Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoFantasy redneckslemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1799arrow-down167
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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoLet’s see. Dwarves: Billy-Bob Thornton’s accent from Sling Blade. Elves: Transatlantic accent. Used by stars in the 1930s/1940s. Hobbits: Cajun. Makes sense, they love food, live a rural life, etc. Orcs: NYC accent Goblins: Chicago Accent Or, if you wanted to go international. Dwarves: Gotta go with the classic. Glasgow. Elves: South African. I think it can sound smart but foreign-influenced, as elves should. Hobbits: Aussie Orcs: NYC accent again Goblins: Newfoundland accent
minus-squarecmbabul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoTransatlantic for the elves is a stroke of fucking genius Edit: I’d also like to advocate for southern Appalachian for hobbits, prohibition era gangsters for orcs, and Midwestern for Tom Bombadil specifically
Let’s see.
Dwarves: Billy-Bob Thornton’s accent from Sling Blade.
Elves: Transatlantic accent. Used by stars in the 1930s/1940s.
Hobbits: Cajun. Makes sense, they love food, live a rural life, etc.
Orcs: NYC accent
Goblins: Chicago Accent
Or, if you wanted to go international.
Dwarves: Gotta go with the classic. Glasgow.
Elves: South African. I think it can sound smart but foreign-influenced, as elves should.
Hobbits: Aussie
Orcs: NYC accent again
Goblins: Newfoundland accent
Transatlantic for the elves is a stroke of fucking genius
Edit: I’d also like to advocate for southern Appalachian for hobbits, prohibition era gangsters for orcs, and Midwestern for Tom Bombadil specifically