#snakey rambles about malevolent

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You know what could be the most fucked-up, evil, messed up detail in Faroeverse?

What if, instead of getting stubbed like her dear daddy always is, Faroe keeps almost drowning? The lake in episode 9, the sea in Dreamlands, probably some frozen lake or river in Addison?

The same way the blade calls her father, the water tries to claim her but never succeeds. Always close to, always "almost", but never quite finished.

Wouldn't be even more fucked up if, in Faroeverse, Arthur was actually stubbed to death in some alleyway. Wrong decision. Bad timing. One mistake.

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I cannot stop thinking about Kellin

He showed up in the first season, talked crazy, had a severed head of his sister which IS Veldigun that is super useful now in season 5, sent Arthur into a coma which led to Entity becoming John and then just dissapeared

Like, we don't even know if he is DEAD. John didn't see his body and as we know if there is no body IT IS NOT DEAD(maybe)

Plus, I remember in the first season there was a quote from Jonh that because King in Yellow can't access our realm he has to use his puppets/someone who was already influenced by him to get to Arthur and John. And those someones were that weird granny, wraith, all those monsters, and Kellin.

In addition, Kellin disappeared from the narrative, but he was mentioned several times. Like the tape recordings at the end of season 1, the beginning of the dream in season 4. For some villain from the first season who isn't that relevant, he gets too many mentiones.

ALSO ALSO something that was mentioned in The Final Fantasmagorie Malevolent analysis video, Kellin was signing a song that canonically could not exist during the first season of malevolent. This may be just a mistake, but with all other info, it is a little bit.... suspicious.

So Kellin for me is another big mystery and I am 95% sure we will get some new info about him soon. Who knows he may even be Lilith puppet or somehow connected with her.

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.

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was relistening to malevolent s1 and the early jarthur are so funny

Like

they don't like each other, and they do not want to be together but the situations that keep happening to them are so bizarre, that they decide that it's maybe for the best that there is some other guy with them.

Arthur spends the whole season between being a detective and a scared wet kitten. In the second half of the season he gets his early stages of the murder phase, but it's probably nothing, it definitely won't affect anything, chill

Both Arthur and John know that John is probably some evil eldritch being, possibly a god, but John shows 1 case of human emotion and Arthur's father's instincts(they are not very good but they are here) are activated and he is ready to forgive John for everything. John is at first "haha I am so going to use this brit" - In the next second he is saying no to being a literal god in favor of being stuck with this pathetic human, said brit

John also is so funny, he has no memories and he has no idea where the fuck is he. He has some knowledge about the human world but not a lot, which leads him to kind of trusting Arthur to make decisions which is not his plan at all. He is trying and failing to manipulate Arthur. John is not human but there are some signs that he used to be human and he immediately jumps onto this chance. He asks to be called John and Arthur immediately agrees, which probably makes John emotional and maybe that's the reason he decided to stay with Arthur.

Both John and Arthur have NO IDEA what the fuck is going on, they just keep bouncing from one situation to another, and SOMEHOW Arthur got only like…5 scars. Why is he able to not get scars in s1 but not s5?

they also have no idea who the fuck are all those dead people who are somehow connected. All alive people they interact with are mad and want to kill them

Somehow they are alive at the end of the day

If we put s1 jarthur in season 5 they will probably survive. The biggest danger for them is them, the "fuck your eyes" divorce can always happen again. If we put s5 jarthur in season 1 they will either chill and relax or somehow end up dead, there is no in-between

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sometimes I think about how the book that contained John wasn't meant for Arthur.

At any point in time, before it reached Arthur and Parker's office, anyone could open it. It could have been Noel before he sent it. It could have been Roland. It could have been the guy from the bookstore or a random customer. It could have been even just Parker.

But it was Arthur who opened up that book, it was Arthur who miraculosly survived and it was Arthur who managed to retain most of his body. Out of all people who held this book in their hands it was Arthur who eventually got John.

And sometimes I think how much does this fact matters towards John's journey to humanity. Considering that Kayne only talked about other Arthurs and Johns I can only assume that only they managed to get as far(or as far as they could)

Just....this idea that neither Arthur nor John were meant for each other. If fate was a little bit different, they would completely miss each other. John would be in some other body and maybe he wouldn't even be "John". And Arthur would be still in Arkham, working as an PI (even if he continue to do so)

They weren't meant for each other, but the idea that despite that they are ultimately perfect for each other. Because only if it's them they manage to get this far. Only if it's them they manage to continue their journey. Only if it's them they are on the path to becoming a better version of themselves.

