#wtnv episode 224

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EPISODE 224 “LIMINAL SPACES” SPOILERS

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

[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.

[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

[agnes-come-back-challenge]

IF WE GET CECIL'S-FATHER-LORE IN THE LIMINAL SPACES EPISODE I AM GOING TO RUN UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK AT 11PM

[raspberrybluejeans]

I’m officially halfway through Night Vale…..

[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!!!

[hestias-night-vale-ramblings]

Okay who tf?

[livormaurice]

I wonder a lot how much where I am or when I am when I’m reading or listening to a podcast affects how I picture what’s going on. Like it’s half past midnight and I know that that episode of Nightvale would not have hit the same as if I were driving home in the middle of the afternoon.

[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

i want to think logical thoughts about the new episode but all my brain is doing is telling me "Kasper Rhodes sexy!!!" thanks brain!!!

[lostwords-found]

So ep 224 of wtnv got me thinking about--well, lots of things, but one of the them was something I hadn't considered until now, which was parallels between University of What It Is and Cecil. Specifically, between how the UoWII is treating Night Vale, and how Cecil is treating his own past, or his own nature, or--himself, on some level.

At first glimpse they look like opposites. The UoWII wants to "explain everything" about this weird town. Cecil isn't interested in explanations for any of the shit that haunts him; he just wants it to Go Away. Cover the mirror, trash the cassette, forget you were ever in the redwood forest, get Rid Of That Mural We Do Not Like It, and great! Everything's fine here. He's gotten a lot of mileage out of "everything's fine here."

But this forcible shutting out of knowledge he doesn't want seems increasingly to be failing him, and more and more we're hearing him turn desperately towards rationalization, however weak. "Oh, that must have been the director's cut of Cat Ballou." "Honestly I don't really believe in tarot, and I don't think this guy's all there, anyway." "This video won't stop--it must be something I'm doing, I'm so bad at technology." When he's pushed to look past that, as we saw in the latest episode, he slams back into outright denial: Nope, he doesn't want to, he's not going to, he refuses. Cecil's all about spinning a narrative--(narrative is everything, right?)--and when the world starts contradicting the narrative he's spun about his own life, then it's the world that's wrong and needs to change.

And isn't this basically what the University of What It Is is trying to do to Night Vale? They say they want to explain it all, but what they're actually doing is trying to force Night Vale into a form that fits their narrative about how the world works. They're not interested in understanding--or even seeing--the weirdness of Night Vale as it actually is to the people who live there; they just want that weirdness to Go Away and stop messing up their nice neat narrative. The entire town calls them murderers for it? Then the entire town's delusional and needs to change. Certainly the UoWII isn't going to take a second look at any of their own conclusions, that would be ridiculous.

So I have to wonder: Is it coincidence that just when Cecil seems to be losing his control over the narrative of his own existence, the UoWII has swooped in to try to gain control over the narrative of Night Vale's existence? And will it be possible for Night Vale to stop the UoWII from denying and rationalizing away the pieces of the town it doesn't want to know, as long as Cecil carries on trying to do the same thing to himself?

[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 :)

[wt-nv-quotes]

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

[saturnisfallingdown]

going to listen to wtnv 224 on my bus ride today i sure hope its a normal episode that all of my mutuals have been reacting to normally!

[w2nv]

WTNV 224 LIVE REACTION

THE YOUTH

Im surprised he’s giving a good explanation of what a liminal space

IM HIP????

DO THE KIDS STILL EAT IT??? IM NOT OLD IM STILL YOUNG AND WITH IT I JUST LIKE POPCORN?!??

As the kids- very liminal!!

THATS UR DAD CECIL

I love u Dana 🫀

MICHELLE!!!!!! she’s so weird!!!!!!

BABEY!!! BADABING BADABOO!!!

The earl bit sounds so uncomfortable.

Cecil getting deep with liminal spaces I love u,,

That’s his dad!!!!

Oh fuck

OH FUCK. CECIL HHH

FUN FACTS!!!!!!!

Oh the second fun fact is interesting!

A capybara IS a dog

CARLOS MENTION FKR THE STUPIDEST FUCKING GHING OH MY GOD

OH NO NO NO NO NO NO

Condos

Oh nononono

OH NO.

That’s ur dad Cecil.

I don’t love what’s happening here

Weather’s good 👍a little too repetitive tho

He’s in the mirror reality

Oh god this is confusing

OH NO

NO FHIS IS NOT HIS HOME!!!!!!!

THATS UR DAD THATS UR DAD

Oh no!!!!!

CECIL STOP BEING IGNORANT U NEED TO KNOW

GOD HOW CAN HE AVOID INFORMATION GIVEN TO HIM ON A SILVER PLATTER HOW

Great episode 👍 maybe the horrors should have been more horrors but oh well

[system-reset]

wowee, thank you episode 224 of wtnv for giving me another excuse for not doing the dishes!

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Fun fact: No one knows what wind is or what it wants.