158 - The Battle for Time

[@MissMarvel_]

*josh crayton, local badass, shapeshifts into a chainsaw to be wielded by his future robot self*

[@leppaberry]

Night Vale: Good does not mean Nice Desert Bluffs: Nice does not mean Good

[@nick1541]

“You can’t scream with a SMILE” I’m terrified

[@Companion92]

Nice horror quote

[@josiebianchi3481]

Kasper Rhodes: "oh Smiling God where am I!" Pamela Winchell: "count how many sand is here Omega"

[@neelamsingh7733]

Death is only The End, if you assume that the story is about you. - my new life motto

[@Monsicorn]

Mine too.

[@molamola8664]

My life motto since it was a proverb a really long time back

[@baileythewitchofvoid8784]

I don't think I've heard Cecil truly despise someone more than Casper, not even Telly or Kevin

[@MissMarvel_]

Those listening to this episode, listen ALL the way to the end.

[@thanewistrecords2630]

B r u h

[@nick1541]

I always enjoy listening to the proverbs at the end. And I noticed the music sounded.. off

[@themousemage]

@Kai Knight No we don't, because the podcast is lousy with ads, before Cecil and both before and after the proverb.

[@themousemage]

@Kai Knight True. But now, it's only ads. 😢

[@data6022]

thanks! I didn't know that they had that

[@sliderkass]

Ah, bless Cecil and all of his quips, emotion, and voice. Hearing some old quotes from him always make me feel warm inside, even if the town was almost taken over by another poor dude overtaken by the smiling god Btw about the pit donation: Cecil: *discusses how the pit smells of wet dog and mud* Me: *Vietnam flashback to the beagle* HaaHAhaA SCREW THAT NOISE!

[@CelestialBunnyPaws]

Who's a good boy~?

[@sliderkass]

@@CelestialBunnyPaws nnnnNNNnNOo! None of that! Begone foul demon!!

[@CelestialBunnyPaws]

@@sliderkass *Standing on two paws-*

[@Matheus-ql7mn]

I'm still in the mud. I'M STILL. IN. THE. MUD.

[@neelamsingh7733]

I am glad I waited till the end. That's what YOU GET CASPER! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET!! Wait, what? The smiling God? Is here? Out here in the desert? We're so screwed.

[@polkarrty]

That ending though,the joy of a bad guy given his comeuppance dampened by the horror of the big bad to come

[@Companion92]

I feel kinda bad for him

[@catlovercami717]

I don't. He was perfectly Happy to do that to all those people and make a profit at their expense just fine.😊​@@Companion92

[@lavatoriii609]

How is night vale STILL SO GOOD?? Like you have the first five seasons and those are supposed to be good and then it gets worse but this just keeps being amazing. Little lines you’d never think to be important become major plot points. I love this whole show

[@AD-yl4xs]

I was scared that after the strexcorp story line it would go down hill and it might have for a little while but I think I’m more invested now than I was then. This might be my new favorite story line. I hope this isn’t the end though

[@lavatoriii609]

Addison Dempsey if it’s the end I’ll probably cry but I’m pretty sure it isn’t what with the new live show and all

[@AD-yl4xs]

@@lavatoriii609 Yeah the new live show has probably guaranteed that this isn't the last season. I'm glad because they still seem to be growing strong. I think they have a lot of stories left to tell and I hope they get to tell it.

[@lavatoriii609]

Addison Dempsey I will forever be looking forward to every new episode

[@nashbyrd4020]

The premise of this show really lends itself to endless creativity. I love it

[@jckun100]

Remind me never to piss off the Night Vale citizens, that was some horrifying punishment.

[@nick1541]

These survival tips are very helpful. Thank you Cecil

[@CuriosityCore101]

**listening to the proverb** OK the music doing That is unsettling, but whatever. But the proverb itself sounds like something a Smiling God worshipper would say and I am not ok with that. **listening to after the proverb** WHAT THE ****** WHAT THE ****** WHAT THE F-

[@themousemage]

Holy crap! Thank you! I had assumed the rest would be more craptastic network ads 😮 now I almost feel bad for Casper...

