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To celebrate the the 10th anniversary of the Maximum Ride, myself and @definitely-not-a-wasp ask you to help created a fan cast megapost of our dreams!!
RULES:
Reblog this post with your fancast so we can all see everyone's ideas.
You can make this as serious and detailed as you want, or as UNSERIOUS as you want (cast all the flock cats)
Please don't white wash characters if you are taking this seriously. (add more diversity if you want!)
Voice actors are also acceptable and would be amazing to see!!
Dont worry too much about actual ages or acting ability (useless you want to) if your ideal person has aged out of the character (since its not 2010 anymore) you can use older pictures when they were at the right age.
Cast anyone you want, every character in the series or just Max , it's completely up to you.
Additionally, you're welcome to pitch movie/ tv series ideas you have. Whether you want to turn the series into a gritty horror 8 part mini series or a single blockbuster marvel level move everything is fair game.
This is meant as a fun activity for us all to celebrate our love for the series and what could have been.
(this is a part 2 of my previous fancast. go check that out here!)
Hello, I heard we were doing fancasts again.
Fittingly, I’ve been thinking a potential second voice for Jeb for a few days now, so this was very good timing. But my first thought at the announcement was to get voices for Fang’s Gang. And from there, I got slightly sidetracked. So now you’re also getting voices for The Director and Anne Walker. I also tried Hawk’s flock but I hit a wall. Maybe I’ll save that for later.
But, without further ado, let’s get onto the voices!
Let’s start with something easy.
Maya - Tiana Camacho
Of course she has the same voice as Max… or at least, at first. They obviously share a voice actress, but Maya doesn’t like being identified as a clone. So just like she changes her appearance, she trains her voice to sound different. I think she’d make herself sound lighter, as opposed to Max’s deep voice.
I’ll provide links to Camacho’s work, the same ones as last time, as well as a new visual reel. Whereas Max’s voice sounds closer to Ermes Costello (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean), Maya sounds more like Megan (Class of ‘09) but with a bit of bite to her voice. I also think it’d be cool if Maya sounds like Max when she yells or has to fight. Like a part of Max she can’t control keeps bubbling to the surface.
Maximum Ride - Tiana Camacho
Character demo
Voice Reel
Visual Reel 2025
Ratchet - Zeno Robinson
(I am going to kill this man with my bare hands)
Okay so here’s the thing.
I have never read the books with Fang’s gang. I know very little about them other than two of them betray Fang and they appear in Maximum Ride Forever. I also know that I don’t like their powers because super speed and super senses are lame compared to wings. But regardless. I needed advice on how to find a voice for these goobers, and fortunately my friend Wasp knows everything about them.
Cool. Awesome. Got that taken care of.
So here’s the other thing.
This dude IS NOT WHITE. I didn't know that. So I spent far, far too long looking for voice actors (who all ended up being white, because that's the industry for you) until I stopped to check the books and was horribly, horribly crushed. I had to throw everything out and start all over. Yippee!!
My previous picks (Stephen Fu, Billy Kametz, Xander Mobus, etc.) all had a bit of spark to them that is hard to avoid in anime. It's also hard to get a guy with wry and scandalous humor, especially when I'm looking through actors who don't fit the bill or don't have a lot of roles (because racism is still alive in this industry). It's ALSO hard because I put a certain actor on my Michael Vey fancast and didn't want to use him again. But I caved, and Zeno Robinson is cast yet again.
I couldn't find one role that suited him, just scraps from several different roles (Cyborg in Young Justice, Ogun Montgomery in Fire Force, Zihark in Fire Emblem Heroes). I still didn't think it'd totally work, so I'm adding a splash of Junpei Iori from Persona 3 Reload. I do not have a lot of the wry humor in these clips (actually I don't have it at all) so I'm going to have to get on my knees and beg you to understand that this guy has had a ton of roles and I fully believe he could pull it off.
Please if someone has a better pick, please tell me. I will love you forever.
