#welcome to night vale revival

[sammiethemusicman]

Listening to WTNV 229 again

If that wasn't an allegory for the anti trans laws I don't know what is.

[art3m1s05]

cigarette daydream …

[theacebandit]

listening to night vale really feels like im checking in with my neighbors in a town I’ve been living in for 10 years. Oh did you hear the real frank chen is back, the one whose identity was stolen by the 5 headed dragon? And how about tamika flynn, did you hear that she’s not hunting librarians anymore? Shame to hear old woman Josie passed, she was a great woman. And how about our voice of night vale Cecil, did you hear that he and his husband adopted a kid?

[flamingfoxninja]

Love bindging to Night Vale against because it reminds me of when i first listened to Episode 43: The Visitor. I got so pissed and angry at the end that when I drove to the store immediately afterwards I just replayed Fallout Boy "Phoenix" the entire trip as a way of venting. Good times

[cecilthecowardly]

the definitive cecil kinlist. subject to change and be amended as needed

bold : selfhoods and identities; closest kintypes

italics : don’t interact during a kinshift if you’re a double; just for comfort. i block freely and it’s not personal!

fiction kintypes

the emcee - cabaret (2019 olney theatre w/ aspects of mason alexander park’s 2021(?) revival)

cecil gershwin palmer - welcome to night vale

r.m. renfield - dracula (1931 primarily)

peter nureyev - the penumbra podcast

moomintroll - moomin series (novels + 2018 CGI)

the pyro - team fortress 2

cesare the somnambulist - the cabinet of dr. caligari (1920)

ralsei - deltarune

gordon freeman - half life vr but the ai is self aware (with aspects of the original game)

john ward - faith: the unholy trinity

crowley - good omens (TV show)

jedidiah martin - camp here & there

ianto jones - torchwood

grantaire - les misérables

elder connor mckinley - the book of mormon

theon greyjoy - game of thrones

will graham - NBC hannibal + red dragon

herbert west - reanimator + bride of reanimator

otherkin types

vampirekin (side note: i also consider myself a psychic vampire but that’s more rooted in coping mechanisms)

angelkin/archangel, possibly the angel raphael. holds dominion over literature.

[androgynousblackbox]

Welcome to Hazbin Vale. 1 [Appleradio]

"Hello, hello, my dear listeners! Your dear radio host Alastor is here to give you, once again, the most warming welcome to your favorite station here in our splendid town of Hazbin Vale. It's truly quite a pleasure to being back on the air after that rather unfortunate murder that happened near the studio.

Yes, indeed, truly unfortunate that an unruly teenager didn't pick a better target to pick on late at night when some individuals want to just grab some milk at the gas station and had to live the consequences. But is exactly as they say, my friends; you reap what you saw and that night the scythe of death must have felt a little bit… impatient than usual.

But there's no need to worry about that! I am sure that the thirst for death has been quench for now and there won't be any other danger on the horizon. You see, I am just cursed with an unbearable optimism, dear listener, so I am sure that you will be going home without no worry or concern in your tender, warm, little hearts tonight. Back to your lovely families who all can let a sigh of relief because there is nobody outside watching through the window. Or are there? I would close the windows and keep the lights out, just to be safe.

Back again to our waste of youth, I mean, our dearly departed young delinquent, I think I saw their foot sticking out from behind the counter at the gas station when I pased this morning. The police must have been too busy picking up all the other pieces that they missed it! If any of our valiant police officers could take care of that so the whole body could be put underground that would be lovely. For the family, of course!

I actually tried to get some comment from the police chief Husk to give you all, but someone must have skipped on their greasy filled donuts breakfast this morning because the old man Husk just shush me away, insisting that they were already taking care of everything.

Truly, how rude is that? Has the police never heard about such a thing as freedom of press? Outrageous, I tell you that! But even though I could stay and argue for my civil rights, as I had every right to do, dear listener, I instead walked away to my radio tower while humming to myself our last hit of yesterday, "Murder on the dance floor!" I don't know why I got that particularly melody stuck in my head so much.

Oh, nevermind that. For whoever may care, or be morbidly curious about it, the service for the body will be tomorrow at 9 AM in our local church. Despite the many flaws of her offpring, his mother is a nice lady that knows to stay quiet when it's convenient for her, so please, send her my most sincere condolecencies if you happened to see her. I believe she was planning to move out of town right after putting her son to rest, as she told me herself this morning on my way here. Since of course I had to make sure that she was in a good state of mind and wasn't causing a ruckus trying to say to the police things she shouldn't have.