[@Companion92]

@@themousemage same

[@Bookdragon6660]

Rob Neil is a good addition to the Night vale cast. VERY CREEPY

[@Companion92]

Josh omg. I am happy that he seems better

[@june8791]

The bottomless pit sounds familiar. Anyone remember the mudstone abyss?

[@kazuyamishima56]

Oh shoot, the smiling god is back.

[@Matheus-ql7mn]

Our god is not a Smiling God!

[@ari638]

They did say he comes and goes in waves

[@SoulQueenoD]

We're back to "Thanks" and I don't know whether that's a good thing or not. O-O He still hates Telly (Tully?) LMAO. Cecil' the best.

[@Matheus-ql7mn]

Cecil hates people with passion. I like him! Lol

[@trolltoll2825]

I came as soon as I heard! My babies better be ok!!

[@justeundonut-moi.7979]

Hamilton reference ?

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

(panting noises) my brain: more like the smiling DOG amirite **gets devoured by a not-so-good boy**

[@Bookdragon6660]

CECIL IS GROWING AS A PERSON AHHHH. (Kinda but I’m still very happy)

[@awakarikatase]

Oh jesus that ending was good

[@asadgiraffe8908]

over a year and i am Still Kasper's number one fan and hype guy. I need him i need him i n

[@samlueke2855]

damn the weather sure is beautiful today

[@janeeggleston9542]

Is anyone else catching hints that something is off? Cecil (the character not the actor) is acting strange-he is rather bloodthirsty and gloating, especially at the end with the laugh about a story about you would be boring. His tone is, dare I say it, Kevinish. Also, the proverb and the after-proverb ending is rather threatening. Wasn’t the bottomless hole what Kevin was trying to get everyone to build in his desert? I’m thinking that the smiling god might already be here.

[@themousemage]

I see your point a little, but there's a reason they chose to mention Telly again this episode. It was to remind us how Cecil can get when something of his, or something he wants, is threatened. And don't forget after the attack on Khoshekh - "Daniel looks to have _a lot_ of *blood.* That said, I agree he has been a little odd in general lately, and so has the podcast. There's been a real decrease in the mysteries of old. I hope the post-ending marks a change. Also speaking of the desert - I think that was a reference to the satanic beagle more than the Mudstone Abyss.

[@ari638]

@@themousemage this does mean we are in the Telly timeline from "Are you sure?"

[@josiebianchi3481]

It smelling like "mud and wet dog" is also awfully concerning, especially after Who's a Good Boy

[@UNLUCKYAMUL3T]

Well, now I know what I want for a Christmas present

[@thefabulouskilljoywhoismor8958]

Dr who cybermen vibes

[@themousemage]

Numbers, with Fey - the whole time I was picturing the wired-up girl from Satellite Five.

[@boatingbrookcosplay7447]

Was looking for this comment lol

[@twazzines]

Time is the villain

[@redbirdmatches6881]

Always

[@cca1834]

human despair is the one who sees it as the villain, time is valuable and the plot

[@twazzines]

cøca well looks like I’m human despair then

[@judecharnley7643]

Time is not the villain. The inability to accept it is

[@CelestialBunnyPaws]

Am I the only one who thought 'deviants!' when Cecil said about the breaking of programming?

[@dyllon_writer]

Nice try, but I'm no deviant!

[@knianiko9549]

Someguy You showed empathy, Connor.

[@kayuliosborne4110]

This is the most beautiful anti capitalist fiction I have ever heard

[@howdoichangename8773]

As the Bulgarian khan Omurtag wrote, "Even if a man lives well, he dies and another one comes into existence. "

[@SmallishPoppy6]

Aww listening this back and already a minute in and… dang Covid. I’m glad you guys are still going. I just got to catch up/remember where I was.

[@Bookdragon6660]

I spoke too soon about Casper but this is a really cool episode!

[@samlueke2855]

ok no joke tho the music in the background of this one slaps hard

[@CelestialBunnyPaws]

Thank you to those who said to stay until the end. ^w^

[@magnoliamadsen1066]

My first time that I had to wait for an episode, worth the wait! You guys are awesome! Now it's time to convince my parents that I can go watch a live show.

