just some unhinged rambling about Cutthroat’s VAs
Starting with his English. I don’t haaaateee it, but something abt it rubs me the wrong way. Like the acting is really good, it’s just the voice direction that’s awful. Hard to describe exactly, but he’s like, whiny? There’s a lot of weird inflections and tremors in the acting, esp in episode 9. It’s like Matt was told ‘‘you’re playing a crazy insane serial killer, do the stereotypical psycho voice’’. I once heard someone describe it as ‘‘too horny’‘ and yep, I think that sums up my issue with it. Like there was no balance here, too much ‘‘serial killer’’ voice and not enough ‘‘normal dude who’s kinda childish’‘ voice. There aren’t really any specific line changes I have any issue with (although ‘‘yum ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ’‘ instead of ‘‘ah, blood’‘ when he licks Swindler definitely caught me so off guard)
4/10 not bad but it doesn’t feel good
Then his German voice, this one has the opposite problem than the English. It’s a little too normal and lackluster. A sort of deeper voice that removes the childish element and makes him feel more his age. He does a better job at matching the tone of the Japanese though. It feels like he’s not really trying very hard until ep 9, that’s where he goes all out on the acting. Like if he needs to yell/scream, he puts his whole heart into it and I appreciate that. There are a few line changes that I really appreciate, and probably a lot more that I’m completely missing due to the fact that I just pretend to know German without actually knowing anything. But namely, actually making a ‘‘Here’s Johnny’‘ reference, so good, thank you for putting in the actual reference. The voice is relatively nice, I like the line delivery in quite a few scenes.
7/10 does the job and I like it well enough
and Russian.... uhhh.... I appreciate the fact that even a modicum of emotion was portrayed in the acting (if you’ve ever listened to a russian dub of anything, you’ll understand that this is high praise). Are there line changes? Dunno, stopped learning russian when I was 4 years old so I only know about 5 words
2/10 thanks for trying
I couldn’t find a french dub and didn’t check for spanish, nor do I really care about those bc haha I don’t speak those languages in any capacity, uno dos tres amirite?
Onto the original, the Japanese. Happy bday Mr. Sakurai! What can I say, it’s the og acting, ofc it’s gonna be my favorite, it’s how the lines were originally meant to be said. This man is so good, his voice is so pleasing to listen to. He strikes the perfect balance between Normal, Killer, Yandere and Child. Just the right amount of everything, a perfect voice for Cutthroat.
11/10 I love this man
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Lime (thinking about his perfect score in AWS evaluations): you can’t seduce me tho
Mochi: … ok then ^pulls the elastic of her thigh high up and lets it snap back^
Later
Coco: why is Lime shoving his head in a bucket of water
THIS IS SO FUCKING ON BRAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DIDNT EVEN THINK ABOUT MOCHI PLAYING THE THIGH CARD!!!!!! YOURE SO RIGHT!!!!!!!!!
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i think steampianist's thing really suits kabukimono. the speaker in the song struggles to convey emotions properly and wishes to have certain traits ("hair like yours," "hands like yours," "eyes to stare and to cry with," "fingers that curl in the cold"), which can be read as fervently coveting to look and feel "normal." or, in kabukimono's case, to look and feel human.
like the speaker in the song, kabukimono cannot understand or show certain emotions, and so he learns from those around him (like a sponge absorbing new information) about human life. he hides his true nature as a puppet and learns how to live as a human, but as human as he may act he can never truly be human if the parameters set for what it means to be human are that (1) you must have a heart and (2) your lifespan must be finite (which are parameters kabukimono thinks equals humanity). he has neither of these, which is why he never truly views himself as a human even though you could argue that being "human" simply means you are a complex individual who can feel, think, speak, and articulate (all things kabukimono is capable of).
as the song nears its conclusion, it's implied that the speaker hurt or killed their friends in some way, and you learn that all along this "thing" has wanted companionship and to feel and display emotions properly. but something goes wrong and the result is this eerie line: "struggling only makes the hugs much tighter." both kabukimono and the speaker in the song are driven by their obsessions, and both have bloodied their hands as the result of their circumstances (kabukimono's motivation for murder being revenge and the speaker's most likely being the threat of their friends leaving, so they become determined to make them stay even if it ends in death).
