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One of Ben's key traits is that he's a believer. Him and Sammy are the classic believer/non-believer ghost hunting duo, but Ben believes in more than apparitions and werewolves and curses. This is a man who cites his "heart stats" over actual evidence. He believes King Falls is the "best small town in America," he believes the Tim Jensen who comes back is his Tim Jensen, he believes Cecil and Herschel will always be best friends even when they have month long falling outs. From the first episode, barely knowing Sammy, he just trusts that they're friends. Think about how quickly they go from strangers to best friends to brothers, just because Ben was willing to believe in both what Sammy had to say and believe in Sammy himself. Now picture what it's like for Sammy, who's listened to this guy who will believe in anything, for better or worse, go on about aliens and lake monsters and haunted forests, to read the words "Who is Sammy Stevens?" Picture what it felt like, for a guy who tried so hard to leave his past behind him and could only move on because he had such a supportive, loyal, and faithful best friend, to see those words. The first thing Sammy hears Ben doubt is him, the first thing he distrusts is his own best friend. Picture how that hurt. The world's truest believer only doubting you.

#op why must you hurt me so #kfam

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i started listening to stellar firma, and I couldn't not draw them

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YOU DONT HAVE TO RESPOND BUT I GOT SO EXCITED SEEING A NIGHTVALE BIO AND USER?? I NEVER SEE THEM ANYMORE 😭 SO NOW ILL FOLLOW A COUPLE DOZEN WTNV BLOGS AND MAYBE CHECK OUT SOME FANFICS. ITS BEEN TOO LONG!! THANKS FOR REMINDING ME OF MY BELOVED BLORBOS <33

there are still a lot of active night vale blogs. here are some of my mutuals you might want to follow: @bulkhummus @w2nv @kerink @fluctuating-fanby @asydicsydney @cowboyinternist @annabelle--cane @eclipse-song @esrah-rah-rasputin @catboycecil

i write night vale fic here but i'm currently on break because of uni/wrist injury.

some other fics that i enjoyed (no nsfw):

Cecil turns into a hamster?

Cecil rides a bike

Carlos is kidnapped by Strex and loses his memories, has to find his way back to Cecil and Night Vale

Short, cute and funny year 1 fic from Carlos' POV

Carlos tries to get dating advice from a hooded figure

If you think about it, pupils are actually super scary. Like, why is there a fucking hole in my eye?

Cockroaches!

Blood space war arc fic which is like my favourite arc

Carlos is a unit of measurement

This series where Cecil is the town

GAY MARRIAGE REAL?!

MORE GAY MARRIAGE

i know that man has a smoking problem i know it

cecil and carlos go for a nice walk in a normal forest and nothing bad happens

cecil is so normal

go to therapy

i mean his boyfriend is a scientist which makes him basically a scientist

existential

re-education fic

#fic recs #read later #wtnv

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John used all his simussy in that line

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circumstances surrounding the “leaked” documents about eiffel’s sentencing in need to know, as i understand them:

one of the very first things kepler does is offer eiffel, minkowski, and lovelace a drink. in true “at any given moment, kepler has about eighteen ulterior motives” spirit, it is, among other things, “hospitality”, sure, a test for eiffel, definitely, but… i think the main reaction he was checking for was minkowski’s. will she look at eiffel, or react to his reaction? how much does she know? how much does he trust her?

in don’t poke the bear, jacobi and maxwell stop lovelace from breaking into kepler’s server by pretending to be in on it with her: “she’s very good. it might turn into a problem.” / “i’ll run it by kepler.” two episodes later, files from kepler’s very secure server are “leaked.”

(the words "need to know" are spoken offhandedly by eiffel in the episode itself, but it also calls back to the excuse maxwell gives lovelace: "colonel kepler practically lives by the words 'need to know.' and, apparently, nothing i can say will ever convince him that i 'need to know' everything that's in our databanks.")

need to know opens with minkowski finishing an eleven hour shift, and then finding out kepler moved that shift to, well. now. she’s already frustrated and sleep deprived.

minkowski complains to kepler. jacobi and maxwell, on cue, barge in and complain to kepler. kepler assigns minkowski, jacobi, maxwell, and lovelace to punishment detail, taking eiffel out of the group because “you’re the only one who hasn’t wasted my time with pointless whining.” lovelace says: “um, i don’t think that i did any complaining either, so…” but that doesn’t matter. it’s just an excuse to remove eiffel from the group; he could just as easily have been singled out for special punishment. either way, it was going to happen.

