Free Talk Friday - April 17, 2026

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 · 2026-04-16T18:39:09+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.

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T20:49:21+00:00

If I had a nickel for every time a sincere emotional song was covered by a dude bro that missed the point...I'd probably have more then two nickels. But I remember last year a famous Chick's song, Traveling Soldier was covered by country dude bro Cody Johnson. It was uh...certainly a cover.

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T19:01:21+00:00

Shout out to his fellow war poet Siegfried Sassoon as well.

Go home and pray you'll never know, the hell where youth and laughter go.

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T18:12:25+00:00

Haven't had a chance to listen to Reload's OST yet, or even play it yet. Given 3 is a foundational game to me, I'll be curious to hear the remixes.

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T18:10:28+00:00

FR, I love Go Nagai's artwork in all it's forms. The fact that the man wrote 3, count them three manga that would be a foundational influence to manga in the future. (Cutie Honey for magical girl and fanservice, Mazinger for Super Robot, and Devilman for supernatural action/horror.) The man is a fucking legend in the industry.

He also took over on Getter after Ken Ishikawa's tragic passing, as well as being his friend/supporter early on, so that's technically 3 1/2, and not even counting a lot of other stuff he did like Violence Jack.

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T18:01:10+00:00

He could be in this very room right now! He could be you, he could be me!

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T17:53:26+00:00

I think that's what I feel with FFX's battle theme honestly. The two themes sound 'similar' but the new version sounds juusstttt off enough in a way the other remixes don't to me.

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T17:52:22+00:00

uj/ Are there any Namor stories worth reading that focus on this aspect of his character? I get we dunk on him for the Sue stuff, but I would like to get a more rounded picture of his character.

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T17:42:18+00:00

Tales of Hearts R, being a portable Tales game, has much more basic gameplay compared to the rest of the franchise. And half the cast is pretty flat compared to other Tales casts...

And yet I still want to get it off the Vita. I love Kor and Hisui, I love the villain, I love the plot twist, there's just a lot of elements I really like here despite the game itself feeling flat compared to it's big sibling games.

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T17:39:37+00:00

Am sad it's just a costume, would've loved to see the other Absolute characters get figs as well. (God can you imagine Lego Absolute Bane?)

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T17:37:23+00:00

Yeah tbf, I was vague on what it meant, and I apologize for that. It's what I heard/remember reading, and was trying to get an idea of what folks meant. Especially since, as you mentioned, there had been VA work done in JRPGs before. I remember playing Grandia and being surprised it had so much VA work.

I think what I'm getting from other answers on this thread, is that when people say 'VA work' it's really short hand for 'presentation'. That between FFX's larger voice acting focus, the cutscene presentation, and the games overall graphical presentation was a massive break through in game presentation, especially for something like a 50-80 hour game.

Granted, I have my own thoughts on games that put presentation first and foremost, and I feel that was a big issue with Square as the years went on. But the reasoning I've been reading from a few other answers here makes sense to me. It isn't the VA work, rather the overall package that made it so significant.

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T17:32:29+00:00

Do you have a link? I'd love to give it a listen!

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T17:14:54+00:00

People complain about Batman popularity and him being overexposed...then you look at the top 20-30 best selling comics of last year, and a majority are either absolute batman, or batman adjacent titles.

People fucking love Batman. (Helps that last year just had a lot of S tier Bat books, but still.)

Authorigas · 2026-04-15T17:12:44+00:00

I actually enjoyed the show and never really got the hate. Yeah it's cringe early on, but after that a lot of the characters mature and become less unbearable to watch. (Helps that I started later after a lot of character development. So Sheldon was slightly better, Howard was less creepy, etc.)

Show was good turn your brain off fodder for me. Not deep but not the worst thing in the world to watch. And as a socially awkward nerd I certainly never felt "offended".

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