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Arthur lester and john doe from malevolent core.

I can talk about this for so long, and I will under the cut.

The more I think about a possible separation of Arthurand John, the less I see it going well. These two people are so entwined and so codependent that even though they talk about how much they want to separate I don't really believe them.

Arthur spend the first two seasons raving about how much he wants to get rid of him but the very moment he does he's begging Kayne to give him back to him. There was the added layer of rescuing John but remember "I want him safe" "you want him back".

I wonder if he could stand being alone in his own head, I must feel terrible empty when you've shared it with someone else for so long. Arthur craves companionship but every single person in his life up til now he has lost, he can't loose someone who's trapped in his mind. Besides Arthur yearns to be in the caretaker role to save someone a penance for Faroe? A whole left empty? A road to redemption? But if John gets his own body.....will he need Arthur?

On John's side of things we have a possessive, jealous entity with abandonment issues, I wonder how he'll be when Arthur can actually walk away from him? He talks of having no agency and how terrible it is, and it is terrible, but how will he deal with the alternative? When he's no longer Arthur's first priority by default? When he can freely engage with people without John? He already tried to kill one person out of jealousy wonder if he'll succeed when Arthur can't hold him back.