#(and it's also the first time i've ever appreciated harlan being the only voice actor)

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i will say, john apparently having memory issues is genuinely putting me in arthur's headspace in a way nothing else has yet because i feel blind now too. i can't trust john's descriptions as factual, i can't know that we don't really know who noel is and that he's just a newcomer (and harlan voicing literally every character doesn't help at all), i can't even have a firm idea of what's going on, because the person i'm relying on to be my narrator, the same person arthur's relying on to be his eyes, is demonstrably no longer reliable (and for me as a listener it's actually worse cuz unlike arthur i know john's lying about something and that he's got an ulterior motive due to his deal with kayne that arthur is entirely unaware of). it's very good, and it also creates a sense of unease and dread which is good for a horror podcast.

#personal #malevolent #malevolent podcast #it's been days since i listened to that episode but i am still Stressed Out #i am literally nervous while listening to this stuff man i feel so off kilter #it really does feel like flying blind and i don 't like it #i mean i do from a storytelling perspective it's really great #(and it's also the first time i've ever appreciated harlan being the only voice actor) #but also i just want things to be good again #remember when they were good for like two episodes once #that was nice