#late night radio

[voidfilledwithwriting]

One of the pluses of having a late night radio show is that even if you make yourself cry, no one is out to see you.

Plus maybe someone out there in radio land is also feeling the same

[sohannabarberaesque]

The mantra, in a way, of many a Funtastic type on an all-night road trip

[toddbirchard-architect]

Favorited "Tear It Down" by Late Night Radio, Def3, Juliana Reed https://ift.tt/OfXkGCx

[az-roser]

Radioapple Week Prompt- Late Night📻🍎

Everone’s favorite sleep-deprived boys. I was thinking about how they’d spend their late nights alone probably thinking about each other. This was just supposed to be a quick drawing but I got carried away 🫠🖤

[harmfulb1tch]

This is a late night Hazbin Hotel thought. What if now in the show Alastor’s story gets changed. What if we all know him to be this New Orleans serial killer when in reality he was just the sweetest. Imagine he killed someone without truly meaning to and panicked, so he went to bury them in the woods. Then, in an unlucky moment he gets shot by a hunter and ends up in hell. After that, the guilt drives him crazy and that is when he starts eating human flesh, killing demons and overlords, playing the role of the horrible serial killer that everyone thought he was. I know this is probably not canon but just imagine.

[alice-after-dark]

Another RadioStatic AU Because I Can't Be Stopped

(I need to hurry the fuck up and actually turn one of these into a fucking fic...)

So this may have been inspired by the song "Alastor's Game" by the Living Tombstone and a horror movie called "Late Night with the Devil." Definitely recommend giving it a watch. It's a fun ride. Spoilers for the movie will be under the cut.

TW for murder, violence, and other canon-typical triggers.

Very brief rundown of the movie: a late night TV host in 1977 makes a deal with the devil to gain success and fame. Shit goes sideways when it's time to pay up.

RadioStatic Time!

Imagine Vox, still human and still Vincent, is a struggling late night TV host. He's got the cards stacked against him in every way possible. He doesn't come from a wealthy or celebrity background, he's given the worst program slot, he's got the bare minimum crew, and zero budget for guests or any other extras. And when he tries to argue for more, he keeps getting reminded that he's "fucking lucky" that he even has this chance at all. And still somehow he is managing mediocre results with next to nothing. Imagine what he could do with a proper budget and team, he tells them. No one listens. And then, one day, he's told that if he can't double his ratings by the end of the month, his show will be canceled.

Deep in depression, Vincent (either accidentally or on purpose) summons the Radio Demon (Alastor does not give him his actual name right away), who promises the young TV host 10 years of success in exchange for Vincent doing any favor that Alastor requests of him for the span of those 10 years (with the caveat that the favors are limited to once per day and must not interfere with Vincent's success). Alastor, in all his ulterior-motive glory, is using this deal to get himself access to the Living World and...finish some business (the use of his powers in the Living World are exclusively limited to fulfilling his end of the deal). Vincent, blinded by his own desperation, agrees, never once imagining those favors of Alastor's would involve murder. But if he refuses even a single favor, Alastor gets his soul. So he does what he's told.

At first the favors start small, with Alastor easing Vincent into taking commands from him, getting him used to fulfilling Alastor's requests. An authentic 1930s Philco Cathedral Radio here, an Ella Fitzgerald record there, nothing too big, nothing too fancy. Yet. Then, with Vincent's fame on the rise, he is asked to be a guest host for a show in New Orleans (which is certainly interesting because the show in question has never had a guest host before so Vincent suspects this is Alastor's doing somehow). And suddenly Alastor ups the ante. He needs Vincent to find someone, you see. A local hunter. Kind of a strange request, but okay. He's not all that hard to find either. Under the guise of doing some research on the local area to better understand his audience, Vincent finds an old article from 1933 about a hunter who shot a popular radio host in the bayou after mistaking him for a deer. The death was ruled an accident and the hunter was never charged with a crime. Some further digging reveals that he still lives in the bayou outside the city. Now comes Alastor's next favor: kill him.

