#he does look pretty damn good

[crusheswhimsandfancies]

[speakofcompersion]

240712 NeverNever Fanmeeting - Taemin Guilty ♥︎

[heuldoch7b]

scene from horus rising chpt 6 of horus and dorn conversing. really they were backdrop to the poking and prodding of loken by sigismund, but you know me by now. honestly i just got intimidated drawing so many characters in one shot LOL

[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.

[tequiilasunriise]

When Steph and Cass get married they don’t take the last name Brown (Daddy Issues™️) or Cain (Daddy Issues Prime™️) or even Wayne (Steph absolutely REFUSES to become a Wayne nosirree), but a secret fourth thing (Gordan).

[jessieren]

A trio of recycled tux pics for Tux Tuesday... I give you

Serious Evans

Thoughtful Evans

FRECKLES! (with bonus messy hair)

pics by the amazing endeavourneverland

[delicateartisantrash]

[like-sands-of-time]

Idk this is just personal but Rey being light itself, the balance to bens darkness, etc etc doesn't have to mean she believes the Jedi code? Like,,,, at all? It's actually kind of irrelevant really. If either of them holds any weight on Jedi beliefs it's Ben who studied them for ten years.

This is a girl who for her entire childhood survived. Not like Ben did, but Survived. She went hungry. She went without. She survived it, and came through with the instincts and skills to back her up.

A girl like that, Light and Good as I believe she is, is gonna be a bit less *gasp* *faint* about the concepts surrounding "darkness" and even the concept of death in general. All of them, really.

I don't believe she'd like the Jedi code at all frankly, and find it ridiculously stifling and judgemental and very hypocritical.

I also don't think she'd cry herself to sleep at night about the concept of killing someone. Not someone dying that she cares about but that she killed someone by her own hands. Perhaps that is entirely just me, but her will to survive would be strong. I think that when people throw in her not having etiquette or eating like a pig or not having a formal education in fics it's accurate but done in a sweet way. It's cute. Anything they do is cute, but it's an easy fix type situation.

But how about a Rey who has her own moral code that she sticks to (just like Ben that's familiar !!) And they're both morally grey, one leaning dark and the other leaning light, but definitely meeting in the middle. None of this Rey is a pure maiden saint stuff though you can use those concepts.

She was already a badass with a staff and it's hardly like she had sparring buddies. She Survived. We of course have to assume what that means but I assume that means she's a badass main character who isn't going to pull her punches when it comes to eliminating evil in the galaxy. She's not gonna let rapists or murderers go just because "it wouldn't be right to kill" she's gonna do it herself. I see her and her Light as Mother and vengeance.. willing and able to protect all those she cares for. Which includes Ben btw

[mad-hunts]

psst... i finished the blurb for my supernatural verse, and it is currently the only universe where julien is alive, which may be wilder than one might think. and i say that because that means that barton is less shouldered by guilt / more than likely comparatively even worse than he is in the main verse. i mean, don't get me wrong, julien's (one of barton's sons) death is definitely a tragedy.

it is also something that introduced more of a sense of guilt into him though because it made him realize that, yes — he IS not only destroying the lives of the strangers he kills but also the members of his own family's lives. so, without this event taking place, barton is (unfortunately) probably more cocky and liable to indulging in his very twisted impulses, so... yeah. but of course, julien is more than just a plot device character in barton's story. it's just that him being around does change things on a bigger level

[crows-of-buckets]

You know, as much as I'm sure Aviae is not thrilled about being back at the circle, telling Gregoir exactly how she thought of him probably felt so good. Was it a good time for this conversation? Absolutely not but Aviae has hated that man since she met him, and now she can tell him exactly what she thinks of him without worry of being made tranquil.

[thistaleisabloodyone]

Silver Rain is a brilliant Kazuma MV, but a sucky Riku MV.

[aria-allium]

golden wildfire has been pretty fun for me so far because although i loved claude’s characterization and overall role in the story in three houses, seeing him make mistakes and get told off for them by his allies is pretty interesting too. like i’ve been going through the subreddit for three hopes to get a general idea about how people feel about each route (while also trying to avoid spoilers lmao) and the general consensus on golden wildfire is that the story starts getting kinda shitty in part two - for lack of a better term lmao

which like. i can understand why people would feel that way, because three hopes claude is pretty different from three houses claude - not necessarily in his motivations, but in his actions - and that can be kind of a turn off from the route for people. but idk. i enjoy it!

the one thing i will say though is that his whole speech about how “faerghus attacked us first however many years ago, so it only makes sense we repay the favor” is kinda. eh. like he already has pretty solid reasoning for invading faerghus - they’re housing the central church, and claude and edelgard have joined forces specifically to take that very institution down - so adding this whole “let’s reverse history” thing is. weird, especially for claude, who seems more of the type of person to look to the future rather than hold on to the past.

[piratadelamor]

im 3 episodes into the one piece live action and so far my genuinely biggest complaints are:

- luffy refusing FREE FOOD????? HELLO?????? HE ONLY CAME BACK FOR ONE BITE?? oda why did you allow this crime

- zoro introducing himself like "hey dont u know who i am i'm roronoa zoro the pirate hunter" like bro would never act like that be fr

no big issues with the other changes, i think they're translating the story and its characters to a different media with a different public and some things wouldnt really work outside of animation/manga... i also thought that luffy was too serious but im gonna wait to see how it goes bc he was more goofy on episode 3 so idk. he's obviously different in many ways and so far he's the hardest to digest but maybe i just need to get more used to him!

[unnecessarilygrandiose]

RYAN GUZMAN WAS ON PRETTY LITTLE LIARS??!!!!

[1980ssunflower]

i feel like im melting just thinking abt my ryan 🥺💖💖

[jokersfangirl84]

PEDRO PASCAL 95th Annual Academy Awards (March 12, 2023)