Hermione's Review...
Added 2024-11-13 16:21:16 +0000 UTCAlthough I enjoyed creating it, and considering that I revamped it from scratch, I'm still pleased I was able to complete it with just over a month's worth of time.
But, as I always say... I'm quick to receive what people don't like about my work, and very few share what they do enjoy. With that being said, not just with my content, but any other creator you all follow... please sure what you enjoyed about the content they create. Trust me when I say it's really appreciated.
Sometimes it feels like a thankless endeavor in a very pushy community at times.
But, I'm thankful that all of you are not pushy, and I'm also grateful with the feedback you all give.
However, there's probably a familiar name you see in the comments, which said person has been leaving comments in my recent videos since that person no longer part of this patreon. But I decided to share that person's comment, as well as the person above.
Let's address the bottom person first. I do think this person is trying to get a reaction out of me, and I had thought of roasting this person in a video. But then I thought about it, if I did that.. I'd be giving the person the attention he's trying to get out of me. A friend of mine also recommended just ignoring him, which I think I'll do. He's definitely tryin to get a rise out of me, and I won't give him that.
But, I do tell myself to not take to heart what he says. What's erotic is subjective. Yes, I have a kink for humiliation and degradation and my disclaimer says my work is a work of fiction, is meant for fantasy, and entertainment only. It's no secret that virgin defloration is a big focus in my work, and I'm sure many of you share an interest with that theme as well since you follow me. I personally think virgin defloration is an overlooked and underappreciated gem that many other artists miss out on.
But the phrase "young girls"... C'mon now, they're young women, meaning they're all at least the age of 18. Hence why I focus on saying the female character's age... so that the viewer knows they are adults, meaning at least the age of 18. I may use the word girl, or teen... but I never put "young" ahead of girl or teen. I want to viewer to know without a doubt that each character is at least the age of 18. Saying, "young girl," just doesn't sound right.
Now, let's talk about the comment up above.
Personally, I think my content dialogue sounds leagues better than the standard text to speech program. But I don't know, maybe I'm delusional and the dialogue actually sounds like crap. But it really baffles me how some people complain on content that's clearly not their interests.
The two biggest complaints I get are the dialogue, and music.
Seriously, people complain about music in the video. Which to me, I need the music to not only set the tone of the scene, but also to mask the fact that each sound effect I use are not natural to the scene. Even sloshing sound effects can have its own background sound, so I need music to mask the non organic sound effects.
Although, I will say the amount of complaints over music has gone down big time since I've lowered the volume and added reverb to make it sound like background sound in the scene rather than an overlay.
But since you all follow my work, I want to hear from you all..
Keep the dialogue, lessen the dialogue?
Tell me, I want to know.
Also, with the kinks of humiliation and degradation, as well as virgin defloration... do you all enjoy it as much as I do?
Let's talk about it.
Comments
If giving feedback was an art, you'd be a master. As always, I appreciate your feedback. But yeah, I admit... there's that part of me that wants to clap back and "he, whose name I shall not speak." But I know I'd be feeding into his need for attention, and by doing that.. I'd be taking time away from creating content which hurts all of us. But yeah, I'm going to ignore him from here on in. Anyhow, as for the other comment. I won't lie, sometimes I do doubt myself as a creator. Not that I need validation, but when the only comments I get, or majority is of people complaining about dialogue and music. Because I'll admit, I am sensitive to sound, and when I view other people's work and there's no background sound. Just the individual sounds, which has their own background feed and there's just straight silence in between each sound, it actually drives me insane because the sounds aren't organic to the scene. I need the music to drown out the inorganic feel of each sound effect, to kinda glue it all together. Then again, people will complain regardless. No matter how good I think the AI is, and I honestly don't think it sounds soulless computer TTS as the person above says, but I've seen videos of people complaining because they didn't like the voice acting in other creators' videos, or they complain the captions are distracting. People even complaining about music in content that's straight up labelled as HMV's... Hentai Music Videos... Even in Ellie and the Cole Train.... people left comments wanting a reupload without Cole talking. As soon as the sexy time starts, he had at most four lines!! Maybe I should start putting it in the disclaimer. I do think the rule34 community is a lot more toxic than regular porn communities. There's so many artists and creators in the Rule 34 space that quit, and everyone is always like... "I wonder why they quit, their stuff was good." I think in due part is because you'll see a lot more negative feedback, not even constructive criticism, just toxic negativity. Much like in the way that "He, whose name I shall not speak of" comments. He says his kink is to be that way, which I agree is weird. But I do think many more are like him. Anyhow, I always appreciate the way you give feedback. And yes, BLACKED To The Max with Max and Chief Sajanto... that was perfect. I think I found the right balance of dialogue and when to let the music cook. Because I'll admit, I enjoy letting the music cook too. Then after the music had its moment to cook, come back to how the character is feeling, what she's thinking. Or even Warren, how he's perceiving it. But yeah, I understand monsters ain't your thing and that's totally okay. I'm still going to have more human x human content. I'd say 70/30 in that favor. I did cut down in the monologue in the Hermione video though, mainly because I was rushing to get it done. But now that I'm back working on BLACKED To The Max, I'll be putting a lot of emphasis on the narration again.