Vincent is horrified. He tries to argue that this breaks their deal of interfering with his success, but Alastor insists that as long as Vincent follows his instructions to the letter, he will be just fine...unless he feels like handing over his soul? So Vincent does as he's told. One late night, with Alastor whispering in his ear, he stalks the man, knocks him out, and brings him to the basement of this old rotting house in the bayou (it looks as though it's been abandoned for at least a decade). And, after some nudging from the Radio Demon, Alastor takes it from there. After all, what's a little possession between friends?

Over the next 10 years, Vincent's fame grows and so does his relationship with Alastor. He begins enjoying the demon's presence and quirks and even their back and forth as to the superior form of media. He is beyond stunned when he discovers that Alastor is the very same radio host that he idolized growing up (and the very same radio host who was killed by the hunter). He's even more stunned when he finds he doesn't mind the torture and murder as much as he thought he would, even eventually asking to be a conscious participant. He's watched the Radio Demon so many times before plus he's always been a fast learner and Alastor guides him effortlessly and his powers make cleaning up the mess easy (though he still finds the void in which they dispose of the bodies eerie and unsettling; he swears there's something in there watching him whenever they travel through and Alastor has made it abundantly clear that under no circumstances is Vincent to let go of him while they do so).

When their 10 years comes to a close, there's an unspoken disappointment that hangs in the air. He doesn't understand the rules of Hell, but apparently Alastor's frequent trips to the Living World are gaining some suspicion and he can't risk extending their deal, so this is goodbye. Vincent realizes with reluctance that he's going to miss the Radio Demon. He wonders if Alastor will miss him too. He doesn't ask. And on the nights when he misses Alastor the most...well, the Radio Demon is nothing if not an exceptional teacher (even without the assistance of the creepy void magic).

It's hardly a year later when Vincent dies, shot in the head on live television by a crazed fan of the actress Vincent has recently begun dating (for the fucking publicity, no less).

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Alastor knows the second Vincent arrives in Hell. Sooner than he expected, but he is delighted to be reunited with his friend/pet/protege nonetheless. He finds it rather hilarious that his head has taken on the form of that ridiculous picture box he was so enamored with. What a delicious form of irony! Hell truly never fails to amuse hi-

"If you're gonna fucking make fun of me, at least introduce yourself, asshole!"

Pardon?

Well...he was certainly right about Hell having a particular brand of irony.

But no, his noisy picture box does not remember him. He remembers all their deeds and the favors (and he continued killing after they parted, how splendid!), but Alastor's presence in them has been scrubbed clean, replaced and painted over by others. It doesn't make him sad of course! Perish the thought! Why would something so trivial make him feel something as mundane as sadness?! No, no, it's simply...an inconvenience. But not one he can't handle. He'll just have to start from scratch. After all, his memories are just fine, so he already has the advantage and it takes little convincing to get the newly fallen Sinner to accompany him as he continues about his day (he has some hunting that just can't wait).

New beginnings and all that jazz.

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(My personal fav look for human!Vox if anyone cares)

[hiemaldesirae]

doodles for @alice-after-dark's late night with the radio demon au!!! this concept is sooo cool i wanna know more about them ...... like does vox Ever get his memories back . do alastor and vox end up falling out again like in canon or do they have some sort of unshakeable bond of sorts.... i need answers.

[fastcardotmp3]

some mild dot lore for context but I had a late night student radio show with my best friend when I was in college and I just think that Robin and Steve deserve to have the same

they have 2-3 listeners on average, they each pick half the songs for the show each week which means the line-up is inconsistent at best, they spend the breaks telling each other about their weeks because mostly they started this as an excuse to have built in time to hang out, Jonathan regularly calls in whenever they try to actually talk about music because he really needs them to know that that's not true actually and this is why (they know it's not true, it's just fun to have Jonathan on air with them, he gets so exasperated and it's cute)

sometimes Eddie lays on the couch in the studio while they're on air and will either chime in on their conversations even though he doesn't have a microphone or fall dead asleep to the point of snoring with no in-between

sometimes Steve and Robin bring in some new recipe Argyle tried out and eat and review it on air, the results of which usually end up with them deciding the food is delicious and Robin reminding their listeners that mayonnaise is disgusting even if there was no mayonnaise involved

they finish at 1AM on Sunday mornings and Nancy picks them up so they don't have to walk home from the station in the dark and Robin always gets shotgun and Steve puts his feet up on the seat in the back even when Eddie is also there and they meet Jonathan and Argyle at the 24hr diner off-campus and treat their trauma-induced insomnia like a ritual of friendship instead of a hindrance to their lives and it's good

messy and weird and codependent and good

[scryillo]

and also the concept page for my vash podcaster au :)

