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NS Soap Opera

Zilam
19-04-2006, 04:00
Ok...So NS General definitly needs to have a soap opera.

Ok so here is the deal you cast your self the appropriate role, and soon we can begin to act it all out.

For me..I will be the guy that no one likes, and never makes any sense...Becuase i guess thats my role on here :D
Anti-Social Darwinism
19-04-2006, 04:02
I'll be the deceptively sweet Grandma with the sharp tongue and the dark, mysterious past.
Grainne Ni Malley
19-04-2006, 04:03
I'd like to be the ghost of a long forgotten person who is only seen by a few true believers. I could just pop into the middle of a dramatic scene with some nonsensical comment and only one or two people actually hear me and say, "Oh, isn't that the ghost of so-and-so, you know that person we once knew?"

Then they can continue whatever dramatic sequence they were in the middle of and I can float off through a wall.
Ladamesansmerci
19-04-2006, 04:05
Anti-social cold-hearted girl who doesn't care about anything, and makes evil plots to pit people against each other.
Tweet Tweet
19-04-2006, 04:13
Anti-social cold-hearted girl who doesn't care about anything, and makes evil plots to pit people against each other.

And I shall be the girl who seemingly has it all, but really, deep down, is searching for something....

*look fades into the distance*
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
19-04-2006, 04:15
I'd be the jerk character who always has some stupid ass plan in the works, but is bound to be thwarted by the power of love (or some such nonsense); my ability to fail at everything being matched only by my ability to come back after being "killed" once or twice a season.
Peisandros
19-04-2006, 04:21
The local orphan boy who lives under the bridge. Loved by most hated by some. Always a smile and a joke to boot.
Utracia
19-04-2006, 04:24
I'll just be the guy that shows up at parties and no one knows who the hell he is. Probably get into a fight with a drunk regular soap cast member who thinks I'm hitting on his girlfriend. The guy is an asshole and drunk so I will, of course, break him and then disappear from the soap until the next drunken fight scene is needed.
Xinolope
19-04-2006, 04:28
I'll be the local and loveable drunk who has a secret past that I am trying to hide from everyone.
Undelia
19-04-2006, 04:29
I call Fiddlebottoms creepy, midget sidekick with a crack cocaine problem who always has multiple alimony and child support payments due.
Tweet Tweet
19-04-2006, 04:33
I'll be the local and loveable drunk who has a secret past that I am trying to hide from everyone.

The one that Utracia beats on in bar fight scenes? :p
Maineiacs
19-04-2006, 04:33
I'll be the moody artistic type with good intentions and a love life that never runs as smoothly as he'd like.
Galloism
19-04-2006, 04:34
I'll be the guy who seems intelligent, but very rarely shares anything but snide quips while he ponderously sips some scotch, standing in a corner.
Utracia
19-04-2006, 04:39
The one that Utracia beats on in bar fight scenes? :p

But he's a lovable drunk and not an asshole drunk. I suppose he might have a friend though that my character could beat on. :D
Ironmaidia
19-04-2006, 04:42
I'll be the attractive guy that someone always has their eye on but winds up being decived and such by his evil twins.

You know, the type of person everyone is always rooting for
Colodia
19-04-2006, 04:42
I'll be the bartender who always has philosophical and highly useful advice for anyone and everyone who pays their tab and who obsessivly cleans up beer mugs with the same damned towel.

I've never watched a soap opera so I wouldn't know what kinda characters are appropriate. :D
Utracia
19-04-2006, 04:43
I'll be the attractive guy that someone always has their eye on but winds up being decived and such by his evil twins.

You know, the type of person everyone is always rooting for

Better then being the serial killer. ;)
Jello Biafra
19-04-2006, 04:57
I'll be the neighborhood slut who's searching for more meaning in life.
Ironmaidia
19-04-2006, 04:57
Maybe that will be my side job. . .

We'll see as teh plot develops
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 05:04
Do soap operas have scientists who provide deus ex machina plot devices?

Eh, I'll be the blind guy who can see more than anyone with eyes.
Monkeypimp
19-04-2006, 05:10
I'd be the minor character that ends up with a big web following.
Secluded Islands
19-04-2006, 05:28
ill be the guy with the muscles who always has his shirt off...
Vittos Ordination2
19-04-2006, 05:30
I'll be the doctor that is planning to murder his wife for the insurance money.
Potarius
19-04-2006, 05:32
I'll be the guy who doesn't exist, because he hates soap operas.
Valori
19-04-2006, 05:33
Ooh, I'm going to be the guy that doesn't talk.

IC: "..."
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 05:35
Ooh, I'm going to be the guy that doesn't talk.

IC: "..."

You should change that to "the guy that doesn't have to talk, he looks and they understand". You could help me out.
Aerou
19-04-2006, 05:38
I've never watched a soap opera so I wouldn't know what kinda characters are appropriate. :D

I've neer watched them either, so I wouldn't know where to begin choosing a character.
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 05:39
I've neer watched them either, so I wouldn't know where to begin choosing a character.