Poor woman. I can't imagine what it must feel like to have such a loss. The sense of relief to have one less mouth to feed can be overwhelming. She will surely be missed, whatever her name was!

In other less satisfying news, the universe truly has it's own way to balance everything because as soon someone was out, someone else is comming in. That is right, dear listener, while I was having my morning stroll I happened to hear all about our new resident in town that moved to the old abandoned house at the outskirt of everything. From what I could gather by the power of people's gossip, this man is a inventor who primarly makes toys and has made a considerable fortune out of it. How nice.

He plans to revive the toy store that had to shut down two years ago when that whatisherface rude clerk was slaughtered in a particularly hilarious manner there and the cowardly owners ran away. We all remember that incident. They never did find her delicious soft hands, did they?

Another tragedy that we all mourned together, indeed. The closing of the toy store, that is. The youth does really need space to entertain themselves in a safe and controlled environment. Maybe if some teenagers had something like that growing up, they wouldn't have ended up on the ground, ha ha!

Who knows, it could even revitalize a little bit of the spark this town used to have. Now everyone is so afraid and paranoid, talking about all these sudden and inexplicable attacks as if they were worth mulling over rather than an inevitability of life. As if thinking about it is ever going to stop a knife directed to the throat. A waste of time if you ask me.

So a nice change of pace might be exactly what we all need! I heard that this inventor even brought along his own daughter, that should be starting in preschool for the next week if I am not mistaken. I haven't been able to meet the man yet, but it sounds like at the very least could be interesting for three whole minutes if I am lucky. Five if a miracle happens. Oh, along with my optimism, I have also been cursed with too high expectations, it seems.

What I can say? I am a dreamer at heart.

Ah, new blood is always rather exciting, don't you think, listener? Me, I am not particularly fond of children, especially the rude ones, but I am nothing if not flexible to whatever changes may come our way and my curiosity is always killing. That is how the saying goes, isn't it? Ha ha, we have a lot of fun here, don't we?

I think great things are about to happen here, in this lovely quaint town of ours, listener. I can feel it on the air. It's crinkling and static with energy, after so, so long. It's finally waking up. I know you feel it too.

Be sure to give the toy maker a welcome only worthy of Hazbin Vale when you have the chance. Tell him that Alastor will always be reporting the news of this town and to tune in with the rest of us whenever he wants. Remember: I am always here. I will be here to delight your ears for as long you breath and long after you are done breathing. I can never stop or be stopped. That is a promise.

Now, for the weather…"

[neilassman]

Whenever they post their new takes on wtnvs and their dynamics, i fall more and more in love with the podcast

bill watterson’s iconic newspaper comic strips ... kevin and tamika

[eelhound]

"But first, a word from our sponsors.

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So how many ants are there? Have you googled it? Or tried counting a small sample, say your front lawn, and then multiplied it out to the relative area of the earth? Have you considered whether or not there are sea ants? Bet you didn’t think of that. Back to the calculator, Poindexter.

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We can hear you, right now, typing out the question 'How many ants' into your preferred search engine. Stop. It’s too late for that. Someone already figured it out. Twenty quadrillion. You could have helped in this project, but you didn’t. Maybe you should do something about this condition of yours that prevents you from helping people count ants.

Now, there’s Chaxlidril. Chaxlidril may cause nausea, spooning, or a nu-metal revival. Stop taking Chaxlidril if you can no longer see birds. Chaxlidril is far less afraid of you than you are of it. And those are the benefits.

You don’t want to hear the side-effects. It’s got nothing to do with ants, but I will say it’s still in the arthropod phylum.

Ask your doctor WHY. Ask your doctor what he’s doing with that hook. Ask your doctor while you can still move your lips.

Chaxlidril: You had your chance. Now hold still."

- Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor, from Welcome to Night Vale, ep. 231.

[sammiethemusicman]

New EP out!

I'm gonna submit one of these songs to WTNV weather, just don't know which yet, or when weather submissions open up.

https://on.soundcloud.com/vTSKS

[leiascully]

I found this meme through @pearwaldorf and I wanted to do it!

How many works do you have on ao3?

739

2. What's your total ao3 word count?

1,700,184

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Lots and lots. Top five are The X-Files (278), Battlestar Galactica (2003) (91), Doctor Who (2005) (79), House M.D. (78), and Harry Potter (46 but I won't write anything for this fandom anymore).

