[ SECRET POST #2427 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2427 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

11. http://i.imgur.com/abMWp1o.png

[(Anonymous)]

I kept hearing about this, so I looked into it. I lost interest the second I saw that it was essentially a radio show.

[kaijinscendre]

You could always read the transcripts!

[(Anonymous)]

I'm write with you, OP. I just can not focus on it for some reason, even though I think it's very creative and well-done.

[(Anonymous)]

Same. I just don't have nearly the imagination I used to for what's basically an online radio show.

[les_lenne]

Tried listening to it, but it sounds nothing like a radio show to me. Just someone reading some odd stuff out loud in a monotone voice. I'll pass.

[(Anonymous)]

just wait for someone to option it for tv, imo

[eve_n_furter]

You've got do do something with your hands when you listen to audio-literature: chores, routines at work, crafts, driving etc. Just sitting straight and listening doesn't work for most people. But a good audio-book makes repetitive work a pure joy. Give it one more try!

[unicornherds]

Same. I cannot pay attention to audio only. My brain just doesn't hold on to it. I tried reading transcripts but it's just not the same. (Or maybe it is and I'm just not interested in this fandom/show. I don't know.)

[sootyowl]

I like it, but I can see how that would be drawbacks to people.

I have to be in the right headspace to listen to it. I can't be thinking of a bunch of different things at the time. I try to listen to it before bed, but sometimes I forget to listen to it. To me, radio shows need lots of attention and a good imagination to enjoy them.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel you OP, I can't also concentrate on audiobooks or podcasts because I always end up doing something else and getting too distracted with that something else that I can't pay attention to what I'm listening too.

Especially since English is not my first language and so it gets really hard to concentrate on it despite not having any problem with focusing on English when I'm watching TV shows with no subtitles.

But I love Welcome To Night Vale, and the fandom, and everything, it's just that I proceed very slowly with it.

I've found a way to get through them though, but I'm not sure if it will work for you. I play minesweeper on my phone. It's something I do almost all the time when I'm bored and so it doesn't take a lot of concentration for me despite the nature of the game, so I'm occupied and therefore I won't end up dozing off as I'm listening to it but not too occupied that I end up getting too invested on the game and not enough on the podcast (like, who the hell can get too invested on a minesweeper game?).

[fenm]

You know what I do? I watch it on iTunes with the visualizer on. That way I have something to look at, and can still focus on the words, because the visuals move and change WITH the words. And, FYI, other players like VLC and Windows Media Player have visualizers as well, so you can use those if you prefer.

Just a thought.

[transcriptanon]

[Picture is the cover image of the podcast "Welcome to Night Vale", featuring a purple sky, a crescent moon as part of a sinister eye, a water tower, a phone or electrical pole, and a house or barn with an antenna on it.]

I'm so disappointed that I can't get into this series. It sounds so cool but the lack of visuals makes me lose interest immediately.

[croik]

To the OP or anyone else interested, here's a list of fan-made transcripts for Welcome To Night Vale:

http://nightvale.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Fan-Made_Transcripts

I think the creator said they're likely going to do a book of transcripts at some point, too.

[(Anonymous)]

Everyone is offering you alternatives to just having the audio, and that's really nice of them.

For me personally, though, can I just say I don't like audio-only canon? It's hard to keep track of, and I prefer books/tv/movies. As interesting as WtNV sounds, I wish it was in literally any other format.

[(Anonymous)]

I like it, but I understand why the fact it's a podcast would put you off. I often can't listen to more than one episode every couple of days. This isn't because it's bad but instead because I find it hard to focus on just audio. (music is obviously different because I don't have to catch every word (if there are words), there's usually some sort of catchy beat and songs are generally shorter than 20 minutes) I have a similar problem with audiobooks- I have to do something, such as chores, exercise or even just playing games on the internet while listening, but then my attention often shifts to what I'm physically doing and then I have to skip back to see what I missed. It's annoying. Night Vale is great, but I've only managed to listen to 10 episodes so far because of this.

It's odd, because I can focus easily on the written word for hours but the fact that Night Vale is audio-based and only has one voice actor means that my attention drifts.

I wonder if some sort of slide show might work, set to the audio. It wouldn't be exact drawings of what was being described, because I feel that that would ruin the mystery, but maybe occult logos and symbols and general weirdness that would fit in with the episode. Unfortunately I don't think my skills would be up to the job, but if any fan does attempt something similar I'd be interested to see if it would work or not.

[(Anonymous)]

Same here :/

I feel like I'm missing out, but I get bored just listening to it doing nothing, zoom out and get distracted if I listen while doing other stuff, and can't hear properly if I listen while I travel.

[(Anonymous)]

Don't worry, OP, I'll probably never listen to it. A lot of the fandom seems to be "OMG CARLOS/CECIL IS SOOOO HAWWWWWWT". I really hate that sort of thing.

[kaffy_r]

I haven't had a chance to listen to this show, but boy, do I find this conversation interesting. And telling, in a way.

I'm 57, and still a little too young to be part of the generations who grew up with radio drama. However, I'm a fan of old time radio, and have probably become at least as comfortable with it as my mother and grandmother were. By "comfortable" I mean that I have no difficulty listening to a story unfolding solely aurally, or creating the visuals in my head, or (perhaps more central to the conversations I'm reading here) sitting, or being, still while the story unfolds.

I'm intrigued by the number of posters (many of who I'll guess are much younger than I am, and who grew up without that type of listening habit) who are unfamiliar and less than comfortable with storytelling that lacks visuals or dynamic motion.

Radio didn't last long as a stage for story telling, but for a short time (the 30s, 40s, the early 50s) it was the major stage for popular drama, at least in North America. While it was, the consumers of that sort of story telling were required to exercise different consumption skills than are now common.

The problem is I don't like his voice

[insanenoodlyguy]

it's horrible for radio! And since the voice is the entire damn thing, this just isn't working for me at all.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I LOVE that it's all audio. I don't have a lot of time to watch TV these days, so I feel out of the loop with a lot of recent fandoms, but my walk to work is basically exactly the length of an episode of WTNV, so I'm currently in the process of listening to two episodes a day and it's wonderful.

(Especially because I've been listening to the same 25 episodes of Cabin Pressure for the last year or so - god, it's nice to have something new.)

[(Anonymous)]

Oh OP, I second this so much.

Same as people above, my attention is drifting way too much to catch all the details. Cecil's voice doesn't make this easier as some tones don't register to my ears (borked ear build - I don't hear some spectrums). As for the transcripts - they don't read as a novel or theatre drama, they don't work for me at all. This is crap - Night Vale sounds like my kind of thing (finished 5 episodes).

[tabaqui]

I have to agree. I don't do long drives daily or anything where listening would be easy, and when i'm at home, i won't listen because i'd have to use headphones, and i detest headphones. And earbuds. Not only are they all uber-uncomfortable, but if i can't hear what's going on around me, i get twitchy as hell.

I don't listen to audiobooks, either, for the same reasons.

[(Anonymous)]

Podcasts are one of my newest loves just because I get to imagine anything I want (like with books) The only drawback to all of them is that sometimes I drift off while focusing on one thing and realize I've missed five minutes of good stuff and have to rewind.

We're sorry you can't enjoy the awesome. Maybe try looking at some fanart while listening??

[otakugal15]

Yeah, I'm online too much with my interests wandering too much for me to be able to concentrate on this. I'd have to listen to this as I go to bed, essentially, and then I'd sleep through it. It's why I haven't really gotten into audio books or too many podfic.

Something like this would only truly work if I could go on a long, cross country drive, which won't be happening any time soon. Or out walking for more than 30 minutes (too damn hot around here).