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alias_sqbrI have caught up with Welcome to Night Vale and it is amazing. It's a good time to get into it too, since the first 25 podcasts make for a fairly well rounded little story (not that I'm not looking forward to episode 27!) What plot there is is slow and sporadic but it all holds together remarkably well for a setting combining glow clouds, angels, vague yet menacing government agencies etc. Also, there's canon m/m! The main character is unambiguously interested in men, but it is very much just one facet of his character, he is much more focussed on informing his listeners, not being eaten by station management etc.
There a cute little fandom on tumblr I haven't dipped my toes into much yet. Though as with Elementary fandom, I find myself charmed by all the adorable gen and glad people share my shipping tendencies...but kind of wish there was more kissing. *is shallow*
Not a huge focus on female characters in the show or fandom though there is definitely some. The writers feel like well meaning white guys, they do better than most of the influences they're drawing from (like Lovecraft haha) and there's a major POC character but also some weeeird stuff around American Indians. There is in general a theme of it being ok to be to be weird or damaged, it's just something you work around, which is a nice change from the "FEAR THE ABNORMAL" tone of much horror (of course they conflate missing ears with being haunted by the voices of the dead, possessed by aliens etc but hey)
Also some people find it scary but I really don't. The one exception was the morning I woke to a weirdly familiar noise and just for a second thought "OH GOD IT'S STREET CLEANING DAY D: D:"
There are transcripts of most episodes and a twitter account which posts strange little messages in addition to information about tshirts etc.
There a cute little fandom on tumblr I haven't dipped my toes into much yet. Though as with Elementary fandom, I find myself charmed by all the adorable gen and glad people share my shipping tendencies...but kind of wish there was more kissing. *is shallow*
Not a huge focus on female characters in the show or fandom though there is definitely some. The writers feel like well meaning white guys, they do better than most of the influences they're drawing from (like Lovecraft haha) and there's a major POC character but also some weeeird stuff around American Indians. There is in general a theme of it being ok to be to be weird or damaged, it's just something you work around, which is a nice change from the "FEAR THE ABNORMAL" tone of much horror (of course they conflate missing ears with being haunted by the voices of the dead, possessed by aliens etc but hey)
Also some people find it scary but I really don't. The one exception was the morning I woke to a weirdly familiar noise and just for a second thought "OH GOD IT'S STREET CLEANING DAY D: D:"
There are transcripts of most episodes and a twitter account which posts strange little messages in addition to information about tshirts etc.
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Date: 2013-07-07 11:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-08 01:32 am (UTC)I have that problem with most podcasts so can empathise! Glad the transcripts help :)
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Date: 2013-07-08 12:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-08 01:31 am (UTC)Ooh good reminder adds a link to the twitter They certainly pack a lot into 140 characters.
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Date: 2013-07-08 01:48 am (UTC)A quick lesson on the birds and the bees: The birds are looming, oily, sudden. The bees are bulbous, shrieking, hungry. Hide from both.
I started following the twitter account just for the random strangeness, have now downloaded and listened to the first 3 episodes.
Eeerie but fun. ;)
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Date: 2013-07-09 10:58 am (UTC)Hope you enjoy them!
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Date: 2013-07-08 04:59 am (UTC)Agreed, there are some iffy things. I do approve of the fact that the white guy who says he's some kind of "Indian tracker" gets called out by Cecil for being ridiculous and an asshole more than anything else. (I just started listening, though. I'll have to see what other impressions I have later in the series.)
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Date: 2013-07-09 10:53 am (UTC)Yeah I was sadly not very happy with how that got resolved :/