on voice actor shenanigans

[restorehonour]

So, let me get this straight. First you watch that movie about the guy in green tights and the pirate, because I'm in it. Well, not me -- just a guy who sounds like me. Roof-something? You know, the one with the stupid hair. And those orange pants -- ugh!

Now you're watching this?! I can't even understand most of what that kid says! He's all, 'Yo!' and, 'Jake is in the hizzy!' and... whatever that other stuff means. I can't believe I just said that... He's not me, that girl is not Katara, and my grandfather was not Aang's first Firebending teacher, okay?! And I don't care if he met Stitch, the fact we both know that freaky blue monster is coincidence.

Maybe turning into a dragon would be cool, but... What am I saying? That's not the point! They're actors playing different people! It's like saying the Ember Island Players are the same as the real thing!

--Don't say it.

Comments

[kirktastic]

Let me tell you, I dealt with an entire two years of having to deal with this exact. Same. Problem. Just because some guy who looked like me was a train driver, was a prince, and a red neck doesn't mean I am. Okay, I grew up in Iowa, a hint of red neck might still exist sometimes. But still!

[waterbends]

What in the world is a hizzy?

[dork_of_keys]

Ugh, I get that a lot because my voice actor is well known. Same for a lot of my friends.

Muns are easily amused.

[restorehonour]

A red... neck? That some kind of code for something? [derp]

[restorehonour]

How am I supposed to know? I'm just repeating what he says!

[kirktastic]

It's a name of a species of people. [That sums it up, right?]

Also, turning into a dragon would be very cool.

[waterbends]

It sounds ridiculous. Made up, even.

[restorehonour]

No kidding.

Now my mun's cracking jokes about seeing dead people, whatever that's supposed to mean.

[dork_of_keys]

A reference to my actor. 'I see dead people' is one his better known lines in one of his better known roles.

As far as it goes with my mun, that's resulted in her head canon having me able to see and talk to spirits...

[restorehonour]

Hopefully my mun won't get any crazy ideas like that... [Being able to talk to dead people sounds creepy.]

[restorehonour]

It wouldn't surprise me if it was. How do people even watch this stuff?

[dork_of_keys]

It's hard to be sure with muns. It is...

[restorehonour]

...I'll take your word for it.

Yeah, but it's not possible. Not where I'm from, anyway.

[kirktastic]

Isn't where I'm from, either.

So, more seriously, what's bugging you kid? You are pretty pissed off for something so minor.

[restorehonour]

Don't call me 'kid'. [Sorry dude, pissed off is Zuko's default setting.]

You'd be annoyed too, if you had a mun who used any excuse to laugh at you. It gets old fast.

[kirktastic]

[Don't I know it. :3] Well, how old are you then? And my actor face-double gets me lots of chicks, so I really can't complain.

[restorehonour]

Sixteen. [Scowl. Just dare to tell him he's a kid.] Lucky you, I guess.

[kirktastic]

[Kirk's grin is easy back at Zuko.] Come on, don't give me that look. Anyway, [He extends a hand.] Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

[p_cablin]

...Hizzy? Is that what young people use in the outside word these days? [Frowns.] That's not even a proper word.

[restorehonour]

...Uh, you're a young person too, you know.

[p_cablin]

Appearance-wise, yes. Have you not noticed that some beings, like myself, have greater lifespans than your average human?

[restorehonour]

[Zuko hesitates -- in his culture he'd bow in this situation, not shake hands. For the sake of politeness, though, he shakes his hand anyway.] Fire Lord Zuko, of the Fire Nation.

[restorehonour]

Well... I have a friend who's 112 and still looks like a kid, but that's not exactly common.

[kirktastic]

[The title is one he catches carefully, having had diplomacy of a different sort battered into his head thanks to Starfleet.] Pleasure to meet you, Lord Zuko. [See? The farmboy out of Iowa can shape up when necessary!]

[He offers an easy smile.] The Fire Nation? I haven't heard of it. What planet is that from?

[restorehonour]

Just 'Zuko' is fine.

My world doesn't have a name. It has the three nations -- the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, and the Fire Nation.