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Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

Listened to the latest episode earlier today, which reminded me that there was an SA thread for Night Vale. It's my favorite thing to listen to, and it's interesting how it boosted in popularity so suddenly.

Now that Megan's shown up, I wonder if we'll hear from Champ.

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Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

I just automatically associate Cecil with Mr. Tastee from the Adventures of Pete & Pete. It's kind of weird.

Though I really like Cecil Baldwin's image of Carlos (buff handsome guy that wears glasses & a labcoat), I usually just imagine him looking more like a hispanic Otacon.

The aggressively normal image I tend to associate more with Steve Carlsberg. Something about Cecil's (righteous) hatred of that despicable man just makes me assume he has a very inoffensive look to him. Also he's 40-something.

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

This was the best holiday special ever.

My favorite part was how at the end the monolith provides everyone with presents, which are then dumped into the landfill because commercialism is bad, and then the council tells everyone to discuss their secrets into the spy cameras in their homes.

E: Also the extended slurping noise.

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

Amateur Sketch posted:

Street cleaning day. :colbert:

Given how Street Cleaning Day's script was included in the 2014 Best Non-Essential Reading, that probably was someone's first introduction to Night Vale.

Incidentally, the script reveals that the censored portion was was a completely normal description of clouds. It also describes The Weather as "[music completely unrelated to weather]".

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

I remember at one point or another there was a blog that depicted Cecil an amorphous blob.

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

Saw the final live show last night. It was amazing. My favorite parts were when Cecil and Tamika gushed about the action scenes from The Time-Travellers Wife and the reveal of the title. Mary Epworth was also really good.

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

Action Yak Police posted:

People say that Tumblr users will get offended by anything, as though they are searching for things to be offended by.

I can't imagine why they would think that. How absurd!

Go away.

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

QuickbreathFinisher posted:

Yea, I basically imagine Cecil Palmer...with weirder clothes. Did the suit and tie thing come from his usual attire for live shows, or was it around before that?

Also yes, best weather is Sni Bong because it was the only song I knew and loved before I heard it as the weather. And because it's on one of my favorite episodes.

I don't know much about designing characters, but I would think the usual vest/tie/glasses came from the idea of giving him a calm and refined, if a little nerdy look to pair up with his "talk radio host" voice and role. Plus the only description of his appearance prior to the latest episode is from Sandstorm, which stated he wears a bow tie (granted it also stated that he has solid black eyes).

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

The most inoffensive-looking middle-aged dude.

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

BigRed0427 posted:

Now you at home can style Carlos' perfect hair. Warning: Touching Carlos' perfect hair may cause insanity{

Or

Now you can care for an inanimate object which has been cursed to be formed into the likeness of beings who believe themselves to be gods and doomed to be forgotten and spend the majority of its existence silently screaming under one ton of other objects that were deemed to be useless by the very beings that created them.

In a crossover with Mbmbam, it's one of those haunted dolls sold on ebay.

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

Haven't posted in a while due to a need to catch up but here's two things I have to say:

1) As someone who, due to mental illness, has had to make involuntary stays at mental health facilities, Within the Wires is very interesting as a concept to me, and I think it's a much more interesting take on such facilities than what usually appears in media.

2) As a person who is plugged into the tumblr zeitgeist, the Night Vale fandom nowadays isn't really like what it was back in 2013. Most fans have have lost or decreased in interest, and now it's just another thing that some people like.

Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

I went to the live show in Boston last weekend. It was a lot of fun! Cecil was wearing this bizarre suit that I loved.

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Mikedawson
Jun 21, 2013

https://twitter.com/NightValeRadio/status/887724218015772676

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