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incomingalbatross · 9 months

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Doctor Who fancast of LotR, current draft:

Bilbo: Patrick Troughton <3

Gandalf: Peter Capaldi (this is only partly on account of his eyebrows)

Frodo: Paul McGann. I'm VERY committed to this

Sam: ???

Merry: Ian Marter. He's a posh lad, our Merry

Pippin: Frazer Hines (who otherwise would be a shoo-in for Sam)

Lobelia: ?? Don't know but she deserves the best in terms of casting. Considering SJA-era Liz Sladen

Gildor, Farmer Maggot, Fatty: All ?? (Farmer Maggot MIGHT be John Levene. Might be Sylvester McCoy.)

Tom Bombadil: Colin Baker. Listen, I was very torn here because OBVIOUSLY Tom Baker has the correct energy, but Colin does too and I think he would have more fun with the little songs. Also I want to save Tom Baker's voice for someone else

Goldberry: Lalla Ward (...unfortunately another point for Tom as Tom)

Butterbur: ...I feel like there's an obvious choice but I don't have him

Aragorn: Nicholas Courtney, YES my Brigadier bias is showing through, but you know he could handle "running herd on the hobbits"

Glorfindel: Peter Davison

Elrond: Matt Smith. Listen I like this choice so much. Old and wise and the last of his kind!!

Arwen: ?? This just feels like a game of "which dark-haired DW actress do I declare the Most Beautiful," except they also need the correct Elvish Vibes. For the vibes especially, I'm considering Carole Ann Ford. But then there's Mary Tamm, who is properly Tall. idk.

Boromir: ???

Legolas: Peter Purves?? I can't even tell you why he just kinda seems to fit and that's the best I got.

Gimli: Michael Craze??? See above.

Galadriel: ?? Again, this should be easier. DW has so many good actresses. But I can't think of anyone who's quite right. Mary Tamm in a blonde wig? Jacqueline Hill ditto? Lalla Ward would be great if she were just taller, but I don't regret giving her Goldberry either.

Celeborn: ??

Eomer: David Tennant. Eomer has a good range of Big Emotions, which I feel is important when casting David Tennant. (And yes I'm waiving the hair color here too.)

Treebeard: Tom Baker. THIS is what I was saving his voice for. You get it right??

Quickbeam: ??

Theoden: William Hartnell. <3 This one is very important to me.

Eowyn: Karen Gillian. Listen. She could DO it. (Also this makes both siblings Scottish, which amuses me.)

Grima: ??

Saruman: Jon Pertwee. I wanted him for Denethor too, but if I have to choose... Saruman.

Gollum: ?? Casting anyone as Gollum just feels mean.

Faramir: Hnggggh... I am considering both William Russell (Ian bias) and Arthur Darvill (to be opposite Karen Gillian but also he likes cool parts with gravitas). I don't know.

Denethor: ?? All wizard-adjacent characters should be played by Doctors but I've used all the applicable Doctors. ...Anthony Ainley?

Beregond: ?? He FEELS like a John Levene character but John Levene also feels like he really should be a hobbit. I am considering Duggan's actor on the grounds that he's also an everyman

Bergil: ?? I don't have any child actors on hand

Halbrand: ??

Elladan and Elrohir: ??

Prince of Dol Amroth: Okay actually THIS is William Russell

Ioreth: Catherine Tate I think

The Master of the Houses of Healing: pick any half-decent Time Lord, they'll fit the bill :P

Farmer Cotton: ??

Rosie Cotton: Either Anneke Wills or Katy Manning, probably. Or maybe Jenna Coleman.

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desert-bluffs-and-me · 6 months

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WTNV quick rundown - 100 - Toast

I'm not lying when I say this episode contains almost if not every single character we've been introduced to thus far.

More rundowns here!

I know many of you have a few things you’d like to say. So let me start things off. Welcome to Night Vale.

This episode's focus is on Cecil and Carlos' wedding, or at least the after ceremony toast section.

The first person to speak is Leonard Burton, ex radio host, ex Cecil's boss and very confused as to why he's 'suddenly' there and apparently making a toast. He has no idea why he's there, but comments that Cecil looks like he hasn't aged a day since he started to work for Leonard.

The FOW also gives a toast, though she mostly talks about herself. She is covered in blood and is able to drink despite not having a mouth. She is allergic to mice, so recommends that people eat them themselves if they want to keep infestations at bay.

Diane's speech is very quick because Josh has a dance recital and grew several extra legs just for the occasion.

John Peters (you know, the farmer?) comments that he believes the whole world is just a manifestation of his inability to believe that nothing actually exists but congrats anyway.

Deb plugs Ritz Crackers in her toast.

Michelle and Maureen give a speech together. Michelle says she guesses that being happy is popular and isn't that upset that she's also happy and therefore like everyone else. She also says she went to a Katy Perry concert where Katy peeled off her own skin, plucked out her heart and batted it towards her backup dancers. Maureen says she's not angry any more and she once tried to be happy when she was 13 but gave up when she noticed everyone was copying her.

Maggie and Donald Penebaker give an almost normal toast except it's still phone like and ends with reminding everyone to pay their electric bills.

Kevin and Lauren also do a toast together, via videolink. Lauren says she wandered dry-lipped and starving through an endless looping desert until finally coming upon Desert Bluffs Too where it was explained to her that Strex is no longer in charge, Kevin is. Kevin mentions how he's been told that they'll all attack him if he tries to come back to NV and that as welcoming as that sounds he's far too busy. He's also obviously gleeful about Lauren's misfortune and new status under him. They then 'smile' which causes mass panic and a cry to turn the video off.

Melony says she's fixed Computer, who prints out a picture of a gift wrapped box. Earl says he made the cake and was happy to do so. Melony says she has no idea who he is, even though he's sitting next to her and Earl says they've been friends for years and came to the wedding together. Given that Melony forgets Cecil whilst talking to him, it's likely Earl is right.

During Tamika's speech we hear Basimah calling out admiringly. Tamika reads a book passage.

Dana and Pamela make a speech together, with Pamela being her usual self and Dana translating it into a 'congratulations'.

They then 'move' because of the weather: "Second Song" by Joseph Fink.

Old Woman Josie tells us that Cecil wasn't good at bowling when he joined their team, but he was so friendly and entertaining that they let him stay and he soon got better at it. She also reveals that the Hall of Public Records has a list of everyone's death dates.

