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[Welcome to Night Vale]

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Not really? I think it is pretty much implied that every one thinks the Apache Tracker is an asshole. And I doubt every one of those people are Native Americans. And I doubt anyone is making him Native American just to justify his hate of the Apache Tracker. They may be Native American themselves and enjoy the fact this character they enjoy can also be.

Edited 2013-08-09 23:30 (UTC)

I've seen some posts that did skew that way actually, albeit unintentionally - and I can see where the OP is coming from. However, that may be because of some of the things I've heard in relation to RL stuff so. -shrugs-

Also, I don't think the OP was saying 'Seeing him as NA is wrong/I hate it!' since they mentioned that it was specifically seeing people using the 'He hates the A.T. because he's Native'? At least, that's how it read to me.

Yeah, almost every post I've seen that mentions Cecil being Native American includes "And that's why he hates the Apache Tracker," as if this is the only possible reason.

Cecil's Native American? Is that a fanon thing?

Everything about Cecil's physicality is fanon.

Not only do I absolutely agree with you, your choice of picture made me laugh really embarrassingly loudly, so nice job.

Mm...the people who picture Cecil as Native for *that* reason annoy me, but I don't care if they picture him as Native. Tbh, I don't even really think about his [or anyone else's, really] ethnicity when listening to it. -shrugs-

Yeeeaaah, I actually feel the same way.

Also I will forever see Apache Tracker as Johnny Depp now.

I'm of two minds. I can see where you're coming from but I can also see

kaijinscendre's point.

I think it's about how he's presented as a Native American.

Personally I'm all over with Cecil. My image of him is never constant or consistent.

I think it's about how he's presented as a Native American.

IA. Cecil makes a point in the earlier episodes of why the Apache Tracker is an asshole and doesn't respect Native American culture. It has nothing to do with him being or not being Native American himself.

I still don't know how Cecil looks either. I can see Carlos more clearly, but Cecil is seems to change with what type of fanart I've been looking at recently.

Yeah, pretty much.

I'm the same! Carlos is a constant but Cecil changes from each pretty picture I see.

Strange, how there are so many blonde Cecils all over tumblr and I see Cecil as being mixed German, Portuguese and Native American (Maybe Tenino). Thing is, the way he looks, everyone mistakes him for Italian.

The most popular versions of Cecil I see on Tumblr are blond or East Indian. I never thought of him as Italian before.

The only consistencies with Cecil in my mind are tattoos and the third eye. Although I usually picture him as white and stick-thin.

As of E27, though, I think we can assume that he's humanoid. I mean, would you, as a regular human being, go on a date with a freaky tentacle monster who has an obsessive crush on you?

As of E27, though, I think we can assume that he's humanoid. I mean, would you, as a regular human being, go on a date with a freaky tentacle monster who has an obsessive crush on you?

Yes.

...yes.

However, I would think he's humanoid because of how he's described by Kevin in 19.

Well, to each their own, I suppose!

Ah, thats true. He's at least something resembling a "man."

I have no clue how to insert images but there is one picture that seems to be the best representation of Cecil in my head.

Also, was there a Night Vale discussion post today?

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I can't picture him as stick-thin, because he said that the man in the picture in Desert Bluffs was "neither short nor tall, neither fat nor thin," but I definitely picture him as pale and angular. Straight nose, semi-prominent cheekbones, pointy chin, long fingers.

Are you implying minorities are not sensitive? I think they cry at sad movies too.

[Picture is Johnny Depp as Tonto in movie "The Lone Ranger", has this caption over image:

Can you believe this guy said he used "indian magics" what an asshole.

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I'm usually cool with the many and varied interpretations of Cecil's appearance, but I really dislike the idea of him being Native American and that being the reason for his hatred of the "Apache Tracker". It implies the only reason someone would could or should be offended by the appropriation of Native culture is if they are Native American themselves.

I think it makes the joke less "The Apache Tracker is a racist embarrassment," and more "Minorities are so sensitive."

MTE...I've kind of been waiting for somebody to say this. I mean yes, it's a stretch to say that people are always implying that when they fancast him as Native American, but I still doubt that the whole fanon interpretation would have gotten started if not for the Apache tracker thing.

You have a point, but I still "see" Cecil as having some skin shade of brown. (maybe not necessarily Native American, but he's a POC in my head. Now the third eye fanon... we can fight about that. That one's ridiculous)

At first I thought he would have a tan to brown skin tone - not necessarily because he's a POC but because they live in a friggin desert.
I can live with the third eye, also with the moving tattoos, but I'm not that sure about the tentacles. I still think that most people in Nightvale are actually more human and Desert Bluffs has the monster-people.

Speaking as someone who lives in a friggin desert and is so white it's practically blinding... not necessarily.