#cecil would love it

[asydicsydney]

Thank Huntokar the release days are no longer on Saturdays, I can dress up again

[xenolinn]

He wants to show off his husband real quick.

[vvanillavveins]

"I’ve tried spending more time with dad in my dreams and in my art. But he’s- god, he’s impossible. Just give me a straight answer, man. A word, a gesture, a look at your face even. I think he was like this in real life, Cecil. I think his ambiguity, his vagueness, is why mom hated talking about him. He's not enigmatic or magical. He is fucking frustrating. All these cryptic images, but I don’t think there’s much to understand about an absent father."

[iamrizaka]

Cecil: What would you do if Nico became a snake?

Will, knowing something is off: Why is he a snake?

Cecil: Let's say, Lou Ellen turned him.

Will: I will let him bite and poison both of you before praying to Hecate to turn him back.

Nico the Snake: *has a love-struck expression*

[snakeyp00]

*trips and falls over* oh noooooo *picks up raikov headcanons* *picks up raikov headcanons* *picks up raikov headcanons* *picks up raikov headca

[crismakesstuff]

a lil something for the lil teaser we got today ❗️

invincible returns february 6th!

[seagull9111]

headcannon that will is always seen "smiling" so where ever people dont see him smiling they just assume he is sad...

so that results in 24/7 smiling around other because he doesn't want to worry any of them

but when he is alone he lets him face drop, and the few times people have walked in on him when he is alone its always kinda a mess

[tamaharu]

man. wtnv ran so other podcasts could follow desperately in its footsteps.

[vlasdygoth]

now play nice

[t0p-1-sidecharacter--fan]

Cecil, Connor and Travis ask their significant other if they'd love them if they were anything but a person but they'd already know

e.g

Travis: Katie, would you love me if I was a-

Katie: Yes I'd love you if you were a worm, a depressed banana, a ceiling fan, a laughing avocado, a dirty mattress or a moldy bread

(And they're the weirdest ones too, except the worm one, I'm pretty sure everyone knows that one)

[jeanne-de-valois]

My Side of the Mountain, or, “This desert community is suffering mass delusion and SO AM I” 

Got mildly spoiled on future plot points from the wiki, only up to “A Story About Them” in my listening journey

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Show dialog taken from  “The Traveler”. Support Welcome to Night Vale by donating!  

[the-voldsoy]

misc nightvale headcannons that i wrote while listening to the show for the first time but never shared

(tw:gore ? scarring ?)

Kevin has a Chelsea grin given to him when he resisted strexcorp

Cecil has been around for so long through so many eras of clothing that he’s just given up on bothering to dress well

However, his fashion is violently early 2000’s

He also loves makeup

And constantly wears fannypacks and other ridiculously tiny bags

Carlos’ many “lab coats” are actually just regular coats Cecil’s just stupid (/aff)

EXCEPT he does have some actual lab coats with different functions like his “running lab coat” is a lab coat with racing stripes on the sides

The “vague and mysterious government agency” is actually the SCP foundation

Cecil has microphone and soundwave tattoos that move when people talk

he has a third eye that he can see anywhere in nightvale when using it

He can make the night vale theme tune start playing out of nowhere

It’s not always on purpose

Like sometimes he sneezes particularly hard and it starts

on a similar vein, his 'weather' powers is because talk of the weather was banned

so every time people mention the weather music starts playing

(to avoid boring convos, yk?)

and Cecil is the only one who really takes advantage of it

Cecil has little faint piercing scars lining above and below his lips

(as in at some point his mouth was sewn shut)

cecil is VERY dramatic when sick

Cecil is taller but Carlos is stronger

However Cecil can fight really well

Carlos grew out his hair into a little ponytail and Cecil LOVED it

And then didn’t speak to Carlos for a week when he cut it off

There’s a lot of weird stuff in night vale that we don’t even know about — those are the things that people didn’t tell Cecil about because they knew he’d tell the radio

Also, no one EVER tells Cecil any secrets or gossip for the same reason

Cecil walks with a cane and sometimes even has to use a wheelchair due to the lymes disease he had

The cane has an old-timey microphone on the top (think Radio Demon from hazbin hotel)

Cecil loved one direction and was devastated when they broke up

[notebookpapers]

when I talk about my love for night vale my heart actually explodes btw

[tv1xx]

I will continue to spread Cecil and Debbie propaganda, he would treat her right. (Sorry Nolan)

[fiendishartist2]

my og podcast men !!

[ID: Night Vale fanart of Carlos and Cecil. Cecil is a tall white man with four eyes posing with a grin, wearing a crop top that says “I can see you,” a neon green puffy jacket, and floral pants. Carlos a long-haired brown man wearing  a lab coat splattered in colorful stains  over a purple outfit, and he’s holding Cecil’s arm with a smile. End ID]

ID by @princess-of-purple-prose thank you for the ID!!!

[milk-ducts]

I'm so glad to have encountered a fellow Cecil stan. I freaking love coming up with headcanons for Cecil, platonic or romantic, because he's such an interesting character. For real though feel free to dump any Cecil headcanons (platonic or romantic) on me anytime.

AWAAAA!! YES HAII OTHER CECIL AFICIONADO !!! im so glad theres more of us sprouting out here. my wife is so underappreciated, you have no idea how much he means to me. i'd love to req n swap headcanons anytime !! I have so many thoughts on that morally ambiguous gilf.

