#and don't just do it for clout

[geschiedenisish]

A lot of people have already said this, and I don't know exactly how to phrase, but it's basically this idea of.

If she gets into power through nepotism and being rich, I don't care that there are finally more women at the top. They're still part of the bourgeoisie. Even if she gets into power through 'hard work'. That doesn't invalidate the women who didn't make it in the meritocracy.

Unless you're fighting intersectionaly, I don't care about your "do you know X% of bankers are still men?" posts...... Fighting patriarchy means fighting capitalism. Otherwise you're just doing it for clout in my opinion.

i think what bothers me about a lot of "girl power" narratives is that they function on the implicit idea on the idea that women can become worthy of respect. and i happen to think that really caring about women means believing they already are worthy of respect. that historical seamstresses and soccer moms and forgotten sisters and sweet polite little girls and someone's weird grandma matter just as much as the warriors and politicians, even if they, personally, never accomplish anything "cool."

[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.

[the-dragon-girl-27]

I'm so fucking tired man

[eyebrowpunk]

nothing is duller, more boring to me than Hater Behaviour coming from people who have absolutely no love for the source material or at least the genre to which it belongs. Hater Shit from people who never cared in the first place is banal, performative, and invariably tinged with smugness that they were "above" whatever they're dunking on from the start. the absolute funniest, deepest-cutting, most insightful and entertaining Hater Shit comes from people who love - or wanted to love - whatever media it is they're ripping apart.

[aocello]

Writing for a popular ship in a popular series is like crack bro

[zukkaoru]

while i do agree some of taylor swift's lyrics are. ???. sometimes i see things pointed out and criticized that would not get any reaction at all if they came from any other artist

[anglerflsh]

Hi I'm a complete stranger to you. Based on the 2 pieces of info I know about you I'm going to assume you love to lie and are actually a horrible person living a glamourous life in new orleans

ah! my lies, discovered by my unending love for new orleans food!

[bredforloyalty]

honestly um ,. one part of me understands why those posts were made but, are these poser incest enthusiasts in the room with us now

[moghedien]

honestly I find it really weird when people get mad at "cozy" or low stakes popcorny stories for not being deep and meaningful.

like no, shit, why on earth did you pick up the cozy book thinking you were gonna get gritty realism that had something to say about society. like you don't have to read those books, no one is making you, but literally the point of them is make you not have to worry and turn your brain off for a bit. like???? are we gonna get mad at "squeecore" again now? are we back here again??

[homokeiju]

the longer i live the more i feel like ppl pointin out logical n rational inconsistencies is less bout tryin to convince anyone but more bout communicatin to other ppl the message of "see how rational n logical i am bein while these Other ppl r irrational n illogical!" almost as if tryin to Signal some inherent Virtues... wish someone had written a book bout how ppl regardless of background n education keep fallin for the same biases cuz of how the human brain works n how not fallin for them demands conscious effort.

[starpros-sunshine]

Being on the big platforms online has just lost so much of its charm to me because the artifice of it all is something i simply can't blend oht anymore. Someone had to get up and position themselves in that exact position and check if the lighting works and then had to mentally prep themselves and maybe even rehearse all that just to pretend they're doing a spontaneous ramble video? You went through all of that trouble and even got into full makeup just to pretend this is just how you live? I don't buy it.

[fideidefenswhore]

[Henry] had asked Lady Shelton whether Mary [was] persisting in her obstinancy. Hearing that she was, Henry became certain that she was being encouraged by secret communication from Katharine. Lady Shelton thought the only possible messenger was Mary's chamber woman. In this she was correct. The maid had been smuggling letters in and out. She was dismissed, as was Mary's confessor, to be replaced by one whom Chapuys characterised as 'Lutheran'.

The King’s Pearl: Henry VIII & His Daughter Mary, Melita Thomas

[brinnanza]

i identify as a lesbian and that's not wrong because I like woman in a profoundly gay way and I recognize that I'm going to be gendered female because of my appearance and I'm apathetic enough about it to allow it except in my presence and sometimes even then but the way I feel about gender In General extends completely to all other aspects of my life like sure woman are hot in a way that I don't typically feel about men but also I do find butch masculinity wildly attractive when it's done on purpose and I think it's just that I like when people color outside the lines if I'm gonna be a weird queer freak then I'm gonna be a Weird Queer Freak and I've become So About It that I'm like... offended?? when people assume I'm doing something regular and normal?? like it's very very important to me that everyone knows I am doing All This aggressively On Purpose I Know that many things would make me more paletable to Most People but I'm not interested in being more palteable I am interested in finding other weird queer freaks!!!!

anyway all that to say that I sometimes get Quite In My Head about the fact that I am doing this Situationship with a straight man who is simultaneously 1. very comfortable with his gender and sexuality as a straight man 2. wildly attracted to me and 3. not thinking of me as a woman because both of the people IN the situationship are very aware this is all very queer I am aware that it Appears oftentimes to be just yknow regular heterosexuality

which is also why it really grinds my gears when chronically online teenagers and adults who should know better are like "this is the only way to be queer" and get all het up about like dykes fucking fags or whatever like babes you're just reinventing the same boxes the cis heteropatriarchy already wants to put us in. put down the iron bars come outside we're all doing drag and making out in the soft, soft grass under the warm bright sun

[crowbarrd]

Looking through my art tag n realising I don't post much.. drawing is hard.. I want to post more but I barely ever get any notes so it's hardly worth posting my stuff anymore lol

[mushlyslog]

Finally watched Kung Fu Panda 4, tell me why it unironically changed my life

[ratsword]

internet not big enough...saw what is unmistakably his art style and felt like vomiting. it's crazy how someone can continue to poison you even after years of being blocked.