#volmer | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

just-a-sleepy-idiot · 1 year

Text

Dr Heinrich Volmer Imagine: Him taking a liking in you

Content/Warnings: Major Spoilers, Female!Reader, Virgin!Reader, Age gap, Reader having a wet dream, Somnoph1lia so Dub-con, Fingering, Slightly innocence kink, Reader is of a noble blood line, No Hannah in this version

You were the newest addition to the hospital, and when he first gazed upon you in the hallway he thought you must be visiting. You were a young woman, no, a Lady. Something about the way you looked around and spoke so softly reminded him of the nobles during his times without the stiffness and superficial elegance.

One might think that you were normal, a tad bit too young to be coming here, but otherwise normal. He couldn't disagree more. Maybe that should have been his first sign that you were destined to cross his path.

He chose to introduce himself to you directly, politely asking who you were visiting all the way up here. You smiled gently, with an unfounded kindness that pierced him as you returned his gaze.

You told him that you were send here because you felt unwell and that you were send here by your relatives to recover. His smile froze for a second, the thought of seeing that young, pretty face of you decay in the way all of his patients ended up.. was displeasing.

You introduced yourself as well to him now and if only he had known that the sound of your name would haunt him for days to come.

Every time he looked through patient lists from then on his eyes would always dart towards your name without his intent, lingering there and feeling tempted to mouth the syllables.

It was taunting to feel this way, especially since he was incredibly aware of your progressing infection. Every treatment, every glass of water you were handed guided you further towards death.

Especially when he would see you in the hallways afterwards, passing each other by accident when he paused to ask about your wellbeing, knowing very well how you must be feeling at this day and rate.

You were touched by his concern, because he clearly didn't just briefly check in with you. He insisted you'd tell him your full state of mind and how you've been settling in so far. Suggesting you'd take a seat and take your time filling him in on all the details he guided you to a more secluded bench outside in the sun.

He marveled at the way you closed your eyes and bathed in the sun, stretching yourself towards the light like a flower.

You told him about how you were feeling a little unstable health wise, but that you were glad to be here and thankful to be taken care of. You praised him for repurposing this beautiful place to help others and gently put a hand on his arm before retrieving it with a hint of youthful embarrassment at the touch. He was enamored and mortified at the same time. He couldn't let you decay like this.

It was the same day when he asked the staff to take you to his office and welcomed you with much more delight than he would have wanted. He gifted you a bottle with 'Vitamins', saying that you should regularly take a drop in order to get the optimal health results.

You thanked him for his gift and expressed that you were surprised but moved that he went out of his way to make sure you were well.

"But.. even when I do start to feel better, I wouldn't want to miss our conversations. I enjoy talking to you Doctor Volmer.."

You blushed, visibly conflicted with want and shame over your behavior. It made his heart beat faster. You.. you were something special. You made him inhale deeply, feeling his eyes flutter as he tried to contain his desire to close the remaining distance and taste your lips with his.

"I have made a decision. From now on I will assign myself to personally take care of your needs. If you have any issues, or no issues at all please feel free to approach me."

You widened your eyes and looked up at him with that innocence and wonder, it drove him absolutely crazy.

"You.. would do that? For me? I.. cannot thank you enough!"

He smiled mildly and observed you for a moment, not bothering to say anything as he just looked at you.

"Of course. Now, I held off your sleeping schedule long enough. Please go to bed and rest."

That night he assigned his staff to research about you. To find out your origins. Because something told him that you might be an equal, a pure being in a world full of superficial ambitions and chaos.

After he dedicated himself to being your personal Doctor he didn't miss upon any opportunity to come closer to you. He always asked to be let alone with you the moment you requested a check up of any sort. You took the vitamins but to not make it suspicious you were still exposed to the hydro therapy. That significantly slowed down the sickness but it didn't fully protect you from it either, so you did need some assistance at times.

Doctor Volmer subtly used these times alone with you to ask you about yourself. One time he couldn't help himself and used your stomach ache to ask you if you had any sexual partners in the last time. You blushed and adverted your gaze, saying no you didn't. He lifted his gaze in return to look at you, for a moment you were silent before you explained that you were a virgin.

The smallest smile briefly graced his lips, his eyes lighting up for a moment. He paused in his breath involuntarily as well for a moment. Oh how.. delightful, how delicious that made the images that passed through his mind now and then.

He had imagined your reaction if he were to abuse your trust in him and to just touch you during his examinations. How flustered you'd get, asking him what he was doing only for him to reassure you that it was all part of the treatment. You would moan and quiver and you wouldn't know what was happening to you..

The fact that you were a virgin only made it better. Oh how much he would like to spread those legs and delve in between them to taste that innocence himself..

He assured you that there was no need to be ashamed, and that you would surely cherish the moment even more since you waited. He knew he sounded like he was berating you since he was much older than you, but the truth was that was thinking of himself as your first time. It was more like was trying to comfort you for what he hoped was to come.

Doctor Volmer didn't make any plans on seducing you, he didn't even plan on sparing you from his treatment yet he couldn't help but.. delay it. Because he was conflicted and frankly he didn't know what to do with you.

You confused him, you captured him and if you didn't have such a clear reaction to him he would think that you'd think him too old for a young Lady such as yourself. But clearly you weren't averse to him as well.

These conflicting thoughts and feelings were resolved though, when his staff reported on your heritage as he instructed them to do. And his feeling turned out to be right.. you were pure after all. You were the last member of a fellow noble family that used to be close to his.

You were.. perfect. You were perfect even genetically.

He had to have you.

Of course he couldn't go and tell you the news, as much as he wanted to. But he couldn't help but pay you a visit anyways. You would be sleeping by now but.. he needed to see you. He would officially start courting you now.

He didn't knock before coming into your room. He spotted your sleeping form on the bed fast asleep, yet there was something that seemed to disturb your sleep even before he stepped in.

Volmer stepped closer with a frown as he saw your distressed face, your chest rising quickly with heavy breaths leaving your lips. Should he wake you? He was about to release you from what seemed to be a bad dream when a soft moan erupted from you. It was quiet but he couldn't unhear it.

The man took a seat on your bed and curiously looked down upon you, questioning wether he interpreted that moan right. Another sigh came from you, so yearning that it tied him in. Caught his breath in excitement when he realized what was going on.

You were having a sexual dream..

"Mh.. Doctor.. Doctor Vol..mer.."

He wet his lips, his piercing blue eyes filling with a newfound possessiveness. You were dreaming about him! You were desiring him, in more ways than he initially expected. What did you imagine he was doing to you?

His eyes trailed down to your nightgown before his fingers slightly grazed over your breasts. It made you quiver a little but you arched your back a little as if leaning into the sensation. That made him chuckle darkly. Oh Darling.. you were so starved for this kind of touch, you were so responsive right away.

