#welcome to night vale 224

[wt-nv-quotes]

Fun fact: A tundra is just a cold desert. A mountain is just a big hill. And a capybara, and I’m sorry but I have eyes, is clearly just a type of dog.

[asydicsydney]

Episode prediction time!!

The Cecil daddy issues episode of the first half of Year 12 will be either September 15th or October 15th. Sept. 15th follows the pattern of 1,2,2,1 (Years 9 & 10) 3,4,4,3 (Years 11 & 12) for release of daddy issue episodes (when including Go to the Mirror?)

Oct. 15th is far out, but let me explain. This daddy issues episode has to elevate the saga, something big has to happen. Cecil's dad said in Liminal Spaces "I want you to remember...You have no choice."

Oct. 15th is the 9th anniversary of Homecoming. And the pieces are falling into place, aka Carlos in the DOW. Also this was the premiere of Earl Harlan, and we all want his section back.

Cecil didn't get to talk to his mom that night, but what if he got to talk to his dad? What if he had to talk to his dad? With no one there to walk him through it, like how Carlos told him to unplug the computer?

Home is coming for him, and he cannot escape it.

[august-racoone]

after listening to the new welcome to night vale episode, ive been wondering, did anyone else realize the guy from liminal spaces (ep. 224) is probably cecil's dad?

1. oddly familiar and makes cecil aware that he's forgetting smth; he never remembers abby's story about their dad

2. sitting, not facing cecil for most of the episode; abby can never see his face

3. cecil when inside the liminal space he feels that its familiar and the man tells him it was cecils house

4. when the man finally does turn around, cecil realizes he's seen him before, in the murals; abby says that their dad could be seen in art

[captain-acab]

I know it's not cool to listen to classics like Welcome to Night Vale anymore or whatever

But episode 224 - "Liminal" does a hilarious take on exactly this

You might have heard about this new internet craze The Youth have with what they call “liminal spaces”, by which, as far as I can understand, they mean a photo of any empty public place, especially when the photo was taken at night. An empty McDonalds. An empty swimming pool. An empty Blockbuster Video. Just these normal places we go every day, but if you take a photo at night when no one’s there, then it gives what The Youth call “liminal vibes” and they cannot get enough of it. (...)

Ooh, we’re starting out strong with an abandoned amusement park. The picture is taken at night. There is a light on in one of the rides, a children’s ride where the cars are shaped like teddy bears. In the dimly lit interior of the ride, we can see a ladder, and a painted prop of a tree that has fallen over with neglect. Creepy!

Next we have a photo of a high school hallway. It is afterhours but the lights are all on. Some of the lockers have been left open and empty. It appears equally possible that a crowd of teenagers is about to come herding through here, shouting and laughing, or that no human foot has touched this floor for a thousand years. It is very, as the kids say, liminal, although I admit I don’t really know what they mean when they say that. I think they just mean spooky, which hey, these are some spooky photos, can’t disagree.

Ok, another one of the greatest hits, an empty water park. Super creepy and, you know, liminal.

It’s strange to me that “liminal spaces” got slapped with just being another way to say “creepy place” when “liminal”… doesn’t mean that at all. More than anything images of “liminal spaces” just sorta evoke that bittersweet side of nostalgia in me. Like seeing a mall that was once super busy be completely void of people.

[faultyvessel]

“Oh Carlos, how wonderful! You’ve been absolved! You can finally experience true happiness…”

@perfect-cecilos , this one is for you.

Your post gave me such brainrot that I needed Carlos absolved, Kevin dissolved, AKA “what we could have had if Finknor weren’t cowards,” (AAKA: my Carlos harassment conquest continues). Also pulling influence from @like-the-2ides Kevin as well.

A little note on the drawing. I wasn’t exactly sure how to convey explaining something away, but I settled on this fading rainbow gradient. I wanted it to look like one of those halos of light that appear briefly in the corner of your eye before being blinked away. A slight distortion that dissolves away into a dream you aren’t sure was ever there, like everything that the U of what it is touches.

Carlos can be free of that incredible weight. He just has to deal with the emptiness now.

[eclipse-song]

This was not my home now,

but it was my home once.

When was it my home?

I didn’t remember.

ummm Cecil needs a hug I think

[ID: Digital fanart Night Vale  224: Liminal Spaces. The foreground shows a close view of an unsmiling man whose eyes are cut off. In the background, an irregular doorway holds Cecil’s twisted silhouette. The majority of the palette is dim greens, with the hallway behind Cecil bright yellow. Cecil is holding a mic, and magenta energy comes from him and his third eye. End ID] (thank you @princess-of-purple-prose for the ID)

[agnes-come-back-challenge]

bruh is cecil about to meet michael from TMA

[darkacademiaarchivist]

night vale residents don't even know what state they're in, it's canon:

They have also asked her to remain in the state, to which she said that she, quote, “has never left the state, doesn’t even know which state we are in, and wouldn’t know how to leave if she wanted to.” End quote. It is definitely very tricky to leave Night Vale, but the good news is: why would you even want to?

Episode 224, Liminal Spaces

[nefkyo]

I like how my relationship with Night Vale episodes has gone from amazement, shock and pleasant surprise to "Cecil went to the liminal spaces because of course he would, why wouldn't he, I would've expected him to do that sooner actually" and pleasant surprise.

