I Don’t Forgive You, But…

Us

but the strength I always loved in you finally gave way

Arthur is the best thing to ever happen to John.

John is the worst thing to ever happen to Arthur.

I feel like not enough pre-canon stuff with Arthur shows him threatening, scary and cold enough. One of the first things John says to him is about how cold he is. Arthur has been batshit crazy

I want Parker to be scared off him, I want him to me more mean and cruel while drunk instead of weepy. I want him to physically fight Parker

I want him to use his teeth in a fight, I want him to draw blood, I want him to be oddly cynical around dead bodies, I want Parker to wonder wtf is wrong with him, I want him to try and gouge our someone's eyes, I want him to try and take out someone's throat with his teeth, I want him to outlandishly threaten someone like he did The Butcher

People recognize he's got the energy of a stray cat or cornered feral dog, but they forget that they're hostile and violent. And he has been feral since he lost his parents

AND I want his sharp edges melting away around kids in a sad way, and then melting away with Parker in a fond way

Just occurred to me that Kayne would probably be the one saying that, he’s watching his life like a movie, but for a second time and he knows what is gonna happen

Malevolent AU where everytime there’s foreshadowing there’s a whispering voice, that only Arthur can hear that just says “well, about that” or “foreshadowing be like” and every time Arthur just stares at The Invisible Camera like

*insert visibly scared and concerned expression*

"You are a shell of a man, Arthur! Always were."

Jarthur and Arkayne nation, how we feeling after 52?

is this a safe space (it is. i know it is. especially because this is my blog.) to say that I love noel. i have no evidence as to why he's a great character or whatnot i just love him.

out of non-jarthur characters he is absolutely my favorite and i hope harlan can be inspired (persuaded, even) to make a noel spinoff of malevolent (ambivalent, if you will).

i think a lot of it is just because i love the voice harlan does for him but just in general i think he's such an interesting character especially out of our recurring characters. i think we're done with oscar, and i could see us being done with noel but I really hope when kayne sent him to spain he meant like. spain in the 1200s. probably not but i just want to see my favorite side goober again

Guys I didn’t sign up for the Arthur Lester jigsaw puzzle WHAT THE FUCK

Most days it’s easy to forget that John was once part of the King in Yellow. His soft skin and charming awkwardness so far from the King’s many hollow facades.

But somedays Noel wakes up with a bone deep ache screaming down his limbs and a migraine hunting his steps. Somedays he wakes up and just knows that it’ll be a bad day.

Last week had one of those days. Noel tried to fight it off but the foul mood reached a crescendo after dinner. Arthur and Oscar were in the other room pouring over a new tome. John was idly sitting at the kitchen island while Noel finished up the dishes.

If you asked Noel exactly what happened next, he wouldn’t be able to tell you. The memory playing back like a broken record, skipping and distorting.

He remembers his head pulsing in time with his heartbeat, the feeling of the dirty dish water quickly becoming too much to bear and John’s voice.

The god fragment was asking him if he wanted to go see a film with him. When Noel declined, John’s tone shifted, becoming cough syrup sweet, golden, manipulative, he barely got a few words out.

Next, Noel remembers being on his knees on the floor. John beneath him on his back, staring up at Noel.

Noel’s hands around John’s neck. Squeezing, screaming that the King couldn’t take him back.

More hands, at his back, pulling, tearing. Voices muffled and distorted. “Noel stop!”

John’s hand, cradling Charlie’s face.

okay sorry…chill…