19B - The Sandstorm

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  • @notasilentcreation7105
    @notasilentcreation7105 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3149

    I understand why Cecil hates Desert Bluffs. This is terrifying.

    • @notasilentcreation7105
      @notasilentcreation7105 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      hello

    • @Therapist_Solarist
      @Therapist_Solarist 9 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      +Cass Jenkins totally agree. Cant get the horrifying description out of my head. Good god.

    • @spaceynerd9956
      @spaceynerd9956 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Notasilentcreation ikr

    • @marunalister5597
      @marunalister5597 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I’m sure you know by now but, they get better, especially now.

    • @astarothosullivan3099
      @astarothosullivan3099 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Don't worry. It gets better. Just believe in a Smiling God. 🙂

  • @raen714
    @raen714 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3029

    The saccharine cheeriness of this place creeped me out. When Cecil came on and described the inside of the recording studio, I felt validated.

    • @hellflameflowers3930
      @hellflameflowers3930 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yep

    • @_hazelnut.coffee_
      @_hazelnut.coffee_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      raen714 same

    • @miniquiny999
      @miniquiny999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      ive never trusted a man more than i trusted cecil this ep

    • @jmanred
      @jmanred 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      EVEN MORE THEN YOU KNOW

    • @markantonyrogers3067
      @markantonyrogers3067 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Nothing is that great without something underlying it that is truly terrifying

  • @kylegast5787
    @kylegast5787 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2981

    Desert Bluffs seems like a cheerful place but it has horrible people. Night Vale seems like a scary place but it has wonderful people. I feel like this is some metaphor that I can't grasp.

    • @avieee_
      @avieee_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Kyle Gast
      yes.. but Kevin is perfect.... Kevin..

    • @beholdnonsense5100
      @beholdnonsense5100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +270

      Kyle Gast maybe​ not a metaphor, but it is a very neat literary device called a Foil, where two things have similar circumstances but vastly opposite results and responses

    • @ericward8459
      @ericward8459 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Night Vale IS great. If you don't count Steve Carlsburg!!

    • @PreppyHeiress26
      @PreppyHeiress26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      "Nothing is as it seems", "dont judge a book by its cover", and "if it seems too good to be true, it likely is."

    • @HTFFanOfFlaky
      @HTFFanOfFlaky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      It's reality. Guess what a psychopath is. Charming, charismatic, knows exactly what you want to hear, but remember that I asked WHAT, not WHO.

  • @emma-gk8np
    @emma-gk8np 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1935

    i find that kevin's voice is perfectly chosen for this; it's quite pleasant and friendly but it can sound rather disturbing, especially when we're so used to cecil's dulcet tones. but i think the music helps with the entire 'being too perfect it's too disturbing'.

    • @seguaye
      @seguaye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I’m 99% sure that Kevin has the same voice actor as Carter Kane in the Kane Chronicles audiobook

    • @buzzsawenthusiast1756
      @buzzsawenthusiast1756 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No, check the description

    • @ohheyitsjustine
      @ohheyitsjustine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He kinda sounds like Elijah wood haha

    • @Scarshadow666
      @Scarshadow666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @emma scoular
      It's interesting you say that since Cecil sometimes sounds like that to me (an obvious cinnamon roll, but still a little bit off), so that by the time heard Kevin, my first thought was "…this makes sense". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @dog2169
      @dog2169 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Although how horrid and despicable Desert Bluffs is, I prefer the weather in Desert Bluffs than Nightvales weather.

  • @EarthlyMaidenLita
    @EarthlyMaidenLita 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1409

    "I hugged this man, and he hued me back!"
    So okay, for emphasis, a 'hug' in Desert Bluffs is performed by grabbing the other person's neck

    • @astarothosullivan3099
      @astarothosullivan3099 5 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      Well of course! In fact, I hugged my neighbor so much today he collapsed and hasn't moved since! 😀

    • @QueerAndHunger
      @QueerAndHunger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@astarothosullivan3099 You disgusting piece of garbage Desert Bluffs citizen

    • @dr.romaniarchaman5426
      @dr.romaniarchaman5426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@QueerAndHunger oh no, please do not insult our fellow Desert Bluffs citizens like that.

    • @konniekon525
      @konniekon525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      End Creeper if not...
      I might have to hug you to 😃

    • @kimititan2658
      @kimititan2658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@QueerAndHunger So, do you need back up or what? Cause there's three of them, and as of right now, two of us and I don't know about you, but I don't like those odds.

  • @TheFearChannel
    @TheFearChannel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2147

    So in Night Vale creepy things happen and people are super paranoid. In Desert Bluffs gory things happen and people smile like nothing is wrong. Kevin describes the meeting with Cecil as a hug. Cecil describes it as a fight.
    Blood was filling Kevin's shoes for the first twelve minutes of this, and yet you never would have known unless Cecil showed up to point it out.

    • @marunalister5597
      @marunalister5597 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      The Fear Channel Though that does get better when the twist is revealed.

    • @voodoovanderby3230
      @voodoovanderby3230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      And in America horrible things happen and we blatantly ignore them pretending because we eat processed foods and have iphones we should be happy

    • @HTFFanOfFlaky
      @HTFFanOfFlaky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Kevin's voice and Cecil's description of Kevin's studio, are both accurate descriptions of a psychopath, depending on whether you are looking at the appearance of one, or the mind. Cecil's voice and Kevin's description describes an empath well (empath in real life is the term for someone who is not a psychopath). The difference is, Cecil describes things exactly as they are on both ends. Kevin lies on the outside and, on the inside, tells falsities he believes to be the truth, without ever being phased in the slightest.
      tl;dr version: Kevin is real

    • @miss.dannitiger
      @miss.dannitiger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow!!

    • @theseashellqueenfandomgal9333
      @theseashellqueenfandomgal9333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m the 1,000 like...:D

  • @AnvilPro100
    @AnvilPro100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2659

    It starts out so nice, you think "Oh, Haha! Night Vale hates Desert Bluffs because they're nice and normal! How humorous". And then Cecil shows up and describes the room...

    • @rochellewatson9833
      @rochellewatson9833 9 ปีที่แล้ว +244

      *hears the studio room being described*😱 For the love of God, Cecil, save me and take me back to Night Vale!😖

    • @fandomtrashpanda350
      @fandomtrashpanda350 6 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      *is screaming becuse holy crap kevin sounds cute and then hes demonic and its perfect!* yeah...poor Cecil

    • @cageybee7221
      @cageybee7221 5 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      i feel like you really have to fuck up when someones response to seeing your town is "i want to go back to nightvale!"

