#tobias funke voice and scene

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critically acclaimed sitcom arrested development, s1e2: top banana, 2003 // critically panned led zeppelin song d’yer mak’er, from album houses of the holy, 1973

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Despair

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Heyo, so I’m making a small series apparently with these stages, so why not have some really bad fanfiction to go with it?

(This lil AU section takes place right after the death of Aargh, during the two weeks between season 1 and 2. Where Blinky is in grieving where we couldn't see before in the show.)

It had been a single week since Aargh's death, and Jim's disappearance. When news had spread of the Trollhunters disappearance, it spread like a wildfire, especially considering he had went to the Darklands willingly to destroy Gunmar.

Some were ecstatic, to hear that the Trollhunter would finally take the stand to vanquish Troll-kinds biggest threat, that had been looming over them for centuries.

Others however, mostly saw the bad in the situation, especially after the fight of Angor Rot. There had been many death's afterall, and many skeptic's called Jim's 'stand' an escape, calling him a coward, a traitor, and some..a changeling spy.

Those that weren't theorizing over the Trollhunter, were in grieving for their lost brethren and sisters, one of such trolls being of course Blinky.

Blinky...had been rather quiet since the battle of Angor Rot and Jim's disappearance. He had been keeping to himself, especially after having of asked that Aargh's remains be taken to his study. Claire and Toby had already devised a plan on keeping Jim's disappearance a secret, seeing as he had never gotten around to telling his mother the truth after the whole fiasco involving her near death experience. Toby was sick of it, and Claire was...well, hopeful, that Jim would return with her brother...soon.

And while Toby and Claire were busy with their own duties, Blinky was...going through a tough situation. Aargh was dead, a once feared general, turned into his lifelong partner. Blinky had already lost many friends, and family from the wars of back then, and at one point he thought that it wouldn't hurt as heavily as it did now. But it did hurt, even with having to share the pain with others it still split his heart in two, feeling the deepest of sorrow for his fallen brother.

Even though Aargh had never held much conversation with his lack of speech, he could still feel just as much through action. And through the long years together, Blinky had grown attached to the giant, to the point they were inseparable. The brains and the brawn, partners in crime, brothers in arms...

But that was then...and this was now. And oh how he wished it were naught. For as not in vain as his death was, it still felt wrong, regardless of the causes.

For days and nights Blinky hardly slept, letting the other trollhunters do their own work.

At times, Toby and Claire would attempt to solace him, and sometimes, even Vendal himself would enter, spend a few minutes, talking mostly to himself of the past and bits of the present news before eventually leaving.

But most of those words usually just never reached Blinky, for his mind and heart sat far off elsewhere, attempting to mend themselves alone.

Several nights spent in silence, and several days spent in anguish over the traumatic memories of watching Aargh fall. So many nightmares...haunting him...taunting his failure, as if he could of done something, anything, to stop what had happened.

"I cannot fix this...I..I don't know what to do anymore old friend.." Blinky quietly spoke in a defeated tone, standing in a dark room.

A distant figure stood before him, and his solemn expression staring off towards Blinky.

"Blinky...why no save Aargh?.." The familiar voice asked.

Blinky winced, wanting to look away but also afraid that if he did, his friend would disappear.

"Blinky...why no save us?.." The familiar voice asked again.

Several other silhouette’s began to take form, many familiar, others not.

"Blinkous..please, save us.."

"Blinky we need you!!"

"Blinky! Why did you do this?!"

"Brother..why have you forsaken us?"

Blinky looked up at the all too familiar voice, his real brother...

"I DIDN'T!!" Blinky called out suddenly, "I WOULD NEVER!"

"Then why...why are we dead brother?" His real brother approached him.

"I...I tried..b-but I..I'm not the trollhunter...I can't save everyone.." Blinky choked.

"You've failed us brother...all of us, your friends..even your own family." The voice grimly mocked.

"Blinky hate Aargh..." Aargh's voice finally spoke.

