History Fanfic / ExistenceIsTheMostExcitingThingOfAll

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Despite the warnings, the theologians come up with a plan to study the Dog Park, something which causes [[spoiler: gets Brad and Mateo killed, has Fleur turn into a tree out of grief, and nearly gets the theologians kicked out of town]].

* YouCantFightFate: Upon hearing a prophecy that [[spoiler: he's destined to betray Night Vale]], Carlos goes 'ScrewDestiny' and tries to take every precaution to avoid it, even when everyone tells him its impossible. Unfortunately for him, the prophesied event has already happened.

''"Existence Is The Most Exciting Thing of All"'', also known as ''"Republic of Heaven Community Radio"'' is a crossover fanfiction series between Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale and Literature/HisDarkMaterials by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/SailorPtah/pseuds/SailorPtah Sailor Ptah]]. Though initially appearing to be a simple retelling of Night Vale canon with the addition of daemons, it quickly develops its own unique plot and characters. It draws a lot of themes and inspiration from both universes, although only passing knowledge of Literature/HisDarkMaterials is needed to understand the story.

* {{Transgender}}: Henriette is a trans woman, as is Janice's mother Delphine, Jordan is introduced as having 'some kind of... thing going on with gender.' which Carlos doesn't understand or ask questions about, Adriana later reveals that she knows Jordan's pronouns but not how to pronounce them and later still xe is confirmed to use xe pronouns. Carlos' brother, Mike, has a toddler named Nate who is assigned male at birth but who Cecil perceives as a girl, leading Carlos to theorise that she may be trans.[[spoiler: The Man in the Tan Jacket is a trans man, who was born a witch]].

* {{Transgender}}: Henriette is a trans woman, as is Janice's mother Delphine, Jordan is introduced as having 'some kind of... thing going on with gender.' which Carlos doesn't understand or ask questions about, Adriana later reveals that Jordan has pronouns but she doesn't know how to pronounce them and later still xe is confirmed to use xe pronouns.[[spoiler: The Man in the Tan Jacket is a trans man, who was born a witch]].

* {{Transgender}}: Henriette (male to female), Janice's mother Delphine (same), and [[spoiler: the Man in the Tan Jacket (female to male), who was born a witch]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: During the mission to [[spoiler: rescue Carlos from Desert Bluffs, The Man in the Tan Jacket lies about Carlos' location, resulting in Tamika attacking the wrong side of the building. This leads to Tamika and Rashi being kidnapped by Kevin, and Henriette's death.]] The reason behind these actions is not yet known.

* MissingMom: Ceci's mom abandoned him as a teenager under mysterious circumstances, something he's still conflicted about.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Old Woman Josie only appears to be about thirty, but she's a witch and centuries old. Her unofficial title helps people remember.

** Dana eventually settles as [[spoiler: a pheonix, the one creature which cannot be burned by the Smiling God's light.]]

''"Existence Is The Most Exciting Thing of All"'', also known as ''"Republic of Heaven Community Radio"''is a crossover fanfiction series between Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale and Literature/HisDarkMaterials by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/SailorPtah/pseuds/SailorPtah Sailor Ptah]]. Though initially appearing to be a simple retelling of Night Vale canon with the addition of daemons, it quickly develops its own unique plot and characters. It draws a lot of themes and inspiration from both universes, although only passing knowledge of Literature/HisDarkMaterials is needed to understand the story.

'Existence Is The Most Exciting Thing of All' is a crossover fanfiction series between Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale and Literature/HisDarkMaterials by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/SailorPtah/pseuds/SailorPtah Sailor Ptah]]. Though initially appearing to be a simple retelling of Night Vale canon with the addition of daemons, it quickly develops its own unique plot and characters. It draws a lot of themes and inspiration from both universes, although only passing knowledge of Literature/HisDarkMaterials is needed to understand the story.

** The Stex Deer (TM) can move in [[Franchise/DoctorWho "time, relative dimensions, and space."]]

** The daemons of Night Vale residents can become non-existent creatures. So far, they've taken on the form of [[Literature/{{Dune}} a sandworm]], [[Franchise/{{Neopets}} a pet pet]], [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} a raichu]] and [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender a sky bison]].

* TheAlcoholic: It hasn't gotten ''too'' bad yet, but heavy drinking is Henriette's way of coping.
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: The theologians. Adrianna, Brad, Carlos, Dotan, etc.

* {{Fingore}}: Cecil mentions that Kevin is missing a couple of fingers, [[spoiler: which turns out to be significant because he has Will Parry's dimension-cutting knife (or a copy of it). Tamika also loses two fingers after confronting Kevin, possibly signifying that she's been chosen as the next wielder of the knife.]]

* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Keith Kohler.
* LittleMissBadass: Renée Carlsberg, her step-sister Janice and Tamika Flynn.
* MissingMom: Ceci's mom abandoned him as a teenger under mysterious circumstances, something he's still conflicted about.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Despite the warnings, the theologians come up with a plan to study the Dog Park, something which causes [[spoiler: gets Brad and Mateo killed, has Fleur turn into a tree out of grief, and nearly gets the theologians kicked out of town.]]
** Also, it was [[spoiler: Carlos which lead Strex to Night Vale in the first place.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Sure, [[spoiler: Mateo might have been a Magisterium plant to spy-on and eventually assassinate Carlos, but he sacrificed his life saving Fleur and trying to save Brad. Also, the Apache Tracker, as in canon.]]

