Cecil being a storyteller and the townspeople keeping quiet about how many of them are listening to his show because then he'd get all self-conscious and go back to doing normal community radio stuff is kind of an adorable idea. ♥
I'll let you know if I ever find a fic that ties together things in a satisfying way - I don't think the show ever will. It's just not... that kind of story, I think? I enjoy it because I'm in it for the next hilarious absurdity (the city under the pin retrieval area of the Desert Bloom Bowling Alley And Arcade Fun Complex; the Glow Cloud first raining small animals - already dead! - on the town and then joining the PTA; Hiram McDaniels wanted for insurance fraud and oh also he's an 18-foot tall, 5-headed dragon) and Cecil's total infatuation with Carlos, and don't actually think too hard about how it all hangs together. Some things show up more than once, some are forgotten seemingly before the end of the episode they're mentioned in and never come up again.
But yeah, nobody really reacts to what's going on because that's just how things have always been and the town of Night Vale kind of changes constantly and doesn't make sense to anyone who isn't from there? Like their invisible, teleporting, multi-million clock tower and terrifying librarians and oh also parts of town are regularly decimated. This just happens and nobody cares very much and if you think too hard about that it just hurts your brain. (I've been listening to Night Vale mostly while doing other stuff - library stock check, train rides, internet browsing - so that helps with my not focusing on anything except the short-term bit.)
...talking about all of this has made me want some good, solid fic. XD
And it's always okay to not be into something! ♥ It's just what happens. Don't force yourself. *hugs*
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Date: 2013-08-17 10:51 pm (UTC)I'll let you know if I ever find a fic that ties together things in a satisfying way - I don't think the show ever will. It's just not... that kind of story, I think? I enjoy it because I'm in it for the next hilarious absurdity (the city under the pin retrieval area of the Desert Bloom Bowling Alley And Arcade Fun Complex; the Glow Cloud first raining small animals - already dead! - on the town and then joining the PTA; Hiram McDaniels wanted for insurance fraud and oh also he's an 18-foot tall, 5-headed dragon) and Cecil's total infatuation with Carlos, and don't actually think too hard about how it all hangs together. Some things show up more than once, some are forgotten seemingly before the end of the episode they're mentioned in and never come up again.
But yeah, nobody really reacts to what's going on because that's just how things have always been and the town of Night Vale kind of changes constantly and doesn't make sense to anyone who isn't from there? Like their invisible, teleporting, multi-million clock tower and terrifying librarians and oh also parts of town are regularly decimated. This just happens and nobody cares very much and if you think too hard about that it just hurts your brain. (I've been listening to Night Vale mostly while doing other stuff - library stock check, train rides, internet browsing - so that helps with my not focusing on anything except the short-term bit.)
...talking about all of this has made me want some good, solid fic. XD
And it's always okay to not be into something! ♥ It's just what happens. Don't force yourself. *hugs*