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Overheard (nsfw; Welcome to Night Vale; Cecil/Carlos; 2330 words)

Chances of Indigo (Welcome to Night Vale; Cecil/Carlos; 5200 words)

Kick Off Your Sunday Shoes (nsfw; Marvel Avengers; Steve/Natasha, 38800 words)

Visitor (occasionally nsfw; The X-Files; Mulder/Scully; 30300 words)

baby, rough me up (nsfw; Marvel Avengers; Maria/Natasha; 2600 words)

5. Do you respond to comments?

I do, but it's pretty boilerplate.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Maybe alpha, omega. It's a NSFW fic about first times and last times.

7. What is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I write a lot of happy endings!

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I get the occasional rude comment, but not too many.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Definitely do.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Either the House/Wilson Lord Byron/Percy Shelley RPF crossover or the Doctor Who multi crossover fic with HP, Pacific Rim, and Community.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yeah, mostly for other archives. I've had other things plagiarized.

12. What's the longest you've spent working on one fic? And the shortest?

Some of my short fics take 10-15 minutes. Many of my longest fics took months.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yep!

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

I've written the most MSR.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I don't really have any current ones I'm really interested in finishing soon, but I'd like to finish my XF revival rewrites, I guess.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm good at creating the right atmosphere for the fandom. And banter, of course.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Plot 100%

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Generally no. It's just too hard to get write.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Star Wars! I was basically copying out the dialogue from the film and adding some ~insightful inner thoughts~.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Gosh, I can't choose. Different fics for different moods.

[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

yeah i wasn't joking about that anyeays. Kevin getting burned in effigy. Enjoy.

Happy Kevin gets burned in effigy Friday Wednesday!!

Based off this quote

[sleepergeek42]

beyond the fact that the last thing anyone should be complaining about with the strike is "but what new shows will we watch?!".... literally TAKE YOUR PICK! maybe we won't get new shows and seasons while writers and actors are fighting for their livelihoods... deal with it?? yeah there's stuff i'm looking forward to as well. but y'know what?? there is so much media out there.

have your friends whip up lists of media you should watch!

watch all the star wars things! the movies, the shows!

how about you watch the ten star trek shows there are! it'll take a good long while. don't forget the movies as well!

rewatch your old favorites! the comfort media! rebinge that decade-long show you adore but have never found the time to sit through again beginning to end!

how about classic doctor who! twenty-six seasons! all camp and wonderful! haven't gotten in to doctor who yet? watch the thirteen seasons of the revival! already into doctor who? watch class, or the sarah jane adventures, or torchwood (although caution is advised).

hell, do you like media that isn't film or tv? READ A BOOK! READ SO MANY BOOKS! GET INTO AUDIO DRAMAS! OR PODCASTS!

doctor who has the most expansive media out there go crazy go nuts! listen to the magnus archives or welcome to night vale!

and that's just a fragment of the nerd shit i could think of let alone more mainstream stuff. go watch the stargate series or red dwarf. watch the different batman shows. i don't know!

there is literally *so much media* out there, no matter what your tastes and interests are. maybe ofmd is gonna get delayed, maybe we don't get marvel shows (beyond the things already filmed) for a while, THERE'S SO MUCH YOU CAN STILL ENGAGE WITH

i, personally, will be combing through the five-page-and-counting google doc of media i want to rewatch/reread and media i want to get around to (all while watching all the things still coming out like good omens and strange new worlds and wwdits). i've gotten through nine books in a seventy-three book series right now. yeah! it's the eighth doctor adventures (edas) from doctor who and they SLAP. and while i'm waiting for these brilliant and hard-working people to get an iota of what they're deserved, i will gladly be reading the remaining sixty-four.

(also idk who needs to tell you this but fucking pirate. media corporations don't deserve your money and ESPECIALLY don't while this travesty is happening)

[sylusheart]

hi there <3 welcome to my blog! :3 i write for shits and giggles and i post all of my works on ao3, you can find the link to my acc here.

but i also post some of my one-shots here on tumblr too (i only post the ones that are 'one part' long directly on tumblr - sometimes i tend to write one-shots that end up getting split into two/three parts because it becomes too long or i just do it for easier access to specific bits of the story) ♡

in my masterlist below you can find the direct links to my fics; if the fic is uploaded on tumblr (meaning if it's a one-shot) the link will take you to the tumblr post for it first but the ao3 link will still be accessible and shown on that page if you'd like to read it on there instead!┊ ˚➶ ｡˚ ☁️

this is my one and only blog because i'm not too used to the idea of having multiple blogs idk that sorta overwhelms me atm lmao (i'm not so familliar with tumblr but hopefully overtime i'll get more comfier on here and how things work...) but usually all my posts are just devil may cry :D though i tend to write/shitpost abt other stuff too such as call of duty, final fantasy vii/xv, resident evil, k-pop, love and deepspace + more! but yeah that's basically me summed up :p

here's a masterlist of my current works and wips for ao3! i've included a key at the bottom of this section with a detailed explanation on the labels i attach to my titles :3

