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observations on the forgettable and romantic by bagelistyping
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
01 Jun 2025
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[PROFESSOR AU]
Frowning, Arthur presses his nail against the seam in the middle of the cylinder and it clicks open, one half of it separating like a shell.
Only when he’s gently turning the bottom half, turning it horizontally while keeping the top section in place, does he realise that it’s lipstick. Or- some kind of makeup, at least.
He has no idea why it's in his office.
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02 Jun 2025
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Aro Arthur my beloved!!!! University au my beloved!!!! I am so fucking obsessed with this fic
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stars forever while we sleep by nerdfaerie for WordsINeededToGetOut
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
14 May 2025
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After leaving Addison, Arthur and John rest for the night.
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it's thoughts like this that catch my troubled head when you're away by AKTrashPanda for SeerOfTime
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
16 Apr 2025
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John's had a body for 5 days.
Sleeping isn't as easy as it should be.
Especially when Arthur is so far away and all his thoughts are far too close.Bookmarked by WordsINeededToGetOut
17 Apr 2025
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I fics where John struggles with his human body so much and this is one just perfect from start to finish
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“She… lives here?” John asks, keeping his hands clasped behind his back as the cat stares at him blankly with bright yellow eyes. There’s a little black spot on her nose, the shape of a lopsided teardrop, and it somehow makes a very unthreatening creature look even more harmless.
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In the time John and Arthur were away, Noel adopted a cat.
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20 Mar 2025
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hope in the darkness that I will see the light by nerdfaerie for 4utumnL34v3s
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
16 Mar 2025
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“Not on your life.” The words tumble out before he can stop them. Parker lays a hand on Arthur’s bony shoulder, lightly at first, then squeezing more firmly when Arthur does not pull away. “Maybe I like having you around, English.”
Arthur is silent, not meeting Parker’s gaze. He swirls a hand around in the water, eyes fixed on the ripples. The bathroom light flickers, but Arthur doesn’t seem to notice.
“I like talking to you,” Parker continues. “I like when we’re talking about a case and something goes electric in your eyes, like you’re coming alive. I like when you drop random bits of information into the conversation like it’s the most natural thing ever. I like walking into Jack’s and seeing you in your usual spot.” Parker strokes a thumb over Arthur’s collarbone. “You lose people in this line of work, Art. I don’t want to lose you.”
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Parker finds Arthur on one of his bad days and takes care of him.
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17 Mar 2025
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Parker!!!! I love when Arthur is a huge mess <3
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Kayne has to gloat, even if it's to no one. He freezes time so he can really revel in the moment John breaks Arthur's heart.
Again.
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Arthur & John have succeeded. They have their own separate human bodies, escaped the eldritch horrors, returned to New York, and even managed to admit to their feelings for one another. The worst is over. It should be. But, how are they supposed to behave as though those horrors never happened? And after all that time trying to find home-they never considered horror could be there too.
[Character tags, and general tags will be updated as chapters progress]
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- Part 3 of Freedom in the Flesh
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03 Mar 2025
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Valentine's Day (wasn't meant for my kind anyway) by nerdfaerie
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
14 Feb 2025
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Arthur thinks: No one has ever gotten him a Valentine before. He's thoroughly unprepared for the gentle ache in the hollow of his chest, like a healing wound.
And he thinks: Valentine's Day is not a holiday made for people like him. The resplendent displays in stores, the myriad hearts in red and pink, the sketches of happy couples in advertisements, gazing into each other's eyes with uncomplicated adoration — all of it a world where he long ago learned he does not belong. (This, too, aches).
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Three Valentine's Days in the life of Arthur Lester.Bookmarked by WordsINeededToGetOut
15 Feb 2025
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Aro Arthur!!!! Aro Arthur!!! Aro Arthur!!!
This fic is so sweet and angsty and lovely!! The perfect little exploration of Arthur’s character, his various relationships, and his relationship with relationships!!!
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And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me"
And when I looked, the moon had turned to goldOr, four times Arthur and John lived in domestic peace and one time Arthur missed the mark. (oldies inspired 4+1)
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13 Feb 2025
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They are on a walk and forgot their gloves. Arthur warms their hands.
Short and sweet.
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29 Nov 2024
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Cute little body sharing moments are my weakness and this is just so sweet!!!
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when everything breaks, you are the anchor that holds me by nerdfaerie
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
10 Nov 2024
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Arthur doesn't know how long he’s been here, awake with nothing to show for it — long enough for the sun to rise, the small slivers of warmth seeping in doing little to alleviate the chill that's taken residence in his body. Long enough for the street noises to invade through the windows, impossible to block out, for the normally-soft mattress to start feeling like a stone pillar against his spine. Arthur isn't sure he cares. He wants to drift into some silent empty vastness, away from the world. Away from himself.
Except that John, sitting on the bed beside Arthur, seems intent on keeping him tethered.
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Arthur is not okay, but he's also not alone.
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10 Nov 2024
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Depressed Arthur being taken care of is so important to me
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Noel has a nice morning.
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Understanding the Unseen: Analysis of the Collected Works of J. Doe
An attempt to posthumously understand the enigmatic New York painter through the lens of his art, from the bizarre yet ominous abstracts to the softly lit views of his home city.
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19 Oct 2024
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!This is so good
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Kangaroo Care: the method of holding a baby to a parent or caretaker’s chest for skin-to-skin contact in order to stabilize heartrate, improve breathing, support a healthy sleep cycle, encourage growth, relieve pain, and strengthen their bond.
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Still newly-separated, both John and Arthur find they cannot seem to fall asleep. -
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Arthur gets glasses. Tags added for every new chapter.
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23 Jul 2024
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I can’t be coherent about this it’s too fucking good so: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There is a thread where it all went wrong.
Where Arthur, lost, has lost his hope.
Where John makes a choice to teach Arthur what it means to be human.
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29 Jun 2024
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This is so well written it’s unreal
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Arthur Lester is a tool. A means to an end. He is nothing but an ant beneath his heel, begging to be crushed to dust.
Then he gets stabbed, and he’s suddenly much more important than the Entity originally thought.
Or: a brief story about the Entity's time in the hospital while Arthur is in a coma.
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26 Jun 2024
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John Doe character development my beloved <3
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That night, beneath the threadbare covers of his cramped room in the cold orphanage, Arthur cried.
He cried until his cheeks were sticky and his pillow was soaked. Cried until his lungs were aching and his stomach was churning. Cried until the world he had once seen only vibrancy in leeched into a lifeless husk.
That was the first time he knew he wanted to die.
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Pain has seemed to follow Arthur throughout the course of his life but, now that he's achieved some semblance of peace, why does it feel like nothing's changed?Bookmarked by WordsINeededToGetOut
24 Jun 2024
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OUCH!! This is so heartbreaking and so incredibly written.
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(Part 26 Spoilers) Taking a quiet moment, Arthur starts to nod off. John has a question he'd like to ask, and in return, Arthur receives the first hug he'd had in a very, very long while.
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14 Jun 2024
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“I used to be married,” Arthur says, almost to himself. “I used to have a wife. And now — what I have is a being living inside me who hates me, one I can’t even t—“
He cuts himself off with a sharp breath.
John’s not quite sure what he means by most of this. Arthur doesn’t sound bitter. He sounds… wondering, as if he’s turning something over. But it still rankles John, how easy it is for Arthur to assume John’s own feelings. It would be simpler, maybe, for both of them, if Arthur was right about the way John feels about him. He isn’t.
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After John convinces Arthur to leave Addison, they do — eventually — talk about things.
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13 Jun 2024