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Malevolent: Chapter 96 (Patreon)

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2022-01-27 12:00:04
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2026-06
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"Why are you so different, Arthur? No wrong answers here!"

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Jackie W

You're asking the wrong question; the thing that makes Arthur special is not what saved him. The reason Arthur survived upon opening the book is us. His gut feeling, his spiritual advisors; just like John protected his sanity simply by being there, so did we. We're invested in his survival (well, most of us), and we're nudging him to make the decisions that will protect him and John. But the reason Arthur is special? It's that he's so very human. His stubbornness, his compassion, his unthinkable mistakes. We can only nudge, make the big decisions—Arthur makes decisions every moment of his life by virtue of being human. We didn’t make Arthur who he is, and we didn’t keep him sane. If Arthur gave up, if Arthur wasn’t Arthur, there’d be nothing we could do. If Arthur hadn’t been so stubbornly, beautifully human, then a fragment of a god would never have realized all he could be. He would have no desire to stay separate from his other half, to protect the meat suit he was walking around in. So that’s my answer, as one of those advisors. But we can't put the words into Arthur's mouth, because we don't control him. We can only try to understand him from what little we've seen of his life, and try to protect him because we've come to care for him too. Let Arthur answer.

Melanie Schoen

Arthur looks him dead in the face and says, "I don't get anything out of telling you, so I don't think I will."

Brynne Marie

I also vote that Arthur refuses to provide an answer. If the answer is the only thing the stranger cares about then why would Arthur give that information, even if he knew it? This strange fast-talking thing in a bloody human suit has impressed that it doesnt care about Hastur and it doesnt care about humans so why would it care about Arthur's wellbeing after it gets what it wants? Arthur has already shown his haggling skills, I think he should know what his knowledge is worth. He needs more information on what this stranger is, anyway, and he hasnt been offered anything in exchange.

Ariel Diaz

Spite and stubbornness (◡‿◡✿)

Lars

Arthur has had a lot of voices, in his head and otherwise, tell him what to do and push him around. Arthur gets to decide which one to listen to. There's an angry voice, furious about being treated like a lab rat or an ant under a magnifying glass. How should he know why a cosmic entity decided to keep him alive? Even if he did know, why should he tell this random guy who just slaughtered a city? Everything Arthur has been through doesn't make him an interesting little project, it makes him a human. A hurt, tired, angry human.

Tarabyte3
>>76579900

That guilt has driven him for so long, that drive to atone somehow, even the King in Yellow couldn't overcome it when he tried to erase Arthur and take his body. Therefore a small piece of the king in John couldn't either.

Rain W

Because he's being watched (by this new being). Because he's being written (in that book the cultists had). Maybe if he weren't being observed (*cough*), he'd have a regular life or be dead by now, who knows. But also: "Nothing," (read as 'fuck you'), no more than any other human, and furthermore "who's asking?"

Collin Burkhart

If we are Arthur's conscience guiding him through these choices, then I think that is what makes him special. No other person has a presence guiding them with knowledge of things that he and even John, a fragment of the King in Yellow, couldn't possibly know otherwise. Since the audience is his conscience, we are putting ideas in his head like the peanut gallery at a movie or play shouting advice or criticism at him from offstage. Arthur may not be aware of it, but enough of that gets through from us in the audience to him that he is able to act on it subconsciously. I feel this is fitting in a way for a story revolving around the King in Yellow.

Xander

I think I'm also team no answer. Make this new eldritch monster work for it just like John and KIY have 😤

Marvin Tanner

Arthur is not different. We are Arthur.