#allura brooks

[solonelyyoon]

kinda sad

[fire-of-the-sun]

Okay, so I was watching this panel again for fun and when Kimberly is asked if Allura has the power to bring people back to life at 40:00, AJ makes a face and immediately looks to Kimberly who pauses for a moment and shares a long, pondering look with him across the table to which he smiles and replies with a laugh: “Don’t look at me. We are but puppets.”

Maybe I’m just reading into it or maybe this has already been discussed years ago, but why would they have this exchange if the question had nothing to do with Lotor/AJ? Could this be hinting at the theorized original storyline in S8 where Allura essentially brings Lotor back from being trapped eternally as a robeast? Or is this interaction merely a coincidence?

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[tea-news101]

There are a number of talented voice actors who are Black women. Some of the notable ones include:

1. Cree Summer: She has voiced numerous characters on popular animated shows such as Elmyra Duff on "Tiny Toon Adventures", Susie Carmichael on "Rugrats" and "All Grown Up!", and Numbuh 5 on "Codename: Kids Next Door".

2. Kimberly Brooks: Best known for providing the voice of Jasper on "Steven Universe", Allura on "Voltron: Legendary Defender", and Stormy on the "Winx Club".

3. Tara Strong: Though not Black, she provided the memorable voice of Dil Pickles in "Rugrats" and she has a diverse range, also voicing characters like Bubbles in "The Powerpuff Girls" and Timmy Turner in "The Fairly OddParents".

4. Regina King: Primarily known for her live-action roles, Regina King provided the voice for both Huey and Riley Freeman on "The Boondocks".

5. Phil LaMarr: Though not a woman, it's worth mentioning Phil LaMarr who, among his many roles, voiced the black character Hermes Conrad on "Futurama".

Now we have new Black queen voice actor on the rise and Terra strong her self said public out loud that she giving this young black voice actor her chance of fame it’s new it’s tea an we can’t wait to see what this young black girl brings to DC

[jasontoddssuper]

...Summer...

You said JenniBat's like Allurance...

...Allura's VA also plays Jennifer? 👀👀👀

Kimberly Brooks as Jennifer 🤝🏼 Barbara Dunkleman as Summer 🤝🏼 Megan Thee Stallion as Artemis

@honeypotsworld @insomniac-jay Any more Outlaws girlies voice claims?

[autisticlancemcclain]

Legit, why would anyone hate Allura? Sure, she’s silly goofy sometimes but we love that about her. We’ve all got issues, people need to stop expecting fictional characters to not have problems.

insofar as i can see the reason is largely misogyny with a dose of racism, internalised or not. and for anyone who’s about to get pissy — i’m not just saying that. i genuinely mean that. the reasons that i’ve heard for people’s genuine hatred of allura are things that most of not all the other characters do, it’s just only bad if allura does it. also, for those of you that are new to the fandom…the vile bullshit that allura the characters and kimberly brooks (her VA) experienced is genuinely disgusting

[voiceactormarchmadness]

E.G. Daily- Notable roles: Tommy Pickles (Rugrats), Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls), Baby Mumble (Happy Feet)

Kimberly Brooks- Notable roles: Princess Allura (Voltron: Legendary Defender), Jasper (Steven Universe), Miriam (Dragon Age: Absolution)

[eaion]

I just wanted to thank you for all the Shiro and Keith content. I didn't watch past S3 of the show, but Shiro is near and dear to my heart, and I smile every time you reblog art of him. ♥️♥️

Omg, Shiro became easily one of my favorite characters of all time! ♡

Fun fact: I didn't even interested in Voltron, I mean, I heard about it - actually I don't remember that any of my mutuals were into it back then in its heydays - I just checked the plot on Google and decided I wasn't interested in it. :D

And then I became into OFMD and someone in some post mentioned that Rhys Darby has been voice acting in that cartoon series and I became curious, and man, he's gorgeous :D, I've read that he won more awards because of it! (He's Coran, btw.) And so I began to watch, because I spent my so called holiday alone in the end of the summer and I loved so so much! Suddenly rewatched it immediately and now I'm on my 2nd rewatch and began to read fanfictions, too (there are so many, high-quality, very good story, I cried a lot ♡)

