Is This Really You? Also Why?

Is this really you? Also why?

That is probably me, unless the legion of Substitute Neils have improved their game.

No reason. When someone offers you a flaming sword and a big book you say yes.

I'm very not-caught-up on several of my fandoms/interests so traversing fandom tags is a DANGEROUS game lmao

(I'm mostly avoiding tags for things I'm not caught up on, if I look in them and I get spoiled that's my own fault)

dammit im thinking about this more and now i want to write a really short fic/scene based on this concept

i CANNOT be doing this i have school to keep on top of and i already have like four writing projects lmfao

(i also have like zero knowledge of Veggietales so i would have to RESEARCH it, too)

(although, do we really think Angel has knowledge of Veggietales either?)

writing about Hazbin and my laptop is trying to correct "Vaggie" to "Veggie" which is really fucking funny and also now i'm imagining Angel Dust making fun of her (and pissing her off) with Veggietales comments

(i know it makes no sense, shh, its just where my brain went)

i've written over 2000 words about hazbin hotel voice actors in less than 48 hours and the ONLY reason i haven't written more is because i keep getting too tired to focus

this is the worst hyperfixation i have had in a WHILE, i'm glad i have this blog because strap the fuck in i am going to be insufferable about this demon show lmao

new hazbin hotel VA analysis and thoughts

okay so, for anyone who didn't already know, Prime Video released this video earlier today (Dec 15), announcing the official new cast list for the Hazbin Hotel voice actors

i, in all of my neurodivergent hyperfixation glory (or whatever), have some THOUGHTS on this, so i’m making a series of posts analysing/talking through all of my thoughts and emotions about the new VAs! gonna try and keep everything either positive or neutral, i’m not gonna be, like, an outright dick to any of the casting choices because honestly i think they’re all very good in their own right!

anyway, yeah, this one is the first one! going below a cut because even though most of them aren’t that long on their own, it’s gonna get REALLY long once all of them are added in the reblogs (going to add characters to the tags on this OP of the post as they're posted cause reblog tags don't do shit, wordcounts after this one will be in the respective reblogs' tags so they're visible and comprehensible)

the characters i’m planning on doing, ones that are posted already will be linked from the word!:

Charlie (this one!), Vaggie, Angel Dust, Alastor, Sir Pentious, Husk, Niffty, Vox, and Valentino (if/when it's released, i'd also like to do one of these for Cherri Bomb! i haven't seen any talk of her VA so far though gdfjhk)

word count for the FIRST analysis after the cut: 337

so! the first of many! to start with, Charlie’s new VA is Erika Henningsen! we got to hear quite a lot of her singing voice in the announcement video, as it was, well, a music video, but what about her speaking voice? linked here is a video of her speaking, to use as reference next to the announcement video itself! of course, she may speak differently for the actual role, many VAs do that (many also don’t!), so she may sound slightly different in the show!

main thoughts: i really like this choice for Charlie. i thought her original VAs (singing and speaking) from the pilot were brilliant, but both the “OGs” and Erika fit the character really well. i think she sort of sounds hopeful in a disney princess way, which i’ve seen a lot of people saying in a negative manner but i think in this context it’s a good thing! it adds a sort of upbeat element that makes her stand out from the other characters we’ve seen, which i think ties in really nicely with her character and personality

i will say, in the pilot, i was never particularly attached to Charlie as a character. i of course do love her, i love almost all the characters, but she was never one that stood out to me nearly as much as, say, Alastor. that being said, i never formed a notably strong importance to her voice in my brain, compared to some of the others from the show, so while her voice is noticeably different, for me personally i don’t expect it to be nearly as jarring as it will probably be for some of the others

i’m really excited to see where Erika takes this role, though, she seems like she has the ability to voice Charlie really well, and especially as the main character (or, one of them), i think her voice is gonna be able to be a strong foundation to go off of with taking the character even further

Angel Dust is up next!

his new VA is Blake Roman! we got even less in the way of lines for him in the announcement video, we only got to hear him speak 2 or 3 lines during it. I actually couldn't find a Wikipedia page for him, it looks like he hasn't been involved in a ton of projects, but he had a very small side role in Helluva Boss as an unnamed imp

this one is going to be formatted slightly differently than the last two, because the format I had been using was VA info, logical thoughts, then emotional thoughts, but… Angel is a little different. he's been one of my biggest comfort characters for a while, so I don't think I can separate my emotions on this VA from the logical POV

that being said: I already know I'm going to struggle with the change, a lot. this isn't to say anything negative about the new VA, I actually do really like his sound, however, his voice is very noticeably different than the pilot VA. over the however-long-i've-been-interested-in-hazbin, I've probably interacted with more Angel Dust-centric content than any other character besides maybe Alastor, so his voice (from the pilot) is incredibly ingrained in my brain, and solidified as his voice. that fact combined with my autism difficulties with familiar things changing I think is going to mean that I'm going to struggle with adjusting to the voice change, regardless of who the voice turned out to be

