#welcome to night vale 221

[faultyvessel]

IF WE DON'T GET CARLOS IN THE NEXT EPISODE (PREFERABLY SUFFERING) IM GOING TO COMMIT NUMEROUS FELONIES

#wtnv #welcome to night vale 221 #wtnv carlos #carlos the scientist #faulty’s carlos slandering continues #wtnv cecil #Cecil palmer #wtnv 227 #wtnv 228 #welcome to night vale 227 #welcome to night vale 228 #PLEASE I NEED HIS REACTION #I WAS YELLING THE ENTIRE RECENT EP

[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #carlos the scientist #charles the theologist #the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home #kasper rhodes wtnv #steve carlsberg #the smiling god #huntokar #the glow cloud #goosey rambles #kasper is the only technically desert bluffs guy on here... oops! #anyways. i am comedy and this idea has been rattling in my head for a while #I just think it's funny!!!! #also.... the last option is a bit of poor timing considering 221... #but she was ALWAYS supposed to be an option... ofc she has to be there shes my WIFE #anyways hope you gamers enjoy my horrid idea.... teeheehee!

[wt-nv-quotes]

Thursday morning, there will be a sunrise. There are only around 360 of these rare astronomical events every year, and only so many years in your one life, so don’t miss it! Or, you know, sleep through it and let that unrepeatable, irreplaceable moment pass you by. Up to you.

#episode 221 #2023 #community calendar #welcome to night vale #wtnv

[curatedspacefiller]

"I see now that the glow is only the sun, filtering through this cloud, which is only a temporary arrangement of water. But speaking as a temporary arrangement of water myself, I grieve. "

221 - The Glow Cloud, Explained

#this part RUINED ME let me tell you #wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv spoilers #wtnv 221 #glow cloud

[emphasis-on-the-oopsie]

What if janet lubelle explains cecil and we get an actual description of him

#welcome to night vale #wtnv #wtnv spoilers #wtnv 221 #victor rambles

[smartheart]

We’ve managed to explain tumblr why Cecil is the og sexyman. How do we explain the deep grief we’re feeling for a cloud, now?

#IM INCONSOLABLE #NOT THE GLOW CLOUD #ALL HAIL. ALL HAIL. ALL HAIL. #wtnv spoilers #wtnv 221 #welcome to night vale

[ladydragonkiller]

Alright I started this train of thought in the notes in a different post and it hasn’t left me alone, so here I am.

My brain is drawing parallels between the symbolism Night Vale holds for queerness and how the different methods of scientific understanding that have been attempted interact with that. 

Dr. Lubelle wants to put everything into a neat, tidy little box that fits with her current view of the world. She defines and explains, and in doing so misses what makes Night Vale and the entities within it special. The things she says about Sarah Sultan and the Glow Cloud are, in her eyes and perhaps even objectively, true, but in laying it out so clearly she kills them. 

I’m reminded by this of arguments within and around queer communities about labels. Any word for gender or sexuality means a thousand different things to a thousand different people. Even for being straight or cis, and especially for any number of identities or in-betweens out there. While some people may feel comforted by a definition for these terms, no one explanation is going to fit everyone who uses that label. Trying to separate these out is pointless, messy, and only liable to hurt the people involved.

And that’s okay! That’s great! I love that we can find a home in the gaps left unfilled, because it’s very rare that life is 100% black and white. Not everything can be fully explained, and learning to appreciate the beauty of that is so much more productive than trying anyways.

Just like Carlos’s perspective on Night Vale. When he first came to the town, he was definitely interested in trying to understand it. This desire is now, above all else, tempered with a huge amount of love for the town. He’s investigating in an effort to understand better, yes, but not at the detriment of the town or its’ citizens.

Above all else, he isn’t trying to force Night Vale to be something it isn’t, or trying to take away what it is. He’s letting it be, appreciating it in all it’s beauty, and learning not for knowledge and pride’s sake, but with enthusiasm and respect. He accepts he isn’t going to know more about the inhabitants than they do themselves.