And I think that this particular instance of them being two different entities that ended up together by a stroke of fate but despite that managed to carve something beautiful is super annoying to Kayne. Considering how much he states himself as the one who controls the narrative, who can change the location and time and fates of characters how he wants - THIS ONE moment he didn't change. It just happened. And we deal with waves that this caused.

I think it's beautifull

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we should talk about malevolent but soulmates au, especially in the context of Jarthur

Imagine the situation when your soulmate is not only some eldritch being BUT ALSO someone you have to share a body with. Also, it could be both romantic and platonic

like....there are many different versions of how soulmates work. There could be soulmate marks, or being colorblind and only seeing color when you met your soulmate, the timer that runs out when you see your soulmate, the first phrase they are going to say to you, some tatoo, or even just a name etc etc. All of those are potentially interesting, ESSPECIALLY if we apply them to jarthur

Soulmate marks, where Arthur left pinkie has a darker color. Or his eyes are. Or all parts that John would later come to possess have darker color. OR Arthur has weird scars that no human has ever seen before and could not be explained by any human logic. It is almost like they are divine in nature.

Seeing color when you first meet your soulmate, where Arthur has never in his life seen color. He has no idea what John means when he says that something is yellow, because what the fuck yellow even means. Sure, he knows that the sun is yellow or dandelions are yellow, but he doesn't understand. He would probably think that John is able to see colors because he is outwordly being so he doesn't apply by the same rules mortals do. And if it is true, what if John being able to see color is his proof that he is human, that he is no longer God. Or if it is NOT true and gods do have soulmates, what if Kayne or King in Yellow mention something about it?

Would Yellow see color? Would he see it with Larson? Would he see it later in Dreamlands, whenever he is?

The timer that runs out when you meet your soulmate, what if Arthur's timer is all fucked up, with strange symbols, that are always changing? And what if the second he picked up the book his timer abruptly stopped on zero? What if John later asks what the strange line of zeroes means and Arthur wouldn't know what to even say to that. What if in Addison his timer is back again to being all fucked up and Larson notices it and recognizes some of the symbols? What if after he has Yellow, his timer is also all fucked up?

The first phrase your soulmate is going to say to you, where Arthur doesn't have "Don't you remember?" INSTEAD he has "Arthur? Arthur!" because that is the first thing JOHN tells him after a coma? I just think it would be neat if the prase is from John when he is John, and not the Entity. You know what, we can even play it out to episode 43, where Arthur has tattooed the first words John says to him when he is resurrected. ORRR what if it's the first words John says after he has his own body?

In the same way, John doesn't have the soulmate mark until they are in the hospital or in the witch's lair? Or what if it is different, what if the words tattoed on your skin are the words your soulmate says when they realize they love you. Would then Arthur's words be "I suppose so" (when he talks to the King in Yellow in s2 finale) while John has "Because I care about him?"(from s4 finale)?? What if he only understands what the words mean when they are confronting the Witch?

This is actually my favorite variant because THERE IS SO MUCH that could be said.

A tattoo where again Arthur's tattoo is all fucked up, some weird sign that he knows nothing about. He starts looking, finds some mentions of eldritch gods, and decides that NOPE he is out of here. And then he meets John?

Or even just a regular name, where life is so much more complicated for Arthur. I would say homosexuality would be acceptable much earlier in human history if soulmates were a thing, but I would say he still would have a hard time with it. John is one of the most common names, but the problem is also that the name "John Doe" is literally given to people who are not identified. Can you imagine how long Arthur needs to search for his soulmate? And then in the hospital when John asks to be called by John and Arthur is just head in hands??

And you could say even MORE I just listed the most popular and the ones that come first to my mind. We should talk about malevolent soulmates au because this is an entirely new level that is so interesting to talk about

EDIT: also I did not mention Arthur relationship with love BUT we could play it out too. Arthur could be completely ignorant of the soulmarks. Or he could think that soulmarks mean only romantic love. Or both of these or neither or something completely different!

