I think you have mentioned that Serena's voice is number 4, but I am curious if there are any characters and/or actors whose voice you think would suit her.
Oooh, a fun question, thank you!!
Firstly, I HAVE to be annoying and shoutout Tav voice #4: Emerald O'Hanrahan. I found a bunch of the unused lines from her narration as Tav and I thought the performance was so good!
I like her delivery a lot and though I chose it on a whim in the character creation menu the very first time I made Serena, I think it just subconsciously became her voice in my head and I chose her background accordingly!
Here's a little sample of some lines pertaining to Shadowheart/Tav's love interest:
Shadowheart's lines are also (sort of) available so you can piece them together sometimes and hear what their convos would sound like! It's not perfect but sometimes it genuinely helps me to imagine their voices interacting.
Shadowheart herself has a pretty posh pronunciation of certain words too, so I kinda laugh at the idea that they're just two uppity idiots snapping at each other sometimes lol
Now I am SO SORRY for the rambling, I know that wasn't your original question but I had to gush about her voice inspo for a sec! In all honesty, it's kind of hard to imagine an actress taking Tav's role when I sort of already know what she'd look and sound like. Definitely narrows down the search, IMO. I don't have a particular actress/voice claim in mind but I would LOVE to hear it if anyone has one!
Finally got around to reading the latest chapter of a beautiful weapon and I have to say it was fantastic.
Now I have a few recommendations for music. Last time I recommend "Don't speak her name" and I keeping with soundtracks from the Fire Emblem franchise I suggest "Roar of Dominion (Rain)" from Fire Emblem Three Houses and "Twilight of the Gods" from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. You can find these on YouTube.
And for the final bit of the chapter "Memories of You - Living with Determination arrange" from the soundtrack of Persona 3 Reaload's expansion "Episode Aigis", link to Spotify below
!!! Song recs to go with the chapter, I absolutely love it!! 😁🥰 Sorry this response took a second- I wanted to ensure I had time to listen to each one in full! Thoughts below!
Fire emblem with the beautiful grand orchestral bangers again, I guess?! These first two were absolutely heavy and cinematic, perfect for the fight/escape sequences! But just so cool overall. It’s probably the metalhead in me, but I’m a sucker for heavy main/battle themes that carry all the momentum (like Gears 3 randomly comes to mind), so these were very easy to like 😅 Roar of Dominion seems more classically composed but I liked the frenzied feel of Twilight of the Gods, too!
Both of them are great for writing, I love writing sequences to music (especially if it’s instrumental as I’ve mentioned)!!
I’m so happy I now recognize persona 3 😄 this last track was so beautiful and calming. The title felt apropos too!! It’s sweet and perfectly kinda captures the calm after the storm feeling. (And I recognized Aigis this time!! 😃)
I will be sorting these into the NLS playlist immediately! 🥰 thank you sm for taking the time to share these! I’m literally always on the hunt for music to write/that inspires my writing!!! These are just beautiful! If you ever have any more, please feel free to send ‘em my way!
Hello, it almost feels like a tradition that I recommend a musical track from some soundtrack for the chapters of A Beautiful Weapon, though this time I decided to compile my recommendations thus far into a playlist, as well as adding a few more tracks. I will link the playlist below, however it is on YouTube since a lot of the music in the playlist is not on Spotify.
Thank you so much for humoring my recommendations so far. I don't usually make playlists but I love your writing and I always listened to some instrumental in the background so I though I might as well share it (though I hope I'm not becoming annoying).
Helloooo, welcome back!!! 🥰 I just want to apologize first as this is at the top of a couple messages in the inbox that I was about to get to before I got sooo sick these last couple of days!!! I’m so sorry for making you wait, especially when you compiled such an amazing present!! 😄
So naturally I had to give it a long listen!!! 😌 and BOY did it exceed expectations!!! Some standouts: (and all were great!!) FEF: A Dark Fall, both the Hollow Knight tracks but especially White Palace, F.E.T.H: the Leader’s path. I love the calming tracks too, the Aegis one 😍 but I think I have a soft spot for the grand battle-esque themes!!! They give me goosebumps and they’re so useful for writing action sequences or grand plot points.
I’m not sure why you’re thanking me, thank YOU for sharing beautiful music AND taking the time to compile it into an easily accessible playlist! ❤️ I love hearing what people are passionate about. I adore it. I love adding to my own song collection through these recs, so please please never hesitate to send anything my way! This blog would bore me to tears and I would delete it if I didn’t hear from you lovely people 🥺
Thank you again for sharing and never ever apologize for blessing us all with some quality tunes!! 😄 I get so happy and excited when I see an ask or get to interact with you guys in any capacity! It could literally never annoy me, pls understand this!! Thank you for reading too, I appreciate it so much! ☺️💕
Hello again, this could be considered a part two to my question about tav's voice where I provide some suggestions. Both are characters from video games.
The first is Artemis from Hades and its sequel, the latter of which is probably my most anticipated game. I loved the original so much, as a Greek and a mythology enthusiast it definitely gets my seal of approval for whatever that's worth. Also the soundtrack is fantastic.
The second one is a character from a game I played more recently, Hulkenberg from Metaphor Refantasio. She is a knight and quickly became one of my favorite characters.
Needless to say, I highly recommend all games mentioned above. I will link two short clips below.
https://youtu.be/BgcY2x6Cc4I?si=TLQbdzZoYYTiyUad
https://youtu.be/Leb_wqkc75E?si=09nIIl0HLV2UU360
I really do like tav voice 4 myself, so think of the above as alternatives, if voice 4 wasn't an option.
Oh, how cool!!! 😄 Thank you for sharing, I’m always looking for new games!! (Especially rn, there is a void in my heart 🥺) I’ll give them each a listen!!!
Okay, after listening to both of them- 😍 I think the trait they all seem to have in common- Both Artemis, Hulkenberg, AND voice 4 for Tav- besides the lovely accents, is the calming quality!!! There’s a pleasant lilt on some of the words but also this calm, collected, almost no-nonsense sort of characteristic to their performances? Idk how to explain it but I love hearing them speak!!! 🥰
I don’t think I’ve ever played a true dungeon crawler before but I would LOVE to give one a shot if you feel the story premise was promising and held your attention throughout!!! I’m gonna bookmark Hades on Xbox (I checked and it’s available!!!) really stoked it has your seal of approval as a Greek and a history buff/mythology enthusiast!!! 😁 jackpot!!
I think I knew a little of Hades, but Metaphor: ReFantazio is completely new to me!! I see it’s a turn-based RPG, and BG3 was my first, but I’m really eager to get into some new games! These seem perfect to check out, and I know you mentioned their stellar soundtracks before, too!! I’m sold!!! ☺️🙏
Thank you for taking the time to share these games!!! I love gaming recs so much, please do not hesitate to throw any suggestions my way!! I really appreciate this! 🥰
