#his name??? and the accent???

[green-lanterns-c0ck]

The DISRESPECT to Doiby Dickles, Alan's ORIGINAL bestie who would be his canon boyfriend if he was skinny and conventionally attractive, in the New Golden Age is driving me MAD.

They got his name wrong. They got his fucking name wrong.

[bj-cuntycunt]

New Star Trek headcanon: Chekov thinks McCoy is from Georgia (country) and not Georgia (USA) and keeps calling him "neighbor" because Russia's next to Georgia. McCoy is very confused.

[mr-payjay]

i haven't been drawing as much because art block and forgetting... but here's some doodles and other stuff

drag oj design (madam vesper!!!) by my friend what-stasis on tumblr/what_stasis on twitter

[chronically-chaotic-cryptid]

Chewing my arm off over Dónal Finn getting to keep his irish accent in Hadestown because I never heard an Irish accent in a musical before. He sounds like my grandad!! Like my friends!! He gets to be onstage and sound beautiful and keep his fucking accent!!!!!

[twiexmachina]

*writing on the walls* In our first introduction to Tony Meowlete, she is a housecat who raised Original Tony, giving him a mother’s touch. This illustrates the situation of Tony’s childhood, neglected by his parents, he raised himself. At first you think there’s a contradiction between Tony’s neglect and the fact that they love the cat more than Tony, but they love the idea Tony Meowlete more than they love Tony as he is. Tony cannot come to terms with that, with being loved and feeling ignored, which is why his psyche sees them as two separate beasts: his real self as a human boy and the ideal daughter that’s preened and adored. When he is thirteen, he’s finally able to take control of his life, which we see as he holds the cat at gunpoint, taking away the ideal his parents had and turning into a real boy. Time passes, they go to America, and his fathers come to terms with his boyhood. When his family hugs his real human boy body and accepts their “cat” is boy, then the original Tony can die and he can live as himself.

It’s sort of funny that the coping mechanism of childhood ends up living to adulthood, which makes the image of a boy a coping mechanism. Minds are complex, are they not?

*ahem* He still leaves alone though because having the acceptance of his parents does not erase the harm they did.

“But wait!” you cry, “The allegory doesn’t end there! His parents give him a magic marble of one of his nine lives to revive him!” That’s because his parents were the only doctors in Peachyville who know about trans medical care.

I don’t know where Tony is going to get his testosterone now.

[amygdalae]

True blood was hilarious for calling the vampire chasers "fangbangers"

[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.

[messyinklines]

El Corazón 🫀

[so-tarafyd]

shhhhh pls have my goofy mammon and his kiddo doodle

[kitnita]

★ — esa, jani, miro, jake & nils in say my name correctly; november 14, 2023

[seaglassdinosaur]

I know we collectively agree that Hiccup isn’t romantically inclined, and his getting married and having kids didn’t make sense in the epilogue, but consider: Hiccup getting married for political reasons.

It’s a marriage of alliance, which is recognized both by him and his partner, and they enter it without expectations of romantic involvement. Since they’re now married, they live in the same castle, spend time together, and Hiccup finds he really likes his spouse. They’re funny, get along with his friends, and has the same interests and values. They both probably speak multiple languages. She understands why Hiccup is so dedicated to making the Wilderwest better, and holds similar views. She’s a good politician (her job after all, was to be an ambassador). Hiccup likes spending time with them, and the feeling is mutual. They’re not in love, they have their own lives, but they’re dedicated to each other and eventually decide to raise children. They teach their kids how to train hawks and hunt with dragons, riding, history, the Languages, and all the necessary skills of their world. They’re not in love and they’re happy together.

[pinkyjulien]

> "Hey, what's up?"

If you're in need of a good 'runner, he's your man Racc'! 🦝

Been updating my boy's NPV today, finally fixed his goggles and noticed I could slap a mask on it- and eventually spiraled down, making a brand new holocall avatar 🤠 (did I finished his goggles? no hHGFH)

First went with Yellow because DUH but it wasn't matching the game's avatars style 🤏 I like how both turned out tho

[hurricanek8art]

Okay SO I've never Bad Batch posted beyond reblogs but there's two episodes left and I'm going insane so my big giant theory for why the finale is titled The Cavalry Has Arrived with a sprinkle of Tech is Alive Yes I Am Delusional:

Tonight's episode is going to end with the Batch, Omega's gang, and CX-2 all colliding in one of the hallways.

Big Western faceoff, tumbleweed, yadda yadda y'know.

Right before the shooting starts, CX-2 tells them their escape plan through whatever hallway they're planning is strategically ill-advised, because *insert tactical explanation here*

Hunter: "Oh yeah? What, you trying to help us or something? No thanks."

CX-2: "It was worth the attempt. It's not as if we've ever followed orders anyway."

BIG PAUSE, CLOSE UP MONTAGE OF EVERYONE AS THE WORDS SINK IN

Omega: "...Tech?!"

Tech: *removes helmet to reveal it's him* "Well, I thought it was obvious. Shall we liberate some clones together, then?"

SMASH CUT, ROLL CREDITS, THE CALVARY HAS ARRIVED BECAUSE THE *ENTIRE* BATCH IS TOGETHER AGAIN AND THEY'RE GONNA SAVE THE CLONES.

end conspiracy theory rant. 🥴

[heyclickadee]

It’s honestly kind of impressive how awful Hemlock is. He’s not like Nolan, who was awful, too, but Nolan was more representational of the idea of your typical asshat imperial than he was a person. Hemlock, though, is weirdly three-dimensional. He’s arch-evil, but he doesn’t ever feel like a cipher. He’s human, even with his limited screentime—and yet, he’s not humanized in your typical way.

Typically when someone wants to humanize a villain like that they’ll give them some kind of positive quality, or some kind of tragic backstory, or something. Make him charming. The closest we get with Hemlock is that he’s soft-spoken and polite, but it’s the politeness of a cup of tea that’s laced with arsenic. He’s intelligent and goal-oriented, but what he does with that is disgusting. He’s the only imperial character we meet who sees the clones as human enough to call them by their names—to prefer it, as far as I can tell—and every time he does I want to punch him in the face.

He’s not a cackling space wizard. Cackling space wizards are fun sometimes, at least. He’s not the walking melodrama that was Maul either (though that’s something I adore about Maul). Hemlock’s just…a guy. A horrible guy. He’s so evil in such a human way that he’s repulsive.

[bonesfool]

Scottish Mary Watson née Morstan. You agree. Reblog

[savrr]

Arjuna . Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) – one who conquered wealth and gold .