[messy, disorganized surface level autism rambling ahead. this will be just random scenes and characteristics i like of him]

BUT YES .. cecil's character is just so interesting to analyze. he does unethical, necessary things. But he doesn't subscribe to idealistic notions of "the greater good" or justifying his actions to make himself sleep better at night. He knows the harsh reality that someone has to make the difficult decisions, no matter how unethical. The psychological toll it takes to calculate how many civilian lives can be spared, and how many are inevitably lost in order to achieve the optimal outcome. He doesn't celebrate after victories like the other heroes do. After the dust settles, his mind is already racing - calculating, strategizing how to prevent future catastrophes. How to minimize casualties next time.

his methods are...questionable,, as ive said,, but there's a hint of nobility to it that just makes you respect him, A SHADY GOVERNMENT CHAR that does the dirty work and takes in all the heat for it so no one else has to? SIGN ME TF UP! i love exploring his character and all the little glimpses of humanity we get to see from him,, especially with debbie, SO SOFT FOR HER, there's so much depth there. that old fuck would MOVE mountains for her if he could,, TRUST. EVEN though he doesnt deserve her .. <<

LETS CONTINUE TO CIRCLE BACK TO S1 with his confrontation w Nolan in the desert, the way he entrusted his survival to the skills of his team operating that teleporter watch (I'm aware he can control it himself, I think this was just my interpretation of it since the employees seemed directly involved here). The margin for error was nonexistent. One miscalculation, one millisecond too slow, and Cecil would have been reduced to a red smear across miles of sand. MY WIFE HAS BALLS ON HIM. (also love walton goggins breathy lil giggles here .. hwaghffhh)

All this, All the whilst Nolan could have ended him with a casual backhand, as easily as swatting a fly. And for what? For humanity's (mostly his) right to know the truth. For Debbie's right to understand what she had truly married because Cecil respects her that fucking much for her to have a part in all of this, and what fate may lay in store for her son.

AND what I particularly liked about that scene is that unlike most SHADY GOV CHARS ™.. Cecil isn't afraid to regularly place himself in life-threatening situations, and for that im just.. FKING obsessed. finally. a hyper competent gov char that gets shit done and occasionally by his own hands instead of always puppeteering in the shadows. Love u .. love u honey snooch, please stop putting yourself in danger for your crazy alien side-hoes .

but ahem ... back to s2.. and some flaws of his that i'm not afraid to point out. the way he's been treating mark is killing me. manipulating my son by comparing him to his dad then keeping him on lock by saying he's not like him??? The breadcrumming definitely didn't work out at all, cuz Mark is too damn stubborn to continue to be swindled by fear tactics he does not give a shit for anymore (homegirl DEBBIE taught him better) hes not gonna listen to a cranky skullet-having side bitch of nolans who clearly has been tryna manipulate him since s1. i HATED how he went "ur broke tyrannical bitch father felt the same way" in the last minute when mark tried to leave earth and yet i still lobve ceci cause ough,,.. my bastard wife knew something was probably up.

Him wanting to keep a short leash on MARKY could be summed up after all that has happened in s1. i'm not going to justify his scummy manipulations or paranoia,, especially after all the shit mark has done and endured to prove himself over and over again that he's not like his father BUT its somewhat understandable for cecil 2 be wary if you look from it in his perspective.

moving on from that, lets dive back into ep 2 ..

Debbie was semi-right in her deduction in s2 ep2, that this is what it's really all about for Cecil - being in control. Not of any situation, but of Mark. To ensure history does not repeat itself in the form of Mark becoming another Nolan. imo He likely doesn’t actually view Mark as his father, Not saying the possibility of it being a part of Cecil's subconsciousness is out of the equation but the way I see it? He was just exploiting that one weakness, that one insecurity Mark has - the fear of becoming like Nolan. And it’s a fear Cecil seemed to prey upon to keep Mark under his thumb and in the fucking GAME.

awaaaa :3 !!!! psychologically damaging teens by comparing them to their abhorrently shitty fathers !! FUCK YOJ STEDMAN (love you snookums..)

,,,,I'd also like to think in my warped deluded perception (aka hcs) that he sees Debbie in Mark, so he can't help but care for the kid too. IVE ALWAYS seen a lot of comparisons between Mark and his dad, plus the whole motif of this new season hasn't helped it allay. But Debbie and Mark share so many similar characteristics as well and i wish that was talked a bit more often &lt; 3 (I will go in depth about it at a later post.)

n umm like ...,,, bck to cici in gen. I guess the safety of earth is one of Cecil's redeeming qualities along with his compassion for side characters like Debbie. His pragmatism and utilitarianism define him. He lacks normal morals but has his own code that cultivates to his character. this ramble could not do justice to him ughfglg..,, what a compelling jezebel.. how can u captivate me so !!

My inbox is always open to discuss this multi-faceted rat man. here's to more cecil content in s2..,... hopefully with more of his dynamic with Debbie because I LIVE for that shit. though its unlikely their interactions could range to anything positive now since they may be hinting to cecil becoming an antagonist and/or taking extreme measures w/ mark. soo.. i dont think debbie's scolding was enough for that slut 2 take in ..

in the mean time i'll be catching up on the comics/re-reading them, look up more of his backstory and hopefully create 10 novels worth of google docs of analysis' of his character < 3 cuz .. he means .. that much 2 me.. and i want to prod at every crevice n brain matter he has inside that megamind head of his .

((hwaghhhhhh << hoping that one day the discord moots ive been keeping in my basement and most invincible fans fall victim to cecil stedman propoganda.. no one should be immune to my girlboss and his awful skullet.))