The nurse that helps the amnesia patient, and they fall in love, but then his memory comes back and he has a wife.
Potarius
19-04-2006, 05:40
I've neer watched them either, so I wouldn't know where to begin choosing a character.

That's good, because you haven't been tortured by the god-awful acting, dramatic "music", and ridiculous storylines.
Secluded Islands
19-04-2006, 05:43
That's good, because you haven't been tortured by the god-awful acting, dramatic "music", and ridiculous storylines.


spanish soap opera's have amazing acting...

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Undelia
19-04-2006, 05:45
spanish soap opera's have amazing acting...

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lol
Covering one’s face in saline solution to simulate crying =/= amazing acting.
Secluded Islands
19-04-2006, 05:50
lol
Covering one’s face in saline solution to simulate crying =/= amazing acting.

its hard to make those facial expressions you know...
Ironmaidia
19-04-2006, 05:52
I dont either, but i used to watch Soap on comedy central.
People without names
19-04-2006, 05:56
i will play the sofa
Jello Biafra
19-04-2006, 05:57
i will play the sofa<Sits on People without names.>
Secluded Islands
19-04-2006, 05:58
i will play the sofa

*puts things in between the cushions*
Potarius
19-04-2006, 05:58
<Sits on People without names.>

<Continues not existing.>
People without names
19-04-2006, 06:00
*puts things in between the cushions*
does this mean the loose change is all mine?

you can keep touching that area to;)
Anti-Social Darwinism
19-04-2006, 06:02
i will play the sofa

I will demonstrate the reason for my dark mysterious past on the sofa.
People without names
19-04-2006, 06:05
I will demonstrate the reason for my dark mysterious past on the sofa.

sounds fun

i cant wait
Secluded Islands
19-04-2006, 06:06
does this mean the loose change is all mine?

you can keep touching that area to;)


have you ever seen the episode of seinfeld where poppy pisses on the sofa? :p
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
19-04-2006, 06:10
i will play the sofa
*steals sofa*
Muahahaha! Now, none of the others will have a place to sit down, so their legs will get tired, and then they will fall over in a manner which will win me the heart of . . . um, some female character or other.
Or a guy, a guy would be cool too, I guess.
Or the family dog, that could work. No, really, I'm a desperate villain here. Somebody, please, work with me here.
Jello Biafra
19-04-2006, 06:13
*steals sofa*
Muahahaha! Now, none of the others will have a place to sit down, so their legs will get tired, and then they will fall over in a manner which will win me the heart of . . . um, some female character or other.
Or a guy, a guy would be cool too, I guess.
Or the family dog, that could work. No, really, I'm a desperate villain here. Somebody, please, work with me here.Why not just hump the sofa?
Secluded Islands
19-04-2006, 06:14
*steals sofa*
Muahahaha! Now, none of the others will have a place to sit down, so their legs will get tired, and then they will fall over in a manner which will win me the heart of . . . um, some female character or other.

pfft, they could just use the chairs...
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 06:15
pfft, they could just use the chairs...

Nah, I sit in the only chair, at my isolated yet easily accesible cabin, where people come for advice, or happen to pass by frequently.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
19-04-2006, 06:15
Why not just hump the sofa?
Because that would be wrong!
But, I suppose that really is the whole point of my existence, so I'll do it.
*does it*
Undelia
19-04-2006, 06:16
pfft, they could just use the chairs...
Not if I contaminate them first.

*Licks all the chairs*

Who wants to sit on them now, huh? They’ve got midget spittle all over them! You’ll catch my short.
Zatarack
19-04-2006, 06:16
Is casting ongoing?
Ri-an
19-04-2006, 06:18
I'll be the Creepy person in the old mansion down the lane by myself that everyone is on some sort of a level afraid to go see because of all the rumors of the very odd looking beople coming to and fro from my house, and of course, all the rumors of the Dark Magick I'm practicing in my basement, which of course, is true, and is why there are creepy people near my house all the time.

And, oh yeah, all the Children are afraid of me, and I never seem to age.
People without names
19-04-2006, 06:23
Why not just hump the sofa?

please no

please have mercy
Jello Biafra
19-04-2006, 06:24
pfft, they could just use the chairs...Or they could sit on my bed. As the neighborhood slut, I have a big, comfy bed.

please no

please have mercyWell, you've already got spare change stuffed into you, could that really be that much worse?
People without names
19-04-2006, 06:25
Or they could sit on my bed. As the neighborhood slut, I have a big, comfy bed.

Well, you've already got spare change stuffed into you, could that really be that much worse?

does the bed come from sponsors and have a bunch of logos all over it?
Jello Biafra
19-04-2006, 06:29
does the bed come from sponsors and have a bunch of logos all over it?Hey, I may be a slut, but I'm no corporate whore...

...yeah, probably. Damn producers.
Keruvalia
19-04-2006, 06:34
Dude ... I am the dejected husband in every Mexican soap opera.