Crossroads Radio
2024-11-14 12:50:57 +0000 UTCFirst of all, I agree that you should just ignore responses that are obviously geared at provoking you, as with the lower of the two examples you posted above. I know it's tough to just let it pass by, but giving these people attention will usually just motivate them to keep provoking you in the future as they find satisfaction in doing just that (and said person even explicitly told you/us publicly some time ago that this very thing is a kink of his - weird enough...). Now to the actual critique: Even though I paid little attention to the Hermione project to be honest as I'm not into monster stuff at all (meaning: that has nothing to do with your execution in the slightest), when referring to your other recent projects I did very much enjoy the amount of dialogue. I would even go as far as to say that I like it just as much as the "actual" erotic content, sometimes even more as it adds so much depth to the scene. Some time ago I said something along the lines of (exact wording might differ slightly): "If I want to watch two people railing each other and nothing more, I might just watch any random porn out there". Your work however isn't just any "random porn", but a very well-crafted animation you put a lot of work into to make the storytelling and by now even the lore (yes, smut videos with FUCKING LORE!!! That's a novelty for sure, but a welcome one – as Palpatine would say. :P ) very convincing and thus giving the project a level of authenticity that is pretty much unheard of in the entire bandwidth of smut animation content. :) Now for the music part, I like adding some music here and there, especially when it adds to the storytelling (AI lyrics and such), but I remember when you first tried to use that feature it was a little "overbearing" compared to actual dialogue, but as you tuned it down in later iterations I think now it is at an appropriate level. Actual dialogue should be way more important, but music can give the scenes an extra layer that adds to the atmosphere. In conclusion, I would stick to the route you're taking when it comes to dialogue because if it were any less it would definitely lack something that was particularly endearing about the content you create. Of course, when I think that something is "too much" or "too little" or there is something I personally do not enjoy (but many might disagree, as with monster stuff, so that shouldn't tailor your decisions by default), I'm open to tell you. Knowing how much effort you put into your videos and the quality you deliver I would never dare to "force" you into decisions or even downright bad-talk about it. Instead, I'd like to give you alternative ideas here and there and whether you integrate them or not is entirely up to you and doesn't make me think any less of your work or yourself. :) I hope I could give you some insight that might be helpful and please keep going with your work as intended (at your appropritae pace of course, so your private life is not infringed). I'm greatly looking forward to the "remake" of episode 2 of Blacked to the Max that will come in the near future. :)
Sajanto
2024-11-14 09:36:45 +0000 UTCI see what you're saying regarding "corn" theme. It actually took me awhile to get it. But yeah, dialogue adds to the story, and story adds context to the sexy time, which to me... it adds much more spice.
Crossroads Radio
2024-11-14 05:05:00 +0000 UTCKeep up the good work. There will always haters. I like it when there is more dialogue, like in what you are doing, so it is not your typical "corn" theme. Story is very important even in erotic art.
spacewolf198
2024-11-13 18:38:55 +0000 UTC
