The Powerful Secret Behind Ceres Fauna's Voice
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- It was a bit hard to demonstrate fullness using only Fauna clips since she is locked in to a single voice most of the time, even her screams and yells don't have vocal weight changes. Still, I hope the video was entertaining and helped explain what her voice is doing.
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Fauna chatting stream: • 【Superchat Catch Up!】 ...
Fauna deep voice: czcams.com/users/live6BgoU0tA...
0:00 Intro
0:43 Fullness
3:09 Uptalk
4:19 Conclusion - Zábava
4:54 Fauna's "mommy energy" comes much more from her demeanor than from her voice itself. She's kind, calm, empathetic, and nurturing. Basically, she's a "hugs you and tells you 'you did a good job and things will be okay'" mommy. Not a "please step on me" mommy.
At least, until she pulls out the deep voice. Then things change.
She's so great a maintaining seiso/ limiting power level, that as soon as she pulls an inch of lewd i die instantly
the most dangerous part is that she's 100 capable naturally
she did a "random" pose when prompted to be sexy
it was the best thing I'd seen and apparently she didn't even know what she was doing lol
I think it's the seisoness combined with her cleverness: She gets a step ahead of you and then teases you incredibly gently, like a kindergarten teacher humoring a silly kindergartner.
@@Xick So she's a regular woman them? This is a over-exaggerated example, of course, but any regular woman I know is at least clever, "manipulative" and intelligent as Fauna. And doesn't help that her regular viewers are some points below average or more innocent, because she's great at capturing her specific audience lol
I love how she is and how she plays chat like a fiddle and play so well this hiperfemininity character.
@@gabrieldeoliveira7725 That sounds like an insincere and negative way to spin a description of her.
Surely a vtuber who set a clear boundary and said she is not a substitute for friends to her viewers and gave some honest advice immediately after is "manipulative" right?
Yeah, no.
I know Fauna has a specific audience, but honestly, I'm even more confused about why at least a few rare couple of people randomly tried to passive-aggressively spread hate toward her like this.
@@TanegiHoneydew I see. I was being genuine tho.
I called her "manipulative", in quotation, because she can turn bad situations around and "play people". Make a joke on her be nothing or just join the laugh together. Or when she is faster and more clever them her colleagues and friends.
And she is playing a character for a specific audience, and playing masterfully. I liked her before holo and now I'm even more of a fan. I AM part of the audience that she plays like a fiddle.
My gf thinks it sounds that way because I'm not a native speaker, I'm from Brazil. Thanks for letting me know though, I'll be more careful with my words next time.
mommy isnt with the voice alone, its the character she has. caring, loving, understanding, sweet, and just the over all feeling she gives a person by her content to feel so genuinely kind like a mother would speak to her child (not to mention in her debut she said herself that calling her mommy is okay if we saplings choose to do so)
Trying to break down fuwawah and mogojan's voice would be incredibly educational
Especially if it includes a look at how it has changed since they began their previous life.
@@stiimuli What I find curious is Fuwawa's difference from her past life. Was she suppressing her accent in the past, or is she playing it up now?
Yeah, Mococo would be great, i wanna understand where the -OEH comes from...
I think the most distinctive part of Fauna's voice is how she hyper enunciates everything.
It's A Bit Like She's Capitalizing Every Word.
They mean an actual mother, not a cougar.
Never forget that Fauna's "ara~ara~" voice is descended from Shondo's version as Fauna's biggest inspiration and mentor pre-Hololive was FallenShadow.
Wait..... the implications of this....
Ah, a man of culture I see
@@thelosian4751they both used to be part of the same friend group of asmrtists
Her ASMR streams can be described as the vocal equivalent of a warm hug.
I think a lot of the perception of Fauna as mommy is just people projecting their expectation + by design, she's "mother nature", but I would say that if you listen to her yapping she's that dorky classmate in high school / college straight from 2009.
As a follower of Vtubers, I think the Mommy thing comes from what we call "gap-moe": the cuteness/appeal that comes when the expectation of a character is juxtaposed with their reality. VTubers draw a lot from Japanese media and anime in particular, mediums that love to feature opposed traits within the same character (like a terrifying mob boss who loves his kids or a clumsy god of death). Fauna's general personality is very dorky, nerdy, soft-spoken, and caring, so she kinda fits the motherly mold in terms of nurturing aspects but (as you alluded to) doesn't match the typical archetype of deep-voiced, commanding, "dommy mommy" energy. 99% of the time, she's more of "mom" or "big sis" than "mommy." This is where the gap-moe comes in.