[@themousemage]

Hey! Did you just catch up too? I recently finished binging the archive. 😊

[@magnoliamadsen1066]

mousemuffins I did! Finished in the beginning of the month, how about you?

[@themousemage]

@@magnoliamadsen1066 Finished a couple days ago. So totally worth it! 😊 Do you have any favorite episodes or characters? I quite like Kevin, he's fun to listen to. How do you feel about time working correctly now?

[@magnoliamadsen1066]

@@themousemage Awesome! I don't know if I could pick a favorite, they are all so good! I guess I would have to go with episode 25 as my favorite episode (because of the rollercoaster of emotions), and Tamika Flynn as my favorite character. She's just got so much spunk and is not afraid to speak her mind, and I think that's pretty cool. Kevin is a pretty intriguing character, and his voice acting is spectacularly done. The town of Desert Bluffs itself (both 1 and 2) is also very cool. I'm very interested how time is going to affect the story now, especially since the only older person we really knew of was old woman Josie (rip). It also has me wondering (again), how old is everybody in the town by our standard of time? And with time working correctly in this reality of Night Vale, it had me thinking about the diffrent realities, as mentioned in The Birthday of Lee Marvin. I wonder how the other realties were affected, if at all? What are some of your thoughts on this whole time thing?

[@ellishotomani1462]

Terrifying. I love it!

[@iliketoeatbatteries8122]

This episode hits way too hard right now

[@themousemage]

Makes you wonder if Kevin and Charles did something. Or Lauren? Time will tell...or not.

[@fullmoonkris]

Finally caught up after about a 2 year hiatus. Kind of glad that I have to wait for the next one.

[@thanewistrecords2630]

Bruh, the teenage militia is just a regular ass militia Biggg mood .-.

[@flareinc7413]

An awesome episode and confirm action about WtNV coming to Finland? Hurray ^^ Love it.

[@drasichyde]

Im oddly intrigued by this smiling god and dessert bluffs in general, i hope they come back to this someday and sort of explain it more? And whether or not kevin and all the others under its influence are forced to do so? Whether they have any semblance of their past selves left?

[@catglash]

Wish someday WTNW crew comes to RUSSIA/BELARUS. We also have big fan community, but most of us can't afford going abroad to see your amazing shows TT

[@hannahl3381]

IT DOESN'T END RIGHT AGAIN!!!!?? STOP IT BOYS

[@rebeccalambert3240]

*Now we know this timeline's ending of the multi ending*

[@majesticnyx7592]

Anyone know the song in the background of Kasper talking at the start?

[@bellimell]

Holy hell that ending tho And omg I really wanna go to a live show in Germany!!

[@klltsun_2576]

OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD THAT SCARED ME. I now kinda feel bad about Casper. In the end, he was just another brainwashed/controlled worshipper of the Smiling God, and liked it when "the smile" wasn't there anymore....until, well. He also wanted to scream in pain, but he needs to always smile and he can't really scream when smiling. Also that sudden panting...sounded kinda like a dog, right? And when at the end of his "please" it distorted and sounded similar to the voice Cecil gave the Beagle. In Huntokar's story she didn't mention the Smiling God, only the Beagle. And during A Story About Them, when Cecil talked about a woman in a desert with an army of masked giants, and he talked about the light. He said that light doesn't always take that form. So... more possible hints adding to the "The Smiling God is the Beagle" theory? Maybe?

[@june8791]

Ohhhh, that makes a lot of sense, although I think that the smiling god was described in the second novel, it was something centipede-like if I remember correctly? Still, it'd hysterical if it turned out that this bloodthirsty cult worshipped a satanic beagle all along, lol

[@klltsun_2576]

@@june8791 "It spreads - not just in the desert I am talking about - it spreads in different forms, in deserts not unlike it. In deserts very similar to the one I am talking about now. Not always in the same form, not always as light at all, but with the same intent: to devour everything until there is nothing left." - A Story About Them So whatever that being is, it can change forms. Like, in theory, from light, to dog, to centipede. And it wants *nothing* . Also, I realized... you know when a dog is panting and it kinda looks like they're smiling?

