Me rambling about random stuff.

[plottwist13]

So writing this collab fanfic has got me thinking about a lot of things, Discworld-wise. The-Midget-Bee, the lovely person I'm writing with, if British. I am most definitely not. I'm doing stuff while writing that I've never done before (or at least I'm noticing it now and I wasn't before, I dunno). For example, I'm getting all tangled up in the

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[polingly]

Oh, yikes, that's hard. I'm one of those people who rarely "hear" the voices when I'm reading. Also, I generally read Pterry aloud to someone else, so it all tends to sound like me with a bad British accent in the end. ;D Still, if I had to choose...Vimes always sounds peculiarly like Hugh Laurie in my mind. Vetinari, Stephen Briggs, because I've listened to way too many of his narrations.... :D

I've never, ever been able to pin down a voice for Angua. Really annoys me....

Moist always wants to sound American in my head. I really think that's because I've mentally tied him to all of those old-movie American con-man types, like the Music Man and such.... ^_^

[plottwist13]

Yeah, now that you mention is my Vimes is a lot of Clint Eastwood but there is some Dr. House in there lol . . .

Moist is def. a character that comes out so old-timey American in my head that it makes me laugh. Kind of like those vaudeville guys in Family Guy. XD Which I guess is what you're talking about, but I don't know because I've never watched the Music Man (embarassed to admit it - who hasn't seen that?!).

It's cool that you read Pterry aloud. I would love to do that but I always end making stuff up and giving people hilarious voices so that eventually everyone's too distacted from the story. XD I get a little carried away.

[lady_twatterby]

Perhaps Angua sounds like Kate Winslet? Certainly accent-wise, she'd sound sort of upper-class.

Carrot sounds... Welsh XD

Sybil sounds like Emma Thompson, seriously. Specially her mode of speech in Sense & Sensibility.

Nobby sounds like Bill Nighy in Love Actually XD

And yes, Vetinari sounds like Stephen, hahahaha.

Vimes? I could say Nigel, but that wouldn't be entirely fair :P Apart from his chums in the UK, I'm probably the only person to hear him on a regular basis...

Drumknott is a difficult one. I'd say it's close to what Stephen does for him in the Going Postal audio.

As for the trousers/pants controversy... don't feel uncomfortable about it, just be consistent. Imagine what it's like for people learning English to come across such a difference in meaning..!

[plottwist13]

Kate Winslet for Angua is a good one. Too bad Angua and Jennifer Aniston are permanently merged in my psyche (WHY?! WINSLET IS SO MUCH BETTER!!). Ah well. And I seriously think I need to get the Going Postal audiobook, just to have it. I love that book so much. And golly, I do have a gift certificate to iTunes . . . ;)

I think I'm just gonna stick with pants. I've always done so before, so . . . hopefully it'll be ok and I won't really confuse everyone lol. Being American in a woah British fandom sometimes is perplexing cause sometimes I'm just like "Wait . . . hang on . . . I don't get it." lol Maybe I'm just slow. :D

[lady_twatterby]

The Going Postal audio is So. Much. Fun. Seriously! It's totally worth getting. Listening to it is one joy ride :D

Well, just as long as you know it's perfectly valid to say that Vetinari wears pants under his robes... after all, he does, unless he wears his robes as Scotsmen wear their kilts... ;)

[plottwist13]

I went and looked at it annnndddd . . . it's $25. Liek woa. So then I listened to the sample thinking it would rekindle my love or something but . . . then I remembered I hate audiobooks. XD It's a totally personal thing - they just annoy me and I don't know why. Plus I already have 2 hard copies of that book. So maybe for Making Money . . . lol. I = loooooser XD.

Vetinari: Going Commando Since That One Time He Forgot To Wear Anything Under His Robe.

Ooh bad mental image.