Chocolate Syrupy Rape

Two posts on Chocolate Syrupy Waffles drew the attention and wrath of voice actors Liam O’Brien and Stephanie Sheh. The posts were meant to poke fun at a Sheh fanboy with a bizarre plan to take her on a date. However, the poll CSW made to accompany them, which made references to raping her, was noted with alarm.

stephaniesheh Is rethinking googlealerts after discovering a poll bout whethr u’d support my rape

This is Steph’s voice actor friend, Liam O’Brien. And if anyone looks at Stepanie the wrong way, I will beat them with my microphone, then the baseball bat I keep under my bed, and then the crutches I’ve been walking around on.

For the record.

Eventually JubbzJW of CSW talked to them, and the air was cleared.

stephaniesheh talked to rapepoll bloggers, it was meant as a joke, people can put down their pitchforks now.

VoiceOfOBrien @stephaniesheh “out of hatred for this bitch” is not that fucking funny…

Relatively.

JubbzJW considered the affair a crowning affirmation of relevance.

If this comment Really IS from Liam O’Brien, then Ladies and Gents… we’ve made another achievement.

We could prolly become the TMZ of anime voice actors.

Talent

Sam at Bashtarle Symphony talks about idols and talent:

In Japan’s case . . . singers’ lack of natural talent isn’t so much hidden as much as it is ignored.

That’s really it.

A “talent” is not simply an expression of vocal talent, in the way that we often think of it in the West.  Rather it stands for the ability to maintain a certain public image, to keep up with a schedule of public appearances, and so forth.  The modern era of superproduction and pop packaging leaves true vocal ability almost incidental to the matter.

Related for this, I think, is the modern concept of art.  Art is no longer seen as the technical skill of producing faithful replications of visual cues.  Instead, it is merely the use of a medium to communicate ideas.  What this means is that people who can’t draw or paint to save their lives can still be artists.  Similarly, then, why can’t people who can’t really sing be idols?