"Carlita ... Pedro .... POR QUUUEEEE!!!!"

Either that or the sock puppet. Whichever.
People without names
19-04-2006, 06:36
Hey, I may be a slut, but I'm no corporate whore...

...yeah, probably. Damn producers.

its okay, your not alone, they threw some walmart, home depot, mcdonalds, and coca cola stickers on me, and not the cheap easy to get off ones either
Jello Biafra
19-04-2006, 06:37
its okay, your not alone, they threw some walmart, home depot, mcdonalds, and coca cola stickers on me, and not the cheap easy to get off ones eitherI suppose it's good to label where the stains came from. <Smoothes out the Trojan sticker.>
Santa Barbara
19-04-2006, 06:39
I'll be that guy named "Thorn." Thorn Rockridge.

I'm an old, sophisticated, shady tycoon who may or may not behind many of the evil plots (including the kidnapping of April just before she mysteriously returned with a brain tumor), but who on the surface just seems to want to make peace with his separated wife and his estranged children, who just want his fortune. I'm the kind of character who always seems to be played by the same actor. You know the guy. Silver/gray hair, and a face for a mustache even if not currently mustached.
People without names
19-04-2006, 06:39
I suppose it's good to label where the stains came from. <Smoothes out the Trojan sticker.>

LMAO:D

i like that
Jello Biafra
19-04-2006, 06:43
LMAO:D

i like thatI've been quoted, I've been quoted! <Does the happy dance, crosses "Be quoted" off of his NationStates To Do list.>
Zatarack
19-04-2006, 06:46
I'll be the man who shows up at inopprotune moments and is perfect for taking things out of context.
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 07:13
I'll be the man who shows up at inopprotune moments and is perfect for taking things out of context.

Sounds more like a sit-com.
Zatarack
19-04-2006, 07:37
Sounds more like a sit-com.

Then I'll be the man who gives advice while not understanding any of it.
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 07:39
Then I'll be the man who gives advice while not understanding any of it.

You'll be part of the wise people character group then too! Like the Eye, the Ear and the Arm...but different...
Zatarack
19-04-2006, 07:42
You'll be part of the wise people character group then too! Like the Eye, the Ear and the Arm

Are we talking about the book?
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 07:42
Are we talking about the book?

Maybe.
Zatarack
19-04-2006, 07:52
Maybe.

"A stitch in that book save nine."
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 07:59
"A stitch in that book save nine."

Time? :confused:
Zatarack
19-04-2006, 08:08
Time? :confused:

I'm getting in character.
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 08:10
I'm getting in character.

Ah...Well, I need a bit of chaos before I can be useful.
Laerod
19-04-2006, 12:32
I'd be the guy that knows that horrible secret which could be about anybody, but shortly before I reveal it on my twenty second birthday party, I slip and get knocked into a coma by a large, half-eaten coconut. There is little hope to revive me, so all others are faced with the dilemma of letting me expire by turning off the machines or transplanting my brain into Spot, the neighborhood stray.

And I'd be my evil twin, of course.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
19-04-2006, 12:34
I'd be the guy that knows that horrible secret which could be about anybody, but shortly before I reveal it on my twenty second birthday party, I slip and get knocked into a coma by a large, half-eaten coconut. There is little hope to revive me, so all others are faced with the dilemma of letting me expire by turning off the machines or transplanting my brain into Spot, the neighborhood stray.

And I'd be my evil twin, of course.
Isn't your 22nd birthday party, like, any day now? :eek:

Everybody, hide the coconuts and get Spot ready just in case!
Laerod
19-04-2006, 12:36
Isn't your 22nd birthday party, like, any day now? :eek:

Everybody, hide the coconuts and get Spot ready just in case!Yes indeed, but the party won't be ;)
Whereyouthinkyougoing
19-04-2006, 12:40
Yes indeed, but the party won't be ;)
Oh, quit whining and be glad - that means you'll live to see 23! :p

Plus, li'l Spot can keep on sniffing other mutts' butts.
Laerod
19-04-2006, 12:41
Oh, quite the whining and be glad - that means you'll live to see 23! :pYou're just saying that because you want to know what the secret is...;)
Whereyouthinkyougoing
19-04-2006, 12:48
You're just saying that because you want to know what the secret is...;)

Gah, couldn't you have waited with the quote till I fixed the typo?

And nah - I'm not interested in horrible secrets. Naughty ones, sure, but not horrible. So if you know who did what on that poor stained sofa, feel free to share your knowledge.