** At one point, characters play a video game titled [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil Resident]] [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Portal]] [[VideoGame/MassEffect Effect]]. Cecil's apparently quite fond of the musical "Lease", which the author describes as an unholy fusion between Theatre/{{Rent}} and Theatre/{{Grease}}.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: During the mission to rescue Carlos from Desert Bluffs, The Man in the Tan Jacket lies about Carlos' location, resulting in Tamika attacking the wrong side of the building. This leads to Tamika and Rashi being kidnapped by Kevin, and Henriette's death. The reason behind these actions is not yet known.]]

* {{Transgender}}: Henriette (male to female) [[spoiler: and the Man in the Tan Jacket (female to male), who was born a witch.]]
* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Kohler is an excellent scientist and a real boon to the team, but he's of an older generation, and demonstrates a ''lot'' of casual sexism, racism, homophobia and transphobia. A big portion of his arc is learning to grow past these opinions.

* YearInsideHourOutside: Like in the original canon, when Cecil gets stuck on the Subway it feels like years, but barely any time at all has passed when he returns home. Unlike canon, the emotional effects of this are much more deeply explored.

* Fingore: Cecil mentions that Kevin is missing a couple of fingers, [[spoiler: which turns out to be significant because he has Will Parry's dimension-cutting knife (or a copy of it). Tamika also loses two fingers after confronting Kevin, possibly signifying that she's been chosen as the next wielder of the knife.]]

** One of the colours the Glow Cloud becomes is [[Literature/Discworld Octarine]].

** The daemons of Night Vale residents can become non-existant creatures. So far, they've taken on the form of [[Literature/{{Dune}} a sandworm]], [[WebSite/{{Neopets}}: a pet pet]], [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}: a raichu]] and [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender: a sky bison]].

** At one point, characters play a video game titled [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil: Resident]] [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Portal]] [[VideoGame/MassEffect Effect]]. Cecil's apparently quite fond of the musical "Lease", which the author describes as an unholy fusion between Theatre/{{Rent}} and Theatre/{{Grease}}.

* FunWithAcronyms: Henriette gets to name 'Fatality Units', or FUs. [[PrecisionFStrike Everybody agrees it's a pretty apt description]].

* HeroicSacrafice: [[spoiler: Henriette]] and the Apache Tracker.

** The daemons of Night Vale residents can become non-existant creatures. So far, they've taken on the form of [[Literature/Dune a sandworm]], [[Website: a pet pet]], [[VideoGame/Pokemon: a raichu]] and [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender: a sky bison]].

* LittleMissBadass: Renée Carlsberg and Tamika Flynn.

* ThirdEye: Cecil has a non-literal one he got from trepanning.

** Tamika Flynn gets a [[spoiler: African buffalo. Strong and free, and good at working together to protect against predators.]]

Ever since Carlos was little, he and his daemon have been fans of Dr. Lyra Belacqua. Both as the most groundbreaking experimental theologian of the 20th century, and as the heroine of dozens of fantasy-adventure children's stories (based very loosely on her own mysterious childhood).

But Lyra's true legacy is still bigger than Carlos ever imagined...until he took a team of scholars to study Rusakov particles in the most theologically interesting community in Hispania Nova. Now his own day-to-day life is full of things like angels, witches, hooded spectres, portals between worlds, vague yet menacing branches of the Magisterium, and a man who walks around without his daemon and can read an alethiometer as easily as a stop sign.

'Existance Is The Most Exciting Thing of All' is a crossover fanfiction series between Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale and Literature/HisDarkMaterials by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/SailorPtah/pseuds/SailorPtah Sailor Ptah]]. Though initially appearing to be a simple retelling of Night Vale canon with the addition of deamons, it quickly develops its own unique plot and characters. It draws a lot of themes and inspiration from both universes, although only passing knowledge of Literature/HisDarkMaterials is needed to understand the story.

Part One, [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1062757/chapters/2131218 "He Says He's An Experimental Theologian"]] details Carlos's initial arrival in the town of Night Vale, his adjustment to its peculiarities, and the slowly developing relationship between him and the town's odd radio-host. Part Two, [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1613387/chapters/3436034 "Cecil On The N.T.A"]] covers the events of the WTNV episode "Subway" and the emotional impact it has on Carlos and Cecil's relationship. A third part, titled "A Blinking Light Up On the Clouded Mountain" is planned, and will most likely deal with the looming presence of Strexcorp and the Smiling God.

** Calm and collected Adrianna gets an iguana. Shy and nervous Brad gets a hamster. Dotan, who goes on to be [[spoiler: very outspoken about the non-existence of God]], gets a palm viper. Li Hau has a wren, [[spoiler: which seems weird when it turns out she's kind of violent, until you realize wrens can be ''very'' dangerous when threatened.]]
** Tamika Flynn gets a [[spoiler: bison. Strong and free.]]

* LittleMissBadass: Renee Carlsburg and Tamika Flynn.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Sure, [[spoiler: Mateo might have been a Magisterium plant to spy-on and eventually assassinate Carlos, but he sacrificed his life trying to save Brad's. Also, the Apache Tracker, as in canon.]]

** Not as extreme, but Carlos's Desert Bluffs counterpart, Carlo, is sort of an ass for a lot of the same reasons. [[Nonetheless, Carlos is guilt-ridden when he discovers that he's been severed.]]

* Adorkable: Both Cecil and Carlos.

* AmbigiouslyBrown: Cecil. Carlos is unable to come to any definite conclusions about his ethnic background, and even Cecil doesn't really know much about his heritage.