    • @hiraunia
      @hiraunia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      You know, maybe we should've been tipped off when Kevin described Cecils desk as "Not covered in blood."

    • @aformofmatter8913
      @aformofmatter8913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      It seems Night Vale is under the iron grip of an authoritarian government, while Desert Bluffs is under the iron grip of authoritarian corporations.
      I think the people of Desert Bluffs might be constantly high on some sort of corporate hallucinogen (hence why they're so happy & don't see the blood). It's also possible the animal viscera is some type of strange magitek (hence why the Desert Bluffs host called the Night Vale setup old, because Desert Bluffs hasn't used technology as we know it in decades).

  • @kimberlyadams2078
    @kimberlyadams2078 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2483

    I love how well the writing made us feel as a member of the Night Vale community so that whenever we hear Desert Bluffs, we recoil, even if we don't know why. It's great.

    • @NovaStella_
      @NovaStella_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      It's so great. XD kind of the same feeling of trying to be cool and suave in middle school, then you meet your aunt who still pinches your cheek, wears pink, and talks about kittens and rainbows.

    • @shahdshabah5037
      @shahdshabah5037 7 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      Exactly! Like the entire time I was grimacing and waiting for it to finish, because of Cecil's talk on Desert Bluffs and how horrible it is. I felt like I suddenly understand his hate

    • @sam-ds3nh
      @sam-ds3nh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      I call this, the Dinkleburg effect

    • @eliaszogby5228
      @eliaszogby5228 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ikr

    • @davidhale2682
      @davidhale2682 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I heard the words Desert Bluffs and was filled with VISCERAL HATRED.

  • @pollylittle7568
    @pollylittle7568 7 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    "I let him live!"
    "He hugged me back."
    Either Cecil is far weaker than he thinks he is, or in Desert Bluffs they use violence to show affection.

    • @avieee_
      @avieee_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Polly Little
      punches = hugs

    • @muds_1036
      @muds_1036 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      or hes lying and really was trying to hurt him but covered it up

    • @kagato23
      @kagato23 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      It's a Hellraiser/Cenobite situation. When all emotions and feelings are filtered into happiness, the strongest emotions and feeling are the most happy. Intense fear, hatred... PAIN. All very strong and much easier to achieve then conventional happiness. So when you smack your neighbor with a brick when the corners of his mouth dropped for a second, you are helping him.

  • @koolkat-hq5xc
    @koolkat-hq5xc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    Something I realized is that Cecil has never lied to us. He absolutely always gives us the news and tells it like it is. Kevin here is sugarcoating everything, he won't really admit to what is going on, and it seems like he has some evil intent behind his cheery disposition. And you know, a liar who tells happy news is a lot scarier than an honest man telling us awful news. We grow to love nightvale, despite its many, many tragedies, because we love the characters. Desert Bluffs is an infinitely darker place because there are no friends there.

    • @bluemagician9724
      @bluemagician9724 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I honestly don't think you even need the gore, or the cult, or le evil corporate dictatorship, the pure, condensed Stepford Smiler aura is enough to make the Desert Bluffs/Strexcorp people loathable beyond words

    • @zofifi7549
      @zofifi7549 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      yeah, true Cecil seems to be a little too honest for his own good, he likes to blabbe out everything he sees, no filter even when it gets him in trouble with some eldrich horror (city council and the radio station's menagment)

    • @Michael_Breiter
      @Michael_Breiter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kevin = evil Ned Flanders

  • @richardmcnamara8715
    @richardmcnamara8715 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1382

    Steve. Carlsberg. Listens to... DESERT BLUFFS RADIO? Yep. I agree with Cecil on this one. Steve. Freaking. Carlsberg.

    • @emilyhudson1826
      @emilyhudson1826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      hOW DARE YOU SPEAKITH OF THAT S T E V E C A R L S B E R G

    • @kimititan2658
      @kimititan2658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I have literary just joined this fandom and I'm only on episode 20, but even I know we don't speak of He Who Shall Not Be Named.

    • @AlmostMilk.
      @AlmostMilk. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kimititan2658 we do bot

    • @AlmostMilk.
      @AlmostMilk. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not.

    • @kimititan2658
      @kimititan2658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AlmostMilk. I'm confused, do we speak his name or not?

  • @Theawsumvamp
    @Theawsumvamp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1366

    Awh Desert Bluffs is so sweet. Kevin is such a sweetheart. They're all so much happieOH GOD ABORT ABORT NOPE EVIL DEMON HAPPY VOICE DEVIL NOPE I'M OUT

    • @campyroll9588
      @campyroll9588 7 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      mounira IKR HE SOUNDED INNOCENT IN TBE BEGINNING THEN JESUS.

    • @doodlekind2307
      @doodlekind2307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      tbh same

    • @sknfmsmr
      @sknfmsmr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Before i listened this i saw some fanart where Kevin had black eyes and everywhere was blood. I was waiting for some creepy stuff but it's just Kevin's lovely, soft, cheerful voice. Then i was like "are they mistakeNOOOO"

    • @oreokitkat7992
      @oreokitkat7992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Oh god the whiplash I had when the tone changed--

  • @ForeverRoseTyler
    @ForeverRoseTyler 8 ปีที่แล้ว +880

    I feel so bad for Cecil omg he sounds so scared

    • @avieee_
      @avieee_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The Owl Tree
      He just doesn't understand Kevin's way of thinking

    • @blundungus
      @blundungus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      His way of thinking is psychedelically drug-induced hallucinations.

    • @user-garnet
      @user-garnet ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I really just want to give him a hug my goodness

  • @lr-
    @lr- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +729

    Why is everyone surprised? Literally last episode he said something along the lines of "There's no blood".

    • @oranjedrurgen8934
      @oranjedrurgen8934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      for reference "bloodless" also means "inane/boring"

    • @gingershit6994
      @gingershit6994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      idk about others, but I thought Cecil went to a place, where blood is just casually splattered here and there, not that people pretty much swim in it and shoes just soaks in it like sponge soaks with water

    • @LivingBasement
      @LivingBasement ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was suspicious, but I didn't expect a literal pool of nothing but blood and viscera interspersed with human teeth and hair.

  • @nerdyespurr
    @nerdyespurr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1750

    Honestly, I don't mind Kevin's voice, but I do feel quite wary and unsettled by how...cheerful and normal Desert Bluffs is.

