Malevolent Ep 40 - Tumblr Posts
Spoilers for EP 40 of Malevolent (podcast):
So John made the deal with Kayne to leave The Darkworld, we all know that, many people have talked about John returning for John verses just wanting to leave the Darkworld. I'm here to make the claim that John couldn't deal with the fact he was in The Darkworld alone, he was without Arthur, he could've survived with Arthur.
They talked about the Darkworld afterwards, and I believe a bit before about what they would do when they both end up there. Together it's more of a bittersweet drive to leave, not a desperate take any deal, get the hell outta dodge. That's the attitude you need to make a deal with Kayne white hot desperation. He could've survived and maybe leave on his own with Arthur. He couldn't survive in The Darkworld without Arthur.
It's not a shallow wanting to just leave The Darkworld, it was being alone, he would trick Arthur, to come back to him, and leave literal hell.
Oh also I was listening to EP 40 he says "I'll tell him what happened in the Darkworld" which makes me think something specific happened, but that's not relevant rn.