He gently groped your breast before rubbing your nipple over the fabric of your nightgown, feeling them becoming hard. If it wouldn't wake you up he would rip it apart to look at all of you. He growled in frustration at the discipline he had to hold up right now to not to exactly that.

He pushed your blanket aside and placed his hand on your leg now, slowly pushing up the nightgown over your thighs. Your skin was soft and warm. He reached further under the hem now to come in contact with your clothed crotch. You shook a little, his eyes shooting up but seeing that you haven't woken up yet. He used two fingers to slide through your clothed folds, feeling you up and registering that you were already a bit wet from your dream. He smirked.

Volmer then pushed his hand under your panties and almost groaned when he felt how soft and warm and wet you were.. you were so inviting that he felt himself becoming aroused. He briefly closed his eyes before feeling you up before he found what he was looking for.

He gently stroked over your clit, earning another moan from you as you pushed your head to the side with a frown. He couldn't help but chuckle again, enjoying your reactions so much already.. he then continued to circle your bud and gently pushing against it. It made your legs quiver.

But what he was incredibly tempted to do.. what he was so curious about was what he aimed for next. Your entrance. You were a virgin so he might not come far.. but oh to be the first to do this to you..

Volmer pushed in two fingers and immediately felt your walls tightening around you. It made his own arousal grow visibly as he imagined himself inside of you like that. God.. how much he just wanted to climb on top of you and take you right there. Hiking your legs up and sinking himself into you.

You moaned so softly, full of such innocence that made it even better. You didn't know this feeling yet you didn't want what you thought to be a dream to end.

He started pushing his thick fingers into you before retreating slightly and building up a rhythm in which he pushed himself in and out of you again.

Your breath picked up and he hungrily watched your reaction before-

"Ah! M..hh what.."

You woke up, but he didn't bother to stop, drinking in your facial expression as your gaze fell down and you witnessed him fucking his fingers into you.

You were shocked but that couldn't stop your arousal as your gaze darted back to him with the biggest blush he had yet seen on your face.

"D-Doctor Volmer what.. are you doing?"

He smirked and started touching your clit simultaneously, making your eyes widen as your lips quivered trying to withhold a sweet moan that escaped anyways.

"I came to check on you but you were dreaming.. and I know you were dreaming of me so I decided to make it come true Darling."

The petname flustered you and your eyes fluttered as you were both so shocked yet taken away by this overwhelming feeling.

"B-But.."

He enjoyed himself so much, seeing you stutter and making a little effort to cover yourself even though he was pounding his fingers into your pussy. So cute.

"Just let me take care of you hmm?" He hummed and climbed over you, fingers not leaving their place or stopping in their tracks as he attacked your neck with kisses. He felt you clenching around him and groaned against your skin before gently biting your shoulder once, quickly returning to kisses as he trailed down your neck.

"D-Doctor Volmer.." He hummed darkly and groped your breast with his free hand, "Yes.. say my name.. what is it Dearie?"

"I feel like.. I'm.."

He knew what you were going to say regardless of your incapability to finish your sentence. So he pounded into you more heavily, taunting your oncoming release with the way he circled over your clit.

Your legs spread involuntarily, much to his delight, and you grabbed onto his shirt when you felt your orgasm wash over you. You buried your head in his shoulder when you came undone and released the sweetest moan into his ear.

He smiled as he drew back to look at you, retreating his hands from your body, but not without gently trailing over your waist and thigh.

"You feel amazing love."

You looked up at him with the upmost embarrassment and swallowed hard. That was when your eyes fell downwards, noticing an equally hard thing in his pants.

"Don't worry about that. We'll take time before I will do this to you." He spoke with a certainty, as if he was absolutely sure that this was going to take place.

He picked up your hand and kissed the back of it as he climbed off you. You sat up at the same time and watched in awe as his blue eyes captivated you.

"I'll leave you be now. We will see each other tomorrow."

With that he shot you a last look before straightening his jacket and leaving the room...

What was going to happen with you? And was going to happen between you two?

To be continued? Comment if you liked it!! (;-;)

#a cure for wellness #Doctor Volmer #Doctor Volmer x Reader #Doctor Heinrich Volmer #Baron von Reichert #Jason Isaacs #Dr Volmer Imagine #Heinrich Volmer Imagine

182 notes · View notes

lyledebeast · 2 months

Text

For @kijilinn since you got me started on watching new (to me!) Jason Isaacs content.

Since watching Sweetwater (2013) and Look Away (2018) over a couple of days, I've been reflecting on how Jason Isaacs' villains have changed over the years. While he certainly has played a variety of characters, and not all of them villains. Captain Hook from Peter Pan (2003) and Colonel Tavington from The Patriot (2000) have more in common with each other than with Dan from Look Away, Prophet Josiah from Sweetwater, and Dr. Volmer from A Cure for Wellness (2017), who likewise share several traits in common.

Hook and Tavington are, on the surface, a pair of campy, sword-wielding child killers, but if we look deeper, they are each singularly obsessed with one man (or boy) who has things they lack, and if we look deeper yet, they are both queer men whose peripheral relationship to society at large has left them anxious and resentful. With the last of these in mind, I'm tempted to throw Michael Ryan of Dangerous Lady (1995) into the mix even though he is not a villain. Of these three, Ryan is the one is most clearly attracted to men and hurt by them, though that is also true of Hook and Tavington to different degrees. Ryan was molested as a teenager by his mafia mentor, Tavington's father squandered the fortune he was to inherit, and Hook lost his hand in a fight with Peter Pan, all of which have redefined their connections to masculinity and to other men. They are all surrounded by men and unable to trust any of them. They all desire connection with and recognition from other men, particularly recognition as men. What allows for Hook's temporary triumph over Pan is that he has experienced adulthood and knows something of its pleasures as well as its pain, both things Pan will never know. Tavington could have ended Martin easily had he not insisted on making Martin acknowledge that he could. Ryan, having killed two of his lovers deliberately, is unwittingly killed by the man who infects him with AIDS. Ryan is definitely the outlier here as he is written to be sympathetic, despite his numerous crimes, while Hook and Tavington are fleshed out primarily through Isaacs' performance. He manages to make even flatly written characters feel human and even sympathetic.

As Hook, Tavington, and Ryan are all primarily interested in males, so their violence is primarily directed against them. Thus their relationships with men are very fraught, which is not the case in their relationships with women. In Ryan's case, the only consistently loving and somewhat healthy relationship he has is with his sister, the titular "dangerous lady" herself. Meanwhile, Hook and Tavington are completely indifferent to women (and girls) except where they can be used to manipulate the man/boy who is their true objects of desire. Intriguingly, Isaacs' straight villains also see women primarily as objects to manipulate for their own ends, even as a couple also believe they love women.

