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[i-mlosingyourmemory]

Piango...ma non so perché lo faccio

[jonnywaistcoat]

Mr waistcoat did you do research of the Czech language and pronunciation? todays statement made me giggle with the pronunciation of "otevři své srdce" it sounded so russian

I did as much research as I could without actually knowing anyone who speaks Czech that I could consult with at short notice (I edited the episode ages beforehand, and only remembered it had the Czech phrases when I was already mid-recording), so mostly it was YouTube and referring to the International Phonetic Alphabet, then giving it my best shot. I'm under no impression I nailed it, but hey, you just do your best with this stuff. Doesn't surprise me it sounded Russian - I've a lot more experience trying to pronounce Russian words than Czech, so it makes sense my voice goes in that direction when trying to use similar phonemes.

[attleboy]

live streamily doodle god this was so fucking funny

[sakurafigures]

♡ Jill Stingray (VA-11 Hall-A) - Pop Up Parade

[raayllum]

Trans and nonbinary characters in The Dragon Prince / The Mystery of Aaravos!

Terry (he/him), an Earthblood elf and main character from S4 onwards who is transgender. He has a coming out scene and is dating another main character, Claudia (she/her). He has a sunny and easygoing disposition but can sometimes be a bit too supportive/accepting of people's darker sides than he should be.

Kazi (they/them), a Sunfire sign language interpreter with a passion for research and linguistics. They work for the royal family and sub in as an interpreter for Amaya when her personal attendant isn't there.

The Merciful One (they/them), a mysterious figure with an unknown but seemingly sympathetic connection to Aaravos, at least on their end. They are the only other Startouch elf we know of at this point, as their kind are incredibly rare and not much is known about them.

[yumesei]

Yo, if you come in my ask box to whine about how Soap would hate me and kill me because i'm a "pedo" and a "rapist" I hope you know that :

1) the soldier in anti-terrorism has probably better things to do than to care about fictional shit

2) idk where you took the whole pedo and rapist shit from, because my ship is literally super vanilla and between two adults

3) don't hide in anon like a pussy

4) your f/o would probably hate you for being such a bully on the internet where you think you're anonymous

Aussi tu penses pas que c'est un peu bizarre, contradictoire, de m'insulter parce que d'après toi ce que je fais (dans ta tête btw, puisque je le fais même pas MDR) c'est mal. Et après fondamentalement me dire de mourir ahah ? C'est bien ça peut-être ? Moralement correct ? Assez pur pour toi ?

Anyway, Soap n me are making out rn. Stay mad 🩷

[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.

[hana-mural]

souyo taibani redraw

[polaris-stuff]

TSAMS: *say that solar never saw nexus has a real sibling and that Nexus and Solar called each other brothers in the context of best friends who call each other "bro"*

Half of this fandom: im gonna ignore that bc for me they are brothers and im gonna take my headcanon like canon and shit on people who dont think the same

[s0ltant0illusioni]

[agdreamtale]

CJ I JUST SAW WHAT YOU SENT YOU BET YOUR ASS THAT IS GETTING ANIMATED BUT I'M ON MY WAY TO A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING RN SO IT'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I'M HOME

-wyllaztopia

[wavesechoes]

ma conti pensa che sta omofobia velata non si noti o semplicemente non gli frega un cazzo

[nottesolostellata]

Chi resta con te sapendo quanto sei difficile, è la persona giusta ❤️‍🩹

[theunbearablelightnessofbein]

[absolutelybatty]

Postal Paradise Lost is such a funny concept. Imagine you make a game in 2003 that you're proud of and the company that distributed it in Russia shows up and wants to collab for your next game, a direct sequel to the 2003 game, and of course you're down because they did a great job with both distributing your game to Russia and making a Russian based DLC for it. And things are kind of rocky because the main character's voice from the first two entries no longer wants to work on it while he handles personal struggles, but at least you found another voice actor who works well for the character. Then the 2007 financial crisis hits and they ship-of-theseus their entire dev team and keep sinking further and further into a bastardized version of the game you wanted despite you literally trying to force them to stop. And when it comes out, you only have it publicly available on your website for a year, encourage people to pirate it, and link to a Rick Roll rather than have the actual game on your site.

So, obviously the next logical step is to come out with a DLC for the 2003 game, in 2015, 11 years since the last DLC came out. And the game, of course, starts off by telling the players that the third game you were strong armed out of mercy killing was a coma dream the main character had after crashing his truck and knocking himself out. For 11 years. Without life support. Surviving in the driver's seat of his truck based entirely off of the nuclear radiation from the bomb he dropped. 11 years before. And it wasn't enough to retcon the existence of the 3rd game in the intro cutscene. No, the plot of this game needs to be built upon the idea that the nightmare of the third game's protagonist has become an alter for the main character who actively bullies him from inside his own skull.

And now people draw the main character from 2 and his alter from 3 making out regularly.

[ross-nekochan]

Oggi pomeriggio in tarda ora di pranzo, una coinquilina giapponese entra in cucina dicendo:"C'è una persona che sta perdendo molto sangue, dice che è tutto a posto ma sono preoccupata non so che fare...".

Io e altri indiani che eravamo al tavolo siamo saliti su per controllare ed effettivamente c'era del sangue a terra fino alla stanza di questa persona. Alcuni indiani gli hanno parlato, ma lui continuava a dire che andava tutto bene. Gli indiani hanno anche detto che sembrava molto ubriaco.

La manager dello stabilimento non sembrava esserci per cui la coinquilina giapponese ha provato a chiamarla al telefono senza successo. Allora ha chiamato l'azienda che gestisce le varie share house e ha spiegato la situazione e le è stato detto che avrebbe chiamato la manager per farla venire qui.

Qualche ora fa poiché era ora di cena ed eravamo di nuovo tutti giù in cucina, la coinquilina giapponese mi aveva detto che voleva andare a controllare ma che non voleva andare da sola, per cui l'ho accompagnata.

Il ragazzo (che poi abbiamo scoperto essere malesiano, perché la coinquilina pensava fosse giapponese) era tutto ricoperto di sangue sia in faccia che sulla t-shirt bianca. Gli ho chiesto se aveva bisogno che chiamassimo l'ospedale o l'ambulanza e lui diceva di no. Ad un certo punto mentre stavamo andando via, ha cominciato a tremare e a fare come per svenire, ma ci siamo spaventate e invece di soccorlo ce ne siamo andata mentre lui richiudeva la porta. Io ho detto che secondo me qualcuno andava chiamato, ma la coinquilina ha detto che l'ambulanza qui in Giappone si paga tanto e che forse lui non vuole per questo dice che va tutto bene.

Alla fine nessuno ha fatto né chiamato nessuno, ma quello che ha detto la coinquilina giapponese al fidanzato (ossia l'altro ragazzo italiano che è qui) ad alta voce (quasi sicuramente affinché io sentissi) è stato:"Non penso di chiamare perché un po' è responsabilità sua se è ubriaco e poi perché a volte i turisti si stupiscono della gente che si ubriaca per strada e che nessuno li aiuta però si fa così... e io sono di Tokyo quindi purtroppo si fa così... quando ce ne sono così tanti non si può fare altrimenti...".

Questo per dire che tutti ad elogiare i giapponesi che sono sempre gentili e che si fanno in quattro per aiutarti di qua e di là, quando la verità dei fatti è che sono capaci pure di lasciarti morire, in caso, specie se sei ubriaco (o si suppone tu lo sia).