[wt-nv-quotes]

I’m hip, as none of the kids say anymore.

[arthurtaylorlester]

wtnv liveblog ep. 224 liminal spaces

quod est superius est sicut quod inferius

well yeah cecil night vale could be a liminal space

i cannot with cecil talking about trends skfhkhkg

yes you are very hip cecil :D

dw cecil i love popcorn too wait am i old???

mmmmm night jeans

reminds me of the one bo burnham jeans ad

amusement park you say

cecil is soo good at describing liminal spaces

you know what you ARE right they are juts spooky

OH GOD A MAN??

you can’t remember him huh

it’s his father

HOLY SHIT IT ACTUALLY IS EMPTNESS IN YOUR HEART YOU SAY

noooo dana dont go after D:<

exactly why would you ever want to leave

TRASH THAT PUG !!

michelle and riverdale meditation sounds amazing

did you know i actually can’t boil water nevermind food i could actually use that

wait janice fell asleep?? this is exactly like ‘it doesnt hold up’

oh ok that is very true liminal spaces are very nostalgic and thrive on it

THE MAN AGAIN I KNEW IT

a video?? what’s he typing

wha-

YEAH WELL CECIL I WANT TO SEE HIS FACE

no you haven’t seen enough

cecil baldwin is so good at voice acting, you can hear the fear when he says the video isnt turning off and that he’s bad at using technology

CAPYBARA = DOG TRUTHING

CECIL YOU ARE SO TRUE FOR THAT THE DISHES IN FACT DON’T MATTER

cecil you are in a horror show you will die

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE NOT IN THE STUDIO

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE IN 2003

god i love horror shows

WEATHER TIME: SPOILER ALERT IT SLAPS

wait is he in the fucking backrooms

HE IS IN VARIOUS BACKROOM LEVELS

of what now?? malaise??

oh no do we meet cecil’s dad

if he isnt lee marvin i’ll cry

his home? oh no

hhhhh ohhh noo

CAT BALOO?? THE MURALS TOO ?? I WAS RIGHT

cecil bbg please don’t repress bad memories :((

noooo cecil :(( i wish i could help my blorbos ugh

well, i certainly loved this episode, liminal spaces are such interesting concept

goodnight nightvale, gnight :)

[smartheart]

Janice listening to all of that while she was still awake: 👁👄👁

[ricearicema]

WTNV LIVEBLOG (plus doodles)

EPISODE 224 - LIMINAL SPACES

I’m very intrigued to see Finknors take on liminal spaces I bet it’s gonna be spooky as heck

Above is so ten years ago…. Ten years

Ofc Janice relaxes with liminal space compilations

Cecil is such a hip uncle 💀

Do the kids still eat popcorn?!?

When an immortal guy tries to seem young while being like 250 years old

Cecil saying liminal in a valley girl voice is not something I expected to need so badly in my life

HE KNOWS THE MAN

WHAT HAS HE FORGOTTEN

THE MEMORIES HAVE BEEN TAKEN

The police have taken ten years on this one murder case they’re so stupid

“This is 2023” 💀

For real why would you want to leave

I wonder what a pug incident entails

Poor chefs

WHAT

Are there pinkies in flakios (Idk why I’m surprised)

Ok hold up

“We all want to be babies because if we are not babies we are responsible for what’s happening around us”

You mighta just did something ceec—

Ok but why can I do clearly see malaise as a colour in my head

THE MAN AGAIN

A VIDEO

THEY WILL TALK SO SOON

SO SOON

KEEP PLAYING THE VIDEO CECIL

omgomgomg

Why is the idea of sharing almost every thought with someone else so comforting

Thanks guys

Cecil you dumbass I think there’s a reason it won’t stop

WHAT JUST HAPPENS

WHERE THE FUCK

The weather gives liminal vibes frfr

Repetitive in a meditative way

Office hallway

He’s in the fricin backrooms

Aaaaaaaa

Malaise carpet 😶😶😶

Wait is this where he came from

Cecil is from a liminal space?!?

Where did his memories go?

When are they going to address Joseph Fink being here?

HE WAS IN THE MURALS

REMEMBER CECIL!!!

[paint-water-again]

WHAT are we GETTING PLOT?????????

[0-chaotic-potato-0]

EPISODE 224 “LIMINAL SPACES” SPOILERS

I’M LATE TO WATCHING THE EPISODE BUT WE’RE FINALLY PROGRESSING IN THE CECIL DAD LORE, WOO!!

[eclipse-song]

something that really struck me in this episode of Night Vale is how we're used to Cecil making those jokes of "haha leave it to ol' Cecil to screw things up!" which are spoken wryly or with a level of humour that you can laugh along. Because Cecil is incompetent sometimes! He's ignorant and doesn't want to know things! That's our Cecil! But then he started repeating it in 224 so breathlessly as a mantra. It almost felt like self-flagellation as he spoke, close to tears, about how "of course it wouldn't work, because it's me, Cecil" and "I'm just bad at these things so I can't possibly do anything right" and "it must be something I'm doing wrong" as he isn't doing anything at all. It shifted my perception so heavily on those jokes that he makes. He really believes those things.