#unhinged aromantics

[arthurtaylorlester]

this isn't going to stop the john apologism btw. nothing can stop the john apologism. he had his reasons. can't say i agree with him but he had them.

[do-you-ship-it-polls]

Do you ship it?

reason: These motherfuckers are insane about each other in a way that makes me insane about them. John is an incorporeal eldritch entity who became bound to Arthur's body and took his eyesight from him. Thus entangled, they have to rely upon each other to survive from the moment they are forced together. They get into SPECTACULARLY vicious fights at least once a season (which the fandom generally refers to as "divorces"), but they're also 110% ride-or-die and ardently support each other through the story's abundance of horrifying situations.

Their love for each other (and they do use the word love, albeit in the context of describing the depths of their friendship) is a key driving force for both Arthur and John's character development, and it leads them both to take absolutely batshit actions with consequences on a cosmic scale. Also, Malevolent's creator, Harlan Guthrie, has stated that although he always intended for John and Arthur's relationship to be platonic, he is a-okay with fans who ship them.

[oldmrfroag]

Me doing a sick trick on my skateboard: yeah romantic John and Arthur is fine but aren’t you tired of love stories? Don’t you want to go feral? *does a 180 in the air* have you considered the appeal of unhinged aromantic Arthur Lester? Greyromantic John who doesn’t know what this emotion he’s feeling is but is probably illness? *does a backflip over a hill* have you considered the deep and unhinged queerplatonic tension of two dudes holding hands and touching foreheads *does a sick backflip-*

[vidra-comprehends]

July Break Bingo: "(insert)'s perfect for you."

Fandom: Malevolent

Character: John Doe

Prompt by @julybreakbingo

"Your undefeated. John is not Yellow. He's gold, Arthur. A gift."

[idiotwithoutagoodname]

The audiodrama/queer media experience is having the one good episode of fluff to forget you are consuming a horror/drama and then be surprised when the mcs don’t get to run away together to live their merry gay lives the way they promised in said good episode.

[arthurtaylorlester]

arthur & john singing baby it’s cold outside together is something that can be so special

[ari-the-meow]

“well what if you haven’t found he right one yet ?” what if beat you with a hammer? :D

[oldmrfroag]

Crawling through a pile of viscera as an unholy terror beyond comprehension growls behind me: oh disembodied voice in my head we’re really in it now

[arthurtaylorlester]

and what is so fucking frustrating about these two, is that arthur doesn't know all this. like yeah, he knows john loves him.

but he doesn't understand why, i don't think he gives himself any credit for john's humanity, he still clings to lily as the main cause of john's change of heart, but like. she was just a catalyst for john realising that humanity is worth something, but without arthur also showing the very worst a human can be and do, john couldve had a very skewed perception of humanity.

and it's not like john knows the extent to which arthur loves him. like he doesnt know he tried to fight the subconscious idea of being lied to (again) by john. john could never tell arthur explicitly what he means to him, what he's done for and to john.

john quite literally would not be john if arthur was anybody else.

arthur is john's person. john doesn't pretend to understand all the facets of human relationships, but this—the relentless companionship with one who knows you better than yourself is something he knows very well, in all truth.

it's a little bit wayward at times, for john. he isn't used to caring this much for another, isn't quite sure how to handle the waves of emotion that nearly drown him every time he and arthur find themselves in danger (which, honestly, is far more often than john would like.)

john is learning to be human, and he is learning how to love, and he is learning how he loves arthur. how he always loved him, maybe. one who has never made the safe choice, who throws himself to the wolves time and time again and who loves john back. there is still love, even after john killed another that arthur cared for. there is still love, even after john has let arthur walk headfirst into trouble on more than one occasion.

if arthur was someone else, if arthur was not the best and worst of humanity, john does not know if things would've turned out like this. this, a life where john would be nothing without arthur. sure, he was a god, once, but his existence was nothing more than a show of power, cruelty just for cruelty's sake. he's alive, now, in a way that was impossible without arthur there, always in john's heart and head.

to john, arthur is humanity. arthur is the reason for john's humanity, after all. he challenges adversity after adversity with a grace john could only dream of, bitter but (almost) never cruel in response. he is nothing without arthur, and so, everything he does, everything he is is for arthur, his person. his humanity, his friend, his only companion, his reason, and, though he's unsure if he even has a soul, his soulmate, someone who is better than he could ever hope to be.

[idiotwithoutagoodname]

Something that will never not be funny to me is how Harlan writes dialogue for John and then realizes how fucking romantic it sounds so he has to follow up every interaction in which he talk to anyone ABOUT Arthur with a “friend” at the end lmao.

“My king, I respect the affection and care you bestow upon your very dear FRIEND”

“He’s meat”

“Yeas but he’s my meat- MY FRIEND”

“Why does he chose you and not me?”

“Because I love him.

And he loves me. That’s FRIENDSHIP”

Sir, just stop.

Are you doing this to mess with us or are you doing this to yourself and we are all just going along with it for the feels?

(And, just to clarify, this is not a “they are clearly in love with each other” post, but me saying that (whether read as platonic or romantic) it felt like Harlan realizing how beautifully he wrote a piece of dialogue and then having to throw 3 “friends” for good measure in the next sentence, lest the fandom bursts into flames. And that’s seemed a little funny to me)

[oldtvandcomics]

Anyway happy Pride Month to my favorite type of character which I call "might be asexual, aromantic, gay, or a combination thereoff, but it doesn't really matter, because it is very clear that he does NOT like women and his life partner is a man, so clearly One Of Us."

[koifishanonymous]

finally kdj being deranged about yjh is canon in the webtoon too

[arthurtaylorlester]

this was very john doe coded of me considering i didn’t even know about malevolent then lol

love is selfless

and I'm selfish, i want so much more than anyone could give. i want it to be about me more than the other person.

i want to be obsessed over, to be wanted, to be known.

and i want all this knowing i cant give it back, knowing i dont want to give it back

love is so very selfless, and i'm not and i'm probably not even a good person, but god the things i would do to be loved by someone and be the only thing that matters to them

[aroace-spec-empire]

You were given the mental capacity of a peanut.

WHAT THE HECK IS THIS ASK-

This is so random fellas I can't even... 💀

I can't tell if this is trying to insult aroacespecs, trying to be funny, or if this is just a random unhinged anon who felt like leaving an unhinged ask 💀⚰️✌️

[happilyghostlyarie]

Here's a joke:

God enters a room and stands in front of a human, they say to the human,

"In my hand I have four qualities for you to have before you go down to earth. I want you to tell me what you think."

The human is surprised by this but excited to hear what God says nonetheless. "Well, okay, let me see what you have for me."

God raises one finger and says. "First of all, I will give you both asexuality and aromanticism."

"Cool and what else? Also is that one or two things?"

God smiles at this, ignores the human, and raises another finger. "And here we have high libido and a penchant for romance novels."

The human blinks at God confused. "Wait is that all four? And don't thoes things contradict each other a bit-"

God interrupts. "And finally I have a special little gift!" They open their hand to reveal a word. "Alexthymia. That way you won't be able to differenciate all thoes traits I gave you earlier. Isn't that cool?"

The human looks at God. "Fuck you."

God smiles at this. "Well, do you want to fuck me or do you just want to read smut about me and the Devil having at it? You'll never know!"

[arthurtaylorlester]

malevolent is a comedy. source? oh just malevbot on twitter