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[nancydrewpcpolls]

Which game has the worst accent/s?

Secret of Shadow Ranch

Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Danger by Design

The Phantom of Venice

The Haunting of Castle Malloy

Shadow at the Water's Edge

The Captive Curse

Ghost of Thornton Hall

The Silent Spy

Sea of Darkness

Mystery of the Seven Keys

Other

Remaining time: 5 days 20 hours

I included all the games where a majority of the characters have an accent. If you think a specific character from a different game (Jacques or Renee, for example) has the worst accent, you can vote other!

[poorlydrawnnancydrew]

What happened the first time Jane did the ritual? She's got that perfect pour down by the time Nancy sees. But did she miss the hole that first few times and slosh oil everywhere? She just has to be a little bit off-center with that pitcher and we've got an oil slick all over the great hall.

No key without toil, no mop without oil

[poorlydrawnnancydrew]

[poorlydrawnnancydrew]

[nancynancydrewdrewdrew]

fell down some stairs and got a concussion. unfortunately nancy drew never gets a concussion when hit in the head and jake rogers falls down stairs for sure.

so that means in terms of my life i am currently more like jake rogers than nancy drew and man that is a disappointment !

[natalyakayak]

Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock (2005)

[uncoveringnancydrew]

Visit Original Link

A longer audio clip of the falling klieg light scene.  The stage crew talks more, Lillian yells “and…action!”, and Rick has slightly better acting (at least he doesn’t repeat his line) in this version.

[ndconceptarchive]

I wonder if they removed this version because it would’ve required more of an animation budget. (The original version with the copy and pasted repeated audio line is iconic in its own way, however).

[nancydrewpcpolls]

Spoilers for all Nancy Drew games

Who is your favorite culprit?

Mitch Dillon, Det. Beech, Dwayne Powers, Louis Chandler

Lisa Ostrum, Joseph Hughes, Taylor Sinclair, Emily Griffin

Elliott Chen, Andy Jason, Shorty Thurmond

Jane Penvellyn, Jane Willoughby, Lori Girard, Minette

The Mapus, Yanni Volkstaia, Renee Amande

Helena Berg, Fiona Malloy, Corine Myers

Scott Varnell, Rentaro Aihara, Anja Mittelmeier

Brenda Carlton, Abdullah Bakhoum, Victor Lossett

Clara Thornton, Ewan Macleod, Kiri Nind

Xenia Doukas, Niobi Papadaki, Thanos Ganas, Grigor Karakinos

Soren Bergursson, Alicia Cole, Vladena Zlaty

I didn't like any of them/It's hard to choose/Nuance

Voting ended onJun 29

[nancys-calendar]

JUNE 16TH, 1880

Jake Hurley purchases a Krolmeister doll for his wife, Camille. She names it Eliza Sandberger.

[nancydrewpcpolls]

Choose an iconic quote

I love gumbo. What kind of gumbo is gumbo fu?

Cheeseburger

Rude (or another variation)

I gotta have some torque!

I may have to cut this short, Hal. Someone just climbed out of my wardrobe

Sounds like upstairs people problems to me. I'm downstairs people

Felicity! The door, the door!

Tear down the velvet ropes standing in the way of your wordmagination

Oh no, I wrecked my roux!

I must confess that the man has no talent

It's locked

Other

Voting ended onJun 22

[artofnancydrew]

Swallows and Flowering Blossoms by Jiang Tingxi; ink and color on silk

Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732) was born in Changshu, Jiangsu. He was also known by the names Nansha, Qingtong Jushi, Qiujun, XiGu, Yangsun, and Youjun. Jiang was a Qing dynasty court painter and, along with Chen Menglei, co-editor of the state-sponsored encyclopedia Gujin tushu jicheng (Complete Collection of Ancient and Modern Writings and Charts), published in 1726. A native of Jiangsu province, Jiang was renowned for his bird and flower paintings. As an official painter and grand secretary to the Imperial Court in Kyoto, Jiang Tingxi used a wide variety of artistic styles, and focused particularly on paintings of birds and flowers. He was also proficient in calligraphy. Biography adapted from the British Museum. The name of the piece comes from a poster printed in 1979. There is not much online for this piece itself, but Tingxi does at least have a Wikipedia page in English, something that is not always the case for Chinese painters. (It's sparsely sourced but it does match with the British Museum's biography.)

Found in: Message in a Haunted Mansion, Nancy's room

[nancys-calendar]

JUNE 11, 1884

Meryl Humber writes that his daughter’s flower has died.

[uncoveringnancydrew]

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Loulou’s various unused sayings that, according to the sound file names, she would say when trying to speak to her at night in CUR.  In the final, she only says “Say goodnight, Gracie" when you try to talk to her, so these were probably intended to provide variety rather than repeating the same line.

[thegoldengardenia-blog]

I’m 99% sure I heard her say “What are you doing out of bed" once, and maybe “The witching hour is close at hand", but I’ve never heard the others before!

[uncoveringnancydrew]

Huh. I’d actually never heard any of them in game before, which is quite strange, even when I would (to the point of utter irritation) talk to her and sit idly in one place to listen to her say anything like these. Maybe the chances of hearing those are programmed to be less likely to be heard than the others? Interesting…

[lickieloo]

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WHY IS THIS CALLED GOBLIN CREEP?? There are no Goblins in VEN?? 

[click-the-plane-ticket]

The melody is from a piece of classical music called “The Water Goblin”

[ndconceptarchive]

For further context/comparison:

If anyone has other musical knowledge to share about the series, or a piece of music that sounds similar to a track in the games please let us know.

[i-love-books-because-reasons]

The Golden Gardenia Parlor Ambience | Nancy Drew Soundtrack Ambience feat. Rain & Thunder

[artofnancydrew]

I know in-universe we could claim that Rose only had lesser print reproductions of these paintings to start with or that Louis was lying through his teeth about their value and she foolishly never sought another opinion because she was already out of her depth, stressed out and growing discouraged, and keeping the house from collapsing was more pressing. I know some pieces are more highly valued than others, but Rose could've sold a Gainsborough or two at auction to help ease financial stress (she has 7 Gainsboroughs and I believe most are full-sized framed portraits, not small print reproductions on a side table. Even his reproductions fetch a good price if that site is to be believed).

Like, she has two portraits of Abigail Smith Adams in great condition. Why does she need two of them?

Caps from littlenancydrewthings

[queerdagny]

I don't have a caption for this one so feel free

[heytherenancydrew]

All this hocus pocus alters nothing! This marriage is binding and that makes me king. See? See?