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So the other day I ended up watching The Making of Pokemon Live and then I felt a little guilty for slamming it. It was nice to see that it was definitely a work of love and the cast and crew were having so much fun with it. I still think Jessie and James were a little over-the-top, but maybe that was just their honest interpretation of the characters and since I focus more on other traits of theirs, I don't think much about their over-the-top-ness. There were definitely scenes in the anime where they were over-the-top, LOL.
(I don't think there was any canon excuse for making Brock goofy about things other than women, though....)
That was the first time I've actually heard Darren Dunstan's natural voice. Since he used the Pegasus voice for Giovanni, and I've heard him singing in that voice when not playing Giovanni, I thought that was his natural voice. And I was having a horrible time separating him from Pegasus and I kept wondering how a goofball like Pegasus could do voice direction for some of the movies. **headdesk.** I know I shouldn't have, but yeah.
I've been trying voice-acting with the Team Rocket characters. I'll never realize my dream of a play, but at least I can play-act with myself. Meowth's voice is super hard. Maddie Blaustein was one of a kind! I can get a Brooklyn accent really easily, but adding that "meower" tone to really make it sound like a cat/Meowth is the hard part. I am up for the challenge, though! James and Jessie should be easier. James is similar to Vernon and Jessie seems easy enough. Prissy but not screechy.
I've been toying with the idea of making Team Rocket plushies, but I wish I didn't have to resort to fleece, felt, or something else like that for hair. I wish I could find some doll wigs that would work, but I haven't had any luck. It's really amazing that I found the perfect doll wig for Ginger!
If I decide to try it, I'd probably be making human catboy Meowth, because that would be a fun challenge. For him, I guess I could use the yellow hair that's the counterpart to Baxter and Barney's and Lou and Mike's hair. But that material wouldn't work for Jessie or James.
If I try it, I'll probably also take a page from the abridged Pokemon Live and have Jessie's black shirt come down all the way, LOL. And extend the skirt's length a bit.... And oh, hey, for them I'd have to make foot coverings, since the boots are iconic parts of the outfits.
I've been having a blast with my rewrite of Dead and Alive. The first draft is finished, clocking in at 8 chapters instead of the original six. People on FF.net are still silent, but they're definitely reading. And a fan of the original story checked in on AO3, of all places. (I rarely get reviews there.) The story is mostly for me, hence why I keep posting it instead of waiting for FF.net reviews that probably won't come any time soon. I have three chapters posted so far. I'm really thrilled with what I've done with it.
Some things are mostly the same as in the original, while others are different. Some are similar but modified. In the original, James cross-dresses as a nurse to escape thugs in one scene. LOL. In the new one, it's specifically Nurse Joy he cross-dresses as. She reacts to this. I've illustrated it. Haven't colored it yet, though. I scanned an inked version of a picture with human catboy Meowth, but for this one I think it would be funnier colored, so I don't think I'll scan the inked one. Both versions of the story are mostly serious, but that's a bit of an amusing scene. I always laugh at James' cross-dressing. (Well, except for Beauty and the Beach. No. Just no. That episode makes no sense. What are he and Jessie even doing in the beauty contest?! It's so bizarrely random. And I am creeped out by his antics. Misty's reaction was pretty much mine. At least since the dub cuts that, I can technically say that James never did that even though Kojiro did....)
I love my expansion on Meowth being attacked. It definitely makes more sense to focus on that more than I originally did.
One thing I don't do in either version is explore the amnesia in-depth (even though there are certainly scenes of him trying to remember). Nor do I have James getting back memories of Jessie and Meowth being abusive to him. Still debating whether to go that route, though. Most amnesia stories I do have the victim get back memories of the loved ones' less than stellar moments and have to choose to trust them anyway. This story instead went down the path that he remembers Jessie and Meowth are important to him and he doesn't waver from that. It's a fairly fast-paced story in both versions, although there's two timeskips in the old one and one timeskip in the new one. I'm debating if I should write an entirely new chapter exploring the timeskip instead, but I think it works the way it already is.
And I have the Turtles fic nearly done too, save for the epilogue stuff. It went down a much different path than the person hoped it would, though, I think. But I never planned to follow that path too much, as I warned him, since I felt that would make it too similar to an earlier story in the series. Hopefully he'll like it for what it is. I've never been able to write one of his requests exactly the way he hoped for. Of course, that's always a risk one takes when requesting a fic from someone.
And oh dear. I've been trying to figure out how to get that Team Rocket shirt while it's at the lowest price, so I asked Dad if there was anything he wanted on Amazon so we could combine an order instead of me getting other stuff to pay the full $25 price for free shipping right now. He couldn't think of anything, really, but had me try a few options that didn't really work out. Now I see that the second half of Batman 66 season 2 is down lower than I've ever seen it before. I've been hoping to get that for years. I already decided that if the shirt went back up to $14, I wanted it enough to still get it, but now something else is at a great price too and it's even more difficult to not think of placing the order at this point. I really shouldn't right now. But I am close to another cash-out, so I could probably replace the money fairly quickly. Still, then I'd just be right back where I am now instead of having more money.
What to do....
