Gender (of character): Female (she/her/hers)

Accent: None-Slight

Age: Mid-20s

Role in Story: Primary protagonist; a bit of an anti-hero, but a hero nonetheless

Voice: Hyperfeminine, breathy, sassy, angelic, emotional, high-mid pitch

Character Description: Aether Angel (AYY-thur AN-jel) is a pretty, rich, and soft-spoken girl. She is the main protagonist. She lives a relatively quiet life. She's all too kind, this perfect doll of what she's societally allowed to be. In equal measure, she allows herself to be emotional and softer on herself. When she was bitten by a radioactive spider experiment in her early 20s, however, after a college party she did not want to go to, her life changed for good.

Ever since then, she’s been Xpider, (zz-PY-durr) the black-suited, badass spider-hero of New York. With an enhanced skeleton, glowing webbing and a whole suite of powers, she uses vigilanteism to ventilate her anger, diva energy and passion; all while maintaining the angelic persona as a civilian. 

Personality: She has two sides when she's masked and unmasked; the devil and the angel, respectively.

When she's the "angel" unmasked, she's rather spineless and soft-spoken, building her frustration in quiet, angry compliance with her city's status quo. When she's the "devil" masked, she takes her freedom by the horns and goes wild — especially after she goes fully independent, she takes it upon herself to exert her full wrath on those who've wronged her and made her city hellish. Her personality is explosive, ruder, and snarkier. Though she works more than anything to protect her city, she is painted in a bad light by corporations who control news cycles and public perception, making her out to be a dangerous vigilante and masked menace rather than the hero she is.

VA Description/Voice Direction: 

• As per her personality, needs to switch effortlessly and smoothly from sassy IT-girl to breathy, pretty, angelic cadence. 

• Generally super super hyperfeminine. 

  • Keep in mind that there’s a difference between feminine and flirty voices.

  • Also avoid stereotypical/caricature/”anime” dramatic voices.

• Would prefer accent-less, but all accents and origins are welcome

• She is the main character and namesake—she will have a lot of lines.

  • I planned on voicing her myself, but since I’m not the “perfect” VA I imagine for her, I wanted to open this up for auditions.

  • For this reason, the selection process is picky. Looking for experience, range, and fit. This role is also the most likely to become paid.

    • She also has five audition lines rather than the typical four.

• Since she works in science, expect to navigate scientific language.

• NOTE: Since you will be having flirtatious/suggestive interactions with another character (Flash Thompson), your age will be disclosed to his voice actor. You will also be informed of your costar’s age prior to any recording. 

  • This is to ensure a comfortable and safe experience for everybody involved. If there are any difficulties, please let us know immediately. 

  • If you are found to have fabricated your age in any capacity, you will be dismissed from the team immediately.

Voice References: 

• Emma Roberts - Scream Queens - Chanel Oberlin

  • Aether’s official voice claim.

• Kirsten Wiig - The Looney Tunes Show - Lola Bunny

• Myself - BRIGHTER BONES (STAY ON) by TGComps ft. VXPIDER

  • I (vxpider) was able to voice and sing for Aether in this track—give it a listen!

[NEUTRAL] Aether as a narrator, explaining her daily schedule to the viewer. 

Intended to show her laidback, personable side, and the “limbo” between her civilian and vigilante sides.

“After I freshen up? Straight to the lab. C. elegans and their delicate little lifespans wait for nobody.” (Pause; Aether peering out the window to see a flash of wings.) “Unfortunately… neither does Nighthawk.”

 [C. elegans → SEE-EL-eh-gehns]

DIRECTION

[SAD, PASSIONATE] Aether Angel, civilian, venting about her helicopter parents to her lab partner, Gwen Stacy.

Intended to show the depth of her emotion and her “soft” persona cracking.

LINE

“I don’t think they knew that their ‘protection’ just made things worse. Like… I couldn’t even live, Gwen. They never listened to what I said. Because I—I never sounded like I meant it!”

DIRECTION

[STRESSED] Aether Angel, as a civilian and researcher in the lab, on a phone call with her boss Dr. Otto Octavious. 

A little nervous and skittish, a little exasperated and exhausted.

Intended to show her daily struggle and lack of assertiveness.

LINE

“I’m sorry, but didn’t you say the supernatant was entirely waste product…? No, no, I see that, Doc, but on the protocol it literally says right here, ‘discard the’—no? Outdated...? Alright, I guess I’ll start from the top, then…”

[supernatant → SOO-purr-NAY-tnt]

DIRECTION

[HAUGHTY, AMUSED] Xpider, the vigilante, after being threatened OR having a gun pulled on her (pick ONE). 

180 on the voice direction here; this girl is a diva. Laidback, confident, controlled.

Intended to show her duality and her absolute sass factor.

LINE

“Wowww. Real classy! Y’know, it’s not every day I get to beat up boneheads like you. Well… it’s most days.”

OR (pick one)

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! Relax, big guy. Drop the toy. Listen, if I wanted you dead, we wouldn’t be talking.”

DIRECTION

[FRUSRATED, SASSY] Xpider, the vigilante, after seeing an infuriating propaganda ad for a smear campaign against her. Still in complete diva mode.

LINE

“Oh, COME ON! Seriously? These big, flashy, obnoxious billboards are always complete bullshit. Couldn’t even get the hair right...”