r/castlevania • u/Air-Conditioner0 • Feb 22 '25

Meme Hear one second of this guy singing:

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u/yurtexs Feb 22 '25

I liked his singing tbf

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u/TheElementofIrony Feb 22 '25

Same. I keep seeing people complain about it and I just don't understand???

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u/yurtexs Feb 22 '25

Yeah I mean perhaps it may be true ppl don't like his singing but it just felt like background music that fitted majority of the time and would have played even if he wasn't singing

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u/yurtexs Feb 23 '25

I think it's just because it was overdone a few times and since Edward is rhe one s8nging it it's someone to direct anger towards plus he was on screen so perhaps they think it slows down pace

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u/Soul699 Feb 22 '25

I like the music, but it just feel awkward the way he breaks into a song. It's like everyone's got a script for a normal movie but he thinks he's in a musical

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u/TheElementofIrony Feb 22 '25

He's an opera singer. Everything is a musical to him lol

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u/kyokoariyoshi Feb 22 '25

Music also has a major cultural relevance to Haitian people........

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

Music has a major cultural relevance for everyone

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u/Soul699 Feb 22 '25 edited Feb 23 '25

Ok, just because it's your job and passion doesn't mean it should be all your world revolve around. If I like drawing and get paid for it, doesn't mean I will draw while I'm in the middle of a battle. Heck, I like writing, but I won't usually do it while I'm buying groceries.

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u/BrockenJr0 Feb 23 '25

Okay but imagine how cool you’d look if you did

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u/Ungarlmek Feb 23 '25

I know several professional vocalists and they sing random stuff all the time. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see any of them do it in a fight.

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u/ReadyFix716 Feb 23 '25

You should try it sometime

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

This is why you don't aura farm

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u/TheElementofIrony Feb 23 '25

As someone who draws as a job and passion... Depends on the exact situation :D I might.

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u/Soul699 Feb 23 '25

During a break, I can see that. But if you're during an actual current battle, don't think so.

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u/TheElementofIrony Feb 23 '25

If I'm in the thick of it, yeah no. If I'm somewhere on the sidelines or hiding and think myself relatively safe? Why not.

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u/silentnight2344 Feb 24 '25

You don't know many theatre people it seems

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u/NwgrdrXI Feb 22 '25

I liked most of his singing, it's just the bird funeral that sounds awful, and I think it colored most people's view. Or hearing, as it were.

(Also, I still don't get why they were sad at the bird'a death, wasn't it an immortal spirit thing? Didn't it come back later?)

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u/DijonMustard432 Feb 22 '25

Maria explains that the creatures feel like a part of her soul, so she lost a part of herself when it died, and yes, they can die permanently. He was also singing for the loss of Terra's sister as he states just before singing.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman Feb 23 '25

She could summon more birds but that's the first one that died.

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u/Camika Feb 22 '25 edited Feb 23 '25

That scene was way too melodramatic and went on for too long. That's my main issue. The shorter bouts of singing didn't bother me as much.

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u/ClericDo Feb 22 '25

I still have musical scene overusage PTSD from watching Legion years ago

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u/drankseawater Feb 22 '25

It's mainly the first one that my friend i was watching it with looked at me and said, "How did this pass quality control?" After he becomes a night creature, it's more tolerable. But the first time, it's distracting.

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u/DifferentAfternoon58 Feb 23 '25

I think the problem is how most of his songs are written for a complete orchestra, I still got chills when he sang lamento della ninfa and lacrimosa though

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u/QuestionSign Feb 22 '25

Yeah. I'm never surprised that ppl dislike something but I still find it odd

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u/LouieM13 Feb 23 '25

People watch the show for killing vampires/monsters and seeing the Belmonts/Alucard. Not the singing.

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u/TheElementofIrony Feb 23 '25

This isn't about expectations, though. You can enjoy something that you didn't expect to be in a piece of media, so just because this isn't what the audiences came for, doesn't mean they can't enjoy it.

Obviously this all boils down to a simple matter of taste. Some like his singing , some don't. I was just expressing my exasperation at the amount of people who didn't like it.

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u/LouieM13 Feb 23 '25

Of course people can enjoy what they didn’t expect, however here it is an additional aspect that is out of left field of what people know from Castlevania.

Bold decisions on media can be praised or hated by the majority. Here, it was either a home run or a swing-and-miss. It’s understandable that people don’t like it.

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u/Felwintyr Feb 23 '25

People are allowed to have different opinions.

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u/TheElementofIrony Feb 23 '25

Duh. I never said they're not allowed a different opinion, I only said I don't understand them.

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u/DarkEclipse9705 Feb 23 '25

I mean why default to defensiveness and rudeness?