Steve's toast is more like a tradiational toast. He says he loves Cecil and Carlos both and is very happy for them.

Carlos talks about how he finds it hard to talk about his feelings because they're not logical facts, which he understands better. He mentions how he had throat surgery and that's why he sounds different now but his feelings are the same. He says he's glad he made that call for personal reasons.

Cecil sings Carlos' praises and says that everything is better now Carlos is there. He also says that Carlos' love of science is inspiring and also deeply erotic.

Stay tuned next for a drunk, newly married couple, long after all the well-wishers have left, piling up bags of garbage and stacking chairs in a rented banquet hall because they want to get their deposit back.

And good night, Night Vale, and every person who can hear my voice. Good night.

Proverb: "It's always darkest before the dawn, we are often reassured by people who are totally wrong about how the sun works."

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv quick rundown #wtnv ep 100

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everygame · 4 months

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Alter Ego (Apple Macintosh)

Developed/Published by: Peter J. Favaro / Activision Released: 27/04/1986 Completed: 21/11/2023 Completion: Died of old age in my bed, single, but a millionaire. Little Richard’s “Thinkin’ About My Mother” was playing on the radio as I played. “I swear I'm gonna love her… Yes, until the day I die.”

Alter Ego is a dated, sexist mess that basically doesn’t work at all.

I am so fond of it.

One of those games I found in my earliest forays on the internet, digging around for “abandonware” Alter Ego was immediately interesting to my teenage self–a game that let you live an entire life! Sure, it did it in a text-only, choose-your-own-adventure style, but I was already fiddling around with Infocom games and it wasn’t that many years out from owning an Amstrad CPC; the limitations had no effect upon the promise I imagined.

The interesting thing about when I played it then is that I remember playing it into Young Adulthood and never further. Until now I couldn’t remember why. Did I get bored? Was I overwhelmed with options?

Well, here’s a hint. Alter Ego was designed in 1986 by Peter J. Favaro, a psychologist who at the time was just 28 years old (which I am forced to admit is younger than I am now.) It becomes very quickly clear that past a certain point he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about.

But let’s take a step back here and discuss how Alter Ego actually works. Really it’s one of the earliest examples of a hypertext game (it actually predates Hypercard, if you can believe it.) You progress through seven stages of life from infancy to old age, and in each, you progress through a kind of… card map? choosing cards which each contain a vignette where you have to make a few decisions–if you’re a toddler, do you share your toys? If you’re a teenager, do you act sulky to your parents when they won’t let you do what you want? And then have that effect your stats and have time pass as a result.

As the game progresses, it adds several cards that you can flip over whenever you feel like it. A card that lets you try and meet people, or have experiences with your current partner, for example. A card that lets you make big purchases that you might have to pay off with a loan.

The goal in Alter Ego is, simply, to… see what happens, and it’s here that the game’s highest pleasures and greatest mistakes are found. I decided to play this via a classic Mac emulator (as I believe that Favaro created this on a Mac) and although I originally played this on PC, the convergence of playing this via a system that I haven’t touched since I was at high school made the early sequences of this game a brush with nostalgia I haven’t felt before. The game is at its highest when you get to in some ways relive, but not quite, the past.

Like most people who play this (at least the first time) I chose to play it making the kind of decision I would make, as best I could, at the time I’d make them, and each experience was a moment of–oh, remember when something like this happened?

It’s not perfect. Designed in 1986 by a young, white American, there’s this strange sense of re-living your life by way of “Leave It To Beaver” even if, like me, you only know the reference second or third hand. Personally I looked at it as asking: what if I’d gone to an American high school and lived my John Hughes dreams? The game was developed in the same era, I watched The Breakfast Club as a teenager around the same time I was messing around with abandonware and using classic Macs at school... it all intertwines.

And really, if the game had stayed there, I think it could have worked. A kind of… growing up simulator. Add lots of different vignettes, not all which play every time, and then the player plays until they leave college and the game goes “congratulations! You became a CORN FARMER. You married ONE wife and had SIX children. Your dog is called JEFF.”

Sadly, it does not do that, and it becomes pretty clear that Favaro didn’t really have a clear plan or concept for how adulthood was going to work. Childhood and Adolescence, after all, are fairly clear cut. You have to go to school, your parents take care of most other responsibilities. From a western, middle-class perspective, you’ll mostly have the same kind of experiences. As an adult however, all kinds of things can happen at all stages of life.

It goes wrong immediately. You can go to college, but there’s no clear pay-off, you never seem to graduate! Jobs are just… something you have. Purchases and money quickly turn out to be totally meaningless (there may be a fail-state if you run out of money with huge debts, but I didn’t see it.)

The problem is that Favaro is forced to flatten everything into the most generic experiences once he reaches adulthood as the biggest decisions we make in our lives–who to partner with, our careers–cannot really interact with the canned vignettes of the main path. The box art is like “become a baseball player or a nun!” but even if you could the actual experience is “what if you were a white collar worker in the 1980s” as your nun deals with getting chewed out by their boss and refused a promotion or whatever.

In many ways it’s simply a fault of coming so early. A modern game in even just Twine can far more easily modify its text based on the information you’ve given it, and more easily offer events that either relate to your stats and relationships. In many other ways, it’s the fault of the culture that Favaro lived in and which, sadly, he could not see beyond. I played the “Male” version, and attitudes to women are beyond poor; many later vignettes are basically Penthouse letters (actually, another American reference I only know second hand, I swear) and one vignette featuring your discovery that a friend is gay is… er… not good.

It’s made even weirder by how… judgemental the game’s “narrator” (read: Favaro) is when it comments on your decisions. He definitely has an idea how you should be living your life, and hell mend you for not following it.

All that said, however, there’s still some amusement and possibly revealing moments to be had in the later stages of the game. I for one was surprised by my complete inability to maintain a steady relationship and how borderline panicked I got as I aged about it! It seems like it might be fairly random, which makes how unforgiving it is almost hilarious: I had been living with a woman for years, we’d invested in a company and became millionaires, at least according to one vignette I got on amazing with her son from another marriage… I popped the question and she said no because I was “untrustworthy.” Relationship over.

I probably should have indulged less in those Penthouse letters vignettes… It was… research. For this article. Yeah. Not just because playing this made me feel like a teenager again and the teenager I was would have made all those decisions.