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DUDE I cannot wait for John to finally talk about DarkWorld. We know about it from the very first episode and while many things changed during those 5 seasons, this idea of the world that is basically hell for immortal beings(or dumpster for all dead things? I don't remember the exact definition of Darkworld and I think it changed a little between seasons, I really need to relisten to the whole podcast and pinpoint what exactly is Darkworld, because I am losing my mind) is even more present now than before

To add even more, from the very beginning John helped Arthur not to die because he thought that if Arthur died, he would go back to Darkworld BUT now we know that it's not true! John does not go back into Darkworld if Arthur is dead which changes everything from their sort of unspoken deal from the first season. And yeah, while they are right now staying together due to their own choice, rather than obligation it is still super interesting how this revelation changes their relationship

AND AND lets say, that John's experience in Darkworld is the same as Arthur's dinner choice being Faust in the Pits. Both were done out of pure survival, both horrible actions, and both impacted them so much that it changed how they behaved. So imagine John breaking down and talking to Arthur about his time in the Darkworld and his little kingdom there.

ALSO YEAH "I will not let you drown" THAT WAS UNEXPECTED CALL BACK

Also that's what I am saying about their own cult, like I know they pretending right now to be a prince but if the cards call it - they can definitely play into doing their own cult. Either to escape some danger or to get info - how is that any different than Arthur's detective adventures in season 4( I mean like sort of going back to their own roots, and how they started)

I am vibrating over season 5, it is one of my favourite season and its only been 4 episodes

I wonder if. Maybe. Since we are back in an unfamiliar forest setting… this all might be a sort of mirror to s3? Or at least we are getting to one.

Back in the woods fresh off the cusp of death, though he did actually die this time to be fair, still injured but there is help this time. Arthur is still, despite it all, tentatively happy. Not like he was back in Addison.

The blood covered snow in the dark versus the green of a bright afternoon.

Last time Arthur was the most alone he has ever been, at least that we have directly been around for, with Yellow. A bitter partnership formed on lies and threats. Versus now, filled with a sort of hope for the future, not alone.

I just don’t think the parallel is unintentional. I just think it’s nice. Because there was so much hopelessness in that time—but he isn’t stuck in that anymore. At least not right now.

The forest is still isolating, yes, it still pushes off the path and leads deeper into a sense of uncertainty. But we don’t seem heading into the forest? We are coasting it, beside the path, but not on it. Still grounded to reality, not wandering aimless with no direction. Not falling deeper into it, heading for a point, not to be stolen away and tucked deeper.

Is that, perhaps, part of the theme of rebirth we have been leaning heavily on? Forced back into the unknown but it is better, and safer than it was before.

This forest is a place of security in contrast to the all the threats it previously provided because the situation has changed, the company has changed, their mentalities have changed.

They more or less know what they need, where to go, having a sense of direction and purpose. And I just think that’s a notably nice change.

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Arthur Lester "I would die for you" VS John Doe "I would die with you"

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forever is going to be obsess with john's interest for detective work

like in the first season, during the first episodes, when Arthur is a little bit more himself and starts deducing everything, making logical connections, and being all detective, while John is looking at it, thinking "wow. this guy really knows his stuff". And the way Arthur talks about how he connected the events and stuff pulls John a little too. I personally hc that this was one of the first pushes for John to become his own

Then in the second season, when Arthur still relies on logic and his deduction to try and survive and John is furious because it won't work in Dreamlands. It is pointless, it is stupid and they should stop it. But what if wants to do it, what if he wants to keep analyzing stuff like Arthur, and try to find connections, but they can't because they are in danger and it is far more important for them to stay alive than solve a mystery.

And then season 3 happens, which leaves both Arthur and John so so tired and exhausted. Both mentally and physically.

And then season 4 comes with a new mystery to solve, new suspects, new evidence, and new witnesses. "There was a brief moment, where the prospect of your occupation seemed quite exciting". He is so excited to be back in the field with Arthur, now more experienced and he wants to solve this together with him. But his memory suddenly is failing him, Arthur finds new people to help him solve the case and John is so so alone. What was supposed to be their thing, is now not

And now they are in England but so so far from what John wanted....It is basically Dreamlands again, where logic and deduction won't work

All I want for malevolent finale is john being able to be a proper detective. I think he would like that