Incidentally, I'd be the friendly, innocent looking neighbour, who turns out to be blackmailing everybody with incriminating photos and video tapes in the season finale (do soaps have season finales? Or do they just go on and on and on and on...?).
Sdaeriji
19-04-2006, 13:25
I'll be the guy who gets amnesia in the most ridiculous way, like skydiving out of a plane while getting a tattoo. I'll have amnesia for a good season or two, with no hope for recovery, until I do something similarly ridiculous, like base jumping off of the Sears Tower in my underwear. Then, my memory will suddenly come back to me and I'll remember a dark secret about someone on the show, which I will reveal to only one person, the nurse who took care of me during my amnesia. Mysteriously, we will both end up in comas before either of us can let the wider world know the deep, dark, evil secret about someone on the show.
Cluichstan
19-04-2006, 14:30
I'll be the mild-mannered reporter for the local newspaper who turns out to have an evil twin.
Kanabia
19-04-2006, 14:36
I'll be the creepy neighbor guy that always has a weird smile while looking into space.
Cluichstan
19-04-2006, 15:03
I'll be the creepy neighbor guy that always has a weird smile while looking into space.

I thought you already were that guy. ;)
Kanabia
19-04-2006, 15:09
I thought you already were that guy. ;)

Yeah, well, it saves me from putting my useless acting skills into practice, no? :p
Laerod
19-04-2006, 15:13
Gah, couldn't you have waited with the quote till I fixed the typo?Nah, I had a meeting to go to. Needed to hurry.
And nah - I'm not interested in horrible secrets. Naughty ones, sure, but not horrible. So if you know who did what on that poor stained sofa, feel free to share your knowledge.Well yes, but secrets are more fun if the person they're about doesn't want anyone to know, which makes it horrible for them ;)
Incidentally, I'd be the friendly, innocent looking neighbour, who turns out to be blackmailing everybody with incriminating photos and video tapes in the season finale (do soaps have season finales? Or do they just go on and on and on and on...?).No. Soaps don't have season finales. Only telenovellas do (though "Verliebt in Berlin" doesn't seem to have an end in sight :().
Valori
19-04-2006, 17:02
*Stare*


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Monotonous
19-04-2006, 17:30
I wanna be the serial killer!
Laerod
19-04-2006, 17:32
I wanna be the serial killer!Too late. That part has already been taken by the coconut.
Secluded Islands
19-04-2006, 17:33
*Stare*


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stop looking at my buldging chest muscles...
IL Ruffino
19-04-2006, 20:38
I'll be the grammar nazi that drinks too much cheap vodka and has a wife that is in love with the squirl that comes to visit her when I'm at work correcting people.

I'll eventually walk in on them and kill the squirl and then she will try to kill me and get sent to jail. I will then fall in love with our addopted son who was brought up as a girl.

When I find out that he is actually a she, I will murder her and kidnapp the old lady that lives across the street and have sex with her dead dog (I killed it of course).

The police will find us hiding in a cabin in the woods and I will then find out that the cop the shot me in the shoot out is in fact, my father who ran off on me and my mother when I was 4.

The season will end and the audience will be left with a clifhanger. Thingy..
Jello Biafra
19-04-2006, 20:44
I'll be the grammar nazi that drinks too much cheap vodka and has a wife that is in love with the squirl that comes to visit her when I'm at work correcting people.

I'll eventually walk in on them and kill the squirl and then she will try to kill me and get sent to jail. I will then fall in love with our addopted son who was brought up as a girl.

When I find out that he is actually a she, I will murder her and kidnapp the old lady that lives across the street and have sex with her dead dog (I killed it of course).

The police will find us hiding in a cabin in the woods and I will then find out that the cop the shot me in the shoot out is in fact, my father who ran off on me and my mother when I was 4.

The season will end and the audience will be left with a clifhanger. Thingy..Uh, you're taking up way too much screen time.
Terrorist Cakes
19-04-2006, 20:44
I'll be the mysterious opera singer, who is gorgeous and arrogant, and comes from some tiny country in Europe that no one has heard of. I'll have plenty of scandalous affairs.
IL Ruffino
19-04-2006, 21:20
Uh, you're taking up way too much screen time.
I am an acteur I take nothing less. If I am forced to take less screen time.. I demand a higher pay. And a driver for my poodle. And use of the company jet, of course.
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 21:21
Umm...Does anyone know how a soap opera starts? They have beginnings right? Do we need a narrator?
Kryozerkia
19-04-2006, 21:38
I'll be the local Irish Sunday school teacher, known to keep her sharp fiery red hair up in a smart bun, with winged glasses that take away from my beautiful green eyes. I wear a stern knee length skirt, blouse and a cardigan that looks like it belonged to my grandmother. However, when school is out, I'm sitting in the Father's office, doing 'Confession'.

The Father is a well-respected local priest and tries to resist me...

He will carry my child and if the public finds out, it'll ruin his career!

(who wants to be him?)
Secluded Islands
19-04-2006, 21:49
Umm...Does anyone know how a soap opera starts? They have beginnings right? Do we need a narrator?

we need some music to lead into the show...
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 21:50
we need some music to lead into the show...

Would "Emotion" by Daft Punk work?
Rhursbourg
19-04-2006, 21:52
I will be the large bumbling but lovable odd-job man whos around mainly around for comic relief and have some in the bar for the others to speak to
Secluded Islands
19-04-2006, 21:55
Would "Emotion" by Daft Punk work?

never heard it...

