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Kevin and Cecil hugging in 19B is my aesthetic.

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Stop why did this actually hit so hard?

Maybe you’d be healthier if you didn’t think of your own body as a disgusting garbage pit of blood and poo. Attitude matters, and we don’t like the energy you’re bringing to this conversation.

Relistening to Nightvale only to realize I am in fact waiting for the bus, and it is in fact raining.

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

Me when I listen to episode 10 of  “ Welcome to Night Vale” and, being an arachnophobe, I heard about a spider on the body:

I listen to podcasts and i think that this is how stockholm syndrome works - you're hurt, your heart is broken, but, you little freak, you love it

Happy 10th birthday to my favorite quirky small towns 🎉🎊

Vocal Stims I have that I think are really nice :)

Wouldn't you like to know weather boy (not always good in every situation but still funny! 9/10)

Thanks for tuning in (mostly whenever there's uncomfortable silence or I finished doing something, 9/10)

(this is just a night vale quote I like a lot and quote to myself when I'm bored, busy or alone) someone's going to k!// You one day, Cecil, and it will involve a mirror. Mark my words, child. And then she would stare absently through my eyes until I giggled! (10/10 I love night vale)

WHOAH OK YOUNG MIDORIYA IS HERE (he sounded so stressed it was hilarious 10/10)

wE iNsTaLlEd the (insert activity or object here) mod into MINECRAFT! (100/10)

ay that's all for now don't wanna give my entire personality away just like that!!

Hearing grimes song in night vale is the most random crossover /pos

Proverb: If you love something, set it free. If it starts flying around and chirping, it was probably a bird.

— May 1st, 2014 - A Parade Day

A 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 desert community, where the sun is hot, the moon is 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 and 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 lights pass over our heads while we all pretend to sleep.

Welcome to 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴 Vale

huge sucker for Kevin Desert Bluffs and Violet head of Hiram McDaniels angst

if you know any good fics please tell me, I need stuff to read 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I got to see the newest WTNV live show recently and it was fun! So like any artist who can’t stop thinking about something, I drew some fanart!

MY KEVIN AND CECIL HEADCANONS LETS GOOOOOOO

[From left to right: Kevin before strex, Kevin after strex, and Ceci!]

Actually hold on I can't sleep so let me tell you what I think about Kevin, the smiling god, Strexcorp, and how it all ties together.

(rant incoming)

So! The podcast of WTNV contradicts itself sometimes as to who founded the congregation of the smiling god, and I find it interesting! (I'll try to to source my findings but I'm kinda trash at that so sorry in advance.)

First things first, it was before strex for sure. This is confirmed by the episode with past Kevin and I think a priest of the congregation actually? He talks about smiling, uses friendly language, and overall seems like a happy guy pre-strex in a somewhat similar fashion to during-strex Kevin. Personally I love the contrast, but that's not the point whoops. And after his disconnect with strex, there are still many! people that worship the smiling god.

Here's what I think, and take it with a grain of salt because I hadn't read any of the books or seen the live shows (wiki fandom is my best friend on this), but it seems like the corruption of a religion to further a social/political goal on strex's part.

I refuse to get too political on this but my thoughts on this was the OG religion was positive and harmless, centered around a more spiritual belief of goodwill, optimism, and respecting life (maybe the energy of every living thing via blood and bones and the beauty of just... Life and living thing? Only to turn into a blood and bone fixation? Hm.) Smiling has been proven to help your brain make happy chemicals, and laughing is literally contagious! I read a post that while science is Night Vale's religion, religion is Desert Bluff's science, and I agree. It makes sense that a guy like pre-strex Kevin (as little as I know him) would understand and appreciate these values. Hell, I even think cutting a gaslow smile into yourself could've been an original thing, some religions are like that man, especially not surprising in WTNV.

Strex is obviously sadistic, faux-friendly, manipulative and gaslighting, etc etc etc. It wouldn't be the first time a company or group would use and corrupt a popular religion to seize control, and brainwashing is how cults work! That mixed with torture and meds, no wonder strex employees were so loyal. And they most likely used his own religion (albeit an essentially bastardized version) to condition him. By telling him pain is good (yikes) and "crushing the weak" to paraphrase Kevin himself is all part of this religion HE FOUNDED, they could've easily twisted their own virtues into his. Despite being a prophet, I don't think Kevin has had contact with it for a while now.

However, the smiling god is obviously malevolent, I am not sure about that bit. It either drive him just a bit mad upon first meeting it (valid tbh), it killed him but didn't?? because what is logic in night vale honestly, or somehow tricked him into believing it was a more benevolent presence. Or, maybe he worshipped it because why not, Cecil was totally ready to adhere to the demands of the glow cloud, the distant prince, all of them due to a healthy dose of terror and cosmic fear. Kevin might've gotten luck of the draw.

A thing I don't know yet that's driving me crazy is Kevin met the smiling god via oak door the first time, and it makes me wonder if the desert otherworld is it's domain or something?? And dbt is there now, just thinkin' thoughts about that.

He's shown to be a bit controlling, opinionated and stubborn even before strex (only heartless people don't like cats, Cecil!) and I think strex amplified these traits to terribly negative proportions. As well as using his own trauma, maybe? He compares his father to a thing always watching (in the walls, I think?), the sun to an overbearing father, let's not even mention the burning hot caramel situation. If his father was strict and abusive, it might be easier to say "hey, wasn't that actually a good thing? All that pain, what a great dad!" And turn his brain into a functional positive feedback loop.

Sorry for the whole essay, ack, but I've been thinking about this way too much lately. To summarize, smiling god came first via Kevin, Strex ruined everything as per usual, and religion and science and this podcast are soooo flipping interesting!!!! Okay thanks for coming to my Ted talk, Mothy out

Hey Night Vale is a domain of the Spiral and Cecil is an avatar of the Eye I'm sorry I don't make the rules

I don’t know if this has been talked about before and I’m just restating already known facts, but this song has a scarily similar energy as desert bluffs. Just something about it feels incredibly similar to the dreaded town and I need to know if anyone else thought this as well. What made me really think about this is the lyrics at 2:31-2:49

“There’s no reason to where a frown. I had an operation with no adverse reaction, they tampered with my brain some. It helped me see the reason, for living in the system”