There might be a whole separate idea in here about the town waiting so long to accept Carlos as a citizen (and the as of yet unknown of how he’s reacted to that), but my brain needs to percolate a bit before I can say anything intelligent about that.

#hopefully this is comprehensible it is *checks notes* #past my bedtime #wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv 221 #carlos the scientist #janet lubelle

[oswin-remains]

listening to the new welcome to night vale episode at work had me hoping that no one would pass by my desk because i was desperately trying (and failing) to hold in my tears for our dear glow cloud… ALL!!! HAIL!!!

#welcome to night vale #wtnv spoilers #wtnv #cecil gershwin palmer #glow cloud #wtnv 221

[faultyvessel]

I saw a post @bulkhummus made back in December about Lubelle forcing Cecil to sit in from of a mirror and it gave me SUCH BRAINROT that I had to draw it and I figured I’d post before the influx of new episode posts. I spent too long looking at pictures of infinity mirrors. (text below)

Lubelle: And subject 370895?

Random scientist: Moved to room 58-c

Lubelle: Any change?

R: Same responses. Stopped crying about fifteen minutes ago. Why the move?

L: I want to monitor multiple factors. Subject has proved… adept at resisting. I need him to See and not be Heard.

#cecil gershwin palmer #cecil palmer #cecilsweep #welcome to night vale #wtnv #wtnv podcast #WTNV 221 #welcome to night vale 221 #fanart #podcast fanart #janet lubelle #the university of what it is #angst #wtnv fanart #cecil baldwin #mirror #go to the mirror #THE MIRROR SHIT GIVES ME SO MUCH BRAINROT #OOPS I JUST SAW THE NEW EPISODE TITLE GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

[agnes-come-back-challenge]

okok so i think the whole thing with Dr Lubelle's science vs Carlos' science feels like a metaphor for people using science as a means to deny people's cultures and beliefs. 9Like, Carlos likes science because he likes to understand things and wants to help people; Janet likes science because she wants to prove that she's right and Night Vale is wrong

#this mightve been immediately obvious to everyone else idk #i got a little behind on wtnv so im catching up again #gotta say i like this new arc #wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv 221 #The Glow Cloud Explained #wtnv theories #wtnv theory #io does literary analysis

[wt-nv-quotes]

If a scientist looks like they might be trying to explain you, seek shelter immediately.

#episode 221 #2023 #welcome to night vale #wtnv

[battii-art]

I can't believe avatar Korra killed the Glow Cloud

#wtnv spoilers #wtnv #wtnv 221 #welcome to night vale #avatar #legend of korra #podcast #glow cloud #all hail the glow cloud

[its-your-mind]

all hail.

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv 221 #the glow cloud #all hail the glow cloud

[smartheart]

Cecil referring to Carlos’s science as “the science of love”… it’s okay mr. sexyman, we know that you’re gay

#wtnv 221 #cecil #welcome to night vale #wtnv

[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

WtNV 221 thoughts!:

I AM GOING TO FUCKING KILL LUBELLE HOW THE FUCK. WHY THE FUCK. NO. NO. NO. THEY KILLED MY WIFE. WHAT THE FUCK.

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv spoilers #wtnv 221 #SHE'S BEEN MY WIFE SINCE I FIRST STARTED LISTENING #NO YOU CAN'T FUCKING DO GHIS #not AFTER I WEAR MY FUCKING GLOW CLOUD SHIRT #i am. fucking distraught. #dying. i hate it here

[antigone-funn]

THE GLOW CLOUD CAN'T BE GONE!!!!!?,!??????? CAN WE SKIP AHEAD TO WHEN THE TOWN DEFEATS DR. LUBELLE AND EVERYTHING SHE EXPLAINED AWAY COMES BACK!!!,??????? PLEASE I AM DESPERATE

#episode 221 #wtnv #welcome to night vale #the glow cloud #all hail!!!! #ALL!!!! HAIL!!!!!!! #the mighty glow cloud #cecilsweep #cecil gershwin palmer #cecil baldwin #dr. Janet Lubelle #FUCK dr. Lubelle