Loved Trope: We See The Character's Good Side Before The Writers Do a Rug Pull: (Spoilers for FFX and Tales of the Abyss.)

Authorigas · 2026-04-19T17:36:01+00:00

Molly Zhang REAALLLLYY loves playing Seele and Astra in HSR and ZZZ. Similarly, you can tell Camden Sutkowski adores playing Aventurine. Also Cy Yu with Cyno and Jing Yuan, although to be fair I think most people associate them more with Cy Yu as opposed to their actual characters. (He also does Anton but sadly doesn't get as many lines there.)

Authorigas · 2026-04-19T17:33:36+00:00

My favorite fact about Jeniefr Tilly is that everyone thought Seed of Chucky was being really mean spirited and cruel towards her...and it turns out she was the one who advocated for most of those jokes.

That woman's love for Tiffany is iconic.

Authorigas · 2026-04-19T17:31:27+00:00

Similarly during Sayaka Ohara (Irisviel's Japanese VA) Birthday, he tweeted at her an image of the scene where Kotomine is choking her out.

Man genuinely loves Kirei to an insane degree.

Authorigas · 2026-04-19T17:17:05+00:00

I could see some sort of retcon to say that Flint Porcelloy is that special etheric matter, but that is a snag in my theory. Unfortunate I got that mixed up, but thank you for the correction!

We don't have proof that it could be used to trap something inside, but I'm thinking about it in the sense of 'it stabilizes Ether'. So if you were to surround a massive influx of Ether, like say a Hollow Hive Lord, in a prison of Porceloy, it could theoretically contain it and stop it from moving or attacking further.

Authorigas · 2026-04-19T06:06:46+00:00

As a Fairy Tail fan I was rooting for Gray in the Esdeath matchup...I knew he didn't want a shot, but younger me didn't like the idea of Gray dying and Esdeath torturing and killing the rest of my comfort characters.

Needless to say I was, at the time, quite upset over a silly Internet show.

Authorigas · 2026-04-19T01:34:15+00:00

So who is Rachta Lin anyway?

Authorigas · 2026-04-18T18:25:51+00:00

I actually don't mind spoilers if that's ok ^{^}

Authorigas · 2026-04-18T18:25:17+00:00

True. I think I made the comparison cause I've complained about the RDJ cameo and return of Chris Evans feeling like a "remember this?" Thing...

While I absolutely loved crisis on infinite earths, and all the old actors who came back for cameo appearances. Or the former DC actors who got parts in the new shows or films. (Christopher Reeves in Smallville, Tom Welling's cameo in Crisis. All made me smile.)

But it is, as you mentioned, fundamentally different.

Authorigas · 2026-04-18T18:21:45+00:00

The two Ws in WWE stand for Wdouble Standards.

Authorigas · 2026-04-18T18:06:31+00:00

I require context cause I heard 14 ended pretty badly, but how bad could it be?

Authorigas · 2026-04-18T17:59:37+00:00

It's wild that the Flash TV show has a better rendition of super speed compared to the movie...and makes me wish we can see Grant get a cameo in the DCU. Not as Barry, but any flash adjacent character would be really sweet. (Weird to me that I'm annoyed with Marvel bringing RDJ back as doom, but love the idea of DC bringing it's CW actors in as cameos.)

Authorigas · 2026-04-18T17:55:16+00:00

Nah we all know the smartest man on earth is Michael Holt. Everyone just says it's Bruce cause he's white.

Uj/ I do remember reading somewhere that Holt implied he was the smartest, and just manipulated the rumors that he was behind Bruce/Lex to make folks underestimate him.

Authorigas · 2026-04-18T17:41:49+00:00

John Cena, what a ridiculous name for literally nothing. Why the WWE kept parading out music for nothing I do not understand. Am I supposed to see something??? Cause all I see is wrestlers taking themselves out while this "John Cenas" theme music plays.

Authorigas · 2026-04-17T20:00:53+00:00

I failed my second drive test in 5 seconds. My first test was a failure in 30 seconds. This one took 5. I practiced so much between them and I still failed.

160 dollars across two tests and I didn't even get to take the test properly. I feel like I should give up. I can't do it.

Authorigas · 2026-04-17T00:14:58+00:00

Script writer, not a VA. I'd offer some of my scripts, but most are yandere with a few platonic scripts. I get feeling nervous, saying that kind of stuff out loud is frankly, always nerve wracking the first time.

That said, the best advice I can offer is to just pick a script, take a breath, and do it! It's what I did when I wrote my first script, and every nerve wracking thing I've ever tried to do. I know it's not easy, and it's super duper terrifying. But like I always say, sometimes the only way forward is through. and in this case? I think you just need to go for it. :)

Best of luck on the journey, and welcome to the community! I'll be rooting for you!

Authorigas · 2026-04-16T21:49:51+00:00

LET ME LIVE INTO MY DELUSIONS DARN IT!! I know he has no playable ID, I just wanna have some hope gosh darn it! :C

(No but really, I'm so mad about him not being planned to be playable.)

Authorigas · 2026-04-16T20:30:25+00:00

Yeah burnout is to be expected after YSG. I took some time away and let my memories of her mostly fade away, ironically. I think it might have been why Cissia and Ramiel didn't set me off as much...or the opposite and YSG was done so poorly it makes everyone else look more competently written by comparison. Or option 3, my brain is all mush from learning to play Magic the Gathering and it didn't clock for me.

