Comments on: On Voice

By: dunebat

dunebat — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:41:38 +0000

The “made from nothing” bit makes me think of Wonder Woman, for some reason.

By: dev

dev — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:06:36 +0000

And, actually bothering to check, I see that Robin already guessed Kitty.

By: dev

dev — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:05:02 +0000

I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Kitty Pryde. A little bit of awkwardness at speaking in public, but idealistic, sentimental, without humorous self-denigration or a kitschy speaking style, and a hint of deep philosophical intelligence. That’s what sprung out to me, but she doesn’t have her own tytle. Maybe she was on one of those mini-series.

By: Person of Consequence

Person of Consequence — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:01:08 +0000

Well, this is ages after the original posting, so maybe even you don’t remember any more, but I’m going to guess Tim Drake as Robin (pre Batman death, obviously.). It’s got that quiet optimism that represents Tim, IMO.

By: Danger Bear

Danger Bear — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:00:01 +0000

Now I am way late the party, but I just had to say that the speaker sounds to me like Frank Castle, the Punisher. Maybe its because I just read your Civil War parody and Castle’s constant narration had me cracking up.

Imagine the Punisher thinking that Gettysburg Address at the end of Civil War when he picks up Cap’s discarded mask. Its got that whole “use dead people as an excuse to soldier on” vibe to it.

Will I ever know for sure?

By: mweiss

mweiss — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:24:21 +0000

…. Barbara Gordon? (Am I too late to the party?)

By: Quixim

Quixim — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:12:53 +0000

Hmm… Tony Stark? Nnnnnnahhhhh…. not quite. He could say it, but it’d be weird for him. It’s easier to parse who it isn’t than figure out *BINGO!* who it is.

The passive voice is *everywhere* here.

“where we were all free and we were all equal. ”

There’s repetition in that line, as well as passivity. That kind of voice is usually for the more cerebral thinkers, the Prof X’s, but they’re a bit too smart for that.

” and we owe them the willingness to pay that price ourselves, if we have to.”

That’s out of character from the other comments. Whoever’s speaking has to know some of this from experience, in some way or another.

… Nope. No idea. Tell ussssss!

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:23:36 +0000

So I’m the only one that thinks it’s Tony Stark?

By: Will

Will — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:17:23 +0000

Reminds me of Black Canary.

By: Taneria

Taneria — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:26:37 +0000

Soooo who is it? Or have I simply missed the second part somewhere in the archives. Incidentally I almost immediately read it as Buffy so it will be interesting to see who it is and place it in their voice. (I think it was the ‘we have to win’ that did it for me)

By: 01d55

01d55 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:47:08 +0000

I say that’s Captain Marvel. It’s got that peculiar mixture of childishness, idealism, and adult knowledge.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:42:01 +0000

I’m a little late to the party, but I’m going to guess Kitty Pride. Considering she was who Buffy was modeled on (more or less), the Buffy guesses make sense to me.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:27:50 +0000

The more I read it, the more I hear Henry Fonda’s voice. It’s gotta be Superman.

By: Ununnilium

Ununnilium — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:43:08 +0000

It definitely felt like Spidey to me, although I gotta admit, the guy who said it’s specifically Peter Parker’s voice got me thinking.

By: Will Staples

Will Staples — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:05:20 +0000

I know I’m wrong, but honestly, I read it as Pa Kent.