With Apologies to Sena Bryer

[Vensaval]

No one has yet to explain why the voice actor is the only one getting most criticisms...

It's been mentioned numerous times in this thread (I've been following this for too long), but it gets drowned out in all of the ideological debate.

[Kusanagi7]

As a trans person this mindset needs to stop. No Sena is nor every bit as much of a woman as a biological woman. No as trans women we are not every bit the same. That is not denying her humanity that is just being factual.

I became trans for my own comfortably, but at the core i know I Will forever be a biological male and I will never understand what it is like to he a biological woman.

As for Sena if she is feels it okay for her to voice a non trans character then it is fair for a ciswoman to voice a trans character.

Either we are the same or different we cannot pick and choose when it is convenient for us.

Hmm I agree with what you said respect +100.

[ZephyrMenodora]

No one has yet to explain why the voice actor is the only one getting most criticisms, and yet no other voice actor is being targeted, including the international voice actors of Wuk. In Japan, they absolutely hate Wuk but they do not bash the japanese voice actor. It does not help that he is inciting conflict on social media as I stated previously. He brought this onto himself. It would be one thing if he was either silent on social media or had some good will behind him. But we all see his tweets. He is a drama queen pure and simple. Let him bathe in the water he made.

That's easy. Wuk's other VA's did a good job for the character they were handed. They made the best of a badly written character and brought emotion to the role that fit the scenes.

Sena did an absolutely terrible job throughout the expansion, ruining multiple scenes by being unable to express emotion or project her voice where scenes required.

As for the other VA's - they all had like 2 lines so Wuk could keep speaking so no one cares all that much comparatively.

A lot of Sena's behavior on Social Media was found far after people covered their ears and wondered who was hired for the role. But yes it didn't help and only adds to the problem. If you do a terrible job, at least be humble.

[Magikazam]

No one has yet to explain why the voice actor is the only one getting most criticisms, and yet no other voice actor is being targeted, including the international voice actors of Wuk. In Japan, they absolutely hate Wuk but they do not bash the japanese voice actor. It does not help that he is inciting conflict on social media as I stated previously. He brought this onto himself. It would be one thing if he was either silent on social media or had some good will behind him. But we all see his tweets. He is a drama queen pure and simple. Let him bathe in the water he made.

It may or may not have something to do with the fact that 70% of voicelines in this xpac are said by a certain character this VA is playing.

[Kuro_Matsu]

It may or may not have something to do with the fact that 70% of voicelines in this xpac are said by a certain character this VA is playing.

This is what makes it hard to ignore. If Ms. Bryer had voiced a minor character, it could have been easily overlooked. But we spend so much time with Wuk Lamat that the character annoyed some of us. Add low quality voice acting to that and it just frustrates people more. If Ms. Shimoyamada had done a poor job, she would gain people's criticism too. (Mind you, there are a few on the JP side that said her voice acting was fairly boring/ typical).

However, that doesn't mean she should be attacked on a personal level. Yes, I will agree she's not... the best human being if we're going by her twitter, but it's better to try and separate her work from the personal side. (Though this seems to be a western VA problem, where they over share their personal life whereas JP VAs tend to be more quiet.)

I'm probably about to peak someone's ire, but I didn't like Mr. Ono's voice acting for Zoraal Ja. During his last few scenes the voice fell flat for me. It took me out of the moment, but Zoraal Ja barely speaks. So I could overlook it.

[Lorika]

No one has yet to explain why the voice actor is the only one getting most criticisms, and yet no other voice actor is being targeted,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du_wJWEkV3k
Here your answer.

[Maxilor]

I wonder if the moderators are afraid of locking this thread because it would look bad to lock a thread called 'With Apologies to Sena Bryer'.

[Antharaes]

I wonder if the moderators are afraid of locking this thread because it would look bad to lock a thread called 'With Apologies to Sena Bryer'.

[Asari5]

i mean wouldnt just another one pop up anyway?

[Zolvolt]

FFXIV players have finally embraced the MMO-player brain rot that plagues all other mmo's.

Congratulations, this community is nothing special anymore