I absolutely adore voice actors. Their work is so underrated and the hard work they have to do is not appreciated much, standing in voice recording booths for hours, saying thousands of lines ... and repeating some if they made a mistake or need another take.
And yes, I agree with Lucius_Glitterius that we should show them some respect. You don't have to like them, but give them at least that.
Okay I'm sorry but I need to say something here. You say you liked his voice but knowing who gave him such a wonderful voice is.. Annoying? A voice actor breathes life into the words on a page (or screen these days) and they work their butt off, sitting in one quiet and usually warm and stuffy room for HOURS, having to repeat lines over and over, having to keep their energy up all that time, having to keep the voice consistent in between sessions (good luck being sick cause you're screwed) and having celebrities who know **** all about voice acting taking a much, MUCH larger paycheck than yours home because they're famous... And yet you sound and are much more talented. This is a very hard job. It takes a lot of skill and goddamn if I don't look up to those guys.
Can you imagine how life would be if Dorian sounded like he was voiced by someone from a C grade English anime dub? What if he had a godawful English accent that didn't sound real at all? What if his romance lines were all pitchy and monotone? It'd ruin the wonderful words written by Gaider, it'd ruin the direction from Caroline... It'd make them look bad. It happens. Ruined potential because the voice actor and/or direction was crap. Soooo many games fall prey to it.
Please. Show some respect for that. You might not know what goes into voice acting, but there you are. It's a tough job and whoever Dorians voice actor is... I'm so impressed. I want to know who that bastard is and I want to give him a truckload of compliments and squees and whatever.
Can't like more than once so quoting for truth!
I think we have a particularly awesome cast working on Inquisition voices too. Greg Ellis has been a complete doll to the Cullenites, Josie's VA and Freddie Prinze Jr? They're fans of the franchise! They play the games themselves and know the lore, and Josie's VA has even popped into her thread! And our beautiful British lady Inquisitor? If anything was revealed in her interview video it was that she put a lot of thought into the voice of the role she's playing.
Hell, the man who voiced the Arishock in DAII actually wanted to change a couple of lines he had to say, because he knew it didn't fit the Qun! I don't think you get many voice actors like that in others games. At least not that I've ever heard. A lot of the Dragon Age voice actors have really come to care about this big ol' world Bioware's made.
(I appreciate and respect all voice actors, mind! The DA cast just seem to be something special.)
Okay I'm sorry but I need to say something here. You say you liked his voice but knowing who gave him such a wonderful voice is.. Annoying? A voice actor breathes life into the words on a page (or screen these days) and they work their butt off, sitting in one quiet and usually warm and stuffy room for HOURS, having to repeat lines over and over, having to keep their energy up all that time, having to keep the voice consistent in between sessions (good luck being sick cause you're screwed) and having celebrities who know **** all about voice acting taking a much, MUCH larger paycheck than yours home because they're famous... And yet you sound and are much more talented. This is a very hard job. It takes a lot of skill and goddamn if I don't look up to those guys.
Can you imagine how life would be if Dorian sounded like he was voiced by someone from a C grade English anime dub? What if he had a godawful English accent that didn't sound real at all? What if his romance lines were all pitchy and monotone? It'd ruin the wonderful words written by Gaider, it'd ruin the direction from Caroline... It'd make them look bad. It happens. Ruined potential because the voice actor and/or direction was crap. Soooo many games fall prey to it.
Please. Show some respect for that. You might not know what goes into voice acting, but there you are. It's a tough job and whoever Dorians voice actor is... I'm so impressed. I want to know who that bastard is and I want to give him a truckload of compliments and squees and whatever.
I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face when doing the grunts for when your character gets injured or are doing something strenuous. That's my line for if people are good at VA or not. If they can do that a thousand times without quitting, like, "I can't do this; I'm gonna crack up. Goodbye." then they're amazing in my book. XD I'm joking, but you know... whatever, lol.
I watched Her—it was amazing, even if I get super uncomfortable during the sex scenes because I was like 'Oh God, can anyone hear these noises? WHAT IF THEY THINK I'M WATCHING PORN?!'—and Scarlett Johansson did a commendable job with her role as the OS. It was amazing how much life she breathed into her character and how much she could work her voice. My comment was in jest because I love Voice Actors, especially those who can do a giant range of voices like Steve Blum. I was not joking about Freddie Prinze, Jr., though. I didn't like Vega, but he did a wonderful job. And god... he's really nice to look at.
