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++ Zhu Yilong won "King of Weibo" at the Weibo Awards (or Weibo Night as I've seen it being referenced), an event that I wasn't even aware existed. You can see him accepting the award here.
++ We now have the casting announcements of Abby Anderson, Jesse, and Dina for the second season of The Last Of Us. I'm excited, although I hope that the actress set to play Abby is going to avoid social media, for her sanity and safety. Laura Bailey, who voiced Abby in The Last Of Us: Part II game, received so much hate and death threats that I don't want history to repeat itself.
This is a downside to having an adaptation of The Last Of Us, because while I'm enjoying seeing the different pieces of meta and discussions surrounding the characters and the story, there's also the continued wank too that I'm just so tired hearing about. I just want to enjoy the story unfold on the screen as I did with the game, and discuss things civilly with fellow fans, especially newer fans who are experiencing the story for the first time with the show. Furthermore, I don't want any of the actors to suffer because people cannot separate fiction and reality.
++ Learning that SAG-AFTRA has screwed over voice actors by approving of using AI for video games has been completely disappointing, but sadly unsurprising. Voice actors have rarely been taken seriously within the industry, since they're viewed as not being "real actors", and so while the strikes that happened recently were important they also gave voice actors the short end of the stick. I don't know what's going to happen. I wouldn't be surprised if they went on strike because of this because yeah, it's a shitty deal for them. Voice acting is a small but growing community for a niche part of the industry, but that doesn't make them any lesser than other actors. They deserve better.
++ We now have the casting announcements of Abby Anderson, Jesse, and Dina for the second season of The Last Of Us. I'm excited, although I hope that the actress set to play Abby is going to avoid social media, for her sanity and safety. Laura Bailey, who voiced Abby in The Last Of Us: Part II game, received so much hate and death threats that I don't want history to repeat itself.
This is a downside to having an adaptation of The Last Of Us, because while I'm enjoying seeing the different pieces of meta and discussions surrounding the characters and the story, there's also the continued wank too that I'm just so tired hearing about. I just want to enjoy the story unfold on the screen as I did with the game, and discuss things civilly with fellow fans, especially newer fans who are experiencing the story for the first time with the show. Furthermore, I don't want any of the actors to suffer because people cannot separate fiction and reality.
++ Learning that SAG-AFTRA has screwed over voice actors by approving of using AI for video games has been completely disappointing, but sadly unsurprising. Voice actors have rarely been taken seriously within the industry, since they're viewed as not being "real actors", and so while the strikes that happened recently were important they also gave voice actors the short end of the stick. I don't know what's going to happen. I wouldn't be surprised if they went on strike because of this because yeah, it's a shitty deal for them. Voice acting is a small but growing community for a niche part of the industry, but that doesn't make them any lesser than other actors. They deserve better.