Anyway. As much as Alter Ego doesn’t work, what stands out about it is what stands out about, say, an Infocom game. The text-based nature of it draws you in as deeply as a book, and it simply engages the imagination to make the game something more than it is. I can see Floyd in Planetfall, and I can see my weird picket-fences middle-America alternate life here. For weaving that sort of magic, it does deserve some respect. Just don’t take it too seriously.

Will I ever play it again? As I expressed above, I’ve only ever played the Male version, and the Female version is supposed to have a series of bug-fixes and less instant-death situations, but far, far more sexism. I might take a look at it, but even if I don’t I can imagine noodling on this again, at least as a mirror into memory.

Final Thought: Worth noting that you don’t have to take my word on this game, it can easily be played in-browser, which is probably fine if you don’t have a dense, multi-layered nostalgia attached to it. Support Every Game I’ve Finished on ko-fi! You can pick up a digital copy of exp. 2600, a zine featuring all-exclusive writing at my shop, or join as a supporter at just $1 a month and get articles like this a week early.

#gaming #video games #games #txt #text #review #apple macintosh #mac #apple mac #alter ego #peter j favaro #activision #1986

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john-bracket · 1 year

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Hey, if anyone has a Jod fanart that they would like to allow me to use for the final pedestal, that would be great because I feel bad continuing to tote Gideon around in his stead

Same goes for John Doe! I know this is a bit last minute but I want this podium to properly represent the Johns!

Please dm them to me if you have any fanart that you did or hell, if there’s an official art I missed, please send them, we’re gonna have the funkiest podium of all different pictures than the tournament 😎

(I have a John Peters you know the farmer source already)

#john gaius #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #john doe #malevolent #I don’t know who to @ in these fandoms #so please help me out

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thevoiceofdesertbluffs · 2 years

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AUAGAHA SCREAMKNG RN!!! DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS EPISODE, HOWEVER, WtNV 214 spoilers ahead!

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OK SO. AS SOON AS I HEARD THE KIDS I WAS LIKE "HOLY SHIT THE MURALS." Anyways, the snake god, right? AS SOON AS MY FRIEND AND I HEARD THE PART ABOUT THE PURE WHITE EYES, WE BOTH HAD THE SAME THOUGHT. AS IN "Hooooooly shit reverse desert bluffs"!! ANYWHO, THAT WAS, WOWIE. ALSO, JOHN PETERS (you know, the farmer?)!!!!!! HE'S SO SILLY I LOVE HIM, RHAAAGH

also, I'm not too sure how I feel about the whole meta shit w the creator rn, BUT I HOPE THEY'RE ABLE TO PULL OFF A DECENT STORYLINE W IT, SO FAR IT'S BEEN GOING PRETTY WELL, Æ

I'm just, very shocked and exited, the murals are coming true. THE MURALS ARE COMING TRUW, AND THERE ARE 2 THAT COULD COROLATE TO KEVIN. OR, AT LEAST ONE MAJOR ONE. AND THE MURALS ARE COMING TRUE!!! WHAT IF NEXT EPISODE WE FINALLY GET A DB TOO MENTION AGAIN

anywho that's enough new episode rambling for tonight

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv spoilers #wtnv 214 #GRHRAAAA!!!#THE WEATHER THIS EPISODE TOO. I LOVED IT SM #ALSO IM REALLY EXCITED FOR THE POTENTIAL KEVIN COMEBACK. I MEAN IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE BUILDING IT UP AND I'M JUST LIKE GRHHAAAAA!!!!#OOOUGHN IM SO HAPPY RN RGHAGAGR #I'D BE DRAWING IF I WASN'T TIRED #goosey rambles

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discount-fitzroy-angursell · 2 years

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I haven’t thought about it since maybe 2015 so I decided to listen to Night Vale again - I started from the very beginning and the nostalgia walloped me right off the bat in the first two episodes:

The strange lights above the Arby’s as we all pretend to sleep

Cecil really does fall for Carlos incredibly fast, doesn’t he?

John Peters (you know, the farmer)

Wednesday has been cancelled, due to a scheduling conflict

•ALL HAIL THE GLOW CLOUD

The absolutely iconic weather report that is “waiting for the bus in the rain”

The way Cecil says “goodnight, listeners, goodnight” is so comforting

I missed this weird little podcast so much and I didn’t even realize it, it filled the ASOUE-shaped hole in my heart for a long time. I feel like I’m back in highschool looking at low-res pixel fanart here on tumblr dot com

#welcome to night vale #it’s such a weird and gently menacing nostalgia I love it #not even mentioning hiram mcdaniels or the tracker (that jerk)#and the DOG PARK #I’ve missed it

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thenightvaleradiostation · 1 year

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Attention, Readers!

Admin here, with a few questions for y'all.

Are there any characters you'd like to ask questions? (Ex. Tamika Flynn, John Peters (you know, the farmer?), Steve Carlsburg, Hiram McDaniels, etc.)

Should I kill off the current intern and give Cecil a new one? (I feel no attachment to my self insert, so if y'all would like a new intern, I can always bring in a new one!)

#I don't have the poll option yet #Oh well #I need your opinions #not an ask

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inkofamethyst · 2 years

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October 9, 2022

The recent Night Vale episode with the John Peters, you know, the farmer? I really really liked it lol.

Told my parents I might get a cat if I live by myself in grad school and my dad said he doesn’t see me with a cat so now I legally have to get a cat. Them’s the rules. I can’t let my father think he knows more about me than me. (He does but I’m a grown woman so we can’t be havin that (to be fair, he knew me before I knew me. long before.).)

I was thinking about how lucky I was that tiktok doesn’t prey on my insecurities to keep me watching, specifically how there’ll supposedly be a new thinly-veiled body-checking challenge that only really serves to make teenaged girls feel bad about themselves, but those never come up on my fyp because it doesn’t really work on me. And for two seconds I was proud of myself for beating the algorithm when that actually isn’t the case. The app preys on my fear of dating. And I think I’ve realized this before because a few months ago I tried to stop interacting so much with dating-analysis or late-bloomer tiktok because it wasn’t making me happy and I use tiktok exclusively for happy chemicals. Of course, they’ve seeped their way back in, but I didn’t realize until recently that the algorithm did, in fact, have its grimey little fingers inside my head. And it’s a tricky thing because these videos disguise themselves as laughing at men’s profiles or discussing the state of dating today from what sounds like an academic perspective (not to be elitist but it’s literally just some lady in her living room) as opposed to those on-the-street-interview videos which, frankly, I scoff at, or relationship goals tiktoks which bore me, and the algorithm knows this. They present content in a way that’s more likely to keep me watching, and insecurity directs what types of videos I grant my precious watchtime.

