#Sena Bryer

[torpedopickle]

A small PSA about Dawntrail

In the wake of all the harassment and blatant bigotry being hurled at Sena Bryer for her performance as Wuk Lamat in FFXIV Dawntrail, I really think it's time we have a conversation about knee-jerk reactions and how the inability to process them can very easily be a slippery slope to hate.

Like most people, I have sadly at a few points in my life heard a trans woman speak and then my brain takes a second to process it and then goes "That doesn't sound like a lady. That's not a lady"

These knee-jerk reactions aren't uncommon when for instance first meeting a character voiced by a trans VA in a video game. But what's important is that you stop and tell yourself;

"I just had a thought I did not like. Why is that?"

It's SO important that you interrogate yourself whenever you have thoughts like that. You need to dismantle those thoughts, pull them apart and refute them. Only then can you start to unlearn programmed prejudice.

Teach yourself that "they don't sound feminine/masculine" is an invalid train of thought. Ignore it and go on with your life until you stop having that thought. Then you've grown.

It's important that you DON'T indulge these trains of thoughts. Don't follow them, they don't go anywhere good. They go to a place that starts to make you irrarionally upset every time you hear trans people speak because you're not allowing your brain to ignore the disconnect it believes exists between voice and gender.

Thats how you end up with dozens of forum threads where gamers rant about how angry they get when a rather inoffensive character opens their mouth.

[emoshep]

so this is terrible.

not liking Wuk Lamat is one thing, but going after Sena is not cool. it is, dare i say, way fucking uncool.

and let's be clear: we know this case is because of transphobia. people will make all sorts of excuses for this behavior, like "oh this always happens to VAs," which doesn't make it okay regardless, or "well the performance was terrible," which wouldn't make it okay regardless, or whatever else. (also what the fuck were you listening to?)

well, we're not idiots and it's not fucking rocket science. the hatred against Sena is rooted in transphobia. it is so glaringly obvious that only a genuine idiot would fail to realize it.

and all the while, her industry is doing nothing about it. because of course it isn't. fuckin hell.

i'll leave it here: wuk lamat is fucking awesome and i thank Sena for bringing the character to life the way she did. she doesn't deserve to be treated like this.

[rowencia]

Well something super cool happened today! Not only did my print from Sena Bryer arrive today but I also got to run a dungeon with her in ffxiv, and she gave me the commendation!

[eorzea80]

So I finished MSQ... WHAT THE HELL IS THE ISSUE WITH THE WAY LAMATY'I SAYS "SPHENE?"

Like, it's fine. She's fine. Have y'all never encountered an alto?

[winterdeepelegy]

[buzz-the-cat]

To the LOSERS sending Sena Bryer death threats, WTF do you think is gonna happen Square is gonna give you a refund because you don’t like a character, do you think they’re gonna recall the expansion and ADR a new VA over Wuk’Lamat’s dialogue, like what the hell do you expect this to do

[autumnslance]

IT'S THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA!

Wishing all you Warriors of Light a Happy Dawntrail Release Day!

Featuring the English voice cast of Final Fantasy XIV: Colin Ryan - Alphinaud Bethan Walker - Alisaie Peter Bramhill - Thancred Robyn Addison - Y'shtola Timothy Watson - Urianger Sena Bryer - Wuk Lamat Gemma Lawrence - Krile Ari Óskarsson - Erenville Carina Reeves - Tataru

[jadebrightwind]

Made these two while at Con+Alt+Del this past weekend- a Wuk Lamat for Sena Bryer and Bakool Ja Ja for Javier Prusky!

We had the privilege of having our art booth placed next to them in the corner. I was definitely nervous (and excited), but they both turned out to be really kind and gracious neighbors! Overall extremely cool people! Hoping I can run into them again on the circuit and say hello!

I’ll likely be digitizing these later, but the originals have been gifted to their respective voice actors! We’ll see how quickly I can get to these after Christmas!

[rookie-critic]

Rookie-Critic's Top 25 Films of 2022: #21: Inu-Oh (dir. Masaaki Yuasa)

Japanese anime director Masaaki Yuasa is the mind behind some of the most highly regarded anime films & shows of the last decade, with TV credits like Ping Pong: The Animation, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, and Netflix's Devilman: Crybaby, and film credits including Lu Over the Wall, Ride Your Wave, and The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl. He has a style that is unmistakably his own and his stories are as engaging as they are visually arresting. Yuasa said that Inu-Oh would possibly be his last project for awhile, so how does he send the golden era of his career off? Why, with a rock opera set in Feudal Japan, of course! The story of two friends fighting back against the authority that seeks to keep them from doing what they love, Inu-Oh takes its time with its forward momentum, and doesn't mind halting everything every now and then for a series of musical numbers that mix more traditional Japanese instruments (the biwa, mainly) with more modern songwriting styles to create some truly unique and inspiring sequences, not to mention the animation is truly beautiful. That alone is enough to give Inu-Oh all the points it needed to make the list, the rest is just a wonderful bonus. (Also, just an aside, I do generally watch the English dub of anime, but for this one in particular I would HIGHLY recommend watching it in the original Japanese. The performances are stellar and fit much better with the songs.) Currently streaming on Hulu. Read my full review of Inu-Oh here

[marcmarcmomarc]

May Marigold (has no individual lines, but can be heard chattering, sobbing, gasping, cheering, laughing, and exclaiming, “Ooh,” and “Aww,” provided by Sena Bryer)

“Thank you for your patience.”

“The Ever After is real.”

“The greatest warrior to ever live.”/“Neo abused me with illusions of our dead friends.”

“Afterans don’t die, they ascend.”

“Jaune was the Rusted Knight.”/“I blew up at the others.”/“Summer Rose was my mom.”/“The Cat was eaten by five Jabberwalkers.”

“Yang and Blake are girlfriends now.”

RAVEN: “First time for everything.”

“We beat the Cat!”/“The Gods got kicked out by their mother.”/“I’m not giving up anytime soon.”/“I’m proud to call all of you my family.”

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[rainofaugustsith]

Rigel, my sapphic Warrior of Light, has no time for hate.

[bigpuppyroegadyn]

I have made a donation to a local trans organisation, Aide aux Trans du Québec.

This donation is part of a movement started by Boreal Tempest and Roe Fizzlebeef (the very same from our yearly, beloved Roevember prompt lists!) in order to fight against the hate that has been directed towards members of the FFXIV development team following Dawntrail's release and specifically the bigotry that has been targetted at Sena Bryer.

"Aide aux Trans du Québec (ATQ) supports trans, nonbinary, and questioning individuals. Our work contributes to demystifying transness, and our actions aim to enable gender-diverse people to participate increasingly fully and freely in their social, cultural, and economic lives."

I encourage everyone to support their local (or international!) trans charities and organisation any way you can (even just spreading the word!), and support and love your trans friends and family.

[myrfing]

(comes back from the of) Wow you people are fucking annoying

[autumnslance]

And she's Puerto Rican! Seems Dawntrail may follow the trend of Thavnair in Endwalker.

Sena Bryer for all the wins as our new bestie!

The English VA for Wuk Lamat, our Hrothgal from the Dawntrail trailer, has been revealed! And she is a trans woman!

[yukinomonshou]

i think the ffxiv devs should change it so you choose your pronouns and then your body type for all character creation next expac.

[phagodyke]

WHOOOOO does the audiobook narration for some desperate glory omg....... listened to a sample out of curiosity bc i want a new bedtime scifi story and had to immediately get the full audiobook. some mellifluous shit right there