"N-no!..I could never..Aargh.." Blinky's voice cracked.

Standing before him, in the vast void of darkness was Aargh himself, alive and well...but as he stared at Blinky, Angor Rot himself appeared behind Blinky, startling him.

"Blinky...let Aargh die.." Aargh spoke again, and as Blinky watched the same scene befall him as he'd seen many times before, Blinky cried out.

"NO PLEASE!! BROTHER!!!" Blinky startled.

"Blinky wake up! BLINKY!" A different voice shouted, and he felt a rough, yet soft punch hit his shoulder.

Blinky realized then that he had been merely sleeping, and upon almost falling out of his chair, straightened himself a little from the disheveled look he'd been having for the last several days for the sake of the company he now had.

Toby and Claire were standing beside him, a book in Claire's hands, which must of been what had hit him in the shoulder considering how painful it was to punch a troll with fleshy hands.

"T-Tobias..and Miss Claire..my apologies for the mess..I-.." Blinky only partially managed to apologize before Toby interrupted him.

"Mess?? Dude you were screaming in here, we thought you were being attacked by Gunmar or something!" Toby exclaimed.

"Blinky..you had another nightmare didn't you?.." Claire asked.

Blinky didn't seem to want to hold either's gaze at the moment, as he mildly fiddled around with 'grooming' himself out, a nervous habit he'd had for quite some time. "I..suppose I was.."

Claire sighed, "That's the fourth time this week Blinky...Me and Toby have been thinking you need to get some fresh air or something. Vendel says you haven't left your cave all week.."

"I'm fine where I am.." Blinky grunted, standing up finally, and walking away from the two in an attempt to stretch his legs a little while fixing up his messy study. "I've just been researching a means of opening the bridge and finding master Jim.." He gazed over a few of his lazy scrawling on the walls of his home, he winced at the sight of them.

"I mean..you're not the only one but, Jim wouldn't want you doing this to yourself Blinky. You're in a funk." Toby interjected.

"Hmpt.." Seemed to be Blinky's only response, the same response he'd been giving to any conversations most attempted to offer.

Not a second later did a book hit the back of his head, and after swiftly turning to accuse the culprit, he was stopped dead in his tracks by a teary-eyed Claire.

"I'm sick and tired of you being like this Blinky. You're not the only one who's been having to deal with all this!!" Claire shouted suddenly, "I'm just as sad and frustrated about Aargh and Jim leaving but I-we, are at least still hopeful that Jim will come back. You on the other hand, haven't done a single thing but sit in here all week and sulk over Aargh! I'm sick of it!!"

Blinky almost appeared like a deer frozen in headlights seeing Claire blow up like that at him. Even Toby looked surprised and didn't seem like he had intent in stopping her.

A furious gaze befell Blinky right then and there, "How dare you..I..I haven't been just sulking in here, what do you think I've been doing these several sleepless nights?!! I've been pouring my life’s work into trying to find a way to open Killahead Bridge so Aargh's sacrifice not be in vain!! All on my own! Me! While you two children are off galavanting upstairs!" He hollered, snarling almost in a very un-blinkous-like manner.

This seemed to startle Toby, as he took a step back, almost afraid the Troll would've charged them with the way he was looking down at them with all six eyes. Claire kept her gaze.

"I've been down here...trying..so hard.." The same spark he had but just moments ago died in front of the two as he stared across the room at the motionless statue of Aargh in the corner. "Trying to..bring him back.."

Toby looked back and felt the same crushing blow to the heart as Claire did when she turned to look back as well, before they both finally approached and gave the Troll a group hug. It being so hard to keep such a composure in front of the very pupil's he'd been training all these months. Several tears were shed right then an there, and thankfully, not all of them were Blinky's.

"I'm sure both of them would understand...if you took just a little bit longer to take care of yourself for now." Claire finally replied.

"...I suppose you're right.." Blinky answered.