So what to do? I think the smartest thing would be to not interact with those videos at all anymore. No likes, no saves, no watchtime, tapping “not interested.” I don’t go to tiktok to feel worse about myself. I go there to laugh and to learn. It’s going to take some discipline, but I might be able to do it. No, I can do it. I can.

I was trying to see how long I would be able to go without seeing Dream’s face because I knew it’d become a meme eventually, and this game didn’t last all that long because his face did, ultimately, become a meme that I stumbled upon on Pinterest, and not even a very good one at that. All that thirsting over a man who looks like MattPat from GameTheory. And don’t get me wrong, MattPat’s not unattractive at all, he’s just... a normal lookin dude (those who know me are aware that I’m not above thinking normal lookin dudes are attractive but that’s moving away from the point). Part of me feels bad for the guy because it’s gotta be this nerve-wrecking thing to go from being a faceless YouTuber to being not that anymore, and most people are either underwhelmed or poking fun at him (to be fair, most people on the internet disliked him before), and that has to be so demoralizing. On the other hand, he’s a grown man and he’s got his bag, so.

Today I’m thankful that I got to spend the weekend with the puppy! I’m thankful that I made cookies! I’m thankful that I register for classes on the first day because the plan is to take two “real” classes (they’re TuTh and midday, I’m livinggg) and fill out the rest of the credits with TAing, research, and junk tbh (not pep band though). I just need to REST. It’s weird to think that I’m almost halfway through the semester.

I have senior pictures this week, so I took out my braids, and it’s the first time I’ve worn my hair in a puff since freshman year of college, pre-covid, and I physically cannot keep my hands off my coils. I was like this in high school too, and it’s why I had to stop wearing my hair out, but I didn’t have much time this weekend, and while twists are functional, they’re certainly not cute. I do definitely feel cute.

Here’s to another week. I miss the time when I would send zero emails in a week. Truly.

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johnhardinsawyer · 1 year

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A Change is Gonna Come (They Usually Do)

John Sawyer

Bedford Presbyterian Church

2 / 19 / 23 – Transfiguration Sunday / Scout Sunday

Matthew 17:1-9

Exodus 24:12-18

“A Change is Gonna Come”

(They Usually Do)

“This Car Climbed Mt. Washington”

According to the number of bumper stickers I’ve seen that say “This Car Climbed Mt. Washington,” there are a lot of cars that have climbed Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. On occasion, I have also seen a t-shirt that says, “This Hiker Climbed Mt. Washington.” I tell you. . . I want one of those t-shirts – but only if I earn it. Some of you might have earned both the bumper sticker and the t-shirt by now. But I? Well. . . I have ridden the Cog Railway to the top of Mount Washington, twice. Does that count?

The more recent time I rode up the mountain, it was cloudy and stayed cloudy the whole time. It was also raining sideways, which – from what I understand – is decent weather up there on top of the mountain. But the first time we went up Mount Washington, there were thick clouds that were blowing through and all we could see were clouds. And then, quite suddenly. . . poof! The clouds blew away, the sun came out, and we caught a breathtaking view. We could see for miles. . .

They– whoever “they” are – say that when it comes to the weather at places like Mount Washington, just wait five minutes and it will change. But the weather isn’t the only thing that ever changes, as most of you know. We are surrounded by change in the natural world. We encounter change in our bodies and relationships, and in our ways of thinking, feeling, and doing. Oh, and there is also change that can take place in our believing.

No matter where we are in life, a change is gonna come.

Today’s scripture readings are all about change – change that can take us by surprise, change that leaves us breathless with wonder, change that we embrace, and change that we might not like.

When we meet Jesus and his disciples in today’s second reading, a change has already taken place. Just prior to today’s passage, Jesus’ disciples are feeling pretty good about life. They have been traveling around the countryside with this amazing healer and teacher who has attracted crowds of people at every stop along the way. They have just been to Caesarea Philippi, which is a place that is filled with the sound of flowing water because it is the source of the River Jordan. Caesarea Philippi was, in Jesus’ day, a summer retreat from the heat of the city and it sat at the foot of Mount Hermon (which is the only place in present-day Israel where you can actually go snow skiing). Anyway, as Jesus and his disciples sit in this place of lush vegetation, and flowing water, and shrines to Greek and Roman gods, Jesus asks them, “Who do people say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15) To which Simon Peter responds, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (16:16)

This is a remarkable claim – that Jesus of Nazareth, this teacher and healer, this flesh and blood human being, is actually the Son of God. To think that these disciples – common fishermen, and tax collectors, and merchants, and farmers from Galilee. . . regular folks – have been living with and breathing the same air as the Son of God is an amazing thing. Their lives have changed, dramatically, since Jesus came into their lives and said, “Follow me. . .”

If I could imagine myself in their shoes, I’d feel pretty good about myself – called by God’s own Son to follow. I would feel like I was part of the in-crowd – a coveted spot in Jesus’ inner circle – a much-sought-after position that all of the people who had recently been crowding around Jesus could only dream of having. This would be the kind of thing that I would always want to stay the same. I would never want it to change.

But, a change is gonna come. They always do.

Imagine the surprise of Simon Peter and the other disciples when Jesus tells them that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.[1] This does not go over well with the disciples. I mean, what would you do if the most amazing person you ever met told you that they were on their way to be arrested and killed?

So, as today’s reading begins, a change has already taken place. Six days have passed since this strange and terrible announcement by Jesus – six uncomfortable and awkward days during which the news has begun to sink in. As the story goes, Peter, James, and John – whose lives and ways of thinking have undergone a lot of change (some of it welcome change, some not-so welcome) – are taken up a high mountain, led by Jesus. Now, anyone who has climbed a high mountain knows that there are certain things that change as you climb. The vegetation changes, the terrain changes, the air changes, the weather changes.