[13o7billionyearsinthemaking]

CONTEXT

I had dreamt where uhhh

The alternative episode 8 of hazbin hotel is were after the Extermination, I was vox for some reason forming back to my physical form cause vox In this dream was hiding in the main tv thing that I think he came to hell with it and the TV has his soul idk that's like the edge of pentagram city (my subconscious is really trying to understand this lore)

And like yeah apparently it's revealed that alastor and vox knew each other in their mortal life, vox is older than alastor in the 1910s-30s. Vox in his 30s and alastor is like 16 to 8 can't tell he was really short and baby face while Vox is like dadified very friend shape. And like apparently Vox felt sad for alastor's situation and helped out on paying for his FTM surgery, saving alastor's life and is very grateful for vox? And I guess once they both transformed and entered hell they couldn't recognize each other and became what they are today

Honestly my subconscious is real with this

[pencildragons]

modern au malevolent where nothing changes but john gets REALLY into weird late night radio talkshows while arthur's in a coma in the hospital

[alteregozowie]

🎶 Soooouuuuuuunnnnds like a signal from youuuuuuu, bring me to meet your souuuuuuund, and I will open you to my heaaaaaaaaart~🎶

[sohannabarberaesque]

Thus did Honey and Sis heat up the shortwave ether recently by way of somewhere in the Florida Keys

SIS, excitedly: I have to acknowledge there, Hon, that we certainly couldn't resist the diving bug such as Peter Potamus can't help but unleashing on many of us the other day; believe you me, the Keys are just irresistably divable, and then some!

HONEY, somewhat reserved: Sis, I have to admit that we couldn't resist the opportunity to dive, and then some--but to imagine being able to dive just wearing ourselves, though admittedly imagined as but a stretch initially, turned out rather interesting when you consider a) just how warm the waters off the Keys are, and b) just how spectacular the dive milieu is!

SIS: And who couldn't have found a more interesting diving pro than one Wally Gator, especially after crossing paths with him some while ago at a seafood house off Highway A1A between Cape Canaveral and Fort Lauderdale.

HONEY: Well, I do admit the house speciality of fried shrimp and hush puppies was a little on the side which had me reaching for the Tums after awhile.

SIS: It happens to all of us. Nonetheless, just the two of us, just wearing nothing but the proverbial smile, taking stock among the coral reefs off where we were staying just seemed to feel a little on the weird side initially ... but boy, did it sure feel serendipitous!

HONEY: Especially when that dolphin came rather close to us and found us rather irresistable in our nakedness that he wanted us to hug him!

SIS: And how could we actually resist such a wonderful invitation, especially when you know where dolphins and humans seem to have, in the right circumstances, a rather interesting chemistry, even considering our wearing those one-piece mask/snorkel combis as seem to be the rage among the skin-diving confraternity?

HONEY, somewhat incredulously: Believe you me, Sis, the way you make our experiences sound across the shortwaves turn out not only to be fascinating, but also somewhat listenable, especially over in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch--

SIS: Oh yes, not to slight Gilly-Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellenbogen-by-the-Sea and Mixingham-on-Sea ... or even the greater shortwave confraternity, for that matter!

HONEY: Uh, Sis ... doesn't it seem rather romantic-feeling underwater, just the two of us in such closeness of bodies--

SIS, somewhat excitedly: Now don't try and get me started!!!

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[toddbirchard-architect]

Favorited "Stronger (feat. Late Night Radio, Jennifer Hartswick & Adam Deitch)" by Manic Focus, Late Night Radio, Jennifer Hartswick, Adam Deitch https://ift.tt/0Pdwk1T

[brianfrench1995]

Late Night Vibes - Radio Station WMRN, Marion, Ohio Postcard

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