#* defenders v.

[meatballlady]

btw I know there's probably already propaganda out there about this, but I wanna say my 2 cents on Tim Walz and the George Floyd protests.

He really listened to the protesters and gave them time and space to exercise their rights.

When not only riots were breaking out, but also non-local fascist extremists showing up looking to add fuel to the proverbial fire, THAT'S when the National Guard was there to stop the bullshit.

I've seen people on the right criticise him for not sending in the national guard immediately (i.e. against local protesters). Now there will be psyop propaganda against him, targeting us too.

Oh, and he also pushed for police reform as well, so this isn't just grandstanding either. As a local, I think he's handled it perfectly.

and here's an article I found if you don't want to take my word for it:

[kyodelika]

never letting him live that tag on his underwear down

[sonicrainbooms]

[florencebirdsong]

When you go to the Agatha Defender competition but Rio is your opponent

[gordonsicedcoffee]

Leigh Whannell on Recovery (1999)

extra:

me when I fckn GET u

[linipik]

Stargazing in the castle deck and they realize, with one look, how close they’ve gotten ✨✨✨ my piece from Equinox Ascending: A Klance Constellation Zine

[comfymoth]

i just. well. um. her

[lunabug2004]

We have these quotes:

"[Referring to Will's PTSD] Maybe some personality changes. He might get irritable. He might lash out." - Dr Owens (s2e1)

"Sometimes I feel like I'm... like I'm just some kind of black hole or something." ... "It sucks everything towards it and destroys it." ... "I've just been scared, you know? I've just been scared that it would take you, too. I think that's why I get... so mad. I'm so sorry, for everything. I can get so... so... so stupid. Just really stupid." - Hopper (s2e9)

And people still question Mike's actions after s1? A kid who has very obvious PTSD and Abandonment Issues along with the worst self-esteem possible? Make it make sense.

[hyacinthsdiamonds]

If you aren't a medical professional, more importantly, if you aren't the medical professional who attended to certain individuals, you don't get to have an opinion on said individuals' medical condition.

My aunty and I both got heatstroke on holiday when I was like 10. We went back to the hotel, I was fine after a few hours in the shade, some sleep and a lot of water. My aunty wasn't so lucky and was sick in bed for about a day and a half. Because things like heatstroke affect people and their bodies differently.

Yes, you completed the same race in the same conditions as the other two drivers. But while your car has a functioning ac system, their car has been overheating. You are not the same!

[uniiiquehecrt]

Voice actors are NOT the same as actors.

It takes a specific kind of skill-set and training to be able to warp and meld the voice. It takes a certain kind of talent and dedication to hone that talent into the ability to meld the voice and invoke emotion with one's voice alone. Actors are used to using their voice secondarily to their body language and their facial expressions. It's all mirrored back on camera. They do have nuance. But it's a different kind of nuance and a different kind of training to produce that nuance.

Voice actors might get their likeness transposed on their character's design, and maybe their mannerisms might seep into the character's animation. But when it's all said and done: their presence is in their voice. They are bringing a character to life, showing that emotion in their voice, trying to keep a specific accent, drawl, pitch, tone in that voice and keep it consistent for their recording sessions.

The voice actor is like a classically trained musician who can play first chair in a competitive, world-renown orchestra. The actor (who fills the voice actor's role) is like a moot who played violin in beginner and intermediate high school orchestra and thinks they can get into Juilliard with that 2-4 years of experience.

This doesn't mean that the HS orchestra moot can't play. They can even be really good at it. Maybe they won competitions and sat first chair. But they are not in the same league as the person who's been training their whole lives and lives and breathes to hone their craft using the instrument and all of the training they've ever acquired to perfect it. They are not meant for the same roles. They are not in the same caliber. You do not hire the HS equivalent when you want to play complex music in a competitive orchestra.

Actors are not the same as voice actors.

And furthermore, actors - especially big name actors - taking the roles of animated characters for big budget films or TV pilots makes no sense anyways when - at least in the case of TV pilots - there's not a point to hiring a big budget actors anyways. That money could be used elsewhere (like paying your animators), and the talent that is brought onto the screen for X character could then be hired on to voice said character no recasting required.

I wouldn't say voice acting as a profession is in danger exactly, but it's certainly being disrespected and overlooked for celebrity clout, and this has ALWAYS been an issue. Shoot, even Robin Williams knew that much - which is why he tried so hard not to be used as a marketing chess piece for Aladdin and got royally pissed off when it happened anyways. People shouldn't go to any movie (but especially not animated films) because "oh famous actor is in it". People should go because it's a good movie and the voice acting is good.

People who honest to god think that voice actors are replaceable because "oh well anyone can voice act" or "I like xyz celebrity so naturally it'll be good" ... Honestly I just wish you'd reassess your priorities because you're missing the point and are part of the problem.

Voice Actors ≠ Actors.

[nova070]

Being in a fandom is fun and all UNLESS you love this one character that is so underrated and overshadowed

OR the majority of the fandom hates them for some fucking reason like damn what did they to you for you to hate them this much

[pumpkinrootbeer]

I just have to sing my praises for Shadow's VA in prime rq I think Ian hanlin does such a fantastic job as shadow I am just. consistently amazed. I think some previous iterations lean a little too hard into the growl but Ian hanlin brings a modernization to the character that I think works really well. Still very clearly Shadow but sounds more natural imo. Genuinely wonderful would love to hear him as shadow in other productions

[wormlette]

No but if you are so much physically smaller and probably weaker than almost everyone around you then you rly do risk losing your autonomy as well as your dignity basically all the time. Living your whole life that way and ALSO seeing your loved ones live their lives that way? It would be more surprising if you WERENT kind of fucked up after that. So whenever Chilchuck just reflexively lies about something or gets really pissed off and reactive it is So Important to me!! I get it king!!! When we’re powerless we seek control in whatever ways we can even if they seem nonsensical or comical or frustrating to the people around us. If he can’t stop the world from treating him how it will then well he’ll establish his own guild with rigid contracts and make everyone stand way the fuck OVER THERE —> when he’s working and he’ll be abrasive and closed off even when people want to get to know him because underneath a professional veneer you are so fucking mad all the time. At how much of your life isn’t even up to you

[spriteofmushrooms]

The interesting thing about Jiang Cheng is that he refuses to be his mother's golden child to Wei Wuxian's scapegoat; he actively chooses Wei Wuxian again and again. He defends Wei Wuxian from her until she dies. It's unusual.

This doesn't mean that Wei Wuxian's experience was any less fraught--being hated by a caretaker is awful even if everyone else loves you. But it was an interesting choice by MXTX.

[mmelolabelle]

Daniel Molloy is an actual prophet and indeed only God can judge him (…probably, he might still argue)

[haroldherald]

as much as i LOVE harold i don't like when people say he didn't deserve ANY of the bullying from the other bass boys

like at first i would agree that when duncan first started picking on him that was just mean and unnecessary

but i get why dj and geoff joined in because would YOU be nice to the person leaving their shitty underwear around your shared living space