And Jennifer Hale? Oh my lord, she is in everything. I was playing JK:JA the other day and rolled a twi'lek and was like... "Is... is that..? OH MY GOD IT IS!" she is in everything and you can understand why. Her voice is powerful and recognizable. She may not do things crazy like Blum, but whatever role she plays, she plays it amazingly and with such passion. Her performance in the Mass Effect series was phenomenal and gave me chills. I mean, everyone in that game (I almost called it a movie and it honestly can be called that because it pretty much is, quality wise and everything) was beyond amazing, no matter how small those parts were. The guy who played Mordin in ME3, I could tell was a different actor because Mordin was my favorite character (it was higher pitched a lot faster, more melodic, even), did a great job picking that role up after ME2 and giving just as much power as the original actor would have. If they'd butchered that VA, I wouldn't have cried when he died, but they picked the right guy and he just blew me away.
Anyways, I think that's too much off-topic. Dorian's voice is beautiful and we can owe that to the VA being exceptional, as well as Gaider's writing for being amazing, as always.
So, aside from his sarcasm and wit, what does everyone like about Dorian, or find attractive in him? Minus the 'stache. Because we all love his 'stache, his voice, and his wit! D:< Though, I think that knocks out the majority of choices that aren't just speculation... ._. if it does, then **** it. >_>
I personally love his eyes and his hair cut, as well as his idealism. I think Dorian's the type of person who always sees the good in people, no matter what. Though, that last bit is speculation, as well. I only derived that because Bioware has only ever showed us the bad in Tevinter and then they give us Dorian who loves his country for all that it is, but thinks it's not beyond saving (despite the bad qualities being so deeply rooted in their society that taking it out would be like taking out that one piece in Jenga, on the bottom, that's holding everything up). It might be more personal to him, though, since he's lived there all his life.
I also love the fanart. All this art is so well done and I applaud everyone for their sense of humor and their creativity and their skill. 
Keep up the good work.
In other words: gimme gimme.
Guys, stop it.
Oh my god.
I'm running out of likes. D:
Okay I'm sorry but I need to say something here. You say you liked his voice but knowing who gave him such a wonderful voice is.. Annoying? A voice actor breathes life into the words on a page (or screen these days) and they work their butt off, sitting in one quiet and usually warm and stuffy room for HOURS, having to repeat lines over and over, having to keep their energy up all that time, having to keep the voice consistent in between sessions (good luck being sick cause you're screwed) and having celebrities who know **** all about voice acting taking a much, MUCH larger paycheck than yours home because they're famous... And yet you sound and are much more talented. This is a very hard job. It takes a lot of skill and goddamn if I don't look up to those guys.
Can you imagine how life would be if Dorian sounded like he was voiced by someone from a C grade English anime dub? What if he had a godawful English accent that didn't sound real at all? What if his romance lines were all pitchy and monotone? It'd ruin the wonderful words written by Gaider, it'd ruin the direction from Caroline... It'd make them look bad. It happens. Ruined potential because the voice actor and/or direction was crap. Soooo many games fall prey to it.
Please. Show some respect for that. You might not know what goes into voice acting, but there you are. It's a tough job and whoever Dorians voice actor is... I'm so impressed. I want to know who that bastard is and I want to give him a truckload of compliments and squees and whatever.
Nowhere I've insulted the work they do.
I find the hype about actors and fame in general stupid , lots of people have tough jobs and nobody gives a damn about knowing who they are.
When you go in a restaurant do you feel the need to know the name of the chef who cook you a great dinner , to tweet him/her or to squee?
Nowhere I've insulted the work they do.
I find the hype about actors and fame in general stupid , lots of people have tough jobs and nobody gives a damn about knowing who they are.
When you go in a restaurant do you feel the need to know the name of the chef who cook you a great dinner , to tweet him/her or to squee?
Actually, there's a whole foodie culture built around blogging about the best chefs, the best food, the best restaurants. If you're working at the Waffle House and turning out rubbery eggs and burnt bacon, I imagine nobody is going to be sending you any gushing tweets about it, but I wouldn't call a AAA title like Bioware's the Waffle House of the gaming world. It's basically the same idea. If you're great at what you do and you produce something people love, then you'll be given praise for that. Dorian is the Michelin three star quality entree of the gaming world to many, so his voice actor (writer, etc) is going to get the sort of attention that a three star chef would get, not someone producing Waffle House equivalent work.
