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The dynamic between Seymour and Audrey II

Since I’m ALWAYS thinking about musicals, especially horror-comedy ones, I was thinking about how Seymour interacts with Twoey and came up with something interesting I wanted to share!

So, the plot hinges on Seymour being bullied/persuaded by Audrey II to do its bidding. This got me thinking about how something as simple as who voices the plant could affect the relationship between the two.

The role is, of course, traditionally male. Seeing as the only vaguely parental figure Seymour ever had was Mushnik, who constantly berated and verbally abused him, it makes sense that Seymour would feel inclined to obey the giant baritone monster plant barking orders at him. 

With Twoey having a male voice, Seymour likely operates in a place of fear and submission, feeling like he has to obey because that’s what he’s always done with the authority in his life. He convinces himself he deserves Mushnik’s abuse, and carries that attitude on to Twoey. 

But masculine-sounding Audrey II is not what I wanted to focus on today.

I don’t know if you guys have seen any bootlegs of productions where Twoey was voiced by a woman, but hot damn are those ladies amazing. I brought this up to my drama teacher recently and she questioned how the would affect the dynamic between Twoey and Seymour.

So here’s what I think:

I believe it would be easier for it to manipulate Seymour if it had a more feminine voice. As I mentioned before, Seymour had no parents, and his only caretaker was Mushnik (a man) who contributed a great deal to Seymour’s inferiority complex and fearful nature.

So imagine, if you will, Seymour taking care of this plant, nurturing it in a way he never was. When it speaks to him for the first time, with the voice of an adult, human woman, imagine how this boy would react? This boy who grew up with no parents, riddled with fear and guilt towards the only guardian he has, suddenly having some sort of female authority in his life, promising him everything he wants? Of course he’s going to listen!

With a masculine voice, Twoey taps into Seymour’s fear of letting people down. I think a feminine voice would prey on his eagerness to please. They stem from the same place, of course, but the subtle differences are what I feel define the possible dynamics between Seymour and Audrey II.

Neither is better or worse, they’re just different. They’re differences the audience would pick up on, even subconsciously, and I think it’s a fun dynamic to analyze. 

TLDR; Masculine Twoey manipulates Seymour’s daddy issues, Feminine Twoey manipulates his mommy issues.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

Uploaded because everybody deserves to hear Audrey’s inhuman excited squeak

Infection in the Ranks

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/60722188

by M3l0dys_W0rld

A mysterious infection enters the base! 4.6 k words roughly!

Words: 4646, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Team Fortress 2

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: Gen

Characters: Medic (Team Fortress 2), Engineer (Team Fortress 2), Demoman (Team Fortress 2)

Relationships: Engineer & Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Additional Tags: Body Horror, Infection AU, Minor Character Death, tf2 Infection AU, First story so still learning tags

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/60722188

and then everyone clapped

Audrey's father left to get the milk very early on, and she barely remembers him. Her family had been middle class and living in a good neighborhood before this happened, but her mom wasn’t able to find a job that paid well enough for them to keep the house after her husband left (sexism yay), and they ended up in Skid Row. Audrey was just old enough to kind of understand what was happening at the time, and she has some vague memories from before she ended up in Skid Row. This is why she is the only character who has a Brooklyn accent.

#so real #love the oc btw!

(more still shots babyyy. my animatic is posted on tiktok @.untitledcipher tho :333 )

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licorice is a big fan of this popstar. shining- something? the concert was alright, but i know i’m gonna be finding glitter in my hair for weeks.

- bear jelly cookie 😔

mean green mother from outer space my beloved

Dentorin

Do you think Jebediah finally quit because Tricky cut his head off? Like that was him finally realising there was nothing of Hofnarr left inside. In some twisted way they killed his closest friend in a horrid way. Boy that'd give a lot of righteous fury to me too

Kinda? I think he just rage quit because nothing was going his way lmao. But fr I don't think Jeb ever really cared about Hofnarr/Tricky. He might've cared enough to see if Tricky remembered him, and maybe even team up with him at some point. But Tricky doesn't care so neither does Jeb. Thinking he's just mad because Tricky's in the way-

a small comic doodle thing based on a Markiplier video(if you know, you know) :P