    • @nerdyespurr
      @nerdyespurr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +298

      OKAY I WAS RIGHT TO BE SCARED

    • @draco0rex
      @draco0rex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      +NerdyEspurr maybe Cecil can't see the real city due to how damaged he's become in Nightvale

    • @kelly-bisson
      @kelly-bisson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Yep, just your average corporate-cult controlled city with mysterious clone creating sandstorm and a radio station fit to be on the cover of Macabre Monthly. Sounds pretty normal to me.

    • @draco0rex
      @draco0rex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      well, it's just another day in trump America

    • @a.lampman2165
      @a.lampman2165 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I used to watch a lot of it, but now I sometimes wish The Daily Show had never happened... so people looking to crack political jokes would have to try a little harder than "herpaderp FOX News" or "derp dee dee republican nominee". **sigh**

  • @NovaStella_
    @NovaStella_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +634

    I JUST NOTICED THAT THIS MUSIC HAS THE SAME MELODY AS LAST EPISODE'S WEATHER BUT IT'S NADE WITH TONES INSTEAD OF VOICES WHAT THE ACTUAL WHAT

    • @wormonastring2544
      @wormonastring2544 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      oh my god you're right

    • @ketaminepoptarts
      @ketaminepoptarts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      oh my god you're right wtf

    • @PreyfortheMad
      @PreyfortheMad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      The music last time and this time are both called eliezer's waltz. One coin, two faces.

    • @misteruncanny
      @misteruncanny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Im pretty sure its a metaphor.
      Nightvale seems terrifying, but the people are human, even if it gets strange and they seem extreme- its what they're used to. A sheep follows its flock.
      Desert Bluffs is the exact opposite. No one seems human. They're cheerful and positive, much to the point its unsettling. As Cecil has once said- "If everything seems too good to be true, it probably is."
      Desert Bluffs is something more unnatural than NightVale. Hugging is described, or could be described as choking, or fighting, but we wouldn't know. We arent Desert Bluff Civilians. We're Night Vale civilians.
      Not to mention, when naming the government's good deeds, Kevin mentioned behaviour. As if everything always has to be happy. A Utopia, almost.
      I know im probably late, but i couldn't help myself and im really new to the fandom.

    • @NovaStella_
      @NovaStella_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@misteruncanny Yo, it's been so long since I listened to this series, I might fuck around and start listening to it again. Thank you for bringing me back to it, newbie ^^

  • @Kittymouth
    @Kittymouth 9 ปีที่แล้ว +885

    Dear sweet, merciful... WHY do I find his happy voice so obnoxious? But I like how both he and Cecil find the same cat video to be super-adorable.
    And Cecil's voice seems dark and jarring after listening to Kevin prattle on happily for 14 minutes. Especially since he sounds genuinely upset in a way that I haven't heard since episode 3.

    • @Therapist_Solarist
      @Therapist_Solarist 9 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      +A.M. I totally agree. Kevens voice is... sick. twisted in a way we all must dislike with our love for cecil. Its just Ug. And when cecil shows us the truth its even more horrifying. The eye description I cant get out of my head. God.

    • @kimberlyadams2078
      @kimberlyadams2078 9 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I think the writing is just super effective. It's ingrained into us to have feelings of rivalry with Desert Bluffs. It made us feel as a collective as Night Vale, even if we are constantly confused by what the heck even. It's super cool. Also, Hatoful Boyfriend!

    • @Kittymouth
      @Kittymouth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Kimberly Adams
      Coo!

    • @kimberlyadams2078
      @kimberlyadams2078 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A.M. Coo coo!

    • @justmatte8688
      @justmatte8688 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Agreed. Cecil barely ever sounds distressed, unless he is talking about something he feels VERY strongly about.

  • @alexandercolefield9523
    @alexandercolefield9523 9 ปีที่แล้ว +913

    I've been watching this series, and by far, the Desert Bluffs is by far the scariest thing the series has put out. Its kind of shocking the difference, sure in one town all sorts of insanity happens with a tyrannical government, but everything is out in the open and up front. In this world, I swear they are all on drugs or something, and think a blood world is fantastic and that fighting is hugs. Its in many ways worse than night vale.

    • @seeingstarsyet2478
      @seeingstarsyet2478 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree, but, {note from my friend} cassette is supposed to be the scariest

    • @coyotezzz
      @coyotezzz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Into The FUCKING Narrow Place.
      *Shuddering*

    • @spaceynerd9956
      @spaceynerd9956 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alexander Colefield Yass

    • @gormpus
      @gormpus ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Right, in night vale everyone even knows about the sheriff's "secret police"

    • @thecrepeofdeath
      @thecrepeofdeath หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@gormpusand that there *definitely* wasn't a Pink Floyd laser spectacular, it wasn't even a thing

  • @bareakon
    @bareakon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +521

    Kevin likes Steve Carlsberg. That MONSTER!

    • @WorldTree33
      @WorldTree33 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      My thoughts exactly!!! I was super creeper out hearing him call Steve Carlsberg of all people "a great guy".

    • @memekid6475
      @memekid6475 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Kevin That MONSTER

    • @Sephajinami
      @Sephajinami 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Steve Carlsberg is an absolute sweetheart and a good father.

    • @sharkydoesstuffandthings5014
      @sharkydoesstuffandthings5014 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +Kira Suzuki Are you from Desert Bluffs??

    • @WISH_2000
      @WISH_2000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Steve Carlsberg must be banished from existence

  • @1marebear12
    @1marebear12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +723

    WHAT THE HELL????? HE WAS SO OPTIMISTIC AND CHEERFUL??? AND TALKING ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS OUTSIDE???? AND HIS STUDIO IS COVERED WITH BLOOD AND TEETH!?!!??!?? I AM NEW TO THIS FANDOM AND I AM SO CONCERNED RIGHT NOW

    • @kendromeda42
      @kendromeda42 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      +1marebear12 All I can say is....Welcome to Night Vale >:-)

    • @snakehascake
      @snakehascake 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      +Silver Charters More like Welcome to Desert Bluffs

    • @honeyarsonist
      @honeyarsonist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And now the weather

    • @niconico4962
      @niconico4962 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Basically this is the fandom

    • @normanrobles6086
      @normanrobles6086 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Relax. Its all perfectly normal. Blood is just rain with some red food coloring. And clearly there is no need for concern.

  • @ClaeWilson
    @ClaeWilson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    It's funny how easily you can tell who commented before getting all the way through the episode.

