Had this been done before
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finally finished drawing some wtnv phone wallpapers! 👇
(inspo under cut)
So the first one is inspired by this picture of the glow cloud (all hail):
And the second one is inspired by this side of the Nightvale coin:
i'm super proud of how these turned out :)
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It's so wild to me that is been ten years of Welcome to Night Vale. I got into this podcast around year 2 or 3 and it means so much to me, still to this day.
Not to mention, the impact WTNV had on podcasting. It singlehandedly resurrected the audio drama format and did so with qureeness at it's core in a time where that wasn't nearly as acceptable as it is now. It may not feel as big now, especially when almost every audio drama is queer in some form or fashion, but this was a big deal. It is the reason for all these queer audio dramas.
I want to say thank you so much to the cast and creators, for all your amazing and hard work for the last ten years, giving us this amazing and free content. You are all incredible and helped so many people.
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Should I start listening to Welcome to Night Vale? What's it aboot?
Oh boy. Oh boy.
(Let it be known that if my irl friends heard you ask this, they would tackle me to prevent the rant I would go on)
I definitely think anyone who likes audio drama should listen to Welcome To Night Vale because it is one of the first contemporary audio dramas and possibly THE first wildly successful one. So much of what you hear in recent audio dramas is inspired by/draws from WTNV. But even if you don't like or are new to audio drama, there is so much to love about Night Vale.
So, the actual plot: Night Vale is a friendly, Midwestern, desert community where everyone's favorite radio show is hosted by Cecil Palmer. Cecil is the cheery "voice of Night Vale" who updates listeners on community news like the angels living by the old car lot, the mysterious glowing cloud which drops dead animals from the sky, and the teenage militia defending their right to read at the library. Cecil occasionally (all the time) interjects with his own personal thoughts and experiences like how terrible the scones Steve Carlsberg made for the PTA meeting were, his niece's basketball team, or the handsome new scientist who recently arrived to study Night Vale.
I would talk about the themes of the show, but they cover so much and it all is so important to me. Everything from family to growing up to feeling different to trauma to grief to growth to capitalism to community to fear to love to the dangers of teaching a spider to read.
It's really an incredible show and I recommend at least giving it a try. It has a dry humor I think everyone can appreciate (including my 58 year old mother who listened during blackout when there was no internet and it was the only thing I had downloaded), even if audio drama or creepiness isn't your thing.
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I'M THINKING SO HARD RIGHT NOW
The intense music, the mostly guest va'd episode even though they aren't in the description, Dylan Marron, a fucking last name?, a middle name?, marine biology major?, HE'S FROM CALIFORNIA?
For real though, I love this episode. I had no expectations and grand whims and they knocked it out of the fucking park. The build up, explaining everything away, becoming this sterilized, normal, shell of a town. It felt like a real dramatic story podcast. And then she's killed with a falling cow. It's perfect, it's return to form, it's Night Vale.
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Our lord and saviour has spoken
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I NO LONGER WANT TO KNOW WHAT CECIL LOOKS LIKE LEAVE IT UP TO INTERPRETATION JUST PLEASE GOD DO NOT EXPLAIN WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE
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Of course I love Carlos. Of course I love Cecil. Of course i love Dana
but a special place in my heart is reserved for Larry Leroy (who lives out on the edge of town) hes a lonely man, but a man who notices the flowers and takes his time on dioramas. He doesn't know much but he doesn't need to know much. oh Larry you deserve more than you have.
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