the brain, a pulpy mass of cells and fibers

“M.O.A.I.” It would bow to me, for every one of these letters are in my name. late 20s. icon from ummmmandy's girl maker pikrew.

[storyplayerspod]

Glorindrina Station is a political sci-fi horror actual play following a group of exiles making a home on an isolated space station amidst a cosmic war.

Video credits: Art by @keycrash, music by celloandbehold, motion graphics by kidcorvidae.

[yourgothicheroine]

The Handmaiden (2016) and Fingersmith (2005) parallels side by side

She moved her tongue. ‘I have a tooth, I think,’ she said, ‘with a point that cuts me.’

‘Let me see,’ I said. I took her to the window and she stood with her face in my hands and let me feel about her gum. I found the pointed tooth almost at once.

[...] She looked at me, then opened her mouth again and I put the thimble on my finger and rubbed at the pointed tooth until the point was taken off. I had seen Mrs Sucksby do it many times, with infants.— Of course, infants rather wriggle about. Maud stood very still, her pink lips parted, her face put back, her eyes at first closed then open and gazing at me, her cheek with a flush upon it. Her throat lifted and sank, as she swallowed. My hand grew wet, from the damp of her breaths. I rubbed, then felt with my thumb. She swallowed again. Her eyelids fluttered, and she caught my eye.

— Fingersmith, Chapter IV

[luvnotpercival]

Alright guys its happening - im putting together a life plan before i become a fully fledge adult (if that word is even real). I have a question for all you voice actors and audio drama people:

What microphone would recommend to use for recording?

See, i am starting out and i would eventually like to try my hand at voice acting at some point in the future (even though that isn't my true passion) but i realise that even if i don't act at some point i might like to do introductions and/or qna episodes where i might possibly need a mic.

Since i dont have a job, im not looking for anything too expensive, but then again i am willing to save up for a few years in order buy something good quality.

I also would want to look for something beginner friendly as well - I'm not sure what the entails but im sure i could make a wrong turn somewhere.

If there is any software/mic setup stuff anyone wants to recommend (all hail wardrobes, closets and duvets) as well that would be super!

Over and out!!

[equalseleventhirds]

i've been through several mics and my fave so far for my voice is the samson q2u. lotta ppl will rec a condenser mic like the yeti or snowball and i get why (they have a wide range so beginners don't need as much vocal control, your voice can sound crisper/"truer" with all the sound caught like that), but condenser mics really shine in a very well treated studio and can be finicky in a home studio. also they're physically more fragile than a dynamic mic; you shouldn't be dropping or throwing a mic ofc, but condensers take more environmental damage, and too long in a humid place will cause crackling and whining.)

i have a loud/high pitched voice and also have some background noise/reverb issues, and a dynamic mic like the q2u minimizes those problems and the distortion from my loud voice better than most inexpensive condenser mics for me personally. plus it's both usb and xlr, so you can start usb and upgrade to xlr later by just getting an adapter/interface instead of a whole new mic if you decide to. it does run a little quiet so you have to be pretty close to it, but ideally you're like a fist-length away from your mic anyway (and have it turned at an angle to avoid popping sounds/mouth noises)

(the audio technica atr2100x is comparable, and other good brands are shure, rode, and neat, which i think also have condenser mics too if you prefer those. admittedly as far as neat i just really like their bee theme, but i had an ~$80 condenser mic from them years ago that had fun bells and whistles on and my voice sounded pretty okay.)

i will say that for mics, especially dynamic mics bcos their range is less wide than condensers, it really does help to go see how they vibe with your voice! if you've got a guitar center or something similar nearby you can go there and they may let you test out their microphones. also you can often find the same mics for cheaper on sites like bhphotovideo, adorama, or microcenter.

as for setup, duvets and closets are great when you are just starting, but you can also buy a few acoustic panels or sound absorption blankets for cheap and just like, hang them up. i glued several panels to pieces of cardboard and hung them in my recording space (....under my loft bed). they're cheap and obvs not as good as a fully treated studio, but i do find that they work better than any of the blankets i already had on hand.

if you can find good bass traps that will help as well--they do something a bit different from audio foam and really do help if you've got a lot of hard surfaces like floor & walls for your sound to bounce off of--but those can be more expensive, especially if you want ones that are specialized as bass traps instead of just the same acoustic foam in a slightly different shape.

even if you're just using a duvet or closet, i made the mistake of just draping a duvet over my head for a long time. this made extra background noise, stifled my breathing, and made me overheat. but you can pick up like a clothes rack or something similar and drape things over it for just as good sound absorption (if you position it well to block hard surfaces) and less interference with your voice.