    • @kel9091
      @kel9091 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ikr

  • @raymckane1286
    @raymckane1286 8 ปีที่แล้ว +937

    This is too disturbing and eerily happy and it creeps me out I miss Night Vale

    • @raymckane1286
      @raymckane1286 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This is legit how I imagined America when I was like 9

    • @raymckane1286
      @raymckane1286 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Okay this was normal until the sand double bit I'm starting to freak out a bit

    • @raymckane1286
      @raymckane1286 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      THE BOX CAT OML I LOVE BOX CAT

    • @raymckane1286
      @raymckane1286 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      WTH HOLLOWED OUT RODENTS THIS IS LIKE THE RADIO VERSION OF DHMIS NORMAIL AND THEN WTF

    • @raymckane1286
      @raymckane1286 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON

  • @HonorsBlog
    @HonorsBlog 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Night Vale: K I L L Y O U R D O U B L E
    Desert Bluffs: Befriend your identical coworker!

  • @rainphee
    @rainphee 8 ปีที่แล้ว +975

    Oh god I thought Night Vale was a horrible place to live but in Desert Bluffs I would become a serial killer I'm not even joking

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      +The Rainbow Phoenix Art & Design Just like everyone else there, then?

    • @seeingstarsyet2478
      @seeingstarsyet2478 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      +MySerpentine thank you. Someone gets it. Not a nice place. Thank you.

    • @rainphee
      @rainphee 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      good point :/

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Seeingstarsyet? There are people who think it's nice? I mean, I feel sorry as fuck for the people, but that just makes it worse

    • @kelly-bisson
      @kelly-bisson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You would fit right in then.

  • @aeshaffer9152
    @aeshaffer9152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    There was a single moment about three minutes in where I thought that there was a chance that Kevin would tell us the actual weather. The terror that I felt was indescribable.

  • @shanesullivan460
    @shanesullivan460 9 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    This reminds me of the time I was walking down the hall of my apartment building, and I met my neighbor's gaze. I felt the sudden, irresistable urge to hug my neighbor until their wasn't a breath left in his body! And I hugged him, and he squealed and convulsed and fell to the floor with delight--my neighbor hasn't said a word or moved an inch since that day. He just lays there in the hall, basking in the glow of our beautiful friendship, his head cocked at a wonderfully impossible 90-degree angle over his shoulder.
    Gosh, this little desert town is great!

    • @mr2000s
      @mr2000s 9 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Shane Sullivan I cannot help but be reminded by this of an occasion when I was walking down the hall of my apartment building, and my eyes met the eyes of the man who lived next to me. In that moment, I understood that our meeting was no coincidence, and that it had been preordained long ago by minds that exist on a far higher frequency than my own, perhaps the hooded figures that are known to roam the streets whilst making sure all is in check with the quo that must be maintained lest reality as we understand begin to come apart at the seams we are all very well aware of despite our seeming ignorance of their existence. The man then tackled me, and we struggled for several minutes, a cacophony of the sounds of grunting and knuckle impacting harshly against skin. Finally, I was able to wrap my hands around his neck, and squeeze and squeeze until he let out a sound that wasn't quite a scream or a breath. His corpse has not been moved since that day for reasons only known to those that made sure the series of events that transpired to get it there took place.
      The things that we must do to keep our desert community afloat, Nightvale, the things we must do.

    • @Damian-Hia
      @Damian-Hia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      [THIS COMMENT HAS BEEN CENSORED ON BEHALF OF THIS CITY COUNCIL. THIS COMMENT HAS NEVER NOR WILL EVER EXIST. CEASE ALL THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES OF THIS COMMENT.]

    • @lucianchristinzio2630
      @lucianchristinzio2630 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      As a proud citizen of night Vale, all I can say is, STOP TALKING.

    • @konniekon525
      @konniekon525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY GLOW CLOUD

    • @lucianchristinzio2630
      @lucianchristinzio2630 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Leviathan you will be the night vale version of this comment if you keep that kinda talk up.

  • @helencashwes
    @helencashwes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    I think the people are actually hurting each other... And Kevin is just insane.

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 9 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Helen C C Ashbrook Kevin is horribly brainwashed.

    • @spaceynerd9956
      @spaceynerd9956 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yess

    • @kathycat4452
      @kathycat4452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Another be more chill fan, I see!

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Leviathan Oh god yeah. All the happy pills

  • @pizzapie08
    @pizzapie08 9 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    I finally understand why Cecil hates Desert Bluffs so much. It seems like a cheery alternate world. That would explain the portal. I think.

    • @pizzapie08
      @pizzapie08 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      pizzapie08 Though the cheeriness doesn't explain why there's blood everywhere. WHY IS THERE BLOOD EVERYWHERE?????!!!!

    • @calebcoble7468
      @calebcoble7468 9 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      pizzapie08 kevin is brainwashed very badly so when the he is talking about the others getting along they are killing each other. AKA Hugging=Choking

    • @pizzapie08
      @pizzapie08 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Caleb Conle Oh okay that makes a lot of sense.

    • @insertcleverusename8965
      @insertcleverusename8965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't think you finished it when you wrote this because BLOOD IS EVERYWHERE

  • @deerskewl
    @deerskewl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +590

    Aww, Cecil and Kevin both love the cat who jumps in and out of boxes.
    If they weren't from Night Vale and Desert Bluffs they would totally be cat buddies.

    • @seeingstarsyet2478
      @seeingstarsyet2478 8 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      NO NO THEY WOULDNT BECAUSE THEN...
      Censored by Strex Corp.
      Believe in a smiling god.

    • @deerskewl
      @deerskewl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Oh deer.

    • @joelredacted2372
      @joelredacted2372 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      no bc he likes Steve Carlsberg it wasn't meant to be

    • @cayennelee5015
      @cayennelee5015 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Scourgey Cat well it was better when Cecil talked about it

    • @healthcareforallfiftyseven3773
      @healthcareforallfiftyseven3773 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I sense that the cat is Schroedinger's (sp?) cat.
      And Night Vale and Desert Bluffs exist at the point in the space-time-continuum where one can know about the cat.

  • @trinityiwicki9823
    @trinityiwicki9823 8 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    When I heard Cecil it was just like, "MY CHILD HAS RETURNED FROM THE WAR I MISSED YOU."

    • @AimeeOliveira
      @AimeeOliveira 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ME TOO BRO ME TOO

  • @henazdenarion7594
    @henazdenarion7594 9 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    At first I thought Desert Bluffs was just a normal town that everyone in Night Vale hated for really no reason. I was so wrong...

