tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post2631398145557268692..comments2023-04-06T22:01:07.239+10:00Comments on YOA's Blog Of The Unusally Pointless: Verkoff: A Terrible Ego (iii)Youth of Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post-87242619463891753702009-10-31T15:39:52.447+11:002009-10-31T15:39:52.447+11:00Eh, you'll think of something..
I hope so...
...<i>Eh, you'll think of something..</i><br />I hope so...<br /><br /><i>I'd just been thinking of a purely revenge-based union.</i><br />Well, maybe, but she was convinced Plan A would work.<br /><br /><i>Well done. I can't say for certainty your success, as I've explained a few times I listened to about 3 minutes, tops.</i><br />I envy you, sah.<br /><br /><i>Now this has got me thinking.. where does the name Verkoff come from, anyway?</i><br />The original idea was to give the character a totally stupid name that sounded rude, but he would be totally unaware of this double entendre. So he was Nigel Jerkoff, but it was pronounced "Verkoff".<br /><br /><i>Also, I gather you like your characters with self invented names.. (Norman Yang/Nigel Verkoff and Theo Klingyrithel (sp?) / Maddog / Andrew Beeblebrox)</i><br />Actually... it's a coincidence. It struck me as unlikely there would be a real person called Beeblebrox, and so Andrew would have changed his own name in a moment of insanity.<br /><br />Nigel's changed name is meant to be a big moment when he accepts he's adopted and chooses a new name. But how he ended up with Verkoff as a moniker, well, that's a surprise twist.<br /><br />I hope.Youth of Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post-28579668100336545632009-10-31T15:20:04.550+11:002009-10-31T15:20:04.550+11:00Wonderful. Now I have to find a way to live up to ...<i>Wonderful. Now I have to find a way to live up to it...</i><br /><br />Eh, you'll think of something..<br /><br /><i>It wouldn't have really done her any good anyway - Bert didn't owe her any money, so there would be no guarantee she'd get anything.</i><br /><br />I'd just been thinking of a purely revenge-based union.<br /><br /><i>I only wrote that to show I could, Dylan Moran-style, write something better than the B7 audios in less time than it took to listen to them.</i><br /><br />Well done. I can't say for certainty your success, as I've explained a few times I listened to about 3 minutes, tops.<br /><br /><i>Theo: Shut up, Yang.</i><br /><br />Now this has got me thinking.. where does the name Verkoff come from, anyway? Also, I gather you like your characters with self invented names.. (Norman Yang/Nigel Verkoff and Theo Klingyrithel (sp?) / Maddog / Andrew Beeblebrox)Jared "No Nickname" Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825668092428993308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post-91145683168984149282009-10-31T14:18:25.794+11:002009-10-31T14:18:25.794+11:00Now THAT is a great teaser hook...
Wonderful. Now ...<i>Now THAT is a great teaser hook...</i><br />Wonderful. Now I have to find a way to live up to it...<br /><br /><i>I thought for a while that Christie and Bertram were in cahoots, but I guess that would be far too sneaky and underhanded for her.</i><br />It wouldn't have really done her any good anyway - Bert didn't owe her any money, so there would be no guarantee she'd get anything.<br /><br />But her main motive was to get Steve to stay with her... another cunning plan foiled.<br /><br /><i>I like the blend of surreal and character based humour this is using so far, and I'm looking forward to the rest.</i><br />Well, I dare say that Nigel's Uncle Tatsuma will manage both, as will the scene with the Untempered Schism.<br /><br /><i>It reminded me of that odd thing you wrote where it was B7 as performed by the YOA cast...</i><br />Ah yes, <i>Rubble</i>.<br /><br />I only wrote that to show I could, Dylan Moran-style, write something better than the B7 audios in less time than it took to listen to them.<br /><br />And, if I'm honest, I think I succeeded...<br /> <br /><i>Is this going to lead into that somehow?</i><br />...I wasn't thinking it would, but I have an idea how to fit it into continuity... well, most of it...<br /><br /><i>Theo: What are you eating?<br /><br />Nigel: Sushi.<br /><br />Theo: Sue who?<br /><br />Nigel: It’s like a sandwich but with seaweed instead of bred and cold rice and raw fish instead of butter.<br /><br />Theo: ...isn’t it cheaper to just buy a tin of cat food? Probably tastier too.<br /><br />Nigel: My parents wouldn’t feed me animal food!<br /><br />Theo: Oi. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it, Yang.<br /><br />Nigel: [horrified] You eat animal food? Like... dog biscuits?<br /><br />Theo: You eat raw fish in cold rice and seaweed. Who is true animal here, huh? Who is the true animal here?<br /><br />[Long pause.]<br /><br />Nigel: Um... Shouldn’t we go back into class now?<br /><br />Theo: Shut up, Yang.</i>Youth of Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075740671122268515.post-48778411560288367772009-10-31T12:10:27.729+11:002009-10-31T12:10:27.729+11:00Teacher: Hello, Nigel. This is your new buddy Theo...<i>Teacher: Hello, Nigel. This is your new buddy Theo, and you have to look after each other this year... </i><br /><br />Now THAT is a great teaser hook...<br /><br />I thought for a while that Christie and Bertram were in cahoots, but I guess that would be far too sneaky and underhanded for her.<br /><br />I like the blend of surreal and character based humour this is using so far, and I'm looking forward to the rest.<br /><br />It reminded me of that odd thing you wrote where it was B7 as performed by the YOA cast... (Nigel was in a prison truck and a gigantic tank was blocking the road, and Parker let the prisoners loose so they could drive the tank out of his way. And then I think the rescued contestants from Big Brother instead of Cyngus Alpha)<br /><br />Is this going to lead into that somehow?Jared "No Nickname" Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825668092428993308noreply@blogger.com