[ SECRET POST #3066 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3066 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Christopher Walken]


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[Harry Potter/Parvati Patil]


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[The Mummy]


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[tokyo ghoul]


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[Ioan Gruffudd/Alexander Siddig/Dominic Keating/Max Pirkis]











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Comments

Re: Welcome to Night Vale

[fishnchips]

Are Carlos and crew still stuck in that desert? Because that (and the focus on romance) was getting a bit on my nerves when I stopped listening over half a year ago.

Re: Welcome to Night Vale

[cloud_riven]

Oh it's definitely dragging, but (spoilers) [Carlos doesn't want to leave. He even got Cecil to take vacation time to visit him in the desert. Right now, it's more about Cecil's growing disenchantment with Night Vale and Dana (who he is convinced is using him when he black's out. It is irritating me because it is also dragging) and his likely abandoning the town for it. ]

Honestly, you could probably listen to the last three and not miss much even if you don't look up what's being referenced. Just depends if you are more interested in what's going on with background events and minor characters (like Earl Harlan) and what looks like plot seeding for the future, or ongoing de-mystification and friends drama. You get both.

Re: Welcome to Night Vale

[fishnchips]

Thanks!

Heh, I'm not sure if I even remember who Earl Harlan was...

I think my main problem with Nightvale is how in the beginning, Cecil was the kind of neutral narrator for Nightvale. Now, Nightvale is the background for Cecil and his shenanigans. I liked this "creepy community" feel of the first few episodes, the way that Nightvale itself was the main "character", and now (err... well not now but when I stopped listening) it's the "Cecil and friends" show and oh, yeah, there's also Nightvale.
I guess the way it started out wasn't exactly suited for a long-running show, but I'm not sure I like the direction they took with the changes.

Re: Welcome to Night Vale

[cloud_riven]

The last point is very fair imo, especially how the town was it's own character. It was basically Freaky Stories at the start, but now it's a character ensemble. I think online media, the kind that doesn't have a clear end-goal or layout of presentation, tends to veer toward transforming itself the more it goes on (eg: webcomics, websites, online shows that no longer resemble their early hiccupy charming start). WTNV is totally a radio show, but it's also very crowd-sourced in the sense of expanding its universe thanks to fans and live shows.

If it had stuck to that formula, I think I still would have loved it, even if it only meant seeing the citizens growing from Cecil's POV (the decried racist headdress wearing guy for instance, I'm glad I never got to hear his voice or see all that much of him). There was more room for interpretation, and to consider him as an unreliable narrator.

Re: Welcome to Night Vale

[fishnchips]

Yes, exactly. What I liked about it was the way the unreliable narrator thing was turned up to eleven, but it somehow didn't really matter. It was part of the weird and "creepy" vibe ("creepy" because I didn't actually think it was creepy, but the atmosphere was definitely creepy-ish). The weirdness and mytsery has gotten a bit lost along the way, I think.
I get it that it's the way they make their money to keep the show running, and since it's a free podcast I can't really complain. But it somehow feels like it's a bit ... too crowdsourced.
A thing I'm really sad about is how I actually liked Cecil alot in the beginning but now I find him kind of annoying, somehow. It's a pity. (Carlos as well, but that's because I really don't like his voice and I'm very ... voice fixated ahahaha OTL).