History Heartwarming / WelcomeToNightVale

* Oddly, Kevin in 70A was this for me. He's implied to have been controlled by the Smiling God to work for [=StrexCorp=], and although he clearly isn't all the way back to normal, what with "decorating" his new studio and all, seeing him sort of bond with Carlos and that fact that he seems to have some degree of emotional stability makes me think he's managing to recover from the mind-control and opens the possibility of a complete reform.

** Not only that, but how broadly the words at the end could be applied to anyone who is going through tough times -- it makes me wonder, every time I hear it, how many people who were ''contemplating suicide'' got cheered by the wording there:

** In part-B, Kevin insists that [=StrexCorp=] can 'fix' Janice's disability. Steve Carlsberg, who had been almost wooed by The Smiling God, [[BerserkButton lost his temper]], insisting there was nothing 'broken' about his stepdaughter, and cast Kevin through one of the oak doors. Cecil actually bonded with him about this. Very briefly. Very very briefly.

** Likewise, Cecil's comments about being glad for his little community and all the people who listen to him share news about his neat town, which is a meta "thank you" from the show's producers to the audience.

** And then they both start to say "I love you". At the same time. Their whole interaction is adorable and sweet but for some reason, for this troper it was the audience reaction made of aaaaaw-ing and squeeing. Given that Cecil treats Night Vale, his listeners and by extension into meta the fans like friends or close family it is really sweet knowing him in such a supportive environment.
** Plus, on a meta level: There were MANY tweets and mails to Joseph Fink about how cool the show is, but the "gay stuff" would annoy the author of said tweet. It is heartwarming, not only that the creators always shrug and continue to be open and inclusive and awesome - but that there are way more people loving them for it than hating them, and that these people are cheering the show on so expressively.

*** That said, the diner was sort of far away, so [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Hiram just [[MoodWhiplash ate the guy who gave him directions]], instead.]]

** Cecil mentions in particular the reuniting of two Night Vale citizens named Wilson and Amber. [[spoiler:Wilson, in the heat of the moment, proposes to Amber, who he'd apparently only met once or twice. Amber declines his marriage proposal, but offers to get dinner with him instead. Wilson agrees and tries to laugh it off, saying it was nothing, and Amber insists she thought nothing of it, but Cecil insists that both of them took it very seriously.]] It's an incredibly sweet moment. (Perhaps it's a coincidence, but the names Amber and Wilson are more meaningful if you're a fan of Series/{{House}}.)
*** In Episode 56, it's mentioned that [[spoiler: they took a trip together "last spring".]]
* "One Year Later", the anniversary episode. Especially the final scene, where [[spoiler:Cecil and Carlos quietly sit together watching the lights in the sky]].

* In Episode 27, after over a year of build up, the listeners are almost led to believe that Carlos and Cecil's date is off to an awkward end, [[spoiler:until Carlos leans in and kisses him.]]

-->[[spoiler: And he said to me, "I just thought that maybe it was…it was time for us, maybe, to make a home. Together." And I said "Yes! Please! That would be, well, that would be neat! But somewhere else, OK? A duplex, an apartment…I don’t think a condo." "No," he said, "Not a condo." And then he said, "'Listen—' Mmmmmmm…… he thinks I shouldn’t tell you everything. That…I should leave a little something there that belongs just to us."]]

** [[spoiler: Rather than dying or becoming part of a HiveMind, Intern Vithya ascends to heaven and becomes an angel.]]

-->When we talk about teenagers, we adults often talk with an air of scorn, of expectation for disappointment. And this can make people who are presently teenagers feel very defensive. But what everyone should understand is that none of us are talking to the teenagers that exist now, but talking back to the teenager we ourselves once were – all stupid mistakes and lack of fear, and bodies that hadn’t yet begun to slump into a lasting nothing. Any teenager who exists now is incidental to the potent mix of nostalgia and shame with which we speak to our younger selves. May we all remember what it was like to be so young. May we remember it factually, and not remember anything that is false, or incorrect. May we all be human – beautiful, stupid, temporal, endless. And as the sun sets, I place my hand upon my heart, feel that it is still beating, and remind myself: Past performance is not a predictor of future results. Stay tuned now for whatever happens next in your life. Goodnight, Night Vale. Goodnight.

* Episode 38, "Orange Grove" has [[spoiler:Cecil thinking of a goodbye text to Carlos apologizing for him being late for a planned dinner and telling him that he loves him as an impostor John Peters (you know, the farmer?) tries to force-feed Cecil an orange that causes spontaneous non-existence. Overlaps with crowning moment of awesome, as Cecil realizes that the text would be too long, and smashes John Peters (you know, the impostor?) in the face with his phone.]]
* Episode 40, "The Deft Bowman" Megan returns and[[spoiler: finally gets a body]]
* The entire ending of "Condos," [[spoiler: where Cecil rescues Carlos from within the Condo, and realizes that Carlos isn't perfect. In fact, Cecil realizes that imperfection is what makes this world worth living in, giving him the strength to carry Carlos out of the Condo. And to top this all off, Carlos asks Cecil to live with him, and he accepts!]]