    • @thesandman1385
      @thesandman1385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Desert bluffs scares me...

    • @juniarvidsson7755
      @juniarvidsson7755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I fvcking hate Desert Bluffs

    • @elvingearmasterirma7241
      @elvingearmasterirma7241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To be fair, even before that I hated Desert Bluffs cuz its so saccharine sweet. So typical white suburban it makes me want to burn stuff down.

    • @juniarvidsson7755
      @juniarvidsson7755 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@elvingearmasterirma7241 Same i wanna burn Desert Bluffs down, it's so sickly sweet 👀

  • @randomperson5791
    @randomperson5791 9 ปีที่แล้ว +956

    Why the blood? I thought at first desert bluffs was a good place, I should've been clued in by Kevin saying "this dry, bloodless desk."

    • @imaducky2617
      @imaducky2617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      "this equipment iis too...dry..."

    • @OLeann-sr8hi
      @OLeann-sr8hi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      This odd and... bloodless desk.

  • @caleightilson8030
    @caleightilson8030 7 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    I love that Kevin hugged cecil and cecil thought he was being attacked and tried to strangle him and Kevin's just like he hugged me back c:

    • @MLGMInecraft09
      @MLGMInecraft09 6 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      I'm pretty sure that Dessert bluffs is actually incredibly demented. He describes the entire series of events as the clones on his side cooperating... seems like either the clones on the other side acted differently... or desert bluffs has a very different view of "Cooperation"

    • @theconfusedvampire
      @theconfusedvampire 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      His desk is covered in disembodied organs. I don't think that was a hug. I'm pretty sure Kevin is a overly cheerful sadist with no soul....

    • @aloneandalowly
      @aloneandalowly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      From what i can tell, Desert Bluffs are all dopped up. They can't see whats happening. Only see the good StrexCorp desires they see. Kevin also suffers signs of Manic Depression.

    • @Scp716creativecommons
      @Scp716creativecommons 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@theconfusedvampire a psychotic hippie on solaroids could uproot a young sapling by hug

    • @dr.altoclef9255
      @dr.altoclef9255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      In one of these Kevin says something like "I rarely feel anything. I rarely feel anything at all." He's not happy, not at all. He doesn't feel real joy (seemingly unless he's doing his job as radio host), but Strexcorp is all about how things should *appear* joyful and *appear* good. As long as he SEEMS happy 24/7 StrexCorp doesn't really care how he's doing.

  • @saigayatrivemuri9034
    @saigayatrivemuri9034 8 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    So they seemed okayish, aside from their obsession with productivity, but then Cecil described the studio......
    ohhh boy.
    At least Cecil at WTNV tells you just what is happening

    • @andromedadywn9090
      @andromedadywn9090 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Even if it means betraying anyone who talks to him lol

  • @Strwbrychaee
    @Strwbrychaee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    im so shook
    like Kevin sounds like the sweetest man
    but then Cecil described the studio...wtf....they seem like the type of place where they smile and laugh and giggle as they murder you.

  • @samanthacomfort2887
    @samanthacomfort2887 7 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Night Vale meets their doubles: *War and violence*
    Desert Bluffs meets their doubles: Friendship!

    • @jessl6820
      @jessl6820 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      and strangulation.

    • @justthings666
      @justthings666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Actually the people of deserts bluff were still hurting each other. Kevin's just on strexx drugs

  • @doodleferp8158
    @doodleferp8158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Me: I like Kevin and Desert Bluffs. Everything seems so positive!
    Cecil: “-teeth scattered across the floor... the window into the control booth is shattered and there is a fistful of bloodied clumped hair hanging from a-“
    Me: NNNNNNNOPE

  • @eyrist1369
    @eyrist1369 8 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    I was right to be suspicious of Kevin. Also I'm proud of my son from Night Vale for staying committed to his radio host instincts before leaving.

  • @moss_piglet
    @moss_piglet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Whenever Desert Bluffs cheery, acoustic guitar, theme plays I can imagine the screams of the damned being heard in the distant background

  • @a-bird-lover
    @a-bird-lover 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    fun fact, "Cecil" means "blind", "kevin" means "kind/gentle/handsome", and "carlos" means "man"

  • @ShinyMyuu
    @ShinyMyuu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Kevin and Cecil's descriptions of each other were practically the same other than the fact that Kevin pointed out that he couldn't tell if Cecil was smiling or not and Cecil pointed out his black eyes, but in Kevin's description "his eyes and nose are like mine." Does that mean that Cecil also has black eyes or possibly in Desert Bluffs itself they can only guess that their eyes are normal?

    • @sweetdemonmelinda
      @sweetdemonmelinda 9 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      I believe kevin doesn't realize how he looks. For him he probably looks normal such as the desert bluffs looks normal to him. Because he is that much brainwashed .-. But thats just my thought ^-^

    • @elv4165
      @elv4165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      No no, guys
      Spoilers for 73
      He says "have I gone back in time"
      And he sees the picture and says Cecil has his eyes "but I do not think he is me"
      Guys HIS EYES. Before STREX

  • @willudgens
    @willudgens 8 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Its hilarious to hear kevin describe he and cecil hugging but cecil describes it as an attack on his life

  • @thetricksterqueen1544
    @thetricksterqueen1544 8 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    I think the only difference between Desert Bluffs and Night Vale is that in Desert Bluffs they hide everything and are brainwashed completely by Strex, while in Night Vale everything is told flat out. Though I may be wrong idk

    • @campyroll9588
      @campyroll9588 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheTricksterQueen I was literally thinking the exact same thing.

    • @Em_Elizabeth
      @Em_Elizabeth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe they are oblivious to the carnage from whatever Strexcorp is doing to them.

  • @Egalitariat-likesecretariat
    @Egalitariat-likesecretariat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    "And his smile-... No... That is not a smile."
    Everything else, kinda creepy. That, *_terrifying._*

  • @ericopenscards819
    @ericopenscards819 8 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    Desert Bluffs is worse than Night Vale and oblivious to it. All in all, they're just as horrid as Cecil let on.

