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Got up to episode 25 ("One Year Later") of Welcome to Night Vale, and have also been looking over the fanfic. It amuses me that the standard tags for it include "Cecil is Human," "Cecil is Mostly Human," "Cecil is Inhuman," and "Eldritch Abomination Cecil." Also, there's at least one that uses the last-named to unify the different impressions fans have of what Cecil looks like (everyone perceives him differently).
There's also a surprising number (like, at least two or three) fics where Cecil is human/mostly human and also blind -- either totally, or with the ability to perceive humans as heat-signature-like shapes.
Indeed there's an entire Tumblr called Welcome to Disabled Vale dedicated to collecting versions of the characters with disabilities of one kind or another; which I guess is the beauty of a show with (a) no visuals, and (b) a subtext that Night Vale, though eldritch, dystopian, and lethally dangerous, is also a weirdly friendly and accepting place. Not like that Desert Bluffs. Desert Bluffs is the worst town ever.
There's also a surprising number (like, at least two or three) fics where Cecil is human/mostly human and also blind -- either totally, or with the ability to perceive humans as heat-signature-like shapes.
Indeed there's an entire Tumblr called Welcome to Disabled Vale dedicated to collecting versions of the characters with disabilities of one kind or another; which I guess is the beauty of a show with (a) no visuals, and (b) a subtext that Night Vale, though eldritch, dystopian, and lethally dangerous, is also a weirdly friendly and accepting place. Not like that Desert Bluffs. Desert Bluffs is the worst town ever.