[drakorn]

Tanz der Vampire St. Gallen - Cast Review

And here is my final St. Gallen post for now. Here I talk about the cast and how they performed the new versions of their characters. Once again, there might be spoilers for the people who haven’t seen the St. Gallen production yet. If you wish to remain unspoiled, turn away immediately. Everyone else, let’s go :D

Graf von Krolock - Thomas Borchert

I kinda grew tired of seeing Thomas perform Krolock everywhere. He’s a great Krolock and has a very fitting deep voice for the character, but I would also like to see something new. I also had the impression that he grew bored with the role...oh boy, was I surprised! Thomas takes a completely different approach to Modern!Krolock than he does with Classic!Krolock. While his take on Classic!Krolock is that of a cold, bored and untouchable vampire lord, Modern!Krolock is completely different. In fact, this was my favourite Krolock rendition done by Thomas. Because in St. Gallen he acts like he actually gives a damn! This Krolock is much more grounded, much more human and much more emotional. During Gott ist tot he angrily looks up at the sky and almost seems like he’s saying “Why did you die and leave us here?” During the end of Totale Finsternis, he looks at Sarah like he’s feeling compassion towards her and doesn’t actually want to bite her in this very moment. And then comes Die unstillbare Gier. He starts off quiet, clearly remembering his human days. Later he howls and screams in utter despair and by the end, he looks like he’s just pissed off with this world and humanity in general. A much more layered Krolock here, and definitely Thomas’ best performance of him in my opinion. This Krolock actually seems like he’s trying to give a damn and fight the vampire inside him. Bravo Thomas, I salute you!

Sarah - Mercedesz Csampai

I have also seen Mercedesz as Sarah before when I was watching the show in Berlin. I liked her Sarah. She is one of the Sarahs who you actually believe to be only 17 years old. And like Thomas, she plays Modern!Sarah different to Classic!Sarah. Here, she knows about the vampires and dreams of being bitten by Krolock. She knows what she wants and will do all to get it. She has no interest in Alfred here AT ALL. In fact, she even seems annoyed with him at some point. She has dreamt of this ball and knows she will get bitten. She is the perfect example of a teenager being lured in by false promises. Some of the higher notes don’t come off as clean unfortunately, but in a way this make her 17-year old role even more believable.

Alfred - Tobias Bieri

I really like this Alfred! He has a good voice and doesn’t look like the typical fragile boy. This Alfred comes across as a bit more masculine. But boy, does he not know how to talk to women. Du bist wirklich sehr nett feels extremely awkward, with Alfred completely lost and Sarah manipulating him to give her the bathroom. But later he also seems very passionate about finding and rescuing Sarah, he clearly has feelings for her. A very good take on Alfred. I would love to see him play him in the classic version.

Professor Abronsius - Sebastian Brandmeir

The BIGGEST surprise of the evening! Before this, Gernot Kranner was my favourite Abronsius. Now he shares the spot with Sebastian. This man is FANTASTIC as Abronsius. He is passionate about what he’s doing, really comes across as smart but also very easily to distract, but also...he genuinely cares for Alfred. A lot of the professors I have seen treat Alfred as an unimportant sidekick...not this guy. The chemistry between him and Tobias was wonderful! They worked perfectly with each other. And boy, AM I GLAD that he became First Cast Abronsius for the Vienna production. He so deserves it! He even got more applause than Thomas as Krolock. Abronsius getting more applause than Krolock is something I have never ever seen before. This alone should demonstrate how goo Sebastian is!

Chagal - Jerzy Jeszke

You can’t go wrong with Jerzy! He was a great Chagal in the classic production and he is a great Chagal here. Modern!Chagal seems a bit more careless and stiff about his daughter, which Jerzy demonstrates pretty well. However, it’s not his fault, but Chagal wasn’t really the highlight for me this evening. But Jerzy did a great job as always and I was glad to see him again!

Magda - Sanne Mieloo

Another big surprise! She had easily one of the best voices. She was also probably one of the tallest people onstage. This Magda is much more vicious and careless. She laughs at Chagal’s dead body, is very sarcastic and acts like a total predator as Vampire!Magda. Definitely a unique and interesting take on the character. I think she even has played Magda in the classic production before. I think she deserves getting another first cast in this role, this woman is amazing.

