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Just dubbed these my Rich Daddy Socks.😘🤌🏼

[rileydoesvoices]

Hello! I’ve added Tumblr to my socials just in case Twitter dies!

I’m Riley, and while I’ve said a decent amount in my media kit up there, I’ll introduce myself a little more here!

I’m currently 30 years old, from the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, but living in Georgia. I’ve always been a big fantasy nerd, growing up on Star Wars (I know, it’s sci-fi, but I’d argue sci-fi is also fantasy, just a different kind, and I’m sure I’m not the only one!), The Series That Shall Not Be Named (as with most kids, or at least kids with the privilege of a cishet white person, even if I’m not entirely any of those things, the bad messaging went over my head, and ofc She Who Shall Not Be Named had not revealed herself to be a TERF, yet), and Lord of the Rings, with some X-Files, Lost, and Jurassic Park floating around in the background. I went to performing arts schools for middle and high school, but there was always this inexplicable, indescribable block between me and performing the way I know I can in front of other people. I don’t know if “stage fright” is *quite* the right term, but I guess it could fit.

Fast forward to 2016 or so, and I’ve finished high school, struggled through trying to force myself through college (and dropped out of every semester in the attempt), joined the Navy, and wound up stationed in Georgia. My partner was a big World of Warcraft nerd (still kind of is, haha), and a handful of our fellow Sailors were who he regularly played with. These same people also enjoyed Dungeons and Dragons, and started watching Critical Role. I had never heard of Critical Role until a couple sessions into our short-lived, unfinished campaign, and I didn’t start watching it until August of 2021.

There were a few D&D games between that first campaign in 2016 and when I started binging Vox Machina and Mighty Nein and ExU to catch up to current (I’m currently caught up on Bell’s Hells), but none of them lasted, unfortunately. But Critical Role really opened my eyes to what D&D could really be, and between that and my falling in love with various characters and their voices in Elder Scrolls Online (some of whom happen to be CR cast members!), I couldn’t resist the call of the performing arts any longer.

I taught myself guitar starting at 10 years old and haven’t practiced in years, I performed in choir in 8th, 10th, and 11th grade and sang the National Anthem as well as “For Good” from Wicked at my high school graduation, as well as performing semi-regularly at some open mic nights after high school… but between my attempt at college, then my active duty time in the Navy, and then the stresses of being a directionless civilian once again when my enlistment was over, I let a lot of (who am I kidding — ALL of) my creative endeavors fall to the wayside.

Enter the year 2020. I somehow discovered Tea_The_Khajiit on Twitch and watched a bunch of her streams, realizing, “Hey, she’s just playing games and talking to her friends… I could do that!” So I decided to try streaming. It took me a bit to find my “brand,” and even now I’m not sure I’m completely sold on it, but I’ve somewhat settled into an identity of sorts over on my current channel (twitch.tv/Ysmeira). I’ve of course since learned that streaming is a LOT MORE than “just” playing games, but I’ve loved every bit of work that’s come with it! Over on that channel I mostly stream Animal Crossing, and Wylde Flowers. I started with just Elder Scrolls Online and I want to go back to it, but my computer just can’t keep up with both playing and streaming that game right now, unfortunately.

I’m hoping my first stream as Riley will be on both Twitch and YouTube in January! I want to upgrade my PC and possibly my mic before debuting, but I’m very excited!

I basically plan to stream making music, learning accents, some D&D actual play, and possibly art and a podcast if I finally start putting in some solid practice and can come up with some interesting topics.😅

Here are all my links in case that makes it easier for you to access them:

https://twitter.com/rileydoesvoices

https://instagram.com/rileydoesvoices