I have a few f/o voice actors on cameo and I want to buy one sooo bad but I’m scared that they’ll judge me but also know that’s such an irrational thought. Bless you for being so much braver than me <3

Anon! Sweet anon, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret: I am BEYOND anxious every time I order a cameo. Every. Single. Time.

You can ask my gf, I've had anxiety attacks before bc I'm so worried of what the VA will think of me. And with Starlight's VA, especially, I am TERRIFIED because I've requested from him 17 times in the last two years, and it'll be 18 today!!! I always get worried that he's super annoyed with me, even though it’s his job to voice act, it's not like he's new to people asking for personalized romantic stuff. It's his personal choice to give me the videos I ask/pay for, and if he didn't want to do them, he wouldn't be so nice and give so much extra fluffy dialogue, and if he really, truly did not want my cameo requests anymore, he would just block me. Which, obviously, he hasn’t. Yet I’m still like “okay but what if-?”

No matter what, I'm still very very anxious every time I fill out my little form. And once my request is completed and the video is sent to me, I will send it to my gf who will open it BEFORE I do and text back “it’s good, he doesn’t hate you” lmao. Every time. I spend at least an hour re-reading my request form so I make sure it all looks perfect. I re-read my receipt at least three times to make sure that what I sent STILL looks perfect. 

What I’m trying to say is... my fear/anxiety is always gonna be there, but I buy the cameos anyway. I am a shaking mess the entire time I write out my form, but the anxiety blows over after maybe an hour and then it's replaced with excitement! Because holy shit! A cameo! I'm getting a cameo! It's a wonderful feeling and anon, you deserve to feel excited, too. Even if it's nerve-racking at first, IT'S SO WORTH IT.

Because, anon, let me tell you, there is no feeling compared to the JOY of your F/O calling you by your name, and saying the things you've always dreamed of them saying. I feel so much closer to my Starlight than I ever have been before, because!! He's called me his little Starflower!! Several times!! He's said he loves me, he's laughed joyfully and said soft things you’d never hear in canon!! He’s said so many things just. Raw. Unfiltered. No background noise, no music, nothing. Just... the pure, real voice, saying encouraging, wonderful things and saying my name?? Knowing the is personalized, it’s something nobody else in the entire world experiences because no two videos are ever the same!! This joyful feeling, this precious memory, it’s mine, it’s mine, I get to keep these videos to myself and watch them anytime I want. Hearing your F/O say your name!! Saying things for you and only you is, at least for me -- someone who has been self shipping her whole life and finds it as necessary as breathing -- the most amazing feeling. Ever. And it’s!!! yours!!! forever!!!

It's such a special thing and you never know how long the VA is going to stay on cameo, you know? Some of them stay for a few months, some of them limit how many they can do per week so it’s hard to get your request filled out on time, some of them only stay for *one day*, donate their proceeds to charities, and then delete their page. You never know!!

I say, you gotta go for it. If you want the cameo and you have the money, you have to make that leap. It’s your money, you should be able to appropriately spend it on something that you want, something you know you can constantly get joy out of. I cannot tell you how many nights where I’d be feeling really exhausted or just having an awful day in general, and I can just open up my phone and watch my videos... and it’s like everything else falls away. 

It is so, so, so worth it. I promise you. Let yourself have this. You deserve this.