    • @gforce07
      @gforce07 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think ur 100% right

  • @cindygrotz5109
    @cindygrotz5109 9 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    After going back and re-listening to the whole series again, I think that Kevin is Cecil's brother--not his double. In "Cassette", Cecil talks about his brother having hollow eyes. In this, Kevin is described as having eyes black as obsidian, with hair and nose like Cecil's. But Cecil doesn't say that Kevin is his double. Just that they share characteristics, which is a very sibling-like thing. And since Cecil doesn't even remember having a brother (among a myriad other things), it is very possible that Kevin is his brother.
    Also, it seemed to me that there was a bit of jealousy on the part of Cecil's brother when Cecil started interning at NVPR. At the end of "Cassette", something really terrible happened to Cecil, I think something much more horrifying happened to his brother and he ended up in the blood soaked studio in Desert Bluffs.
    Just a theory.

    • @LisaCohen
      @LisaCohen 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Didn't realize you were a fan, too! :waves:

    • @cindygrotz5109
      @cindygrotz5109 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      :waves:
      I love this show. I started listening to it in January, and I'm so hooked it's ridiculous.

    • @LisaCohen
      @LisaCohen 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I find it absurdly reassuring. Especially in the face of real life shit. Will you hate me, Cindy Grotz​, if I tell you I was at one of their first live shows and got a hug from Cecil?

    • @cindygrotz5109
      @cindygrotz5109 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lisa Cohen that's awesome! I was going to go see them this month, but didn't have the funds. Envious is what I am.

    • @xenoglossia8120
      @xenoglossia8120 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Re-listening to WtNV now and I have to agree with this theory of yours.

  • @HexManiacQuinn
    @HexManiacQuinn 9 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    New to the fandom, first time listening through the Sandstorm videos... part A I was interested in how chipper Cecil's double (Kevin?) seems to be in comparison. I heard the thing about the "odd bloodless desk" but didn't think much of it. Moved onto this one, his voice got annoyingly happy and then just Cecil's description of the place!! :O Omg, what the hell is wrong with that place?! Ok, umm, moving on...

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      +MoonSpider14 Everyone there is a brainwashed uber-corporate drone.

    • @rayspecter3495
      @rayspecter3495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Point is in Night Vale they are wierd, in Desert Bluffs, well, it's, insane, very very, insane.

  • @smartmouth4444
    @smartmouth4444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Night Vale: Authoritarian Government Dystopia
    Dessert Bluffs: Corporate Plutocracy Dystopia.

  • @darkeyedlegend
    @darkeyedlegend 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Well, damn. Now I understand why he said "bloodless desk". That's really terrifying. I thought Night Vale was strange, but this place is just plain horrific.

  • @gabrielletheriault7407
    @gabrielletheriault7407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The moment I heard Kevin's voice I swear to the Glow Cloud every muscle in my body tensed and I didn't know why . Now I trust my instincts more than I did before .

    • @Ted_II
      @Ted_II 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is one of the best comments I have ever read in my entire life

  • @ciaracorrea3
    @ciaracorrea3 9 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Frickin, Desert Bluffs ಠ_ಠ

  • @isitspikey
    @isitspikey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I now understand why kevin described cecil's desk as "bloodless" and his equipment as "much dryer than they should be" why kevin why

  • @moss_piglet
    @moss_piglet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    not gonna lie, I really really like Kevin's voice

    • @moss_piglet
      @moss_piglet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      its so creepy and happy

    • @moss_piglet
      @moss_piglet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      ... crappy

    • @lilycat3983
      @lilycat3983 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      \\ Bllurplle // Oh my Godde I know I'm late but I just spit out my chocolate milk because I laughed so hard.

    • @gabrielcadete4825
      @gabrielcadete4825 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lily Cat chocolate milk is fine ...

    • @inktonythekaonashigaster6631
      @inktonythekaonashigaster6631 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought I heard mrcreepypasta until I read the description

  • @nateisking3347
    @nateisking3347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I just started listening to WTNV and so far I've found it extremely amusing. There have been parts where I would stop for a moment, say "What?" out loud, and then laugh and continue to listen. Nothing in the 19 episodes I've listened to has filled me with so much fear. Just hearing how terrified Cecil was and hearing his description made me stop completely and listen, horrified and sick to my stomach. When Kevin came back I actually burst into tears upon hearing how cheerful he was despite what we knew. I've never felt more sick over a character being revealed to be evil or false. All in all, this was an amazing episode.

  • @KingSpyros
    @KingSpyros 8 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Just realized Desert Bluff and Night Vale are complete opposites of each other!
    THE SANDSTORM WAS A PORTAL TO A OPPOSITE RELM!

  • @Samookely
    @Samookely 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1816

    PETITION TO BURN DESERT BLUFFS WITH FIRE WHO'S WITH ME

    • @abbyw5946
      @abbyw5946 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I like ice cream CAN I USE MOLOTOVS?!

    • @Samookely
      @Samookely 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Arctic Wolf YES, MOLOTOVS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED

    • @conqueroroffemalegenitalia8315
      @conqueroroffemalegenitalia8315 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      IM IN

    • @terezipyrope2800
      @terezipyrope2800 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I like ice cream WH4T3V3R 4 D3S3RT 1S, 1M 1N T00!!!
      H3H3H3H3H3H3 >:]

    • @Samookely
      @Samookely 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Terezi Pyrope AW YEAH WE EVEN GOT TEREZI INTO THIS!

  • @oliverdavid602
    @oliverdavid602 9 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    this episode messed me up. Not just because of its terrifying qualities- the way it seems somehow more sinister than nighvale, the blood, the too happy quality of it- but also because it made me think so much about stuff and its existence and my place. I had to laugh out loud sometimes because of how it made me stop in the middle of what i was doing and just sort of stare off into the distance with what i am sure is an odd expression. existential crises abound in this

  • @stevdawizard392
    @stevdawizard392 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    .....theres some very very unsettling shit happening in deserts bluffs

  • @Jay-ih9jp
    @Jay-ih9jp 8 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    I like Kevin. He's cute and chipper and happy. Naturally, I prefer Cecil since I'm used to him and his voice, but I like the change for a bit.

  • @horseenthusiast9903
    @horseenthusiast9903 8 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Kevin is awesome, but I hate how normal Desert Bluffs is. Do you have a telepathic baseball player? NO, YOU DON'T

    • @horseenthusiast9903
      @horseenthusiast9903 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Though, I rather do like the way the doppelgängers are treated

    • @HeidiSue60
      @HeidiSue60 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yes, the people of Desert Bluffs are trusting and kind. I like that...