hilbert isn’t there. not the most significant factor, since he’s already been effectively sidelined by kepler, but remember he already knows about eiffel’s sentencing, doesn’t care (about eiffel’s history OR about anyone else’s personal drama), and will later respond to minkowski asking by telling her to grow up and get back to work. it simplifies things to not factor him in.

consider the files themselves: we know from happy holidays that maxwell not talking to her family is common knowledge, but jacobi reacts like it’s news. we know from hera’s performance review flashback in memoria that kepler and jacobi were aware of “multiple attempted crew member homicides” in her record. the file about hera’s bentham directory was on kepler’s server. if there’s one person who would’ve been briefed on everything there was to know about hera, it would’ve been maxwell; her shock is entirely feigned. in fact, almost every reaction from jacobi and maxwell here is feigned. they’re black ops specialists who arrived prepared with divide-and-conquer tactics. there’s no reason they wouldn’t know these things. also note that none of the “leaks” reveal anything about the mission they didn’t already know, and that nothing about the si-5 is incriminating - if anything, it’s mostly silly and even humanizing. and, yes, all of that contextualizes maxwell’s reaction to “skiing?!”

eiffel’s file comes through last, once they’re already worn out. kepler sends eiffel to check on them at the same time so that he’ll walk in. jacobi shows minkowski the file. he lurks around waiting to see how her not-confrontation with eiffel goes, and then cements the thought in her head: what about you? are you going to care?

it’s true that there are aspects of the mission only kepler knows, but as far as information on the hephaestus crew goes (barring one very particular detail about lovelace)? that’s part of the job they were chosen for. when they kill the plant monster, kepler says: “you think we didn’t know about that thing? please. we listened to every log that you beamed down to canaveral.” kepler’s entire foundation is shaken when jacobi turns on him because this is how they operate: “have one person take the blame, say the mean things. meanwhile, the poor, betrayed little guy gets a bit more leeway - just enough to sneak up and hit you from behind.” the show is not subtle about any of this. you can pick apart any early-s3 interaction between two hephaestus crew members and an si-5 agent and see the same divide-and-conquer tactics at play. jacobi and maxwell are always - in morals, loyalty, job description - closer to kepler than they are to the hephaestus crew, and to even sort of believe otherwise is falling for that facade. it’s worth remembering that the hephaestus crew are prisoners. some of them were aware of it from the start, and some of them were lied to, but none of them were meant to leave. the si-5, on the other hand, went up there with a unified goal, and the knowing intention they would be, among other things, prison guards.

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Jon and Martin seasons 1-5 :,^)

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Yeah, sure I’ll keep drawing Gerry and I’ll be so normal about it

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pease and love ❤

#glam #peace in love at lake hatchenhaw

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Jon was so funny this episode. Literally could not have been more petty and direct. Alice says she felt like she was being followed and then IMMEDIATELY got a statement directed to someone named ALLISON about UNEARTHING something DANGEROUS that should have been KEPT BURIED. Okay Jon. Thanks Jon. Very cool Jon.

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listening to wtnv in 2024 makes me understand immediately why tumblr over a decade ago thought this shit was the coolest thing ever. it casually but flawlessly parodies the us surveillance state, ultra-militarized police forces, inane human resource bureaucracies and the blasé of the suburban middle class all within the span of three episodes with a very tongue in cheek slice of life format that doesn’t sound possible on paper but is executed absolutely absurdly well

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how is it that all of lucretia’s one liners in moonlighting always the funniest fucking shit 

“oh you’re so deep in the test, you are knee-deep in test town”

“i particularly liked when you ripped the arms off that poor helpless robot” 

“here’s the problem: they just run right off the goddamn thing”

“goddammit we love domes around here”

“yes, it’s that we very quickly cut your hand off and get the bracer off, but then we attach the hand back and it’s like, not a big deal”

“are there any non terrible questions”

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Kane without Feels: frantic raving

Feels without Kane: the saddest wettest noir detective monologue you've ever heard

Kane and Feels, together: bad puns

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One of my hobbies is listening to the tma q&a with jonny and Alex and clipping out bits that I'm like, this is just martin and Jon bickering. The girls are fighting. This conversation could happen in season 5 and I would not bat an eye.

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nobody fucking talk to me rn

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I had a fun working on this commission for the wonderful @commsroom. Between this and the blacksmith commission I want to practice more glowing effects!

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jonmartin week 2024: season one - first kiss

tipjar • patreon

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jon + the admiral comfort doodles