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that01joe · 2 years ago
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we lost a lot of iconic characters due to the explanations of dr lubelle. we lost sarah sultan, we lost the glow clowd (all hail), even the brown stone spire was taken from us by the disgusting scientists from the university of what it is… but now, taking away our WEATHER REPORT??!?!? i’ve never felt such horrible pain, when cecil said “here’s a song for you to listen to.” i honestly almost wept. i think we all deserve an extra hour in the ball pit after this :(
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thevoiceofdesertbluffs · 2 years ago
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OK so. I need to say. I have to say it because it's been bothering me since like. What. wtnv 229, but that whole Blake plot? Sucked. He was stuck up and a suckup. But then suddenly he just. Changed??? And we literally see none of it??? He's horrible to Carlos one episode, explaining Michelle another, and then the next he's just like "ohhhh boohooo lubelle is scarrrryyy i like night vale now :(" Like. Where did this come from. Finknor. Where the fuck did any of this come from. It would've helped a whole fucking lot if there was. Any indication of this change but there, literally wasn't??? Unless you count the whole Blake calling Cecil out of the station thing??? But like. Gragh. They shouldn't have rushed that arc, it needed to have been paced better, hell they could've made it last two years for better pacing but. here we are.
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julius-underscore-caesar · 2 years ago
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I finally caught up with the wtnv episodes and i genuinely think ive felt this feral since the strexcorp arc. In fact, i PREFER kevin to blake jones. And also carlos as a fellow scientist (if you count stem majour as scientist) i feel the boredom and the pain.
Also imagine if bill nye was in night vale at this time
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heisholdingacat · 6 months ago
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ALL of those scientists at the University of What It Is and Dr. Lubelle couldn’t even be bothered to ask anyone to peer review her “research”?
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Shower thought: Kevin coming back from the Desert Otherworld to save Night Vale from the University of What It Is.
On purpose or not...
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eonian-nightmare · 2 years ago
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***WTNV Spoilers***
Look, I understand how cool it is that WTNV is using dumb common sense to explain mysteries. It says alot about cryptid culture and religious hysteria- honestly I could write a million essays on this. But like- can we talk about Cecil Gershwin Palmer's derealisation issues and how the current arc fucks with that? (Written by someone who suffers derealization)
From early on, Cecil's perception with reality has been warped, we've seen countless examples of him struggling with his understabding of what is real and what is not. Many things contributed to this, from his mothers psychological abuse, to his fear/confrontation of mirrors, to his general mental health: essentially he is constantly struggling with delusionals and paranoia.
Then along comes this scientist determined to explain everything, and she starts poking holes in his reality. The things he was sure were real; his job, his friends, his town, suddenly start falling apart, and he's suddenly at this point that where he can't differentiate what's real or not.
And now, rather than him just questioning his own existence, he's questioning the existence of those around him, and the fear of loosing them grows to something more. Before we know it, he will start fearing the existence of his child, start fearing the existence of his sister, of Janice of Steve, and most of all of Carlos. And Dr Lubelle will be able to use this to break Cecil apart.
I do not know how long nightvale plans to run for, but i truly believe there is possibility for a great and powerful end with this concept. Watching your reality unravel is greater than any fear, and the fact Cecil could be undone by such simple logic, is a fear in itself. I would love to see this avenue explored more, for us to see where the doctors explanations bring her, as she continues to destroy others lives.
But the idea of nightvale banding together, to possibly bring Cecil back to reality, to make him real once again Is something close to my heart. And even if not directly expressed, any scenario where nightvale wins against the university we are essentially seeing that. I don't know. There's just something beautiful in trusting the unexplainable when you can barely trust yourself. And I hope that Cecil is able to recover from whatever doubt is starting to fester once again within himself.
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stained-watercolour-skies · 2 years ago
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Spoilers//
I LOVE YOU SHAUNS FROM SALES AND YOUR NEGOTIATION TACTICS!!! But no for real the way I want to wring Dr. Lubelle's fucking neck! Killing station management caused a domino effect of stress and chaos, yes, but also the amount of stress on Cecil! The way I wanted to give him a hug??? And he's definitely trying his best but he's literally a fish out of water in this situation! I am happy though that the entire town is ostracizing anyone who works for the University of What It Is. Good. Make them leave. No one likes them
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sammiethemusicman · 2 years ago
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Listening to WTNV 229 again
If that wasn't an allegory for the anti trans laws I don't know what is.
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hummingbirdspark · 2 years ago
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My first wtnv theory!
I recently finished watching all of Night Vale so far, and it took me about a month but I am so intrigued by the mysteries, especially about my favorite character, Carlos, and his past. I have a lot of questions and theories. 
