No, not recruitment and listing your resume. I've made this thread to share my opinion on voice acting in the fandom, and then wish to hear yours.
See, people seem to forget a big concept: it's voice acting. Acting is just as much an art as, well, art, and everyone here is treating replicating the voices from the show as some ungodly talent. While it might be impressive, and maybe even I can't do it, I would conclude that imitation is not artful, nor does it require much thought.
Think of it this way: There is a new anti-hero crime show on television and they are requesting auditions for the main character. If I come in and do an impression of Walter White or Tony Montana, not only is it unoriginal, it's simply plagiarism. At that point, you aren't doing any acting. You are doing someone else's acting. I would argue the same is true for voice. For it to have any artistic merit, you need to take the time to build a character, and yes, that generally requires that the character not already exist.
Of course, I'm not saying it's a useless skill, especially in this fandom. People want voices for their song because it's from the perspective of a character, or people want to make an animation with that character, and fandom voice actors are the best resource for that. However, despite it being a useful tool, I don't personally think it has much artistic merit. It's like a trace drawing of someone else's artwork.
I would like to conclude by saying that I am not looking for a heated argument using only caps lock and big text. Furthermore, if anyone names names, I request now that any such posts be deleted. This is not about the players, it's about the game. What I am looking for is a calm discourse on the artistic merit of "imitation" voice acting. If the above views inherently offend you even if I was calm in conveying them, I apologize now, but they are indeed my views, and I will continue to support them unless someone changes my mind in the ensuing discussion.
Yeah, just crossed my mind, and I was curious what other people think.