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Maya Boyd has been cast as Storm ⛈️

Not getting too far into this, but I did watch the part of the D23 kh panel where Haley and David re-read the post Xemnas fight + Dark Margin scene, and I have a few thoughts about it

First of all, it doesn't surprise me that Sora and Riku's eng vas have never voiced their characters in the same room before. As I understand it, this is actually most commonly what happens with the english vas who dub square enix games. This is due to the fact that the recording of Final Fantasy XVI's english lines was an outlier. As they were the first to record their lines (when usually jp recording is first), they were able to work with the localization/writing/scripting people more directly and sort of define as a team the emotions to convey through the characters' lines and voices. Them having major vas work in the same room from time to time really helped with the camraderie and making certain close relationships more believable. Most square enix games are not recorded in english first, so most do not get this treatment.

Second of all, the differences in Haley and David's performances are interesting to me. David very recently has been playing through the kingdom hearts games, so I feel his line reads (down to the inflections) more closely match the original kingdom hearts 2 scene (listen, I have re-watched that scene countless times. It also did not escape my notice that he was so into voicing the "we'll be the darkness" line with the same cadence that he spoke over the narrator). Because of this, it really stands out in those few moments where David's inflections or overall line reads are different. It feels more like an intentional choice, now that he has more context for the scene and his own take on it. As for Haley, he read quite a lot of Sora's scenes differently than the original game. However, I don't point this out as a criticism. Rather, I believe this is also more or less intentional on his part. His re-read of Sora's lines to me contain more emotional depth, and create a more somber scene. He paints a Sora who very well (in the sound of his voice) has his own fair share of problems and is affected by all this (this being the events of the game). I feel like this reading is a reading that could only have come about with the fact that the vas are working off of each other, as well as with having more context for the in game scene and how the characters might be feeling. (Although, in a way, I also felt like Haley's performance is a bit more casual—as if he's trying to give it his read based upon seeing the whole script and having more of that context, not beholding himself to exactly voicing it the same way he did 21 years ago. More like a sight reading if you will.)

I am but a simple person, so of course the fact that we got Sora and Riku's vas reading aloud one of the quintessential Soriku scenes from the last couple decades is making me feel some kind of way. A real big "it could mean nothing, but–" moment. ❤️💙