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I was surprised to see that as well. He also plays Hughie Campbell in The Boys - another show I'm looking forward to returning soon.
Is his voice similar, or does he change it for Boims?
Was wondering that too. I think he changes it in LDS to sound more high-pitched and whiny to match the character archetype. He's nowhere near that whiny in Boys. Butcher would bitch-slap him in every scene if he sounded like that for too long.
Having just watched "Twisted Toons" and seeing those voice actors adjust their voices for different characters reading a script I'd say that a small adjustment to "more whiny" is an easy thing to do. 
So what do people think of Boimler's purple hair?
Is it just an art style thing and we're meant to see it as black/dark brown? Does he dye it or does he have some alien ancestry?
Is it just an art style thing and we're meant to see it as black/dark brown? Does he dye it or does he have some alien ancestry?
His grandfather was Tongo Rad.
Boimler is an odd last name, so it wouldn't surprise me if his grandfather turned out to be a Catullan or something.
My wife has had purple hair from time to time, so it didn’t really faze me one way or the other.
Isn't that a tree person?
More or less, yes. “Baum” does mean “tree”.
What's ler?
My grandmother's maiden name was "Baumgardner" which I believe is tree gardener (roughly) but I never learned much German, despite my family history.
Because purple doesn't exist in nature.
Well not in us humans, but the Star Trek galaxy is full of "colourful" species
That would be hilarious. A Catullan grandparent, or a Boslic even
I'm no etymologist, but the suffix “–ler” has no meaning in and of itself, but in this case it's just a way to make a person out of the preceding noun. It's similar to what happens in English words like “handler”, “whistler” or “footballer”. Although all of those words have a root word that ends in “–l” or “–le”, whereas “Baum” doesn't. I don't know, German is weird that way.
“Gardener” is actually “Gärtner” in German, so I guess “Baumgardner” is already an anglicized version of the original German word.
Yes, that's right. I forgot that.
He dyes it.
Sometimes I put red dye in my hair. Since it's black, it barely shows up, so I use it to change the hue a little. But if I could really do it, I'd give purple a try.
He thought one day that it's a good day to dye.
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