Night Vale, let me count the ways I love you

[alee_grrl]

So I recently discovered the podcast series Welcome to Nightvale (all episodes available for free). I listened to the first two episodes on my way home yesterday, and the third and fourth on my way home today. It is a delightfully odd and creepy show, with wry humor and interesting music (otherwise known as "the weather" on the show). The narrator is the cool, and calm Cecil, who is madly in love with the visiting scientist, Carlos (or at least Carlos's perfect hair). But what made me rewind episode three and practically squee with delight was that Cecil also has Lyme disease! Making this the first fictional character that I have encountered who has Lyme disease. He mentions it when discussing the arrival in town of a creeping fear. He mentions that he has been paralyzed and afraid to speak, for fear that they may be his last words and quickly follows this report with an "I'm also battling Lyme." This made me laugh quite a bit because this sort of anxiety has been a common experience for me.

I'm going to need some Night Vale icons, clearly. :D

Comments

[jelazakazone]

\o/ Welcome:D

[alee_grrl]

:D Thanks.

[raze]

Hee! I am not familiar with Night Vale, but I love the idea of a fictional character with lyme! Now that I'm thinking of it, I don't think I've ever encountered it in fiction, either.

[alee_grrl]

Night Vale is so wonderfully Lovecraftian. It's got a very wry humor and presents the Lovecraftian elements as mundane, because in a town like Night Vale they are the normal every day occurrence. It's done in the style of a community radio broadcast and each episode is about 20 minutes. It's pretty darn fun.