(a lot of this may seem obvious but it was not obvious to me when i was just starting so... saying it anyway. also i don't do a ton of voice acting anymore since i figured out i like editing more, but from an editor's pov i thought my sound quality did improve as i made changes, and i still act a little in hobby stuff.)

[ouroborosorder]

at the club straight up tarnishing my master's legacy

[belladonnabedlam]

Okay. I was on my beloved AO3 and I saw something that made me do a double take. So, now I really want to know…

What is your AO3 user ID?

I’m an OG user 5 digits or less

Six figures baby!

I’m in the millions…

Remaining time: 17 hours 14 minutes

I’m so curious to see how long people have been on AO3! I know some people have been on there since beta/invite only, but I would love to see what the number is on tumblr!

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Being an adult will have you unironically craving a vegetable

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Being an adult will have you unironically sad about a parasite outbreak in fresh vegetables.

[blackshvck]

the idea that every summer will be as hot if not hotter than this for the rest of my life is unbearable i need to (remembers suicide jokes are bad for my mental health) murder an oil executive

[gonzocoded]

don’t ever kill your self because maybe someday you will get brunch with your tumblr mutual

[takofukkatsumi]

Reblog this and tell me what was your biggest crying over a piece of fiction. You can be vague if you don't want to spoil.

[teathattast]

[machine-unlearning]

god I'm such a slut for Chinese eggplant in garlic sauce *decides it’s inaccurate to refer to myself as a slut in light of my minimal sexual activity* if The Enemy discovered my ardor for Chinese eggplant in garlic sauce, they would gain a significant strategic advantage

[faemorrigan]

im realizing very fast that people do not in fact know that sometimes things in stories suck on purpose and it sucking is the point

[faemorrigan]

"this story is misogynistic!!"

>looks inside

>about the pressures of societal misogyny and how its bad

[duckbunny]

you are fifteen thousand generations removed from stone tools

[duckbunny]

to be clear you are fifteen thousand generations removed from the invention of stone tools. not from the end of stone tools. modern humans are still using stone tools.

[pseudomasochist]

Flawless tags, @baddywronglegs

[fractoluminescence]

I thought you meant we were descendents -of- stone tools

[duckbunny]

your father was a handaxe and your mother smelt of microliths

[tastylemonbread]

friend who went to bed is a type of dead wife

[didderd-reblogs]

[pjharvey]

i'm still a leftist but in my experience women are viewed as expendable in leftist spaces, spoken over, treated as stupid, on a level that is astounding. you can get away with an enormous level of vitriolic hatred for women if you couch it in the right terms

[pjharvey]

yeah they think it's bourgeois and childish and that you are bourgeois and childish if you are a feminist. sometimes the ones that want to act like Allies to Women will act like it's cute (read: naïve) that you're a feminist and expect you to be flattered by that. otherwise you're stuck up and obnoxious for acknowledging rape culture, caring about your own safety, and not believing in bullshit like "rich women don't experience misogyny"

[wakingfromthewater]

Still thinking about this mobile game ad I got. You will f**k increasingly large creatures.

[attackoftheskydancers]

Screenshots I took to traumatize my husband when I got this ad

[pastimperfection]

It is HILARIOUS that they're censoring fuck. Let's not offend any delicate sensibilities by dropping a complete f-bomb in the middle of explaining the rules of the monster fucking 💦💦💦 game.

[wakingfromthewater]

This is going to enter my vocabulary

[loveridden1999]

i may have my father's worst traits but i am more ethical & virtuous with them than him