#*radio static*

[desertflowerbowling]

I do think we should have gotten a “Rudyard ruins pride” special

[ferigrievance]

its 3am anyways so i propose to you: the dreams

c! and cc! dream uses he/him, c! and cc! (?) drista uses she/her, dreamxd uses pronouns that cannot be spoken or comprehended by a mortal brain, the dreamon(s) dont use any, notdream123 uses all, and mexican dream would probably tell u “idk man just use whatevers funnier at the moment”

[desertflowerbowling]

doing some low effort Doug Eiffel roleplay rn (coughing uncontrollably and lounging around somewhat pathetically)

[desertflowerbowling]

waiting for the bus in the cold in the cold wait waiting for the bus in the cold

[desertflowerbowling]

malevolent poetry/literary references: season 3

part 21: the unconquerable

the first of several references this season to “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening”, a poem written in 1923 by Robert Frost, and first referenced in part 5.

we’ve had references to “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley before, but this is the first time Arthur recites more than a few words. the poem was written in 1875, and Arthur and Yellow go on to discuss the author’s life in more detail in part 22.

like the earlier Robert Frost poem, this phrase is a common refrain throughout Malevolent as a whole. as discussed in my season 1 post, the source of the proverb itself appears to be a Persian fable written by Attar of Nishapur, a medieval Sufi poet. it gained popularity in the west in the early nineteenth century, thanks to a translation and retelling of the story by Edward Fitzgerald.

part 22: the town

William Ernest Henley was born in 1849, and at the age of 12, he developed tuberculosis of the bone in his left leg. when he was 16, his left leg was amputated below the knee after years of painful treatments. in 1873, Henley sought the help of the surgeon Joseph Lister, after being told that his right leg would have to be amputated as well. Lister performed multiple surgeries that allowed Henley to keep his leg, and it was while recovering from this that Henley was inspired to write “Invictus”.

this appears to be a reference to the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who wrote in his 1886 book Beyond Good and Evil that “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”

here, Arthur quotes the beginning of a speech from the play Henry V by William Shakespeare. the speech is given by King Henry in Act 3, Scene 1.

part 23: the past

another Robert Frost reference, not much I can say about this one that hasn’t already been covered.

part 24: the mine

again, not much to say about the phrase itself. but it is interesting to me that the last line of this episode is Arthur saying “this too shall pass”, which was also the last line of part 21, but spoken by Yellow.

part 26: the bedrock

this is the third reference to “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” this season, the most of any season so far. it’s also notable that John is able to recite a part of the poem we haven’t heard from Arthur before.

part 28: the undefeated

Larson is reciting “A Poison Tree” by William Blake. the poem was published in 1794 as part of Blake’s Songs of Experience collection.

[desertflowerbowling]

no one does it like archive 81. absolute banger of a soundtrack. stories within stories and cycles within cycles. a surprising number of decent people in this horror story. even their ads include lines like “to examine is to consume”. no romance. every tape included could be a whole audio drama on its own. asks important questions like what does it mean to be human in the face of the horrors of capitalism? and what if there was guy who was part radio in an alternate dimension? easily one of, if not the best audio horror dramas of all time, and I don’t say that lightly.

[desertflowerbowling]

saw a post saying none of the wolf 359 characters would be big on going to pride and I do agree. however Eiffel has some of the most “straight boyfriend at pride” energy I’ve ever seen. like when people talk about why you should/shouldn’t bring your straight boyfriend to pride they’re talking about him. (said with all the love in the world but like. that’s him. the straight boyfriend)

[desertflowerbowling]

hey. psst. if you need Cecil Palmer outfit inspo, look up “nba player fashion”. I’m so serious.

James Harden, Walt Frazier, and Dennis Rodman are especially good places to start btw