#i’m unbearably fond of the idea of carlos embracing the bizarre dangers of night vale bc it’s comparatively Safer for him than other places

[brittlebutch]

the shift of Carlos’s character from ‘straight man with an undertone of dread’ to ‘manically delighted by everything in the world’ is a fun one; namely i can’t decide if it’s More fun if Cecil was filtering Carlos’s tone to make it sound more dramatic before he really got to know him OR if Carlos had been making an honest attempt at masking before deciding he didn’t need to anymore and throwing all restraint to the curb

#N posts stuff #‘straight man’ as in the character role Not as in sexuality lol #the surgery for the throat spiders explains the shift in the Sound of his voice #but wouldn’t affect his Manner of speaking #since we know from ‘Echo’ that Carlos had 100% been crushing on Cecil from practically day one #but adopted a stilted professional tone with him because he was shy im tempted towards the latter #though the former would be fun and technically in line with Cecil’s gradual shift to ‘perfectly Imperfect carlos’ #i’m unbearably fond of the idea of carlos embracing the bizarre dangers of night vale bc it’s comparatively Safer for him than other places #other places were though so i do think i prefer that answer #the idea of deciding to embrace a place with open arms and it (and everyone in it) embracing you right back is very. Warm #a very warm feeling i like very much ; carlos embracing autistic joy is another feeling i love very much #queer joy as well actually this notion fits both concepts well #(the option ‘night vale warped carlos’s personality’ is kind of lame in my opinion and isn’t being considered here) #wtnv lb