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maxnmona posted:Why do I have to make this happen? You make it happen. Edit: with the appropriate permission from the creator, of course. I should have said that first. iostream.h fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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I think I may have just jizzed.
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Earwicker posted:So what is the relationship exactly between Hannibal and Night Vale? I know Jeffrey mentioned the theory that when Night Vale started really blowing up a couple weeks ago, it was because a lot of the Hannibal fanbase had come over, but I don't see the connection. I did notice that Night Vale fans on tumblr are constantly posting pictures of Mags Mikkelsen though. Hannibal? The HBO series? Hannibal burris? Did Hannibal Burris tweet the show? What fanbase are you talking about? e: For some reason I read Hannibal but thought you said Rome. That other Hannibal who was more famous for elephants and less for eating people. I completely forgot about the third Hannibal. Krinkle fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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Aug 9, 2013 04:44
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iostream.h posted:How many of you have short waves? I've got My god, yes. I only have a receiver, but let me know when this thing is happening and I will be listening so hard.
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Aug 9, 2013 05:37
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And for the love of god, crosspost the sched to the Shortwave listening thread in DIY & Hobbies.
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Aug 9, 2013 05:59
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FalseParadigm posted:Cecil (the actor) has performed live as Cecil (the character), so I think there is your answer - for both his looks and voice. Not really. Kevin of Desert Bluffs, who may possibly be Cecil's doppleganger, is voiced by an African American actor. So just... whatever, who cares.
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Aug 9, 2013 06:27
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Tender Child Loins posted:Not really. Kevin of Desert Bluffs, who may possibly be Cecil's doppleganger, is voiced by an African American actor. So just... whatever, who cares. Oh wow that is AWESOME information.
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Aug 9, 2013 06:31
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Tender Child Loins posted:Not really. Kevin of Desert Bluffs, who may possibly be Cecil's doppleganger, is voiced by an African American actor. So just... whatever, who cares. ...and demons don't see race, just blood and viscera.
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Aug 9, 2013 14:40
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FalseParadigm posted:Cecil (the actor) has performed live as Cecil (the character), so I think there is your answer - for both his looks and voice. I think it's best for everyone to just make up their own Cecil. The vagueness and filling in the blanks yourself are one of the most important parts of Night Vale, after all. Hooray for imagination! Never explain why anything weird exists or what the "deal" with Night Vale really is, please. It all just is, for reasons we will never know, and that is the way it should be. What fun would it be if it all made sense? Not that I think you're planning on telling us, just that I'm sure plenty of people want you to for some stupid reason. Action Yak fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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Aug 9, 2013 17:55
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Action Yak Police posted:How many characters really look like their voice actors, though? I've been sort of imagining him as a less buff Mr. Clean in a sweater vest. I still don't get why his voice conjures that image.
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Aug 9, 2013 18:01
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Action Yak Police posted:How many characters really look like their voice actors, though? And Kevin is a demon.  EDIT xanthan posted:I've been sort of imagining him as a less buff Mr. Clean in a sweater vest. I still don't get why his voice conjures that image. FalseParadigm fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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Aug 9, 2013 18:04
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I imagine him as a three-dicked tentacle monster here let me show you the drawing I made
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Aug 10, 2013 14:02
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From the tumblr community I follow the majority have Cecil as a blond guy and although some are different everyone agrees that he wears a sweater vest. Just the way his voice sounds I guess. The third eye thing came from some peoples idea that Cecil seems to know about things that happen in nightvale almost instantly and in great detail. The tumblr community sees it as a sort of receiver for town news and the look of it was cool an d so it caught on. Having a third eye that is not mentioned seems sort of nightvale though.
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This is a pretty  post making the rounds on tumblr: quote:So today I was wearing my night vale shirt during a short family outing at Ben and Jerry’s and I was stopped by this fantastic person who TURNED OUT TO BE CECIL FROM NIGHT VALE.
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Aug 10, 2013 15:53
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"I didn’t really manage to articulate how much I love night vale and also how much it meant to me as a queer person the way they’ve developed Cecil and Carlos’ relationship." Honestly I think this might be one of the driving forces behind its popularity, particularly on Tumblr where a lot of young queer people hang out and share media things. I know their relationship isn't the point of the show, but I think that's WHY it resonates so strongly with people. It's just a detail. It's not relegated to the sidelines or played for laughs, but it's also not this Big Forbidden Dramatic Love that causes Identity Angst. It's a completely organic part of the show and not a big deal whatsoever... which makes it sort of revolutionary.
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Aug 10, 2013 16:06
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I've somehow managed to miss this on the forums so far, but man this is great. I've got it playing just before I go to sleep, in the dark coming over my radio, it's really wonderful. Thanks!
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Aug 10, 2013 16:37
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notsowelp posted:This is a pretty She's either ridiculously short or he's ridiculously tall.
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Aug 10, 2013 16:37
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Len posted:She's either ridiculously short or he's ridiculously tall. We don't know their age or gender, but the guy who plays Cecil is definitely an adult and definitely tall.
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Aug 10, 2013 16:55
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notsowelp posted:This is a pretty That John Carpenter/The Carpenters mash-up shirt is pretty funny.
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Aug 10, 2013 18:14
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Serious Cephalopod posted:We don't know their age or gender, but the guy who plays Cecil is definitely an adult and definitely tall. Didn't read any of the words until after I posted that. But he/she/porpoise still looks short as hell. The words say he/she/porpoise is a small child but I have difficulty believing a small child uses tumblr.
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Aug 10, 2013 18:44
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Len posted:The words say he/she/porpoise is a small child but I have difficulty believing a small child uses tumblr. Have you ever been to tumblr?
