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Pop Culture and Fandom-Themed OC Questions

I came up with some pop culture-y OC questions because I like silly OC games. Some of these are more general, while others are for a specific genre or piece of media. Go ahead and reblog to use for your own OCs!

I remember discussing Tintin casting choices with a friend from Germany and remarked how it was odd he often has an English accent in adaptations rather than a Belgian one, and my friend just replied "that's because Tintin gives incredibly strong English boy energy (derogatory)"

Here in the UK there's a lot of weird classism tied into accents. Today accent diversity and representation in broadcasting is actively pursued but in Tintin's time there certainly was a preferred accent to have.

imagine this exchange happens between pages 28-29 in The Crab with the Golden Claws

Okay but as Belgian that grew up with Tintin and actually interned with the Moulinsart publishing house at one point, I absolutely love this

This is a really insightful and on point analysis, that also applies to the perception of various french accents!

Because Tintin is from Brussels - he's native french speaker, but it's not 'France french', it's 'Belgian french' which are not quite the same things - think British Vs American English, with the French (specifically Parisian area french people) making a lot of fun of Belgians for not speaking 'proper french', the difference in vocabulary and for their Belgian accent. It's never quite specified if he's from a rich family originally, but it's not impossible that he would have grown up in middle or lower class areas of town and have a native 'brusseleer' accent. This is further proven when looking at Hergé's other works, in particular 'Quick et Flupke', a series of bande dessinée following the antics of two brusseleer kids from the Marolles district of Brussels (their names are Brusseleers variation of Patrick and Philip, respectively )

And the brusseleer accent is, to this day, in the eyes of many, not a desired accent/an accent seen as very professional.

As a reporter that travels the world *a lot*, Tintin would probably have had to adapt his way of speaking and his pronunciation to appear more professional, and would probably have defaulted to the french equivalent of RP when speaking French. His English accent would probably depend on who taught him, but again he would probably have caught on quickly on which accent/pronunciation was preferable and adapted to that

And it's also interesting to note - looking at the various movies and animated adaptations of Tintin, along with the radio adaptation

6 out of 8 Tintin actors/voice actors were French, not Belgian. The movies in question (3 movies but two of the movies were with the same actor) were produced in 61 (Tintin et le Mystère de la toison d'or - Jean-Pierre Talbot plays Tintin), 64 (Tintin et les oranges bleues - Jean-Pierre Talbot) and 72 (Tintin et le lac aux requins - Jacques Careuil) respectively.

This is genuinely so fascinating to me! Thank you for this addition!

i'll go first my parents almost named me felicity. which would've been so cool but i definitely would've been like 5x crazier if i was named that

If you guys were on here at 11 years old what would you be posting about

everyone should be weirder about their ocs more.

fake movie posters and comic book covers. visual novels. rpg maker games. fics. websites dedicated to your ocs. custom oc merch to wear or decorate your house with. surreal art that some old guy from the 1600s woulda painted. i want to see it ALL

✨ Please reblog the polls to make them reach out to as many people as possible, but KEEP IT SPOILER-FREE to make people listen to the music with an open mind 💖 Artists and titles will be revealed after the poll's conclusion, check the original post for an update! ✨

It means a lot to me that when people send heart emojis, they have a specific color/style they use. And heart they choose to use seems to really reflect that persons personality and how they love.

Actually, do me a favor. Reblog this with the hearts you typically use.

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quick marcille🌱🦋

The faerie maze ✨🦊🍂

Meant as an environment/mood concept for my comic :)

Object Animation Magic, Fenric's Magic...

Within Temptation - Stand My Ground 2004

"Stand My Ground" is the first single from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation's third studio album The Silent Force. The song is also included on the US edition of the band's 2007 album The Heart of Everything. It became a top 10 hit in the Netherlands, Belgium and Finland, and became a top 40 hit in four other countries. It was used in the trailer for the fantasy-horror film Blood & Chocolate. The band also provided some of the soundtrack to the video game Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade, released in March 2005.

"Stand My Ground" received a total of 74,6% yes votes!