Ratchet - Zeno Robinson
Junpei Ratchet
Star - Sarah Wiedenheft
(wiki says she has pigtails. oops. i like this better anyway)
To quote Wasp on this one:
Anger makes me think shouting. Shouting girls makes me think Power from Chainsaw Man. Unfortunately, Power's speaking voice is very, very different from your average teen, so I started looking through Wiedenheft’s other roles for a good expression of anger that weren't so strange. And I did find one, in a character called Phosphophyllite from Land of the Lustrous. Except she wasn’t quite at the level I wanted. She was more vulnerable, which is good to have for a character, it just meant I didn’t have the exact clips I wanted to use. SO, I went back to Power, got a couple of shouts, and combined them with Phosphophyllite’s softer yells, to get an idea of what I was looking for.
Think of it this way: ½ of this video is Star being Pissed Off, and ½ is Star being Pissed Off and Crying About It
Star - Sarah Wiedenheft
Kate Tan Wei Ying - Courtney Lin
(she looks white but i swear i tried my best here)
To rehash my point about Ratchet earlier: finding a nonwhite voice actor of any ethnicity is really hard. At least it is when you aren’t a dubbing studio and you can simply ask for actors (not like they do that much either). But finding one with just google is rough. And you know what’s harder? Specifically finding a Chinese actress in a sea of unidentified Asian-American voice actors on some wiki page. And even MORE specifically: finding any female actress who isn’t exclusively given roles that make her sound like a baby mouse.
This was probably the second hardest part of my fancasting process (first hardest being casting Ratchet). But I did eventually find a decent pick - Courtney Lin. The problem was, I STILL didn’t think most of her voices aligned with Kate. It took more digging until I found her role as Jubilee in Marvel Rivals, and even THEN I was nitpicky with what dialogue I put in my video.
Listen, I had a very particular voice for her in my head, and it took SO MUCH WORK to find it. The samples here are moreso on the serious side of things, but I think it fits well.
Kate - Courtney Lin
Holden Squibb - Paul Castro Jr
(wiki told me he looks like he’s 10 and god does he ever)
I interpreted these instructions very literally, and I fortunately had a lot of footage to work with as Castro’s voice reel is very long. There’s some highs and lows of emotion in his Hikaru voice (from The Summer Hikaru Died. Spoilers for that anime by the way. At least, I think they’re spoilers?)(okay I googled the premise of this series and it's decidedly not a spoiler), coupled with some more softness from Shuji Ito in GQuuuuX Gundam.
I also thought about using his currently-unseen performance as Yosuke in Persona 4 Revival as another sample, but idk. I’ll leave it for you to look at on your own. Personally I think he’d sound more like Yosuke when he’s excited, for what it’s worth.
Holden - Paul Castro Jr
Yosuke Holden
Now it’s time for our last three VAs, and while I’d love to save my one alternate voice pick for the end, we must let the worst(endearing) go first.
Jeb Batchelder - D. C. Douglas
Believe me when I say that I still think Alex Organ is the better pick for Jeb. He’s proven he can sound like a dad, and also speak in cryptic riddles to bother Max when he turns against the flock. However, I did have an older fancast for Jeb, and thinking about it recently made me realize that it fits very well with his later betrayal and collusion with Gunter-Hagen. Just one annoying evil guy who talks about saving the world by destroying it and such.
D. C. Douglas has voiced his fair share of evil guys in the past, but I think [SPOILER] from Zero Time Dilemma fits Jeb’s schtick very well. The problem with this is that the music in ZTD is unnecessarily loud and I didn’t want to play through the entire game on my own with the music on mute just to get 30 seconds of footage. I did my best to work around the volume for the lines I liked, but you still might need to replay it a few times before you actually hear what he’s saying.
Jeb - D. C. Douglas
The Director - Monica Rial
See, I thought I’d have trouble with this one, because it’s hard to find Latina VAs I know, but the dubbing wiki threw me a bone by accidentally recommending me the Hispanic VAs list before the Latino one. And what’s more fitting for a European woman pretending to be Max’s mom than being played by a woman with heritage not from Latin America, but from Spain.
