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thirdgorchbro

This is what happens when you smoke crack

Dec 17, 2005 03:16

and stay up too late.

( 70 Questions for Mayor Richard Wilkins )

Comments 13

naol December 17 2005, 15:15:49 UTC

Another victim succumbs to my evil ploy for world domination! *cackles madly for a moment*

... Sorry. No idea what came over me there :)

Wilkins probably has one of the most unique voices in the B-verse doesn't he? The scary Mr. Rogers type thing he had going made him one of the most convincing bad guys for me. After John Ritter, who was just plain terrifying. But let's not talk about "Three's Company" here.

41. WHAT ARE YOU ADDICTED TO?
Only power. Well, and those little mints.

I laughed out loud at this one. Thanks for writing it. I've already added it to the master list and will do the pimpage thing ASAP!

thirdgorchbro December 17 2005, 19:20:02 UTC

I love Wilkins' voice, too. And I actually think it's pretty easy to do. Just do a Father Knows Best / Mr. Rogers voice combined with the occasional Montomery Burns-style anachronistic word choice, then add an undercurrent of nasty sociopathy, and you're done.

Thanks for the pimp!

jgracio December 17 2005, 16:07:13 UTC

May I just say I had no idea crack was that good? :)

thirdgorchbro December 17 2005, 19:22:15 UTC

I'm moving on to speedballs and meth for Christmas. I fear what I might write next.

a2zmom December 17 2005, 19:19:07 UTC

That was marvelous. You have his voice down cold. Salicitious, friendly, civilized and fucking psychotic all at once.

thirdgorchbro December 17 2005, 19:24:37 UTC

Thanks! Wilkins was probably my all-time favorite Buffyverse villain, and I had a lot of fun writing this. Glad you enjoyed it.

mymatedave December 17 2005, 19:31:18 UTC

Excellent stuff, I could almost hear Harry Groener speaking in that friendly and pleasant tone of his.

thirdgorchbro December 17 2005, 19:46:20 UTC

Groener rules. I saw him on West Wing once, playing some minor cabinet member of the administration who gets left behind when Bartlet is giving the state of the union speech or some such, so there would be a President if the Capitol building got taken out. And I remember thinking, yay! President Wilkins! That would've been an awesome spin-off.

mymatedave December 18 2005, 13:02:05 UTC

Ha, I once read a fic like that by Philister at shadow-dancing.com. You should check it out.

fluffybkitty December 17 2005, 20:03:29 UTC

Favourite line:

19. CAN YOU SING THE ALPHABET BACKWARDS?
Of course I can. In my business, it sometimes pays to be able to say things backwards - alphabets, the Lord’s Prayer, whatever.

You have the Mayor's voice spot on.

thirdgorchbro December 18 2005, 01:02:40 UTC

Heh, I am kinda proud of that one. Thanks for the comment!