Or at least different regions originally? Bristol is just a stone's throw from Wales, IIRC.
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Theodosia - Aug 24, 2009 8:26:25 am PDT #9531 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Fiona - Aug 24, 2009 8:37:35 am PDT #9532 of 30001
BTW I wonder if I'm missing some nuance here. Are varying accents of George, Mitchell, Annie and Nina class signifiers?
Not really much, nowadays. Mitchell is Irish, as is the actress who plays Nina, but even that hardly has any baggage any more. As far as I can recall George and Annie are just generic south-of-England; the actors are from Essex and London (i.e. generic south-of-England). Certainly not Welsh or West Country, which is how people in Bristol talk.
Morgana - Aug 24, 2009 4:40:58 pm PDT #9533 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I remember a while ago someone posted that the characters were originally supposed to map to a particular dysfunction. I think Mitchell is addiction, Annie is OCD, and George is... what? The intro from the episode where he meets the other werewolf made me think of an AIDs victim (the voiceover was saying something about one victim infecting the next). Does anyone else remember this, or am I misremembering things?
DebetEsse - Aug 24, 2009 4:45:11 pm PDT #9534 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
According to Matt the Bruins fan "Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon" Mar 2, 2009 9:52:54 am PST, it was
sex addiction, OCD, and self-esteem issues
-t - Aug 24, 2009 4:50:02 pm PDT #9535 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
George is OCD and Annie low self-esteem, IIRC
Morgana - Aug 24, 2009 4:55:06 pm PDT #9536 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Really? I thought Annie's incessant making of tea and doing dishes and whatnot slid her into the OCD slot. Either way, I'm glad my subconscious isn't just making things up.
-t - Aug 24, 2009 5:02:55 pm PDT #9537 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I could have them switched, but that's how I remember it. And it's just where the idea started, I believe, I don't know how important it remained as the characters went supernatural and developed personalities
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 25, 2009 8:22:39 am PDT #9538 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Right, originally George was supposed to be OCD and Annie was supposed to haev self-esteem issues. I think the former was a little clearer in the pilot, though I suppose Annie's vulnerability to Owen may indicate lowered self-esteem, even if it was lowered by concerted bullying and manipulation.
DebetEsse - Aug 25, 2009 10:01:24 am PDT #9539 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I think self-esteem issues and invisibility (to most people) are a decent parallel.
Morgana - Aug 25, 2009 1:09:35 pm PDT #9540 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Uh-oh. (a girl is fading away in front of the lockers, Buffy goes up to her) Hey, shy girl, don't do this. Oh... (Buffy slaps the girl)
Of course in the real world slapping someone who already has low self-esteem probably wouldn't really help.