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1. Public Bookmark 49

   the pretty small birds by grumpyhedgehogs

   Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   10 Feb 2024

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Dennis "The Butcher" Collins/Arthur Lester
   • John & Arthur Lester
   • Dennis "The Butcher" Collins
   • Arthur Lester
   • John (Malevolent)
   • Twisted and Fluffy Feelings
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Blind Arthur Lester
   • Human John Doe
   • Flirting
   • Psychopaths in Love
   • Music as a love language
   • Obsessive Behavior
   • Minor Violence
   • Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting
   • Alternate Universe - No Eldritch Abominations
   • Protective John
   • No beta we die like John wishes Oscar would

   Summary

   In a world where Arthur Lester and John Doe are two normal men who run a bar together, The Butcher celebrates a kill with a drink and leaves with a crush.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,321

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   13

   Kudos:

   300

   Bookmarks:

   49

   Hits:

   1,228

   Bookmarked by chrisoftheworld8

   21 Jun 2026

2. Public Bookmark 2

   The Old Road by Spitzle

   Fandom Darkest Dungeon (Video Game)

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M, F/F, Multi
   • Complete Series

   02 May 2024

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Highwayman/Jester (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Hellion/Vestal (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Highwayman & Vestal (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Highwayman & Jester (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Hellion & Highwayman (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Duelist & Occultist (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Occultist & Runaway (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Runaway & Duelist (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Highwayman (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Jester (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Vestal (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Hellion (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Hag (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Duelist (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Runaway (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Occultist (Darkest Dungeon)
   • Major Character Injury
   • Blood and Injury
   • Stitches
   • Complex relationships
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Racism
   • (implied) - Freeform
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Trauma
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • the jester is a goofy man
   • Past Torture
   • Scars
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • elements from the first and second game
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • Kissing
   • Boys in Love
   • Boys Kissing
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Tattoos
   • almost sexual content but not quite
   • had to keep the rating lol
   • Magic
   • vestal is a little bit of a hypocrit
   • thats fine her girlfriend is here to keep her in check
   • Burns
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • Past Abuse
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • Flashbacks
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • sarmenti needs a fucking hug
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Murder
   • slight canon divergence from dd2 because i blended the jester’s lore a little and added a twist
   • aka its comic + dd2 + headcanon
   • Implied/Referenced Mind Control
   • kind of? Alhazred’s got some fucked up eldritch magic
   • occultist runaway and duelist are kind of a found family
   • Past Violence
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • Amputation
   • messy amputation
   • Branding

   Words:

   21,244

   Works:

   3

   Bookmarks:

   2

   Bookmarked by chrisoftheworld8

   09 Jun 2026

3. Public Bookmark 5

   I’m Not a Criminal, I’m Just a Wild Child, I’m Not a Bad Girl, I Just Like it Wild Style by TarotThrawn for morguezsz

   Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, Multi
   • Complete Work

   23 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • John/Arthur Lester
   • John/Arthur Lester/Noel | Charlie Dowd
   • Arthur Lester
   • John (Malevolent)
   • Noel | Charlie Dowd
   • Predator/Prey
   • Spanking
   • Belts
   • Rough Sex
   • Rough Oral Sex
   • Rough Kissing
   • Roughness
   • basically just rough all around
   • POV Arthur Lester
   • Mean Dom Noel
   • Dirty Talk
   • Aftercare
   • Mild Blood
   • pain play
   • Noel uses his hand and a belt to spank him
   • Begging
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Explicit Language
   • Feminization
   • Anal Sex
   • Anal Fingering
   • Hair-pulling
   • Crying During Sex
   • Threesome - M/M/M
   • Dacryphilia
   • Blind Arthur Lester
   • Multiple Orgasms
   • Sexual Overstimulation
   • Manhandling
   • Coming Untouched
   • set in between episode 39 and 40
   • a little bit of fuckery with canon but it's fine
   • Choking
   • Biting
   • Arthur Lester is a Brat
   • no beta we die like arthur lester

   Summary

   Noel had never spoken to him like that. He had always been calm, cool, collected as cliche as it sounded. He twitched at the tone and put his arm down, rendered useless. The way his voice growled his name out like that—

   Arthur swallowed harshly and stayed silent.

   Series

   • Part 2 of I Know This Whole Damn City Thinks it Needs You, But Not as Much as I Do

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,610

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   35

   Kudos:

   148

   Bookmarks:

   5

   Hits:

   1,989

   Bookmarked by chrisoftheworld8

   05 Jun 2026

4. Public Bookmark 50

   The Future's Not Ours To See by Celina_Hikari

   Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast), The Magnus Archives (Podcast)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
   • Arthur Lester
   • John (Malevolent)
   • John Doe (Malevolent)
   • Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
   • Martin Blackwood
   • Alice "Daisy" Tonner
   • Melanie King
   • Basira Hussain
   • The Vanguard | Yorick
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Betaed and yet we still somehow die like everyone in these podcasts
   • Queerplatonic Arthur Lester and John Doe
   • Asexual Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
   • Blind Arthur Lester
   • Author is too Ace to write romance
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Arthur and John Swear so Fucking Much
   • Hurt/Comfort With Plot
   • Canon Romances will Apply
   • Jon cannot make Arthur talk and it is very frustrating to him
   • Arthur hoards his secrets like a Dragon
   • John is forced to answer Jon's questions and it is very unfun for him and Arthur
   • TMA season 4
   • malevolent season 4
   • Queerplatonic Relationships
   • Crossover

   Summary

   Arthur and John accidentally travel to a world ruled by Fears and are trapped alongside this fellow that's supposed to be able to force people to divulge their deepest, darkest secrets.

   Jonathan Sims is kidnapped soon after getting out of the hospital and is forced to interrogate this deranged looking fellow.

   POV switches between Arthur Lester and Jon Sims every other chapter.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,737

   Chapters:

   10/?

   Comments:

   101

   Kudos:

   337

   Bookmarks:

   50

   Hits:

   3,731

   Bookmarked by chrisoftheworld8

   03 Jun 2026

5. Public Bookmark *

   Off-Script by Stringgoblin

   Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   08 Dec 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Dennis "The Butcher" Collins & Arthur Lester
   • Dennis "The Butcher" Collins/Arthur Lester
   • Arthur Lester
   • John (Malevolent)
   • Dennis "The Butcher" Collins
   • Alternative Scene
   • Part 34 "The Butcher"
   • Blood and Injury
   • Power Dynamics
   • Body Worship
   • Kinda
   • Arthur Lester's scar collection
   • Neither '&' nor '/' is exactly accurate try '?!?'

   Summary

   "What happened to your finger?"
   "It's a long story."

   While tied to a chair in a basement, Arthur takes a slightly different tack with the man who was hired to kill him.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,073

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   55

   Kudos:

   652

   Bookmarks:

   120

   Hits:

   2,949

   Bookmarked by chrisoftheworld8

   02 Jun 2026