I still really don't get the refusal to have characters of color in ones lineup. It will never not look weird to me. Especially given that there ARE VAs with multi-racial casts (Mr. Laveau is a great example).
I feel like not wanting to be "offensive" is more of an excuse than anything else. Especially since the majority of the audios I've listened to, both narrative and one off, very rarely actually contain content that could be considered highly insensitive if the race of the character changed. Especially in fantasy worlds where the idea of race takes on new contexts.
It always reads to me like a creator (audio rp or otherwise) either is incapable of seeing POC as actual people, or has a weird inability to separate POC from our struggles. And while it IS important that we don't play into the idea of "not seeing color", and disregarding what is often very difficult and painful histories for many of us...
... Y'all do know we like, like, people shit, right? We have normal jobs, we eat food, probably go to the movies and on dates. Can and do exist in fantasy worlds. Like, I'm not saying don't do some research, like don't make a black character a monkey or a Jewish character a rat or some bs, lmao. But like, what exactly is stopping any of you, on some real shit 🤨.
Idk, it's just a weird look to me. Also, obviously, this is about creators who have characters depicted in some form of art.
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I think it’d be interesting if cheeky somehow got into a mini coma or got really hurt to the point of being our for a few days and V pulls the “it’s supposed to be me in the hospital, not you”
Ok hear me out
AND DONT JUDGE ME
This with V and Cheeky:
I forgot how trippy the first Yandere Siren audio is-
Like, I love binaural audios, but the way his voice rapidly flips between the left and right speakers scratches a whole 'nother itch in my brain. Very tingly, 10/10.
This was most definitely about V and I support it
People who throw tantrums over morally grey (or morally bad) audio rp characters, audios with dark or uncomfortable themes, or audios with tragic endings need to grow tf up. Audio roleplays don't have any obligation to always be comfy and cozy and make you feel warm and fuzzy. They can be dark, they can be tragic, they can be scary. People who get upset at VAs for performing more emotionally challenging material can stfu. How boring would it be if every single audio was just "Perfect love interest with no flaws falls in love with perfect listener with no flaws, they face no conflicts and don't suffer any challenges. Then they kiss. The end."
This is beyond a lack of media literacy, this is a complete lack of understanding of media in general. There is more than one genre out there in literally every other medium of fiction, there is more than one character archetype out there. Most importantly, none of is real. Just because you're roleplaying in the first person, that doesn't mean you're actually literally living it. It's FICTION. That's not your real boyfriend, this isn't your actual life, and the listener is a character that you roleplay as, not your real-life self. Please, back up and let VAs exercise their right (yes their RIGHT) to free creative expression.
The fact that some VAs have abandoned (or even completely deleted) certain characters and playlists just because brats with zero media literacy make it such a headache to attempt anything challenging should be enough of a sign that it's time for us to grow tf up.
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This! Sometimes I feel embarrassed that I like audios because they aren't more mainstream and then I talk about these stories and I realize it's just like I'm talking about characters from an anime or book so there's really no reason to be embarrassed at all.
Id love for audio roleplay to be more mainstream. It would bring more liseners and creators to the scene so it would produce more content and it would probably help normalize it as a serious medium for storytelling
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Having to clean the shower is so fucking annoying. It’s clean in there. That’s where I go to get clean. It’s clean dude trust me. Stop fucking growing bacteria and stuff man this is the clean locale. You’re embarrassing me in front of the sink
I don't want to go back on TikTok on account of their ridiculous dick-riding of Donald Trump when the stupid bastard isn't even president yet.
Like wtf is this shit lmao they are doing tricks on it and thanking him for all his hard work when his inauguration hasn't even happened like lmfao please shut the fuck up.
can some of yall stop sexualizing VAs. They are human and not their characters. II'L SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK. THEY ARE NOT THEIR CHARACTERS. So stop with that weird shit aight, we love the respectful lot ok
kisses and hugs byeeeeeee
She/they-Still don't fully understand this app-Just here for mostly Scythe Audio related things-Happily taken
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