User blog:KidVegeta/In Naught But His Voice

Written media has always lacked in several crucial areas that other platforms, such as comics or TV shows, do not. Chief among these, I think, is the voice of the character. And this is something I have rarely seen discussed, anywhere (with regards to a fan story). Naturally this is because of its difficulty. When I began writing for The Forgotten, this was not among my worries, simply because the main cast of characters were already introduced, thus making it much easier for the reader to read in the character's voice.

The problem mainly came for me in the Lauto Saga of The Forgotten, where only Cooler is presented as a previously established Dragon Ball character. For example, it's never explicitly stated (though implied through the way dialogue is written) that Payar has an Australian accent, similar to Jeice. Or that Lieme's accent is close to being a mix of slavic/russian. So, to help better understand some of the dialogue exchanges within my story, I'm going to list the person (to be added with sound, later) that I think my characters sound like the most.

Ledas - Kid Goten

Vegeta - Kid form of self, as in Bardock Special

King Vegeta - same as self

Nappa - same as self

Layeeck - quite similar to Harry Morgan (Dexter) in tone, and in execution of voice

Frieza - same as self

Zarbon - same as self

Payar - australian accent, deeper than Jeice's

Lieme - similar to the character "Jun" from Halo Reach

Meloon - similar to "Dodoria" but slower and more lazy (with lazy pronounciations of words)

Banas -

Guva -

The Benefactor -

Cooler - same as self

To the names above which I haven't written details in for yet, I put that up later today, along with the rest of the characters, after I get some sleep.

For those of you who have made fan fiction with new characters (ones not in canon DB), I am also curious to hear your thoughts on your characters' tones and dialects. Perhaps a list like the one I put up, above? But regardless, please do share some thoughts!