Why I revoiced Kaidan for Cary Interactions
So, I didn't really want to bring this up as I feel almost, foolish, I guess, I'm not sure of the right word. This isn't something I wanted to bring up, but I've been hearing confusions at to why I hired a new VA to voice Kaidan in the Caryalind interactions and people talking about me because I would revoice Dan. I will place a TLDR at the end of this post for those that don't want to read the whole thing. But I do hope to make this mostly quick as the whole situation makes me icky and don't want to type about it for too long.
Originally, I made the Caryalind interactions through spliced dialogue. However, after some thought, decided that there's a chance it could be like AI voice acting and didn't seem fair keeping it up unless I got Dan's blessing. Seeing as this dialogue was made with old dialogue, I didn't see a reason to email the EE team and just Dan for a simple "Can I use this since it's your voice?" (I also know the EE team doesn't like me and I feared I wouldn't get a response from them.)
After a few days with no response from Dan, I got the lines revoiced. It wasn't until after talks of an entire revoice came up that I got an email back from Dan stating that he owns Kaidan's IP and dialogue and that I was infringing on his copyright by revocing the spliced dialogue. After receiving the email I asked him if he could clarify which lines are his so that I could make sure I wasn't using any, in which he clarified that he is "the voice of Kaidan in a literal and legal sense."
This threat hung around for a week until someone was able to talk to Dan about the situation. While I never heard back from Dan, I did get confirmation that my interactions were in the clear.
In all honesty, this situation really has ruined Kaidan alot for me. But since the character was such a big part of how I experienced Skyrim, I don't want to give up on the character.
Due to all this, and that he isn't open to being hired outside of the EE team, I rather not work with Dan as he's made me super uncomfortable with this situation and the legal threat.
I'm sorry about posting this, I really didn't want to. But I've been told my name is being dragged about for not messaging the EE team and not wanting to work with Dan. I feel icky, and stupid, and... I'm not sure. This situation did leave me scared for a bit as I'm just a college student. I'm 23. I don't know about all this legal stuff. But I'm thankful I had friends to help me get through it and give advice. If I didn't, I don't what I would have done about Dan intimidating me with this...
Sorry once again... I hope this clears some things up.
TLDR; I didn't message EE team because the email I sent was about old lines and none of their work, and I don't feel comfortable working with Dan because he sent me a legal threat.
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how was the view from the shelf- petscop
The girl with no eyebrows stared back at him.
Red pupils swimming in wide eyes, stark against ashen skin. The flash turned her into a ghost, haloed in white light against the black walls. Her mouth fell agape– whether mid-scream or mid-sentence, Paul didn’t know.
He looked left, tracing the girl’s wide eyes in another photo. She was surrounded by other, more recognisable faces. Taken during Christmas, it looked like, judging by the limp tree lurking in the corner. That was one of the only days of the year Paul remembered visiting The Family, so he scanned the picture for himself.
Jill, arms crossed as to not hold hands with the miserably dull man at her side. Mike, halfway perched on his mother’s lap and grinning up at his brother. Anna and another man, smiling sensibly at the camera and loosely wrapped around each other. Paul glossed over them– it made him a little uncomfortable to see the restraint on their faces. But there, burning a hole in the middle of a mundane family photo, was the girl with no eyebrows.
She was impossibly small, curled against Anna. Her nose was buried in the side of Anna’s stomach, Anna’s arm wrapped around her in turn. Wide eyes behind unkempt bangs peeked at the camera.
Paul had seen these photos over and over again throughout his childhood; they stopped visiting Anna while he was in high school, but Lina tried her best to keep in touch. They still came over for the occasional Christmas, up until he found the game. He knew what each photo contained, when they were taken, who was in them.
She haunted every single one.
Peering over Belle’s shoulder as she did a puzzle for the girl; Anna gave him that puzzle for his birthday, despite him asking for a radio. He couldn’t figure out how the pieces all fit together, so he had to ask Belle to help him. Eventually, she took over and Paul was content to watch his best friend play with his birthday present.
Standing at the edge of a picture, watching Mike and Belle play in the yard; Paul was a shy kid, never wanting to step on anyone’s toes. Even when Anna arranged play-dates at home, Paul would just trail behind his friends while they had fun.
Swaddled in Anna’s arms; Anna was always sentimental, before she became as overbearing as she was now. Paul didn’t actually know much about his parents, but he remembered Anna’s choking hugs. The way his voice muffled against her stuffy cardigans. He cleared his throat.