There is another vtuber in Fauna's generation with a much more consistently "mommy" voice: Ouro Kronii, and she spends the majority of her time in the lower part of her register, giving her that classic mommy voice. Her fanbase is also rabid about this, but Fauna has specifically won the title of mommy because she's generally not mommy: the overall presentation of this friendly girl-next-door character makes the switch to "ara-ara" Fauna particularly striking. On top of that, Fauna has a history with soft-spoken ASMR and other more traditionally parasocial techniques that have cause the saplings (her fanbase) to view her particularly in this familial role.
For a more technical psychological explanation, this fits pretty well into how delayed gratification functions in gambling: by denying the reward in proper ratios, viewer retention is actually increased and the response to the reward is heightened.
TLDR: Fauna is mommy because she uses it sparingly and wields it like a hidden power.
nah, i think you're mixing up juxtaposition with the archetype
Kind of like if a car normally goes from 1 mph to 20 mph, the gap ratio is rather insane, but you wouldn't call it a fast car
with that in mind, fauna's mommy power is huge, but not because she has sparing gap moe, but because shes mommy ALL the time
a perfect example would be the Kronii Fauna Asmr stream, where kronii would bully and fauna would be soft and caring (which i think are ideal for the mommy archetype)
my tldr:
fauna is mommy all the time. so when she does amp up, it feels like an honest extension of her character, and not just fanservice
@@NonJohns This is a better take: while Fauna isn’t typically as intensely “ara-ara” most of the time, she is always firmly on the mommy spectrum. Moving from “mom” to “mother” is not juxtaposition because they aren’t opposites, thank you for the correction, I’ll be sure to cite your contribution in my upcoming thesis on the subject
@@sugarqbs Very well. Looking forward to the official publication.
Hope we will work together again on a future dissertation.
If you listen to Fauna's earlier videos, shortly after her debut, her voice was even more small and 'fragile'. She's actually pulled it back from where it was. I would say that Yukihana Lamy from Hololive JP is very similar.
If you want to check out other voices from Hololive EN, I would suggest Ouro Kronii as someone with a very balanced and full voice. Also, I will second the suggestion to look at Shiori Novella as an interesting study.
I have a vague memory of ina's earlier stream having more deep tomboyish voice, kinda like Rin Pinrose. I don't know if she is sick and pushing through to not lose momentum after debut or she is just not really accustomated to streaming yet as her voice are kinda shaky and inaudible at that time.
@@allright29456Almost certainly the latter, she's outright said she was absolutely terrified when she started out and had to grow into more confidence over time.
@@mr_lrb6879 and now she's comfortable to the point it where she's 5 minutes away from a good nap.
An analysis of Hakoz Baelz voice would be interesting, she seems to have a wide range when talking and singing
if this is the extreme feminem than shinri, (josusiji shinri holostar EN) is the extreme masculine and it would be intersting to see a video on him too
Seconded!!!
That said, Shinri's voice is large and deep, but his voice is still very soft.
@@ArcheoLumiere True, I wonder if Oga from StarsJP would be more of an example.
Fauna's voice is definitely special. Even the JP girls talk about how uniquely feminine she sounds and how they wish they could sound like her.
Not sure if you'll only examine the English speaking voices but if you're open to some other unique ones try Subaru, Miko or even Kaela.
Man I Love Fauna
so basically fauna is the avatar of hyper-feminine voices, got it
The subtitles going up on the uptalk segment are really great, thanks for the video.
Rally great video, I look forward to your future videos.
Yeah, like others have said, her character is essentially mother nature, and her calm, caring, empathetic presentation. She also practically never swears on stream. She feels like a caring teacher carefully directing her class of young children, or a child's tv show host in the way that she addresses chat a lot of the time.
So it's really not her voice at all that gives her the mommy energy, its her overall demeanor on stream.
She does occasionally humor us with her ara-ara voice, that only serves to add to everything else.
This is surprisingly both interesting and entertaining to watch. Maybe because I am a fond of Fauna but still, I listened to your explainations up until to the end. I also learned new things. Thank you.
I think the "mommy" thing is visual. She's mother nature. Fauna is also pretty seiso, which contributes.
She's not mommy, she is SMOL BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
When I first watched one of her streams, I immediately said she didn't sound 'mommy' lol
One thing that I think makes her stand out is how she is extraordinary articulate in casual speech. In my head I even described her as princess-like at times, I've even seen her refuse to make ugly noises
Fauna is definitely from the West Coast of the U.S. it's all in her talking style and accent, but i don't think she's putting on a voice anymore. Her earlier streams, sure. But the way she talks now is so relaxed and easy flowing i don't think it's forced or a show.
