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marstectomy · 3 months

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yippeeeee!!

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#comic journal #autobio comic #VA training #apri does art #oh beloved dub #i know we cant always do dub and might go back to voice over soon #but jesus #i am so bad at voiceover #just let me dub

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libraryofva · 2 months

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Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

Come to Virginia. The Land of Romance, Hospitality and Beauty. Norfolk and Western Railway. 1931.

#railroad #VA #Virginia #1930s #Norfolk and Western #train #transportation #railway #ephemera #tourism

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venacoeurva · 9 months

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People using voice AIs to make songs and whatnot. You weaklings, develop and foster actual skills not based around commodifying actors and artists into soulless imitations, without their consent or compensation for them no less, and learn to remix and sample official lines like memes of old for yours or so help me

#also it's actually ethical #most VAs aware of AI stuff have spoken out and not only hate it but many will take shit down #using voice AI is pretty damn unethical unless you're making one and training it with yourself or anyone else you have consent from #and preferably will compensate them for #you will never be cs188 or dathings1 or youngscrolls #vena vents #not art #my yt recs have been plagued by ai voices singing songs and that involves puppeting around dead musicians' voices #I really gotta add ai to blocktube so I stop seeing those

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fluffs-n-stuffs · 4 months

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Even more Pokémon Horizons Episode 33 spoilers under the cut!

PLEASE LOOK AT THE SUBTITLE CAPTIONS DURING THESE SPECIFIC CLIPS IT JUST KILLS ME SDUHFSDNFKSJDFHSDN

#fluff binges !!!#the difference between Gurumin's delightfully energetic commentary versus Amethio's angsty training arc is the FUNNIEST thingSDJFHUISHDFNKS #LIKE YOU CAN EVEN HEAR THE VA SQUEAL IN EXCITEMENT ABOUT PARTIES WHILE CLIPS OF AMETHIO AND HAMBER THROWING HANDS PLAYS IT'S SO 😭💀💀💀#Gurumin: “teehee look forward to these silly wholesome RVTs shenanigans as they hold a special send-off party for Diana :}"#Amethio: (ABSOLUTELY FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE)#this series is so unbelievably funny in the most unexpected ways SKDJFHIAHSDNKSJFNSND #who else is excited for the “Amethio's downward angst spiral (wholesome house party)” episode cause I sure am /lh #I love my emo son I promise not to bully him as much next time /j DNFSJKDNFKSDNFS #pokemon #pokemon horizons #anipoke #pokeani #explorer amethio #amethio pokemon #hamber pokemon #explorer hamber

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toughtink · 7 months

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ooooooooh my god, do not fucking share videos of ai scraping and copying a famous voice actor just because you think it's funny to hear X character sing a song! i just!!!!!!!!!!! it's fucked! especially if you're an artist who wouldn't want their own art fucking plagiarized via these same generators! it's creepy and wrong!

#rant #fuck ai #this is me being very disappointed in an artist i followed for a really long timeeeeeeee #like unless the VA is giving express permission to use their voice in this way #but i sorta doubt it seeing as how the whole VA community seems pretty concerned about the voices being used to train voice clones

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aphsillyos · 1 month

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his default recall is so cool..........

#not me arts tag #ive never used his default skin so i didnt even know what it looked like until now....ough #i wish u could mix and match sounds or recalls with skins................#i honestly forget half the time hes supposed to be like. Cool and Suave and a Competent Badass #because my brain is always like. god hes so small and floppy and will die if you breathe on him wrong #also hes always crying and breathing heavily in my ear so im just like. poor guy #he should be at the bed taking a nap not fighting....... who made him fight.... stop that he doesnt belong on the battle field #he might be a badass hitman or smth but my brain is like #this is just a sad theatre kid who took gymnastics #''aphelios how is your assassin training going'' aphelios who has only been reading the acrobatics textbook: my what #is there anyone still reading these tags. hi there #i have a lot of thoughts on him. im very obsessed with his animations #like he has a laugh animation for every weapon.......#all the various weapon animations...#maybe the real reason we wont have a legendary for 10 more years is all the animating they have to do #i mean his base animations are so good id honest be like OK if they reused them #cant rly do much better than already Top Tier animations #unless we get an alune legendary.....#hope alune is super awesome and badass and all the aphelios voicelines are a really shy awkward guy or smth #like you look so cool and awesome fighting and the whole world doesnt know ur listening to a lil guy in your brain the whole game #the contrast would be very funny methinks #if anyones still reading this. yes i know riot made up some reason about budget or whatever for voices #but i choose to believe aphelios is head empty no thoughts and thats why he doesnt talk to alune #(STILL GOOFY OF A REASON... lots of VAs can do both genders of voices.... like. what about kindred and kayn....)#then again wouldnt be surprised if they were overbudget on the animations but still smh my head into oblivion #can relate to a guy who simply doesnt wanna talk #(said after 10000 tags of talking to myself)#i should really put my thoughts onto a separate post or blog or something #anyways have i mentioned i think hes really cute

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soyalexnajera · 1 year

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3 days ago, out of nowhere, I had a question

Why does the voice of Lake from Infinity Train sound so familiar?