Paul could place himself in each and every photo hung on the wall and yet.
And yet the girl with no eyebrows was always in his place.
The longer he stared at her, the further he drifted off kilter. Degree by degree, Paul’s sense of reality warped; the photos on the wall were washed away by a swirling sea of black.
How could he know what was real anymore? Rainer cast a spell to change his past. And now the game was invading his life, mangling every part of him until he didn’t fit. Deforming his face until there was nothing left to recognise. Twisting his memories until all that’s left was her.
Would she be there when Paul’s vision cleared?
Would his face replace hers, just as she has done to him?
Would he look in the mirror and see a clear picture again?
Those eyes, that nose; would it be Paul or the girl with no eyebrows looking back at him?
Everything was so blurry– where are his glasses? She doesn’t wear glasses, she’s blind.
Paul needed to get back to the game, but he can’t go back to that room. It’s not his room. It’s not his room. He has a room– this was his childhood home– but that wasn’t his room. She didn’t live here and she’s not in the family photos because she’s not real. Carrie Mark is not real.
You are Carrie Mark.
You are Carrie Mark. You are Carrie Mark. You are Carrie Mark. You are Carrie Mark. You are Carrie Mark. You are Carrie Mark. You are Carrie Mark. You are Carrie Mark.
Rainer wants you to retrace your steps. Her steps. Her steps, not yours. You don’t have a room.
Paul gasped, breathing deeply as water filled his lungs. He’s drowning, drenched head to toe and shivering. It’s so cold. But he can’t stop. He has to keep going, keep running, he has to get home, he has to get home, he just needs to get home.
Left. Left. Right. Left.
He placed one hand on the wall, supporting himself as he leaned over. He’s been running for so long, he’s out of breath. Ragged breaths drawn out of a mouth wide open, a scream caught by the flash of a camera. The blinding hallway light haloed him against a black wall, exposing pale skin. He’s swaying on his feet. He’s been running for so long.
Paul blinked, lifting his head enough to see the photos again.
She’s looking right at him.
He blinked again.
He’s looking right at him.
Here’s a puzzle: the child in the photo wore the face of the girl with no eyebrows, and then the face of Paul Leskowitz. The image of Paul’s childhood did not change. What happened?
Nausea bloomed in Paul’s stomach.
He should finish that game.
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how different would a kenstewy relationship be for kendall in comparison to kenrava and kennaomi?
biggest difference would definitely just be their shared history + them being best friends (and childhood friends specifically). thats an access and an intimacy little can compare to. ultimately, after his siblings, i dont think there’s anyone in the world who knows kendall as well as stewy does so i think a relationship with stewy would be one where kendall would/could actually be himself.
there’s so much genuine love between kenrava abd kennaomi but, kendall’s relationship to rava is mired in kendall’s attempt to use marriage as a way to prove something to logan, to prove something to himself in terms of manhood or fatherhood or even heteronormativity/neurotypicality. and kendall’s relationship to naomi was a solidarity of the pain in being a media conglomerate family’s black sheep, and kendall using that as an outlet for his isolation. i think there was definitely so many moments in both relationships where kendall was truly himself and was met with genuine love and acceptance in response to that, but kendalls own shit will always get in the way and sabotage his personal relationships, to absolutely no fault of rava or naomi. but with stewy, i think there’s less of that, i think kendall just doesn’t have as much to prove + has the comfort of knowing that stewy knows him through and through (‘you know me, you know my flaws’) so he couldn’t really create a pretense even if he wanted to. i imagine a real relationship between them would be the same as its always been, just with more intimacy and emotional accountability.
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Omggg 💙💜💙💜🥺 Soo... I have a request, you don't need to do this, finish you're break!
I was wondering if you could do a modern Lxc wearing a dog onesie, he's also holding a little puppy (any breed is fine!) As a surprise for him one and only Wanyin 🥺💙💜
Once again, you don't need to do this, if you do, please make sure to finish you're Christmas break 🥺💙💜
Send you ALL my Xicheng heart 💙💜💙💜💙💜💙💜
Sincerely
-A Xicheng Lover
I'm SO SORRY HAHAHA I was very busy with uni and didn't have the energy to draw this request for a long while. But anyway! Here it is! I colored the whole thing as an apology for the very long wait, sweetie <3 @aidara202
And it's a Samoyed puppy! The smiliest pupper to ever pupper! Our sweet Lan Xichen's fursona!
(thank you for all of the Xicheng love 💜💙✨🥺)
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