Voice Post:

[rionaleonhart]

(Oh my God, I hate my voice. I CANNOT BELIEVE I REALLY SOUND LIKE THAT. WHY DID I NOT REPLAY IT BEFORE POSTING?)



EDIT: Expansion on the Life on Mars/Silent Hill crossover idea mentioned (made ten times better by the fact that you do not have to listen to my voice!):

- The end of the second episode of Series One, with the sewers and the board-with-a-nail and the radio interference, was pure Silent Hill. Seriously. And there are staticky televisions and they are the same, apart from the fact that one of them is a time-travel cop drama. Erm. Maybe not exactly the same.
- Obviously, Sam and the team venture into Silent Hill for, er... well, I cannot think of any good reason for them to be going after a reported crime in Silent Hill. It's not exactly their patrol area, after all. They just do. Then Sam starts going insane (even more insane than usual, I mean) and begins to forget about the future. THERE IS SOMEHOW SOME SORT OF A PLOT POSSIBLY. Chris probably dies at some point. I am sorry, Chris; I like you, but you seem like the sort of person who would die in Silent Hill. Sam angsts about not being able to tell what is real and about his relationship with Gene and also because Silent Hill is generally a place of angst. The end! Awesome crossover!
- It is, admittedly, not the most detailed plan ever made.

Comments

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

Why do you sound so terrifyingly confident? It's really quite alarming. Um, your voice is also nice, but - but confidence! I want to hear what my voice sounds like now. I used to record messages on the answerpjhone with my brother (yes, stupidest activity ever) and I sounded horribly nervous even then... I sound so much better in my head.

Silent Hill is, from what I hear, mentally scarring and generally dreadful and something I should avoid like the plague and therefore Life On Mars should not suffer it's awfulness; however, I do think you should write it, because your Silent Hill/Scrubs crossover was brilliant, and you have not yet written Life On Mars. You should not kill poor Chris, though *hugs Chris*.

(Also, why do I keep putting full stops instead of '<'s? It is maddening.)

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

answerphone *dies of shame*

[rionaleonhart]

You think I sound confident? You're joking. If there's any hint of confidence in there at all, it's only because I'd already had one go at recording the message, so I had a better idea of what I meant to say this time around. My first attempt was full of long pauses and 'um's, and my voice was audibly shaking.

If I write the crossover, it will obviously need to be in the next three minutes, because after that I won't be allowed to use whatever interpretation of Sam's mental state would be most convenient. Blast!

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

No, no, no, you do sound confident and mature and generally sort-of intimidating. Oh, dear, shaking? Poor you. Is the whole process of making a voice post hideously embarrassing? You are essentially talking to yourself, and there is the possibility someone will find you and mock you for delivering monologues on the phone to someone who does not answer. (Also, kudos to you for actually saying what you wanted to, because I am sure any voice post I made would degenerate into: 'Well, I pronounced that wrong' 'Why is my voice so stupid?' and 'How would I punctuate this if I were speaking?' and such.)

You should write it anyway, because obviously every insane crossover should be written, and this reminds me that you have a Life On Mars post and so there is no point in me saying, 'OMG YAYES HAPPY-SAM!' here.

(Apologies for rambling.)

[rionaleonhart]

Hee! I was rather worried that someone would stumble across me rambling into the phone, but the part that most frustrated me was the automatic voice: 'Welcome to the Livejournal voice post service. If you are calling from your authorised phone number, press (something, God knows what, that sounds sort of like "pound", and there is no pound key on a telephone)'. It took me at least seven calls and a bit of luck to work out that I was supposed to press the 'hash' key.

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

I apologise sincerely for my freakish lateness and complete lack of anything valuable to say.

Um, I offer my deepest sympathies; automated voices generally suck.

Also, this is a sign that I should never, ever make a voice post, not that having an incredibly stupid voice hadn't dissuaded me enough; however, I was considering making a fake and pointless journal just to see how stupid exactly I sound, but that would have been silly.

I have no idea why they would call it a pound key, given that it in no way resembles the pound sign.