So I found Aaron Bushnell's reddit and went through his comments/posts. That young man was well read and stable as they can be. Nothing in his writings pointed to someone who was "unstable" or "brainwashed".
He held leftist and anarchist ideals. He belong to the ACAB subreddit. He recognized the evil of the US Military even though he himself was apart of it. He hated TERFS and called out fatphobia. He understood the dangers of white supremecy and the evils of capitalism.
He had a cat. He liked the show fleabag and played elden ring.
Apparently in his will he wants to leave any money in his name to palestinian relief funds. He was trying to find a new owner for his cat.
Rest in power Aaron Bushnell. The world won't forget & we sure as fuck won't let the media paint you out to be some crazy conspiracy theorist who had no idea what he was doing.
My favorite Malevolent character is the weird bug lizard thing with huge glowing eyes that went "cheerp meerp chirp meehrp" the whole time and wasn't actively trying to kill Arthur and John their whole encounter.
God . I bet everyone who listened to the ep before me has said it already, but I genuinely think the car keys bit in the newest episode is like the best subtle horror thing malevolent has ever done.
John sorta serves the role of Arthur’s seeing eye dog. Theres an implicit trust in being forced to completely rely on someone to be your senses. And John did so good in that role for so long. He’s only ever explicitly lied ONCE (as far as we’re aware) and it was an understandable, albeit unwise act of self defense.
And then slowly the trust Arthur and the viewers are forced to hold is rattled. First by his memory degrading - but thats not his fault. His integrity is legitimately declining for reasons unknown. Its a scary thing, for Arthur, and him in equal measure. He doesn’t mean to miss details he should know, and he rushes to overcompensate when he realizes his memory has failed him. It seems noble and tragic.
He takes offense to Arthur relying on others, he seems to take it as a ‘you’re not good enough.’
And then the second blow comes. He is a creature of ulterior motives and manipulation at his core, no matter how hard he tries to play nice, its his foundation. His domain. His by rite of godhood. He can lie about what he sees. Easily. He can use Arthur’s trust however he sees fit. He can guide Arthur anywhere he wants, he can trap Arthur in any location through simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ cues. you’re reminded that he can be unreliable on purpose. And suddenly that desire to be Arthur’s sole support seems like intentionally isolating him. Because someone else might alert Arthur of John’s misdirection and obfuscation. Might undermine his unwavering and unchallenged authority.
Its so fucked.
Present and accounted for!
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.
been thinking about some of the King in Yellow’s designs…
im on Deviser episode 4, and wow! what a lovely family!!! I sure hope their relationship is healthy and this is a normal and happy father and son duo :]
[ID: Digital sketch of Arthur from Malevolent Podcast grinning sweetly and saying, "Please!" End ID]
he doesnt take his tea with any sugar bcs he's sweet enough
girls night!!!!11111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (runs out drenched in blood)
more malevolent doodles and a wip
I know it makes for a good story and evocative scenery and I enjoy it-- but I keep expecting Arthur to ask John "why would you describe it like that??"
The devil’s in the details
It has been a while since a podcast took root in my brain like this
more what if Faroe Lester au
some Arthur and Faroe lester doodles
oh look at me i am so very bored and lsitening to i am in eskew and drawing malevolent fanart for i love them so very much
there is a sick and sadistic part of me that wants the show to end with arthur absolutely despising john. and i truly do mean pure hatred and vitriol
HE IS JUST SO SPECIAL TO ME!!!!
thinking of that one scene from the incredibles but applying it to john and arthur where johns hand starts feeling up to arthur's jaw and arthur thinks hes just being weird until john decks him in the face skshfmnfnc
[Start ID: Three panel sketch comic of John and Arthur from Malevolent. Arthur is a stout man with a mustache and slightly messy, short side parted hair. He's wearing a collared shirt with a tie, his sleeves are rolled up past his elbows. First panel, John's hand grasps at Arthur's shirt, patting around. Arthur peers down at the movement confused. Second panel, Arthur looks even more confused as John's hand feels along his jaw. He says, "J...John, what are you-?". Third panel, Arthur is cut off when John's arm decks him across the face, Arthur staggers to the ground. A tiny disembodied John face (represented by an oval shaped face with four eyes and angry eyebrows) yells "FUCK YOU!!!" End ID.]
Let my boy be happy and have a good giggle