Is Explaining mysterious stuff away just what they do at the University of What it is? Has Carlos ever done something like that? Maybe he left for a reason, because he didn’t want to be a part of that anymore. But they previously had a picture of him in the academic building for a reason. What if the University of What it is, including Carlos is responsible for the lack of magic in the rest of the world? Perhaps it never had as much mystery as Night Vale, but what if, in the past, faerie rings were real, and moss grew on the north side of trees? What if the reason magic shows (like Makarov the Magical) are not real magic is because Carlos Explained it away while he was at the university, just like Dr. Lubelle? Maybe that’s why he just insisted it was magic whenever Cecil questioned him about it? 
Maybe the University of What it is was almost cult-like and Carlos had to run away to Night Vale to get out? that would explain why he was saying there was “no reasoning with them” despite the fact that scientists were supposed to be reasonable people. And they do not look favorably on people who turn their back on them, or who believe differently (though that could just be a Dr. Lubelle thing).
 And maybe what they do at UWII is Explaining, and that’s why the people that do that are just “scientists” no specialization. Perhaps that is why Carlos is never described as being a particular type of scientist, and maybe the reason he is always called by his first name and not Dr. (whatever his last name is) is because he wants no part in the kind of science he got a doctorate in. After all, Dr. Jones says “You forgot what it meant to be a scientist”. Carlos is deciding for himself what it means to be a scientist now. “I don’t know, but I’m trying to figure it out, okay?”
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asydicsydney · 2 years ago
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They finally made UOWII merch btw
And the description is a cold open: "Let me be brief. Let us all be brief. Let us briefly be. Welcome to Night Vale."
I knew that wasn't from this year, so I searched through my cold open book
It's from 55... The University of What It Is
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thevoiceofdesertbluffs · 2 years ago
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Blake is such a fucking pissbaby coward, hiding behind his boss because he's scared of being burned by the mob. What a pussy.
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library-cat-in-the-window · 2 years ago
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WTNV ep. 225 has me feeling all sorts of feelings.
We will not be explained, this strange an beautiful desert town will not fade gently into the known.
(Seriously, I don’t want to think about what the University of What It Is will explain away next)
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thought-begone · 4 months ago
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I guess the real glorious evolution was the homoerotic yearning we made along the way
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cebawoohoo · 1 month ago
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Jason, texting Tim: at batburger rn. you want anything?
Tim: i’m in a meeting
Jason: okay
Jason: so what do you want?
Tim: the batburger deluxe without pickles and extra ketchup, as well as jorkerized fries and robin nuggets
Jason: okay fatass
LATER
Jason: come to lobby. i have your food. bitch ass security won’t let me come to you
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prlssprfctn · 2 months ago
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I know the fandom mostly agrees that Jason is that one always unemployed sibling in the family, but let me offer you a slightly enhanced concept - unemployed sibling Jason, who is the busiest sibling in the family.
No one can get hold of him. Like, ever. And it is not like he is lying, he is genuinely always has something else to do! Something random and unexpected, and, honestly, all his family can think is: what the hell?
Bruce, frowning: Remind me again, why the dinner in the circle of the family today doesn't suit your... schedule?
Jason, shrugging: I have a book club evening in the nursing home. We are discussing Margaret Atwood's Penelopiad tonight. Can't miss it. Also, Jennet-
Alfred, confused: Who is Jennet?
Jason: One of the old ladies in the nursing home, duh... Anyway, yeah, Jennet is having a birthday. She would be hella mad if her favourite grandson missed it, you know?
Bruce: ...Jason, you are not her-
Jason: (leaves)
Dick: Hey, wanna join me for tomorrow morning's training?
Jason, sighs: Sounds nice, but I have classes tomorrow.
Dick, confused: Classes? Since when you are enrolled in college?
Jason: Oh, no. I am a substitute teacher in one of the school's around.
Dick: WHAT-
Damian, calling Jason in the middle of the day: Can you pick me up from school? Others are busy, there is an emergency in the town.
Jason: Damn, sorry, kid, but I am not in the country right now. By the way, do you want to talk with your mother?
Damian: ...What that supposed to mean? Where are you?
Jason: I was planning to visit All-Caste, but first decided to meet up with Talia. I am kinda in Egypt right now, anyway.
Damian: ...
Tim, already used to Jason's constant busy status, sighing: I bet you won't agree if I call you on the lunch tomorrow?
Jason: Uh, no. I have plans. But if you tag along with me, we can get lunch together later.
Tim, surprised: ...Okay. What do you have tomorrow? Knitting club? A shift in library?
Jason: Nah, graduation ceremony.
Tim: Right, you are a substitute teacher.
Jason: No, no. My graduation ceremony. I am getting my PHD in literature.
Tim: SINCE FUCKING WHEN-
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