and by the end, the speaker still continues to wish for the traits mentioned above. likewise, kabukimono continues in his travels after sating his hunger for revenge and with "human" traits he has learned and experienced throughout his journey, only to soon step onto the path that leads him to becoming a harbinger once he comes to believe that his "humanity" is a sign of weakness. and so he does away with the things that made him human and starts a new era of his existence (albeit a more violent, cruel one), much like how the speaker in the song will probably continue to search for a way to express themselves in socially acceptable ways.
i think popopo could also fit kabukimono in that it's a song about an alien who travels from planet to planet in hopes of finding a home and a friend, but no one accepts or wants him so he is constantly shunned and lonesome. thus he is a "shooting star sinking in the spacey, black tar" with "hopes and dreams in teardrops," which are lines that fit kabukimono so much!
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Maguire: I haven't seen Quentin cry since we were little. The last time I heard him cry, he called me from his college dorm back home. Some girl he liked had lead him on. Made him believe they were together. Got all her friends involved on that cruel prank. Apparently it had been going on for 2 months before the night he called me. Apparently there's some truth to those over the top bullies in school movies..
Maguire:
Maguire: I haven't heard from or seen him in over a year.. When I got that call.. That girl, Betsy or whatever her name was, she didn't graduate after I got there. I got Quentin out of that school, sent him to his ideal university instead of that cesspool his dad sent him. I hadn't seen him since then..
Maguire: I don't know how much he's told you about himself, about his past, but if you do anything at all to upset him in any way.. I won't hesitate to make you pay.
Acedia: ..I swear I promise I don't have any reason to do anything like that to him. I'm sorry all of that has happened.
Maguire: Hm.. I'm gonna keep an eye on you. Just in case.
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I've been thinking abt Chip (and my ship w/ him) a lot man (yes more than usual) and cog I love that woman. He's apathetic as hell. He hates a vast majority of people. If you tried to talk to him he'd shrivel up like a prune. He's a terrible boss (mostly the override's fault). He'd want to throw you across the street like an (american) football if you annoyed him. He can be a total bitch (and I love that for him). He could kill you with his face if he wanted to.
Yet if he thought about Chelly for even a second he's immediately a sappy lovestruck mess. He's a total softie. A big 'ol lovey teddy bear. Sure he's keeping a straight face about it and to the outside eye he looks like he's plotting someone's downfall, (If only because if any of his employees saw the mask crack he'd fire them out of sheer embarrassment), but boy is he still a mushy mess!
it is so funny to me that this autistic little creature
can turn that giant intimidating no nonsense cog into a sweet little lovebug.
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went to a huge Taylor Swift dance party last night with a friend, I haven't listened to her since I was like 14 honestly and almost didn't go, Ive been so stressed abt uni bc damn.. I was super ahead and then got knocked out by depression for 2 weeks and now I'm super behind.. anyway, I messaged her and said I'm not doing well bc I have essays due I haven't started on, and she was like 'are you actually gonna do them though or are you gonna sit around feeling anxious bc you might as well feel anxious while dancing with friends'
and I was like. yknow what you're spot on. I absolutely am not gonna do them tonight. so I went, and lads, it was such a good decision. we danced for over 4 hours straight no breaks it was crazyyy
it's a risk to admit here that you went crazy to tswift lmao, I have mixed feelings about her, but her songs are perfect for going batshit crazy to with ur friends in a crowded room with sick lighting so I'm gonna be unapologetic about it haha. sometimes you gotta
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okay going crazy over here. I could've sworn Sally Bowles was supposed to be like. Older. world weary. like not ancient or anything but the dynamic between her and Cliff was an older woman/younger man one. and now I can find no evidence of this??? I'm losing my mind
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I'm not personally a fan of MJ as a character, HOWEVER.
Amazing Mary Jane (the comic) single-handedly made me like her and be more interested. She was really well written and super cool in that little comic run.
I like the weird friendship that developed between her and Mysterio who she went above and beyond helping.
Like.. that comic was so good it made me like MJ and usually I just find her so boring. that's the only version of her I like.
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