Happy Birthday, Arthur Lester!

feels weird to say but arthur lester is the only protagonist i think i've ever genuinely, honestly, no exceptions, rooted for. i just need him to win. literally anything else can happen, i don't care, i need him to win in the end. it can be bittersweet, he can lose as much as he needs to along the way, i just need him to win in the end. he is all the human optimism left within me. if arthur lester wins in the end, hope matters and trying matters and kindness matters. harlan guthrie when i catch you,

Arthur and Parker celebrating for malevoversary week!

Today's prompts:

Happy birthday Arthur • Partners • Memories

La Mort de Lestre.

extra sketch for this piece ft. the king in yellow (only his hand though)

Hey Charlie fans enjoy :)

Thank you for the likes and reblogs as always! And thank you to @trustypaladin for being my test subject aka the first person I showed this art to.

Arthur & John, The Guys of All Time

"In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me."

Single layer version for clarity sake<3

arthur is such a tragic character and at the same time the most optimistic fiction podcast protagonist i've ever known. and i think those two things correlate. because his specific brand of tragedy has left him with absolutely nothing except hope to hold on to. his will is the only thing he hasn't lost, and that in itself is also a tragedy. he cannot give up, not even when going forward will only hurt him more. there is mercy in death, there is peace in giving up. there's no mercy in putting one foot in front of the other, bracing yourself and moving forward, again and again and again, not to get somewhere safe enough to rest, but just because you cannot stay still. there is no peace in moving forward when you know the world is not done punishing you. the only reason you'd ever keep going is if you believed you deserved it, and believed that by putting yourself through this hell you will eventually have earned your peace.

My piece for this year's @malevolentbigbang I had a blast working on this piece for @calamitxtum's fic, The Essence of a Soul, can be read here. [ID: An illustration of Arthur, walking on a path next to a crumbling brick wall. He holds a lantern on one hand, which illuminates a rooster-shaped weathervane and a cellar hatch. Behind him, a forest looms in the distance. /End ID] (ID thanks to Jack!)

Arthur: WHAT A FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

John: I don't know...

Made a little antagonist centered malevolent animatic!

Song: I've got a dream from Disney's "Tangled"