THAT BEING SAID (x2): I think that Blake has a lot of potential as Angel's VA! since we only heard him speaking in the announcement, I found a video of him singing. of course, there's several things that make it difficult to judge this video as a gauge of his ability for specifically Angel Dust. mostly, the fact that our favourite spider demon has a comedically strong Brooklyn accent (i think, anyway). since to my knowledge, his VA is not from Brooklyn, and certainly doesn’t have that accent, it isn’t something we can hear in the video, and that means that his singing in the show may sound incredibly different to how it does here

really, though; i think that Blake has the potential to do a really really good job. i don’t dislike his voice for Angel in the absolute slightest, he does the accent and inflection well and i think the general sound of his voice is really nice for the character. my entire hangup with the change lands on, well, the fact that there’s a change at all. as mentioned, i’m REALLY attached to the character, so for a while, i think that the change will be.. jarring, at best. at worst? i don’t know, if i really can’t get used to the voice change, i don’t know if i’ll be able to actually watch the show. i don’t actually think that’s gonna happen at all though, i can see myself getting used to Blake’s voice for Angel for sure, it’ll just take some time! i think he's going to be able to add, again, a lot of really nice character and depth to the Angel we already know and love!

(this is the longest one so far, which makes sense. i KNEW i had a lot of thoughts about this guy. going in, my predictions were that the longest ones were gonna be Angel, Alastor, and Valentino, i’m posting these as i finish writing them so we’re gonna see if that holds up, cause our Radio Demon is next on the list!)

new hazbin hotel VA analysis and thoughts

okay so, for anyone who didn't already know, Prime Video released this video earlier today (Dec 15), announcing the official new cast list for the Hazbin Hotel voice actors

i, in all of my neurodivergent hyperfixation glory (or whatever), have some THOUGHTS on this, so i’m making a series of posts analysing/talking through all of my thoughts and emotions about the new VAs! gonna try and keep everything either positive or neutral, i’m not gonna be, like, an outright dick to any of the casting choices because honestly i think they’re all very good in their own right!

anyway, yeah, this one is the first one! going below a cut because even though most of them aren’t that long on their own, it’s gonna get REALLY long once all of them are added in the reblogs (going to add characters to the tags on this OP of the post as they're posted cause reblog tags don't do shit, wordcounts after this one will be in the respective reblogs' tags so they're visible and comprehensible)

the characters i’m planning on doing, ones that are posted already will be linked from the word!:

Charlie (this one!), Vaggie, Angel Dust, Alastor, Sir Pentious, Husk, Niffty, Vox, and Valentino (if/when it's released, i'd also like to do one of these for Cherri Bomb! i haven't seen any talk of her VA so far though gdfjhk)

word count for the FIRST analysis after the cut: 337

so! the first of many! to start with, Charlie’s new VA is Erika Henningsen! we got to hear quite a lot of her singing voice in the announcement video, as it was, well, a music video, but what about her speaking voice? linked here is a video of her speaking, to use as reference next to the announcement video itself! of course, she may speak differently for the actual role, many VAs do that (many also don’t!), so she may sound slightly different in the show!

main thoughts: i really like this choice for Charlie. i thought her original VAs (singing and speaking) from the pilot were brilliant, but both the “OGs” and Erika fit the character really well. i think she sort of sounds hopeful in a disney princess way, which i’ve seen a lot of people saying in a negative manner but i think in this context it’s a good thing! it adds a sort of upbeat element that makes her stand out from the other characters we’ve seen, which i think ties in really nicely with her character and personality

i will say, in the pilot, i was never particularly attached to Charlie as a character. i of course do love her, i love almost all the characters, but she was never one that stood out to me nearly as much as, say, Alastor. that being said, i never formed a notably strong importance to her voice in my brain, compared to some of the others from the show, so while her voice is noticeably different, for me personally i don’t expect it to be nearly as jarring as it will probably be for some of the others

i’m really excited to see where Erika takes this role, though, she seems like she has the ability to voice Charlie really well, and especially as the main character (or, one of them), i think her voice is gonna be able to be a strong foundation to go off of with taking the character even further