-------˖⁺. ༶ ❤︎ ⋆˙⊹ 𐦍 ˖⁺. ༶ ❤︎ ⋆˙⊹-------

devil may cry

╰┈➤ ❝ serenity (on-going) vergil x fem!reader ❞

╰┈➤ ❝ cowboy like me (2 part one-shot) dante x fem!reader ❞ WIP

╰┈➤ ❝ made for me (one-shot) nico x fem!reader ❞ WIP

╰┈➤ ❝ heavy chain (one-shot) vergil x fem!reader ❞ WIP

╰┈➤ ❝ awakened (on-going) vergil x fem!reader ❞ WIP

love and deepspace

╰┈➤ ❝ candles for caleb (one-shot) caleb x fem!reader ❞ WIP

╰┈➤ ❝ mile high club (one-shot) xavier x fem!reader ❞ WIP

call of duty

╰┈➤ ❝ king of it all (one-shot) könig x fem!reader ❞

╰┈➤ ❝ barracks bunny (2 part one-shot) ghost x fem!reader ❞ WIP

k-pop

╰┈➤ ❝ a little jealousy (one-shot) shownu x fem!reader ❞

╰┈➤ ❝ heartstopper (one-shot) nayeon x fem!reader ❞ WIP

resident evil

╰┈➤ ❝ revival (one-shot) wesker x fem!reader ❞ WIP

╰┈➤ ❝ cabin fever (one-shot) leon kennedy x ashley graham ❞ WIP

vicious/villains duology

╰┈➤ ❝ elevating desires (one-shot) victor vale x eli ever ❞

star wars

╰┈➤ ❝ restless nights (discontinued) anakin x fem!reader ❞

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ key:

(on-going): this means it’s a fic that has depth to it, in other words: a long fic! it's something i'm continously writing and it has a thick enough plot to divide into multiple chapters. i try to update as regularly as i can. you can subscribe to the fic on ao3 so you'll get email updates whenever i post!

(discontinued): this means it's a long fic that i've abandonned and won't ever be going back to. this can be due to multiple reasons but i don't tend to drop my fics if i have a good story lying underneath them, so if you do see a discontinued fic on my page it probably wasn't something i was willing to remaster/extend on in the first place.

(completed): this means it's a long fic that has multiple chapters and has been edited a couple of times but probabably not edited to perfection. you won't have to wait for me to update as the entire story is available.

(one-shot): a quick fic that is only one chapter long, these are usually unedited and raw - they're just undeveloped quick bursts of ideas i try to write down asap, but i don't usually stretch them out into full-blown fics.

(2/3 part one-shot): i aim to make my one-shot fics just one chapter long but sometimes they get a little lengthy; it just feels wiser to just seperate the whole thing into a few parts. i never go over 3 parts, because if i do i would classify that as one of my 'long fics'.

(editing): if one of my fics has 'editing' beside the title that probably means i'm primarily focusing on updating that particular fic and i won't be working on other fics for the time being until i have completed editing, i usually go into an editing phase after every 10 chapters i upload on that specific fic, meaning i don't re-edit my one-shots no matter how many parts they are - my one-shots are always going to be raw first drafts and will most likely have mistakes.

i'm open for requests, if you'd like me to drop some headcannons or if you want to ask me if i could write up any possible fic ideas i will be more than happy to consider your suggestions! just drop me a dm or ask me anonymously <3

anyway thanks for reading this far, i'm super excited to make more works and share them with everyone :3 kudos and comments are so very appreciated (they motivate me fr) and in general i just love interacting with others so please don't hesitate to!

[thenerdgames]

Contestant Match-Ups!

Notes:

There will be some opportunities in later rounds for characters who get voted out to get “revived” i.e. voted back into the contest! (My current plan is along the lines of, say, the top ten characters with the most votes who lost are included in a poll(s) to see who will get revived back into the contest)

Not all nominated characters were able to be included. Some did not quite meet/match the “nerd criteria” we were looking at, and a handful of extremely obscure nominations were received (which was much appreciated!) but the small amount + inability to find sufficient information on the characters to make a determination on their qualification meant that they couldn’t be included.

