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Voice actors?

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Okay, so I've been re-reading through Stellar Gale's Pokémon Academy fic, and I actually started reading different characters' dialogue in the voices of certain voice actors.

Namely, I started reading Reggie's dialogue in Vic Mignogna's (Edward Elric, et al) voice, Darren's in Christopher Sabat's (Piccolo, Roronoa Zoro, et al) voice, and Valerie's in Monica Rial's (Bulma, et al) voice.

This has actually been something that I've been thinking about lately, so I'd just like to throw it out there and ask if you guys do the same. Also, do you think of specific voices for your characters?

For me, I hear all of Ash's thoughts and speech in Like No One Ever Was in Aaron Dismuke's regular speaking voice. (He played Alphonse in the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime, and Yo Takami in Deadman Wonderland.)

Giovanni, on the other hand, is definitely still Ted Lewis in my mind.
 
In Plasma's Folly, I imagine Destiny being voiced by Caitlin Glass, Colby by Brittney Karbowski, Dragon by Todd Haberkorn, and Ghetsis by Kent Williams. I have specific voices in mind for the other characters, but I can't really think of any voice actors to relate them to. The Team Plasma grunt in the English dub of the Black 2 and White 2 animated trailer sounds strikingly similar to how I've always imagined Lynn's voice, though.
 
Not OCs, but I just imagine Ash and the company voiced by the 4Kids actors (those are just the voices that I first hear in my head). I also imagine Hilda/White and Leaf voiced by Tress Macneil.
 
I found that I tend to assign voices to characters in my own works, but rarely in other people's writing.
 
Yeah, I never thought of "assigning" voices to characters in work besides my own. :eek:

But there's only one instance where I've even done that in my own work at all anyway. I always thought that the English voice of Serenity in Yu-Gi-Oh would fit Faline perfectly. Faline is from my Fire Emblem fic.

Although, ever since I saw the Keldeo movie, I've thought Vic Mignogna would make a perfect adult Link in Zelda. :3
 
Morgan Freeman. All of the characters, Morgan Freeman.
 
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Morgan Freeman. All of the characters, Morgan Freeman.
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Even the narrator?

I myself don't think voice actors for my characters, I think of genuine actors as I tend to enjoy live action more than animation these days. I had a list of who I'd have as the main characters in my Star Trek fic but it's been lost during a forum transition in another community I go to.
 
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Even the narrator?
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Personally, I always hear Jim Dale as the narrator.

Caitlin said:
I myself don't think voice actors for my characters, I think of genuine actors as I tend to enjoy live action more than animation these days. I had a list of who I'd have as the main characters in my Star Trek fic but it's been lost during a forum transition in another community I go to.
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....as a budding voice actor myself, I take offense at this remark. Voice actors are genuine actors.
 
I think of actors to play my characters, too. For my favorite character, Ellie Kades, I see her as Annasophia Robb, but the voice I hear for her is Melody from The Little Mermaid II (Who was voiced by Tara Strong)

For some reason, I always imagine N to be voiced by Chris Colfer. :)
 
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I love this!

For my aborted fanfic (Cultured Vulture Chapter 1: No Bones About It, a pokémon fanfic | FanFiction), I would imagine:

Anisa: Janice Kawaye
Queen Delilah: Grey DeLisle
Hikaru: Tom Kenny
Lyle: Nancy Cartwright (a little gender bender voice is good for cute Pokemon)
Muna: Kath Soucie

For some other characters I used in fanfics (both canon and original):

Hilda: Kate Higgins
Hilbert: Maile Flanagan (that would be cute)
Hilda's mother: Jennifer Hale
Hilbert's parents: Tom Kane and Kath Soucie
Nate's parents: Rob Paulsen and Megan Cavanagh
Hugh's parents: Jason Griffith and Eileen Stevens
Hugh's little sister: Stephanie Sheh
Leslie, Hugh's obnoxious grandpa: Robert De Niro (he does jerks well)
Phyllis, Hugh's obnoxious grandma: Andrea Martin (she does a good mean voice - she voiced Miss Gristlepuss on SpongeBob)
Nina and Rachel: Olivia Hack and Tara Strong
Thea Tomlinson: Jessica Alba
William Gaffney: David Wenham
Frank: Tom Wayland
Sydney: Eileen Stevens
 
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I always assign voices to the character's when I read the in-game text. But to be honest, I haven't really ever read Pokemon fan fiction. I've read the official manga and then, as I said, read what the character's say in the games. For me, the most distinct voice I have ever supplied to a character is Giovanni, and his voice is Martin Sheen. Always will be.
 
ADDENDUM:

Morty's parents: Ralph Macchio and Camilla Scott (the latter is a TV host from Canada. She was also Mama Bear on the second Berenstain Bears cartoon.)
Eusine's parents: Jason Isaacs and Helen McCrory
Eusine Sr., Eusine's grandfather: Ian McKellan
Corinthia, Eusine's step-grandmother: Imelda Staunton
Granny Annie: Ruth Buzzi (she was Mama Bear in the older and more cheesy Berenstain Bears cartoon)*

*Granny Annie is not related to any of the Gym Leaders.
 
My list has changed and expanded somewhat. Note that this is not to be taken as what the "actual" cast would look like, but only as a guideline for how the characters' voices roughly sound.
 
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I list all of mine at the end of each chapter. Before the forum switch, I also had a blog detailing which character sounded like what based on past roles. I should probably re-upload it. My criteria: They should be primarily LA-based (or have worked on LA stuff, but this is not a limitation), must be living (definitely a limit), and have a decent reputation as a voice actor, not just regular acting. If they've done well enough in one particular role, however, that may qualify.
 
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