#jhariah

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Hear me out hear me out hear me out(SPOILERS FOR ALL OF MALEVOLENT AHEAD YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED)

The entire first bit(“This time arounds no different” to “I have to choose”) is Kayne comprehending that he can’t kill Arthur with the Blackstone because Arthur is the last Arthur Lester, and also just the general theme of bets and wagers throughout the song feels very relevant

“ ‘You’re not like me, I’m not like you, I’m not who these things happen to,’ and that’s exactly what you say before they do” Kayne watching Arthur comprehend he really did become the only person who could save the universe by complete happenstance. Without Lilith he never would’ve been important and without the Manager’s help it never would’ve been him specifically who made it to the end.

“I can’t dance like I used to” to “to someone who needs it much more than me” feels very much like Kayne’s attitude towards Arthur, his need for entertainment and to maneuver Arthur around like a puppet(and also to know what makes him different). He sees himself as Arthur’s fortune because he’s giving him more options, helpful or not.

“Hand in hand, come human error and plain bad luck” this line, RAHHHHHHH this line…bajfbwk nfkwnekwndkenekndksndk. Simply put, Kayne’s human error and Arthur’s plain bad luck brought about the ending of Malevolent Blackstone. Which I also just love because in the finale Arthur calls him the most loving god(and in Arthur’s eyes the most human) and Arthur’s bad luck was brought about by the supernatural and inhuman, and drove him to do inhumane things to survive. I love narrative foil characters

“It seems the timings always wrong for the ones who wait too long, you can’t catch a break you’ll have to make your own” I could jump to the obvious Kayne taking too long to realize Lilith and The Manager had tricked him into making Arthur the last, but I think this line applies to both of them. Because Kayne is wickedly creative, and will force his way out of any corner given enough notice, which he tried right up until the very end. But also, those lines apply to Arthur. His marriage with Bella, first of all. The timing was wrong because he waited far too long to speak up about how he didn’t love her, and by then he was avoiding attending the birth of his own daughter, which morbidly solved his worries about ruining the lives of himself, Bella, and Faroe since Bella died giving birth. Of course single parenthood is an entirely unique challenge of its own, and he grieved her a lot. But still, the line fits. As it does with Faroe’s death, he waited too long to check on her in the bath and she drowned, Arthur always did things much too late and lost people he cared about, up until the season two finale. He couldn’t catch a break, and so he made his own. He used his father in law’s advice and didn’t let the King win and he finally acted just in the nick of time to save himself and John, even though he thought he was going to die in the process. (More of Kayne seeing himself as Arthur’s fortune/creative cheat for fate). Also Arthur continues to be able to act fast enough to save the people he cares about right up until Kayne gets involved again(can’t save Butcher or Noel, and also Kayne ensures it’s too late for him to save Antoine and indirectly leads to Yorick’s death)

“My legs drag behind me” to “But I know that one day I will lose them too” Just Kayne comprehending he is losing to Arthur and John

“Before you play with knives and find yourself in two” THE SEASON TWO FINALE HELLO???? HE SPLIT HIMSELF AND JOHN WITH KAYNE’S KNIFE

“I finally climbed to heights, I-“ to “(you got what you deserved)” he flew too high with his Icarus wings of many Arthurs and he cannot stop laughing because of Azathoth’s grin. Hooray! And since he can’t possibly have known for certain Arthur would live he also thinks Arthur is sharing his fate hooray

The piano solo. Like. Come on. I’m going feral over this

“And I would do it again” to “that’s more than I’d ever ask of you” these final lines feel like a curtain call to a show, which feels very in line with Kayne’s character and also with his incredibly drawn out and almost theatrically dramatic death(let’s be real here he probably isn’t gone for good, but still).