Merlin podfic: "Arcane Asylum" by new_kate

[sophinisba]

Title: Arcane Asylum
Author: new_kate
Reader: sophinisba
Fandom: Merlin
Starring: Arthur/Merlin (+ everybody)
Rating: NC-17
Contains: sexual assault and mind-control sex (not between the main pairing), imprisonment, graphic violence, death of minor characters, grief, occasional discriminatory language.
Author's summary: "Modern AU. For the last twenty two years Uther Pendragon has been waging war on magic. Now his son Arthur has been framed for a magical crime and sent to the prison for magic users. Arthur is instantly targeted by the inmates, but mysterious top dog Merlin takes him under his wing. They form a bond, and Merlin decides to help Arthur clear his name."
Reader's notes For the podficbigbang challenge, by far the longest podfic I've ever made. I started recording this in December! Big thanks to eosrose for running the challenge and hosting the files, lolafeist for making the covers, and my Twitter friends and the folks at remopodmo for all their encouragement!!
I liked both of Lola's covers so much that I didn't know which one to choose, but as it turned out my audiobook building software couldn't fit the whole thing in one file anyway, so I put it in two parts and I get to use both! The fic itself has 16 chapters and is not divided in two parts; if you download the m4b (audiobook) version you should be able to see chapter stops on your iPod.
Length: 12 hours and 43 minutes (omg)
Text links: AO3, LJ
Other podfic posts: podficbigbang on DW, podficbigbang on LJ, podficbigbang website

Arcane Asylum download links
Part 1, 6 hrs 1 min	Part 2, 6 hrs 42 min
mp3 pt 1 at Sendspace, 206.7 MB	mp3 pt 2 at Sendspace, 230 MB
m4b pt 1 at MediaFire, 169 MB	m4b pt 2 at MediaFire, 185 MB
mp3 pts 1 and 2 at podficbigbang 430.3 MB (.zip, right-click save)
m4b pts 1 and 2 at podficbigbang 347.6 MB (.zip, right-click save)

Comments

[endeni]

Wow, what a really gorgeous reading! I've just begun listening but I'm enjoying your podfic tremendously. ;)
Also, just a note, I realized that mid-chapter three (circa 01:38) you missed reading this sentence: "Of course. Oh, but just so I know what I'm dealing with here, what can you tell me about an inmate called Merlin? I don't know his last name."
I just hear a bit of silence were these words should be, so I thought you may have at one time deleted this bit and later forgotten to edit the words back in? (Unless it was just my file?)
Anyway, I'm back to listening... *g*

[sophinisba]

Wow, that's so frustrating! I remember coming across that missing sentence on my last edit, but I also remember fixing it! I don't know what happened to cause that piece of the recording to disappear twice, and now I'm worried that the other edits I did on that last round might not have taken either, ugh. I don't think it would be too hard to do the actual fixing, but compiling and uploading all the files again would probably take a couple hours, and that's before I get back to eosrose about it. Whah, podfic!

Okay, sorry for the little tantrum there. I'm really so grateful that you let me know (and thanks for being so specific) and of course even happier that you're enjoying the rest of the podfic. AA is one of my favorite fics in any fandom and I'm super excited to be sharing it with people like this. If you come across any other problems as you're listening I'd really appreciate it if you let me know. <3 <3

[endeni]

No worries, with so many hours of recording, something like that is bound to happen... No rush either! I just wanted to let you know. ;)
Oh yes, Arcane Asylum is really a terrific fic. *nods* I remember being thoroughly floored the first time I read it and now I'm going to fall asleep listening to it! And tomorrow I'll /wake up/ listening to it. Brilliant! Your voice is always so very clear and engaging! *g*
I really enjoyed your reading of "Lunch and Other Obscenities" too - loved your Uhura voice!
Plus, your podfics basically introduced me to Gwen/Morgana fics. I loved "Pastimes & Lifestyles" and I really adored your reading of "The Universal Language": so lyrical and moving, it made me really feel for Morgana. ...and that's it, sorry for the (very) belated feedback. ;)

[sophinisba]

Apologies for never answering this, but thank you. It always makes me so happy to hear that I helped someone get into Gwen/Morgana. :)