The Glow Cloud took over the Dog Park, or something

[schneefink]

"Welcome to Night Vale" was just sort of there, one day, at least on Tumblr, so I thought I'd check it out. The first few times I fell asleep during listening - Cecil has a very relaxing voice! Then I figured out that I shouldn't lie down, heh.

I listened to the first eleven episodes and two later ones, but while I enjoyed a lot of the weird whimsical stuff, overall I just couldn't get into it. It's too far into the horror genre for me, I generally don't enjoy horror. Sure, they (more accurately, Cecil) make fun of most of it, but still, people die all the time and nobody is bothered by that? (Alternative: some citizens are bothered, but they can't leave Night Vale. More horror.)

I just can't imagine a town where everyone is okay with people dying all the time. Are they all so emotionally detached that nobody cares about each other? But Cecil seems to like Carlos! Are they weirdly religious and figure that everyone will be happier in heaven? Christianity tried that and people still grieve. Is everyone who "dies" resurrected a few months later and comes back as if nothing happened? That seems most plausible to me at the moment. Or is there some sort of explanation in a later episode I haven't listened to yet?
I wonder how Cecil would react if Carlos died.

I might listen to a few more episodes when I have the time; I'm admittedly curious about the Dog Park. And in the meantime I can still enjoy the fanart on Tumblr.

Comments

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

I'm trained to make sense of worldbuilding full of holes! I've done it for years for (almost) every show I've ever watched and (almost) every book I've ever read. I'm good at handwaving things or finding workarounds or ignoring stuff. For some reason it doesn't work for me here, though. I'll probably enjoy the podcast much more when I give up trying to make sense of it - difficult, because my brain keeps wanting to come up with story ideas for some of their ridiculous stuff *g*

[doctorskuld.livejournal.com]

Nope nope nope, don't make sense of the world-building. That way madness lies, because the universe is comprehensibly abstract. That's never going to happen.