I love this story and actually also love the voice acting very much, my fav is maybe Allura Kimberly Brooks), then Shiro (Josh Keaton), but all the actors made an incredible job! And yeah, it sits down a bit halfway (nearby the 4th-5th season), but loved it all along, so I think if you have time, definitely worth a watch, you'll get surprises. ^^

(Okay, it's already too much information, I'm glad that you enjoyed the reblogs, Shiro/Keith is my favorite pairing! 🥺❤🖤🥰)

[historyhermann]

Behind the Screen: Black voice actors who bring fictional librarians to life!

From left to right: Harriet D. Foy, Regi Davis, Chris Jai Alex, Ike Imadi, and Kimberly D. Brooks

Part of understanding fictional librarians is understanding those behind the screen, especially when it comes to anime and animation. [1] I plan to do more posts like this if I find additional fictional librarians, so this post is the beginning of what I call the "Behind the Screen" series, hopefully getting some interviews with some of these voice actors too. I'm starting with Black voice actors in this first part of the series.

This post is reprinted from Pop Culture Library Review and Wayback Machine.

About the voice actors

Perhaps the most prominent Black voice of an animated librarian is Harriett D. Foy. She steals the show with the chief librarian of the Stanza, named Clara Rhone in Welcome to the Wayne. Foy is known for roles on Broadway, television, film, regional plays, regional musicals, and concerts. Rhone was her first animated role.

Just as powerful is Ike Amadi, a Nigerian man who voices a librarian named voices Cagliostro in a What If...? episode ("What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?"). Imadi has voiced characters like Agency Boss / Subquatos in Kid Cosmic, Officer Mantus / Platoon Sergeant in Love, Death & Robots, Angor Rot and Detective Scott in Tales of Arcadia, to name a few.

Most curious of all, in terms of Black people voicing animated librarians is Kimberly Brooks, also known as Kimberly D. Brooks. She voices an uptight librarian in a DC Super Hero Girls episode ("#SoulSisters Part 2"). Apart from voicing Elephant Grandma in The Cuphead Show!, she voiced characters such as Sky Young in Arcane, Teela and Eldress in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Skara in The Owl House, Amsaja in Cleopatra in Space, Allura in Voltron: Legendary Defender, young Mari in Vixen, and over 10 characters [2] in Steven Universe and Steven Universe Future, most prominently Jasper.

Other Black voice actors include two Black men: Regi Davis as George and Chris Jai Alex as Lance in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Davis and Alex are seasoned voice actors. Davis has been in countless television, theatre, and film productions. Alex has been working in the entertainment industry since 2005, starting at the bottom. He has voiced at least 40 characters according to Behind the Voice Actors. [3]

About the characters

From left to right: Clara Rhone, O'Bengh, Unnamed librarian, George, and Lance

As I wrote in my review of Welcome to the Wayne, Clara Rhone is one of the "very few librarians of color in popular culture" and works with others at the library, emphasizing the value of these institutions as places of knowledge and understanding. Clara also has a granddaughter named Goodness, who is a library ninja, and is voiced by another Black woman: Charnele Crick.

Just as striking of a character is Cagliostro in What If...?. As I wrote in my review of that episode, he masquerades under the name "O'Bengh," and runs the Lost Library of Cagliostro, a library-temple. He tries to the best of his ability to help Doctor Strange, as he "grows out of control." He attempts to warn Strange but is unsuccessful and ends up dying in the library, taking on a number of roles in the episode at the same time: all-knowing person, a medic, and a sorcerer, while happening to be the only librarian. It is unfortunate that he is never shown outside the library.

The librarian that Brooks voices is interesting, as the unnamed librarian in the DC Super Hero Girls episode is uptight. I suppose this makes the character interesting and gives more life to it, but the character is very stereotypical and straight-lace. She voices two characters in that episode: Bumblebee and the Librarian, according to IMDB. One day, if possible, I'd like to ask her about that character.