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ASHLEY JONHSON AAAH

#infinity train #the last of us #lake infinity train #ellie williams #I'm so dumb i swear #i was so happy when i realized that 2 of my fav characters share the same va

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t13shoots · 26 days

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they-call-me-haiku · 9 months

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one thing that i love about infinity train is how REAL the characters are, despite being in a fantasy setting, and the narrative of how experiences shape individuals. the way they speak and act are so realistic, their choices are understandable and their arcs are so well-written. all of the characters have glaring flaws they need to work on, but it's also clear that these flaws are the results of some kind of trauma or the way they were treated.

tulip was disillusioned with the world, angry and distant. and this is a direct reaction to her parents' divorce and her inability to cope with it. which is sympathetic, of course, it's a hard thing to go through as a child. the show also reveals that tulip blames herself for her parents' divorce, which can hit close to home for many people.

lake was similarly angry and defiant, even outright hostile in certain situations. again, this comes as a response to the way she was treated in the train, the way she was never granted her freedom and individuality, and how she was trapped in a role she didn't want to play. it's no wonder that many queer people identify so much with lake, because the rules of the train mirrors real life.

jesse has people-pleasing tendencies that reach the point where it actually hurts people. we've all seen protagonists who are people pleasers or eager to appear likeable to people, but usually it only hurts themselves. jesse's case is the prime example of "a friend to all is a friend to none". you can't please everyone, there are people you should oppose or ignore. otherwise, you end up hurting people who actually matters in your life.

simon and grace are straight-up villains, or anti-villains at the very best. grace is manipulative and cunning, playing on people's feelings and insecurities to serve herself. simon is controlling and somewhat egotistic, refusing to change his mindset, regardless of what happens. again, both these characters are shown to have reasons for why they became what they are, even if it doesn't justify their actions. grace grew up in an environment where she was neglected and felt lonely, and found out that her only sure way of making any sort of connection is to manipulate people. simon is implied to have dealt with someone's death before he got on the train, since he seems to have an idea of what funerals are like. that, paired with samantha the cat accidentally leaving him behind in a crucial and dangerous situation, he develops some very intense abandonment issues. again, both these issues can be very relatable to a lot of people, even if we aren't as bad as either of these characters.

min-gi was shown to be insecure and uncertain, but at the same time, arrogant and condescending. the pressure he recieved from his parents has fueled his gifted child syndrome while simultaneously making him depressed and burned out. ryan is probably the closest we have to a "conventional main character", hyperactive and quirky. but he is also not exactly perfect in all other aspects, as he wants to push things forward and refuses to give min-gi some time to think and make a decision. as a child who grew up with lots of other siblings, ryan struggles to prove himself to his family, since they don't seem to pay him much attention. both these scenarios are especially relatable to asians, but of course, anyone who may have trouble pleasing their parents and living up to expectations.

i just gave a character analysis of each protagonist, but my point is that while other cartoon protagonists tend to lean more on the heroic side, the characters in this show doesn't. in most other animated shows i've watched, the flaws a protagonist is allowed to have are either "heroic" flaws such as being too forgiving or being self-sacrificing, or shallow flaws such as clumsiness or being kind of an idiot.

but not in infinity train. the protagonists in this show aren't heroes, they are normal people. they don't have a magical destiny, they don't have to fight for the good of the world, they aren't the "chosen ones". their ultimate goal is to get out of the train (or in simon and grace's case, to be superior to everyone else, to "win").

so it really feels good when one of the characters does choose to do something nice. when tulip chooses to empathize with and help amelia, when lake bonds with alan dracula and jesse. when grace chooses to change for the better and face the consequences of her actions. when ryan chooses to stay with min-go despite getting a door, and when min-gi does the same later on.

i watched this show about a year ago, and it's still one of the best animated shows i've watched. it's so uncomfortably real sometimes, you stop and go "am i like that?" when a character does something wrong, you know that the show addresses it and their actions have consequences. the show doesn't hand out redemption arcs to everyone or sweep things under the rug like some shows *cough* steven universe and she-ra *cough*

there's a reason why a lot of people seem to relate more to villains than heroes, because villains are allowed to be flawed while also being sympathetic. infinity train managed to create a cast of protagonists who are exactly like that. they are more than heroes, they are people.

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marstectomy · 3 months

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pls i need more actors and actresses to join us in class

#comic journal #autobio comic #VA training #apri does art #i'm so baffled with the N thing

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libraryofva · 3 months

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Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

Norfolk and Western Railway. The Powhatan Arrow - The Pocahontas.

#Virginia #Richmond #Railway #trains #railroad #Powhatan #pocahontas #Norfolk and Western #blotter #advertising #vintage #VA

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not-lobotomized · 2 months

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life has been really hard recently but today i passed the engineering board exam 🥹

#i cant believe it #im officially an engineer in training in the state of va

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stromuprisahat · 11 months

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Natalie spun around. She was fast, so fast. But Dimitri was fast too and avoided her attack, a look of pure power and strength on his face. With an eerie fascination, I watched them move, circling each other like partners in a deadly dance. She was stronger than him, clearly, but she was also a fresh Strigoi. Gaining superpowers doesn’t mean you know how to use them.

Dimitri, however, knew how to use the ones he had. After both giving and receiving some vicious hits, he made his move. The silver stake flashed in his hand like a streak of lightning, then it snaked forward—into her heart. He yanked it out and stepped back, his face impassive as she screamed and fell to the floor. After a few horrible moments, she stopped moving.

Vampire Academy- Twenty-Four (Richelle Mead)

How training vs. brute power should work even in fiction (unless dumb luck or other unforeseeable circumstances are at play).