How do you imagine other BDers . . . speak

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

No, you are not seeing double.

We've been guessing how other wights look like. We may have even seen some of their pics. But how about their voices? How do they sound like in your head when you read their posts?

For me, our beloved Estelyn Telcontar has her voice provided by Cameron Diaz.

mormegil always goes "Ook! Ook! Eek!" in my head.

The Chief Wight and Hookbill the Goomba has the same deep voice inside my head. Weird.

Kath has two voices.

Eomer of the Rohirrim does not really speak. He communicates telepathically. Or, you read what's in his thought bubble.

Keeper of Dol Guldur goes around scaring people with his Nazgûian hiss.

And Lhunadë, now, she has a strange voice. It is like the voice of and old woman trying desperately to sound like a teenage one.

Those are how some of the Downers sound in my head. How about in yours?

[Formendacil]

Well, as a natural result of the fact that it is my head that must provide the voices, they all tend to sound the same...

However, that doesn't mean that there isn't some variation. To my mind, there are different "groupings" of voices- possibly (but by no means investigatively) because of their writing styles.

Eomer of the Rohirrim and The Saucepan Man are, oddly enough, in the same group- with the Phantom. These gentlemen have good speaking voices- very clear, masculine but not overly deep, and with a wide range of wit.

Lhunardawen, to add to my already strange perception of her, has a rather deep voice for a lady, rather Galadriel-esque in that matter. She doesn't speak too loudly- except maybe to Nilp.

Fordhim, Davem, Bethberry, Mark/Helen- all heavyweights of the great debate-ory threads have rather identical, rather clipped, non gender specific voices- at least in Books. Outside of there, Fordhim and Davem rather resemble the Eomer/Sauceman/Phantom voice.

Alatar and Mormegil have been singled out as having the most distinctive "American" accents.

Lalwende speaks in cultured, slightly eccentric, British tones. A female Bilbo, if you will.

[Lhunardawen]

Haha, Nilp. That was so funny.

Eomer of the Rohirrim - although he says not so and, having already seen his pic and decided that it cannot be, still has a deep, mellow voice in my head. Argh! I can't replace that voice of him in my mind, no matter how hard I try.

mark12_30 and Lalwende have that distinct upbeat voice that seems to be always coupled with laughter. When serious, the voice resembles that of a kindly old preschool teacher.

Mithalwen sounds a little like Galadriel to me.

Formendacil has a voice too serious for his age.

HerenIstarion has a warm, soothing voice. Beats me why.

And that Nilpaurion Felagund guy...he has a screechy old man voice.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

What an interesting idea.

Keeper... I have to admit that his voice sounds just like it is. Like a whiny little girl. Just kiddin' big brother. He's actually got the mellow sort of voice (soft, well-spoken, medium-deep) that girls go crazy over. Except for when he hard-core screams, in which case, Nilp's dead on target with the Nazgul thing.

I imagine that Heren has the same sort of voice.

Eomer is, of course, Scottish. But since the only actual Scot I've heard up close and personal is a middle-aged female, it means that Eomer's voice had to be drawn from television, so on some days, he sounds vaguely like Sean Connery, and on others, he sounds more like Scotty from Star Trek.

Saucie says "aluminium".

Bethberry has the sort of calm and nice voice that could calm a frantic horse. Yes, that's a compliment. Frantic horses are nuts.

Thenamir doesn't talk so much as he booms. Anybody know Lord Beliquose from The Woad to Wuin? His speech (yes, his indoor voice) IS A LOT MORE LIKE THIS.

Kuru is John Rhys-Davies.

Sharku is Christopher Lee.

Everyone else (generally) is a pretty close rendition of my own voice.

[CaptainofDespair]

Indeed, an interesting idea.

Well, strange as it is, I imagine all of you sounding like Oompah Loompahs. However, B-W sounds like Willy Wonka, Gene Wilder style.

Though, Durelin is different. I will say she has a soft, pretty voice. Feminine, yet not high pitched like chalk screeching on a chalkboard.

[Beleg Cuthalion]

Wow! These imagine threads just don't stop coming do they. Unfortunately I have no thought what anyone here would sound like.

[Bêthberry]

Hmm. Curiouser and curiouser.

Originally Posted by Formendacil

Fordhim, Davem, Bethberry, Mark/Helen- all heavyweights of the great debate-ory threads have rather identical, rather clipped, non gender specific voices- at least in Books.

If Formendacil suggests I use a different tone in different forums, well, he is right.

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Bethberry has the sort of calm and nice voice that could calm a frantic horse. Yes, that's a compliment. Frantic horses are nuts.

Fascinating, Fea. Esty, who has heard me speak in person, claims you are right.

Originally Posted by Helen

Bethberry has a clear, cold, golden and melodic voice that flows downhill like molten gold. That shouldn't surprise anybody.

Interesting. Helen, who has never heard my voice, seems to read much into my RPG persona.

To be truthful, whenever I have heard my voice recorded, I am astonished. I don't like it. It doesn't sound like the voice that filters through my ears. So I have no way of concurring objectively with any of these suggestions. It must be that there is a Hearer's Right to concur with Formendacil's idea of Reader's Rights. *insert big grin here as I have used up my allowance of smilies for this post*

My own hypotheses on voices must wait for another day. After all, I just recently concluded my sleuthing into the real names of Downers, and need some time to retune my ear, so to speak. *insert wink here*

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

To be truthful, whenever I have heard my voice recorded, I am astonished. I don't like it. It doesn't sound like the voice that filters through my ears. (Bêthberry--notice the proper "ê")

Now that you said it, I absolutely agree. I don't like what I sound like when it's recorded--like, totally different.

Of course, you also don't like what you look like when it's recorded, accounting for your dislike of any imagery recording device.

True, true.

This thread is in jeopardy. I must get out the carbons for my written apology.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Has a Latino accent (I know it's erroneous, but I imagine Antonio Banderas.)

Or perhaps an Italian accent (Mario! )