Kelsey Grammer? Sure, that works. As do some of the other suggestions, to which I’ll add Jeremy Irons — or even Gary Oldman in his “Dr. Smith” mode if you want a Darker and Edgier version.
The fact taht people aren’t able to perceive his sapience only makes him being here even more bizarre. He should have been tracked down and either tranquilized or killed a dozen times already.
I know, right? I mean Hitler was a sapient being! I hate the recent tendency to call everybody Hitler, but as this fucker is literally trying to commit genocide I think the comparison fits.
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
After Tip gave me a light;
Plus a zombied hand from my
new girlfriend, cheerful UNITY.
In what shadow, deep-state guise
Came this tiger who I despise?
On what grounds were you required?
Never mind, of you I’m tired.
And what program, of what art,
Could make this hatred of thy heart?
And when thy mouth yearned for man-meat,
Who wrote “Success!’? On what spreadsheet?
What the purpose? Why this pain,
Hunger foul placed in thy brain?
Were there meetings? Did they gasp
When at last you left their grasp?
When they saw you disappear
Did they shed then any tears?
Did they smile your work, to see?
— Oops, you’re ashes. Oh, silly me.
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
I could watch you burn all night:
Stop getting cinders in my eye,
While I sit here with UNITY.
Everybody in the pack likes him. His significant others do the thinking, but no one would listen to them without buddy’s charisma. Apparently the Patriarchy really is everywhere.
Also, in the previous arc with the pack, Tip’s fight with Buddy for dominance took the form of an election complete with campaigning and debates, rather than bloodshed.
The whole pack combined probably weighs only about half of what HT weighs on his own. If they all attacked him at once, they could probably take him down, just by sheer numbers. But they would have to be wholly committed to it, and at least a couple of them would die in the process.
But more importantly, HT is a very smooth talker. He has always used his silver tongue to convince others to do his bidding, and his size just for a little added intimidation. He only resorts to violence when that doesn’t work.
Besides, the pack was only just barely willing to help humanity at all before. Without Tip’s werewolf sex appeal, HT could have found it easy to swing the decision back.
Don’t be daft. The sizes they’re drawn aren’t terrible consistent, but he’s generally only slightly bigger than they are. There’s no way he weighs nearly as much as the whole pack together. And they were modified for battle by a powerful mad scientist, whereas the extent of his modifications appears to be being able to talk. Sweetheart alone could probably kick his ass if she was angry enough, he was afraid of her when she got worked up previously.
Why wouldn’t it be H.T….?
Anyone else hear H.T. as Sideshow Bob?
I always heard him more as an evil Nathan Lane, but yours makes more sense.
I’ve always heard him as George Sanders.
Is that speciesist?
Like the one he used for Preedex “Preed” Yoa from Titan A.E.
BTW, for me he sounds like either Tony Jay or Ben Kingsley.
I do now.
I hear him as Alan Rickman. (RIP, Mr. Rickman.)
Kelsey Grammer? Sure, that works. As do some of the other suggestions, to which I’ll add Jeremy Irons — or even Gary Oldman in his “Dr. Smith” mode if you want a Darker and Edgier version.
Thanks to watching Talespin in my formative years, I primarily hear him as Tony Jay.
Always Tony Jay. His voice conveys even more affable upper class malice than Kelsey Grammer’s.
How did he get to Canuckland?
You know, HT, there is a limit to how far humanity’s gonna let you ride the ‘he’s a sapient being!’ defense.
Currently, almost all of humanity [1] is unable to perceive him as a sapient being, so there’s no percentage in avoiding the Sinister Plotting.
[1] I’m assuming the reality blindness is not limited to the USA and Canada.
The fact taht people aren’t able to perceive his sapience only makes him being here even more bizarre. He should have been tracked down and either tranquilized or killed a dozen times already.
IIRC, he’s been wearing a sort of clown suit, a tiger in a clown suit being weird enough for people’s minds to filter him out altogether.
Well, Skin Horse then
I know, right? I mean Hitler was a sapient being! I hate the recent tendency to call everybody Hitler, but as this fucker is literally trying to commit genocide I think the comparison fits.
Really, Sweetheart speaks for all of us.
*rampage warning*
Sweetheart, I don’t think that was quite what William Blake was trying to say.
Actually, I think even Blake’d be muttering “Sod off, you bastard,” and going off to get his elephant gun at this point.
I guess you could say it was his sod off shotgun.
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
Get the F$%# out of my life!!!!
Oh, I LIKE that!
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
After Tip gave me a light;
Plus a zombied hand from my
new girlfriend, cheerful UNITY.
In what shadow, deep-state guise
Came this tiger who I despise?
On what grounds were you required?
Never mind, of you I’m tired.
And what program, of what art,
Could make this hatred of thy heart?
And when thy mouth yearned for man-meat,
Who wrote “Success!’? On what spreadsheet?
What the purpose? Why this pain,
Hunger foul placed in thy brain?
Were there meetings? Did they gasp
When at last you left their grasp?
When they saw you disappear
Did they shed then any tears?
Did they smile your work, to see?
— Oops, you’re ashes. Oh, silly me.
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
I could watch you burn all night:
Stop getting cinders in my eye,
While I sit here with UNITY.
*puts gold star on screen*
Moe, thank you for that poem.
If Buddy is terrible at fighting, how is he the alpha?
Everybody in the pack likes him. His significant others do the thinking, but no one would listen to them without buddy’s charisma. Apparently the Patriarchy really is everywhere.
Also, in the previous arc with the pack, Tip’s fight with Buddy for dominance took the form of an election complete with campaigning and debates, rather than bloodshed.
Because the alpha of a canine pack is generally the senior member of the family group and its got nothing to do with fighting for dominance?
“Oh sure, I’m just waiting for the Yellowstone Caldera to be ignited by a coal seam”
So how was Montpelier, H. T.?
Sweetheart speaks for all of us. This is one case where I would actually advocate for a long running character to die, preferably horribly.
On another note, why would a pack of dogs let a tiger join them?!
because he’s bigger, stronger, and pummel them if they don’t?
The whole pack combined probably weighs only about half of what HT weighs on his own. If they all attacked him at once, they could probably take him down, just by sheer numbers. But they would have to be wholly committed to it, and at least a couple of them would die in the process.
But more importantly, HT is a very smooth talker. He has always used his silver tongue to convince others to do his bidding, and his size just for a little added intimidation. He only resorts to violence when that doesn’t work.
Besides, the pack was only just barely willing to help humanity at all before. Without Tip’s werewolf sex appeal, HT could have found it easy to swing the decision back.
Don’t be daft. The sizes they’re drawn aren’t terrible consistent, but he’s generally only slightly bigger than they are. There’s no way he weighs nearly as much as the whole pack together. And they were modified for battle by a powerful mad scientist, whereas the extent of his modifications appears to be being able to talk. Sweetheart alone could probably kick his ass if she was angry enough, he was afraid of her when she got worked up previously.
The first questions that come to mind are “how?” and “why?” Ironically, those are probably the questions I don’t want to know the answers to.
I heartily concur with Sweetheart!
Well, I can think of one very good reason *not* to shelter the humans now…
Also very astute of Sweetheart to remember that AU H.T. died saving orphans in a fire.