EDIT: just downloaded it. that will work...:D
The Coral Islands
19-04-2006, 22:24
I'll be the mysterious stranger who comes to town by train, sneaks around in the middle of the night doing topiary, and leaves the next day, making the townsfolk wonder who I was and why I did it. Naturally some misty-eyed gal will desire to meet this gardner, while some random guy will be distrustful and want to prosecute me for property damage.

P.S. Can my soap opera name be James Union? That's my middle name and streetname, which apparently is the correct way to give oneself a soap name.
Carnivorous Lickers
19-04-2006, 22:35
My imagination seems to have evaporated in the past days. I cant think of anything interesting or humorous.:(

I guess I wouldnt be in this at all.
Dinaverg
19-04-2006, 23:21
never heard it...

EDIT: just downloaded it. that will work...:D

I figured it would. ^_^
Kevlanakia
19-04-2006, 23:30
My imagination seems to have evaporated in the past days. I cant think of anything interesting or humorous.:(

I guess I wouldnt be in this at all.

Actually, you sound perfect for a soap opera.


Zing!
Neo Kervoskia
19-04-2006, 23:35
I'll be the voice inside your head.
Valori
20-04-2006, 00:08
*more staring*


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Upper Botswavia
20-04-2006, 00:50
OOh! I want to be the sweet, charming lady who lives next door, and who is always organizing the bake sales and school plays. But what nobody suspects is I am also the one who planned the bank robbery that left the FBI agent in a coma, from which he can only be awakened by a bone marrow transfusion of an extremely rare type... a type which I just happen to have. But then it turns out I can't be a donor because... (wait for it...) I am pregnant with the FBI agent's illegitimate child. Which wouldn't be a problem but I am also the FBI agent's long lost twin sister.
Anti-Social Darwinism
20-04-2006, 02:03
*steals sofa*
Muahahaha! Now, none of the others will have a place to sit down, so their legs will get tired, and then they will fall over in a manner which will win me the heart of . . . um, some female character or other.
Or a guy, a guy would be cool too, I guess.
Or the family dog, that could work. No, really, I'm a desperate villain here. Somebody, please, work with me here.

You can't steal the sofa until I finish demonstrating my dark and mysterious past, preferably with the guy with muscles.
Ilie
20-04-2006, 03:05
Is this thread full of characters already? I want to be the girl who has a mysterious psychic gift that few know about. OR the one who is pregnant for 3 weeks and then somebody steals the baby so we never see it. Or both? (Can this soap opera be modeled after Dark Shadows?)
Kryozerkia
20-04-2006, 06:18
Maybe we should name our characters and play this out? Heh...
Dinaverg
20-04-2006, 06:20
Maybe we should name our characters and play this out? Heh...

Old Man Elijah. Definitely
Kryozerkia
20-04-2006, 06:20
Old Man Elijah. Definitely
That's got a ring to it...
Dinaverg
20-04-2006, 06:23
That's got a ring to it...

*nod* Thanks, it was the first thing to come to mind.
Kryozerkia
20-04-2006, 06:24
*nod* Thanks, it was the first thing to come to mind.
Gut instinct is a good thing to go on.
Upper Botswavia
20-04-2006, 06:50
Maybe we should name our characters and play this out? Heh...

Ummm... I call "Amanda Fernsdale" who, after we discover her secret identity as the long lost twin sister of the comatose FBI agent turns out to really be named "Vivien LaRoux".


And to start off, as the opening credits end and the music fades, Amanda is in her kitchen, baking brownies for the bakesale to raise funds for the high school play which she is directing. This year the kids are doing Romeo and Juliet... and she is thinking about the auditions, which leads to a flashback of the auditions during which...


(somebody pick up the story and go!)
Valori
20-04-2006, 07:03
*cough* I shall be Silenzio Scuro. *cough*

*stare*


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Straughn
20-04-2006, 11:16
Anti-social cold-hearted girl who doesn't care about anything, and makes evil plots to pit people against each other.
You know, it's only post four at this point, but i'm noticing that there's no real distinction between the characters of the soap and the NS participants in general. ;)
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If it hasn't been mentioned, i'm the guy that ends up leaving the jury pool for the murder trial since i'm the 13th guy and they don't really need me, so i don't even get to mention how completely skewered my PsOV are on society and the judicial and executive branches truly are. Thus, of course, leading me to concoct a sinister scheme that involves all of the otherwise minor characters in the soap in a heinous twist of fate.
Straughn
20-04-2006, 11:19
I'd be the jerk character who always has some stupid ass plan in the works, but is bound to be thwarted by the power of love
You WOULD be the guy foiled by a Huey Lewis song. I bet "Duets" rolls you like a leech on ash. *poke*
Straughn
20-04-2006, 11:23
I'll be the guy who doesn't exist, because he hates soap operas.
You'll get written in then as the fantasy love interest that all the women share simultaneously when hearing the local radio broadcast Wayne Newton songs. Even though the fantasies differ, the impetus is constant.
If it makes you feel better, two of the fantasies involve you being dead, and 11 of them involve you being almost dead and then dead by the end of the fantasy. Three have you wishing you were dead.
Straughn
20-04-2006, 11:25
I dont either, but i used to watch Soap on comedy central.
WooT!
*whiffs Grunt cologne*
Straughn
20-04-2006, 11:26
*puts things in between the cushions*
"THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS!" :eek:
Straughn
20-04-2006, 11:27
Is casting ongoing?
See aforementioned couch gags.
Jello Biafra
20-04-2006, 11:40
I am an acteur I take nothing less. If I am forced to take less screen time.. I demand a higher pay. And a driver for my poodle. And use of the company jet, of course.But if you have less screen time, you can be more easily replaced.