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Earwicker posted:Have you ever been to tumblr? I have not. I figured a large number of the users would be late teens though.
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Aug 10, 2013 18:48
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Len posted:I have not. I figured a large number of the users would be late teens though. Yeah probably the majority of the userbase is late teens and early 20s but it also definitely has younger kids - it has kind of replaced myspace in a sense.
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Aug 10, 2013 18:54
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So where those people MEANT to go into the Dog Park during poetry week so that the women could send Cecil the picture of the poem and have them all act as a human sacrifice?
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Aug 10, 2013 19:20
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showbiz_liz posted:"I didn’t really manage to articulate how much I love night vale and also how much it meant to me as a queer person the way they’ve developed Cecil and Carlos’ relationship." As a long time listener, I have to say that I totally didn't think Cecil's gushing over Carlos was ever going to lead to anything at first. In the early episodes it felt just like another recurring joke, like the Apache Tracker or the hooded figures. I was pleasantly surprised with the developments in the latest episodes, and that there seems to now be a completely normal love story in the middle of all the supernatural poo poo going on with the rest of the town. I really like that the show likes to stir things up like that occasionally, that certain subplots are resolved (like with the Apache tracker) or elevated (the whole Carlos situation). It keeps the show fresh and makes it feel more serial. It's good writing.
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KingJackalope posted:That John Carpenter/The Carpenters mash-up shirt is pretty funny. http://www.ifccenter.com/merchandise/
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Len posted:I have not. I figured a large number of the users would be late teens though. From what I've discovered of Tumblr in my last 2 weeks of exploring it is that apparently everyone has been deeply traumatized at some point in their life and will have a seizure or something if they start reading fanfic or see art related to that trauma, and that's why the trigger warnings are longer than the drat thing you're trying to look at sometimes.
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Aug 11, 2013 07:33
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Started listening to this show a little over a week ago thanks to my girlfriend who learned about it through tumblr. It's really good! At first I thought I'd get tired of it after a few episodes, but the plot elements that run through the episodes along side the single odd occurrences makes it easy to listen to. My favorite episodes so far are the two for the Sandstorm. Desert Bluffs sounds even more frightening than Night Vale, especially because of how happy Kevin is about everything. I was also wondering if Cecil is available for voice-actor work and what he charges. I've got a really short (2 minute) animated film idea that I think his voice would be perfect for, but I wouldn't be able to pay more than $250-300 dollars. If he could do it that would be awesome.
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Ccs posted:Started listening to this show a little over a week ago thanks to my girlfriend who learned about it through tumblr. It's really good! At first I thought I'd get tired of it after a few episodes, but the plot elements that run through the episodes along side the single odd occurrences makes it easy to listen to. My favorite episodes so far are the two for the Sandstorm. Desert Bluffs sounds even more frightening than Night Vale, especially because of how happy Kevin is about everything. Email nightvale@commonplacebooks.com with the details and I'll pass the offer on to him.
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Aug 11, 2013 17:18
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It honestly never occurred to me that Cecil was gay until the date episode. I assumed everyone in the town was exactly as infatuated with perfect Carlos as Cecil was if it was news whenever he did anything. Until I hear otherwise I'm going to assume they are, and if you're straight then you just want to share a beer with him and maybe rub his shoulders a little but dang what a perfect man. I mean when an outsider comes into a creepy community and threatens the powers that be, sure, you could give them the evil eye and declare them cursed and everyone shrinks away or forms a lynch mob and throws them into the well Shirley Jackson style... or, or- Everyone can have their eyes glaze over and get caught up in his perfect hair and miss everything he's saying about mind control chips in the water supply or whatever and it works out to about the same.
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iostream.h posted:How many of you have short waves? I've got My friend and I have receivers. You should definitely do this if you get the chance.
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Aug 11, 2013 20:59
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Venusian Weasel posted:My friend and I have receivers. You should definitely do this if you get the chance. I'll PM the OP in case he's missed all this to make sure it's kosher with him too.
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Aug 11, 2013 21:06
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Have you seen this post going around tumblr?  
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Krinkle posted:It honestly never occurred to me that Cecil was gay until the date episode. I assumed everyone in the town was exactly as infatuated with perfect Carlos as Cecil was if it was news whenever he did anything. Until I hear otherwise I'm going to assume they are, and if you're straight then you just want to share a beer with him and maybe rub his shoulders a little but dang what a perfect man. The scout leader in Eternal Scouts implies that he and Cecil might have been together at some point in the past, I think.
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Aug 11, 2013 21:34
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For the love of god if you shortwave radio goons go through with it please record it because I think it would sound awesome but have no receiver/transceiver/antenna, etc.
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Aug 11, 2013 23:31
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Woebin posted:Regarding Cecil's appearance: I saw a rather interesting piece of art the other day that had Cecil with white eyes behind sunglasses, and a white-handled cane in easy reach. Because apparently his name means 'blind'.
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Aug 12, 2013 13:37
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Finally getting around to listening to this - I'm halfway through episode 3! I really like it so far, but I think my complaint is that I don't feel like I'm necessarily listening to an NPR broadcast/community news update, but more listening to a guy directly reading monotone-ly at a script. Does the announcer get a bit more loose and free-sounding?
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SgtScruffy posted:Finally getting around to listening to this - I'm halfway through episode 3! As I recently started over from the beginning of the show, its a HUGE leap from where Cecil is today. He really is pretty monotonous and flat in the early episodes, but he brings the character to life, and it doesn't take him long to really get the inflections and pacing refined. Keep listening! It's really good and it keeps getting better!
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With the huge audience this is getting, I really hope this turns the current generation on to the joys of radio theater. As Douglas Adams said: "Radio is superior to TV because the pictures are better."
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