Mane Six voices wanted (for Mature reading) · 3:15am Dec 17th, 2014
The multitalented Nekonyancer (who you might recall did an interview of me) is now working on something even more exciting: recording a radio play of my most-read, most-upvoted story! [1]
… I normally would have linked said story, except site rules ban that in blog posts these days. "Social Lubricant" isn't a clopfic, but given that it's about the Mane Six getting stinking drunk and having a freewheeling conversation that throws inhibitions to the wind, it definitely earns its Mature rating. What I can do here is signal-boost Nekonyancer's casting call:
I've read the finished script, and it's an excellent adaptation, complete with everything that made the original story so richly layered — complex adult friendships, verbal sparring, hypothetical intercourse, emotional baggage, unexpectedly saving Equestria, and enough curse words to make a pirate blush. So if you've got a female (or feminine) voice and a tolerance for Mature works, this is a great way to add some spice to the fanfic-reading world!
More details, including an audition document (with Social Lubricant spoilers), at Nekonyancer's blog post.
[1] Nope, not Hard Reset 2 (which trails by about 100 upvotes). That's still on a front burner[2], just got derailed last week by the writeoff and the resulting holiday story (now in editing and soon to be posted). I've got about 10k words of HR2 finished and unreleased, I'm just not at a point where I can create a chapter break and post something satisfying; I'm gonna have to write further forward before I can figure out how to chunk up what I've got, and be confident of setting what's there into stone.
[2] What? I've got two. Most stoves do.
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I'm keeping myself more honest about writing regularly by tracking how much I get done each night. See my recent writing progress.
Ooh! I hope that pulls through. Sounds enjoyable :D
Also,
HR2! HR2!
A radio play of My Harshwhinnial? Awesome!
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My Harshwhinnial will always be most upvoted in my heart.
Proving that the universe hews to some cosmic notion of justice, however, it already has a dramatic reading! (By Skywriter, no less.) Click the link in the story description and prepare to be enraptored by its subliminal beautistry!
Once again stymied by my Y chromosome, it seems. Though now that I think about it, I don't know which r63 version of the Mane 6 I'd be good at either. I'd probably make a half-decent Dude Cheerilee.
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Male Cadance, obviously.
(Which suggests a joke. What do you call it when R63 ponies get whammied by the Prince of Love's special heart powers? Guydance counseling.)
As for myself, I don't know. If we're willing to be more liberal with racial roles rather than stick to the usual and kinda worrisome "zebras are black people" trope, I could probably do R63 Zecora justice. Much as I'd love to be able to do a Luno, the royal sisters have a grown-up tone to their voice that I don't think I have the bass for.
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If I were casting Male Cadance I probably wouldn't cast myself! I trend much too baritone.
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Fair enough. Do you see Prince Heartbutt as a tenor or a bass?
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I guess I was always picturing a dude Prince of Love as a tenor; seems to fit the general mythology. Of course, I suppose you could cast the Prince of Love as a deep-voiced Isaac Hayes-ish Smooth Operator.
Can I just say how much I love your spreadsheet?
This way you get to evaluate your own writing speed and you can make handy graphs of how you are doing by the end. I might have to steal your idea.
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As noted in the "About" tab of the spreadsheet, I stole it myself! Check out CouchCrusader's original blog post for instructions for how to duplicate a blank sheet for your own uses. (You can duplicate mine instead of his if you want the few modest extra bells and whistles I added, like the extra line on the "Stats" page that tracks a specific story. In my case it's Hard Reset 2, but you can just change the name in K3, and anything that matches that gets dedicated stats.)
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Good to know! Thank you!