Maybe we should name our characters and play this out? Heh...Hm...I suppose "Ima Trammp" or "Hugh Jaynus" would be too obvious for my character's name... <Ponders>
Thrope
20-04-2006, 11:55
Deidra Lockview. A Jessica Rabbit type of redhead. She's beautiful, volumptous, and "Not bad, only drawn that way." This girl gets into a lot of trouble, though she doesn't feel it's her fault. And who's to say it is. Men love her, Women hate her.

So basically, Red-headed, trouble making, vixen.
Secluded Islands
20-04-2006, 13:17
Maybe we should name our characters and play this out? Heh...

im down for that. my characters name will be...

Manny Orgasmo...
Carnivorous Lickers
20-04-2006, 14:40
I'll be the voice inside your head.

I'll be the beast under your bed, then.
Carisbrooke
20-04-2006, 14:42
I will be the big hearted, buxom barmaid with the too short skirt and the too low top....and of course I am a great listener....
Taredas
20-04-2006, 17:18
I call the role of the brilliant, yet eccentric scientist/inventor, with a distinct lack of appreciation for the social norms and a penchant for saying the wrong thing at a very wrong time.

Unfortunately, soap operas probably wouldn't offer this character the humorous role that a sitcom would offer. :(
Zilam
20-04-2006, 17:38
Well if we are doing names then i am Mike Hock.:p
Ilie
20-04-2006, 17:41
Is this thread full of characters already? I want to be the girl who has a mysterious psychic gift that few know about. OR the one who is pregnant for 3 weeks and then somebody steals the baby so we never see it. Or both? (Can this soap opera be modeled after Dark Shadows?)

Since we're naming, mine is Johanna Tenenbaum.
Taredas
20-04-2006, 17:56
Name? Hmm... Tarhalindur of Chaos sounds eccentric enough. :eek:
Valori
20-04-2006, 17:57
*stare*

..............
Whereyouthinkyougoing
20-04-2006, 18:03
*stare*

..............
Silencio, honey, you do know that without any dialogue, you'll only be paid like an extra, right?
Valori
20-04-2006, 18:06
Silencio, honey, you do know that without any dialogue, you'll only be paid like an extra, right?

*cough* The producers fear really tall Italian men *cough*
*stare*
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Whereyouthinkyougoing
20-04-2006, 18:09
*cough* The producers fear really tall Italian men *cough*
*stare*
..............
Oh, all's well then. Just make sure you don't succumb to that bad cough before payday.
Frangland
20-04-2006, 18:24
i'll be Bo Brady, unless someone else already is.

:)
Frangland
20-04-2006, 18:25
is there a Hope Brady?

How about Sinuhue?

hehe

(Bo and Hope Brady are both on Days of Our Lives)
Valori
20-04-2006, 18:44
Oh, all's well then. Just make sure you don't succumb to that bad cough before payday.

*loud sneer* I have it under control *loud sneer*
*stare*
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Thrope
21-04-2006, 00:27
Have we started?
Dinaverg
21-04-2006, 00:35
Have we started?

"It depends. Have you?"
Zilam
21-04-2006, 03:55
"It depends. Have you?"


-kills you- "Who's not going to be starting now" MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa
Dinaverg
21-04-2006, 03:58
-kills you- "Who's no going to be starting now" MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa

*specter* "Eh, I come back at the season finale anyways..."
Zilam
21-04-2006, 04:07
*specter* "Eh, I come back at the season finale anyways..."


Oh well, by then I will have slept with your wife/husband and then been killed my self.
Verdigroth
21-04-2006, 04:49
I would like to be the guy in the back of the shot in every party scene that characters are talking to before they have to move forward to engage in the witty banter with other real characters.
Anti-Social Darwinism
21-04-2006, 05:16
Ok, the sweet, but sharp-tongued grandma with the dark, mysterious past is named Reina Morrigan (that's really Morrigan not Morgan).
Maineiacs
21-04-2006, 05:19
My character (the moody artistic one) is named Lambert Henry.
Terrorist Cakes
21-04-2006, 05:47
Maybe we should name our characters and play this out? Heh...