In today’s story, amid all of these changes, an even more dramatic change takes place. Jesus changes. In the original language, Jesus undergoes a metemorphothe – a metamorphosis. He is transformed – transfigured – before them. The simplest reading, though, is that Jesus “changes in form”[2] right before their eyes. Jesus’ face begins to shine like the sun and his clothes become dazzling white.[3]

The Jesus that the disciples think they know so well – the Jesus who is a teacher and healer – can literally now be seen as the Son of God – walking and talking with two powerful figures from the past: Moses and Elijah, symbolizing the law and the prophets. “Could this even be real?” the disciples must have wondered. The answer to this question comes quickly enough, in the form of a bright cloud and a loud voice, which says, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!” (17:5) “Just in case you’re wondering,” God is saying, “yes, here is the One for whom you have been waiting. I am proud of him. Listen to him.”

If we were to put ourselves in the shoes of Peter, James, and John, we might just be blown away by all of this. The disciples all fall down, overcome with fear.

You know, in this story, in which the most obvious change involves Jesus and his bright appearance, probably the most important change takes place in the experience of the disciples who love him and the way this experience changes their minds, and hearts, and fragile faith. Here, the true identity of Jesus is confirmed by miraculous sight and sound. And, as they lie – trembling – on the ground, the identity of Jesus is confirmed, yet again, when he reaches out, touches them, and says, “Get up and do not be afraid.” (17:7)

It should be noted that with this gentle touch, Jesus is able to do what God has never really done before. For example, in today’s first reading, we see Moses going up the mountain to wait for God to give the commandments which God has written for the people. But God never reaches out to touch Moses. It would have killed him. The image of God in this story is so powerful: “The appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain.” (Exodus 24:17) Moses enters the cloud and is there, with God, for forty days and forty nights. You should know that partway through those forty days and nights, the people down below start to think that Moses has died – because who could survive up there with all of that fire and cloud? But Moses does survive, carrying the commandments of God down the mountain with the understanding that if the people follow God’s commandments, they will be blessed. This agreement – this covenant – between God and God’s people was something new in the ancient world, a change in how divine and human relationships worked.

But sometime between Moses up on Mount Sinai and Jesus on top of the Mount of Transfiguration, another change takes place. They usually do.

In Jesus, we see God operating in a different way. God knows that no matter what the commandments are, people like you and I won’t be able to fully follow them or live up to God’s expectations. The people who received the commandments in the wilderness tried, but often failed, to follow them. The bumbling disciples didn’t always get things right, either, even when they were right there with Jesus. We don’t get things right, either. This is where God’s unique grace and mercy enter the picture. Where, before, God had said, “If you follow the rules, then you will be blessed, and if you don’t, you will be punished.” Jesus is now saying, “You are going to break the rules, but my love is here to help you.” This is where Jesus – filled with all of the holy power of God – reaches out and touches us, and tells us “do not be afraid.” Do not be afraid, because God’s unchangeable love and mercy are great. Do not be afraid, because Jesus is with us – God with us – in the flesh. Do not be afraid when all seems dark and we cannot see the light. Do not be afraid when the Holy shines so brightly that we have to shield our eyes. Do not be afraid in the moments when everything changes. Do not be afraid – no matter the changes that come.

Because the changes will come, won’t they?

Perhaps the most dramatic change that takes place if you ever climb a high mountain is that you have to come back down, at some point. You can’t stay up there, forever. You might remember that Peter wants to build some kind of buildings up on the mountain, but this suggestion doesn’t really go anywhere. He might as well have just bought a bumper sticker that said, “These eyes saw something that can’t be described – something that can’t be proven to be true, and now I’ve got this bumper sticker to remember it.”

It is on the mountaintop where you and I might experience some great change, some great epiphany, some great vision, some great experience. And then, we have to go home – or back to life down below – carrying the change in our hearts into whatever future lies ahead. For Jesus, the future includes Jerusalem, and arrest, and death, and rising again on the third day. For the disciples, the future includes watching all of these things take place and then going on to tell the wondrous story. And for us? Well, God sometimes gives us moments of bright clarity – mountaintop experiences – that are unique to each of us. And, if we are paying attention in these mountaintop moments – or, at least carrying them in our memories – they can help us through some of the great changes that come our way. They can give us strength when we enter the dark valleys of life through which all of us must tread at one point or another. They can inspire us with something to hold on to when all else seems lost.

You know, they (whoever “they” are) say that the only constant thing in life is change. If you were to imagine the great changes that we have seen just in the past three years, it boggles the mind. It also probably stresses some of us out, especially since we do not know what the future holds. Change can do that, and some folks deal with the stress better than others.

But I don’t believe that change is the only constant thing in life. God’s powerful love is a constant thing, too, thepowerful love that is with us in every moment, offering comfort and saying, “Do not be afraid,” the powerful love that can change us – our hearts, and minds, and believing – so that we can be true disciples. . . followers of the One who came into the world to change everything, making all things new.

Friends, may we listen for the powerful, loving, and transformational voice of Jesus – whether we are high on a mountaintop or deep in a valley – and may we follow where that loving voice leads, and not be afraid.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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[1] Matthew 16:21. Paraphrased, JHS.

[2] Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979) 511.

[3] See Matthew 17:2.

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Here's that comparison list for wtnv and tma that nobody asked for:

Cecil — Jon (Cecil’s just the version who’s issue is being too okay with everything instead of too worried about it)

The Man Who Isn’t Short & The Man Who Isn’t Tall — Breekon & Hope

The crates that sometimes tick but mostly don’t — The coffin (they’re both carried by the above)

Dana — Sasha

Dana’s Double — Not!Sasha

Episode 45, “A Story About Them” — MAG 128, “Heavy Goods” (source: they both make me want to cry)

The House That Doesn’t Exist — Hilltop Road

John Peters (from Episode 38, “Orange Grove”, not John Peters, You Know, The Farmer) — The Not!Them

Strexcorp — The Web (don’t ask me to elaborate I cannot)

Episode 66, “worms...” — MAG 39, “Infestation” (maybe not in actual content but you know I’m right)

The Old Oak Doors — Michael and/or Helen’s doors

The Erikas — The Anatomy Students (but if they weren’t evil) (this is based purely on vibes i have no evidence)

Station Management — ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Elias,,,,, (i hate this i hate this i hate this so much but like. It’s correct. And I hate that most of all)

