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• A Quick Side Quest (aka that one fic where John's a cat) by Da_Vo1d

  Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  27 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • John & Arthur Lester
  • Kayne & Darkthur Lester
  • John (Malevolent)
  • Arthur Lester
  • Kayne (Malevolent)
  • The Manager (Malevolent)
  • Darkthur Lester
  • Arthur lester and his never ending string of injuries
  • major character death but only for a little bit
  • John gets his own body
  • but not in the way ANYONE expected
  • fluff and humour served on a platter of pain and angst
  • no one's ok here but we're all having a good time
  • hey does anyone remember the Darkthur timeline
  • i sure hope so
  • canon typical torment
  • character exploration in the silliest way possible
  • this was originally just crack but now I'm in too deep
  • ambiguous Arthur and John relationship
  • but probably queerplatonic
  • cus I'm aroace and have no idea how to write actual romance lol
  • and also the boys have always felt qp to me
  • Anyways
  • no beta we die like Arthur and John at the end of The Wager
  • TW - divorces
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added

  Summary

  What if Arthur *didn't* have the lighter in Da Capo?

  What if Kayne stole it after The Wager and dropped it off in (drum roll please) the Dark Arthur (Darkthur) timeline??

  Surely the boys couldn't possibly go to the Dark World without it, right? Surely The Manager would have them go get it, riiight??

  But alas, they don't have Arthur's body to go back to! Whatever shall we do!? I know. We do what we should've done a loooong loooooooooooong time ago.

  Put John in a mother fucking cat.

  Well, that's exactly what happens here. Buckle up folks.

  Language:

  English

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