I'm definately Melodja Ravinski. But I'm not Russian.
Straughn
21-04-2006, 08:53
i'll be Bo Brady, unless someone else already is.

:)
Don't you mean Officer Barbrady?

Officer Barbrady:" Keep your eyes peeled, boys. Someone's going to make love to this chicken any second now. "

-whoops, wrong thread. I think Drunk Commies Deleted had something to do with that.

I think, more to your tune, Frangland, you might practice this ...

Officer Barbrady: "You can't just lock 63 people in your basement."
Cartman: "They're not people, they're hippies!"
Straughn
21-04-2006, 08:54
I would like to be the guy in the back of the shot in every party scene that characters are talking to before they have to move forward to engage in the witty banter with other real characters.
What's the point of acting then? This is taken from the script of your life! ;)
Straughn
21-04-2006, 08:57
Not if I contaminate them first.

*Licks all the chairs*

Well, in the corner for method acting, is this scene from Pink Flamingos :eek:
Straughn
21-04-2006, 08:59
I'll be the man who shows up at inopprotune moments and is perfect for taking things out of context.
This "Soap Opera" is veering WAY TOO CLOSE to my personal life now. You're talking about playing me.
Carisbrooke
21-04-2006, 09:27
Ohhh My Buxom Barmaid is called 'Brigitte Amore' ......
Straughn
21-04-2006, 09:51
Umm...Does anyone know how a soap opera starts? They have beginnings right? Do we need a narrator?
"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. "
Straughn
21-04-2006, 09:57
Would "Emotion" by Daft Punk work?
Maybe ... perhaps "Alcan Road" by Ween would be a more appropriate choice.
Straughn
21-04-2006, 09:59
I'll be the voice inside your head.
"Shut up brain, or i'll stab you with a Q-tip!"
Homer Jay
Xislakilinia
21-04-2006, 11:23
"Shut up brain, or i'll stab you with a Q-tip!"
Homer Jay

Ok, Ok. Can you tell me WHY am I supposed to be here again? I see giant hourglasses with sand flowing, dynasties of the old-rich and the young-restless. No way am I going to fit in here!

*Camera zooms in on Xisla's face*

Unless there is a billion-dollar inheritance...

Man, I'm a walking box of cliches.:rolleyes:
Thrope
21-04-2006, 20:19
*shakes head gently and shashays over to wear the liquor is, pouring a glass of scotch* However, ever did I end up in a place like this? And, whoever will rid me of my boredom? *sips from the glass seductively*
The blessed Chris
21-04-2006, 20:22
Can I join in?
Valori
21-04-2006, 20:35
*stare*


*cough*


*stare*

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Verdigroth
21-04-2006, 20:49
What's the point of acting then? This is taken from the script of your life! ;)
Well it is a indicator of the fact that I seldom bother to post on these forums. Therefore full "character" status wouldn't have be earned by me. But I still hover around just in case a character needs someone to talk to in the background before come to the front to declare something dramatically. As for you I see you as the guy who knows almost everything doesn't tell anyone or act on his information at all. A data packrat as it were.
Secluded Islands
22-04-2006, 01:56
*enters room wearing only a towel*
Straughn
22-04-2006, 02:23
Man, I'm a walking box of cliches.:rolleyes:
....and THAT's EXACTLY what qualifies you for the job! Teehee!
Straughn
22-04-2006, 02:24
*enters room wearing only a towel*
On your head? I've got the guide ... ;)
Straughn
22-04-2006, 02:25
Well it is a indicator of the fact that I seldom bother to post on these forums. Therefore full "character" status wouldn't have be earned by me. But I still hover around just in case a character needs someone to talk to in the background before come to the front to declare something dramatically. As for you I see you as the guy who knows almost everything doesn't tell anyone or act on his information at all. A data packrat as it were.
No no, Archivist. Sounds more professional and intimidating.
And, not being here doesn't mean you're not fronting on hentai interactives.
;)
Straughn
22-04-2006, 02:26
Well it is a indicator of the fact that I seldom bother to post on these forums. Therefore full "character" status wouldn't have be earned by me. But I still hover around just in case a character needs someone to talk to in the background before come to the front to declare something dramatically. As for you I see you as the guy who knows almost everything doesn't tell anyone or act on his information at all. A data packrat as it were.
That reminds me - have you seen my thread yet? I would appreciate your input (no joke) - you might provide some needed insight.
Dinaverg
22-04-2006, 02:48
....and THAT's EXACTLY what qualifies you for the job! Teehee!

What, La Dame and Tweet got to you too?
Straughn
22-04-2006, 03:00
What, La Dame and Tweet got to you too?
There's enough me for the both of them and for me to continue my weaselly, ineffectual, no-account befouling of the forums.

Seriously though, that's what makes soaps tick is the cliches. Whole genre-ization.
Dinaverg
22-04-2006, 03:07
There's enough me for the both of them and for me to continue my weaselly, ineffectual, no-account befouling of the forums.

Seriously though, that's what makes soaps tick is the cliches. Whole genre-ization.

