcasts. Like, Jon and Arthur were both in comas, they both have wet cat energy, I'm guessing Arthur's going to rack up more injuries like Jon did. And the way John described Amanda's killer (which I'm guessing was Adam), the long fingers instantly made me think of Distortion Michael.

[donnovien]

Who are you?

[a-canceled-stamp]

Arthur @ John after waking up in the hospital:

[cicadidae-tm9899]

Relistening to the podcast and...Adam...🥺🥺 Charlie is that you🥺🥺🥺🥺

[g0g0at]

Ok so

John isn’t really being literal here but I have noticed, especially in recent episodes, that Arthur’s voice has shifted a bit.

I have “thanks yorick” and “owls don’t eat people boys” ricocheting in my head, where it sounds like he’s speaking more from his chest than ever.

Whether this is just the way his voice has changed (a thing that happens a lot in voice acting) or it’s intentional I can’t be sure but.

I like to think is shows him being more honest with himself and others I guess. I think about part 45 and how Arthur knows that he doesn’t deserve to die for what he’s done, and he struggles to admit that to himself because the whole “I would want him dead” monologue.

His voice early on always struck me as something akin to a customer service voice, very gentle and polite, tho it quickly slips as the events of the series completely disintegrate his psych. It was a facade, to a point.

Idk it was just something I noticed and liked

[izel-scribbles]

arthur lester // i'm only on part 10 so this may not be canon accurate

(updated version, as of may 23)

[fancygremlin]

Who’s the fire lit for?

In Part 45 we are introduced to Malam, a mysterious character who seems to enact justice for children who die unjustly.

He approaches Arthur, and seems surprised when he discovers that he is the one who lit the fire, as he expected a child to have done so.

I don’t think Malam’s expectations are completely unfounded, as it is not really present Arthur who lit the fire... but the child that went to the Boys' Brigade who did:

I think that Arthur unknowingly lit the fire both for Faroe and himself (or more correctly, his past child self). Malam was not called in by the fire to bring justice to just Faroe, but also to Arthur.

Arthur had been forced to metaphorically kill his child-self and his innocence and forced to grow up too quickly for his own good. His childhood had been cut short so suddenly and brutally by his parent’s death, a grief too big and complicated for a young child to understand and work through.

Even now, on the inside, Arthur is still that wounded and timid child. He is still carrying that pain with him. However, the hostility he had to live throughout his life only granted him more wounds and bruises. The soft, childlike and gentle parts of himself were hardened under layers and layers of scar tissue. Arthur had to learn pretty quickly that it was never safe enough for him to be kind and patient with himself. He was never given the time to process his traumas. No one taught him or showed him the love and care he so desperately needed and cried for so long for.

The hurt was drowned by more hurt and it was never tended to, never really cared for. But it never really disappeared or healed. It always stayed deep within him.

But now (finally), for the first time, Arthur’s most devastating traumas (the loss of his daughter, and the loss of his own innocence) have been recognised.

His childhood cry has been finally answered.

The kid Arthur was can finally rest now that Malam stopped by his fire.

[lisoun-matsuno]

Arthur my beloved, this season will do you dirty, i feel it.

[lunali-moon]

Arthur wanted to take the severed head with him for so long and finally achieved this.

What a guy. He is going towards his dream

I'm proud of him!👍

[kansaspieco]

[arthur-lesters-emotional-baggage]

Am I allowed to cross off "Arthur starts a cult" on my Malevolent Season 5 bingo?

[emborami]

Through the years, from popinjay to coxcomb to maccaroni to dandy to dude

[pookiethebloodsucker]

I have a fever and the only treatment is these guys being tender.

[the-she-they-in-yellow]

kayne was so excited that there’s “a time and place [he] can’t quite envision afterwards” regarding john and arthur’s separation and it made me think about s5 jon sims being so excited about the one place in the apocalypse he couldn’t see and well…. this happened