Former Intern Chad — Mike Crew (again, no evidence just based on vibes, but it feels true)

NVCR Interns — Archival Assistants

Huntokar — Jon (I know I’ve already compared him but,,, the parallels,,,,,,, like,,,,,,,, wow,,,)

The Man With The Tan Jacket — Mikaele Salesa (evidence: both are salesmen, both are at least close to the Stranger)

Lot 37 — (manifestation of) The Web

Episode 25, “One Year Later” — MAG 56, “Children of the Night” (evidence: both are around the one year marks, both include an important change in the relationships of the main characters at the end)

#it’s important to me that this list exists #the magnus archives #tma #welcome to night vale #wtnv #literary analysis #io does literary analysis

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bonniebird · 4 years

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Halloween Event

Read early on Wattpad

Read early on AO3

“Great! The blood-sucking Brady Bunch!” - Jacob Black

“Do you have any other emergency werewolf contacts?” - Stiles Stilinski

“Every day is Halloween, isn’t it? For some of us.” - Jace Wayland

“During the day, I don’t believe in ghosts. At night, I’m a little more open -minded.” - Tate Langdon

@joeynihil and Peter Rumancek’s Halloween ~ Moodboard

“You don’t know much about magic.” - Nick Scratch

“When you turn to a bat, where do your clothes go?” - Spike

“And now it’s time to send in our cute little secret weapon.” - Ivar Ragnarsson

Halloween with Eric Coulter {Moodboard}

“She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true.” - Ivar Ragnarsson

“What an excellent day for an exorcism.”- Peter Hale

“Blah blah, vampire emergency, blah” - Rebekah Mikaelson & Theo Raeken

“You are too precious for words, why I could just… eat you alive!” - Hvitserk Ragnarsson

“So is the devil, Halloween Santa?” - Lucifer Morningstar

“I’ve got the devil in me!” - Lucifer Morningstar

“I always wonder if it’s better to bury two bodies in one place or spread them around. I’m sure there’s a right answer, but I never want to meet the person who knows it.“ - Maze / Lucifer Morningstar

“What is this guy, Witch-ipedia?” - John Constantine

“You only have one super power, and it is your breasts.” - Elijah Mikaelson

“It’s Halloween; everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” - Eric Northman

“Stop calling it a haunted house. It’s not even scary.“ - Seeley Booth

“I know you’re joking, but on the off chance you aren’t, no.” - Victor Zsasz

“Every day is Halloween, isn’t it? For some of us.” - Eric Coulter

“Those guys at the impound. Did they really smash my car?” - Dean Winchester

“I’m the guy that’s gonna save your ass.” - Eric Coulter

Halloween with Theo Raeken moodboard - Theo Raeken

“You can’t commit crime on Halloween!” - Barbara Kean

“I do believe in killing the messenger. Know why? Because it sends a message.” - Mick Rory

“It’s so sweet. He looks just like a little entrée.” - Ripper!Stefan Salvatore

“During the day, I don’t believe in ghosts. At night, I’m a little more open-minded.” - Harley Quinn

“If this is a joke, I’ll kill you!” - Eric Coulter

“So, what can a teen wolf do?” - Cora Hale

“It’s Halloween; everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” - Aziraphale {Good Omens}

“The witches are coming.” - Bonnie Bennett

“I know that you hate Halloween, but stick with me, and I promise you, you will love it.” - Nick Scratch

“Shh, I’m Googling sex spells.” - Madison Montgomery

“I am, what psychiatrists call, alpha male.” - Eric Coulter

“Aren’t you worried that, one day, all the forest animals are gonna band together and fight back?” - Jacob Black

“Bitch, I will eat you!” - Spike {BtVS}

“You know how I think Halloween is for jerks? Well, this Halloween, I was the jerk. I’m sorry about tonight.” - Leonard Snart

“You really are a witch.” - Jace Wayland

“I’m the guy that’s gonna save your ass.” - Jace Wayland

“I am, what psychiatrists call, alpha male.” - Klaus Mikaelson

“Vampires pretending to be humans pretending to be vampires … How avant-garde!” - Klaus Mikaelson

“Shh, I’m Googling sex spells.” - Stefan Salvatore

“Shh, I’m Googling sex spells.” - John Constantine

“Are you ready for some Halloween fun?“ - Eric Coulter

“She annoyed me, so I killed her and buried her in the yard.” - Eric Coulter

“I’m supposed to call you first when I find a dead body?” - Peter Hale

“Can someone kill him again, please?” - Kol Mikaelson

“I’ll be a good little witch.” - Theo Raeken

“I just think a lot of undead roaming the streets could lead to problems. For instance, farmers’ markets selling actual farmers.” - Theo Raeken

“Shh, I’m Googling sex spells.” - Theo Raeken

“There’s a monster outside my room. Can I have a glass of water?” - Jasper Hale

“I am, what psychiatrists call, alpha male.” - Eric Coulter

“You really are a witch.” - Geralt of Rivia

“Shh, I’m Googling sex spells.” - Eric Northman

“If this is a joke, I’ll kill you!” - Barbara Kean

"This is my costume. I’m a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.” - Rosa Diaz

“Well, as someone at a high risk for a spook-related death, thank you.” - John Constantine

“Dear Diary, a chipmunk asked me my name today.” - Klaus Mikaelson

“I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ.“ - Gina Linetti

“You’re horrific and you are hired.“ - Jerome Valeska

“I am commanding. Calmly, but commanding. No more witchcraft.” - Maze Smith

“I am, what psychiatrists call, alpha male.” - Eric Coulter

“Have you picked out a costume yet?“ - Maze Smith

“Well, as someone at a high risk for a spook-related death, thank you.” - Harvey Bullock

“I’m just sitting here. Feeling like the devil.” - Damon Salvatore

“Shh, I’m Googling sex spells.” - Eric Northman

“No, you weren’t part of this. Get back over to the loser side, loser.” - Winn Schott

“I need help carving these pumpkins.” - Temperance Brennan

“I’m the guy that’s gonna save your ass.” - Anakin Skywalker

“This is ridiculous! What could be scarier than one of us?” - John Shelby

“There’s no such thing!” - Elizabeth Swann

“I am, what psychiatrists call, alpha male.” - Gina Linetti

“Bitch, I will eat you!” - Victor Zsasz

“Okay, all right, now. Come on, no one died, alright? Look, there may have been some maiming, okay? A little mangling, but no death! That’s what I call an important distinction.” - Zelda Spellman