Then there's George and Lance in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Both call themselves historians but they run a family library. They help the protagonists Adora, Glimmer, and Bow translate an ancient message and keep their library open for as long as they can, before abandoning it. Even then, they provide vital information which helps Adora and her friends stop the vile Horde from destroying the world and universe.

© 2022 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[1] Not profiled in this series is Emilio Estevez (who voiced Stewart Goodson), Jeffrey Wright (who voiced Mr. Anderson), and Jena Malone (who voiced Myra) in The Public. For Malone, also see her Facebook and Instagram pages here and here. I also cannot include the 30 webcomic characters I have included on my "List of fictional librarians" page, nor the unnamed librarians in a Revolutionary Girl Utena episode ("The Sunlit Garden – Prelude"), the Black male librarian in a We Bare Bears episode ("Our Stuff"), Isomura in Let's Make a Mug Too episode ("The Garden of Sky and Wind") as her voice actress is not known. Voice actors of the librarian in Steven Universe episode ("Buddy's Book"), Librarian in Futurama episode ("The Day the Earth Stood Stupid"), Librarian in Zevo-3 episode ("Zevo-3"), librarians in The Simpsons, librarian in Martin Mystery episode ("Return of the Dark Druid"), librarian in Martin Mystery episode ("The Warlock Returns"), unnamed librarians in Phineas and Ferb episode (“Dude, We’re Getting the Band Back Together”), another librarian in Martin Mystery episode ("Return of the Dark Druid"), librarian in Amphibia episode ("True Colors"), Arlene in Phineas & Ferb episode ("Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo"), Librarian in Bob's Burgers episode ("Y Tu Ga-Ga Tina Tambien"), librarian in Phineas & Ferb episode ("The Doonkelberry Imperative"), and a librarian in The Flintstones episode ("The Hit Songwriter") are also not known. Also, librarian in Teen Titans Go! episode ("Magic Man") of Azarath Public Library and Little Squeak in Colonel Bleep do not have any voices either. It is further not known who voiced librarian in Courage the Cowardly Dog episode ("Wrath of the Librarian"), librarian in Uncle Grandpa episode ("Back to the Library"), the librarian in Beavis and Butt-Head episode ("Cyber-Butt"), Violet Stanhope and Ms. Herrera in the Archie's Weird Mysteries episode ("The Haunting of Riverdale"),  Miss Dickens in Carl Squared episode ("Carl's Techno-Jinx"), or Mrs. Shusher in The Replacements episode ("Quiet Riot").

[2] Jasper, Cherry Quartz, Superfan Rose, Shy Rose, Hippy Rose, Angel Aura Quartz, Zebra Jasper, Ocean Jasper (2), Flint, Malachite, Carnelian, and Skinny. She also voiced eight characters in Winx Club.

[3] Also see his IMDB bio, Facebook page, Twitter, YouTube channel, Instagram, and LinkedIn profile, or the website of Davis.

[gritsandbrits]

Kimberly Brooks she voiced princess allura, stormy, chili pepper cookie,

I love Kimberly Brooks

[neomedievalistbr]

Ashley's va (Kimberly Brooks) voiced allura??? hello????

[fnlmrlfandom]

Kimberly Brooks as Chloe Macpherson (Same voice as Allura)

[wftc141]

Art by @cynthrey

"Wait...Allura are you...?"

[cynthrey]

Shallura Anti-terrorist Army AU request for @wftc141 for his fanfic  Voltron: Global Military Intellegence and Counter-Terrorisim Unit. which I recommend you to read. It’s pretty cool.

[roninreverie]

Uh oh...

Guess who just connected the dots that Kimberly Brooks voices Sky Young from Arcane. 😭

That means that this lovely, scientific, sunshine woman:

Has the same voice actress as her:

and of course her:

[actress4him]

Happy International Dance Day!

[cannot-rest]

Kimberly Brooks, Raphael Sbarge, and Mark Meer are doing a free livestream panel and paid video chats and autographs for Galaxy Con's Mass Effect live experience on 20 June at 4PM Eastern (time zone converter)! Register or buy a video chat or autograph at the link.