...Sure, just...No more "Teehee"s, mkay?
Straughn
22-04-2006, 04:19
...Sure, just...No more "Teehee"s, mkay?
Whaddya mean? To me, befouling and teehee's are all part of le package totale. *shrug*
Anti-Social Darwinism
22-04-2006, 04:39
*walks into room carrying a large orange juice, freshly squeezed, liberally laced with vodka and just a hint of grenadine. Sits abruptly on a chair that isn't there. Starts singing.*
Secluded Islands
22-04-2006, 04:41
What, La Dame and Tweet got to you too?

they can get to anyone...
Upper Botswavia
22-04-2006, 04:43
*stands in the bushes outside the window, looking at the oddballs in the room and trying to figure out which one knows my secret. I have a plate of brownies in my hand. A plate of special brownies*
Straughn
22-04-2006, 04:51
they can get to anyone...
Especially if you invest A LOT OF TIME in a certain thread or two. Spam-hooked.
Secluded Islands
22-04-2006, 04:57
Especially if you invest A LOT OF TIME in a certain thread or two. Spam-hooked.

yeah, spam is always involved...
Straughn
22-04-2006, 04:59
yeah, spam is always involved...I'm kinda surprised this thread really hasn't taken that turn so far. Whatever it stands as now, at least ....
Anti-Social Darwinism
22-04-2006, 04:59
*stands in the bushes outside the window, looking at the oddballs in the room and trying to figure out which one knows my secret. I have a plate of brownies in my hand. A plate of special brownies*

*staggers to window. Reaches out and grabs brownie. Smirks smugly. It's going to be an interesting evening.*
Secluded Islands
22-04-2006, 05:02
I'm kinda surprised this thread really hasn't taken that turn so far. Whatever it stands as now, at least ....

:D give it time...
Secluded Islands
22-04-2006, 05:04
*staggers to window. Reaches out and grabs brownie. Smirks smugly. It's going to be an interesting evening.*

*takes brownie away and throws in trash*

"brownies are fattening you know?"

*hands out celery sticks*
Dinaverg
22-04-2006, 05:13
*takes brownie away and throws in trash*

"brownies are fattening you know?"

*hands out celery sticks*

"What is it you like about celery sticks?"
Secluded Islands
22-04-2006, 05:15
"What is it you like about celery sticks?"

"because they are good for you. especially with peanutbutter..."

http://www.imageenvision.com/md/0002-0511-2622-3321.jpg
Anti-Social Darwinism
22-04-2006, 05:25
*takes brownie away and throws in trash*

"brownies are fattening you know?"

*hands out celery sticks*

*downs rest of Harvey Wallbanger.* "celery sticks are only good in Bloody Marys. I want chocolate" *Sits abruptly on non-existent chair. Starts singing.*
Maineiacs
22-04-2006, 05:56
*sits quietly with vodka tonic in one hand, pen in the other, writing pad on lap; sighs* This is incredibely alésage.
Valori
22-04-2006, 05:58
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Maineiacs
22-04-2006, 06:12
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Stop staring at me!
Utracia
22-04-2006, 07:48
I'm kinda surprised this thread really hasn't taken that turn so far. Whatever it stands as now, at least ....

Would you like us to take over? I'm sure that we could be convinced to become thread killers by turning it into spam. I think though that a soap opera thread is fun enough without it coming to that! :)
Secluded Islands
22-04-2006, 17:33
This is incredibely alésage.

maybe you should spice things up a bit...
Secluded Islands
22-04-2006, 17:33
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*repeatedly pokes Valori in the arm*
Straughn
22-04-2006, 22:30
maybe you should spice things up a bit...
Har har har.
:D
Straughn
22-04-2006, 22:32
Would you like us to take over? I'm sure that we could be convinced to become thread killers by turning it into spam. I think though that a soap opera thread is fun enough without it coming to that! :)
Spam opera ....
Well i've established my char but not named him/her yet. I think someone needs to sift through the spam here and make a decision to what's gonna happen, or start ANOTHER thread where there's cohesive action.
And i know i'm not the only one to address this ...
Secluded Islands
22-04-2006, 22:53
Spam opera ....
Well i've established my char but not named him/her yet. I think someone needs to sift through the spam here and make a decision to what's gonna happen, or start ANOTHER thread where there's cohesive action.
And i know i'm not the only one to address this ...

i say there should be a thread that lists in the OP all those involved with their characters name and description...
Zilam
23-04-2006, 01:08
i say there should be a thread that lists in the OP all those involved with their characters name and description...


You want to do that? You go right ahead. But yeah, there is so much spam here, ethiopia would be fed for the next 30 yrs.
Secluded Islands
23-04-2006, 01:37
You want to do that? You go right ahead.

but that would take work...
Ladamesansmerci
23-04-2006, 01:56
You want to do that? You go right ahead. But yeah, there is so much spam here, ethiopia would be fed for the next 30 yrs.

mmm...spam. Spamming is fun. :D