If I had the choice of being any character in the literary or visual world, I would choose to be perfect, beautiful Carlos. In the podcast Welcome To Night Vale, Carlos is a newcomer to the desert town of Night Vale, a scientist working as part of a team that appears early in the series to study the many phenomena which seem bizarre to outsiders, yet the locals pay little attention to. It isn't exactly stated what kind of scientist Carlos is, but popular theories state that he is researching cryptography and its connctions with the happenings in the town. Overall, Carlos is dedicated to his work and facinated by the world around him, though sometimes to the point of obliviousness, including the way that Cecil, the story's narrator and voice of Night Vale Radio, openly fawns over Carlos in the beginning. Carlos makes me laugh, and then makes me wonder if I could accept everything I saw if I were to end up in the story as well. A very well written and important character, but I think reality is enough for now.
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