Lotus/Sirius

KOSA is back. This is the internet censorship bill!

And it's not just coming for SWers, it'll be coming for all LGBTQ content, because the people in charge view LGBTQ people as inherently pornagraphic!

We must push back even harder than we did last time we killed this bill 🔥

CLARIFICATION :

The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.

They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY

So spread this around

They can be texted. They can be called.

THAT FUCKING PART

YAYY I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS!!

Does this mean that we can get the English Dub of Genshin and HSR back 💔💔💔

This VA strike against Hoyo specifically is going to make me go insane, I don’t wanna be a pro VA anymore

WAIT I FW THIS HEAVYYYYYY

We should still make lots of noise on this.

I don’t think I want to be a professional voice actor anymore

Um.. are any of my old RP moots still on here… reply if you are-

WHY IS IT GETTING WORSE OH MY GODDDDD

Tanjiro kin is going STRONG in the big 25

Lotus coded characters!

AMITY BLIGHT MENTIONED

Oh….

So I’m on Skylight… not even gonna lie this shit is confusing as hell

But then again that’s on me for not being aware of that, I stopped watching that video after like 11 minutes in because I wanted to throw up

As if he couldn’t get any worse…

WAIT HOLD ON I DIDN’T HEAR ABOUT THE CHEATING ON TWO PEOPLE PART— WHAT????

I kinda wanna know too.. I want to be a voice actor as well so this would be good info to know if I have to avoid voicing in a Hoyo game like the PLAGUE.

Read this great thread.
I'd like to add that an important part of the reason Ethovox exists (with three union veterans on its board) is specifically to put the lie to many of the studios' false claims.

"We can't track how much your voice was used"
"Ethovox can, why can't you?"
etc.

Okay sure, SAG isn’t in Japan- but there is no way that Jacob hasn’t heard about a strike that’s been going on for almost an entire year (it’s been 7 months since it started)

and for a large portion of actors- the union card is a benchmark of pride. it marks a huge right of passage. it’s scary and uncertain- yes. but it’s also a chance to believe in and bank on yourself. that you’re ready for a bigger arena than you’ve ever competed in ever before.

it’s like going to college, training, buying the recording equipment, DAW subscriptions, cameras and lights- all professions, all art, requires investment in tools of the trade. we save, we do payment plans, whatever we must, because we can’t all be nepo babies.

the thing about the union contract is, when it changes, it often sets the standard for the non-u contracts of indie projects as well. when protections improve on the union front, it raises the bar all around, which is good for everybody. there’s a reason for that:

~when a contract is violated, and litigation is called, it sets precedent in a legal sense. and arguments that were unfamiliar before are settled in/ out of court, which are then used as an example in future disputes. so if justice is served for one of us, it is served for us all

but the first cases are crucial, to set that standard. and if it’s one actor against a billion dollar corp? almost impossible to win. now, if you have the union legal department at your back, which is paid for by dues- that one actor now stands a chance.

the union is not a gang. and it doesn’t have ANY SAY AT ALL in who is or isn’t cast in what game. it’s meant to be a resource. does it need a bit of an overhaul? yes. i 100% think it has to evolve with the times. but it isn’t the enemy and it can’t keep you from your dreams.

and yes. you’re right. not everybody wants or needs to join the union. and funny enough, often times, when someone wants to work a union job without joining, there ends up being a way for them to do so, somehow.

if a project thinks you’re the one for the role and no one else can do it, they’ll get you. the only thing to stop them would be you saying no or a legal non compete, like the voice of Burger King can’t be the voice of McDonald’s. but if you’re the one, they’ll make it happen.