*** [[spoiler:That said, the diner was sort of far away, so [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Hiram just]] [[MoodWhiplash ate the guy who gave him directions]], instead.]]
* "Numbers":
--> "And, Fey... you are so, so beautiful."

** Bad news: [[spoiler: Khoshekh came out of what happened last episode damaged, but not so badly damaged]]. Good news: [[spoiler: part of what was damaged was whatever kept Khoshekh suspended in one spot four feet above the ground, so Cecil got to take him home to recover]].
** An odd extra bit of heartwarming here is that Cecil explains that Carlos is [[spoiler:allergic to cats]], but just assures listeners that with a bit of medicine Carlos'll be fine. In other words, Cecil is putting Carlos ''second'' behind [[spoiler:Khoshekh]], something that perhaps has never been seen before.
** Dana [[spoiler: meeting her future self and being so proud of herself for growing up to be an amazing, well-respected woman.]] When she's forced to leave, Dana becomes sad because she thinks she won't be important for many years, but Cecil tells her that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she has always been important]].
** Dana's parting words for Cecil before she fades out again:
-->'''Dana''': I can’t stay any longer. I’m always going somewhere. Someday I won’t have to go, I will just be in the place that I am. [[ReunionVow Our time and space will match again someday, Cecil.]]
* A minor heartwarming moment at the end of "The Debate." When Cecil is too shocked to speak because of [[spoiler: Kevin's return]], both Hiram and the Faceless Old Woman assure him that everything will be just fine. Well, mostly.
** Also in that episode, one from [[spoiler: Kevin]], of all people, when he tells The Faceless Old Woman That Secretly Lives In Your Home that she has a face, a beautiful face, a memorable face, one unlike any other in history.
*** A bit less heartwarming when you consider the possibility that [[spoiler:Kevin]] is just trying to mess with her.
*** After [[spoiler:Kevin]] leaves, the Faceless Old Woman, stunned by this, asks Hiram [=McDaniels=] if she is beautiful. "You are beautiful when you do beautiful things," replies Hiram. The Faceless Old Woman tells Hiram that he is beautiful too.
* Episode 49-Part A has [[spoiler: Cecil reuniting with Carlos]] partway through the episode.

--> '''Carlos''': I’m not a hero. I’m a scientist!

** In part-B, Kevin insists that [=StrexCorp=] can [[spoiler:'fix' Janice's disability.]] Steve Carlsberg, who had been almost wooed by The Smiling God, [[BerserkButton lost his temper]], insisting there was [[spoiler:nothing 'broken' about his stepdaughter]], and cast Kevin through one of the oak doors. Cecil actually bonded with him about this. Very briefly. Very very briefly.

** Another of the callers was Fey, the [[spoiler:numbers station AI that had gained and lost sentience]]. The fact that she called was a lot, but there are indications that she might be waking up again.
* Episode 66, [[spoiler:Station Management finally approves Cecil's vacation, so Cecil can finally go see Carlos again. His sign off was probably the happiest we've ever heard him sound.]]

* [[spoiler: Carlos decides to finally leave the desert otherworld and returns to Night Vale. His reunion with Cecil in "Review" will melt your heart.]]
-->[[spoiler: "Night Vale is just a name, Cecil. Night Vale is just the name for a place where everyone you love lives. Don't worry about the name. Worry about the everyone."]]
* [[spoiler: Violet - the preferred name of Hiram [=McDaniels'=] purple head - being revealed as the person who bought Lot 37 (Cecil) so that Dana would have a protector against the Faceless Old Woman and the other dragon heads. He even apologizes to Cecil for using his body without his consent.]]

* Oddly, Kevin in 70A was this for me. He's [[spoiler: implied to have been controlled by the Smiling God to work for [=StrexCorp=], and although he clearly isn't all the way back to normal, what with "decorating" his new studio and all, seeing him sort of bond with Carlos and that fact that he seems to have some degree of emotional stability makes me think he's managing to recover from the mind-control and opens the possibility of a complete reform.]]
* Cecil's attitude towards Intern Danielle in episode 74. While he does want her to go to the Dog Park to cover a story, he respectfully agrees to her wishes to stay behind a desk. [[spoiler: And she lives through the episode!]]
* In the novel, [[spoiler: the Man in the Tan Jacket finally returns home to his family and they know who he is.]]

* At the end of "Lost in the Mail", Basimah Bashara [[spoiler:being reunited with her father after he went off to fight in the Blood Space War when she was six]].

** [[spoiler: Mayor Dana stopping Sheriff Sam and the City Council from attacking the former Desert Bluffs residents, saying that they're ''all'' Night Vale citizens now.]]
** [[spoiler: Cecil comes to terms with Desert Bluffs becoming part of Night Vale, clearly trying his best to see the bright side of things.]]
** [[spoiler: The new church of the Smiling God, started by the former Desert Bluffs residents - they don't force people to "smile" and they don't cover their walls with entrails. Some Night Vale citizens even take part of it.]]
* 84 - Past Time: A small one, but while Cecil finds himself terrified to the point of almost throwing up at the realization of the Strangers and the Beagle, he thanks Steve for driving them, even putting his hand on Steve's arm in gratitude. Steve looks at Cecil, but not in amusement, but with concern.
** Steve and Janice's interactions in general are this as well. It shows that whatever Cecil might think, Steve is a good father.

