#also i know finknors writing is always stupid and makes no sense but why would it make any sense at all to write out a character who has

[cowboyinternist]

probably i am the only person who cares about this but im such a big hater of the headcanon that sheriff sam isn’t from night vale.

like i kind of get it, i understand why one would come to that conclusion but it only makes sense on surface level. and i find it just ?? boring …?. because to me everything about sam’s mentality and the way they behave suggests that they’ve lived in night vale their entire life. they’re like an example of how badly the brainwashing and experience of an upbringing in night vale can just,, destroy ur sense of humanity and trust in other people. idk. like yeah they perpetuate the system but pretty much solely because of how it ended up effecting them specifically. the idea that they just come from somewhere else and just happen to be really weird and neurotic anyways is boring and genuinely serves no narrative purpose.

and also at that point in the story how does it make any logical sense that night vale would allow someone from out of town into that position?? one of the major plot conflicts of that year is focused on night vale’s distaste towards outsiders. come on. and narratively?? sam is meant to represent the sentiments of the majority of night vale at that time so WHY???? would they be from somewhere else????????????????????????

[tefmiles]

alright so this is gonna be stupid sounding because i’m like. not bothering to go and get actual examples and stuff from the transcripts but i might if i make a mistake writing this 😭 anyways. i havveee been seeing people talking about cecil and carlos and particularly how carlos is like. a shitty guy and i’d like to try and explain how people might be getting that idea but also explore the fact that he’s not a shitty guy. i think, foremost, what makes carlos appear like he’s not a good person is his secrecy, his self-isolation from others, his tendency to run away from problems, and IMPORTANTLY his sudden/irrational desision making. 

i’d first off like to say part of carlos’s character is defined by how kinda inconsistent finknor writes him. that’s often, atleast to me, why he seems impulsive, because we don’t get a lead up to his big moments ( ie, the dow decision ). but also to me i know that he has ptsd!!! and he’s autistic!!, which isn’t actually brought up a lot by people when talking about him so it makes sense that like him always being away from people and always keeping secrets and lying with his actions comes off as just being shitty. 

carlos isolates and runs away and keeps secrets because of his past and because of fear ( and a little bit of autism if you ask me ). and he is hurting people by doing this. but he also has heart. and he is written as a very genuine person. he has extreme confliction and lots of things going on that as the listener we do not know about… i don’t think he’s awful. i think he’s got lots going on and he’s a bit of a victim of just how. finknor wrote him and continue to write him. playing him as a the villain is kinda fucked up especially when people say “ he treats cecil so bad!!! “…… girl you must consider they have a very complex relationship and neither of them are perfect. i would also add that like in early seasons carlos was definitely elevated above other characters by cecil and now that that has changed, and we see more of him and not just him being “ perfect “, the listeners view of him changes. 

i don’t think carlos is a bad person but i think his actions come off as bad because he is incredibly determined to make sure that things are safe. that things are solved. in it devours, carlos suddenly decides to kill the smiling god after wanting to preserve it to study it. he makes that sudden decision because the damage of what the animal can do outweighs his scientific intrigue. the same notion of him switching between ideas happens often. sometimes he doesn’t realize what he is doing is hurting others, like when his machine is what causes the tremors in it devours. like how in order to preserve a feeling of safety, in order to not have to deal with actually acknowledging his fears, he keeps the 10 years a secret from cecil. 

idk how to end this bitch i wrote this in my notes app ok gootbye