I took the stars from my eyes and then I made a map
And knew that somehow I could find my way back
Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too
So I stayed in the darkness with you
[Image Description: Digital artwork of Carth Onasi and Revan from Knights of the Old Republic, shown from the waist up. Revan is a slender, light-skinned woman with long black hair tied in a low ponytail and wearing black Jedi robes. She has taken Carth's blaster and pointed it at her own chest as she looks up at him with teeth grit and tears in her eyes. Carth is angry and upset, and his hand is also on the blaster, but his finger isn't near the trigger. /end ID]
I've recently been dabbling with trying to understand how voice models work and how exactly better results are achieved. Not that I actually want to use AI, but my belief is it's always important to understand how new technologies work, especially if they're here to stay in some form. I was dabbling with Metahuman earlier to better understand it, and now I'm fiddling with this.
While I was learning about this, I heard the news that (once again) the KOTOR Remake is dead and it made me think about Carth (because of course it would). So I tried to see how realistic a performance I could get with him, using a little inspiration from my Carth comic from forever ago and making some dialogue for a Carth who would be insistent on finding Revan in the Outer Rim. It did take some significant tweaking and re-training, but I was a little surprised at how the results seem pretty believable, for the most part.
KOTOR 3, anyone?
...But yeah, pour one out for the KOTOR Remake. Here's hoping it gets done successfully someday.
Revan: Starship console overheating? Pour water on it to cool it down!
Carth: I trusted you.
Darth Revan: Do not trust people like me. I will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like blood in your mouth. I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible. And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people.
A doodle depicting a scene in a fic I’ve written a few bits of but never posted. Since canon Revan and Bastila Shan had a kid, I figured it was totally plausible that Carth Onasi and Lady Revan could have one too.
If I ever finish said fic remains a mystery, but maybe I will! It’s a spare-Malak AU, so he gets to suffer through watching the worst person he’s ever met become a parent. : )
My other Smut Wars 2023 entry - I finally played KOTOR and the Carth romance with the spanking banter killed me. I love them. Pilot/Jedi is the best dynamic for me. This is my smuttier version of the post 3rd Star Map dialogue, including some light spanking of course.
I’ve been playing through KOTOR on my twitch stream the past couple weeks and it’s really re-ignited my love the the series (the last time I played it was almost a decade ago!). But to spice things up a little, I decided to go the extra mile and add a little Holo Carth on the side of my stream screen to entertain while I play...
This is one of my more favorite dances he does, lol.
If you’d like to see Holo Carth in action, or just enjoy a nostalgic romp through KOTOR (and KOTOR2 after I finish), please check out/follow my twitch channel!
If I’m not live, I have a VOD Collection of all my KOTOR episodes so far too!