* Episode 90: Who's a Good Boy? Part 2 has the Night Vale and former Desert Bluffs citizens [[spoiler: all banding together, holding hands and walking to the temporarily open Dog Park to face down the Strangers.]] When they all meet at the gates of the Dog Park, Good Boy approaches and then briefly takes over different people and tries to draw them in. It asks the titular question and Steve, apparently pulled in, confusedly asks "is it me? Am I the good boy?" and Cecil [[spoiler:panics and in his own words "holds" Steve to keep him away from Good Boy, and all the people around them, including Janice and Abby, crowd in to keep Steve safe.]]

* Episode 109. Huntokar, a god of destruction who only wanted to protect her town. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, for this same reason, she [[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally causes the unraveling of reality]].]]

-->[[spoiler: And he said to me, “I just thought that maybe it was…it was time for us, maybe, to make a home. Together.” And I said “Yes! Please! That would be, well, that would be neat! But somewhere else, OK? A duplex, an apartment…I don’t think a condo." "No," he said, "Not a condo." And then he said, “'Listen—' Mmmmmmm…… he thinks I shouldn’t tell you everything. That…I should leave a little something there that belongs just to us.”]]

* Episode 35, "Lazy Day", had the whole of Night Vale becoming more and more steeped in malaise, up to the point of [[UpToEleven gravity having a bit of a break]]... except Carlos, who took the day to mow the lawn while whistling (the lawn whistled back), sort his closet, and use the floating brought on by the lessened gravity to clean his gutters. By the end of the episode, when everything's back to normal-for-Night-Vale, and everyone's back to being perky, Carlos has, for his part, had a long day, and opts to take a nap. Cecil promptly ends the show to hurry home and join him. "Maybe my lazy day isn't quite done after all..."

** Also, the fact that almost the ''entire town'' turned up to stop Pamela Winchell's desctructive press conference in front of the Radio Station; it shows just how many people listen to Cecil's show and cares for it enough to save it from the ex-Mayor's crazed retirement powers.

* Cecil trying to assure Earl Harlan that despites his complicated relationship with his son, he ''is'' a good father. Then he asks Earl and his son Roger to join his family's Thanksgiving dinner, and Earl is clearly touched by invitation.

* Episode 90: Who's a Good Boy? Part 2 has the Nightvale and former Desert Bluffs citizens [[spoiler: all banding together, holding hands and walking to the temporarily open Dog Park to face down the Strangers.]] When they all meet at the gates of the Dog Park, Good Boy approaches and then briefly takes over different people and tries to draw them in. It asks the titular question and Steve, apparently pulled in, confusedly asks "is it me? Am I the good boy?" and Cecil [[spoiler:panics and in his own words "holds" Steve to keep him away from Good Boy, and all the people around them, including Janice and Abby, crowd in to keep Steve safe.]]

* Through the hellscape that 2020 was, both Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor used the pre-show message to both request contribution for the show and it's crew, which was going through the same hardships as everyone else (or worse) but also to always give a word of encouragement, strenght and hope to the listeners who they acknowlegde that are probably going through something similar, to remind everyone that they're not alone and we will get through it, together.

** Cecil mentions in particular the reuniting of two Night Vale citizens named Wilson and Amber. [[spoiler:Wilson, in the heat of the moment, proposes to Amber, who he'd apparently only met once or twice. Amber declines his marriage proposal, but offers to get dinner with him instead. Wilson agrees and tries to laugh it off, saying it was nothing, and Amber insists she thought nothing of it, but Cecil insists that both of them took it very seriously.]] It's an incredibly sweet moment. (Perhaps it's a coincidence, but the names Amber and Wilson are more meaningful if you're a fan of {{House}}.)

* Through the hellscape that 2020 was, oth Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor used the pre-show message to both request contribution for the show and it's crew, which was going through the same hardships as everyone else (or worse) but also to always give a word of encouragement, strenght and hope to the listeners who they acknowlegde that are probably going through something similar, to remind everyone that they're not alone and we will get through it, together.

** But it somehow gets even better, because Cecil reveals this to everyone in town on his radio show. He even further expands on what he told Steve, about how through helping his sister and his niece, Cecil grew very close to both of them, even though it cost him time and money. Then Steve came and was both a good husband and a good father, being very loving and supporting. But instead of being grateful at having those responsibilities lifted and knowing his sister and niece were happy, Cecil resented Steve for relieving him of what he felt was his duty. He admits this to everyone, how he was basically angry at someone for the crime of being a loving husband and responsible father. He reflects how Steve has been nothing but patient and kind to him, how Steve is a good man, a good friend, and in the end, Cecil just flat out states that he loves Steve.