Summoner+ | Original Isekai Video Series
Entwistle2 for Basil
[Reference image for Basil, from the original webtoon.]
NOTE: Feel free to add more lines to your audition using dialogue from the webtoon. Link in the main description and my creator bio.
Basil is Cassia’s brave but boneheaded brother who is always looking for ways to make himself into a hero and write his name into the history books - even if it gets himself killed. He joins Team Koko and Cassia on their journeys after leaving their home island to seek his fortune.
Personality:
Basil is the comedic relief and muscle. Basil has the fearlessness of a hero, but unfortunately can be as dumb as bricks. He’s brash and unafraid to speak his mind - which makes him extremely blunt and can come across as extremely obtuse or dismissive. He might sound insulting, but don’t worry, he doesn’t actually mean anything by it.
Background:
Like Cassia, Basil was born in a small island village in Mai’ila. Closer to his father growing up, Basil aced his coming-of-age ceremony by wrestling a dire boar and taking it back home to eat it for dinner later - and would later wear its tusks as a trophy. He thinks himself as better than his sister, who always seems to get everyone’s respect and kind words - but regardless, he cares about her a great deal, even if he doesn’t show it in conventional ways.
Voice Notes:
In terms of speech patterns and sense of humour, Basil is based a lot on Drax from Guardians Of The Galaxy, with a very blunt delivery and personality. Example: [1] - [2]
As for the quality of voice, I’ve found a liking to a similar voice to Max Mittelman’s performances, namely how the performance can be both very monotone and blunt but also overreactive and exaggerated. Examples: [1] - [2] - [3]
Being able to deliver lines with both a monotone and exaggerated delivery will be key to nailing Basil’s character. Best of luck!
[talking to a bandit he was supposed to fight]
"Now you see, normally, I'd have to smash your face in. Buuut, today's a bad day for me."
[pulls out a written schedule]
"You see this? I've been doing this wellness routine lately, and it says that today... is a self-care day. I gotta go for a nice walk in nature, then a cold swim in the ocean afterwards. It's pretty good, you should try it. But anyway, yeah. Go home and come back tomorrow so you can get a proper ass beating."
[bandit insults him, leading to Basil getting offended and fighting him anyway. He sounds half pissed off and half parroting something from memory]
"DAMN IT! Just one day, can you clowns stop getting in my way?! Come on! I'd kick your ass harder, but all I had today was a healthy, well-balanced breakfast consisting of nuts and berries, topped off with a nutritious green tea!!"
[talking absentmindedly in front of the others. Note: Cassia is vegetarian.]
"Just you watch. One day I'm gonna be chief of our island, and then I can eat all the meat I could ever want. Boar, chicken, eggs..."
[Miko: "Eggs aren't meat, dumbass." Basil looks at her like she's an idiot, with a look of pity and bafflement.]
"Are you stupid? Of course they're meat. Chickens come from them, don't they? If they aren't meat, why doesn't my sister eat them? Honestly..."
[Miko: "You need to stop pissing me off."]
"What you need to do, is to get a bigger brain the next time you talk to me. Instead of a bigger..." [waves his hand in Miko's general direction] "...everything else that you've clearly focused your efforts on."
[pumped up and ready to fight a monster ten times larger than him. It swats him away like an insect and he slams into a wall, bleeding. He laughs loudly.]
"HA! HAHAHA! Is that all you got?!" [coughs up blood] "I've slipped on rocks that hit harder than you!"
[filled with adrenaline and jumps into the fight]
"Come on you big ugly bastard! COME ON! RAAAARGH!"
I also just realised I read the first line slightly wrong, instead of saying nature I accidently changed it to the beach. sorry
Thanks! A very fun and entertaining audition to listen to.