podficbigbang: Little Wooden Boy and the Belly of Love by new_kate

[sophinisba]

Title: Little Wooden Boy and the Belly of Love
Author: new_kate
Cover art: yue_ix
Fandom: Merlin
Characters/Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: NC-17
Contains: Mild drugs and alcohol use, pegging, mention of mental illness, transgender issues
Summary: "Modern AU. Arthur moves to a a different city to start a new life and become a new man. On a whim he decides to share a flat with an attractive stranger, and quickly gets drawn into Merlin's odd little world."
Reader's notes: Again, even if you're not interested in podfic I highly recommend you check out yue_ix's cover art and fascinating notes about how she decided to create a scene from Merlin's comic book, and tell her what you think!
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes (no music)

Related links:
text at the AO3
art and artist notes
project post at podficbigbang (contains broken links)

Download links:
At the AO3!

Comments

[crinklysolution]

Loved this podfic of yours, such an interesting, unusual story - thought you did an excellent job with it. Thank you!

[sophinisba]

Thanks a lot!

[piscaria]

I started listening to this story yesterday on my way to work, and this morning, I was so dying of curiosity that I woke up a good two hours before my alarm clock and put it on while cleaning the kitchen. Thank you so much for podficcing this! Your reading was fantastic. Your voice subtly conveyed the character's emotions without ever crossing that line into melodrama, which is tricky to do. And I'm not sure I ever would have read that fantastic story without a podfic of it, so again, thank you. I'll definitely have to check out the other stories you've read!

[sophinisba]

Hi hi, sorry I missed answering this! Please know I really treasure this comment. I love this story a lot so it's been really great to hear that more people are reaching it through the podfic, and I'm especially happy that the level of emotion in the reading worked for you. Thank you so much for letting me know. <3

[new_kate]

Dammit I never commented. I'm a doofus. I loved, loved what you did with this story. You gave every character a unique voice and kept them true throughout, and your Arthur and Merlin just broke my heart with how earnest and lovely they are. My long-ass sentences must be a bitch to read, and you handled them so beautifully, and make it all sound good! I love your voice, and I loved every second of this podfic, and I just can't tell you how grateful and happy I am that you did it. Thank you!

[sophinisba]

Oh sweetie, I've dealt with much longer sentences than yours. :P This was truly a pleasure to read (especially, I have to say, the Merlin voice, because he was just so happy to be there) and I'm really thrilled that the podfic version worked for you. Thanks so much for your comment, and heck for writing this story in the first place. It's really brought me a lot of happiness.

[heard_the_owl]

...and this one...

:D