😭😭Episodes 8 and 9 of Malevolent😭😭
my boysssssss… okay so much happened in so little time on the one hand I think I hit the really good stuff but turns out the really good stuff is really bad for my heart.
We got to the King in Yellow stuff! Gonna be so honest, I’ve already seen fanart so I knew it would be coming somehow but the reveal was still fun. As someone who actually has read the original Chambers stories I got really excited about stuff like the Pallid Mask and I look forward to where that goes in the future.
Hearing Arthur and John fight HURT. Like I didn’t even know that I cared so much about their relationship until they’re yelling at each other and I start tearing up. The ways they fought while sharing a body were actually really fun and creative and I like the notion that Arthur blaming John for everything actually hurt John’s feelings. You don’t typically get that from an eldritch horror.
Southern accent character! I don’t know what it is, a few years ago I was all about British accents but here when the older police officer was talking I got so very happy. That being said, rest in peace Southern accent, you didn’t stick around very long at all but you sure were charming.
John killed Parker lol okay. Like I had my suspicions but to hear him say it so blatantly to try and make Arthur mad REALLY threw me off. John has generally been gaslighting a lot lately so maybe to get more truth out of him Arthur just needs to keep ragebaiting him.
The boat was a fun setting, and I liked the reveal that unlike the other locations there wasn’t actually a monster prowling the boat, just the younger police officer being controlled. The real monster was under the water.
Arthur diedddd I wasn’t ready for that todayyyy I mean at least the wraith revived him so the power of being a decent person paid off this time but ohoho how devastating it was to hear.
These were GOOD episodes, very enjoyable indeed, can’t wait for more.
