#I don't think Keith would ever in his youth live at a house

[blazing-keith-blog]

Two Night Stand - Closed RP with @blueboy-lanceypants

The phone’s cold glow was bright in the dim of Keith’s apartment. Outside only lamp posts offered light in the cold of the setting night, and they cast a murky color onto the window blinds which hung beside him. He shifted in his computer chair and reached for the window with ease, although there was a rigidness to the movement, tension in his shoulders. With thumb and index finger, he pushed two blinds apart from one another, to peek at the yard. His eyes flickered between empty gaps on the sparsely parked, snowy street, and with a little jitter in his chest he imagined the car parking there.

That train of thought led him to a question he hadn’t thought of earlier. He turned away from the window and took out his phone once more, to type the message: btw, what color is your car? 

He’d pressed send before better thought, and felt stupid soon after; it probably made him seem too eager. Besides, the question was stupid in general. He let himself collapse against the chair, arm falling slack over the handle, phone loosely in grasp and shutting down in inattention.

What am I doing, he wanted to ask himself. He didn’t, because the reply would’ve come too clear - you’re arranging a one night stand, Keith. 

He’d gone out of his way, too, having just finished a Skype call with the man, a psycho check as he’d called it (odd humor, which Keith didn’t want to dig into) and he was to arrive in thirty minutes. 

Keith never had guests, which was part of the reason he’d had to resort to a dating service, and most of why his apartment was usually a jungle. That day was an exception, as he’d tidied the place in preparation and to his best ability. It had it’s quirks - university documents and equations in overflowing stacks, dusty books and gadgets and sports-ware - but it was good enough.

He stood up and went on a final evaluation round, switching on lights he wouldn’t usually use, arranging pillows which usually never got to rest on the bed.

His head buzzed when his doorbell rung, and he realized he had forgotten to check his phone. How long his date had had to wait, he didn’t want to stop to ponder, and rushed to the door. Instead of the usual black, he’d chosen a dark red sweater, one which he considered to be neater. He wore some cologne, too - and with that reassurance opened the door for his guest.

#//okay this got long #the title is cringey but hey it's the name of the movie XD #I don't think Keith would ever in his youth live at a house #so I chose an apartment #Idk if he's doing bachelors or masters here #just some uni work #please tell me if you want to change anything! #closed rp #blueboy-lanceypants #two night stand au

[ask-lock-shock-and-barrel]

Since this is a reboot-ish, do you have any separate voice claims for the characters, or are the voices the same as the original movie?

((I want you to know, first and foremost, that as soon as I got a mobile notif for this question, I did a little happy dance and hopped right onto my laptop from the kitchen, because I have been WAITING for the day for someone to ask this. I have very different voice claims for the characters than in the movie with one exception, but I still have so much love for the voice cast of the original movie.

Jack: I've pictured John Hodgman, known for voicing a few different characters in animation, such as Coraline's dad in Coraline, Rockerduck in the Ducktales reboot, and Billions in Kipo and the age of Wonderbeasts. I think his voice is very fitting for Jack, and it's really similar in terms of enunciation and tone to Chris Sarandon.

Sally: the ever so talented Megan Hilty, she's known for playing Glinda in Wicked on broadway, Rosetta in the Tinkerbell series, and more recently Wammawink in Centaurworld. She has a really great voice that has the potential of being sweet and airy like Catherine O'Hara's, but also has an eccentric bubbliness about it that I can see Sally having in a reboot. I think Sally deserves the right to go a little bonkers once in a while, what can I say.

The Mayor: Tom Kenny, I think his vocal range is just so iconic, and that he could really pull off the moodiness and dramatics of the Mayor's personality in such a performance. It's not quite the same vocal style as the late great Glen Shadix but I think he'd be great in the role.

Lock: Ben Schwartz, look, I know such a role as this would break his streak of voicing blue characters (Dewey in Ducktales, Sonic, Leonardo in ROTMNT, etc) but he has such 'smarm-n-charm' in his voice that I think fits Lock really well. Lock is all about showing off, and Ben's got a great voice for such a thing. I really can't see anyone else as him. I've got a lot of love for Paul Reubens, but I think Ben would be a worthy successor for this role.

Shock: Kimiko Glenn, ie Dawn in Waitress, Horse in Centaurworld, Lena in Ducktales, and a few others. I kind of wanted to stray away from something that's constantly shrill like in the movie or the games, but still kept a nasally and sassy quality to it with the ability to get really high pitched or really gruff when the moment calls for it, and I think her voice is a great candidate for that. It also sounds a little more kid-like than Catherine O'Hara's, which for this 'reboot', is more fitting for Shock.

Barrel: So for Barrel, I am still waffling between two avenues of thought. The first being, if all the characters are voiced by adults, and in that sense, I imagine Harvey Guillén, known for playing Guillermo in 'What We Do in the Shadows', and the Funhouse in Mickey Mouse Fun House (I dont watch it, but the clips of his voice are pretty fun). The second idea is that if Barrel is younger than the other two, I think their voice could be a little more youthful, where I could then see them being voiced by Justin Felbinger, aka the voice of Sprig from Amphibia. And in both schools of thought, they have a lisp. They just do.

Oogie Boogie: I know he's more of a memory than an active player in this reboot (for now, we'll see), but I cannot picture him as anyone but Ken Page, his original voice since conception. He's just too iconic, man. But if you had to twist my arm to pick an alternate, probably the closest I can think of is Kevin Michael Richardson or Keith David, the latter bringing a different sort of air to the role.

Dr. Finkelstein: Jim Rash. I'm biased because I saw this man live on stage and blew out a lung from laughing so hard at him, but I think he would be absolutely a riot playing a crabby scientist who just snipes at everything and gets dramatically angry and worked up when things don't go his way.

There are some concepts of original characters I haven't introduced to this blog just yet, but they also have voice claims in mind too, and I'll present them when the time comes))

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