    • @seeingstarsyet2478
      @seeingstarsyet2478 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      NO KEVIN IS NOT AWESOME HES EVIL

    • @seeingstarsyet2478
      @seeingstarsyet2478 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +Seeingstarsyet? Spoilers:
      You work 24/7 the government covers everything up and every one who says anything is killed and there's blood EVERY WHERE

    • @horseenthusiast9903
      @horseenthusiast9903 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I have listened to further episodes. Night Vale has rebelled, and Kevin has betrayed me.

  • @NovaStella_
    @NovaStella_ 9 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    What is this horrible place?!
    Cecil! Get out of there!!
    * starts rocking back and forth *
    I want my Night Vale back...

  • @hollingharris659
    @hollingharris659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    i love how for the first few minutes it actually sounds like a somewhat normal town

    • @Ted_II
      @Ted_II 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      From the start I knew there had to be some fucked up undertone. I was not prepared for how fucked up.

  • @cobaltblue711
    @cobaltblue711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Starting the episodes: aw, Kevin is so adorable
    When Cecil described the room: abort, ABOUT

  • @iamaunicorn1232
    @iamaunicorn1232 8 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Is Kevin some sort of Joy demon?

    • @emmalee4074
      @emmalee4074 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am a Unicorn y e s

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He's brainwashed as fuck

  • @riri8007
    @riri8007 8 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I thought Kevin was like a really happy a bright- kind of guy, but then... to know that Desert Bluffs is worse than Night vale, (together with the fanart of Kevin) Creeped the crap outta me.

  • @xixotlx2708
    @xixotlx2708 8 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    :( I feel sad for kevin and his voice actor... everyone talks so much trash about his voice...

    • @TheCrimebaby
      @TheCrimebaby 8 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      +Francisco Ovalle Think nothing of it. His voice is actually really sexy, but the contrast is just too much to handle and our default is hatred.

    • @xixotlx2708
      @xixotlx2708 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You might be right about this!! So easy to hate.... outsiders >:X

    • @caketreeworld8431
      @caketreeworld8431 8 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      The first time I listened to Kevin I thought his voice sounded really sweet and I got confused why people hate his voice. He doesn't sound bad in my opinion.

    • @Dominodude55
      @Dominodude55 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      +Francisco Ovalle it's mostly joking to thematically stay in the feel of Nightvale.

    • @walterduncan6404
      @walterduncan6404 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Francisco Ovalle I think kevin is cool. I just miss Cecil sometimes.

  • @danzig4814
    @danzig4814 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    what i'm getting from this: Night Vale has a Turner complex. i'm just looking at them like neighbors and Cecil is poking his head up over the fence going "i'm onto you Dinkleber- i mean Desert Bluffs" and Kevin's Just chilling like "hey cecil!"

  • @steviepeculiar2415
    @steviepeculiar2415 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    you can hear the smile in his voice

  • @SnowLily123
    @SnowLily123 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you, Cecil, for still giving us the weather despite your terror of your surroundings. Respect. ✊

  • @skyethewolf
    @skyethewolf 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    the desert bluffs opening makes me uncomfortable

  • @heathertulip2389
    @heathertulip2389 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Man, this whole time I thought Night Vale was the hilarious villainous force. NO, it truly WAS Desert Bluffs all along! Get us outta here!!!!
    It's a shame we didn't get to hear from Desert Bluffs' Carlos, though. Beautiful, perfect Carlos…

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Heather Tulip My theory is that they forced Kevin to murder him ages ago, and that's part of why Kevin is so fucked up.

    • @Em_Elizabeth
      @Em_Elizabeth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If everyone has a double, Carlos has (or had) one too.

  • @RobynRenarde
    @RobynRenarde 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    You know when Cecil is freaked out, stuff's really bad.

  • @raebaer8580
    @raebaer8580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love that Desert Bluffs is like “make friends with your doppelgängers!” and Nightvale is like “try to refrain from murdering your alternate selves if possible”

  • @iamspinelli6820
    @iamspinelli6820 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    So this entire switcharoo had blown my mind completely, I thought. So creative, funny, creepy. Another thought: I reaaaally enjoyed the Weather and suspected it had a tinge of disparition to it thinking "how funny would it be if they had him do the Weather. Haha!" My approval was in contrast to last episodes Weather where I literally thought "kinda hope this ends soon."
    IT WAS THE SAME SONG, IT WAS THE- THEY SWITCHED-THEY HAD THEM SWITCH AND DO TH- wow.

  • @merasmurry1460
    @merasmurry1460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Cecil:"am i in hell?"
    me:"no much worse your in Desert Bluffs."

  • @creamatory
    @creamatory 8 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    HOOOO BOY I JUST GOOGLED KEVIN AND DEAR GOD HES NOT AS CUTE AS YOU THINK I JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK

    • @creamatory
      @creamatory 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      yeah seems like a nice enough guy

    • @radcircles3642
      @radcircles3642 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Sebastian Michaelis HAHAHAHAHA nice joke

    • @creamatory
      @creamatory 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ione Marren thanks

    • @emilyhudson1826
      @emilyhudson1826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's still cute though--

  • @lou626
    @lou626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    cecil sounds so scared and sad , yet his description of the room is perfect

  • @understandableparadox8685
    @understandableparadox8685 8 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    THIS IS THE BARE EQUIVALENT OF MR.ROGERS AND GAMZEES LOVE CHILD GETTING ON THE RADIO,HOLY SHIT I LOVE IT

    • @walterduncan6404
      @walterduncan6404 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +because Deadpool (and Sans) GOOD SHIT
      THAT IS SOME GOOD SHIT RIGHT THERE

    • @MunchkinJax
      @MunchkinJax 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TRUTH!

    • @nearlypeanuts4726
      @nearlypeanuts4726 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      you MONSTER. How dare you enjoy this utter blasphemy! This is horrible, and you're only making life worse for yourself by "enjoying" it. We both know that this is nightmare fuel.

    • @davepetacreates
      @davepetacreates 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES BUT WITHOUT NEAR AS MUCH CURSING

  • @m.orionyt
    @m.orionyt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    ... My name is Vanessa, and my sister's name is Deyna....

  • @Msecrets24
    @Msecrets24 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Cecil: And he attacked me! ( Strangled )
    Kevin: And I hugged him! And he hugged me back.
    Is Kevin's definition of hug strangulation?

    • @mychemicalbromance8865
      @mychemicalbromance8865 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Queen Of Talks or is Cecil's definition of an attack a hug

  • @Scarshadow666
    @Scarshadow666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Personally find it kind of interesting how Desert Bluffs and Night Vale both have horror elements, but expressed differently (so far, Night Vale sounds like a semi-Lovecraftian version of Twin Peaks in the desert, and Desert Bluffs sounds like a Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Jonestown combo).

