We tend to power through it as much as possible, with our gmail conversation window constantly open (we need some sort of tether to the real world, otherwise we will actually drift away on a sea of repetition).
Of course, it it were torture, we wouldn’t be doing it. It’s not our favourite part of the process, but it needs to be done, and it is so gratifying to see how excited people are to be cast.
It’s a little unfortunate that one of the side-effects is DREAMING about the lines… I’ve got a recurring nightmare in which I’m being chased by an unseen force that’s whispering the audition lines in my ear, and it has the voice of every single auditioner, all at once.
“Gimli has been…” Thorin groped for the words to describe what Gimli had become to him. “He is a safe place for me. Gimli has been safety since my death. When all else seemed to be made of ashes and dust and grief, there was a bright spot and it was always him. He is not perfect, no. He is no genius, true, and he is often quick to anger and rash besides. He can be stubborn.”
[“Says Thorin Oakenshield,” Dáin interrupted, his eyes twinkling. “No, go on.”]
Thorin gave him a half-hearted glare, before a beautiful axe-sequence from Gimli caught his attention and he found himself smiling again. “He is one of the best of us, one of the very best I have ever known. He will give his all, and then more besides, and then dig deeper and deeper yet. No matter the odds or the indignities or the sorrows he must face, he will go on. He will press into the midst of utter terror; there is nothing he will not endure for those he cares for. He will fight to his last breath, and then use it to sing and lift the hearts of his friends. He is faithfulness itself; he is steadfast beyond imagining. He will find the smallest scrap of hope in the middle of desolation, and hold it out to someone else. Quick to anger, aye – but quick to forgive, and quick to laugh, and quick to understand, and quick to compassion.”
I’m afraid I’m not involved in the production of the podfic (I am but an astonished and appreciative member of cast and choir lol). The person you should contact with any choir questions is teh lovely notanightlight!
determamfidd, dragonmad, liketotessecret so we’ve decided that the cast are going to do versions of the Nazgul and mine is the Poshgul (or Posh British Nazgul)
The Auzgul was originally from thebrodiecode, and I couldn’t resist joining in the fun, especially when determamfidd came up with some more lines here.
So yeah, none of this was my original idea, I’m just playing with it.
STRIKE ME PINK THE AUZGUL RETURNETH
YOU BLOODY RIPPER, THUDDY! this is fuckin grouse, mate! Yeah, nah, this is tops. 😉
determamfidd, dragonmad, liketotessecret so we’ve decided that the cast are going to do versions of the Nazgul and mine is the Poshgul (or Posh British Nazgul)
determamfidd, dragonmad, liketotessecret so we’ve decided that the cast are going to do versions of the Nazgul and mine is the Poshgul (or Posh British Nazgul)
The Auzgul was originally from thebrodiecode, and I couldn’t resist joining in the fun, especially when determamfidd came up with some more lines here.
So yeah, none of this was my original idea, I’m just playing with it.
STRIKE ME PINK THE AUZGUL RETURNETH
YOU BLOODY RIPPER, THUDDY! this is fuckin grouse, mate! Yeah, nah, this is tops. 😉
In response to the Auzgul: Heres the Swezgul!!! Because poplitealqueen recently commented that I have a swedish accent: Lies, all lies, THIS is a swedish accent, or rather, a swedish dad-accent (because swedish men over a certain age never really cared to learn how to speak better, or speaks english this way just to annoy people). I’ll probably regret posting this tomorrow in either case. Enjoy!
Aw Yiss 