More Autor Musings

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Random Observations:

- Autor’s scream in episode #21 is a lot more pained in English than Japanese. XD; (I’m so terrible. I actually switched between the English and Japanese deliberately to compare it.) And according to someone in the comm, it likely really was lightning and not a similar force field. Oak trees, interestingly, are associated with lightning. I guess that also explains Sailor Jupiter’s Oak Evolution lightning power in the final Sailor Moon season…. So dang. OW. Years ago I asked about lightning/electricity striking people down and I was told that if it’s strong enough to knock you out, it’s pretty serious, because for electricity to knock you out, your heart actually stops briefly. o.o Autor was thrown several yards, landed unconscious, and later awakened for a moment only to pass out again. I wonder if I didn’t have him hurt enough in my episode #21 addendum.

- The English VA makes him a sound a lot more arrogant. With the Japanese one, though his words are definitely arrogant, his tone isn’t so smug.

- The voice actor commentary is a disappointment. At least what I tried to listen to on the final episode was. XD; They barely talked about the show itself at all. Mostly they were just randomly gabbing and being silly. Now the staff commentary, on the other hand, I actually learned stuff from. And yes, I rarely listen to commentary, but I really wanted background info so much that I was messing with it this time.

- Among the staff comments on episode #24, they noted Autor’s insecurity and his need to feel important. They also described him as being more morally ambiguous compared to Fakir. Which I kind of agree with and kind of don’t. He’s definitely obsessed with the whole power aspect (and interestingly, they also said that Autor seemed more like the type whom Drosselmeyer would have chosen for his heir. Though they didn't mention that Drosselmeyer seemed to ignore Autor completely on the show), but his actions still seem to show a person who doesn’t want harm to come to people. He totally goes the extra mile for Fakir and Uzura (and by helping Fakir, everyone) at the end. He could have died!

And I’m kind of creeped out that I feel like I’ve seen the voice actor clip from disc 4 where Autor’s English VA is recording his first lines in episodes #15 and #17. I could not have seen that before! I only saw disc 1 from the library four years ago, then couldn’t wait for the rest and watched the whole rest of the series on YouTube over two days. So unless I somehow saw that clip on YouTube too, there’s no way I could have seen it any other time.

Comments

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Poor Autor in ep 21. ;___; Lightning strikes so seem very serious from what I've heard, too. Ow...

LOL, though, the mention of him sounding more smug in the English version totally reminds me of Seto. XD

Bleah at the bad commentary. XD; That's never fun. There was a commentary for "99 Loses Control" with the actress who played 99 and one of the producers. I was hoping for some good insight on the ep that I could use for the Casino Nights fic, but it was just random "Oh, I remember that; do you remember that? I can't believe I wore *that*!" kinda things. XD; By comparison, I learned so much from Robert Clary's commentary for "Art for Hogan's Sake."

Interesting about what they said about Autor being Drosselmeyer's heir, though. And yay for him going the extra mile!

Wow, that is creepy about seeing the clip before and not recalling it. **has had one or two moments like that, at times...**

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

**hugs him.** I allowed a bit of leeway because of it being a magic-related show/the blast was kind of supernatural/etc. But even at that, being thrown several yards is pretty scary.

LOL.

Bleh. XD; There was hardly even any of that kind of commentary. They mostly gabbed about everything under the sun, like what they did on their birthdays. **headdesk.** It's awesome that the Hogan's Heroes commentary was good, at least!

Yeah, I just don't know if I go on Drosselmeyer wanting Autor for his heir. He really does ignore Autor, and kind of mocks him for the exact duplicate of his study. "These all look like things I used," Drosselmeyer mused in episode 25, "but most of them are fakes." And he derisively knocked some books off the shelf.

Autor shows a lot that there's a kind person under the egotistical attitude. He's awesome.

Yeah, it's driving me nuts, because it seems so eerily familiar and yet I know I couldn't have seen it before unless it was on YouTube, and I don't remember watching it there.

