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hook: *is a murderous, temperamental, bitter, bossy, self-centered pirate*

also hook: if I catch you forcing yourself on any woman I’ll tear you apart

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I'm sorry to bother you with this, but in return to neverland and neverland pirates does hook sound more high pitched to you? When I first heard about jess I wanted to watch some eps of neverland pirates but hook sounded way more high pitched. I thought it was just to avoid copyright but the official disney channel does it too. (1/2)

{ No bother~! My apologies for taking a while responding.

I do not personally think the slightly higher pitch is intentional. Corey Burton is an amazing voice actor, but he is still not the one and only Hans Conried. He voices many other characters, and I’m sure it’s occasionally trying to be perfectly consistent with all of them, respectively. In some Jake episodes, he sounds a great deal like Hans, in others, not quite so much. Sometimes it seems to be because of his moods/what he is going through in the episodes, others maybe not, but still pretty darn close mimicking of someone else and their voicework, especially when the someone is, unfortunately, deceased and cannot give any pointers/suggestions.

Also, Hook does sound a lil different sometimes around Jessica because he’s actually happier, thus not quite as gruff and grumpy, so there’s that as well :’D

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@tinkiisms asked so guESS WHAT I’m gonna ramble about the Hook and George Darling being portrayed by the same fellow usually which I have not rambled about before I just needed an excuse. And it got long so I’ll use a readmore.

It is a tradition that Hook and Mr Darling be played by the same actor because he was when the play was first preformed. There are m any theories that have spawned off this, some of which depend on one's view point as to whether or not Neverland is actually real or dreamed. If dreamed, some speculate that the character of Hook takes on traits from George because similiar temper and, well it’s the main man the children are familiar with so?? why not imagine your dad as a slightly different looking pirate especially after you just had a disagreement with him. I do not necessarily agree with this because I consider Neverland to be a real place and also follow the more strongly agreed upon fact that James Hook actually represented the author JM Barrie, both in certain characteristics and when he played with the children that inspired the story of Peter Pan (the movie Finding Neverland is v good I cried but anyway it shows him actually pretending to be Hook for a game at one point). Another theory I have seen was that Hook’s death in book was symbolic of Mr Darling’s redemption in real life, but this also seems based on the more dream-Neverland concept. THat’s just my opinion I am not saying they are bAD theories they just do not work for me personally. Also, I’ve talked to a Wendy in the past (they are no longer active) and we mused over the fact that part of the reason she may have been surprised by Hook in the book (beyond manners) could have been because he reminded her of her father. Makes sense to me tbh (a lot more than her just ‘oh wow you’re handsome’ bc she is still a chiLD and I would be much more surprised to if I saw a pirate guy who looked somewhat like my dad with long hair and in rly nice old-fashioned clothes at her age than a much older attractive man, but that’s an apparently rather unpopular opinion of mine).

OTHER THAN THAT I cannot think of any other theories off the top of my head, probably because they did not make sense to me at the time so I didn’t remember them. I do have my own views/observations from studying Disney version of the story if you’d like to hear those, if not you can just ignore the rest of this post. And I don’t feel like I need to point out that Disney version has it’s share of differences from the original book/play to you, but I’ll just remind about that fact for anyone else reading before I continue.

Okay so obviously Disney is animated there are no live people seen in the movie, BUT this was during the days that people still modeled for the characters and scenes etc (Tink had a cute model but I forgot her name gah) for the animators. Hans Conried, however, not only provided voices to both men but also posed and etc. Hook’s design actually changed to resemble and in some cases even act more like him, such as Conried’s rather dramatic gestures and expressions. He also had great manners and elegance and hIEGHT irl so that helped support those aspects of Hook as well (my Hook’s hc height is actually the same as Hans Conried’s). Unfortunately I don’t know if he modeled for George Darling too, I’ve only seen photos of him dressed like Hook for scenes from the film. But judging by George and Hook’s temperaments and dramatic poses/gestures, I’d imagine he probably did; if he didn’t, they certainly appear to have at least let him inspire Mr Darling too. And their voices even sarcasm are definitely a lot alike, Hook just has a tad of sea slang thrown in while George does not. In other words, despite being animated, Walt Disney still very much incorporated the tradition of them being portrayed by the same person. I personally take this a step further in my portrayal by including one or two of the traits seen from George into Hook, such as his sympathy toward Nana when she is tied and the fact that he is not as concerned by little things when he’s drowsy or very tired. My Hook may also have father-ish traits surface from time to time in interactions with a few certain ppls muses that somehow manage to befriend him cOUGHES. This is a more indirect relation, but when Disney gave Hook a love interest in JatNP, she has red hair and curls. We don’t see Mrs. Darling’s hair down in the original film, but considering Wendy’s curls, it’s probably safe to assume hers is as well. MY POINT IS that much like George and Hook not looking exactly alike yet they can still remind someone of the other because of their personalities and gestures, Red Jessica does not look identical to Mary Darling b ut has the same calmer nature and ability to quieten her angry man far more quickly than anyone else by tone or simply a touch, j ust like Mary gets her husband to chill. They have another similarity or two but I have no idea if this was even intentional on Disney’s part, it is an interesting coincidence if wasn’t planned though. I didn’t intend to get into a reason I support a Disney Jr ship so much b ut since I was comparing the two men it seemed appropriate to point out the ladies they fall hard for are also quite similiar which reflects back again on their personalities. George is just more peaceful and law abiding business man who I’m p sure has never killed anyone, Hook is not.