Dr. Volmer, Dr. Dan, and Prophet Josiah: oh, what can I say about these three? The first and most obvious commonality is that they are all fathers of daughters, and the second is that they all, to one degree or another, have incestuous desires for their daughters. The only one who attempts to act on that desire is Volmer, but Josiah's comment that Sarah "could teach [his daughter] how to fuck" hints that he might be interested in benefitting from that knowledge when she gets a little older. Dr. Dan--who, to his credit, is the only one of these three who is not a rapist--goes on "bonding dates" with his daughter maria and announces that he is giving her plastic surgery, of his choice, for her eighteenth birthday. He views women more as his artistic medium than as people. He left one of his twin daughters in the snow to die from exposure when she was born deformed, an act that haunts both the surviving girl and her mother. Like Volmer, Dan believes he loves his daughter, but what actually manifests in both cases is a selfish desire for control over women's bodies, medical and otherwise. At least Josiah is honest in his misogyny. When one of his men describes Sarah as a "female whore," he asks, "is there any other kind?" While I first interpreted this as implying that there are no sex workers who are not women--which has never been true, but that's a different point-- it could also imply that there are no women who are not sex workers. The second definitely fits Josiah's view of women generally. All of his converts are men except for his wives, and he has promised them wives of their own. That the women might not agree to being wives does not appear to have crossed his mind. Josiah is a collector of beautiful things: china, mahogany tables, and women, and, like the others, he sees little difference between them.

I wonder if it's a coincidence that Isaacs played the first three characters near the start of his screen career and the second group of three after he became a father himself. His first daughter with partner Emma Hewitt was born not long before filming on Peter Pan started; by the time he starred in Look Away, he had two daughters just a few years younger than his fictional one in that film. By then he was well established as a screen actor, and likely had greater ability to turn down roles that did not appeal to him. It's also possible that the new worldview parenthood brings about led him to rethink who the real villains in our society are. Even the most fantastical of these three, Dr. Volmer, exudes the kind of cold, cruel, selfish misogyny with which so many girls and women have to contend in their medical treatment even today. And it is by no means rare for a girl's first experience of misogyny to come from her own father.

I want to end this depressing meta by acknowledging that the first father Isaacs played after becoming one in real life is also, from my limited knowledge, the best. George Darling tries to suppress his natural gentleness to become the kind of stern, decisive, powerful Victorian father his sister urges him to become for his children's sake, but, fortunately, he fails. The best thing by far about this version of Peter Pan is its assertion that a father who can connect emotionally with daughters and sons alike is far better than one that cannot.

#jason isaacs #peter pan 2003 #captain hook #the patriot 2000 #colonel tavington #dangerous lady 1995 #michael ryan #sweetwater 2013 #prophet josiah #a cure for wellness 2017 #dr. volmer #look away 2018 #dr. dan #so many freaking characters!#fatherhood

13 notes · View notes

belongstocaptaindoyle · 1 year

Video

youtube

#jason isaacs #mia goth #a cure for wellness #doctor volmer #hannah #myedit

7 notes · View notes

zonetrente-trois · 17 days

Link

“Makichuk and MacLeod’s screenplay revolved around three young and reckless snowmobilers (played by Riva Spier, Sheri McFadden and future Alberta Film Commissioner Murray Ord) who find themselves stranded at a seemingly abandoned lodge in the wilderness during a blizzard.”

#Ghostkeeper #Canadian Film Day #Jim Makichuk #Riva Spier #Sherri McFadden #Calgary Herald #Eric Volmers

0 notes

michael-volmer-autor · 7 months

Text

Im Olivenhain

Die Reifen schlitterten über lockere Steine und Staub wirbelte auf, als der Pick Up durch die Kurven ging und den Berg hinaufjagte. Christos fuhr so schnell, wie er konnte. Vielleicht würde er sie kriegen und jetzt war er vorbereitet. Sein Jagdgewehr lag hinten unter dem Rücksitz. Nein, er würde nicht klein beigeben und nein, er würde auch kein Angebot akzeptieren.

Christos kannte die Geschichten, er kannte die Methoden dieser Firmen. Erst im letzten Jahr hatten sich Bauern gegen das Errichten eines Windparks gestemmt, sie hatten alle Angebote ausgeschlagen, mit denen die Firma ihnen das Land abkaufen wollte. Und dann, kurz darauf, hat es plötzlich ein Feuer gegeben. Es hatte sich unaufhaltsam durch den Besitz dieser Bauern gefressen, Bauern, wie Christos einer war.

Dann, später, hatten sie ihr Land verkauft, für einen Bruchteil des Preises, denn was war ihnen übriggeblieben, jetzt, wo ihr Land ein leere Flecken Erde voller Asche war? Der Windpark wurde gebaut und die Ursache des Feuers nie gefunden.

Und jetzt waren diese Piraten hier und hatten Christos und seinen Nachbarn Angebote gemacht. Als ob sie wirklich damit rechnen würden, ihm das Land abkaufen zu können. Es war das Land seiner Familie, seit Generationen, und die Oliven, die dort wuchsen, waren beliebt. Christos hatte nichts anderes gelernt und er wollte auch nichts anderes. Das war sein Leben.

Dann war er heute plötzlich aufgewacht. Er hatte mitten in der Küche gelegen und konnte sich nicht erinnern, schlafen gegangen zu sein. Er war vor die Tür getreten und plötzlich war um ihn herum alles voller Rauch. Westlich, in Nemea, schien es zu brennen und auch im Ortskern seines Heimatortes Koutsomodi war Rauch zu sehen und überall waren die Sirenen angegangen. Was war geschehen? Christos hatte zurück in seine Küche geschaut, zum Tisch, auf dem noch das Schreiben der Firma für Windenergie gelegen hatte. War es das Feuer, das kommen würde? Oder war es ein Ablenkungsmanöver? Mit einem Mal hatte ihn rasender Zorn erfasst. Sie würden es niemals bekommen. Zumindest nicht ohne Kampf. Er hatte sich sein Gewehr geschnappt, sein Handy gegriffen und war in seinen Wagen gesprungen. Auf dem Weg dorthin hatte sein Handy angefangen zu klingeln und seine Familie, Bekannte und Verwandte hatten ihm berichtet, es sei ihnen ebenso ergangen wie ihm. Auch sie seien aufgewacht und es schien sehr viel mehr geschehen zu sein, als Rauch und Sirenen. Doch Christos verlangsamte seine Fahrt nicht, denn der Einzige, der sich nicht gemeldet hatte, war Niko, sein Gehilfe, der bei den Feldern arbeitete und der zu diesem Zeitpunkt allein dort oben war. Christos musste wissen, ob auf seinem Land alles in Ordnung war. Ob nicht doch dies ein Angriff auf sein Leben war und alles, was ihm neben seiner Familie etwas bedeutete.

Als der Wagen quietschend zum Stehen gekommen war, stieg Christos aus und schaute sich um. Die Luft roch nach Rauch, doch der Geruch war dünn und von seinen Feldern schien nichts auszugehen. Alles wirkte ruhig und nichts war zu hören.

