Micah enjoys accents. Phil enjoys them too. K Sera tells a story about the Editor.
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K Sera's after thoughts:
- Ok, I love accents, they are lovely, sometimes funny, mostly charming and I love when people use interesting voices in story telling or dnd or acting out a part or doing an impression. So long as it isn’t a malicious joke being made, or a caricature meant to be insulting or derogatory to a group.
- One of my favorite narrators has a whole bunch of voices/accents for several dozens of characters in one of my favorite pop-corn military sci-fi stories. In the story, there are characters from all over the world (and other parts of the galaxy) serving in their respective country’s military divisions. The narrator gives them an accent that’s, to my uncultured ear, a reasonable representation of a non-native speaker from their respective countries speaking in English.
- I haven’t ever interpreted his narration as a derogatory or insensitive exaggeration for the sake of a “funny bit” in the story. Intent and intended audience are important. The rule of “punching up” is important.
- As an aside to that. I also think it really is important to kindly reeducate others when or if they make a rude statement or do something that is offensive. The first reaction should be kind correction. However, if the asshole is still punching down after that, well, then they probably deserve a kick or two at that point, eh?
Phil's after thoughts:
-Accents create the variation that makes life more charming. Fake accents are nice but like many things, if overdone it can ruin the fun for everyone.
-Also, it implies a level of intelligence too (for real accents) since it means they are conversing in a totally different language from what they were raised with. -Finally, accents are very useful for story telling. -But I agree with Micah that speaking with a fake accent doesn't have a lot of room outside of D&D and audiobooks/story presentations.