With Apologies to Sena Bryer

[bearcat01]

unironically, someone linked kotaku

my sides already have reached pluto orbits

THANK YOU!!! No one will take a Kotaku article serious.

Besides that back to the VA… I will say @Phandaal, there’s nothing wrong with a person pretending to use a different accent. That’s why it’s called voice ACTING. Are people up in arms because Tom Holland or Benedict Cumberbatch pretended to be Americans? The point of acting is to pretend to be something you’re not.

Granted that doesn’t excuse the lack luster job Sena did. I mean “SPLEEEEEN” is a meme for a reason. Also to be fair, it wasn’t entirely his fault. The writing for the character did not help, and that is mostly out of the VA’s control.

[AdmiralAngeldust]

I'm willing to bet 10 bucks Flowermilk is literally just Sena. No one could possibly be this dense unless they come from a reddit/twitter echo chamber or are Sena themselves

[Antharaes]

Meanwhile at the OP's place....

[WaifuLoli]

For example this is her reel for this year https://youtu.be/5eDi9aJzs4w?si=Wd5sWJUCb4JGgPmX&t=34

This begs the question why they would cast someone who's good at doing both deep and higher pitched male voices, to the role of a latino female. The polar opposite of their ability.
I don't know if she had prior work outside of this reel that showcased feminine voice acting, but everything here combined with the poor performance in game is just telling me this was a direct miscast, and I'd like to believe she was cast because of either nepotism or her being trans, only because of the fact that Hollywood and many entertainment avenues are well known to cast people based on superficial aspects instead of their ability.

Ironically, Sena herself quote tweeted about this exact issue, which in itself is ironic considering the role she was cast for vs. her skills in acting. That's the last person who should be attacking that issue.

[Axxion]

That is actually night and day from what we got here. I wonder if the higher pitched tone just went out of range for that level of anguished yelling.

...Not to be that person, but every other role on that reel is either a man, I *think* a goblin - which I'd note was pretty damn high pitched, and a DQ Imp. Are there other roles that Sena took that portray a woman? Because if not, atop of the forced accent, then unfortunately the issue is kind of clear.

This begs the question why they would cast someone who's good at doing both deep and higher pitched male voices, to the role of a latino female. The polar opposite of their ability.
I don't know if she had prior work outside of this reel that showcased feminine voice acting, but everything here combined with the poor performance in game is just telling me this was a direct miscast, and I'd like to believe she was cast because of either nepotism or her being trans, only because of the fact that Hollywood and many entertainment avenues are well known to cast people based on superficial aspects instead of their ability.

Ironically, Sena herself quote tweeted about this exact issue, which in itself is ironic considering the role she was cast for vs. her skills in acting. That's the last person who should be attacking that issue.

https://senabryer.com/voiceactor this has vo.

[ZephyrMenodora]

https://senabryer.com/voiceactor this has vo.

Unfortunately after listening to all of the samples, none of it suggests she could have pulled off Wuk Lamat

Should have picked her up for something else.

[WaifuLoli]

It feels like the casting directors really did Sena a disservice. They should have cast in a better suited role. I think she's good enough to get work, but wow they did her zero favors here.

If anything, this role as Wuk killed her VA career if all these people are isolating both the character and the VA as 2 separate entities and still criticizing both negatively.

[WaifuLoli]

https://senabryer.com/voiceactor this has vo.

It's a lot of work at least, and I do see other female roles, but most of it seems like small random indie projects and/or minor roles. I believe anything she thought was worth anything was placed in that highlight reel to showcase the biggest works, but it just so happens outside of Wuk, everything shown is a male voice. It sounds like everyone except SE casted correctly if its this isolated.

[Vuenue]

Apologies? The voice actor can just block these people. They can also go to the police about it if it's severe enough, you know, like a normal public figure. Viewing some of their posts, it's no wonder people dislike them. Hate begets hate. Though I won't believe they are being harassed by as many as they claim. It appears they will suffer themselves nearly anything to be an insult, including valid criticism. No doubt, the casting choice was horrendous, for that we can certainly blame Square. Monotone, with issues reaching certain pitches and issues conveying emotion, not to mention the accent, the awfully portrayed accent, that in and of itself is an insult to South Americans who really don't have much to relate to in XIV. I was very excited for Tural when I learned of the theme. Wuk Lamat, being the primary person we spoke to throughout the expansion, has ruined that theme, entirely, with the power of their VA's voice. Again, Square is at fault for the casting choice. Maybe the VA could have done a better job elsewhere. Certainly not in the lead role of a major title. Spiiin, aaaaa leesen tu me.

[DiaDeem]