Niko war nirgends zu sehen oder zu hören. Er antwortete nicht auf Christos‘ Rufe und meldete sich auch nicht per Handy. Von allen Seiten drang jetzt das Sirenengeheul herauf und mit einem Mal kam Christos die Stille hier oben unheimlich vor, falsch. Er nahm sein Gewehr heraus und sah sich um. Das Arbeitsgebäude, das am Ende der Straße lag, umschlossen von den abschüssigen Feldern, war leer. Also machte sich Christos auf den Weg und ging durch die Felder. Reihe um Reihe standen die Olivenbäume auf den nach Süden abfallenden Hügeln. Hier und da wuchs Gras zwischen ihnen. Christos liebte diese Bäume und er liebte die Arbeit mit ihnen. Seine erste Erinnerung war, wie er Oliven vom Boden gesammelt hatte, die bei der Ernte aus den Netzen gefallen waren. Sein Vater hatte ihm alles beigebracht und sie hatten fast über nichts anderes gesprochen. Christos‘ erster Sohn war unter den Bäumen gezeugt worden. An einem so warmen Tag, wie diesem.

Mit einem Mal wurde er aus seinen Gedanken gerissen. Dort war etwas. Dort zwischen den Stämmen. Es glänzte in der Sonne und war auf den Grashalmen, aber auch auf dem Boden verteilt.

Christos wusste sofort, was es war und ohne zu überlegen, entsicherte er seine Waffe und nahm sie von der Schulter. Es war Blut. Dort war eine Blutspur auf dem Boden und auch wenn er kein Fachmann war, wusste er, als er sah, dass es sich nicht um ein paar Tropfen handelte, sondern um eine Spur, die sich nach Süden hin wie eine breite Linie entlang zog, dass es kein kleines Lebewesen gewesen sein konnte, das hier entlanggekommen oder gezogen worden war. Die Stille umfing ihn jetzt ganz, Christos hörte nur noch sein Herz schlagen, als er geduckt durch die Baumreihen schritt und der Spur folgte.

Dann, sie machte gerade eine Kehrtwende nach Osten, sah er etwas. Dort lag ein großes Lebewesen. Nein, es war nicht das Opfer. Dort lag etwas unter den Bäumen und schlief. Christos konnte hören, dass es leise schnarchte. Es war das Brummen eines großen Tieres, einer großen Katze, und jetzt sah er, dass das, was er für dunkles, getrocknetes Gras gehalten hatte, eine Mähne war.

Inmitten seines Olivenhaines lag ein Löwe und schlief.

Christos machte keinen Laut. Unbeweglich stand er da und schaute auf das riesige Tier herab. Vielleicht war es die Perspektive oder die Überraschung, aber dieser Löwe sah um einiges größer aus als diejenigen, die er aus dem Zoo kannte. Sein Fell war makellos golden, darunter spannten sich die Muskeln, die Mähne war dunkel, voll und groß, der Körper geschmeidig und gut genährt. Christos spürte das schnelle Aufflackern einer Erkenntnis, die ihm sagte, wie schön der Löwe war.

Dieses Betrachten war nur ein kurzer Moment und dann, Schritt für Schritt, bewegte sich Christos langsam und so geräuschlos wie möglich rückwärts und von dem Tier weg. Er war weder ein Dummkopf noch ein Feigling. Und er war vor allem kein Jäger. Bisher hatte er das Gewehr nur zum Vertreiben verwendet, nur einmal hatte er auf ein Reh geschossen. Und nicht getroffen. Wie erlegt man einen Löwen? Was würde geschehen, wenn er schoss und nicht traf? Oder, noch viel schlimmer, was würde geschehen, wenn er traf, den Löwen aber nur verwundete? Das Gewehr schien in seinen Händen zu schrumpfen. Es wirkte angesichts des riesigen Tieres lächerlich klein.

War es denn überhaupt seine Aufgabe, einen Löwen zu erlegen? Sollte er nicht vielmehr jemanden rufen, der sich damit auskannte? Sein Sohn hätte wohl geschossen, er jedoch nicht und nur ganz kurz spürte er instinktiv Erleichterung, dass sein Sohn heute nicht hier oben gewesen war, sondern Niko. Was für ein schlimmer Gedanken und zum Glück keiner, der ihm bewusst gekommen war.

Langsam schlich Christos zurück. Er wagte nicht schnell zu gehen und er wagte auch nicht, das Handy zu benutzen. Jedes Geräusch könnte den Jäger wecken, der dort unten schlief.

Mit einem Mal wirkte der Rückweg schrecklich lang, die Reihen der Bäume kamen ihm viel mehr vor und die Furcht vor dem goldenen Augenpaar, das ihn fixierte, kribbelte in seinem Rücken. Doch alles blieb ruhig. Noch. Eben, als er gerade das Haus zwischen den Bäumen sah, hörte er hinter sich ein Brüllen, das den ganzen Olivenhain erzittern ließ.

Ohne zu überlegen, rannte Christos los. Er war nicht mehr so schnell wie früher und der Hang wirkte in den letzten Jahren steiler als in den Jahren zuvor, doch Christos lief weiter, auch wenn seine Lungen schon nach kurzer Zeit brannten und seine Beinmuskeln wütend protestierten. Er war überzeugt, dass der Löwe kommen würde.

Und er kam.

Als Christos gerade die letzte Baumreihe hinter sich gelassen hatte, hörte er es hinter sich knacken und rascheln. In langen Sätzen sprang der Löwe den Hang hinauf und seine Augen taten genau das, wovor sich Christos eben noch so gefürchtet hatte. Sie fixierten ihn, ohne zu blinzeln, ohne ein einziges Mal zur Seite zu weichen. Christos‘ Stolpern war das exakte Gegenteil der eleganten Sätze seines Verfolgers und als er hörte, wie der Löwe auf Sand aufsetzte, ebenfalls die letzte Baumreihe hinter sich gelassen hatte, da wusste er, dass er den Wagen, der fast direkt vor ihm stand, nicht rechtzeitig erreichen würde.

Ohne zu überlegen, wirbelte er herum, das Gewehr im Anschlag. Was sollte er anders tun? Er fiel nach hinten, auf den Pick Up zu. Und der Löwe, der bereits zum Sprung angesetzt hatte, war fast genau über ihm. Christos Zeigefinger zog den Abzug voll durch und das Gewehr krachte und die Wucht des Rückstoßes riss ihm das Gewehr aus den Händen. Doch dann geschah etwas vollkommen Unmögliches. In diesem Moment, als der Löwe über ihm war und die Welt sich wie in Zeitlupe weiterbewegte, sah Christos ganz deutlich, wie das Projektil auf die Brust des Tieres traf und ohne einen Kratzer zu hinterlassen von dem Fell abprallte.