The way she says "like" is very telling!
damn, great dissection! im very interested in vocal analysis, thanks
for your next vocal analysis, maybe look into fuwamoco? im interested in how you interpret the differences in their voices
Uptalk is something I never gave much thought, but now that it's mentioned (rising tone for mid sentences and falling tones for completion), it's really cool. Thanks for sharing your insights!
Back in her previous persona days, Fauna mentioned that this kind of voice is pretty comfortable for her and lower voice is much harder and it's hard to do for longer than a few phrases. And she is a very talented ASMRtist. Just as she was before joining Hololive. (Damn, I miss those scripted ASMRs every few weeks)
Like others pointed out, yeah, the mommy title of Fauna doesn't just come from when she does deep Ara-ara voice.
She earns it by being gentle, and soft-spoken, and her streams more often than not radiate a comfy and relaxing aura. She even sings happy birthday songs to Saplings regularly! 🤣
Fauna is perhaps equivalent to the safe space for her audience, so the mommy title here is a literal mother and not just a sexy old lady trope.
I love watching your video analysis of each Hololive member's voice, and honestly, I'd love to see how you analyze IRyS' perpeptually enchanting voice & demeanor as well lol
ive seen others suggest her but heres another vote, please do our favorite clock kronii!
Fauna’s streaming voice breaks and rolls off in a pleasing way. It would be easy for her to overdo her tone of voice, but, like you say, she even uptalks into it. She’s not one-dimensional, though. Her mature “Ara aras” also show some mastery.
Yeah, Korone had this right. It’s like flowing water in a forest. What we might call a babbling brook.
Nerdiest way to tell someone their voice is basically riding the edge of cuteness and uncanny valley xD . Good vid tho
Fauna has a mommy personality but not a mommy voice.
She chooses her words carefully, builds long sentences and painstakingly pronounces every syllable. She is the most stable and sensible V-tuber, hence "The Mommy".
Mirii: mentions “uptalk”
Fauna: elbows Mirii
Mirii: …updog
Fauna: *giggles*
Suprising to see a voice analysis for a vtuber, but very interesting. It's true that this must be pretty difficult to keep up. Sometimes you really notice her voice cracking a bit, not much but it is really noticable because of the things mentioned in the video. Always wondered about why that is before.
Truth be told I also never got the "mommy" image with her besides the intentional low voice she rarely does on purpose. Maybe it's just the meme that stuck since her debut or her general model design, but as she mentioned in the past it's more like the typical young "sister" voice type she tries to accomplish.
So this means that she must be very aware of her voice tone and probably puts a lot of effort in it (I kind of knew, but this video made me a bit more aware of it than before).
Fascinating
Wow. I didn't know videos like this existed. Can you do Calli next? I love her voice.
You're gonna love next Monday
@@Miriiverse Ok cool. Thank you.😁
Framing a lot of her voice characteristics as a choice is an interesting thing to do.
Would love to see more content like this, i think about vtuber and asmr creators voices all the time but don't find much content dissecting the choices they make with their voices!
I would really love to see a video on what makes a good ASMR voice and some good examples of it in the vtubing scene! I struggle with how heavy my voice is and I have a hard time decreasing my vocal weight so it would be nice to know more about it
People in comment already said everything about Fauna.
I want to add a little from myself.
I love when unrealistic soft-spoken sweet character tutns in The Gamer in one snap.
On WarioWare series there's a boy named 9-volt. All he doing is playing videogames, hides from mom and continuing playing. And his mom is typical young Japanese mom of elementary school kid. But... If she accidentally took controller in hands her gaming past skills brings back. Being still classic anime mom her hands doung Pro Gaming moves. No wonder her name is 5-volt.
(their names are references to batteries)
This was a very fun video keep it up :)
If you don't mind analyzing jp voices it would be very interesting if you did one of towa her voice is very unique and powerful.
In the en side of things analyzing gura would probably be good for your numbers because she is famous lol, but also I can't understand why, but her voice when she sings some "calmer" songs is my absolute favorite and it would be cool seeing an analysis of it
Great video enjoyed Ames vid as well the other holomem Shiori i think has quite the interesting voice. To me it really sounds very different from alot other talents so that can be someone else to look into. Outside of hololive ive found HalO sweety to also have a very addicting voice.
Cool, I'll look into them!
Very interesting video. I love this kind of analysis video. If its not too much I would like to see the same analysis on Okayu or Gura.
She has a pleasant high voice. Kronii would have a pleasant low voice.
While her uptalk is quite interesting I wonder what your thoughts are on her updog?
What's that?
When you said stuff about up talk and how it's supposed to be for when people like don't stop talking, it all clicked for me. After all, her special power is her ability to keep on yapping for hours on end and it's quite a joy to listen to.
