#but most people are here for memes

[amazable01]

If you will indulge my little English Major brain for a moment:

One of the biggest plot devices both TMA and WTNV use is Chekhov's Gun (if something is shown on screen, it must be used at least once, at some point later in the show). However, the differences in how the idea is used helps to develop the style and themes of the series.

In TMA, there are a lot of recurring elements. However, there are very few recurring props/physical events. Obviously there's the lighter, but that's one of very few items that really has staying power. The Calliope Organ and the Table are really the only two more. People recur more often, but there's still a lot of stuff where there's an entity/character we've never met before, and will not meet again.

The main usage of Chekhov's Gun in TMA is the actually the fears themselves. The types of fear (and the attempt to categorize them) is a recurring element, which leads up to not only the reveal of the fears and what they are in s2, but the entirety of s5 and the horrors of implication that come with it. The powers are the constantly recurring Chekhov's Gun that fires often, but has been set up in the trailers before anything actually started.

This helps a lot towards setting up the themes of helplessness and human fragility that we see in TMA. Humanity is diminished, passing and unrecognizable and unimportant unless they have a connection to the powers, so every person is lesser in comparison to the overarching evil that has existed from the moment Jon opened his mouth in Anglerfish.

Meanwhile, the concept is flipped in WTNV. There are very few overarching plot points (Kevin, the Gods, etc), and generally they are devoted to their own arcs in the podcast, and occasionally pop up at other times to make themselves known. However, these arcs generally only last a certain amount of time, and the evil overarching villain of the season is just that: confined to the season.

Where we see the Chekhov's Gun in WTNV is in the people and places. Everyone knows 'Perfect Carlos' or 'Steve Carlsberg' or 'John Peters, ya'know, the Farmer?', and the usage of the name conventions helps to seal the name into our memory. Other events in the background are mentioned and will most certainly appear again, as well (no, seriously. If you've never watched Night Vale before, or if you just want a pleasant surprise in your most recent watch-through, keep tabs/notes of mysteries or unanswered questions. It's a fun game). There's even a constantly repeating theme of the first episode, changing ever-so-slightly, but still the same exact story with different meanings based on where you are.

This helps to set up the idea that, the world may be insane and dangerous and scary, but humanity has power. Choices matter, people matter, and evil is a passing thing that can be overcome if we just decide to come together. It sets the tone of WTNV from the moment you hear Cecil's voice in the Pilot, but you wouldn't even notice it.

[aregebidan]

i love you goncharov mythos, i love you innate human urge to make things up, i love you tumblr blorbos created By tumblr, i love you meta insight into current internet attitudes toward character archetypes that's inherent to this process of creation, i love you opportunity of witnessing yet another major event for very online people, and most of all i love you katya

[fatedroses]

Two former military elites taking merc jobs perform absolutely hellish battle tactics together.

[maglors-grief]

me when I see the hundredth post or comment from team green stans about how much of an evil bitch Rhaenyra is in the show 🥱

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

The Many Faces of David Jacobs

original

[communist-hatsunemiku]

im talking to this gorgeous person from tinder and they like Miku and actually send me interesting lengthy replies and ik i make this post like once a month lol. They asked me "so do you really like Miku or are you just kinda sorta familiar with one or two songs?"

1. lol, and 2. thats actually an extremely based and valid question and the fact that theyre asking it is an extremely green flag

[spaciebabie]

at first getting diagnosed with cptsd was like, "yay my trauma has been validated (it always was valid)!" and i really thought that was going to be it, but then i started to do research as i do whenever i realize i have something and learned that!! the way i experience socialization is!! quite horrid actually!!

[emulation-0]

my ultimate dream 🫶🫶🫶

[in-study-hell]

I love miscommunication she my favourite mcyt

[bunnygirlism]

rip Ross you would’ve loved femtanyl

CW: badly drawn gore in read more I guess??

for context:

[pinkd3mon]

I can respect the hater mentality

[smilepebble]

i like the blue ones

[superbellsubways]

thinking about the time i posted a weed joke and someone replied saying how i ruined their day with that and how i should go fuck myself and they blocked me immediately after and when i went into their profile through browser they were apparently anti-420 and i had never been more confused in my life i was dying bro

[chayscribbles]

✨️THE CHAYNEMATIC GALA 2024✨️

the voting results are in!

and i've gotta say. a Girls With White Teeth Sweep was not something i expected. anyways, here are the winners for each element, and we're on the the final round of voting for the gala's best dressed!

full series: water | air | earth | fire

[juiceshiru]

griselda …the favoured…sister… congrats….!!!!!!

[poormansmeridian]

The man who thinks that children should be put in a pit with wild dogs and solve deadly puzzles at a young age thinks your opinion is invalid.