Urge to Write Rising....

[hells_half_acre]

I don't know what it is with me the last few days, but I suddenly want to write ALL THE THINGS. Except, I already have a few things on the go that I need to FINISH.

Today I was listening to Storyboard on Geek and Sundry over at YouTube while I worked - because there are some days where my job is so monotonous that if I don't have something to listen to, I go into a coma. Anyway, Storyboard is "Hangout" with a bunch of fantasy authors talking about writing, and it's something I can tune in and out of as required by my job...

But man, today it made me want to write the epic fantasy novel that I had an idea for ten years ago - so that's what I've been mentally doing for the past two hours, even though I have fanfic to finish... also, my epic fantasy novel doesn't have a plot, it just has a main character... and I don't even know his name or what he looks like, I just know who he is and I love him. So really, all I've been doing for the past two hours is thinking about an awesome guy that I made up ten years ago... and when I put it like that, it sounds rather pathetic.

In completely unrelated news: I follow some teenagers on tumblr who can't tell the difference between legitimate photos and manips... and it makes me want to weep for the future, because honestly, it should be pretty bloody obvious that that's Jensen's head on the body of a porn star. I feel like this should be taught in Junior High at some point: "Okay, Class, today, we're going to cover how to spot manips so that you don't look like an idiot on the internet - you'll thank me later."

Also, completely unrelated: Is it just me or has LJ been crazy quiet as of late? I feel like I even have less people chatting with me here. Maybe it's because I stopped writing epic Harry Potter crossovers? Maybe it's because people have moved on from the show? Maybe people have moved on from LJ? Maybe everyone is on tumblr reblogging manips? I don't know. Tumblr is far more narcissistic than LJ, which is I think part of the reason why I can't get into it that much. I basically only use it to look at pretty pictures of good-looking men... and to keep tabs on the Sherlock fandom.

Comments

[franztastisch]

I think it's a thing actors should at least try. I mean, worked pretty well for the Lord of the Rings didn;t it? Though that was English accents again. I heard Swedish didn't work so well for the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo though. So maybe you have a point.

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Matt Damon's French and Russian in the Bourne Movies (granted, not accents but actual lines in the languages) was pretty laughable too - for a character that's supposed to be a really good spy anyway.

So, yeah, I think depending on the actors, it can be hit or miss. Still, I guess it depends what your story can support. It'd be nice if actors could just use whatever accent they have naturally... like, maybe we could have had a Scottish Tenth Doctor with David Tennant... but, then if it doesn't make sense for the story, then it doesn't make sense, I guess.

[franztastisch]

Yeah but I did read somewhere that Matt Damon has explicitly said that he it truly awful at both languages and accents so I forgive him.

Scottish Ten would have been grand. Not sure why they didn't do that...

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Yeah, that's kind of my point - it's really a case by case basis. Sometimes you have an actor and a story that can support and accent, and sometimes you don't.

I figure Ten just wasn't Scottish because the Doctor has never been Scottish... though Nine was "from the North" so I don't see why they couldn't have gone a little bit MORE North...but whatever, I don't work for the BBC. I happen to love David's accent though, and I'm sorry I only get to hear it in interviews.

[franztastisch]

Yeah I guess. I think sometime I just want the acknowledgement that fantasy and thrillers and such are just as worth the investment as "serious" films..

Oh man I love that bit "How come you sound like you're from the north?" "lots of planets have a north!". Aww Chris Eccleston was my favourite.

"Rose I'm.. I'm trying to resonate concrete.."

Oh and it's like Colin Morgan's accent. MAN I love Irish accents. Him, Aiden Turner, Katie McGrath, all Irish rugby players ever... :P

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I love Chris Eccleston period. So yeah, I was a huge fan of Nine.

Colin Morgan's accent is adorable. Apparently when they were doing the screen tests for Merlin, they actually had him run through a bunch of accents - one of which was more of a Dublin-Irish accent)... but yeah, then they went with the standard "British" accent (I have no idea what you call that general accent you guys have.)

I'm a huge fan of Irish accents too. I cat-sitted the other week for a couple where there husband is Irish, and my goodness, he's too old for me and I'm not physically attracted to him, but he only needed to talk to me and I swooned. :P

[franztastisch]

I... don't know what we'd call it either. Because really most of the time what people online call "British accents" are actually a variety of accents. (Though to be fair, calling them British accents is actually pretty fitting then, no?) but it's not Queen's English/RP... most of the time it's just the least exaggerated southern English accent. So.. southern English I guess is the closest..

Oh man, Irish. I can find even Jedward slightly attractive thanks to their accents. Do you know who Jedward are? If not... keep it that way. If you do, please please don't think less of us. :/

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Sadly, I do know who Jedward are, because I like to watch Graham Norton on the interwebs. But, I won't think less of you... technically Justin Bieber is Canadian, after all. It's not like I have some sort of high-culture leg to stand on. :P

I guess it's kind of like the general Canadian accent, which I just think of as "Southern Ontario"... even though I'm sure there are people in Vancouver and Alberta who sound the same and would get horribly offended if I called it that.

Is it weird that one of the reasons I like Bradley James is because he's from Devon, which is also where Draco Malfoy lives... so, I like him because he sounds like a fictional character who is also blond? (Probably that is weird.)