marta svetek -- voice of gregory, vanny, roxanne wolf in fnaf: sb and its dlc, ruin -- has joined kellen goff in voicing her thoughts on ai reproductions of her voice. again: if you want voice actors to maintain a living wage (and their own mental health), please respect her wishes and ensure that this kind of behaviour is heavily discouraged in the future.
full text of thread below the cut for brevity:
Been getting tagged in all kinds of posts and popular TikToks of people using AI voice clones of my FNAF characters to have them sing or say all kinds of random stuff. You might think it's fun. But really it's contributing to the problem all VAs are facing in the wake of AI. The more these AI voice clones get used, the more they're normalized, and the more businesses see it as a viable alternative to real VAs when making content for you. Slowly but surely, most of your favourite VAs will be out of work. Not to mention what this will cost in terms of future generations of VAs. Incredible performances we'll never get to experience because most businesses will more often than not go for the cheapest, quickest option as soon as the technology is up to scratch. This is made even worse by the fact that we currently have very few legal protections against the unauthorized use of our voices using AI. And we're being pressured to waive those too, for a fraction of their worth. This is one of the big reasons the current strikes are a thing. If you enjoyed my work in FNAF and have any respect for the amount of time and effort VAs put into bringing characters to life, don't use AI voice clones in your fanart. I can't express how violated I feel every time I hear my voice say words that aren't my own. And just in case it wasn't clear - I have never consented to having my voice, likeness or any of my performances synthesized into AI voices/avatars etc.
This is a tribute to Peter Benchley, not the movie Jaws (1975)
The author of 'Jaws' dedicated the rest of his life to reversing the unexpected negative impact his book had on the image of sharks.
Not only were sharks supposedly killed to create props for the movie, but 'Jaws' ended up awakening a bloody sea of ignorance in people at the time, who, haunted by an irrational fear and lack of understanding about marine predators, felt motivated to take to their boats and kill thousands of great white sharks in the most feared ways.
Such as the promotion of great white shark hunting championships that targeted the biggest ones, which were mostly pregnant females who, after being displayed as a trophy, had their jaws ripped off and their bodies discarded in the garbage.
Fear spread widely to all shark species, creating a lack of sensitivity that made it convenient to exterminate entire shark populations around the world that for a long time remained invisible to people's perception.
And this has continued to resonate for a long time with the entertainment media perpetuating the portrayal of sharks as monsters, newspapers favoring sensationalism about shark incidents, governments promoting shark culls, the advance of the unregulated predatory fishing industry, scientists not being supported in their studies of marine predators, the destruction of their natural habitats and the pollution of the oceans.
For thousands of years, sharks have taken care of the health of our oceans, older than the dinosaurs or the first trees, they have gone through great mass extinctions, they have been worshipped and respected as gods and guardians by oceanic peoples and now we demonize them in our media and exterminate them by the millions every year, who is the real monster?
We are shark-eaters.
I hope you can also hear what Peter Benchley himself had to say about all this:
I finally finished this artwork! Hope you like it. At some point I will adapt it for my little Redbubble store.🛍️
I reduced the quality to try to prevent them from stealing. I hope it's enough! 🙁
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I posted it in my little RedBubble store for anyone who wants it! There are clothes, prints and other curious things.🛍️
⭐️Link: redbubble.com/people/Requinoesis/
I also published it on INPRINT if you want a print with quality paper, I hope you like it! 🖼️
⭐️Link: inprnt.com/gallery/requinoesis/
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how’s everyone doin tonight i just broke tumblr
SOME TRANSMASC TOBY HEADCANONS and a little bit of ticcijacks
cr: yasmimkilleruwu (tumblr)
TW/CW : dysphoria, selfharm, homophobia (just mentioning)
- i think that Toby had really big troubles about his thoughts like "oh fuck i guess im not enough masculine" and so on
- thats why he still slouches and cant stop wearing baggy clothes even if its summer and really hot
- EJ helps him to understand that it is okay to not be a "fully-human" and thats his own cool feature
- EJ likes scars on Toby's chest and every evening when they cuddling EJ asks Toby for permission to touch them
- he thinks that this is cool (and he is also just intrested in it)
- Toby have more scars . (poor baby boy)
- and he struggles with thoughts that he hadn't got this boyish childhood so he acts like a kid when he see something with dinosaurs sharks and silly toys "for boys"
- btw he have a big collection with comics and figurines (idk how to say it correctly im talking about smth like funko pop and other thing like with anime characters etc)
- he really proude of this
- after coming-out EJ started to use more pet names like "my boy/man" "handsome"
- and also when EJ telling about Toby smth he always make an accent on "my _boyfriend_" and he also likes to name Toby his husband as a joke (bc they arent ready for marrige)
- i SWEAR that Toby comes to EJ for some comfort even if EJ can just pat his head and say that he loves him
- but thats not a prob for Toby this is enough
- Toby loves to research some info about trans characters in media and about some queer celebrities bc he feel himself not alone in this big homophobic world
- and he also makes headcanons on his fav characters as transmasc persons bc it kind of representation for himself
- he made a path on his hoodie with his flag and rlly proud of this
happy werewolf transgenderism wednesday
or or the song "Would you fall in love with me again" and it's either Guest and his wife Daisy or John is hallucinating and it's him and Jane doe :3333333333333333333
While we wait for the great Forsaken hiatus to subside, I saw a post saying that we should all overpower all the smutty shit in our fandom with angst and yk what? I agree. So here's my submission for the matter. If any animators are willing to risk their overall mental health over such an idea, pls tag me in the video :3
Guest gets poisoned by 1x4 during a round and he starts getting hallucinations of his mom. Queue "The Underworld", specifically the part where Odysseus and his mom have a duet.
That's all :3
feeling called out today
credit: _ADWills
yes I belive in this
this sounds awesome : D
My personal Miku design!! I love love love angelic Mikus bc she really is our electric angel
Mafioso's new chase theme goes so hard oh my GOD bro is GROOVY WITH IT !!!! It literally screams mafia I'm AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
me and the boys coming to collect ur debt :
The band who followed us for some reason :