Ja, das Fell blieb unversehrt, doch die Kraft des Aufpralls reichte, um den Löwen im Flug aus seiner Flugbahn zu reißen. Unkontrolliert krachte er gegen den Wagen und fiel zur Seite. Christos rappelte sich auf. Er hatte nur diese eine Chance. Wenn der Löwe wieder auf seinen Füßen war, dann würde er seine Beute erlegen. Der alte Mann riss die Tür seines Wagens auf und in dem Moment, in dem der Löwe wieder stand, war Christos in seinem Pick Up und als die Tür zu fiel, krachte der Kopf des Tieres gegen sie. Christos war in Sicherheit.

Für einen kurzen Moment saß Christos da und starrte auf den Löwen wie gelähmt. Das Gewehr hatte ihn nicht verletzt. Aus nächster Nähe hatte das Projektil das Fell nicht durchdringen können, auch wenn die Wucht so groß war, dass das Geschoss den Löwen umgerissen hatte. Wieder war Christos ein Kind, wieder war er mit seinem Vater im Olivenhain und er hörte, deutlich, wie damals, die Geschichte von der ersten Aufgabe des Herakles, dem Erlegen des Nemeischen Löwen, eines riesigen Ungeheuers in Löwengestalt, das in dem Landstrich gelebt haben soll, in dem sich Christos genau jetzt befand, in seinem Olivenhain, östlich des heutigen Nemea.

Nein, es konnte nicht sein. Und doch hatte er mit eigenen Augen gesehen, was eigentlich unmöglich war. Er suchte nach seinem Handy, doch es war nicht mehr in seiner Jacke und auch nicht mehr im Wagen. Wahrscheinlich lag es neben dem Auto oder darunter.

Der Löwe strich erst um das Auto herum, beschnupperte es und dann, als würde er wissen, was dies für ein Ding und dass er mit seiner Beute allein war, entfernte er sich etwas und stellte sich auf die Straße, der einzigen Straße, die vom Olivenhain herabführte. Dort stand er und sah Christos mit seinen goldenen Augen an. Christos sah die riesigen Tatzen des Tieres, die breiten Schultern und die wilde Mähne.

Sie sahen sich an. Löwe und Mensch. Christos wusste, der Löwe würde nicht weichen. Sein Blick ließ keine andere Lesart zu. Ganz langsam ging Christos‘ Hand zum Zündschlüssel. Er war kein Herakles, doch er kannte die Geschichte. Das undurchdringliche Fell machte den Nemischen Löwen der Legende nach nicht unsterblich und schließlich wurde er vom großen Helden erdrosselt.

Christos war nicht stark genug dafür, doch vielleicht war der Wagen in der Lage, den Weg freizumachen und dann trat Christos das Gaspedal voll durch. Die ganze Zeit über hatten sie sich angestarrt und nun, da der Wagen auf ihn zuraste, trat der Löwe nicht zur Seite. Noch immer die Augen auf seine Beute geheftet, sprang er voran und auf das Auto zu. Dann setzte er an zum Angriff an mit einem Satz, der ihn über die Motorhaube katapultieren würde. Doch Christos wich nicht aus, sondern ließ den Wagen, über hundert Pferdestärken, wie einen Rammbock auf den Löwen zuschießen.

Der Aufprall hallte weit über das Land, als Mythos und Maschine aufeinandertrafen.

#dortmund #michael volmer #irrlichter #sieben Türen #das Dunkle im Innern #Trilogie #autor #buch #book #mutter

0 notes

iriskrane · 2 years

Photo

Commander Volmer

#art #myart #artists on tumblr #traditional art #ball point pen #Graphite Pencil #Floraverse #Floraverse Far Flung Future #Scam Calls #Commander Volmer #Painted Alligator #Tempora Army #2021 #November #07/11/2021 #Flora #time travel #furry #furry art

0 notes

mightymizora · 5 months

Text

Let’s try this again

#Jason Isaacs #reblog for a larger sample size #and for somebody to tell me where that gif was from I need it

48 notes · View notes

beatle-stories333 · 2 months

Text

#the baby george #george harrison #baby boy #jürgen volmer #hamburg

17 notes · View notes

ultraericthered · 10 days

Text

Assorted Dragon Ball Dub VA Thoughts

I do not like Ian James Corlett's take on Son Goku. Disrespectful as that may sound seeing as he was the original English VA for the character, I just think he brought the wrong energy, wrong tone, wrong inflections, and just wrong portrayal to the role. He made Goku sound like a mature, macho superhero, and that had a negative effect on how Peter Kelamis and Sean Schemmel had to perform the role when they took over for Ian. Everything uncharacteristic about Goku in the early dubs can be traced back to Ian's portrayal of him.

The big three English voices for Goku to me are Sean Schemmel, Peter Kelamis, and Kirby Morrow. Schemmel is easily the most iconic and recognizable, and he really made the role his own as he improved over the years, Kelamis' portrayal of Goku in the Pioneer dubs of the first three movies is as close to a dead ringer to Masako Nozawa in English (but from a male VA) as you could ask for, and I think the late Kirby Morrow, who took over from Kelamis in the Westwood dub, was the only VA for Goku from the Ocean Group to get the character down right in the show itself, doing less of the cheesy hero shtick. All of them work really well for Adult Goku.

For Kid Goku, however? Sorry, but I can hear literally no one else but Stephanie Nadolny in that role. No one else even comes close. Her rough voice and delivery of her performance was just pitch perfect.

Bulma's best dub VA is still Tiffany Volmer, who never gave a poor, half-assed performance in the role except for her debut outing in Season 3 (which was just cringe). Monica Rial comes in as a close second but the trouble with her is that when she needs to get comically frantic and really emote, she sounds very immediately recognizable as a Monica Rial performance, whereas Volmer always sounded more unique. Three other Bulma VAs that go overlooked are Lalaina Lindjberg, Maggie Blue O'Hara, and Wendee Lee. Lalaina's Bulma is underappreciated, as it was very fitting and well acted. Maggie's Bulma sounds the most "real" out of all the Bulma voices, but in that movie dub she sort of underperformed compared to how she could've (think Lime) and she should not have been brought back in the Westwood dub. And with Wendee Lee, I just find it funny that she technically was the first to do Bulma in English for the lost Harmony Gold dub and then reprised the role many, many years later in the short lived Bang Zoom dub of Dragon Ball Super.

Gohan's a complicated case for me, since unlike Kid Goku, I was never big on how Stephanie Nadolny voiced Kid Gohan - she undersold everything during the Season 3 dub and then was too try-hard in the redub and every reprisal. I greatly preferred Saffron Henderson and Colleen Clinkenbeard's more natural takes. However, Nadolny absolutely killed it as young Teen Gohan in the Cell Saga, to the point where every other VA to perform the role during those events just will not sound right. As for older Gohan, while I love the way Kyle Hebert does him, Chris Hackney in the Bang Zoom Super dub was almost just as good. Brad Swaile in the Westwood dub and even Lex Lang in the US release of Final Bout showed potential too.