Herbert - Christian Funk

A much more masculine and aggressive Herbert. He wants Alfred, and he is going to get him. But he also has excellent comedic timing, making the audience love him even more. When Alfred says “The son!” in the crypt, he makes a gesture like he wants to say “Oh my, is he talking about me?” A great Herbert with a great voice and I am glad he gets to play him in the Tour version right now. He deserves it.

Rebecca - Anja Wessel

Not really a big highlight. But that’s because Rebecca is such a small role. But Anja uses whatever she has to get the most out of it. I really do appreciate that. She definitely has a unique Rebecca look, not seeming like a cartoon. This Rebecca is a bit closer to the Finnish version, where she also looks like a normal woman.

Koukol - Thomas Huber

Great Koukol! Thomas has the big advantage that this Koukol isn’t masked away by tons of facial make-up. He can really show his expressions in the scenes and yeah, he does! He also communicates with the other characters more than in the classic version. A great addition to the cast!

Nightmare Solo 1 - Christoph Apfelbeck

What a surprise! I saw him as Artus in “Artus - Excalibur” before, and he was great in this! And he also has a very fitting voice for the Carpe Noctem solo. I was really glad when I found out he joined the Vienna Cast of the 20th Anniversary where he will in addition also cover Herbert. Now that should be interesting!

Nightmare Solo 2 - Philip Hägeli

I can’t really get warm with his singing style. I definitely know that many people sing like this, especially in modern rock songs, but I personally had a throat ache every time he opened his mouth. I really hope he goes back to his former singing style, which is much more open and pure. I know, many like this style, but not my cup of tea.

So yeah, the cast for St. Gallen was pretty solid! Everyone did a great job and if I could see this very cast in the classic production, this would be amazing!

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Sorry to Bother You

I love the fact that a movie like this one not only got made, but got released during the summer. This is a proudly anti-mainstream, absurdist satire about race and capitalism. It’s not quite as funny as I imagined it would be going in, but I hugely admired its commitment to purposeful weirdness. Boots Riley has never made a film before this one, but he’s definitely already secured a place on the list of filmmakers to keep an eye on.

The movie follows a young African-American man named Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) who is down on his luck and just needs a job, any job. He starts working at a sleazy call center, where, he is advised, he will be successful if he uses his “white voice.” In the movie’s most inspired touch, his white voice is dubbed in by Dr. Tobias Funke himself, David Cross (and other black characters’ white voices are dubbed in by similarly nerdy white actors). He becomes an instant sensation in the telemarketing world, but dark undercurrents await him.

This isn’t the first movie to literalize absurd metaphors as a way of dealing with racism (Get Out and Bamboozled also come to mind), but it does have its own very particular style, mood, and set of ideas. Stanfield, who was also great in Get Out and Atlanta, gives his best performance so far as the put-upon Cassius. There are strong supporting performances from the likes of Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, and Steven Yuen. I will say that I don’t think the movie is quite perfect - a subplot involving Yuen’s character kind of goes nowhere and seems unnecessary, and Terry Crews is seriously under-utilized as Cassius’s uncle.  There are a couple of scenes where it’s not clear on what level we’re supposed to take what we’re seeing. Nevertheless, I liked this movie quite a lot overall, and look forward to seeing what Riley does next.

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reasons i decided to move to los angeles, in no particular order:

i love the beach and i love the desert and i love the mountains and i love the city and i love the forest and i love the tar pits and i love chaos and i love insane people. literally where else is there

i wanted to get as far away from south carolina as possible without leaving the country

i read a nosleep story in 2015 about the tar pits & went wow…tar pits in the middle of the city…i’m literally obsessed

the intro scene of 30 rock season 4 episode 15 ‘don geiss, america, and hope’. yes, really

*tobias funke voice* i want to be an actor