Board Thread:Fanon Discussion/@comment-4598697-20160706103216/@comment-26897541-20160716030245

This looks like a fun if slightly dead discussion! Count me in! :D

1. I... actually need to work on finding voice actors for my characters. ^^; The only one I have for sure is Arion Neptune, but only because he was semi-built around a certain celebrity already who would work well for him. I see him being voiced by Chris Colfer, an American actor who has the same voice type and already has experience playing a character with Arion's personality (Carson Phillips, anyone?), plus he's versatile enough to both voice act and sing for Arion as a countertenor-which Arion is. (Also who doesn't think of Sirens' songs when they think of singing mermaids, and if this guy's singing isn't some kind of siren call I don't know what is. Here, you want heart-wrenching emotion? I Wanna Hold Your Hand is chock full of it! You want something pithy, emotional but more on the "Angry at the World" side? Boy howdy do you need to hear Rose's Turn ! You want pitches that are up in the stratosphere? He knocks Defying Gravity out of the PARK. BOTH times he sings it! Ok I'mma stop now because you guys don't need me turning this into a fangirling love-fest over this guy, but he's really cool, ok?? ...Ok just one more then I'll stop. ^^;)

2. This'll more apply to my other characters, but I figured I'd think more outside the box for my peeps! :D Those ladies are great voice actors, but I think they should stick with what they have already, don't you?

3. Not at all if it's for voice acting! :D Women are shown to be very versatile as voice actors; just look at the afore-mentioned Tara Strong! She has characters of several different genders under her belt. :D Heck, if I hadn't picked out Chris Colfer as Arion's voice actor, I GUARANTEE he'd be voiced by a lower-pitched woman because his voice type is already in the female range!

4. It's be pretty hypocritical of me to say I thought it was Mary Sue-ish since I picked a celeb for Arion, now wouldn't it? ^^; I see nothing wrong with it, especially if they have voice-acting cred already!