I always liked Terry Klassen's Krillin in a semi-ironic way. Like, he had a naturally fitting voice for the character but often overacted like crazy and made him hard to take seriously. Sonny Strait, like most, started off a weak replacement in Season 3, but nowadays? He IS Krillin. He breathes so much life and likability into the character and for years I'd believed Sony would never have a role that could match or surpass it...until a certain yellow octopus teacher came along. While I also like how Mike Thiessen and Brian Beacock approached the role, they fail to stand out when stacked against Sony's take. Also, major props to Laurie Steele as Kid Krillin - her voice for him sounds exactly like a kid who'd grow up into Sonny Strait's Krillin.

Scott McNeil and Chris Sabat are both hailed as the best VAs for Piccolo by many, and I'd say that's right....but Sabat himself has gone on record to say that he believes his Piccolo is utterly dwarfed by Scott's even now, so I'm sort of inclined to believe him. Solid as Sabat's Piccolo has become, there's just this gruff, gravelly, badass quality to Scott's Piccolo that just cannot be matched. Aside from them, Dan Woren and Ray Chase were fitting VA picks for Piccolo (though Woren was sadly misdirected given where he featured in), and you just gotta have a soft spot for Paul Bandey as Big Green!

Chris Sabat was, however, the best voice for Demon King Piccolo in the Dragon Ball dub, which helped make his Piccolo Jr. better.

Vegeta....is a toughie. Chris Sabat was horrid as the character in Season 3, showed improvement in Season 4, came into his own in Season 5 onward but also sounded awful in the redub and phoned it in for a lot of his subsequent outings, and then ever since dubbing Kai, he's been excellent enough to secure his place as the definitive English voice of Vegeta. Like, his Kai and post-Kai performances are objectively the best Vegeta has ever sounded in Western dubs, he just embodies the role so much. ...And yet, whenever I think back to or revisit the first two DBZ sagas, it is exceedingly difficult for me to get Brian Drummond's Vegeta out of my head. The nostalgia is a large part of that, but on its own merits, Brian's Vegeta was just so deliciously sinister sounding and oozing with underlining arrogance and spiteful fury that made Vegeta seem so intimidating. This is the guy who made "OVER NINE THOUSAAAND!" and "MY WRAAATH!" so unforgettable! He did fine, if not a touch weaker, in the Westwood dub as well, though by the Buu Saga I definitely prefer Sabat's take. The only other English VA to come close to these two would be Kaiji Tang in Bang Zoom's Super dub, but even that's mainly due to him strongly channeling Sabat into his Archer-esque vocal portrayal.

Linda Young's Freeza remains iconic for many, and I will say that I can't pass any blame on her for having been in the role and any missteps she might've committed in it, as she was cast to be a soundalike replacement for the late (and sadly miscast) Pauline Newstone. I will also say that in her first five years voicing the part, from 1999 to 2004, her Freeza sounded pretty great and she was skillful at voicing the character as it had been translated. In Season 3 she'd been the highlight and its sole shining instance of competent voice acting, giving Freeza different, fitting voices for all his forms and nailing the character's sadistic evilness in spite of the scripts feeding her some truly horrendous dialogue. However, by 2005 and the redubbing of the Namek/Freeza sagas, Linda had, for whatever reason, decided to start voicing Freeza in this "tranny granny" voice, like a high pitched, chainsmoking old diva with obnoxious line reads and screams like Rita Repulsa, and the voice directors just...let her do that. And this was especially harmful for Freeza in his final form, as the voice acting did not match the character as depicted in any way whatsoever. Her being recast for Kai was a not pre-planned thing, but I was and still am so relieved it happened. It's what had to be done and indeed what should have been done a long time back.

The late, great Christopher Ayres is bar none the best dub VA for Freeza. He redefined how the character would sound like in English, delivering a take on him faithful to Ryusei Nakao's original portrayal while also making enough distinctions to stand on its own. While Ayres is still greatly missed in general and his passing was a huge loss for the industry, it wasn't a huge loss for the role of Freeza since Daman Mills is freakishly beyond brilliant at recapturing that voice and doing similar performances to carry on that legacy, so we are so fortunate to have him. Beyond them, the only other offical dub voice for Freeza to even begin to match up would be Derek Stephen Prince doing his Vexen voice for the character in Bang Zoom's Super dub.

Cell's an interesting case where all dub VAs to do Imperfect Cell sound alike and all suit him well, but for Semi-Perfect Cell, Travis Willingham surpassed Dameon Clarke in how he performed the voice prior to Clarke's reprisals starting with Kai, where he improved the Semi-Perfect Cell voice to stack up to how Travis did it. And Perfect Cell? Dameon Clarke stands alone there, unmatched. He is perfect!

Both Josh Martin and Scott McNeil give portrayals of Mr. Buu that work for his character. The same can't be said of Corby Proctor's strange Jar Jar-Gollum hybrid voice, and Spike Spencer trying way too hard yet failing to come off as convincing.

Justin Cook's initial outing as Super Buu was...off. He just sounded way too scary and ominous for a character who's supposed to be not just demonic, but savage, brutish, and petulant. Brian Dobson in the Westwood dub actually played the part better. But in practically every reprisal, especially by Kai, Justin proved able to easily match that.

Am I the only one who has a hard time stomaching Eric Vale as Future Trunks these days? From his first shot at the role all the way to the Kai dub, he absolutely nailed the character and endeared him to so many fans with his emotional performances, but afterwards he started making the voice way too gruff and snarly and it's made Trunks harder and harder to take seriously. I don't think he's no longer capable of doing Trunks as good as he used to since other roles like Yuki Sohma suggest that he still could, so I don't know what he's going for anymore. Sean Chiplock sadly never got the chance to go into more Trunks material since Bang Zoom's Super dub lasted those first two sagas, but I think he'd sound a lot better in the role.

Master Roshi had a great VA for him for Funimation's initial dub of Dragon Ball in Michael Donovan, and it's weird that he was never brought back for DBZ. Out of the other Ocean Group VAs to voice him, I only really liked Don Brown in The World's Strongest - Ian James Corlett, Peter Kelamis, and Terry Klassen never sounded right and were never convincing. Mike McFarland IS Master Roshi in English: he did a good job crafting the character's voice and playing the part from the start, and by the second, full dub of Dragon Ball and going onward he's just nailed it, sounding more and more natural in the role the more he himself ages. He gives the character so much charm, humor, and stern seriousness when needed that it almost, almost, makes his dated old pervert shtick easy to overlook! The only other good Roshi voice is Kirk Thornton is the Bang Zoom Super dub, but even he can't quite hold a candle to McFarland's iconic take.

