#david sowerbutts

[unreesonable]

Psychoville character concept art, drawn by Reece

[local-blog-for-local-people]

Happy Birthday Steven James Pemberton

[moomin279]

Hes not talking about u, surprise surprise but hes talking about the cunts

[autumnraine1996]

Happy Halloween from David and Maureen sowerbutts

[ofkithandmckinney]

KITH vs TLOG

Serial Killers

[leagueofinsideno9]

Honestly the first time I watched this episode of Inside no.9 I squealed with excitement so many times. I love Psychoville sm and feel like it’s so underrated🫶🏼

Reece as Mr Jelly in Inside No.9 - Death Be Not Proud

[yonderghostshistories]

fr fr though

[unreesonable]

Psychoville characters drawn by Reece

[local-blog-for-local-people]

Inside No. 9

Series 5, Episode 2 - Death Be Not Proud

[leagueofinsideno9]

What an absolute legend x

maureen i miss you every day x

[catboyrightsdefender]

seeing david sing valjean's part of the confrontation at his audition thingie was so personal to me

[in9-character-tournament]

[sleepysuburb]

Top 5 voices/accents by each of them? :3

ohh YES voices/accents are a huge thing for me in terms of how much I enjoy a character! Again, in no particular order:

REECE

Henry (Zanzibar). I'm a sucker for a cockney accent and he's just SO nasally, it suits his treacherous, slimy character so well. I have to wonder exactly how much Shakespeare Reece has done/studied, because the iambic pentameter flows so beautifully from him and he's able to include the almost sing-song, peak-and-trough quality of it without making it sound too structured or unnatural.

Judee Levinson. an underrated bit of vocal acting, I feel; she's breathy and feminine and fairly posh, and then occasionally you get these great vocal slips where her voice deepens and roughens and suddenly you can see through that fake exterior, just for a second (I'm specifically thinking about "it'd look like a white filling in a mouth full of rotten teeth.")

Damon (Mulberry Close). right. I've seen multiple people saying he has a west country accent, a couple saying he sounds scouse or brummie... I'll be honest, I've watched and rewatched this ep trying to figure it out and I hear summat different every time. He's in this ranking because I love an ambiguous accent, a deepened pitch, and that scene where he's kicking off at the neighbours ("she's up my arse, second shelf on the right!")

Bernice Woodall. Another accent I couldn't figure out for a while; I thought she was Welsh lmao. I know its mainly to do with the fake teeth but the hissing lisp she has is so perfect, and her voice is so versatile. With just a slight change in tone and emphasis it goes from approachable maternal woman of God to evil sadistic bitch, and I loveee it.

Brian Macmillan (Psychoville). Brian's on most of these rankings because he's really something special. His accent.... I know it's supposed to be Scottish (when I told my Scottish partner this she was uh. Confused) but its like he's forcing a transatlantic accent AND RP at the same time alongside it - I don't know if it's intentional on reece's part but its bloody good. he's a thespian, of course he has to sound refined and above his station (in a very transparent way), and the clutter of accents and dialects reflects his maximalist personality.

STEVE

David Sowerbutts (Psychoville) EDIT because I forgot to add analysis here. I don't have much, I'll be honest; I just love David and his voice is so fitting. Quietly threatening and ominous but childlike and innocent at the same time. I also want to mention Death Be Not Proud and how Steve matured his voice and speech patterns slightly to show David's age and life experience post-Maureen.

Pop (TLoG). There's something to be said for a voice that gave me nightmares as a child and elicited the flight response whenever my dad imitated it. Watching now though, rather than just being blind terrified, I can appreciate how fucking funny Steve's vocals are in their intensity. It's like he said, paraphrased - Pop is brute violence combined with sappy sentimentality, and his voice reflects that.

Pauline. How could I rank voices and not mention Pauline. She's iconic. He embodies the bleach-harsh voice of a restart officer in such a way that she can sound almost reasonable - though maybe a bit authoritarian - and switch in seconds to snarling and screaming and unnecessary cruelty. The growl in her voice when she gets angry!! And then the lightening, pitching up and trembly quality to make her sound instantly more vulnerable... god. Fuck off

Ally Welles. I don't have much to say here but Henry and Ally (though to me, specifically Ally) have some of the most distinct, effective voices of any Pembersmith character. I think we've all met someone like them before, and they likely sounded the same too. The phrase "How many killingth" will echo through the annals of time lmao.

Squires (Riddle of the Sphinx). Again, a really versatile voice. He starts off sounding so intelligent and cultured, but still approachable, kind, gentlemanly - and then when the first twist hits, without changing a thing he suddenly starts to sound very, very sinister and sleazy ("I always found it quite sexy..." ugh. *shudders*)

[thehistoryone]

Thank you I love it sm! (Also yes pride of place as it should be haha)

For @thehistoryone 😊 (with permission to post too 🤗)

Title - David and Maureen Sowerbutts.

I drew this whilst WFH on my bed. I'm really pleased with how this turned out.

WIP Below

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It's now in a frame next to pictures of my kids 😅

[commonguttersnipe]

Which mother-and-son duo would win in a fight and why?

Brian and Mandy Cohen from Life of Brian

OR

David and Maureen Sowerbutts from Psychoville

David and Maureen (Brian would have run off and Mandy would yell verbal abuse until it was too late)

[hellsdaydreamwastaken]

My ★ review of Death Be Not Proud on Letterboxd