Dauntless again
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keaaluSporadic Dauntless-y update.
Been thinking about voices - not sure if I said so before - and which voice suits which character. Not got too many pinned down, but anyway... Lena is sweetly husky, rather soulful (the singer "Beverly Knight" always reminds me of Lena, although her voice is rather too high - or perhaps KT Tunstall).
James Morrison reminds me of Onyx.
The main singer for "Black Box Recorder" seems fitting for Ivy - although I've only heard one of their songs ("Facts of Life") and it may just be coincidence. And the name is eerily fitting. ;)
The only voice I ever considered for Ren was old whats-his-face, Star Wars jedi man... *thinks* Ewan McGregor. And NOT for the Jedi thing - but from when I saw him on Moulin Rouge. The voice was just right. Make of that what you will. :P
And... Working on a new profile for Vee.
So far...
Ivy is your stereotypical robot, in many ways – very naïve, and (mostly) trusting, almost to the point of complete innocence. She is interested in almost anything – science, popular culture, the arts… – and happy to try her hand at anything, at least the once!
She is happiest when talking about things that do not involve her – she will discuss politics, science, mathematics, the arts, even sport or gardening, so long as the conversation keeps away from discussing herself, something she has a fairly intense dislike of. (Mostly because any discussions usually involves either in-depth and intensely private questions about her capabilities and capacities (you wouldn’t ask anyone else what holding capacity their stomach had or the computing power of their brain, after all), random compliments based solely on the grounds of what she is (making her very uncomfortable), or else sexual demands, based on the assumption she is merely some sort of advanced sex-doll (which might even earn you a slap).)
She is also easily made uncomfortable when needing to talk emotional matters – mostly due to inexperience. Although she has the mental capacity of an adult, and an intelligence that outstrips most others, her emotional capacity is underdeveloped, leaving her vulnerable, and her emotions – when they show – tend to be fairly “raw”.
Ivy’s is a quest for acceptance – for who and not what she is. She wants to be liked as a person, not as an oddity, a curiosity, something briefly exciting, and wants any “demerits” to similarly be based on her as a person, not any ideas she is fake, simulated, “un-alive” etc. She has no desire to become anything other than what she is (for instance, she does not want to “become human”, to coin a phrase), and is usually fairly happy being who she is (although that’s not to say it doesn’t also cause its own fair share of “moments of crushing despair”). Above almost all else, she wants to have the same acceptance any biological being has “by birthright”, without having to fight tooth and nail to get it.
She is a gentle soul, the sort to gladly give all and anything to anyone that asks the right way, but her need for affection has led her into countless unsavoury situations she could have avoided
Latterly, she has become fairly “withdrawn” in nature (at least, that is how she “reads” to me); perhaps she’s just given up trying. Hers isn’t such an “emo” sort of sorrow, however – rather, a quiet, accepting melancholy. She is as smiling and as giving as normal, but… quieter, softer, everything edged with a slow, muted sadness.
omg, emo. :P
Some day I may post my notes on my Quick'n'Dirty Chicken Satay, but right now I don't have the energy.
Been thinking about voices - not sure if I said so before - and which voice suits which character. Not got too many pinned down, but anyway... Lena is sweetly husky, rather soulful (the singer "Beverly Knight" always reminds me of Lena, although her voice is rather too high - or perhaps KT Tunstall).
James Morrison reminds me of Onyx.
The main singer for "Black Box Recorder" seems fitting for Ivy - although I've only heard one of their songs ("Facts of Life") and it may just be coincidence. And the name is eerily fitting. ;)
The only voice I ever considered for Ren was old whats-his-face, Star Wars jedi man... *thinks* Ewan McGregor. And NOT for the Jedi thing - but from when I saw him on Moulin Rouge. The voice was just right. Make of that what you will. :P
And... Working on a new profile for Vee.
So far...
Ivy is your stereotypical robot, in many ways – very naïve, and (mostly) trusting, almost to the point of complete innocence. She is interested in almost anything – science, popular culture, the arts… – and happy to try her hand at anything, at least the once!
She is happiest when talking about things that do not involve her – she will discuss politics, science, mathematics, the arts, even sport or gardening, so long as the conversation keeps away from discussing herself, something she has a fairly intense dislike of. (Mostly because any discussions usually involves either in-depth and intensely private questions about her capabilities and capacities (you wouldn’t ask anyone else what holding capacity their stomach had or the computing power of their brain, after all), random compliments based solely on the grounds of what she is (making her very uncomfortable), or else sexual demands, based on the assumption she is merely some sort of advanced sex-doll (which might even earn you a slap).)
She is also easily made uncomfortable when needing to talk emotional matters – mostly due to inexperience. Although she has the mental capacity of an adult, and an intelligence that outstrips most others, her emotional capacity is underdeveloped, leaving her vulnerable, and her emotions – when they show – tend to be fairly “raw”.
Ivy’s is a quest for acceptance – for who and not what she is. She wants to be liked as a person, not as an oddity, a curiosity, something briefly exciting, and wants any “demerits” to similarly be based on her as a person, not any ideas she is fake, simulated, “un-alive” etc. She has no desire to become anything other than what she is (for instance, she does not want to “become human”, to coin a phrase), and is usually fairly happy being who she is (although that’s not to say it doesn’t also cause its own fair share of “moments of crushing despair”). Above almost all else, she wants to have the same acceptance any biological being has “by birthright”, without having to fight tooth and nail to get it.
She is a gentle soul, the sort to gladly give all and anything to anyone that asks the right way, but her need for affection has led her into countless unsavoury situations she could have avoided
Latterly, she has become fairly “withdrawn” in nature (at least, that is how she “reads” to me); perhaps she’s just given up trying. Hers isn’t such an “emo” sort of sorrow, however – rather, a quiet, accepting melancholy. She is as smiling and as giving as normal, but… quieter, softer, everything edged with a slow, muted sadness.
omg, emo. :P
Some day I may post my notes on my Quick'n'Dirty Chicken Satay, but right now I don't have the energy.
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Date: 9 Aug 2006 07:37 pm (UTC)Not sure I mentioned it before, but as an aside I don't think I'd call it "fetishy" as that implies a sexual tone to it, and there's nothing like that to my interest - more of an inner "kick", like an adrenaline excitement, when I think about the concept. ;)
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Date: 9 Aug 2006 07:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 8 Aug 2006 02:33 am (UTC)Not sure if that's the robot stereotype - Though I'm not sure what the robot stereotype is, to be exact. Though she does seem to be on a quest for identity - an acknowledged one, at least. It feels as though she's the same as anything else among the living - save for being synth and all.
Now I just need to figure out how this ties into all your other "alternate reality" versions of her...
What's this about chicken?
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Date: 8 Aug 2006 03:00 pm (UTC)- too many. :P Although usually Ivy or (lately) Vee.
"Alternate reality" versions = well, you can ignore them, for the most part. :P The "main" AU Ivy became rather embittered at the world instead of melancholic, but then I don't know where she is at the moment anyway, so go figure. Of the others, one is biological, so she's irrelevant, and one is a hulking great giant. (I don't usually see them as "canon" anyway, and ignore them all for the most part. ;) )
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Date: 8 Aug 2006 03:44 pm (UTC)...bok bok bok... *scratches in dirt*
Essentially, it's chicken stir-fry with soy-sauce and peanut butter. ;) It tastes a lot better than it sounds, but only if you like peanut butter, I suppose.
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Date: 8 Aug 2006 04:20 am (UTC)