I wonder if they were trying to say that this is the first animated series with a lead trans character voiced by a trans VA.
On another note, Shona being completely proud of her body and not caring about changes after only six months of hormones seems a bit odd.
Of all the trans people I've ever known, I can think of very few who felt no anxiety regarding their body. In fact, I would say the majority felt a
lot of anxiety - regarding their voice, their height, weight, how long the electrolysis took to deal with their facial hair - and most of all, whether or not they passed in public. And let's not forget the mood swings - the result of oestrogen and testosterone battling it out within the transgendered person's body. So when I read Hayden Black's claim to have researched the character Shona Sommers by talking to trans people - I call bullshit. I mean, for God's sake - take a good look at the trans person he seems to have constantly at his side - the trans person on whom he clearly based his character. Then tell me this person feels "proud in her own body".
If I looked like that, I'd buy a circular saw and apply it to the bottom quarter of my face.
So on that Reddit thread linked a while back, someone made a very good point about Shona's voice:
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Yeah, what
is up with that?
If the gay guy voice is the only voice Julie can do, that most likely means she hasn't invested the time or effort to go into voice-coaching. This seems like a really lazy move for someone who is aspiring to be a professional voice-actor. Admittedly this is all pure conjecture, but considering all the high bar of quality that has already been set for Gen Zed- something like this wouldn't surprise me.
Yes, voice coaching can work wonders. And yet...while I want to be charitable and say she maybe simply hasn't been able to afford it, I can't shake the nagging suspicion that Goldstein is intent on sticking it to a CISGENDERED SHITLORD PATRIARCHY by
refusing to get voice coaching. Why, you ask?Because she's a PROUD TRANS WOMYN who
refuses to submit to notions of female beauty created by WHITE CISHET SHITLORD SCUM. She's
proud of her non-binary facial hair! She's
proud of her oh-so-feminine lazy eye! And she will never, I repeat,
never be dissuaded from flaunting her hot trans chin in the face of you CISHET PATRIARCHAL SHITLORDS!
Lotta money being poured into promotions. Con panels, merch...
Has there been anything that rivals this amount of whoring before something ever came out?