Confessions of a fangirl~

Do I get points for the cool title? Haha!

I admit it - I've been a real Albert Wesker-fangirl since 06 or 07. Before that, it was mostly Claire, even if I wasn't as much of a fangirl then as I am now. I think I'll have to mention now that I'm a "voice-person" - that I for example mostly choose music after hearing the singer's voice. Like when I first heard The Poet And The Muse when I played Alan Wake the first time. I'd never heard any of their songs before, but I instantly felt that the singer's voice was special. So, I looked for information about the band, and I now have all of their cds, hehe. But back to the subject - voices are important to me, which is why I wasn't really happy when I found out that Richard Waugh wasn't going to voice Wesker in Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles. Waugh had voiced him in Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil Code: Veronica and Resident Evil 4, and I really loved his voice.

So when Umbrella Chronicles was released to the Wii in November 2007, I'd decided that no matter how much I wanted to play the game, I couldn't get used to a new voice for one of my favourite characters. I wasn't going to buy Umbrella Chronicles. That boycott actually lasted fairly long - I bought my Wii in June 2008 to be able to play Resident Evil 0 and REmake. Even though I now had the right console, I had no thought about buying the game. Until August the same year, that is. My first impression of DC Douglas, who was the new voice-actor, was that he sounded like he had a cold. It wasn't at all as good as Richard Waugh's version, the one I'd gotten so fond of. But I understood that this was Capcom's choice, and what could I ever do about that? Well, I could sign an online petition to get Waugh back, which I also did, even though it never really changed anything in the end. But I had at least done something.

Then, Resident Evil 5 was released, and even though I still didn't like Douglas's Wesker-voice, I couldn't deny it had improved. But still, he wasn't Richard Waugh. Mind you that I can be really stubborn at times, haha! I don't know how many times I've thought to myself that Douglas wasn't right for Wesker at all, that Waugh was the only one. A little fanservice of a shirtless Wesker sadly wasn't enough to change my mind. But just as I eventually learned to accept the Resident Evil-movies, after defending Afterlife when I'd read a review that - according to me - wasn't fair at all. I'd never thought I'd admit that yes, the movies are good, even though they obviously could've been better. It's the same with this - I'd never thought I'd change my mind about DC Douglas. But that was of course before I was linked to a site where you can get Albert Wesker as a voicemail for your phone. Before I found his website and learned more about him.

So here I am, the day after I got the link, and I'm following DC Douglas on facebook and twitter. I've also to 100% accepted him as Wesker, and I've already had time to fangirl him quite a lot. Sure, Richard Waugh will always be Albert Wesker's real voice for me, but hey - Douglas sure does an amazing job!