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next up, Vaggie!

Vaggie’s new VA is Stephanie Beatriz! you, uh, probably know her, even if you don’t know the name! she voiced Mirabel in Encanto (Vivziepop yet again having this wild ability to get some really good names on these projects)

once again, we got to hear a little of her speaking voice in the announcement video, but not nearly as much as we heard of Charlie’s, so I found this video of her speaking out of character! i didn’t grab a video of her singing specifically, because really you can just listen to most of the songs from Encanto to get an idea of her voice

i’m.. i’m gonna be honest, it’s been a bit since i’ve watched the pilot as it is, so i honestly couldn’t tell for sure at first if she had a different VA (she does). i like this voice a lot for Vaggie, i think that the tone and pacing, the sound of the voice, really everything we heard of her in the announcement video, all fit really really well with what we’ve seen and what i, at least, expect from this character. i don’t know if she’s going to change anything with the way she sings for Vaggie, but based on the recordings from her time as Mirabel, i think the same could hold true! it’s a bit hard to tell based off of the songs from Encanto, because Mirabel and Vaggie are such vastly different characters that emotions alone are probably going to make them sound incredibly different. from what i could hear, though, i think that Stephanie is going to be a really good fit for Vaggie

now, for my emotions: as i mentioned, i couldn’t quite tell there was a difference on first appearance. this means that i don’t see myself having any trouble with the change aspect of it like i worried about with other characters (a good thing)! similarly to Charlie, Vaggie isn’t a character who, as of the pilot, has held a significant amount of importance to me compared to the others, so i haven’t had a particularly strong attachment to her voice being a certain way. i again see this as a very neutral change, while her original VA in the pilot was incredible, it sounds like this VA is also going to be incredible, or at least has a lot of potential, so i’m hopeful to see where she takes the character!

(when i wrote my original, word-dump barely-coherent versions of this, Vaggie was the character i wrote the least for. i.. did not expect to write this much this easily for her 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

next up, Vaggie!

Vaggie’s new VA is Stephanie Beatriz! you, uh, probably know her, even if you don’t know the name! she voiced Mirabel in Encanto (Vivziepop yet again having this wild ability to get some really good names on these projects)

once again, we got to hear a little of her speaking voice in the announcement video, but not nearly as much as we heard of Charlie’s, so I found this video of her speaking out of character! i didn’t grab a video of her singing specifically, because really you can just listen to most of the songs from Encanto to get an idea of her voice

i’m.. i’m gonna be honest, it’s been a bit since i’ve watched the pilot as it is, so i honestly couldn’t tell for sure at first if she had a different VA (she does). i like this voice a lot for Vaggie, i think that the tone and pacing, the sound of the voice, really everything we heard of her in the announcement video, all fit really really well with what we’ve seen and what i, at least, expect from this character. i don’t know if she’s going to change anything with the way she sings for Vaggie, but based on the recordings from her time as Mirabel, i think the same could hold true! it’s a bit hard to tell based off of the songs from Encanto, because Mirabel and Vaggie are such vastly different characters that emotions alone are probably going to make them sound incredibly different. from what i could hear, though, i think that Stephanie is going to be a really good fit for Vaggie

now, for my emotions: as i mentioned, i couldn’t quite tell there was a difference on first appearance. this means that i don’t see myself having any trouble with the change aspect of it like i worried about with other characters (a good thing)! similarly to Charlie, Vaggie isn’t a character who, as of the pilot, has held a significant amount of importance to me compared to the others, so i haven’t had a particularly strong attachment to her voice being a certain way. i again see this as a very neutral change, while her original VA in the pilot was incredible, it sounds like this VA is also going to be incredible, or at least has a lot of potential, so i’m hopeful to see where she takes the character!

(when i wrote my original, word-dump barely-coherent versions of this, Vaggie was the character i wrote the least for. i.. did not expect to write this much this easily for her 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