neadods: (night_vale)
So, last night I pretty much went straight from work downtown to see Night Vale live.

We were asked to keep spoilers off the internet, so I shan't talk about the plot. I will say that Cecil was having the time of his life getting members of the audience to do things; he had power over us and he was going to use it!

M and I got into a metro car and had settled down to read, but then I realized that a group of people were in the back of the car talking about Desert Bluffs. So we went over to hang out.

When we got out, we met with a couple of the other Benfesters. Not so much talk about Night Vale, but we were sort of talking about [livejournal.com profile] copperbadge's latest post and what was weirder: that fandom needs a tag called "consentacle" or that we all instantly knew what it meant.

The line was halfway down the side of the building when we got out, so we found our place among the glow clouds (my personal favorite was the glowing one on a stick with toy animals falling from it) and the Kevins and the assorted Cecils. (Few Carloses - Carlii? - this time) By the time the doors opened - and they opened half an hour early to keep us from freezing to death - the line had wrapped around the back of the building and was starting on the next side.

Merch was surprisingly limited. Choice of 2 t-shirts, the tour poster, and some CDs from the weather artist.

The fun, however, was unlimited.
neadods: (night_vale)
The voice of Carlos has been announced: Dylan Marron

I'm sticking with Luciano Szafir as the headcanon face, because Dylan doesn't do a thing for me.

On the other hand, it's kind of amusing to imagine that Carlos does look *just like* Dylan, and Cecil is *that much* of an unreliable narrator because he's seeing through his own haze of hormones.
neadods: (night_vale)
I still need a Night Vale icon. Thank you Pixlr!

So, Jeffrey Cranor has announced that they are changing the voice of Carlos specifically because he doesn't feel that it's right for him to continue to do it and take the role away from a Hispanic/Latino man.

Which is a good thing and I'm all for representation. There's simply not enough of it in American media.

On the other hand, I do wonder what kind of representation (if any) they were thinking with Cecil - voiced by a weedy white guy, often drawn by fans as a weedy white guy with tattoos and/or a third eye and/or a wide bleached streak. So far the Night Vale creators have steadfastly refused to actually describe Cecil aside from belatedly give him a full name, and I hope they continue to not describe him because then *anyone* can be Cecil. (In fact, I voted for the winner of the Carlos/Cecil t-shirt - on sale only through the end of this month, kids -- specifically BECAUSE it did not show either man's face.)

However, if they're talking about representation in actors, specifically, we are left with the fact that
lookalike
canonically look completely identical.

And now I don't know if they're hinting that they see Cecil as a black guy or that if they simply felt just as strongly about making sure that there was representation in Night Vale voices. Because there was a *lot* of white on that stage during the live recording of Mayoral Debate.

But on the other hand, this is a show where the ONLY canonical detailed physical description is of a man of color. Tamika Flynn is the only other one who is described at all, although much more vaguely, and what we know could fit any race, really. Cecil, Steve, Earl, Josie, Dana, John Peters - you know, the farmer - none of them are ever physically described at *all.* Nightvaleofcolor is totally right - there's nothing saying there's any white character in that town at all.
neadods: (sherlock)
I'm *still* looking for Night Vale recs; for such a hot fandom it doesn't seem to be showing up in the usual places. (Is there an LJ newsletter, for example? And Ravelry's Knit Vale seems to be quiet.) And I'm the kiss of death to tumblrs; let me start following it and it will die. But I keep checking:

darkowlrecords.tumblr.com
fuckyeahnightvale.tumblr.com
fuckyeahwelcometonightvale.tumblr.com (this has had a sudden explosion of art)
nightvaleofcolor.tumblr.com (as they say, there's no reason Cecil has to be white and we KNOW Carlos isn't!)

O.o

Oct. 30th, 2013 08:20 pm
neadods: (sherlock)
I was really lucky to get that ticket to Night Vale live. They're doing the final two live shows of "Condos" in mid-December... and the early show sold out in 30. Seconds. Flat.

I still need a night vale icon. And apparently Gimp, because my old copy of Photoshop won't run on Windows 7.
neadods: (sherlock)
There is not enough Night Vale fan art in my life. Anyone got some tumblr recs?
neadods: (compass)
This video of Cecil Baldwin describing his idea of Carlos the Scientist inspired me to check the web for images of "Brazilian Male Models." (Fandom really makes a person make sacrifices, doesn't it?)

A darker, greying Luciano Szafir is now my headcanon!Carlos:
luciano_szafir_f_018

"And I fell in love instantly."



