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zarla-s · 10 days ago

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Hopefully not an odd question, but how did you come up with the “Ads” in Spamtons speech for your Defragmentation comic?

Like know where to put them and what they would be

A lot of the time it's just free association. Every time there's a word that CAN be replaced to obscure or muddy something, I consider it. Something to remember about his speech pattern is that his bracket words aren't all ads or slogans! He replaces normal words too, sometimes with the same word (presumably) or sometimes with a strange tangent. If a word in the sentence makes you think of something else (and can hide or confuse something), just follow that train of thought a few stops and see where it takes you.

For example, let's say he wanted to say something like "I SAW YOUR RUNNING AWAY." I made a typo while typing that and I usually keep those. "Running" jumps out at me - easy word to replace with something strange. What's another unusual word for running? "Skedaddle", no one uses that. What's a step further out from that? "Skip-to-my-loo my darling", they both have a "sk" sound and convey movement. Sentence turns into "I SAW YOUR [ Skip-to-my-loo] MY [prize3d CUstomer]!" That's my general approach, haha. Sometimes the words just have pleasing alliteration or a nice rhythm or just rhyme in a way I like. "[Prime-Time] [High-Time]" for example, or "[Blinkers Poppers Firestarters]". Anything that can be replaced with something vaguely threatening or scary is a good option too (Spamton screaming in agony about burning in acid or talking about death for example).

I made a way longer post about the details of his speech pattern (it's surprisingly fiddly) but here's some quick bulletpoints of things I don't see too often when people write for him.

Typos

Wrong punctuation/no punctuation

Punctuation inside words (LIGH;TN>er)

Too much punctuation (can never have enough !!!!s)

Numbers in words

Incorrect capitalizations in and out of brackets

Weird grammar and misspellings

Tense mix-ups, plural mix-ups

Complete sentences (he CAN do these! they're just rare)

Missing words, single words

Too many spaces, spaces in weird places

Repetition (usually panicky but he does get stuck sometimes in general)

Small short words ([guts], [eyes], [mouth])

Weird word choices (skedaddle up there for example)

Follow your train of thought wherever it goes. Song lyrics, movie titles, famous catchphrases, jingles, memes (not too many of these though), technical jargon, just whatever your brain grabs onto. You might want to check out old VHS recordings on archive.org that include commercials and see what they sound like. The 90s are a good year, Spamton loves 1997!

#asks and answers #sandvwixh #deltarune #spamton #i've watched a lot of TV so i've probably heard more commercials than a lot of kids now #i don't count youtube ads those aren't the same thing

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ressbound · 3 years ago

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OH SHIT I FORGOT TO POST MY ARTFIGHT ATTACKS