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QUOTES THAT MAKE ME CRY FROM CARLOS'S VOICEMAIL

I'm calling to tell you that... I love you. That I have loved you almost since the first day I met you nearly seven years ago.

It's not easy feeling alone, but within a year, I wasn't, cause I was with you.

And we have- oh. You're gonna play this on the air, aren't you? Oh, of course, you are.

I've been working nights and days trying to repair this break in continuity, and I haven't slept much because I-I can't sleep until we're back in the same timeline.

I will start over, I will go to Rico's on another first date, I will pretend to hear about your life for the first time, I will tell you about mine for the thousandth time. It won't be the same for me but it will still be you.

And-and that's all that matters. You. You're the one.

Uh, god, this must sound crazy. You barely know me, and-and I'm coming off as desperate, but it's because I am. Please call me.

#so the whole thing?#yes yes i know #but these ones <3333 #welcome to night vale #wtnv #wtnv cecil #wtnv fandom #cecil gershwin palmer #night vale #wtnv carlos #cecil x carlos #cecil palmer #carlos the scientist

hating science as a metaphor for homophobia is something i didn’t think would happen in 2023

#welcome to night vale #cecil gershwin palmer #carlos the scientist #wtnv spoilers #wtnv #wtnv carlos

lunarinyx

Congrats to Cecil!

what’s so funny about cecil in the tumblr sexyman poll is that he canonically has a tumblr. and so does carlos.

#tumblr sexyman poll #cecil gershwin palmer #carlos the scientist #cecil sweep #let cecil win tumblr sexyman!!

chewaai

As Welcome to Night Vale is gaining another burst of popularity, I do wish to send out a warning to people who are very sensitive to psychotic episodes: be careful if you want to listen to it

If you’re the type of person who has #unreality blacklisted, don’t listen to too many episodes in a row/maybe avoid it all together?

Stay safe <3

3amsnow-deactivated20241128

i was and still am unable to listen to it but here’s what i remember about it that may be helpful to others and i would greatly appreciate input from people who actually listened to more of it

night vale is, in essence, about a really weird town. the unreality is constant.

- there are many things in it that can trigger paranoia and delusions, like the faceless old woman and 4th wall breaks

- cecil will repeatedly say certain things aren’t real

- cecil repeats things frequently

- doppelgangers

- angels

- droning music

- cecil will change his tone to say something ominous, then go back to talking normal

and please remember, what doesn’t cause psychotic episodes for one person may cause them for another. just because something doesn’t bother you doesn’t mean it won’t bother someone else, so please fucking tag unreality. it’s not infantilizing just do it

the unreality tag is helpful even when people don’t blacklist it.

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additional triggers from someone who keeps up with the podcast:

-frequently, cecil narrates stories in the 2nd person (“you”). this can be upsetting because he’s narrating things that aren’t actually happening

-there are descriptions of gore and body horror

-cecil also has multiple experiences comparable to dissociation, derealization, or similar episodes.

-verbal repetiton

laurajameskinney

also note that in nightvale, there is constant and extreme invasion of privacy/surveillance by the government, which combined with the second person narration mentioned above and the fact that podcast listeners are meant to put themselves in the “shoes” of nightvale citizens can be pretty upsetting/triggering

another thing i remember from the 50 or so episodes i listened to is that cecil will frequently and fairly casually discuss the endangerment, kidnapping, and/or deaths of children and teenagers, which isn’t necessarily a psychosis trigger per se but i thought warranted a mention.

13threbagel

Yep. There’s one episode that was basically mirroring the 2016 US presidency voting

kawaiijohn

The fandom wiki for WTNV has a list of content warnings by season as well, if you’d like a play by play of what to expect.

It even includes warnings for the live shows and transcripts!!

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[Image ID: Tumblr tags reading: #thank u i wasnt sure how to word warnings for this stuff! #for anyone who isnt triggered by that stufd but thinks this sounds grim: i havent listened in a few years but its satire of the U.S. #not to immediately cite an example from a totally different country but its like. you know a modest proposal #and dare i say it. have you ever read flatland #i gotta relisten to wtnv so i can reocmmend it cohnerently. god. /End ID]

muddaisy

we here at StrexCorp are proud to announce our new acquisition of Fazbear Entertainment and we are so excited for our upcoming plans to start a fresh, new, and joyful start for the Fazbear franchise

godheadjones

im so sane rn im not sane

#from my main #wtnv

justanotherspeck

Welcome to Night Vale: Ep. 100, Toast

artofadesignermind

Town designed to look like a drought burdened desert

actual-cannibal-midousuji-deact

that is stealhy as fuck imagine looking down on that shit from an airplane yo would never know there was a fucking city down there

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((Headcanon Night Vale))

belly-bits

no shhh that is desert bluffs

little-mephistopheles

@spare-teeth

me when i go out for dinner then see a burger king and hear my parents say it used to be an Arby’s

#welcome to night vale #wtnv #wtnv fandom #night vale #wtnv spoilers #10 years later

muddaisy

imagine being Kevin in 70a and this guy you've been around for 10 years and living with for a while is talking to you in a way that sounds like he's going to break up with his boyfriend to be with you and you're being sympathetic about it but really you're just kind of excited then he leaves and left the break up letter on your desk and you cave and read it out of curiosity and it turns out actually it was for you and he's leaving you, the person he knew for ten years, for his boyfriend of two and now you're heartbroken and distraught (emotions youre not used to) and alone in infinite desert. what do you even do about that

bulkhummus

Your Carlos is easily the best design I've seen it just WORKS

thank you <3 <3 <3

here take these doodles <3 of carlos dad and in love cecil

nebulations

[ID: A WTNV comic. Carlos is holding a sleeping Esteban, and he smiles, "Welcome home, honey." Carlos is a broad-shouldered man with shoulder-length hair and a beard wearing a headband with bear ears. Esteban is a toddler in a bear onesie. Cecil, a thin man wearing a crop top and mesh, cries from all five eyes as he replies, "Hi baby bear. Hi" and whimpers, "So... so cute." End ID]

agnes-come-back-challenge

WtNV is a comedy but there are so many bits that are just undiluted horror or tragedy and I love it.

"A Story of Love and Horror" being so far removed from comedy that I find it genuinely distressing to hear, and it's about two incredibly minor characters

The fragmented horror of "Go to the Mirror?" that technically explains things while somehow leaving us with more questions

Cecil saying, "Stay tuned next for... I don't know. I don't care. Goodnight," at the end of episode 98

Learning what actually happened to Kevin in episode 73, "Triptych"

Literally the entire ending of episode 45, but especially, "'You know' says The Man Who Is Not Short, looking down at his crossword, 'I worry every time that I'm not going to finish these when I start them.'"

Like. It's a comedy podcast. This is a comedy.

#thats night vale and i love it