I'm A Transgender Man

Arkayne enjoyed, but not an Arkayne shipper

you get it? yeah ofc you do

I Died For You [A Malevolent Animatic]

Voice acting and audio by @malevolentcast , who very generously sent me this audio file to use for this animatic. Thank you for creating such a beautiful show.

Background and details under cut

I began this animatic early last year after finding the audio on TikTok. Once I heard it, I was immediately struck with the thought of how those first couple of weeks in the Dark World would be for John immediately after Season 2. It seemed perfectly fitting, how John might be tortured by his guilt and uncertainty if Arthur was even still alive, and that torment would only aid his regression to his more… Kingly qualities.

I began to draft the thumbnails of the animatic in my sketchbook before transferring it to my digital workspace, which was incredibly intimidating at the time. This was my first independent animatic. In last year’s InvictusCon, Harlan popped into my stream as I was explaining my animatic thought process to my viewers, shaking with both excitement and terror. I was stunned when he offered to voice it himself. The next day, he sent me the audio file. To this day, I am still stunned he spent so much time and effort to create something. It was the encouragement I needed to finish a longer-form animatic. It may be only a minute and some change, but this is a whole year of my life condensed - my obsession, my adoration, my passion for not only this podcast but for art in general, both visual and audio.

It’s by happy accident that I finished this right at the cusp of the Season 5 finale. It almost perfectly slots in. So… let’s all pretend that this animatic took me a month to do rather than the year I spent sweating on my couch and complaining about the number of times I forgot Arthur’s wooden finger.

He dances to whatever music is playing :)

being on tumblr is like being in a car in a parking lot

like it's technically public, but you're also sorta in your own little bubble, and people have to be Actively trying to listen in order to hear you, if they're even aware that you're speaking at all. and then sometimes you accidentally bonk the horn with ur elbow and suddenly the whole parking lot knows you're a virgin

Actually I'm losing my mind over the implication of Lilith and Kayne's obsession with known daughter-killer Arthur Lester. Like. You imprint on this man like a baby bird because he let you out, made you you again. Gave birth to you. Turns out, he's also the favourite doll of your shitty dad. And also he killed his daughter. And now you're both tugging on his arms like a dog toy because you need him to end the world for you. This dynamic is demented i need to see more of it

Immoral thread, so weak

decided to do a whole colored digital thing with this sketch. Please imagine it in the post dismemberment pause where it almost feels like Kayne's hesitating.

Close up below.

mildly annoyed that the way I drew it you don't see a hint of all 4 limbs in a close up. Left leg is just over that way I promise. Oh and imagine that his breastplate is broken and you just can't see it. perhaps it's behind them. Perhaps its near his right arm. It broke in the first impact and is just not in view. I definitely did not forget to add the broken pieces somewhere.

im looking forward to kayne trying to kill azatoth and azatoth in a lucid(?) dream state going "lol. lmao" and, idk, dreaming all the versions of kayne that he killed back into existence or something else that completely fucks with him

theyre getting into a divorce over which book to read 😭😭

Arthur: *on the ground in literally 7 pieces, bloody and whimpering*

Me, a listener who has experienced 52 episodes of this man dying and undying repeatedly: *sighs* DUDE GET UP

i headcannon that Cookie’s taste in music is VERY inconsistent. like, one second he’s listening to lady gaga or weird al, and in the next he’s listening to system of a down

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