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slaughter!melanie

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RQ knew exactly what they were doing when they made this little shit

(pose reference by aquesart on tiktok)

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wugh wugh wugh I can’t stop drawing them

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outcast, but never alone

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Offering the dragon marriage into the royal family had been a power play on the king’s part, a way to intimidate the kingdom’s enemies. He had not anticipated the dragon actually accepting the offer.

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like, listen, the best dynamic for tma/wtnv crossover is cecil being cheerfully oblivious and jon being at first all serious & sinister like he is abt statements and then gradually being more and more confused by this strange happy man. like. for example.

jon: statement of cecil palmer, regarding...

cecil: oh, idk, i guess i went to target last week?

jon, ominous: ...regarding a trip to target. statement recorded direct from subject.

cecil, with that 'never mind all that' tone: o...kay! so as always the target greeters saw me at the door and were all like 'our dark lord shall feast on those who enter here' and i was like 'great! do you guys have those infuser water bottles?' because carlos saw some on tv and was telling me--

jon: i'm sorry, the target greeters said what?

cecil: you know, their standard greeting! it's been standard since the 90s, when they changed it from 'beware the burden your soul will bear'!

jon, getting less ominous as he gets more confused: ...right. continue?

cecil: anyway, carlos was telling me all about how proper hydration can help deter throat spiders--

jon: throat what.

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was on the r/nightvale subreddit and i saw this post

went to check the comments and instantly error404-ed bc joseph was responding to comments 😭

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in honor of cecilsweep here's one of the many times wtnv made me laugh out loud in public

Before we left, Carlos asked me: “Larry and Mino and I had to plug our ears as we escaped the labyrinth. How were you able to take in all those compliments, sweetie, and still not turn into a tree?"

I said, I’m excellent at what I do. It’s not a compliment if it’s the truth, babe.

Carlos just said “Huh.”

- welcome to night vale, episode 198

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KING THE HOUR IS FUCKING NIGH

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TUMBLR SENT OUT A FUCKING EMAIL ABOUT CECIL PALMER WINNING THIS IS INSANITY

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I still can't believe #CecilSweep is real. We did it lads

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I love science

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*youth pastor voice* and do you know who is also goofy and a scientist and got isekaid to another dimension?

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Someone will have to write one fake news report abt Cecil’s time in the sexyman polls

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Everybody talking about how Cecil is peak Sexy Tumblr Man bc he's Skinny White Guy in a Suit

But nobody talking about how Cecil was also the catalyst for anti-Skinny White Guy in a Suit!

By the time WTNV and Cecil rolled around in 2014 people were sick of skinny white guys in suits!!! They wanted something different! and it sparked a lot of talk around the default white depictions of characters who didn't have canon designs.

There's this image by zenamiarts that depicts a lot of the popular human Cecil designs that started popping up as a result. You started seeing Cecil with long braided hair!! Cecil with a walking stick and chronic pain! There was Cecil who was a just giant floating eyeball. Cecil who could change his entire appearance at a whim. A very popular ask blog where Cecil was a Silkie Chicken. (Newer more modern designs also showcase the eccentric fashion Cecil is now known to wear.)

i mean Fuck. Cecil Palmer was the first male character I saw drawn in a skirt!! he was the first character I saw drawn as gender nonconforming and he got treated and drawn like it was a normal thing and i will never forget that.

was it the perfect depiction of diversity? nah. & it sadly seems like a lot of the surviving artwork of Cecil from 2013-2016 is 'Skinny White Guy in a Suit'. (the 2018 tumblr exodus might have something to do with that :( )

But!!! Cecil really did open the door for future audio drama character designs. (looking at u mr. jonathan the magnus archives)

Cecil is mr tumblr sexyman and always will be thank u

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VOTE CECIL