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thinking about how Arthur(pre-John) chooses to use words as his weapon VS John who uses words as his weapon because he doesn't have anything else

okay stay with me, this may become too convoluted

we don't know much about Arthur's detective days with Parker. We do know, that in his duo, Parker would use intimidation as his main tactic, while Arthur would rather talk and figure out the rest from the response he is given. We don't know why Arthur liked this variant better: was it because he wasn't as intimidating as Parker, was it because he didn't want to hurt anyone, was it his personal belief or something else entirely. He did say that he would fight someone before (amazing lift conversation in s4 as proof) BUT I would guess that it was a rare occurrence. They were private detectives, so it's expected for them to get into fights. In any case, Arthur uses words and communication to either get the information, outsmart his opponents or to get something else entirely. Whatever the reasoning, he CHOOSES to use words as his weapon.

It is something that we can see multiple times in malevolent: i would say that now in s5 he uses the intimidation tactic because he has the ability to do so (he needs to process the trauma SOMEHOW). But even than, in s4 he talks to Oscar, in s5 he communicates with Horig, in the castle he talks with the guests. His first instinct is to talk to people rather than to fight them and he chooses this variant every time.

John, on the other hand, doesn't have the luxury of this choice. The words are the only weapon he has.

Coming back from DarkWorld, he is stuck in someone else's body with nothing but his eyes and voice. It may seem, that Arthur is in a worse position than John, but I would argue it's the other way around and the only reason why it doesn't seem this way is BECAUSE John is good with using the words as his weapon. He manipulates Arthur, he lies and deflects and purposefully hides information because that is the only thing he can do. He doesn't have a say in where they go, but he can guide Arthur into what he deems a better choice. He is a prisoner in Arthur's body and the only thing he has to defend himself with are the words.

But then, he uses words as a way to help Arthur. It is now not only about manipulation and lying, it's about calming Arthur down when he is scared, encouraging him to do something, and cheering for him. At first, it's another tactic, another clever lie, a little bit more leverage from Arthur, but later it becomes something more genuine. He is sincerely happy for Arthur when he succeeds, and he tries to find the right words to help Arthur. "I can save you the details of this horrible place" - John says to Arthur when they are in the Dreamlands.

The words are his weapon but later he starts using them as a shield not only for himself but for Arthur.

Anyway. The fact that Arthur and John are pretty similar in this regard, they are both clever with words, they know what to say and how to say it to make their opponent do what they want. Something about how they use the words against each other and to help each other. Because this is something they have in common and something that stays with them despite everything

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back when s5 started I had a WILD theory how everything was about to go, but with new information, relistening to s1-2 and me pondering about it in my free time - this is a Canon Divergent AU now, BUT LISTEN

RACE TO THE BLACKSTONE AGAINST OTHER VARIANTS OF ARTHUR

So my idea was, is that there is only one Blackstone in the whole multiverse and it constantly jumps between the universes. There are hints and mentions about it in all universes, but it exists physically in only one. To make it even worse, it stays in one place and in one time period and only for some time frame, before jumping into the next universe with a new place, time period, and time frame. Kayne was, along with killing his other versions, trying to track down where exactly Blackstone was going to end up and for how long. Unfortunately for him, not only it was escaping him, but he couldn't look at it, like he couldn't perceive Blackstone at all. The only reason he managed to find it and pinpoint was because he started looking at it's absence, rather than it's presence.

And Kayne being Kayne decides the spice thing up

Kayne throws our Arthur (and John) into the timeline where Blackstone exists (still Medieval England, in 1300) and gives him the quest to find it. BUT THEN, he throws other Arthurs and gives them the same objective. Basically, he makes a treasure hunt including 4-5 different versions of Arthurs, who are the best of the best. The one who gets him the Blackstone will get what he asked.

So, I was thinking apart from our Arthur (Canon Arthur next) there are Darkthur, Darkthur Without Right Hand, Anna Stanczyk and maybe another variant of Arthur, which was similar to Canon Arthur, but there was something different about him(sense of wrongness you know) (I am not sure about him now, but I still kind of like him)

So, now Arthurs would need to try and find Blackstone. Either helping each other or fighting each other. I was thinking that to differentiate one another they would give themselves the names of their favourite poets. I was also thinking about Anna actually being Faroe from Faroeverse but hiding her identity from other versions of her father.