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Ahh. **nods**

XD

Oh, gosh. Going on a tangent much? XD; **pets good commentaries**

Ooh, that sounds like an chilling scene with the books. o.o

Yay for awesome characters! X3

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was getting so frustrated I couldn't even get through the whole thing. XD;

It is. o.o Drosselmeyer freezes time around everyone and everything in an area except who he wants to talk with, so Autor's frozen in mid-air. (When Drosselmeyer leaves, Autor does a ridiculous plop on the floor, LOL.) The really chilling part is when Drosselmeyer makes Fakir write that Ahiru is told that the only way to save Mytho is to go into the Lake of Despair and kill herself, which will enable her pendant to come off. Mytho needs the pendant and she can't get it off. Fakir can't control his hand, so he finally stabs it with a letter-opener to stop the Story and keep Ahiru from dying. ;___;

[cskazaam.livejournal.com]

LOL. Actually that might be something I'd wonder about too, which scene was more intense. XD Oooh, that's interesting that oak trees are associated with lightning. X3 **and ponders over how hurt he would have been.** I'm no expert on electricity, so I really couldn't say. XD; **is rather indecisive.** Though I think that your story should be fine. ^^

I'm curious to see the English version of him now. XD

That's too bad about the voice actor commentary! Sounds like it was a waste of space on the DVD. XD; At least the staff commentary was helpful! >3

Hmmm.... While Autor definitely risked his life to save everyone, he definitely didn't do Fakir any favors when he was getting him ready to write the story. I wonder if that's what they mean about him being morally ambiguous, along with being power obsessed.

LOL. Deja vu! It can definitely be creepy. XD

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

XD Though my reason was just because I'm sadistic hurt/comfort obsessed. LOL. I hope the fic made it look believable enough. ^^

It's an interesting comparison, for sure. ^^

Yeah, the VA commentary was really disappointing. XD; I wish there was more staff commentary!

I guess it's a point-of-view matter. XD He was harsh, one could say, but on the other hand, Fakir agreed to be taught. And Autor was training him by the methods he believed in. I think what they meant was more how Autor comes across as power-obsessed ("Isn't it THRILLING?!") and hence, they felt that he would be more likely to write like Drosselmeyer and manipulate people. That's kind of what they were saying. But considering all of his words and actions throughout the episodes, I don't really agree with their assessment of him. However, I do think if he actually got the power he wanted, he could easily be corrupted, which of course is what I've been tinkering with. XD

[cskazaam.livejournal.com]

LOL. I think it was definitely believable. ^^

**nods.** I wonder what lengths he'd go to to get power, if he hasn't already been corrupted?

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

That's good. ^^

Good question. I *kind* of think he wouldn't actively seek it out, and instead just try to get on with his life, but it's hard to say. If he heard about a way he could potentially get it, he would probably look into it.

[cskazaam.livejournal.com]

**nods.** That makes sense. I think what he's doing to gain power through writing music in your fic is the way that most fits with his character and interests. ^^

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

^^ That's good! **was hoping it would look plausible and IC.**

[darkspellmaster.livejournal.com]

The interesting thing about Autor is that of all the characters you really wish he had come in sooner rather then later. What really got me to root for this guy was the way he wound up stopping Fakir later on, but back to the Oak Tree moment.

Oaks are associated with Lightning, and "it was believed that the Oak was the first tree created by God, and its fruit, the Acorn, the first food of mankind." so says a varity of sources. Lighning is seen as a primortial building peice. Think of it as, well, when you have something like the monster in Frankestine, it's hit by lighning to awaken it. Just an odd thought if the tree was trying to awaken Autor out of his selfishness?

Another intersting fact is that his name might have three meanings, in several languages 'Autor' means "Author" and in Spanish it is connected to words that mean "Responsiblity" and "Athority" both of which are peices of his personality.