“She annoyed me, so I killed her and buried her in the yard.” - Barbara Kean

“Yeah, well, you being happy isn’t really a big priority of mine, since you stabbed me twenty times with knives.” - Victor Zsasz

“It’s kind of ironic. The more care you put into a murder, the harsher society judges you.” - Jerome Valeska

“No, it’s not! That’s just something mortals say to make themselves feel better.” - Lilith / Madam Satan

“Welcome to my nightmare, I think you’re going to like it.” - Jerome Valeska

“Stop calling it a haunted house. It’s not even scary.” - Ava Sharpe

“I died in a trapeze accident?” - Jake Peralta

“Okay, all right, now. Come on, no one died, alright? Look, there may have been some maiming, okay? A little mangling, but no death! That’s what I call an important distinction.” - Lucien Castle

“It’s Halloweek. I do the full seven days.” - Rosa Diaz

“If this is a joke, I’ll kill you!” - Jason Todd

“Vampires are real. They’re usually not the cape-wearing, "mwah-hah-hah-ing” types, but rather people with ordinary jobs who just happen to consume blood.“- Jasper Hale

“We came, we saw, we kicked its ass.” - Eric Coulter

“I always wonder if it’s better to bury two bodies in one place or spread them around. I’m sure there’s a right answer, but I never want to meet the person who knows it.“ - Elijah Mikaelson

Roman Godfrey Halloween ~ moodboard

@joeynihil and Sabrina Spellman Halloween ~ Moodboard

“Do you have any other emergency werewolf contacts?”- Derek Hale

“I need help carving these pumpkins.”- Derek Hale

“Those guys at the impound. Did they really smash my car?” - Dean Winchester

“We came, we saw, we kicked its ass.” - Rebekah Mikaelson & Theo Raeken

“I see something in your future. Something… frightening.“ - Bonnie Bennett

“There’s a monster outside my room. Can I have a glass of water?”

“Every day is Halloween, isn’t it? For some of us.” - Ripper!Stefan Salvatore

“No, it’s not! That’s just something mortals say to make themselves feel better.” - Jace Wayland

“This is ridiculous! What could be scarier than one of us?” - The Mikaelson Family

“If I have to hear doppelgänger one more time, I’m going to have to learn how to spell it.” - Elijah Mikaelson

“In this whole wide wicked world the only thing you have to be afraid of is me.” - Kol Mikaelson

“Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.” - Gina Linetti

“You only have one super power, and it is your breasts.” - Rosa Diaz

"I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.” - Theo Raeken

“You seem to be doing so well without witchcraft.” - Nick Scratch

“I always wonder if it’s better to bury two bodies in one place or spread them around. I’m sure there’s a right answer, but I never want to meet the person who knows it.“ - Halfdan the Black

“You know how I think Halloween is for jerks? Well, this Halloween, I was the jerk. I’m sorry about tonight.” - Lydia Martin

“They’re embarrassed about their spells not working anymore.” - Malia Tate

“Blah blah, vampire emergency, blah” - Bella Swan

“Do you have any other emergency werewolf contacts?” - Peter Rumancek

“Can someone kill him again, please?” - Peter Hale

“I have a heart. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Katherine Pierce

“Shh, I’m Googling sex spells.” - John Constantine

"It’s the witching hour somewhere.” - Jughead Jones

“People think if they put on a costume they can just get away with anything they want. Halloween is Christmas for jerks.” - Ray Palmer

“Please tell me you did that for dramatic effect.” - Jacob Black

“Can someone kill him again, please?” - Emmett Cullen

“I must go in. The fog is rising.” - Arman the Dragon

“I knew something came through the portal.” - Ivar Ragnarsson

“Well, we can’t start killing people. We’re getting life back to normal. And killing people isn’t normal, sweetheart.“ - Nora Darhk

“Are you eating raw pumpkin with a spoon?” - Sweet Pea

“You know what they say about (Town). No one who dies here ever really dies.” - Jughead Jones

"I want to stab you to death, and then play around with your blood." - Sweet Pea

“I'll come to the party, but I'm not dressing up.” - Sweet Pea

“I’ve seen enough horror movies to know that any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly.” - Sweet Pea

“Hand over the candy, old dude, or we egg your house.” - Sweet Pea & Jughead Jones

“Time for the real Halloween show to begin.” - Sweet Pea

“Should I be concerned about you causing me any trouble?“ - Sweet Pea

“Danger doesn’t lurk at every corner. It’s just hanging out, waiting for fear and horror to show up.” - Jughead Jones

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” - Sweet Pea

“Time for the real Halloween show to begin.” - Dorcas Night

“She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true.” - Dorcas Night

“Who hired you? Who do you work for, the pizza man?” - Damon Salvatore

Halloween with Jughead Jones {Moodboard}

“Are you possessed? Again?” - Stiles Stilinski

“Does my costume look spooky to you?” - Sweet Pea

“I need help carving these pumpkins.“ - Tommy Shelby

“Shh, I’m Googling sex spells.” - Theo Raeken and Rebekah Mikaelson

Halloween with Vanessa Ives {Moodboard}

Halloween with Samantha Stephens {Moodboard}

Halloween with Toni Topaz {Moodboard}

Halloween with Sweet Pea {Moodboard}

Halloween with Cheryl Blossom {Moodboard}

Halloween with Betty Cooper {Moodboard}

“During the day, I don’t believe in ghosts. At night, I’m a little more open-minded.” - Seely Booth

“Vampires pretending to be humans pretending to be vampires … How avant-garde!” - Eric Northman

“I know that you hate Halloween, but stick with me, and I promise you, you will love it.” - Amaya Jiwe

“You seem to be doing so well without witchcraft.” Clary Fray & Allison Argent

“First rule of witch club: don’t talk about witch club.” - Madam Satan / Lilith

“Who hired you? Who do you work for, the pizza man?” - Zari Tomaz

“She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true.” - Peter Rumancek

“Happy Halloween, asshole!“ - Rosa Diaz

“Hello, something scary happening!“ - Kyle Reese

“We sent (Y/N) to the Ghost World to save the day again.” - Allison Argent

“If she realizes that we’re killing people for food and not for God, she might not like us anymore.” - Vampire!Ivar Ragnarsson & Roman Godfrey