Chi Chi has mostly had fine VAs whose portrayls of her have worked for what the character calls for. Of particular note are Carol Anne Day, Lisa Ann Bailey, Lara Sadiq, Nicole Oliver, and Cynthia Cranz.

I only really like Dave "Squatch" Ward and Dave Petit as the Ox King. Kyle Hebert's not awful or anything, but his Ox King never sounded natural. Best you can say is that it's better than Mark Britten's take.

Likewise I only really like Elan Ross Gibson and Linda Young as Fortuneteller Baba (who had some male VAs voicing her a lot for whatever reason?), and only Brian Drummond and Mike McFarland for Yajirobe, though with a bias towards Drummond in the latter role since he got it down earlier and his delivery was more memorable. And I will remain forever insistent that Yajirobe is a Chris Sabat role he never got. Sabat's Kuwabara voice seems meant for the part!

It seems to be an unpopular opinion but I preferred Ward Perry to Dale Wilson as Kami Sama. And Dale was very good as Kami, mind you, but Ward Perry just has a natural gravitas in his voice and carries an aged god-like quality that makes his Kami voice my favorite. Third place goes to Chris Sabat, as it should be a natural choice to have Kami and Piccolo share a VA, but it took until the dub of Kai for Sabat to get it down. Beforehand, his Kami was too wheezy and like a younger man doing a weak impression of an old man.

I prefer Chris Casan to Chris Sabat as Mr. Popo, but prefer Alvin Sanders to them both. Sanders is the only VA to give that odd looking caricature any dignity, and him actually being black helped as well.

I will freely admit that Don Brown remains the definitive King Kai voice in my mind, as he most effectively balanced silly clownishness with an aged wisdom and dignity to him. Dean Galloway in the Blue Water GT dub and Michael McConnohie in the Bang Zoom Super dub are also excellent, with the latter sounding the most like the OG Japanese voice for Kai. Sean Schemmel....I've gotten used to his King Kai and he performs the part more competently nowadays when compared to how he started, but I still think the voice he goes for is just not what the character called for. It sounds too stupid, everyone has made fun of it. I mean, on literally day one of that early Captain Ginyu: Double Cross VHS release back in 1999, the friend who lent it to me had to warn me that this stupid voice was coming! That out of all the poor replacement Funimation voices, it had to be singled out as being particularly awful! So it's bizarre Sean's still kept with it.

Ward Perry and Chris Rager are the only good King Yamma voices.

Young Andrew Francis was the best and most natural voice for Young Dende, but Maxey Whitehead is definitely the next best thing. While Laura Bailey's Dende was well acted, the voice she used couldn't really disguise the fact that Dende's being voiced by a girl, unlike her Kid Trunks. The less said about Ceyli Juliann Delgadillo, the better. As for older Dende, only Justin Cook does it great.

Only Bill Jenkins got Grand Elder Guru down right. Robert O Smith's creepy Alfred Hitchcock voice didn't fit the large elderly Namekian and didn't even sound weary enough. Chris Sabat sounded more weary in Season 3 but was clearly a fake old man voice that didn't require much from him, and he sounded a lot worse in reprisals.

Chris Rager is Hercule Satan. It's the role that literally launched his career as a voice acting and he's never missed a beat in reprisals of the character. Jamieson Price in the Bang Zoom Super dub fits him very well too, even if he's naturally easily eclipsed by Rager. While I could get what Don Brown was going for with his take, I just don't like the performance - we all know the Ocean VA who should voice Mr. Satan is Trevor Devall, but that Kai dub they did was never released so we'll never know if he ended up doing it or not. And Dave Petit as Mr. Satan is such a massive letdown. You'd expect the dub VA for Master Asia to easily nail Mr. Satan, and yet he gave us THAT???

Kara Edwards is definitively Videl. She did great as her voice since she started voicing the role and has only gotten better by Kai. Monica Stori in the Westwood dub isn't bad per say, but I feel Myriam Sirois would've been the more obvious and better casting choice there. Erika Harlacher was spot on casting for the character but was sadly hampered by Super's lackluster Videl-in-name-only material.

I could never quite buy Laura Bailey's Erasa, as she sounded like a sweet Girl Next Door trying too hard to sound like a ditzy diva. Kelly Sheridan pulled off her voice more naturally in the Westwood dub, but Alexis Tipton in the Kai dub is easily the best of the bunch.

Bradford Jackson is the definitive Oolong voice, and it shouldn't even be close, yet Bryan Massey, Richard Newman, and surprisingly even Ray Chase give surprisingly close enough to match his portrayal. The only real opinion I can give is that as much as I enjoy Massey in the role, I think that after Jackson left the second time, they should've given the role to Jeremy Schwartz, who's an even closer soundalike.

Once he finally shook off the absurd Harvey Fierstein impression that Paul Dobson originated, Chris Sabat has played the best Korin. Roger Rhodes, Paul Bandey, and Theodore Lehmann also have very fitting voices for the old cat and they work in their own ways. Ted Cole is by far the most baffling to me, as he opted to play Korin like Garfield even though he was coming off of Dobson's Fierstein voice, creating a huge whiplash in what's meant to be the same character.

Speaking of Ted Cole, though, his Yamcha is still my personal favorite voice for the character. Sabat's Yamcha is fitting too, but can also grate on you after a while and it's more than a bit awkward to have Yamcha and Vegeta voiced by the same person. The other best sounding Yamcha would be Grant George in the Bang Zoom dub.

For whatever reason, Tienshinhan has barely recieved a good dub voice. John Burgmeier stands out as easily the best of the bunch, though Brendan Hunter and (yet again) Ray Chase are good as well.

Chuck Huber is the definitive Emperor Pilaf and I will accept no substitutes. Not even Don Brown, Dean Galloway, or Tom Fahn.

Kent Williams is easily the best Tao Pai Pai, but Doug McKeag in the Blue Water dub did a fittingly menacing yet campy take on him as well. Scott McNeil in the Westwood dub of DBZ is also entertaining to listen to, but giving an oriential dressed character with an oriental sounding name a Russian accent was...questionable.

While the older dub for Mystical Adventure is pretty cringe on the whole, it featured easily the most fitting vocal performance for Master Shen the Crane Hermit from the late, great Robert Axelrod. The only VA who comes even close to comparing would be Clark Robertson in the Blue Water dub. Chuck Huber comes in third place here, I never much liked his Shen, especially compared to his Pilaf.

Jason Gray Standford and Justin Cook have both given us equally perfect vocal portrayals of Raditz. Likewise, Michael Dobson and Phil Parsons are both solid as Nappa, though here I'd say the latter gets a definite edge over the former since he plays the role straight as the cruel, brutish and imposing Saiyan commando Nappa is meant to be, whereas Dobson delivered a lot of his lines in too juvenille a way.

