• halyk.the.red@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    When I have kids, one of the greatest challenges I’m anticipating is going to be keeping all the voices of the dwarves in the Hobbit diverse yet consistent.

    • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Weirdly, I’ve given this problem some thought.

      I like to go for famous people with memorable delivery styles and as much variety as possible:

      • Ed Wynn
      • John Wayne
      • Bob Hope
      • John Fielder
      • Noel Fielding
      • Kumail Nanjiani
      • Peter Capaldi
      • Richard Ayoade
      • Stephen Fry
      • Steve Buscemi
      • Peter Cullen
      • Jonathan Frakes

      This is also a useful reference group for ad-hoc NPCs when running a game of Pathfinder.

      Edit: I focused on male voices, since we’re talking about doing the Hobbit. But now I want to reuse this for NPCs.

      Some great, distinct, female voices:

      • Reba McIntyre
      • Jane Krakowski (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
      • Natasha Fatale (from Rocky and Bullwinkle) (June Foray)
      • Granny (from Luney Tunes) (June Foray, Tress MacNeille)
      • Jane Kangaroo (Horton Hears a Who) (still June Foray)
      • Daisy Duck (often Tress MacNeille)
      • Dot Warner (Tress MacNeille again)
      • Mrs Featherby (DuckTales) (Tress MacNeille again)