[@TheForlornBat]

Definitely like the quotes about death in this one.

[@rebeccalambert3240]

I noticed one thing that I haven't seen anyone else point out (though I doubt it's of any plot or out-of-plot plot significance): Where's Meg

[@milenacosta4136]

wow someone really likes the ciberman...

[@smol_chilli_pepper]

Such a great episode

[@auroraheart5158]

Whoa wait night vale is still going? My friend told me they were done a while ago

[@Bookdragon6660]

TAMIKA YAY

[@TheKsourmoon]

I am scared of Cecil's laugh

[@baileythewitchofvoid8784]

Poor Casper...

[@valiant_emmeres2138]

Trying to find that chanting disparition song at 22:00 does anyone know it's title?

[@felixcosm]

i kinda hope Casper will become a reoccuring villain, but on the other side he better STAY AWAY FROM CECIL AND CARLOS Edit: oh fuck...

[@MacTechG4]

Casper Rhodes must be an employee of John Lumic and Cybus Systems... ;)

[@gabrielawaelti4372]

For a second there i though this was going to be the beggining of the blood space war

[@icyfrosting6388]

I haven't seen anyone talk about how Kasper's name is spelled with a K in the description. Are all who talk and favor the Smiling God have K at the beginning of their name?

[@andromedadywn9090]

Be the annoying goose you wish to see in the world

[@rainbowzebra361]

Woah, where is Cecil? There he is! Gasp! Not manual labor! Nash-vile lol oh man he still hates Telly. I like rock candy. Go Cecil! Kasper is the worst! Woohoo! I'm so glad it worked out. Have a great day :) Edit: wait, what?

[@hollygarfield123]

"our 2020 tour" lmao

[@judecharnley7643]

WORLD TOUR

[@jhaigh1970]

Damn this episode was good

[@Marnelig]

Anyone know where I can find the version of Dane Terry’s “Sugar Neighbors” that is the weather in this episode? The one on Bandcamp, Spotify etc. is slightly different.

[@cobiphobic]

There’s one in Bandcamp, in the music from Dreamboy album. I haven’t found it anywhere else

[@Marnelig]

Lia Cardenas Thank you SO very much!

[@hannahl3381]

The future is organic....NO!

[@OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout]

Look, I'm no genius, but it seems to me that the robots shouldn't be able to kill anyone, because then they can't "donate" their brains and their future robot selves wouldn't exist.

[@陳大偉-g8j]

SCP 基金會：已派人去夜谷

[@_Majas]

ZA WAAAAARUUUUUUDOOOOOOOO TOKI WO TOMOREEEEE

[@grapes4233]

jfc thank you for going to my city im acc too poor to take a train (nah im just too lazy)

[@petemagnuson7357]

Am I the only one that feels bad for Casper? Other than the forceful invasion, I feel like he had some good points. The ending and post-ending also seem a bit severe.

[@themousemage]

I was ok until the post-ending, then nope. Wtf does the Smiling God _do_ to people that renders them so brutally insane? What was Casper like before?

[@ShardNetwork]

Now the crescent in the eye looks like a sideways smiling face without eyes. Thanks... I will not sleep well with this new perspective.

[@professionalnerd4055]

Oh fuck...

[@zampiott9526]

Is the title a Jojo reference ?

[@just_peace]

Graceful Relisten the end idk Ignore this

[@just_peace]

Don't like this pls I'm just marking the parts I should write down later 😭 glad you related to it whatever it was. Man I really should get to saving these quotes

[@joeywalker6827]

I hate the beginning of these videos so much. Joseph talks way too long in every damn episode. I may be done with this channel

[@ReinaKazumi314]

You could just skipped through it.....

[@judecharnley7643]

Yikes,,, they literally release free content twice a month and you can't even bear to listen to two minutes of one of the wonderful creators giving updates about this podcast,?

[@joeywalker6827]

Pendulum Baby 158 episodes of this is pushing me to my breaking point, like Chinese water torture

[@judecharnley7643]

Then stop watching wtf??? You don't gain anything from watching something you consider torturous???

[@joeywalker6827]

Pendulum Baby I have stopped watching