Name A Character Who Went Through More Pain Than Her, I Will Wait 

slapping him saturday

i started listening to malevolent and john getting pissed off at arthur's lack of self preservation never stops being funny

“Are you ok?”

“I’m having difficulty John”

Image Description: there is a single digital illustration of an exhausted and coughing Arthur slumped forward against a wall. His body is supported against the wall by his right arm, his feverish forehead leaning against his right forearm. John’s hand is resting in the hollow of his throat, his fingers touching Arthur’s neck gently.

ten times divorced idiots <3

an embrace on the staircase - a meeting on the turret stairs

He got em before it was even a thing

@aspirationatwork

let me give it a shot:

[Image Description]

[3 Panel Comic]

[In the first panel, John is looking to the left behind Arthur, his, or whatever you would consider, a neck careening in that direction. He's wearing a bright yellow cloak and half of a white mask, nothing but complete darkness is beneath them. Arthur in front of him is also facing in his general direction.]

John: JESUS CHRIST Arthur, it looks like UPDOG in here Arthur: What? What's updog?

[the second panel is just John's face, his mask angled downwards to give the impression he Is staring at Arthur. Arthur speaks to him out of frame.]

Arthur: ...John? John, what's updog? [underlined as though he is now commanding and not asking.] John.

[The final panel is still Johns's face but now he is looking at the audience like he's in The Office (the tv show)]

Arthur (still out of frame): .....John?

I hope this helped! This is my first one actually so I hope I did this correctly.

You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) / Malevolent by Harlan Guthrie

[ID copied from ALT:

1: screenshotted tumblr post by @bOnkcreat. text: babygirl is a beautiful name for a bloody traumatized man

2: screenshotted tweet by Skoi @e4rthgrl. text: what if we are both red flags what then

3: a black and white drawing of someone sitting cross-legged reading a book in nature. text surrounds them, reading "Did You Know? You can read a book of dark, forbidden knowledge practically anywhere!"

4: a still of Brian David Gilbert, staring directly into the camera as he points to flashcards on the wall behind him. he is wearing glasses and has a moustache. he's half-smiling. subtitle: And getting possessed, which is a classic mistake.

5: screenshotted tweet by Beans After Dark @goodbeanalt. text: ur fighting ur demons im crying in mine's arms

6: screenshotted tiktok, which cuts off all but the top of the creator's head. overlaid text: I accidentally bumped into a lady once and apologized. She responded with "oh don't apologize to me, I'm actually like a really awful person" and walked away. I think about that interaction randomly all the time

7: a text conversation between the sender (Blue) and the receiver, whose contact is labelled "Bae ❤️". BAE: Babe close your eyes ❤️ BLUE: okay ❤️ BAE: What do you see? ❤️ BAE: Babe? ❤️ BAE: Do you see anything?❤️ BAE: Babe? ❤️ BAE: Hello? ❤️

8: screenshotted tweet by ely kreimendahl @ElyKreimendahl. text: "this too shall pass" ok but could it pass a little more quickly

9: screenshotted tumblr post by @soapoey. text: *clearly covered in blood and guts but trying to act normal* Ok. Maybe i did awaken my inner beast. So what. Fuck you guys.

End ID.]

Shitty Arthur Lester aesthetic: everyone always wants to be the narrative's favourite until it turns out that this is actually not a good thing for them. this goes double for when the narrative is lovecraftian in nature. guess what buddy there is yet more plot coming your way and it's in the form of tentacles, cults, and intestines

The spark of every fireplace

we talked about john wearing lipstick and leaving a kissy mark on arthur's forehead - he probably got the idea from a movie watching the female lead leave a lipstick mark on the male lead (i think he would get many ideas about how humans act from movies 🤭)((i also think he enjoys embarrassing arthur above anything else))

[Start ID: Two sketches of John and Arthur from Malevolent. Arthur is a stout man with styled back, dark hair, only one spit curl in the middle, and a mustache. He's wearing a coat with large lapels, a simple collared shirt, and a short tie. John is a very tall human with dark, curled hair, and pronounced cheekbones. He wears a headscarf tied underneath his chin and has 1930's styled makeup with dark eyeshadow, pencil thin eyebrows, and bright red lipstick. He's also wearing a fur lined coat with fur at the lapels and fur at the sleeve ends, as well as gloves. His fingers are drawn sharp, even while wearing gloves. In the first sketch, John leans down and kisses Arthur gently on the forehead, cradling his face with one hand. He says, "Thank you, Arthur". Arthur lets himself be leaned into the kiss, closing one eye on the side that's towards John, the other open with slight surprise. He has a small blush on his face and a stray hair has gone up to show his surprise. In the second sketch, Arthur looks blankly forward with a large blush on his face, up to his ears, and a prominent red lipstick mark on his forehead. Beside him, John is represented by a simplified head and laughs "Pft-" with an amused, fanged smile and a small blush. End ID.]

arthur lester has to be made of fucking steel or have some venom-esque regeneration shit going on because if you're telling me that some one handed hook stitches performed on the FLOOR OF A COAL MINE with utensils that had been previously stored in the PRISON PITS are enough to entirely heal arthur's wound of entire stomach gutted and vital organs ruptured with NO OTHER medical care or outside influences at all, im going to go fucking apeshit. how does this man not have staph at the very least