I was also thinking about giving different names to Johns. Maybe Darkthur variant of John doesn't have a name, Darkthur Without Right Hand's variant of John is actually named Hastur (I was thinking this different version of Darkthur is John accepting his identity as the King). Slightly Different Arthur's John named Parker or Peter. Of course Jane for Anna/Faroe's variant

And now it is a grand adventure of weird versions of you trying to reach for an object of immense power. I wasn't sure how exactly everything would play out (Darkthur definitely wouldn't operate with others, Darkthur Without Right Hand would want to but couldn't do so because of Hastur, Anna/Faroe avoiding all Arthur Variants, and Slightly Different Arthur being the only one who cooperates with Canon Arthur). There could be mysteries about how exactly all variants' timelines are different, the grand revelation that Anna is Faroe, who will betray who to reach the Blackstone or will they try to work together, and whats the deal with Slightly Different Arthur. And the finale of who will get the Blackstone

Rereading this, and this is a WILD au, someone please write a fic about it

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Anxiety so bad you start looking for a content where a private detective from 1930 and his eldritch-fragment of a god- mind neighbour are kissing and holding hands

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list of stuff I want to happen in the remaining episodes of s5 but not nesecerilly need, just think it would be cool

John manifesting in front of remaining quests

bonus points, if it is to protect Arthur

Bonus bonus points, if afterwards Arthur and John need to act like they are making a cult

2. Arthur swordfighting someone

bonus points if he draws a gun and shoots someone

3. John and Lilith have a full conversation about being fragmented and whole

4. John FINALLY talking about his time in Darkworld

5. Yorick getting his happy ending (I don't know what happy ending is for Yorick, but he deserves one)

6. John FINALLY hugging Arthur in his manifested form

bonus points if it's Arthur who initiates the hug

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I found tiktok talking about Oscar and that + my thinking about John and Oscar's relationship made me think of how much different is s4 for John, considering what we know from s5

Like, when you first listen to s4, you WILL notice that John behaving far more...jerk-like than before. As an audience, we know that he is hiding something from Arthur (he probably also knows, but we are not talking about this now) and that something is his deal with Kayne. It is also easy to guess that this deal is connected with Fallen Star or GreyStone which Kayne wants.

What we don't know is what did John went trough

After s2 finale, King in Yellow casts John in Darkworld, where he spends A LOT of time, enough time to lose his newfound humanity and "hit his bedrock". Enough time to call for Kayne and be ready to take any deal he proposes.

And, in retrospect, all Kayne asks from John is to get Arthur to GreyStone in exchange for getting him out of Darkworld AND potential freedom from the horrors afterward. That is proved by John not only asking Arthur where he wants to go after the whole business with Order Of The Fallen Star is over but also promising to tell Arthur everything later on.

A complete freedom for both him and Arthur just in exchange for a small stone. Sounds too good to be true, but considering how John immediately took the deal, I would say that at this point John was ready to do anything not only to get out of Darkworld but to go back to Arthur.

So John takes the deal, only to return to Arthur, who is reeeeeally close to losing it. To Arthur, who also then almost dies AND kills Uncle, which only brings him a mental breakdown.

Sure, everything works out in the end: Arthur is alive, they get out of Addison, but John still has his deal with Kayne. So he pushes Arthur to go to New York.

They arrive in New York and here's John's situation: he needs not only to find where the Order of The Fallen Star is, but get Arthur to it. His problems begin with Butcher, then Mr. Scratch, and then his failing memory. At this point, it is a good guess, that the only thing that fuels John is this prospect of complete freedom from all horrors if they get GreyStone. Especially if we consider that he was brought back from Darkworld immediately after making a deal with Kayne, so no time to collect his thoughts or calm down

So, with all of that in mind, what would be his reaction to a priest who tries to wiggle his way into his and Arthur's business? John views Oscar as an obstacle, the same way Butcher or Mr. Scratch are.

Especially, considering that just Oscar's presence violates that little of what John has: his connection to Arthur and his identity.

His identity is already bruised from his time in Darkworld and now with his memories failing him. Because his identity is connected with those memories, with all of those horrors that BOTH he and Arthur witnessed. He changed not only because of Arthur but because of what he and Arthur went through.