  • @ginniegill1026
    @ginniegill1026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mind. Blown. I never suspected that the people in Night Vale and Desert Bluffs mirrored each other! THAT MUST BE WHY EVERYONE IN NIGHT VALE HATES DESERT BLUFFS SO MUCH- because they're exact opposites!

  • @Asterluna
    @Asterluna 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I love how Desert Bluffs is 95% normal with just a few unusual bits thrown in like the radioactive deer. Also, the sand being almost unfelt in NV but twice-felt in DB? Brilliant.

  • @havelockvetinari3032
    @havelockvetinari3032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's nice that both Cecil and Kevin appreciate the cat video.

  • @SiesVE
    @SiesVE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I’m still getting in to this podcast, and so far... that is the most scared I have ever heard ceicil be

  • @logane_pera
    @logane_pera 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Omg, Kevin doesn't hate Night Vale. He thinks it's BEAUTIFUL. It's like, having an annoying hyperactive kid running after you wanting to hug you when really you just want to smash his head on a table.

    • @davepetacreates
      @davepetacreates 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      except i kinda still want to hug him even if he's a monster lol im adhd too so yknow yknow

  • @joelredacted2372
    @joelredacted2372 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    this is the most unsettling thing I've ever heard... the thing about nightvale is that shit is crazy, but everyone is informed, unlike in desert bluff, where everything is secretive

  • @TearsofaGhost
    @TearsofaGhost 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I think the bluffs are hell and nightvale is purgatory

    • @jennyramirez4957
      @jennyramirez4957 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh god... I could get behind that theory...

    • @harrystyles705
      @harrystyles705 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It does make sense that there would be no heaven.

    • @Eric-hf4ph
      @Eric-hf4ph 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tia Jaggi
      It would actually make sense. Heaven is all the other places. Apart from Night Vale, and Desert Bluffs. That's what i think. Sorry about my bad english, it's not my national language.

  • @GermaeAnne
    @GermaeAnne 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    FUUUUUUKK It's JUST LIKE episode 19A but... HAPPY. I have never been more horrified.

  • @FeliceJaganshi
    @FeliceJaganshi ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Relistening to this years later, i feel so much sadness and pity for kevin and what he could have been if not for strex...

  • @pkcat1
    @pkcat1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Go away Kevin.
    Were trying to tune into Cecil's awesome podcast.

  • @maskedwriter4088
    @maskedwriter4088 9 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I don't know what everyone else is thinking but, desert bluffs, no, Kevin, terrifies me. Why are you saying he's adorable? Did you not here Cicle's (bad spelling) explanation of Kevin's studio? The picture?
    I don't like him.

    • @mychemicalbromance8865
      @mychemicalbromance8865 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wandering Child excuse me, don't hate in people's happiness. Kevin's just enjoying life in his own, Desert Bluff-y way.

    • @emilyhudson1826
      @emilyhudson1826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kevin is a cutie no matter what his studio looks like...
      I love my smol creepy son...

  • @Lizziebizzyyy
    @Lizziebizzyyy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Imagine two towns similar and yet so different. One keeps everything in the open no matter how crazy it is the other is a society with a government that forces you to be happy in the most creepy way.

  • @dakotam5165
    @dakotam5165 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Now I know why everyone hates Desert Bluffs so much.

  • @micahconnor8954
    @micahconnor8954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The moment i heard Kevin's voice, all I could think was: This is not my baby. This is wrong.

  • @ravenparkhurst336
    @ravenparkhurst336 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    HOLY F#CK KEVIN IS A RAY OF FREAKIN SUNSHINE

  • @tymakesart9555
    @tymakesart9555 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    these episodes are probably the freakiest. i honestly am the most confused and disturbed by these episodes out of this whole messed up series.

    • @Lunardivider24
      @Lunardivider24 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Isn't this an example of a true psycho? Someone that is does one thing thinking it's something else or has completely skewed or inverted morals? Like Kevin thinking that his encounter with Cecile being an embrace instead of them chocking each other and when he saw the encounter with the Vanessa's as them building a shelf. Or on the other side where he seems confused that the Nightvale studio was bloodless

    • @MelissaKoczurMitchell
      @MelissaKoczurMitchell 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lunardivider24 What if they went into 2 different alternate dimensions? Cecil essentially went into a Desert Bluffs that would match his world view and therefore misconceptions about a town he intensely hates.
      While we don't know much about Desert Bluffs at this point, if you assume that they are super positive and happy, then their alternate universe could be created with a more positive emotional impact.
      By the way, this is based on me having spent the last several hours trying to figure out what I just listened to. I was kind of not registering the cooperation of the doubles Kevin described (which Cecil said were always fighting. That changed when Cecil finally took over Kevin's studio and described it physically. Not only was horrifying, but his description of Vanessa and her double was a bit different from Kevin's description.
      At first, I thought Kevin must be a complete psychopath and that this was probably an accurate description of the entire town. But, once I took into consideration the discrepancies in the towns' doubles behaviours AND the fact that both towns reported doubles at the same time, it seemed to me that Kevin and Cecil could not have actually gone to each other's towns.
      I will freely admit that I have likely overanalyzed this completely and maybe I just caught a slight error that needed to be accounted for that would allow for Desert Bluffs to be a bunch of psychos. However, due to the reasons I mentioned, I have to go with the idea that the two groups went to alternate universes, until proven otherwise, which is highly likely.

    • @Lunardivider24
      @Lunardivider24 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Melissa Koczur-Mitchell hmm could be an oversight on the creators or it could be true.We don't know what kind of portal they stepped through exactly. That's what I also love about these, they give you alot of info yet leave out enough for interpretation. After I showed a few of my friends Night vale we can go for hours debating episodes

  • @CS-ku9mg
    @CS-ku9mg 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I'm pretty sure Deserts Bluffs happiness and sunshine is just a front for Strex Corps' s greedy plans...

    • @abracadabra3755
      @abracadabra3755 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Cori Stockard I agree

    • @sknfmsmr
      @sknfmsmr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Strex Corps? More like Stress, Corpse
      All those blood and hair and teeth must be belong to someone

  • @autumnwadsworth3515
    @autumnwadsworth3515 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Our precious baby so sad in desert bluffs actually made me cry :(

  • @DominationofProcrastination
    @DominationofProcrastination 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Its a strange thing when you hear someone happy and cheerful and you immediately think something sinister is happening or is going to happen.