so many people just hear "dick was a cop" and go "eww im gonna pretend i didnt see that" and like. if its just bc you cant handle the subject matter thats one thing, but often times its just. performative. especially because the actually storyline is so much about dick trying (and as far as ive gotten to reading so far, failing) to make a change in the system and be a "good cop". it's an extremely heavy but genuinely very interesting storyline. dick does find other "good cops", but they're very much the minority and usually keep their heads down, because cops are bastards and will ruin the lives of "fellow officers" who try and do things right. they try to frame dick for murder at one point and everything.
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Kind of weird that people constantly rag on Zelda's accent and criticise Nintendo for not hiring an actual brit instead of an American VA (Which like, let me make it clear is valid criticism. I'll defend Zelda til my dying breath but I think finding the fake British accent kind of grating is fair enough). But... Sidon and his VA are literally in the same boat, yet I've never heard a peep of criticism or finger waggling about his accent or Nintendo's VA choices. Hmm
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In such a weird position reading A Darker Shade of Magic because story-wise it's excellent and a fun magic time and I know if I read it physically I wouldn't have any issues and it would probs go into my excellent fantasy works category, but I'm listening to the audiobook and hating every second of it jesus christ I can't stand this narrator he sucks but since I spent a credit on it and it was over a year ago so I now can't return it, I'm pushing through it and oh boy. i LOVE the story but I'm having the absolute WORST time of it
and i just finished this other audiobook too where the story was good but very mediocre yet the narrator was really good and had such a pleasing voice. It's just. Baffling and amazing how much the performance elevates or ruins a work
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