sorry i’m absolutely losing my mind about that one post you made about henry bolet jrs voice actor because first of all that is a TERRIBLE photo of brian and second of all do you want to hear stories about him? he’s a queer autistic high school drama teacher, playwright, actor and of course voice actor. i watched him fall to the ground after getting stabbed by a balloon sword once. i tumbled into him playing a theatre game once and there was a solid five second pause where i was just like defying physics leaned up against him while putting no weight on him before i fell over and died on the ground .
1. I’m so glad you liked that post
2. Dying because like that was the only photo I could find of him but apparently I did not search enough?
3. OH MY FUCKINGGGGG GOD HES ONE OF US I AM LOSING MY SHIT
this is the best news you could have ever given me, I love the stories you have shared I am dying and I am always down to hear more. He sounds iconic and if you are still in contact with him please let him know that he’s my hero and I thank him for putting so much depth into like 3 pages of voice lines he is my hero
This is new lore and I don’t know how to act I am completely normal !!!!!!
But seriously he sounds like an icon and thank you for reaching out and sharing!!!
Playing DAN and HAU next to each other is a great example of HER placing a game in a foreign country and then having a cast from everywhere else. We don’t see this in CUR, SAW, or CAP and it is also mixed with VEN, ICE, SPY, LIE, and TMB. I understand that in a global society there will be people from all around the world in a given spot but I feel in HAU specifically it is a slap in the face to the Irish to have a British cast.
Others have spoken about the dismissive attitude towards the very valid concerns the Irish would have with the English. Kyler herself displays a common attitude of the English educated in not knowing of the atrocities the English enacted on the Irish. Donal is a presented as overly hating the English with no perceivable reason - so he seems unreasonable when anyone who knows about Irish history would know he is perfectly within his rights.
He absolutely would have been an adult during the Troubles, and is at most a single generation removed from Irish independence. We do not know what he did or who he lost, but we know that he watched others be killed over these issues. All of those in the story were alive for the Good Friday agreement - which turns 25 next month.
Another hit is the near complete lack of Irish in the story. We have some names sure, and Ogham runes, but the Irish language is beautiful and there has been so much work put into preserving it. It survived years of illegality and of people being outright murdered for speaking it. We know HER can integrate language, and they have in so many other games. Irish should be a part of this. (Also all signage should be in Irish and English because while there are two languages Irish should technically receive priority.)
The Irish Diaspora is huge, mostly because of specific steps that were taken by the English to exterminate Irish language, people, and culture and replace it with their own. Irish potato famine you say? Yeah, we can blame the English for how bad that was. We can blame the English in general for the shift to farming the land rather than being more pasture based.
Ireland has been essentially at peace for most millennial lives (and typically Ireland tries to stay out of outside wars - which is why the “military type” comment at the end of HAU seemed out of place) but as we have seen this past year a match could still set everything off. My dad, who has competed professionally in fishing, recalls not being able to fish in the waterways growing up because the English prohibited it. One of my grans ran a B&B where she educated English guests on what had been done to the Irish. Irish history is rarely taught properly (that is to say, with the Irish perspective in mind) outside of Ireland, which is a true shame.
Unfortunately, if you visit the shop, you will notice that the majority of my products are no longer listed. My PC, at least for the foreseeable future, is no longer functional. All of my shop data was on that computer and I’m not sure if any of the data is recoverable. I’ll fill orders while supplies last. I appreciate your support and hope to bring everything back very soon.