Poll Length: Current plan is to have Round 1 polls span one week. It’s possible that after Round 1, polls may revert to being 24 hours each for the remaining rounds - this is still being decided, and we may also open up a poll to see what other people think or would prefer regarding this. We’re happy to hear your feedback.

Alright everyone, here are our contestants & match-ups! (The characters who win round 1 will get shuffled around again before being matched up in round 2!)

Gyro Gearloose (DuckTales 2017) vs Huey Duck (DuckTales 2017)

Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb) vs Carl Karl (Phineas and Ferb)

Maxie (Pokémon) vs Clemont (Pokémon)

Dexter (Dexter’s Laboratory) vs Mandark (Dexter’s Laboratory)

Theodore “Tobey” McCallister III (WordGirl) vs Sniffles (Happy Tree Friends)

Dr. Sylvester "Sylvie" Ashling (Epithet Erased) vs Klug (Puyo Puyo)

Stanford Pines (Gravity Falls) vs Fan (Inanimate Insanity)

Melvin Sneedly (Captain Underpants) vs Martin Prince (The Simpsons)

Jeff Andonuts (Earthbound) vs Double D (Ed, Edd & Eddy)

Harold Norbert Cheever Doris McGrady V (Total Drama) vs Brainy Smurf (The Smurfs)

Alan “(the) Brain” Powers (Arthur) vs Carl Chryniszzswics (Johnny Bravo)

Steroids (Nuclear Throne) vs Closet (Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse)

Will Byers (Stranger Things) vs Abed Nadir (Community)

Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus) vs Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Steve Urkel (Family Matters) vs Fact Sphere (Portal 2)

Kowalski (Penguins of Madagascar) vs Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place)

Dr. Herbert West (Re-Animator) vs Edward "Ed" Nygma (Gotham)

Berdly (Deltarune) vs Carlos the Scientist (Welcome to Night Vale)

Checklists

Each character will have their Nerd Checklist criteria featured in their polls, so that voters can see what criteria they do/don’t meet when making their decision! We are seeking to try and ensure that checklists are accurate. The checklists for each character will be posted prior to polls opening up, so that fans may have the opportunity to state if they think any selections or lack of selections are inaccurate. Behind the scenes, we’re working on finalising the checklists now.

In the end, no nomination was received for Floofty. I would have gone ahead and put them in the contest, but I’m not personally familiar with the character so I’m not able to fill out an accurate checklist for them. We will be looking at opening up nominations for a contest mainly featuring nerd girls to host afterwards, but nonbinary characters are still able to be nominated and participate for that too (same as they were for this contest focusing mainly on nerd guys)

The current goal is for Round 1 to start on Monday or Tuesday evening GMT+10, but that may be possibly delayed slightly depending on when the checklists are finalised/posted. Thanks, everyone! Will keep you all updated.

(Curious about how the match-ups were determined? Refer to the “How were the character Match-Ups for Round 1 Chosen?” post linked in pinned post!)

[curiouswhile]

Reading List (2023) Part 2

An Acceptable Time - L'engle (3-14-23)

Life of Pi - Yahn Martel (3-16-23)

Needful Things - S.King (3-23-23)

Song of Achillies - Madelline Miller (3-30-23)

Mr.Mercedes - S.King (3-30-23)

The Shining - S.King (4-4-23)

Doctor Sleep - S.King (4-11-23)

Finders Keepers - S.King (4-18-23)

11-22-63 - S.King (4-28-23)

End of Watch - S.King (4-30-23)

Coraline - Gaiman (5-1-23)

Shawshank Redemption - S.King (5-3-23)

Ain't I a Woman - Bell Hooks (5-9-23)

Revival - S.King (5-4-23)

The Dead Zone - S.King (5-10-23)

Cujo - S.King (5-4-23)

Prey - Michael Crichton (5-15-23)

Joyland - S.King (5-14-23)

Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift (5-19-23)

Welcome to Night Vale - Joseph Fink (5-23-23)

Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells (5-24-23)

Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck (5-25)

The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald (5-30-23)

Desperation - S.King (6-5-23)

Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll (6-6-23)

How to be an Artist - Jerry Saltz (6-7-23)

East of Eden - Steinbeck (6-15-23)

Think Like a Freak - Steven Levitt (6-19-23)

Creativity Inc - Ed Cattmull (6-22-23)

Caveat Emptor - Ken Perenyi (6-25-23)

101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think - Wiest (6-27-23)

Carrie - S.King (6-30-23)

The Long Walk - S.King (7-6-23)

The Langoliers - S.King (TBD)