I had a specific character in mind for Rial when I first picked her, but I thought it wouldn’t work, so I kept looking through her roles hoping something would jump out at me. Thing is, Rial has done a LOT of work, so there’s a lot to get through. Eventually, I just went back to my first pick. And, surprisingly, it worked out marvelously well. Mila from Fire Emblem Echoes is a literal god, so giving her voice to The Director very much amplifies the doomsday cult vibes that Itex pushes out. It was really the only voice I needed.
The Director - Monica Rial
Anne Walker - Allegra Clark
I’ve wanted to put Allegra Clark in one of my fancasts for forever, honestly. She has a great voice. I just never found a character that worked with her. When I decided to cast Anne, I thought of Clark again, but I brushed it off. I mostly know her from roles in Persona and Fire Emblem, neither of which being roles that sound very adult, or at least in the wheelhouse of what I wanted Anne to sound like.
I didn’t think super hard for other actors, though, because I eventually came crawling back to Clark so I could look at her roles list. This reminded me that she was also in AI: The Somnium Files as Boss. I did some digging through Boss’ voice lines (A LOT of digging. My god this game is horny) and got what I needed. However, what I didn’t have was any of Anne’s caring side. Because Anne isn’t just Jeb’s boss and an FBI agent, she’s also the one taking care of the flock.
A little more digging later, and I found Mido from Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. From my limited research, this show is actually about being a mom, and Mido seems like a good, experienced parent trying to help another girl. So, I put some of her dialogue at the end to emphasize my point about what type of person Anne is. (It comes across more like she's talking to Max, but it gets the job done)
Anne - Allegra Clark
I've already expressed I want this to be an anime as opposed to a video game, but it's not like I haven't thought of an MR video game before. Here's some PS2 box art I made a few years ago to demonstrate my point:
("Game footage" courtesy of a sims 2 MR series by LaminaStudios)
A more modern video game would be nice, but one that doesn't have ultra HD looks-like-real-life characters and worlds. No, we're getting an actual artstyle. Off the top of my head, I think it'd be fun to have something like Hi-Fi Rush. If not, an anime-ish artsyle sounds okay.
Gameplay would follow the events of the first three books. Lots of flying mechanics that we'd have to get right before the game launches. I think it'd be fun to give each character a different fighting style, and give them effects based on what they can see or hear. When Iggy fights, the screen is dark/mostly dark, and you have to adapt to his sound-based fighting style. When Angel is playable, she constantly hears other people's thoughts that distract her from what she's doing, making it difficult to, say, try and break out of the School on her own. If we're doing our own version of the story we can take some creative liberties.
(Concept: Maximum Ride 1v1 fighting game. Let Iggy and Gazzy throw bombs at their siblings. Let Dylan and Fang duke it out. Give Jeb a metal chair and see what he does with it.)
Also this game gets a PHYSICAL RELEASE. The flock breaks into Sony HQ irl and threatens them until they announce they will make physical games again.
As for an anime adaptation:
The series would be split into three seasons of 24 episodes, each season covering one book. This gives the team time to not only tell a story but also room to explore characters and the world around them.
I'd want the animation to be done by WIT Studio. They've proven they can animate a good fight scene, both on the ground (Vinland Saga) and in the air (Attack on Titan). (i am not linking clips because I am lazy)
I've also thought a little about the OPs and EDs.
For an OP, I'd want it to sound something like STONE OCEAN by Kisidakyoudan & the Akebosi Rockets.
For an ED, we've got a few options
The JoJo route: use an existing English song. I already did this in my ED, but another one we could use is Survivor by Destiny's Child.
The Kaiju No. 8 route: get an English artist to write new songs for you. Personally, for this, I'd pick Florence + The Machine. I'm not a huge fan of hers, but I did listen to her new album and I think something like that would make a fantastic ED.
The normal route: a Japanese artist writes a brand new song. My personal pick here is Anonymouz. specifically because of the OP she wrote for Vinland Saga season 2. (This song is also in English but it counts). It's beautiful in a haunting sort of way.
