#astarion voice actor

[nobigneil]

"a vampire and a bear walk into a bar..."

[simplesimping]

Neil. just Neil.

a menace.

[luciuslover]

genuine curiosity here.

i am not a regular at conventions, but i keep being flabbergasted by Neil's 5+ hour lines at these events. so i am genuinely wondering.... is it even normal for actors to have such long-ass lines? is this common for famous folks, like idk the Doctor Who cast, the Hannibal cast, or other fan favorites?

i recently read someone stood for 8.5 hours in Neil's line and i am like still trying to fathom that. crazy.

[bekilybi]

Guys... Every time I looked at Neil's face, it kept pinging something in my brain that I couldn't place. Until yesterday.

He looks like white boy Prince (especially in this photo) and I can't unsee it.

[amalgamationillustration]

I've been trying to practice caricatures, but if I'm honest when I drew Neil Newbon, I couldn't bring myself to make him look anything other than cute because I am first and foremost a fucking simp.

I will try to make him look a bit pointier next time 🫠

[notebooks-and-laptops]

People do not talk enough about how amazing Lae'zels voice acting is. Devora Wilde put her whole ass pussy into some of those lines but nobody pays attention and calls laezel one note and angry. But have you listened? Have you heard her voice shake as she cries "what good - this heart of stone - for it to be shattered?" Have you heard the conviction where she declares that Vlaketh has sinned against her? Have you listened to the fear in her voice, the slight tremble when she is talking of becoming a mindflayer and the way that she has utter awe in her tones when she experiences something that is truly spiritual to her? Like. It's such a subtle and great performance.

[waylaidbyenemies]

Hello?

[n30n-l1ghts]

Okay, I need to rant. Fuck AI. And I mean seriously. FUCK. A.I. I know I’m probably preaching to the choir here, but more people need to be talking about this, and there’s no point in me saying that if I’m not willing to talk about it too. AI has done nothing but ruin our communities and defile the art that millions of hands have spent millions of hours creating. Fanfiction is a work of passion. Drawing is a work of passion. Voice acting IS A WORK OF PASSION. AI has no passion. It takes the soul out of the things we love and cherish. It steals what we as a collective community have lovingly crafted, and it shatters it to a thousand pieces, spits on it, curses its family, and throws it in a flaming dumpster to be eaten by rats. It is despicable and disgusting.

I won't lie, or pretend I’m a perfect saint. I myself was a user of Character AI until somewhat recently. And as ashamed as I am to admit that, I feel it’s necessary to own up to my own faults. But after seeing the damage it causes, I can’t in good conscience even consider touching that site. Many of us write because it is our passion. Many of us because it is our job. And many of us because it is our *friend*. AI steals the writing of your favorite creators WITHOUT PERMISSION and mashes it together like Frankenstein’s fucked up monster to create storylines that aren’t even fucking coherent. Not only that, but Character AI uses whatever you respond to it with to teach itself as well, which means that the company has access to whatever you chat about, and free reign to do whatever they want with it. They also make absurd amounts of money from it, which in comparison, fanfiction writers, who spend countless hours writing stories for our favorite characters, more often than not charge nothing. And the ones who do charge, tend to have reasonable, if not highly lenient prices for their labor.

Which leads me into another side rant. SUPPORT WRITERS THAT YOU LIKE. It’s really not that hard, it takes two fucking seconds of your time and it makes someone's day. Reblog. Share with your friends. Like. Comment. Just let the writer know that you saw it, and that you liked it. The amount of fanfic writers I have seen get completely discouraged from writing because of lack of engagement is astounding. I’ve seen several posts on Tumblr or Twitter or Bluesky talking about creators that were incredibly popular but never knew it due to lack of engagement is appalling. If you can rant about your love for their work on Discord, you can rant about your love for their work in the comments. Just fucking copy paste it. Tell them how much you love it. Show them support. Especially the ones that don’t charge. Because for those of us that don’t, our only payment, is your feedback. Even constructive criticism is greatly appreciated by damn near every writer I can think of. Because even that shows that you read it, absorbed it, and thought about it enough to have something to actually say about it.

The same thing goes for artists and voice actors. You see a drawing or animation you enjoy? Comment. Like. Share. You see a character in an anime or a game and you love their voice? Go check out their voice actor, maybe they do some other cool stuff, and you might just discover your new favorite series or streamer. A perfect example is Alejandro Saab. I became a fan of his through his astounding performance in several series dear to me, and lo and behold, he’s also a streamer I enjoy. Same story with Aleks Le, or Ray Chase. Yuri Lowenthal, Lizzie Freeman, Landon Mcdonald, Zeno Robinson, the list goes on. But seriously, it’s not that much effort to just show a little love to the creators you enjoy. The people who breathe life into the series’ that we all hold dear. AI does not breathe that life. Using AI, and supporting those companies, will destroy those pillars of our community. And if that happens, the AI would crumble too, it would have no new information to use. SO really, what’s the benefit? I’ll tell you. There is none.

Stop using AI. All it does is bring harm and slowly kill our community. It’s disgusting, appalling, and downright fucking egregious.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

[phoenixspencer]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NEIL NEWBON

AUGUST 14TH, 1978

[nobigneil]

Theo, Neil and God's Favourite Throuple? oh this is going to be fun

Bg3 Cast Announced for DragconCon in Atlanta!!!!

[nobigneil]

[simplesimping]

Darling, I always remember. (c) Astarion

[luciuslover]

FanX Salt Lake knows what's up

[internet-goblin]

SIR!

SIR PLEASE! PLEASE CALM DOWN!

[a2zillustration]

And there we go, first companion quest we officially finished! Neil's performance was just as good as everyone said it was.

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BG3 Companion Actors Playthroughs Compilation Post

Wanted to put all these in a convenient place for people to find, since I’m having a great time watching all of these.

Devora Wilde - Lae’zel of Creche K’liir ⚔️

Playing: Dev’zel of Cr��che Lon’don (Githyanki Fighter Bard)

Stream Partners: Grace (Tech Help/Combat Guide/Minimap Reader)

• YouTube • Twitch • Playlist •

Neil Newbon - Astarion Ancunín 🩸

Playing: Bow’ee (Half-Elf Druid)

Stream Partners: Tom de Ville (Asra Tauriel - Tiefling Paladin), Assorted Guests

• YouTube • Twitch • Playlist •

Samantha Béart - Karlach Cliffgate ❤️‍🔥

Playing: Karlach Origin Run

• YouTube • Twitch • Playlist •

Jennifer English - Shadowheart 🖤

Playing: Jennevere (Elf Sorcerer)

Stream Partners: Aliona Baranova (Girlfriend, Corinna the Squirrel, Ver Rismol - Gnome Bard)

• YouTube • Twitch • Playlist •

Theo Solomon - Wyll Ravenguard, Blade of Frontiers 🗡

Playing: Theodore (Human Monk)

• YouTube • Twitch •

EDIT! Thanks to the lovely people in the replies and reblogs, let’s expand the post! (Yes they’re not all companions but shhh it’s the cast it counts)

Amelia Tyler - The Narrator 📜

Playing: Violet Alabaster (Half-Elf Ranger Dark Urge)

Stream Partners: Jay Britton (Partner, Lucius Alabaster - Human Rogue)

• YouTube • Twitch • Playlist •

Tracy Wiles - Jaheira the High Harper ��

*Recording of the first stream was lost

Playing: Janya (Human Bard)

• YouTube • Twitch •

Tamaryn Payne - Mizora 😈

*VODs of previous sessions not available

Playing: Tamaryn (Half-Elf Druid)

• Twitch •