Merlin podfic: Listen, Learn

[sophinisba]

Title: Listen, Learn
Author: anonymous
Reader: sophinisba
Fandom: Merlin
Characters/Ships: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: NC-17
Contains: n/a
A summary: Arthur knows just how much - and how filthily - Merlin appreciates what Arthur brings to the world of accessible text. (AKA the uni AU where Merlin is blind.)
Reader's notes: Recorded for the "sensation play" square on my second kink_bingo card. The author wishes to remain anonymous but has given permission for this fic to be podficced. It is always okay to repod my stuff, but I think it would be especially appropriate if there were multiple versions of story read aloud, and I would love to listen to them.
Length: 23:30 minutes, 10.8 MB
Links: mp3 on MediaFire
mp3 on Audiofic

Comments

[meri]

That story counts as podfic meta, right? Can't wait to listen.

[sophinisba]

It sure felt like it while I was reading! Hope you like listening.

[lanenk.livejournal.com]

Cool, I liked this on the Kinkmeme... and very appropriate to be podficced

[sophinisba]

I've always thought so! It was a treat to finally get a chance to do it.

[snottygrrl]

::downloads:: thanks!

[sophinisba]

Hope you like it!

[erica_schall]

Hm, hm. How is it that you always introduce me to those great stories that I would have missed otherwise?! And how come this hasn’t been recorded before?? This fic was begging for it!

Anyway, I found the jingling very good for dividing the separate parts – especially necessary because the fic jumps back and forth in the timeline. And, well, obviously I still love listening to you reading or I wouldn’t come back for more :)

[sophinisba]

You know, when I first read this at the kink meme it was off a rec where someone was saying the fic was giving them all kinds of warm feelings about podfic, so I always had that idea in mind for it, even though I wasn't really into podfic yet back then. I am also surprised that it's never been recorded before, though it is awkward to ask for permission when something's anonymous.

I'm glad the sound effect worked for you and wasn't too shrill or out of place. I don't usually use any but yeah, it did seem necessary for this one.

Thank you for listening and commenting!

[davincis_girl]

Downloading this. Thank you for podficing Merlin. There is never enough out there.

[sophinisba]

Thanks for checking it out! In case you haven't seen them I have done lots of Merlin podfics. Let me know if you run into any broken links and I can re-upload. :)

[jelazakazone]

Just got a chance to listen to this. It's amazing. You did a wonderful job reading it and the story is just awesome. Thanks for recording it. I never would have seen it otherwise.

[sophinisba]

Thanks a lot for listening! It's easy to miss a lot of stuff that goes by on the kink meme. I know I only read a tiny fraction of the good stuff on there and I'm so glad I saw a rec for this fic back in the day.

[jelazakazone]

You do good work.

The kink meme just completely baffles me, so the only way I see stuff there is if someone rec's it to me. Kudos to you for recording it which is as good as a rec and much easier for me to access in the end (which I think is good irony):)

[sophinisba]

Access ftw! It's like the disability activists say: when you make stuff more accessible, everybody benefits! I'm also glad the author decided to repost this at the AO3 when we were talking about creating a podfic version.

[jelazakazone]

Oh yeah! It's so true. It's not that I can't read fanfic on the computer, but listening to podfic is so much easier for me (and I really love listening to audio stories. I've been listening to audio books for over 10 years).

The disability activitist make a very good point. When my kids were little(r), we totally benefited from all the wheelchair accessibility mods that have been made over the years. The first time my mom saw a minivan with automatic doors she assumed it was a handicap accessibility issue (and maybe that's how it started), but I know how much easier it is to have one (my van only has one automatic door).

The list goes on and on, doesn't it:D

I ♥ AO3. I am glad the author posted there as well.

[crinklysolution]

I really, really loved the way you read this podfic, the subtle way you unwrapped the story and especially the sound you used to mark sections that took place in the past. I listened to it on a long walk on the beach and marveled at it. Thank you!

[sophinisba]

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate this! Even though I always associated this story with podfic, I was a little worried that it would be hard to understand because of the jumps in time, but unwrapping is just the right way to describe it. I have such a tender feeling about it. I'm really glad I got the chance to record it.

[brunettepet]

Another excellent job with one of my favorite stories. I really liked the ping sound used as a break. The story jumps about and that worked beautifully.

[sophinisba]

Thanks, I'm really glad it worked for you, especially since you also care about this story. I knew I needed a sound for the section breaks and I remembered some books on tape I used to listen to when I was a kid that had a high tone like that between chapters. I tried listening to some excerpts of textbooks read aloud to see if they had anything like that but the bits I listened to did not, so I just played around on YouTube until I found something (a triangle sound effect). :)

[cantarina]

This is a very you story. I really enjoyed listening to this! I think that it conveyed the intimacy of listening to someone speak far better than the text would have managed alone. Or more directly, maybe.

[sophinisba]

Thank you, Carina, what a lovely thing to say. ♥

[fish_echo]

http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/listen-learn :D

[sophinisba]

:D :D

It's just like old times!! I'm really impressed with how quickly you're making your way through this backlog.

[fish_echo]

I know, it's so awesome, isn't it?

My rate will have to slow down at some point, but for the past week, my entire social life has been catching up on TV shows in the background whilst archiving :)

Listen, Learn

[eileenlufkin]

I enjoyed listening to this.

Re: Listen, Learn

[sophinisba]

Thank you!

[brunettepet]

This podfic is just as great on listen twenty as it was on the first listen. Thank you for doing such a great job.