Podfic: "My Body Betrays Me", Chapter Two -- PODFIC! :D

[emilianadarling]

Busybusybusybusy. :) I spent a good chunk of the day getting this done, guys, but guess what? It only took me one day. Seriously, I cannot get over how speedy this editing technique is. I can't believe I tried it before and decided it was rubbish! :D

My goal is to get this all wrapped up and finished before going back to school, which should be

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[emilianadarling]

Heeeheee!! Thank you so much for listening, and for coming back to give such incredible feedback!! <3 I'm glad you liked the lisp -- speaking like a six-year-old was actually super fun! In my head, at least, Kurt went back to school when he was 11-12ish, because homeschooling was very hard with only a single father around who had major commitments to his job. After that age, too, is when school gets a little bit harder for people of an older generation -- into the "holy crap, we never learned that when I was a kid" stage.

I'm so happy you enjoyed the echo effect!! It's my first time ever using it in one of my podfics, but I felt like some of the scenes in this were difficult to understand without some way of differentiating the dialogue. I'm so happy it worked so well and was only jarring in the right way. :D

With regards to the "moaning like a whore and sobbing into the night" line, I actually meant for it to be more non-literal when I wrote it. Like, Kurt's hearing himself be incredibly dramatically loud and is using language that matches that scenario? But I totally see how it could be confusing and muck up the timeline if taken literally! Oop!

I'm so happy that the smut -- the incredibly non-consensual and kinda horrifying smut -- isn't making you turn the podfic off. <3 It can be strange, listening to smut in podfics at first -- and I do think that some readers manage it better than others, so I'm just incredibly flattered that it works for you. Let me tell you, reading smut into a microphone and moaning like that is certainly a strange experience for me, too, at first! Mr. Darling can always hear everything because I'm just in the other room, lol. XD He's always like, "that was a porny chapter!" and I'm like, "oh, hush, you <3"

I TOTALLY understand about glazing over detail, because I do that ALL THE TIME when I read fic -- or even books. Like, I get anxious and want to get to certain parts, so I skim and miss things when I read. It's actually one of the things I love most about audio stories: I can't skip ahead, and I can't rush. I can only be told this story at the speed that the reader wants me to listen to it. Such a different experience! I'm so pleased that this one is your favourite chapter, lovely -- I love hearing which ones people prefer above others, and why. This is definitely SUCH a look into Kurt's head, isn't it? I find that mentality incredibly interesting to explore as well -- as you can probably guess!!

Thank you very, very much for being so lovely and taking the time to tell me what you thought, bb!! I always appreciate it, and I'm very happy that there are no repeated lines in this chapter. XD You're so lovely, and I hope you had a wonderful day at Uni!

[cassidychase]

Aah!! Awesome replies as usual! Always awesome to hear your head canon, and now with the podfic, there's even more to discover and take notice of, even though its the exact same text!! XD XD

Honestly love digging deep into story 'verses and other things that I obsess about (Glee, HP etc). I'm not the kind that tries a lot of things, but if I dive, I usually dive deep XD

*contented sigh* Just totally love listening to your voice and your narrative! (If that doesn't sound creepy XD) I would never be able to do what you are, cause I really hate the shallowness of anything that I write, so reading it back for people to hear will never be something I will do. But YOU! You write incredible material and have an awesome podfic voice, so never ever change!! (Or more like, evolve and grow, but never stop the awesomeness form flowing!!)

[emilianadarling]

That doesn't sound creepy at all! :) I love sharing my voice with people. And I'm very, very happy that this is pleasant to listen to and analyze in a different form! Diving deep is always, always my favourite way to go as well. Analyzing the media I love = the best!!

And didn't you write 90 pages of Marauders-era fic? That doesn't sound shallow to me!