waterpixieVA (but not actually)

NO I DON't dare smear the name of actual VA's by claiming to be one--- dksjkfj

Fun fact: when my first youtube account 'waterpixie' was suspended and I came back as 'waterpixieva,' there was a bit of confusion about whether it was meant to indicate that I was going into voice acting but nope it's just my name. 😅

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I've been having a lot of fun doing a couple of spontaneous small projects in between my larger ones now that I have a break from urgent matters... like, a lot of fun. I always struggle with motivation so I think I really am the happiest when I have these little rare moments filled with sparks of inspiration ✨—and it's so gratifying to get to jump right in and see that passion through. Plus they're less pressure and actually get done quickly so I can move on before it has the opportunity to burn me out LOLOL

In January, I did a Genshin fandub clip with myself as Ganyu and my wonderful, precious friends Mimi as Paimon and Chiisana as Lumine—and I wrote a bit about what influenced me to gather the courage to record it, how unconfident I was about the whole thing, how I almost scrapped it...

To be frank I've always hated my speaking and while I like making vlogs I can never bear to rewatch them with sound on hahaha. I especially loathe my accent and my muddled, slurred way of enunciation. Admittedly it's been on my mind more lately as I watch my friends dive into the world of streaming which I dare not touch. But I've been finding that when I "voice act" ... it's like I can turn on a switch and make my timbre more bearable and hone in on improving my enunciation—and also redo it over and over and edit as I see fit. Then I don't hate my speaking as much! And recently after seeing how Khoi Dao has embraced his accent, it's made me feel like maybe it's not such an evil!!

Posting that clip, talking with my friends, and receiving an unexpectedly insane amount of compliments??????????? @___@ really gave me a huge confident boost.... Might I even say it was life-changing HAHAHA. Now I have a new little hobby that I enjoy doing and am working at improving in ;u; And you know what: I didn't realize until this very moment that it makes sense given that my favorite thing about singing is expressing emotions so this isn't too far off!

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A week ago after clearing some obligations, I treated myself to trying out part of Ganyu's character teaser which I've really liked since it came out 🥰 Interestingly, all of Ganyu's four VA's in different languages had varying approaches to the joke at the end but I was especially stirred by the Japanese version with Ueda Reina—I just adore how she goes from pensive [bait] to playful while being soft and sweet and a little awkward!

(I also attempted the Paimon line—which btw is supposed to be "no way!"—though I can't quite yet produce a suitable Paimon timbre heheh)

i love Ganyu's character teaser so another quick VA attempt ❄🌙

(may or may not have improvised paimon's line heh)

would u,,,, accompany me/// pic.twitter.com/Wk7z4uSGMN

— Eva ❖ CODEX // Gemini (@waterpixieva) February 21, 2021

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And then two days ago Genshin released the official first look at Hu Tao and IMMEDIATELY I WAS TAKEN IN BY HER ENGLISH VOICE.... Her voices in all languages are delightful !! and tHE CHEEKY DARK HUMOR......... Homegurl is the director of a funeral parlor joking about the death rate of adventurers and offering us discounts 💀

I thought I'd just try it out because there's a lot of room to play with inflections and then before I knew it, I was seriously working at it and having a lot of fun..! It was much, much harder than the Ganyu clips ahah. Also my past two attempts left a lot of regrets over my pronunciation which I've been trying to work on so I'm much more pleased with how I did here. Kinda proud! I do think I'm missing something in the timbre to suit Hu Tao but overall surprised myself by exceeding my own expectations!!! ⭐️⭐️

apparently i'm a genshin fandub acct now- 👻

i tried out hu tao's lines!! i love her voice in every language so far omg she's so fun pic.twitter.com/fIbl2V6c7m

— Eva ❖ CODEX // Gemini (@waterpixieva) February 27, 2021

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(the gremlin snickering isn't part of the original script; it just kinda came out... hurhurhrurhur)