My other idea is that this is entirely unionized, from the VAs to the animation and everything else involved, so everyone gets paid and treated fairly for all their hard work.
Thank you for your time. This is not the only fancast I have planned (though my next one will be much goofier) so be on the lookout for that.
To celebrate the the 10th anniversary of the Maximum Ride, myself and @definitely-not-a-wasp ask you to help created a fan cast megapost of our dreams!!
RULES:
Reblog this post with your fancast so we can all see everyone's ideas.
You can make this as serious and detailed as you want, or as UNSERIOUS as you want (cast all the flock cats)
Please don't white wash characters if you are taking this seriously. (add more diversity if you want!)
Voice actors are also acceptable and would be amazing to see!!
Dont worry too much about actual ages or acting ability (useless you want to) if your ideal person has aged out of the character (since its not 2010 anymore) you can use older pictures when they were at the right age.
Cast anyone you want, every character in the series or just Max , it's completely up to you.
Additionally, you're welcome to pitch movie/ tv series ideas you have. Whether you want to turn the series into a gritty horror 8 part mini series or a single blockbuster marvel level move everything is fair game.
This is meant as a fun activity for us all to celebrate our love for the series and what could have been.
do u think fang and angel should have gotten consequences?
So here's the thing: I am a big believer that narrative consequences does not equal narrative punishment, and also am a big believer that consequences and limitations almost always make a story more interesting, and in the case of Maximum Ride, the lack of consequences is a big factor that prevents the characters from developing in any meaningful way. Because, from the literal definiton, consequence is just the follow through of cause and effect. The characters do something, this triggers a reaction, fallout ensues. And, ideally, that fallout (be it good or bad) is supposed to last, and supposed to force or inspire the character to change. So, in short: absolutely. Literally all of the flock should've had to handle consequences. I wrote a post about Angel specifically, because she's the member of the flock with the most robust set of powers who triggers a lot of major events as a result.
My hot take considering specifically Fang and Angel, though, is this: As much as canon was willing to have narrative consequences, Fang is Angel's consequence.
I'm not sure if JP intended it to be like this, but with a slightly better writer I think it would be incredibly apparent. In book 3, Max&Angel conduct a double agent ploy without consulting the rest of the flock. It works! They're all alive and nothing bad happens!
Fang leaves. And they come back eventually, but there is a direct line from point A to B that Max&Angel did something risky without looping in everyone else, and Fang took half of them and left.
Fast forward to book 6, Angel teams up with famous eugenicist Hans Gunther-Hagen, kidnaps Fang, and accidentally kills them. She alerts Max when she realized how bad she fucked up, they save Fang in the nick of time, everyone lives! Nothing bad happens!
Fang leaves. For multiple books this time, and gets in with a new friend group.
Both of these times they cite other reasons for leaving, and both of these times they eventually come back and the dynamic doesn't change, which I have issue with, but the through-line is there: the most consistent and long-lasting consequence Angel faces, directly stemming from her actions, is that Fang will not stick around to let her go back to the dynamic of an innocent little girl. They will leave, and they will cause a lasting impact on the people left behind, and they will not apologize for it.
And I, personally, love that as a character dynamic.
(Also psst psst I wrote a fic exploring this exact concept and I consider it my magnum opus in the maximum ride sphere.)