“We can have our own Halloween here.” - Roman Godfrey

“You are too precious for words, why I could just… eat you alive!” - Ivar Ragnarsson

“Have you come to sing pumpkin carols?” - Sweet Pea

“How was I to know? It was just floating by.“ - Sweet Pea

“It’s Halloween! Everyone gets a chance to be someone else, let their hair down for awhile.” - Sweet Pea

“You only have one super power, and it is your breasts.” - Elena Gilbert

“Yeah, well, you being happy isn’t really a big priority of mine, since you stabbed me twenty times with knives.” - Sweet Pea

Halloween with Marko {Moodboard}

“I know that you hate Halloween, but stick with me, and I promise you, you will love it.” - Sweet Pea

“I know that you hate Halloween, but stick with me, and I promise you, you will love it.” - David (The Lost Boys)

“I’m the guy that’s gonna save your ass.” - David (The Lost Boys)

“I’m supposed to call you first when I find a dead body?” - Sweet Pea

“Aren’t you worried that, one day, all the forest animals are gonna band together and fight back?” - Sam Emerson

“Good. No fangs yet. You’re doing fine. Your ears aren’t even pointed yet.” - Scott McCall

“You are too precious for words, why I could just… eat you alive!” - David (The Lost Boys)

“Yeah, well, you being happy isn’t really a big priority of mine, since you stabbed me twenty times with knives.” - Brett Talbot

“Are you possessed? Again?” - Peter Hale

“We don’t like you. Now, shut up and help us.” - Eric Northman

“What is this guy, Witch-ipedia?” - Eric Northman

“Shh, I’m Googling sex spells.” - Nick Scratch

“Vampires are real. They’re usually not the cape-wearing, "mwah-hah-hah-ing” types, but rather people with ordinary jobs who just happen to consume blood.“ - Dorcas Night

"This is my costume. I’m a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.” - Tommy Shelby

“Hasn't anyone told you, second hand smoke kills.“ - Prudence Blackwood

“I know you’re joking, but on the off chance you aren’t, no.” - Klaus Mikaelson

“We sent (Y/N) to the Ghost World to save the day again.” - Theo Raeken & Rebekah Mikaelson

“Just because it's a love story doesn't mean it can't have a decapitation or two.” - Klaus Mikaelson

“You seem to be doing so well without witchcraft.” - Allison Argent & Nick Scratch

“You are too precious for words, why I could just… eat you alive!” - Damon Salvatore

#halloween2020 #bonniebird #halloween #masterlist #halloween 2020

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boycritter · 3 years

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okay i mentioned a wtnv dsmp au last night so here’s more

-ranboo and tubbo are cecil and carlos, respectively

-dream is the hooded figures. yes all of them

-the dog park is surrounded by the lmanburg walls (desert bluffs is old lmanburg)

-enderchest takes the place of koshekh

-enderwalkboo is kevin (doubles :eyes:)

-hannah is tamika flynn bc theyre both girlbosses

-puffy and niki have a bakery together (taking the place of dark owl records)

-fundy has an ice cream shop called big fundy’s (no one does a cone like big fundys. no one)

-eret is dana cardinal and no i will not explain further

-the ‘weather’ is just wilbur coming on and singing a song

-foolish gamers (you know, the builder) takes place of john peters (you know, the farmer)

-dreamxd is the man in the tan jacket

-punz is sherriff sam but instead of a sherriff they’re a mercenary

if anyone has more feel free to add on ^-^

#fizz.txt #dream smp #dsmp #dsmp au #dream smp au

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desert-bluffs-and-me · 5 months

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Wtnv quick rundown - 103 - Ash Beach

Ya know, I think I'm getting really good at doing this, just trimming it to the nice little info bits instead of doing an episode play-by-play like when I started. Sometimes I look back over the other ones I've done and remember all kinds of stuff that gets lost in an episode or that I've just forgotten. Isn't that neat?

We make money the old fashioned way: we chemically convert lead into gold. Welcome to Night Vale.

Ash Beach, the titular place, is a beach that was made in the 1950's out of all the burned books in NV. It is now being reopened with a refurbished boardwalk.

The ash is burning hot and sticks/stains the skin of those who touch it. There are thin-armed humanoid figures with gaping mouths, round glowing eyes filled with square teeth emerging from the ash. They made faint crunching and clicking sounds and shimmer in and out of visibility.

NV citizens Amber Akinyi and Wilson Levy are celebrating their first wedding anniversary at the beach. Seeing the figures causes them both to vividly relive members of times and people they've never actually experienced or known.

Other people that the figures cause to experience false memories include: Frances Donaldson, Tristan Cortez and John Peters (you know, the farmer?)

A huge wave comes out of literally nowhere (this being a desert and all) and washes away all the beach goers things and several beach goers. The old well appears, sucking the water into itself and then disappearing again.

Simone Rigadeau has also been left with a memory. A memory of the world ending in 1983 due to a missile strike. She of course already knew this, but didn't remember it until now. She recalls watching Tim and Trinh on the news reporting it, followed by the image of Huntokar appearing. Simone says that Huntokar is responsible for 'this' and that she (Huntokar) is the destroyer.

Weather: "Faded" by P.O.S

Dark Owl records will be having a signing of Stevie Ray Vaughn's newest album, Beyonce, a cover of Leonard Cohen's best hits where he reads each chord out loud. He doesn't know how he got there and can't hold tangible objects.

There will be a Gun show at the rec centre, first 500 people to buy a ticket will have their government-implanted tracking chips surgically removed for free. 'Gun dealers from all over the United States will be at the show selling handguns and hunting rifles, and telling fantastical stories about a mythical government that would try even in the slightest to regulate gun ownership.'

Hadassah McDaniels and the rest of the dragons seem to have disappeared and witnesses report that they may have been talking to the Distant Prince.

Cecil and Carlos visit Josie on her death bed and Cecil openly acknowledges angels for the first time.

Whatever our truth, Night Vale, you can feel your body, hear my voice, see the sunlight through dissipating ash clouds. I do not know if we are real, but we are alive. We are tangible, feeling, and whole. Stay tuned next for the sound of something trying to dig its way out of your chest.

Proverb: If you're not wearing a denim vest, then this conversation is over.

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv quick rundown #wtnv ep 103

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