I need a Night Vale icon and I don't have Photoshop loaded on this machine yet...
neadods: (sherlock)
Clearing out a whole lot of things from the linkdump:

The smack talk between the Elementary writers and the Sleepy Hollow writers is a joy to behold and a thing of beauty forever. I fell off the couch at "our protagonist is cuter than your protagonist."
http://shaddicted.tumblr.com/post/63757218835/nowisthewinter-the-twitter-tennis-match-between

I'm not on any Night Vale newsletters or tumblrs (anyone have a rec for me?) and I don't see Cecil as having tentacles. Still, this schmoopy Cecil/Carlos fic is delightful. One smacks his lips. The other molts.
Bad Habits - winterhill
http://archiveofourown.org/works/993680

Annotated photos of the BBC Sherlock set props. For some reason, I find the idea of an Ikea lamp hilarious
http://shaddicted.tumblr.com/post/63644123511/mid0nz-the-annotated-221b-the-lounge-window

Jeremy Brett was gorgeous. That is all.
http://shaddicted.tumblr.com/post/63574242924/deducecanoe-mmmmm

Radio interview with Jeffrey Cranor and Cecil Baldwin
Can Welcome to Night Vale resurrect radio drama? - Q - CBC Player
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/ID/2409883292/

Fan Art associated with that interview; also a streaming copy of the first episode of WTNV
http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2013/10/02/welcome-to-night-vale/

Chunky Monkey Overnight Oats (recipe archived so I can find it again)
http://www.stephsbitebybite.com/2013/03/25/chunky-monkey-overnight-oats/

Ditto: Overnight Oats — Kath Eats Real Food
http://www.katheats.com/favorite-foods/overnightoats

These are a bunch of templates for folding paper boxes and cards. I need to add this to my Christmas prep links, but until then, sticking it here.
http://www.paperandmore.com/content/category/howto/templates

Exactly what it says on the tin. Again, archived for self; public for anyone who's interested
Free Hand Embroidery Patterns - Pintangle
http://pintangle.com/2010/12/14/free-hand-embroidery-patterns-2/

The Ben Cumberbatch Vogue article
http://shaddicted.tumblr.com/post/58160242974/swissmisandry-benedict-cumberbatch-us-vogue

What it says on the tin: More Sherlock Macros, R for implications Move drinks away from monitor and read them all; the last is possibly my favorite.
http://221bsherlock.livejournal.com/297307.html#cutid1
neadods: (sherlock)
This is nowhere near the full set of shots, so if you see me around, ask to see the rest.

Cut for casting spoilers. Do I need to keep doing this? Is there anyone on my flist who's fussed about Night Vale spoilers? I know I've got a reader who's hypersensitive to Sherlock spoilers (and I've stopped watching Elementary to the relief of everyone involved, so I can't pass on spoilers from that.)

Anyway. Welcome to Night Vale )
neadods: (yay!)
I need a Night Vale icon. Also a "squee until you pass out from lack of oxygen" icon.

Furlough or not, I defended this trip to NYC almost unto death - I'd already paid for the bus ticket and show tickets before the congressional trolly jumped its tracks, so I was GOING, by George!

Actually, I was going by Megabus, which is ordinarily a calm, if overlong, trip. This time, however, the bus driver threatened to beat down a passenger and then I think abandoned two more at the rest stop, so the adventure started early. When we were getting out, I heard a passenger say "You needn't be such a bitch" and I left skid marks getting around the corner before the blast. [livejournal.com profile] suricattus found me huddled between a Starbucks and a subway entrance.

The city. )

I was going to go down to the village and SoHo, but thought it time to get to Brooklyn. I found the theater first thing... and a line that had started 2 hours before the show. One guy said that his plane had land at 12:30 and he'd come straight to the theater -- and he wasn't even first!

My resold ticket had arrived (”Oh, another [name redacted]" the ticket taker would say, but she had bought several tickets) and it was an Eternal Scout (read: front two rows, autographed T-shirt, drinks ticket for which I gratefully took a water bottle instead of beer) ... Anyway, I wasn't worried about a seat, so I wandered until I found Cafe LaFayette for dinner.

When I got back, the line stretched a full block. While finding the end of it, I ran into some SherlockNYC friends, then found my place almost at the next corner. Lots of people cosplaying - mostly Carlos because lab coats are easy, but there were some deer masks and some Cecils with tribal or tentacle tattoos, bleached hair, and third eyes.

Unlike many fans, the folks around me in line weren't willing to chat with a stranger. They were polite about it, but that left me to my book until we got in.

The show. SPOILERS FOR UPCOMING PODCAST )

They came out for autographs after; I couldn't get near Cecil so I didn't get a shot of that stunning smile as he was surrounded by fans and doubles.

I didn't like the neighborhood, so I was successful in attaching myself to a group of fans walking back to the subway and discussing "Cecil as 12-year-old fangirl. Yes or Hell Yes!?"

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