... Funny thought that just occurred to me. I've been so worried about Dad seeing what Jessie's wearing and getting bent out of shape, but I have about five YGO shirts with Marik and he's never seemed to pay enough attention to them to get upset. Although Marik doesn't show as much of a bare midriff as Jessie does!
(I don't think there was any canon excuse for making Brock goofy about things other than women, though....)
That was the first time I've actually heard Darren Dunstan's natural voice. Since he used the Pegasus voice for Giovanni, and I've heard him singing in that voice when not playing Giovanni, I thought that was his natural voice. And I was having a horrible time separating him from Pegasus and I kept wondering how a goofball like Pegasus could do voice direction for some of the movies. **headdesk.** I know I shouldn't have, but yeah.
I've been trying voice-acting with the Team Rocket characters. I'll never realize my dream of a play, but at least I can play-act with myself. Meowth's voice is super hard. Maddie Blaustein was one of a kind! I can get a Brooklyn accent really easily, but adding that "meower" tone to really make it sound like a cat/Meowth is the hard part. I am up for the challenge, though! James and Jessie should be easier. James is similar to Vernon and Jessie seems easy enough. Prissy but not screechy.
I've been toying with the idea of making Team Rocket plushies, but I wish I didn't have to resort to fleece, felt, or something else like that for hair. I wish I could find some doll wigs that would work, but I haven't had any luck. It's really amazing that I found the perfect doll wig for Ginger!
If I decide to try it, I'd probably be making human catboy Meowth, because that would be a fun challenge. For him, I guess I could use the yellow hair that's the counterpart to Baxter and Barney's and Lou and Mike's hair. But that material wouldn't work for Jessie or James.
If I try it, I'll probably also take a page from the abridged Pokemon Live and have Jessie's black shirt come down all the way, LOL. And extend the skirt's length a bit.... And oh, hey, for them I'd have to make foot coverings, since the boots are iconic parts of the outfits.
I've been having a blast with my rewrite of Dead and Alive. The first draft is finished, clocking in at 8 chapters instead of the original six. People on FF.net are still silent, but they're definitely reading. And a fan of the original story checked in on AO3, of all places. (I rarely get reviews there.) The story is mostly for me, hence why I keep posting it instead of waiting for FF.net reviews that probably won't come any time soon. I have three chapters posted so far. I'm really thrilled with what I've done with it.
Some things are mostly the same as in the original, while others are different. Some are similar but modified. In the original, James cross-dresses as a nurse to escape thugs in one scene. LOL. In the new one, it's specifically Nurse Joy he cross-dresses as. She reacts to this. I've illustrated it. Haven't colored it yet, though. I scanned an inked version of a picture with human catboy Meowth, but for this one I think it would be funnier colored, so I don't think I'll scan the inked one. Both versions of the story are mostly serious, but that's a bit of an amusing scene. I always laugh at James' cross-dressing. (Well, except for Beauty and the Beach. No. Just no. That episode makes no sense. What are he and Jessie even doing in the beauty contest?! It's so bizarrely random. And I am creeped out by his antics. Misty's reaction was pretty much mine. At least since the dub cuts that, I can technically say that James never did that even though Kojiro did....)
I love my expansion on Meowth being attacked. It definitely makes more sense to focus on that more than I originally did.
One thing I don't do in either version is explore the amnesia in-depth (even though there are certainly scenes of him trying to remember). Nor do I have James getting back memories of Jessie and Meowth being abusive to him. Still debating whether to go that route, though. Most amnesia stories I do have the victim get back memories of the loved ones' less than stellar moments and have to choose to trust them anyway. This story instead went down the path that he remembers Jessie and Meowth are important to him and he doesn't waver from that. It's a fairly fast-paced story in both versions, although there's two timeskips in the old one and one timeskip in the new one. I'm debating if I should write an entirely new chapter exploring the timeskip instead, but I think it works the way it already is.
And I have the Turtles fic nearly done too, save for the epilogue stuff. It went down a much different path than the person hoped it would, though, I think. But I never planned to follow that path too much, as I warned him, since I felt that would make it too similar to an earlier story in the series. Hopefully he'll like it for what it is. I've never been able to write one of his requests exactly the way he hoped for. Of course, that's always a risk one takes when requesting a fic from someone.
And oh dear. I've been trying to figure out how to get that Team Rocket shirt while it's at the lowest price, so I asked Dad if there was anything he wanted on Amazon so we could combine an order instead of me getting other stuff to pay the full $25 price for free shipping right now. He couldn't think of anything, really, but had me try a few options that didn't really work out. Now I see that the second half of Batman 66 season 2 is down lower than I've ever seen it before. I've been hoping to get that for years. I already decided that if the shirt went back up to $14, I wanted it enough to still get it, but now something else is at a great price too and it's even more difficult to not think of placing the order at this point. I really shouldn't right now. But I am close to another cash-out, so I could probably replace the money fairly quickly. Still, then I'd just be right back where I am now instead of having more money.
What to do....
... Funny thought that just occurred to me. I've been so worried about Dad seeing what Jessie's wearing and getting bent out of shape, but I have about five YGO shirts with Marik and he's never seemed to pay enough attention to them to get upset. Although Marik doesn't show as much of a bare midriff as Jessie does!