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“I JUST WANT GOD TO TALK TO ME. I JUST WANT GOD TO TALK TO ME. I JUST WANT GOD TO TALK TO ME. I JUST WANT GOD. I JUST WANT. There is a swallowing Coming from the garden. I don’t know where my brother is But I think he went there. I think he heard it too. In my dreams I went there, To the garden, To the swallowing. My mother sinks her teeth Into a purpled plum And her mouth comes away RED. NO, MOM DON’T. PLEASE. ITLL KILL YOU. ITLL KILL YOU. ITLL KILL YOU. She bites into it anyway. And suddenly I am all hands All teeth Sore lips Dry mouth A prayer dropped in my lap Like a baby Or a disappointment. I am both. I DID NOT MEAN IT. I DID NOT MEAN IT. I DID NOT MEAN TO. OH, GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE? He is not an angel. They loved him holy. They loved him divine. They loved me earthly Like the dirt they told me to work But I did not mind. There is peace in the fields. I was made for it. My feet are sproutlings, Hands like sage. You? Conquering thing- Golden boy- The day before it happens You call me a lamb While your hands still glisten From your SACRIFICE. I wonder, did your slaughter Feel this filthy? They called him angel, But I have known angels. Baring Eden with flaming swords And burning eyes. They would have ripped My heart out Without a second thought. WHY DIDN’T THEY LOVE ME? WHY DIDN’T THEY LOVE ME? WHY DIDN’T THEY LOVE ME? WHY WAS IT ALWAYS HIM? Why am I the one to toil? To work? To live bloodless, to be clean, And somehow you are the martyr now? Oh the swallowing My brother followed the sound Like a fawnling. Not me. This was my mistake. Adherence. WHERE IS MY PARADISE NOW? I am always the villain. The monster, But did anyone ever ask If my brother had done me Violence first? Remember that I brought fruit for sacrifice. He was the first to taste the slaughter. In my dreams He still licks Blood From the moon. FATHER FORGIVE ME FOR EVER BELIEVING YOU COULD SAVE ME. I DON’T NEED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. I HAVE MY OWN. My fall began far before you marked me. Am I not my father’s son? Am I not tragedy in conception? I WANT. I WANT. I WANT. Freedom. Softer hands. A mouth that is not a mouth, but a river- an opening. Something holier than myself. Something holy. Shoes that fit my feet. Feet that do not wander, but dance. Fruit bright and unspoilt. A better dream. A garden garden garden. Eden, but filthier. The world, but more like me. A life- an afterthought. A heart that does not beat in the space that another should. A heartbeat that was ever mine to begin with. AM I HOLY ENOUGH FOR YOU YET? Listen, we both know my name was never In your books to begin with. This isn’t slander. It’s the truth. You have always had a favorite son. How longs have I wandered, And yet, I only ever found humanity In myself. Ungodly? Thank you. God is not kind. So I take this As a complement. He made me kill my brother for a story arc.”
Oh, to be a little kitten who just got vaccinated and then taken to a high-end restaurant and tasted the best food the chefs could offer and then fell asleep in a basket.
It's a shame not adding the original source of the video, which is haitangtravel on tiktok, a channel devoted to a dude travelling with his two cats! They've been to Hokkaido, Paris, Venice, Dubai, the Pyramids and more!
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When you meet Edward Elric he gives off the impression that he's the short-tempered hot-headed "violence is the answer to all life's questions" kind of protagonist, and it's in fact incredible character craft that he's actually the character who ends the series with a negative-3 kill count.
God's worst soldier Edward Elric. Showed up as the youngest member of the Amestrian army, took millions of dollars from them, never followed a single order, helped dismantle their fascist regime, left with a lower kill count than he arrived with, then fucked off to go be a house-husband. Character of all time.
You know, when you said "negative-3 kill count," I, who haven't seen the anime, thought, "He resurrected 3 people?????" But I'm seeing here on the wiki that apparently resurrection in this anime is a terrible idea.
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"I can't believe humans would hunt the thylacine to extinction, humans are fundamentally evil" Hey, did you know that extinction was long thought to be impossible, and within 50 years of humans realizing that extinction via overhunting was a possibility it practically stopped happening? Did you know that humans are so desperate to prevent more losses that they're funneling millions of collective hours and billions of euros into helping other species? Hours and euros that could be spent on humans, being spent on species on whom humanity's own survival does not depend? Did you know that due to an accidental introduction of rats, the Lord Howe Island stick insect population was brought down to 24 individuals and now there are tens of thousands of them?
This bug. This bug that, to most humans, is utterly useless, relatively gross, and completely foreign. Humans saved it because humans do not want to cause another extinction ever again if they can avoid it.
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