That said yeah like a lot of ppl said, her being mommy is prob more cuz her persona. It's not quite mommy but more motherly. How she acts is very mature and nice and calm for the most part even though she's dorky af also the kind of dependency she's fostered in her saplings is very reminiscent of a mom leaving her kids to do something for like 10 minutes to come back and find em crying. That's saplings. But she is mommy for sure when she commits to an act like in her ASMRs and oh wow it's life changing because she doesn't do it often.
Dokibird's voice is interesting. Uptalk with weight and some gravel (IMO).
Or Maid Mint ( Mint Fantôme) mostly in the light range but jumping around a fair amount.
Femmaxxing
I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on Nerissa Ravencroft
video on how fauna voice mogs everyone
The mommy thing is people projecting because yes
I've also often heard uptalk referred to as the "Canadian Lift" in Canada and New York. I don't honestly know how prevalent it is across the country having only been in 3 provinces myself, but I definitely hear it a lot in Ontario.
The theory of vocal fry/uptalk to mean "i have more to say don't interrupt" is very interesting because I noticed fauna (used to) constantly repeat herself multiple times. I also do that in real life and I have my own theories as to why - probably because you feel unheard by whoever you're talking to.
I never noticed the uptalk, thats an interesting detail.
For the future, may I recommend including an example of someone doing the opposite end of the concept you are explaining? I think it would really help illustrate concepts like fullness and weight, which to an untrained person like me, are nebulous at best. I don't know what an "empty" voice would sound like, even if I now understand that Fauna has a "full" voice.
I'm also curious of your opinion regarding if Fauna sounds like this naturally, or if you think she might be making an active effort. Her aparent inability to go low without unintentionally using her ASMR sensual voice tells me that this is probably her natural register, but the fact that it's so perfect makes me think it's the result of years of training (which I know she has). What do you think?
I'm certainly no expert, so bear that in mind, but I often get this impression of voices that are 'round'. That might be what is meant by 'fullness'. So I would suggest someone like Suisei would be the opposite of that, as I think her voice is very 'sharp'. I'm not sure if it would be considered 'empty' and it is certainly not a bad thing; I find that Suisei has a very clean and deliberate aspect to her speech and singing.
@@ikr9358 thats a good example, I can definitely see how Suisei's voice contrasts with Fauna's in that aspect
Natural is a tricky word since she is definitely speaking with a "real" or "natural" voice, which I will actually touch on in my next video! But it also wouldn't be a reach to assume she has put effort into changing the way she speaks. I accidentally encountered info regarding Fauna's past identity/voice while researching this video, and ultimately decided it would be best not to mention it. But what I gathered is 1. She has put effort into developing the way she speaks 2. It's still natural, real, and her genuine self!
really cool analysis! can you do one on Salome Hyakumantenbara?
Cool vid. Hope to see more like this. Commenting for the algo.
Can you do a voice analysis on FuwaMoco? I find their voices very unique, especially among the English speaking branch. I think you could have a lot to say about it.
Please do an analysis of Watame as well, because I think her voice is also very unique. 🙂
I'd love to hear a voice analysis of Oumiya Emma.
please do one on shiori !!!! her voice is fascinating to me
Well I don't know about "stereotipical mommy voice", but she has something in her voice, that made so many people call her mommy from the very debut. More than that: there was voting in hololife of the best mommy and she won with a huge gap! It's not like a mature woman voice vibes, no, it's more like... her voice is just calm, soft, kind, filled with care, that gives her yong mommy vibes
I personally think we call her "mommy" not because of her voice, but because of her aura. She's gentle and soft spoken, which maybe reminds the viewers of the nostalgia where they would be pampered by their mothers when going to sleep. It's why her ASMR streams are one of, if not the best out there. It's what I think anyway.
I think the main reason is she is "mother" nature play apart of it, but if you look at one of the top actual HoloMom. Pekora mom's voice are also similar to Fauna in a sense it try to make it higher, cuter and younger, but be an actual mom make that voice sounds mommy
Fauna's voice is 20-30 year old sweet caring mom not 30-45 smoker/drunk, cougar trying to dominate younger guy.
Please make a video on Kronii's voice, best voice I hear since her debut
Didn't know this thing is called uptalk. It will be interesting if you'll make similar videos about other vtuber's voices, for example Towa.