His memory failing then violates his connection with Arthur, because the whole trust Arthur has in John is built upon John being his eyes and being his reliable narrator. Now with John's memory failing, Arthur cannot trust John, even if he wants to, so he seeks the help of others. This by itself plays into John's problems with being just a passenger in Arthur's body (AND THOSE ARE a logical continuation of his growth as a person)

So, with all of this + the deal with Kayne, the only logical solution John can find is to get rid of Oscar: either to give him Scratch's rock or kill him with an axe. Is this the right decision? FUCK NO, but at this point, he is so exhausted and Oscar being gone means that he has Arthur's trust back, they also solved Butcher's problem and maybe they will figure out Mr. Scratch's problem, and then finally they will get GreyStone to Kayne and FINALLY be free.

Just do this one little thing, to get everything you wish for. Just get rid of this person, and I promise that after that everything is going to be okay. Just hold on a little, until this is over.

That, as you know, does not work out. And they lose Oscar. John supposed to be happy about that, but he sees Arthur's reaction and he does understand that he did fucked up. It is too late though

The thing with Noel is different because John's decision to get rid of Oscar influences how Arthur approaches people he thinks they can trust. Because of that, Arthur's tells Noel from their second meeting that "hey, I have a voice in my head".

And this revelation CHANGES EVERYTHING

Because John not only never viewed Oscar as a "useful tool", he also never viewed him as a person. Partially, because of what we talked about before, but also because Oscar didn't know about John. All those heartfelt moments were between Arthur and Oscar, not Oscar and John.

Unlike with Noel

Noel, who upon hearing about John, asks how he is doing. Noel, who views John as a person. Noel, who smiles at John and helps them with info. Remember what we talked about with memories and John's identity that is dependent on them? Here is the heartfelt moment that is entirely John's and someone who is not Arthur.

Because they told about him.

John fucks up a lot in s4. This post may seem as John-apologetic(which it is, I love my problematic babygirl) but I want you to get that I know that John is not doing great in s4. Arthur has a right to be angry at John. This post is just my thinking about how different is s4 for John, that it is for Arthur. If we get some new info about John's kingdom or more concrete events from his time in Darkworld, this side of narrative from John's view will become even more distinct from Arthur

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okay okay, so if we are talking about Darkthur universe and so on, and we do know that Kellin never got a chance to sent Darkthur into coma, therefore the Entity didn't become John BUT

I have a little hc, that in the Darkthur Universe, Entity picks up a new name every week or so. Darkthur doesn't care about Entity in general, so he doesn't really care what name it decided to call itself today

Or basically

-- Andrew- --Actually, Steve today --I do not care, Steve. Now, help me hide this body

@ joke from my friend, thank you so much

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We all know aromantic Arthur but what about aromantic Parker

Parker who loves everyone and everything but not the way people want him to.Parker who wants to say “I love you” with no obligation behind those words - just a simple fact.Parker who wants to fall in love but just cant

Parker who has a place for everyone in his heart. Parker who can’t say “I love you” to only one person, he wants to scream it to the whole world. Parker who understands Arthur trouble with love

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I keep thinking about timeline, where Arthur died on that boat, back in s1.

We used to think that John would follow him into the Darkworld but now we know that's not true. We also know that John can't overtake Arthur's body, even if Arthur's dead.

What if John doesn't overtake Arthur's body because HE DOESN'T WANT TO. Simultaneously, What if he doesn't go into Darkworld because he just got out of there, he is too afraid to go back so he stays.

But in the s1? When John is John for maybe a week or two, where they don't trust and love each other the same amount as in later seasons when neither John nor Arthur knows about John's origin....Could it be different?

There are SO MANY posibilities how everything could go.

What if Arthur went into Darkworld and John, wanting to keep his promise to meet Arthur there, went with him? What if they met in the Darkworld and now had to survive together? And how would Arthur start looking for Faroe or even PArker? Would he tell John about his daughter at that point?

What if Arthur went into Darkworld and John was left in possession of his body? What if John took it and pretended to be human for a while? Did he enjoy it, were there some fuck-ups? Did he use the body to find out the truth about his origin? Did he argue with himself about following Arthur into Darkworld? What if he met with King in Yellow and they talked? And what if they made a deal that John would come back to King in Yellow if he helped him get Arthur back?

What if Arthur died and John was stuck in a dead body of his friend. Laying on the boat that flows in the lake. How lond until someone finds him? How long did he waited?

THERE ARE TOO MANY THOUGHTS TOO MANY IDEAS JUST IMAGINE