#weirdguybattle

Before it's over I do want to try and better explain myself on why I don't think Cecil, deserve the title of strange weird guy.

Look there's no doubt he's strange and weird, and at least deserves his spot in the polls (and many of his other wins) and if he was against a different character I may very well have voted for him.

That said I think there might be some misunderstanding when I (and maybe others but I won't speak for them) say that his weirdness is Nightvale's "normal".

Because sure I think we can all agree he's said and done weird things, that even other characters find odd but here's the thing in context of the tone of the show and the vibe of the town it's not that weird to hear he thinks Peanut Butter is a rock or has some fear of Mirrors considering this is the same town where something like A talking river rock exists with out question, or a sentient glow cloud dropping dead animals joins the PTA and has a child.

Idk maybe it's a hot take but weird as he is I'm not sure I'd even say he's the weirdest guy in Nightvale.

Especially after you listen long enough you kinda just come to expect him to say the weirdest shit that wouldn't come off as any stranger if the same thing got brought up for some other random citizen in Nightvale- everyone there is more then a little odd- goodness knows Cecil has gone off more then once about some person he was doing a news report on and how he thinks X thing of them is weird. That's just kinda how Nightvale is everyone is weird and to an extent everyone probably finds everyone else weird.

Where as Ryou stands out in amongst some of the other weird characters, and basically just about everyone who meets this kid thinks he's strange af.

And yeah we know what he looks like but we also know that because of his looks both staff and student alike thinks he's weird based on that alone and the poor guy gets bullied for it- say for his fan club of girls who seem to find him quite attractive.

And to an extent yeh naturally White haired kid in every day regular Japan, that's a little weird on it's own.

Ryou's weirdness actively sticks out, and written as such that you take notice. Cecil's weird maybe it sticks out in the moment but I'm gonna be honest hearing that Cecil - or if it was anyone else in Nightvale- believed Peanut Butter was a rock, not the weirdest thing to have occurred in Nightvale or said about someone.

That's what at least I mean when I say his weird is normal for Nightvale

Where as even in Yugioh you wouldn't necessarily expect this otherwise rather sweet kid to be making dark jokes about a friend dying, or asking if they want to touch his bleeding wounded arm seemingly unconcerned by the injury mind you, he's like the only character that's actively strongly interested in the occult and all that creepy stuff.

come on said it once I'll say it again, minimum lets see if we can push things to a tie - there's still time to close the gap

argument Cecil is an adult and has had time to figure himself out Ryou is only 16 so probably hasn't even reached peak weirdness but is already viewed as being super weird with the potential to only become weirder with life experience.