(I highly recommend checking her stream called "Unpacking")
Also, Rene Ryugasaki
Yeah i am personally addicted to fauna's voice and i like her enunciation, and uptalk patterns
like
"because- REALLY _i don't know,_ whats going ooooon?"
its very expressive and maintains perfect trio despite the ranges in which she speaks at
and for enunciation, she says button instead of buh'’n and various other habits
i used to listen to fauna streams and mimick her because i wanted to emulate what was so charming
still haven't figured it out but oh well
4:54 Depressed Nousagi has a video about this topic and specifically about Fauna titled "VTuber Tropes: The Mommy"
doing one for the Holostars would be cool
What's uptalk
Great video but fyi I don't think the streams are liked in the description
OMG somehow I forgot, thanks for the reminder!
I haven't listened to Fauna and have relied on comments saying that she's got the "mommy" energy of HoloEN. Now after your analysis I'm also confused. I assume it's her streams or maybe there's a cutesy type of "mommies" that I'm not aware of.
IIRC Fauna has a similar opinion, and views herself more as a sister figure than anything, but doesn't mind saplings viewing it differently.
It fits the mother nature lore, occasional deep voice, and some of the asmr, so I can see how people get that view. I don't think 'Mommy' fits her usual voice, though maybe 'Mom' would?
In your opinion who's voice is the most feminine.
To me roboco is still the most feminine of them all
I don't know about So-Cal thing, but I often hear uptalk used for questions. Even I do it as a guy.
Yeah exactly! Everyone does it when asking questions, which is why its so interesting to hear someone do it just because.
I don't know how much that holds up across languages, but in my native language it works exactly like that too. Questions end with up, others end with down, ending a sentence that not a question with an up is technically incorrect, and sounds unnatural, way more so than in English.
This video goes a long way to helping me understand why I love Fauna's voice, but a lot of similar high-pitch, low-weight anime girl voices get grating.
A lot of her 'mommy energy' comes from her ASMR, where she has to regulate her voice both to get the desired ASMR effect and to balance against the sensitivity of the mic.
If you're game for checking out members who primarily speak Japanese -- they'll typically BE Japanese -- then I'd be interested in seeing an analysis of Oozora Subaru. I can't really call the voice she uses cute or sexy, and yet, while I love voices like Fubuki's, Sora's, Zeta's, Fuwawa's, Mumei's, and, yes, Fauna's... Subaru's usual voice still has some kind of appeal.
Maybe I will! Certain parts of how voices work carry over between languages and cultures, and some things are totally different. I don't have a lot of knowledge/experience with the nuances of Japanese speech but it could be fun to research for a video.
Subaru's voice is borderline manly. She stands out a lot among the other members.
Uuuuuuu
I want Fauna to collab with Hina, it'd be so tits.
Have you guys ever heard VideogameDunkey's wife LeahBee? Since Fauna's debut I'm not entirely convinced they're not the same person.
I'm pretty sure the mommy thing is more of a degenerate thing that just kinda stuck with her being a representation of mother nature lol
According to other EN members, Fauna speaks like this always on and off stream. Similar to how Kiara has done, I believe it has become her normal voice. Pretty interesting
Fauna's gone beyond mommy and become granny, something she sometimes embraces. She jokes about being 4.5 bn years old, her concerns and tastes as she describes them are more stereotypically associated with old women. That's part of what makes her Fauna, the clash between being perceived as old and being perceived as young.
I guess you could say she is timeless like nature.
I will see myself out.
i'd love to hear your analysisRyS about iRyS heyRyS its iRyS
Imagine if it was just a voice
Maybe we're all just voices O__O
Make the voices stop
Dissect Kronii's voice plz.
Talk about kronii's perfect voice pls
How do I learn these skills?
Cómo que no es D:
3:10 nothin much what’s up with you?
Shes a mommy 🥰 not a mommy 😩
The person in the video talks as if the vtubers themself are intentionally speaking the way they do, which is interesting
Where I feel like it's more likely just their natural speaking voice and I feel like to do all this stuff intentional, you already have to be familiar with all the technical knowledge that this person has
Not all vtubers do, but I am pretty sure Fauna does do this intentionally.
Nerrisa voice tho...
1. I think you find your thing on CZcams, keep up and you will be one of the big names in the community
2. Don't fall in the Hololive only trap, do others too indie....
3. Do Bao or Numi next
There's only so many people in Hololive, I'll have to branch out eventually! The next video I've already started on, but after that I'll probably look at some indies. Those are great choices!
Biboo voice???
mhm! She has quite the interesting voice often described as :D
If you're looking for references for her range, I'd suggest her video "【DON'T SCREAM】She'll be my emotional support right? ...right?【with @KaelaKovalskia 】" around minutes 101-110 if it doesn't get clipped. Her voice really changes quite drastically due to it being a horror game, it's uninterrupted for the most part!
wtf is this video lmao