There are probably some other things I could have talked about lurking in the back of my mind but I am currently very sleepy so this’ll have to do for now my apologizes for ramblish tendencies it’s a bad habit

OH WAIT NO there was one other notion I came up with one time in a joking manner but after I thought about it it is actually somewhat possible: Due to how similiar Hook and George are I cannot help wondering if they’re not actually distantly related. I have 0 evidence for this but the idea of Wendy and siblings actually being a great great+more greats niece and Hook learning this would freakin astonish him and that would be an interesting idea to play with imo bUT again that’s just my thoughts I have no backing beyond how much they can be compared/same hair color and height. Now I’m done even tho this probably has a lot of typos I should review but I’m not going to. Good night everyone I seriously need sleep

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What you would think if Hook have one girl and one boy (from Descendants franchise), will you draw them some day?

{ I know of Hook having three children in the Descendants franchise due to a friend who has read some of the books/follows it, two girls and one boy. I do not acknowledge it on this blog because a) the story/isles and all that honestly confuses me fkjhsd I don’t need more confusion than trying to blend book and disney already is and b) I had already discussed childrens with my Jess partner before Descendants was even created

But I admit I like CJ’s design, so if I ever do draw one of them, it’ll probably be her!

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{ EMOTIONAL SQUAWKING ABOUT THE LAST JAKE SPECIAL    I’VE BEEN PLAYING HIM FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS    AND MY MOST IMPORTANT HEADCANON OF ALL    JUST BECAME CANON IN A CHILDREN’S SHO W

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3, 4 and 6 for mun meme

Mun-Directed Questions About Roleplaying

3. What’s something you like about how you write?

either I am humble or indecisive or both (probably both) but I have no idea

4. What’s something you dislike about how you write or wish you were better at?

I would like to become better at using shorter sentences occasionally. Sometimes I get carried away;; Also I would like to use personification of things more often but I forget to ??? for some reason

6. What’s something about your character that you wouldn’t like if you had to spend time with them?

His grouchiness. For someone who is optimistic and glass half full sort of person like myself, and despite how much I love him, I’m pretty sure I would get tired of his grumpiness after a while. Also his temper is scARY I don’t think some of you understand thIS it iS FRIGHTENING WHEN HIS PUPILS ARE TINY AND HE THROWS THINGS ESPECIALLY AT YOU OK

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#38

Mun-Directed Questions About Roleplaying

38. Has a roleplayer ever changed your view on a character? If so, how? Good or bad? For better or for worse?

I am sorry to admit this has almost happened to me in the bad way... twice that that I can think of off hand, probably more than that if I really ponder over it. Thankfully I remembered/reminded myself that ‘look they did not create the character, someone else would play them differently don’t judge the muse for the mun’ and ‘you are not obligated to follow or approve of their portrayal that’s their business and blog now stop worrying about it’

AS FOR CHANGING VIEWS IN A GOOD WAY YES, I love both Jack and Sally more than I ever did (because NBC has just never been a me sort of movie? I’m not a dark/spooky person honestly I like pastel colors and such fkjshd) due to @skeletonwithabowtie and @pumpkinqueensally, I also have an even greater appreciation of Mickey due to @smalladventurer and @thekingmickey, and @themisfitmouse pretty much restored my faith in how good original characters can be. I’ve grown fonder of Mortimer and BIg Bad Wolf due to @bettermcuse and @blowthehousedown and my love of Princess Sass Queen Meg has heightened incredibly due to @fireballsandsmokechains. @laioch-bana-mhorair is also a grand Merida whom I love even though I’ve only seen Brave oncE. I could go o n but I think it’s safe to say all of my mutuals have caused me to love their characters even more, so even if you weren’t mentioned ur great too ok

And because I cannot not mention her, @that-crimson-captain brought life to Jessica in a way that worked beautifully with my version of Hook, and she is partially responsible for my muse for him returning after brief lows in activity from time to time

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16 & 43 for the mun meme please~

Mun-Directed Questions About Roleplaying

16. What’s your favorite thing about rping a canon character?

It is both easier and more challenging than rping an oc. I know that’s an oxymoron, but hear me out. It is easier to gain attention because people are usually more familiar with the character and like or don’t like them. BUT if you do not capture them decently, you’re also judged more quickly. But I like challenges, and the number of my followers has never been a big focus for me, although I do greatly appreciate them fksjhd so canon just works well for me, plus I would want to draw aLL my icons for an oc and that’d take a while (though I have considered it before anyway)

43. Do you usually prefer chat/short replies, or long/para/novella replies?

I enjoy both, but usually chat/short replies are not as serious for me. My ideal rping, however, is when you can vary length depending upon how much you have to say, while being comfortable enough with your partner that you don’t feel you have to match or feel guilty about increasing length or having less as long as your partner has something to easily work with