#fandom: wtnv

[do-you-know-this-queer-character]

Do you know this queer character?

Cecil is Gay and uses he/him pronouns!

[cookinguptales]

the funniest thing to me about this whole tumblr sexyman debate is that it's being presented as like "tumblr veterans" who love cecil vs. these new young interlopers who love sans when like

but

girls, girls. you're both elderly.

[candycassowary]

It has come to my attention that people have been using my mspaint doodle as a reaction image- and I'm flattered however I realized I didn't sign it so I made a signed version. Use this one instead please and thank you!!

Drawn while listening to Malevolent, but can apply to a wide variety of horror podcasts or listening experiences. I'll tag a few for safe measure

[whatsuphoneybee]

Everybody talking about how Cecil is peak Sexy Tumblr Man bc he's Skinny White Guy in a Suit

But nobody talking about how Cecil was also the catalyst for anti-Skinny White Guy in a Suit!

By the time WTNV and Cecil rolled around in 2014 people were sick of skinny white guys in suits!!! They wanted something different! and it sparked a lot of talk around the default white depictions of characters who didn't have canon designs.

There's this image by zenamiarts that depicts a lot of the popular human Cecil designs that started popping up as a result. You started seeing Cecil with long braided hair!! Cecil with a walking stick and chronic pain! There was Cecil who was a just giant floating eyeball. Cecil who could change his entire appearance at a whim. A very popular ask blog where Cecil was a Silkie Chicken. (Newer more modern designs also showcase the eccentric fashion Cecil is now known to wear.)

i mean Fuck. Cecil Palmer was the first male character I saw drawn in a skirt!! he was the first character I saw drawn as gender nonconforming and he got treated and drawn like it was a normal thing and i will never forget that.

was it the perfect depiction of diversity? nah. & it sadly seems like a lot of the surviving artwork of Cecil from 2013-2016 is 'Skinny White Guy in a Suit'. (the 2018 tumblr exodus might have something to do with that :( )

But!!! Cecil really did open the door for future audio drama character designs. (looking at u mr. jonathan the magnus archives)

Cecil is mr tumblr sexyman and always will be thank u

[be-nice-to-your-local-cryptids]

Podcasts but their taglines are accurate:

The Magnus Archives: You really should have paid more attention during season 1.

Welcome to NightVale: No you haven’t missed anything, Cecil is just kinda like that.

Camp Here and There: Lmfao you thought this would be funny, didn’t you? You didn’t expect to cry tonight, huh? Dumbass.

[madzwashere]

I think all of us that listen to audio dramas should kiss right now.

[jongwoosbraceletofteeth]

The audio drama experience is wanting to edit the characters so bad but also never wanting an adaption ever.

[oc-ohsahi]

I told the creators of Welcome to Night Vale about the sexyman poll.

im taking a narrative podcast production course, and we had joseph fink and jeffery cranor come speak to the class over zoom

as the final question of our Very Serious QA panel, i told them about the tumblr sexyman poll, with hundreds of thousands of votes, and that cecil still won a decade later. i asked if the power of creating The Sexiest Fictional Man was something that could go to their heads. they couldnt stop laughing.

joseph gave a long spiel about how grateful he is for the impact Night Vale had — he told a story about seeing a fictional flights board in an airport and that it felt so strange to see Night Vale up there. he was super humble and said that Night Vale ‘belongs to the fans’ and takes no ownership of Sexy Creationism.

then jeffery comes in like ‘yeah, what he said, but personally i think it does go to my head’ and giggled and said “It feels pretty awesome.”

[iri-desky]

Um...oh no. Oh no no no no. KOSA is coming back.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/15/kids-online-safety-act-kosa-senate/

Is this legit? Oh God. OH fuck no. This can't pass, this seriously cannot pass. Everyone, help. Fandoms of Tumblr, we need to fix this. Reblog with EVERY. FANDOM. YOU CAN FIND. And make your own posts the same way. EVERYONE needs to know. STOP. KOSA. CALL THE GODDAMN PRESIDENT IF YOU CAN. CALL SENATORS. ANYTHING. THIS. CANNOT. HAPPEN.

CHECK badinternetbills.com FOR MORE INFO!

[kevin--of-desert-bluffs]

I think the most fun way WTNV could add more trans characters is if they just made an existing side character trans and didn't acknowledge it except by change of name etc

"My nephew, Janus-"

"Lorraine Leroy, out on the edge of town-"

"Harrison Kip said they-"

[woodiart]

[not-mary-sue]

What will Dashcon 2 even consist of? Because the Tumblr of 2014 is a very different world from Tumblr 2024. The user base has aged (most of the teens of Dashcon are here as adults), the fandoms have changed, Superwholock kind of...disintegrated. So, is it going to be a nostalgia trip from a lost time or are they going to aim for the new fandoms like ITWV, TMA (I know its finished but it's still kicking with TMP and the fandom), Doctor Who still I suppose? I must know!

[candycassowary]

Another signed version of my mspaint stickman enjoying its very relaxing horror audio drama series. This is a still life based on a real event when I was listening to Malevolent episode 37 in a public cafe (I don't have a phone so was listening on my laptop) However can apply to many audio dramas I've listened to in public spaces

Let me know your own public space audio drama experiences, I'm curious

version without text

[honkhonk-ducky]

Me: "I don't think I have a type when it comes to favourite characters..."

My Favourite Characters:

In order:

- Michael (The Magnus Archives)

- Needles (The Magnus Protocol)

- Kevin (Welcome to Night Vale)

- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

- Funtime Freddy (FNAF: Sister Location)

- Caine (The Amazing Digital Circus)

- Remus (Sanders Sides)

- Archangel Gabriel (Supernatural)

- Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)

- Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)

- Douma (Demon Slayer)

[hellofromthehallowoods]

Why did we make a Magnus Archives RPG and a Welcome to Night Vale RPG and an Old Gods of Appalachia RPG and a Silt Verses RPG and a (planned) Hallowoods RPG when we could have just done Welcome to the ForestTown Archives RPG: Eyes In The Dark Edition

[marsalta]

Welcome to Nightvale, listeners…

I’m only on episode 34…