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[ID copied from ALT: The first image is a digital drawing of Arthur and Oscar from malevolent. Arthur looks uncomfortable, and John is partially hiding behind him. Oscar is looking at him and speaking seriously. a text post below them reads "Idk what you did but god is pissed"
Next is a digital drawing of Charlie dowd from malevolent. he looks thoughtful and slightly uncomfortable, and has a thought bubble filled with images of the king in yellow and John in his manifested form. a text post below him reads guy who gets home from being held hostage by another guy and the first thing he does is google "I think I like men"
Next is a digital drawing of the King in Yellow, John, and Arthur. The king is holding Arthur in his tentacles, and Arthur is arching his back with his hand up to his head in a damsel pose. his mouth is open to imply he is moaning. both John and the king look uncomfortable, and John is blushing. a text post below them reads (getting torn asunder but I can't stop moaning so it gets weird).
Finally is a digital drawing of John and Kayne. John looks embarrassed as Kayne smiles and holds up a photo of Arthur crying. he points to it, and says the first part of a text post that reads "is this your man" the post continues to read shows an image of a malnourished injured exhausted man with big sad eyes looking up at the camera with blood smeared all over his face and mouth. and he is visibly trembling. End ID.]
Some sillies
(Yes I did change how I draw Oscar cause I liked @potato-lord-but-not’s design so much ok ok)
[ID: A digital drawing of Arthur Lester pulling a human John in by the tie, bringing their faces close together and grinning confidently down at him. John appears to be leaning back on a surface, and looks up at Arthur with a surprised, flushed expression. Sparkles float around their heads.
Character designs: Arthur is a lean white man with short blond hair, and he wears a brown suit with a dark yellow tie. John is a lean brown man with mid-length dark hair. He wears a patterned yellow suit with floral designs over a dress shirt and black tie. End ID.]
Still on my bullshit
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.]
[Doodle of Arthur and John from Malevolent. Arthur has his eyes closed, kissing the back of his left hand. his right arm is wrapped around him. He says: “thank you, John.” Next to him is John, represented by a shapeless fog, wide eyed and blishing, stammering: “Arthur. Jesus Christ. Arthur is a white man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a dress shirt under a jumper. End ID]
little doodle for @dickwheelie :} i feel like this would make John just blue screen tbh dgjsdf
[ID: Several drawings of Arthur Lester and John Doe from Malevolent kissing with their shared hand, and a picture of John and Yellow's designs. Arthur is portrayed as a midsized white man with short, disheveled brown hair that is hanging partially over his face. John is portrayed as a humanoid monstrous figure with a cracked pallid mask for part of his face, as well as three small black horns on the side of the mask. The mask is broken diagonally, and beneath it, there is a large diagonal maw of sharp teeth against pitch-black skin. He wears a golden-yellow hooded robe.
In the first drawing, Arthur stands, head cocked gently to the side as John uses their shared hand to hold Arthur's chin and press his thumb against Arthur's lips. Arthur holds the elbow of the arm with his other hand. On the other side of the hand, John leans in to press his teeth to the back of his own hand, as if they were touching mouths. The folds of John's cloak are translucent over the arm they share. In the second drawing, John has tipped Arthur's head back further, and is pressing against him harder. Arthur's mouth is open, as is John's, revealing more sharp teeth. Arthur pulls the hand closer by the wrist.
The final drawing shows John's design as a full body, alongside a design of Yellow. In this one, John's hand is his own, and he holds it to his chest. The base of his robe separates into tentacle-like strips of fabric. Yellow is a similarly humanoid figure with a yellow hood, but his mask is the opposite side of John's, diagonally split just the same. Beneath Yellow's mask, we see a burning yellow eye, and his mouth under the chin of the mask, open in a snarl. Yellow is smaller than John, the end of his cloak appears to have been torn apart. End ID]
so I got hit with a beam of divine genius last night. all i can say is Would😳😳😳
[ID copied from ALT: A painterly digital illustration of Arthur and John from malevolent. John appears as a large black cloud, engulfing Arthur's body. shadowy arms wrap around Arthur as the head of the shadow leans into Arthur to kiss him. the background is a dreamlike mix of yellow blue and grey. End ID.]
We’ve all seen that one painting, right. Right.
(Study of The shadow by Daniela Astone)
when I first joined the Malevolent official discord in April 2021, there were some goofs being made about fanfiction and I made a quip about tender hand holding. HG send me this file the very next day.
Transcript:
Arthur: I- I don't understand- John: I want you to hold my hand, Arthur. Arthur: Okay! John: Tenderly. (Music starts playing) Arthur: All right. John: How does it...how does it make you feel? Arthur: It's...nice. I quite like it. John: Me too. (dramatic clang sound effect, music fades out)
an embrace on the staircase - a meeting on the turret stairs
🎹 you call it madness (but i call it love) 🎹
drew arthur and john as the cover pic for The PrivateEyes Song™️
[ID: A doodle page for the Malevolent podcast, featuring several sketches of Arthur, John, Kayne, The King in Yellow, and Yellow. More detailed description in ALT Text.]
Bringing y'all my mid-season 3 Malevolent arts because this podcast has a grip on me. Featuring my Kayne design because I have SOOO many thoughts about that freak <3 his voice sounds a bit similar to Arthur to me and so I thought it might be fun if he was mocking the lads by wearing Arthur's face. As of s3 we have no idea wtf Kayne is supposed to be, anyways, but altering his form doesn't seem to be a power that's off the table. Also the concept of John not recognizing Arthur's face on a happier, less scarred form makes me want to throw up :) hope this helps!
"My heart is beating, It keeps repeating for you constantly. You're all I'm needing And so I'm pleading, Please come back to me."
was doing some quick hands practice before bed and it turned into john and arthur, as most things tend to do with me these days. and since they don't hold hands in noncanon then they do hold hands in canon, love wins <3
Come closer
Because of that last anon here’s my jarthur moodboard
[ID: The original painting: Alan Stephen Foster's "The Fall". End ID.]
Reunited
Based on Alan Stephen Foster’s “The Fall”!
ID: a digital painting of Arthur Lester & John from Malevolent. They're both falling back, Arthur poses to catch John his face ducked down and hidden. John has his hand out and lightly holds Arthur. Arthur has light skin, dark brown hair, wears a dark vest over an white shirt, a tie and dark pants. John is a yellow tattered robe with a much shorter fabric on his right side. The background is beige and dark greys. End ID.
these guys have been taking up far too much space in my brain for three entire months now. here’s a drawing of them kissing