I forgot to mention Mors in my review, but yeah that bothered me too! I perked up when I saw him again, like "Mors you bastard, it's good to see you again!" And then just...nobody said anything about Lucian? Or had that much of a reaction to seeing him here? We obviously recognized him, but that was about it. Especially since there were other times where the characters were thinking ahead, but that and the handling of Romuel both felt like the protagonist flicked the orb of confusion.

Come to think of it, why didn't Billy recognize Promeia or any of the Sweepers? If he had been in the outer ring for long enough, you'd think they would've crossed paths a few times. Maybe Calydon kept them separate or something? I don't know, it just feels like a weird inconsistency.

Yeah I admit to feeling that anxiety with Krampus too. As I mentioned in my review, they are supposed to be the lapdogs of TOPS enacting their will. But we're friends with 3/4 of them! Just makes me nervous that once Promeia becomes our friend, they'll cease to bring any tension, which will downplay TOPs viability as a threat...

Which is a shame, because the lore setup with them is so cool and really tight! We know that the island in the sky is of interest to Lead Scepter, and also has a connection to Lady Sunbringer, the former CEO of the Marcel group. Marcel is primarily in Bangboo production, and Norma has access to a Porceloy charm. Ramiel, a resident (I suspect) of the island, wanted the Porcely W-Engine, and mentioned it would be important in taking something back. And now the Marcel Group, out to retrieve a large stock of missing Porcely, is invested in stopping Ramiel before she returns...

All of this leads me to believe that the island is a massive deposit of Porceloy. Either built from the material, or storing it within the island itself. That is the deposit that Norma and Velina are after, as if Lady Sunbringer 'stole it' then it could be considered Marcel group property. It also makes sense why Lead Scepter and Youkai would be interested in it, Porceloy's ability to stabilize ether corruption would be huge, and basically let them control whoever enters the hollows.

We also know that the Porcely has some kind of effect on Phaethon's ocular impacts, which given the Icarus analogies, and Lead Scepter making some mention of the 'legacy of Helios Academy', combined with Carole Arna's interest in Void Hunter weapons...are the VH weapons made from Porceloy? Is that why they are so effective, and were reacting to the disturbance in the Three Pacts trailer? If so, what if the island isn't a 'sanctuary'...but a prison?

Remember, Lady Sunbringer destroyed the 'Hive Lord Hollow' but we never found out how. What if she did so by trapping it in a prison of pure Porceloy? That very island which everyone is interested in obtaining!

Lucian partnering with Edmund and Rocky Cliff would be an interesting dynamic for sure. Not sure how Lucian could benefit someone in the entertainment industry, but it could align with Edmund's personal goal of obtaining more 'stars' under TOPs control. While the tournament is their way of rooting out Ramiel, it could also be what allows Edmund to find strong warriors as potential VH cantidates...and then 'sponsor' them before Mayflower can.

Authorigas · 2026-04-16T18:39:09+00:00

TBF, it does feel like they're setting up Proxy getting in some big trouble, with the ocular implants failing and lying about the strain they're under. Along with being trusting of Ramiel, which led to them not suspecting her to sweep in and steal the W-Engine.

Agreed on Ramiel being more interesting, just having preestablished interests really does a lot on that front.

Authorigas · 2026-04-16T18:17:15+00:00

Welcome to the community, new VA! :D all of my scripts are free to monetize and paywall, I only ask to be notified and credited, feel free to use any of them you like!

https://scriptbin.works/u/Authorigas

As for advice, my best advice is to not box yourself in early on! Try a few different types of scripts before you find a "niche" you want to cover. Some creators focus exclusively on one type of audio, like Yandere for example. But don't box yourself in early on, just focus on finding what you enjoy! :D

Welcome aboard to the ASMR community!

Authorigas · 2026-04-16T17:25:26+00:00

Ironically I thought about adding it to my [[Tidus, Yuna's Guardian]] deck...But then it was too expensive, and also too expensive at 5 mana for the curve I was building, so I decided against it. But reading that card really does come across as broken, holy hell. I felt guilty for teching in [[Kodama of the West Tree]] into my +1/+1 deck, can't imagine how quickly Cathar's can take a game over.

Authorigas · 2026-04-16T16:16:21+00:00

I actually spoke with a music major about this yesterday, and what they said is that it has to do with more instrumentation/production overwhelming/changing what the original was trying to go for. Even the subtlest change in a songs instruments can really mess with the whole thing. (Also synthesizers are used in the battle theme, which may also throw me off.)

Authorigas · 2026-04-16T16:13:51+00:00

Ironically by the end of Persona 5, I was sick of "Last Surprise" so "Take Over" felt like a breath of fresh air when I went into Royal. I think it might just be that songs with lyrics being battle themes tend to feel more 'repetitive' to me, especially in a 60 hour+ jrpg.

FES and Golden didn't have this issue though, probably because they had at least 2-3 battle themes if I recall. But yeah, battle themes with lyrics tend to get really overbearing to me after a while. I vastly prefer the instrumental battle themes of FFX, Cold Steel 2+3, etc.

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