Well, I think we're derailing a bit... we should... uh reel it back in...
WITH A PICTURE!
Credit to Ymir (God dammit, your work is amazing, man): http://ymirr.tumblr.com/
I literally just saw this and I'm like... why am i shipping those two? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THAT INQUISITOR IS. Jesus, God, that's adorably hot. I dunno what it is anymore.
Actually, there's a whole foodie culture built around blogging about the best chefs, the best food, the best restaurants. If you're working at the Waffle House and turning out rubbery eggs and burnt bacon, I imagine nobody is going to be sending you any gushing tweets about it, but I wouldn't call a AAA title like Bioware's the Waffle House of the gaming world. It's basically the same idea. If you're great at what you do and you produce something people love, then you'll be given praise for that. Dorian is the Michelin three star quality entree of the gaming world to many, so his voice actor (writer, etc) is going to get the sort of attention that a three star chef would get, not someone producing Waffle House equivalent work.
Also, dis ^
God dammit, I'm a hypocrite.
I know we already heard him speak (though I'm all for hearing more, in different situations) but I really want to know Dorian's VA all the same. Especially if we get a video - I wasn't sure I'd like Iron Bull until I saw Freddie Prinze Jr's video and was blown away. It was very revealing about the character, so there's a chance the same would happen for Dorian.
I know we already hear him speak (though I'm all for hearing more, in different situations) but I really want to know Dorian's VA all the same. Especially if we get a video - I wasn't sure I'd like Iron Bull until I saw Freddie Prinze Jr's video and was blown away. It was very revealing about the character, so there's a chance the same would happen for Dorian.
I was in the same boat! I was actually pretty meh about Iron Bull until seeing the VA video with Freddie. He just blew me away though, and now I'm looking forward to having Bull be a regular in my party. So I'd love to get a similar video for Dorian and his VA.
Ahem...more renditions of the Quizzy
*Snip*
all by Ymirr.
That man is gorgeous.
I hate you so much. But I also love you... QQ
It's like he switches from rugged handsome to noble and majestic. Inb4 Vivienne Fancy Orlesian Fancify Magic.
Ahem...more renditions of the Quizzy
*snip*
all by Ymirr.
That... is gorgeous. I wish I could draw like that. Just... Guh.
I was in the same boat! I was actually pretty meh about Iron Bull until seeing the VA video with Freddie. He just blew me away though, and now I'm looking forward to having Bull be a regular in my party. So I'd love to get a similar video for Dorian and his VA.
Yeah, I'm thinking I'm gonna have Dorian, Bull and Sera (team YOLO the devs called them, right?) or Varric in my party a whole lot.
And yes, those are gorgeous drawings 
I was also blown away by a drawing of an elf Inquisitor with a kind of mohawk kissing Dorian I saw one of these days. Can't find it right now, but I'd love to do something like that in the CC.
And yes, those are gorgeous drawings
Lol, it's all by the same artist
Yeah, I'm thinking I'm gonna have Dorian, Bull and Sera (team YOLO the devs called them, right?) or Varric in my party a whole lot.
And yes, those are gorgeous drawings
Iron Bull, Dorian, and Varric for me. Oh, the stories that will be told of our adventures.
You mean these?
These are also done by Ymmir.
EDIT: Ninja'd! 
Oh well, the pictures will stay anyway, because they're just so pretty.
^Sorry, kinda ninja'd you. 
For the playthrough where Dorian is my love interest, I'm thinking I'll use Dorian, Vivienne and Varric a lot. We'll be fabulous together.
Also, Ymirr's elf Inquisitor is AMAZING. I love him.
YES guys, thank you so much Adore that piece to bits - I'll try to remember the artist this time 
Might as well add this one too.
Probably considered NSFW.
Seriously, Ymirr is just... amazing. This artwork is incredible.
^Not gonna lie, Dorian looks hot as **** in that one.
And since we're doing a Ymirr appreciation
And more Ymirr.
I think we have a problem. Or at least I do. Seriously, I think I'm in love with Ymirr's Dorian pictures.
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