Dodoria's voices in the Funimation dubs all work for him, but John Swasey is especially well cast as he effortlessly bridged the divide between the higher, raspy take by Paul Dobson and the deeper, throatier take by Chris Forbis into one pitch perfect voice.

J. Michael Tatum is the only VA for Zarbon who was just flawless in his approach and performances, so it sucks that he parted with the role once Mira became his main DB role to voice. Paul Dobson also did a kickass job, giving Zarbon a more masculine characterization than I think would be expected of him, though the Australian accent was certainly a choice. Chris Sabat has been all over the place here - he did a spot on Paul Dobson impression in Season 3 but then settled into a more refined, vaguely British sounding voice until suddenly he began doing his flamboyant, campy Ayame Sohma shtick for Zarbon and it sounded awful and ill-fitting. Now that he's got the role again he's notably improved once more, retaining the Ayame voice but changing up the delivery so that we buy Zarbon is actually taking shit seriously and so we're able to take him seriously.

The ideal lineup for the Ginyu Force would be Brice Armstrong as Ginyu, Vic Mignogna as Burter, Chris Sabat as Jeice, David Kaye as Recoome, and Terry Klassen as Guldo, as those were all the best fits for those characters. For Ginyu I also love Richard Newman, Richard Epcar, and R. Bruce Elliot's versions - Dale Kelly is the only one who flat out sucked, as he was horrendously misdirected and sounded like a generic big dumb goon or an evil Popeye the Sailor Man. Don Brown was a good establishing voice for Burter, and while Vic can no longer voice him for obvious reasons, I'm glad Sabat is doing better in channeling him rather than Mark Britten, who was the worst Burter. While I like Scott McNeil and Ernesto Jason Liebrecht's Jeices in their series' better than Sabat's, Sabat as Space Australia Jeice in all the video games has been the most entertaining. Obviously David Kaye's original Recoome can never quite be measured up to, but as of the Kai dub Chris Sabat finally found his footing with the role rather than doing a bad attempt at Kaye, a weird Schwarzenegger voice, or a painfully unfunny blithering retard stereotype voice like before. And while Bill Townsley did alright as Guldo, I think Greg Ayres really refined and perfected the whiney froggy voice he was going for.

Jason Douglas is the only VA to get King Cold down pat. Bradford Jackson's approach was a bit too literal-minded in sounding like a posh, faygala king and then transitioning 100% into a threatening thug when swinging the sword at Trunks. Michael Dobson just sounded like a generic evil brute. Douglas gets down the king quality, the cold quality, and the subtle menace all in a fairly deep voice that's just deep enough and aged enough to perfectly suit the character.

On the Androids...obviously Todd Haberkorn was best suited for 19 seeing as the competition was a high pitched racist stereotype voice speaking in monotone and Cathy Weseluck trying way too hard to sound like a big dumb fatso. Both Kent Williams and Brian Dobson were stellar as 20/Dr. Gero, but the former became especially suitable for the role with each reprisal of it he's done. It's no contest with 16, as even before his improvement for Kai and beyond, Jeremy Inman's voice fit better than Scott McNeil's overly done giant voice. And while Chuck Huber and Meredith McCoy are the most iconic and perfectly suited for 17 and 18, I think all the VAs to for the characters did good enough jobs, including Colleen Clinkenbeard's 18 in Kai.

Duncan Brannan did the best Babidi, it's not even remotely close.

Beerus and Whis are simply owned by Jason Douglas and Ian Sinclair, though I don't think John DeMita and Doug Erholtz in the Bang Zoom dub were awful, they just could've been directed better.

Champa, meanwhile, is a case where the short-lived Bang Zoom dub actually managed to outdo Funimation. Kirk Thornton fits Champa's appearance and personality better than Ernesto Jason Liebrecht, and it's not even close, though Caitlin Glass and Tamara Ryan do come close to each other as Vados: their voices and tone are both perfect.

James Marsters as Zamasu is just...if anything sells Zamasu as one of the all-time greats of villainy in Dragon Ball, that casting does.

I slightly prefer Don Brown as Garlic Jr. (his monologue upon gaining immortality really clinches it for me), but Chuck Huber also put in a tremendous effort to bring life to the role so that he seems a bit more than just a throwaway filler villain. Should he ever resurface, I think Bill Townsley ought to have a crack at voicing him, as his Babidi voice was closer to Huber's Garlic than to Duncan Brannan's Babidi.

Dr. Wheelo has three VAs and rather curiously falls into the exact same situation as the three VAs for Andross of Star Fox - one of them (R. Bruce Elliot) fits a big scary villain but doesn't carry much of an old scientist quality to him, while another (Douglas Rand) sounds like a mad scientist but carries virtually no menace in his acting. And then there's the one, Ward Perry, who gets it down juuuust right.

Turles is another great Ward Perry villain role, though more so in the uncut Pioneer release dub than the TV dub where he put on what sounded like a forced impression of Brian Drummond's Vegeta. Chris Patton didn't really carry the same quality to his take on Turles in the redub, but in the games to feature Turles afterwards, especially by Xenoverse 2, he's become just as definitive a Turles voice as Ward.

Jonny Yong Bosch as Broly > Vic Mignogna as Broly, come at me, but I'm right. Also, Paul Bandey was actually the significantly better (and more entertaining) fit for Paragus in the Big Green dub of Movie 8, but the more aged Dameon Clarke fit Super's Paragus far better.

This doesn't seem the common opinion, but for the GT version of Pan I think Caitlynne Medrek of the Blue Water dub > Elise Baughman of the Funimation dub. She sounds closer to the character's age and doesn't deliver most of her lines like she's half-yawning all the time. Similarly, Carol Anne Day > Amber Cotton as Valese in that show. You just can't go wrong with Carol Anne Day!

Bura, meanwhile, is a case of when the English VAs get better and better. Parisa Fakhri had a decent voice but was a notably wooden voice actress who never really committed to selling her characters. Leda Davies in the Blue Water dub had more energy and I'd argue she fit Bura better than she ever fit Bulma. Brina Palencia took over from Parisa for a cameo in Budokai Tenkaichi 2, delivering a similar voice saying more competently acted lines. Lauren Landa, who's been Bulla ever since the end of Kai, is easily the best Bura voice, as she gets down the right voice, right energy, and right line reads.

Lastly, let's talk about the Dragon himself. Don Brown, Chris Sabat, and Dave Petit are all top tier voices for Shenron, all making him sound believable as a mighty, magical wish-granting dragon diety. Sabat has become easily the most iconic out of them and he does wonderfully....but my personal favorite remains Don Brown. Partly because of that growl he has that's very Tiger Head Cave from Aladdin sounding and befitting a dragon, but also partly because it's Don Brown. Look at his resume, particularly as DB characters like many mentioned on here, and would you ever guess that was him?

#Dragon Ball #Dragon Ball Z #Dragon Ball GT #Dragon Ball Super #anime #voice acting #opinion

6 notes · View notes