I've noticed that a lot of the actors, while they understand their characters they don't get a lot of the insight into the meaning behind whats happening. The few that I've seen get this are, Kirby Marrow, Yuri Lowenthal, Collen Clinkbeard, David Kaye, Scott McNeil, Tiffiany Grant, Chris Patten, Sean Shemel and Chris Sabbat. I think there are a hand full I'm forgetting, but a lot are never sure what to say because to be honest they are reacting to what they are seeing for the first time in these commentaries. OH and Crispan Freeman, he also does a course at UCLA about Mythology and Anime.

Autor, to me is a lot like how Clarie's brother was in the Nutcracker. He really doesn't want to harm anyone he just wants to have attention, and in this case, the ablity to do things. He wants to show off that he is the better. I really wished they gave him more time in the series.

Which Voice actor was this? Also I have to say I loved the last disks peice where the voice actress for Duck was crying. It was so sweet that she felt that connected to her character.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

I love the scene where he stops Fakir from recklessly running out. X3

Very interesting background about the oak tree, and an intriguing possible interpretation of the scene. I guess it depends on whether you think Autor was being selfish before that or not. There's really no way to know what he's actually thinking, I suppose. Though I figured the tree was just blasting him away so he wouldn't interfere with Fakir commmunicating with the tree.

I always thought it was solely being seen as the German word for author, but that's very insightful about the other meanings of his name!

Chris Patton, really? On the commentary he kept being silly. XD; As he did during the In the Studio thing I saw with him. I kept hoping he'd get insightful, but he never did. I got the impression that he never could be serious for long.

Intriguing. I like that analysis of Autor's character. ^^

His English voice actor is Adam Conlon, I think.

I liked that In the Studio segment with Luci Christian too. ^^ She really did become attached to Ahiru and that was indeed sweet.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

... Though I should say, I don't think Autor acted any more selfish before the electrocution than after. LOL. I made it sound like I didn't think he'd done anything selfish at all. He definitely has. Though for me, I think the only blatantly selfish behavior he showed was during and right after his conversation with the Bookman leader in episode #22.

[darkspellmaster.livejournal.com]

Autor, I kind of wonder what happened to him after the story was removed. I don't think we saw him in the end credits.

I just thought of something interesting. All characters, save for Autor, Fakir and the Bookman leader were turned into raven's due to the rain, right? Even thoughs in houses it seems. I don't think everyone was outside at the same time, and at first I figured that the houses were what protected them. But looking back there were characters in there that had been in houses when Autor looked out and saw the crows, and I think Fakir passed by some too on his way to save Ahiru.

So I've been thinking, maybe Autor and the Bookman were actually part of the story? Autor is only seen and mentioned when Fakir, Duck, and the Bookman are around. Also why is it that Drosselmier doesn't say anything about him when he comes to see Fakir. I'm wondering now if Autor is the embodiment of Fakir's author side. The side of him that wanted to write but couldn't. Maybe because he wasn't a real person or creature he, like the Bookman, was unaffected by the Raven's blood?

Patton can be silly, but he has been serious at times. I know that, from listening to the DNAngel commentary that the actors are really seeing the finished product right then and there, so maybe they haven't had time to honestly think of anything to say. Or they don't really have a lot of insight into the character. I know Patten has spoken about Fakir at panels. Maybe something on Youtube could help.

Also wondering thoughts, if Mytho had instead told Princess Tutu how he felt, would that have made Ahiru a real girl? Or for that matter would the spell have been broken regardless. Also, Drosselmyer said if Princess Tutu confessed her love for him, what if Ahiru had? Would that have also broken the spell?

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Interesting theory, but thank God, Autor is real. Watch the end credits again. ;) He yells at Hermia and Lysander to be quiet in the library.

I never thought about people being in houses and still being affected.... I figured they'd opened windows or doors and leaned out too far and were transformed. o.o I saw that idea in a fanfic, at any rate.

Interesting about Chris Patton. ^^

The impression I got was that Ahiru would disappear no matter whether she was Tutu or Ahiru, but I guess that's only said by Ahiru in her concern. o.o So who knows. Interesting idea about Mytho too. Though knowing Drosselmeyer, he would have had some clause for that, too. XD;