Podfic: "My Body Betrays Me", Chapter Four Part Two: Kurt

[emilianadarling]

Title: My Body Betrays Me (Chapter Four Part Two: Kurt) PODFIC! (Link to original text here.)
Author: emilianadarling
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: non-con/dub-con Kurt/Karofsky, Kurt/Blaine
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Vaguely explained magic, non-con, dub-con, angst, awful situations, manipulation, crack prompt gone serious.
Length: 01:32:39 for this chapter
Intro/Outro

Comments

[cassidychase]

Repeated lines: 19.21 "Fuck, yea, you need to realize how lucky you are

[emilianadarling]

Omg!! Sorry for all the repeated lines! I am on my phone right now ot of the house so I will respond better once I'm back home, but I'll fix them and re-upload when I get home. :)

[cassidychase]

Haha! No need to apologise! Just pointing them out so you can fix them for the final product, which will be epicly long XD Can't emphasize enough how awesome this is XD

[emilianadarling]

Okay, I figured out what happened with this file! My computer crashed mid-way through my editing, and I thought I'd recovered everything. But it turns out I didn't, and I was working with a file with some of the edits left out. OOPS. I am just uploading the fixed version now -- thank you so much for letting me know! (The slaps were an accident, lol. My marker for figuring out the placement of an echo effect. The updated version will be corrected!! Seriously, I should just send these to you and have you listen through them instead of posting them first. That would probably save us loads of time. XD) Thank you again! I'm just getting rid of the repeated lines from Chapter Three that you caught, as well, so the final product should be pretty darn good! AND YES IT SHALL BE EPICLY LONG!

Thank you very much about this chapter's voice acting, as well!! :) It was a very intense read, let me tell you. So happy to give you chills. <3 It freaked out Mr. Darling in the other room, because he hates hearing me sound like that even if he knows it's

[punkkitten2113]

Yesyesyesyesyesyes!! I am so excited to read this! *scurries to download*

[emilianadarling]

Yay! So happy you're stoked! Although I should let you know that I apparently uploaded a version with several mistakes -- my computer crashed mid-editing and I thought it saved more of my work than it did, oops! So the fixed version will be up momentarily. :)

[punkkitten2113]

Thanks for the heads up! I downloaded the updated one, and WOW!!!!!!!

1.) Kurt's tone- you have such a clear control of Kurt's voice! I was enchanted everytime he talked, because I could visualize him speaking in the exact same way.

2.)CHILLS and TERROR during the confrontation. And the way you lead up to the curse breaking.....oh my goodness! It was just a straight shot to the gut, and then straight to the waterworks.

3a.) The aftermath-I read this story about three times before you had ever posted the first audio, and everytime I read this part, I was SO ready for boykisses and happy endings right away, but everytime I am SO glad that doesn't happen, because it makes it so much more realistic the way you describe it happening.

3b.) Hehe, this kind of goes with that. The part where Blaine is getting patched up, and Kurt describes the way he is smiling - it's like a ray of sunlight, and then you portray every line afterward that Blaine says with that same warmth and smile in his voice! So lovely

[emilianadarling]

I NEVER RESPONDED TO THIS OH MY GOD I'M SORRY. (For some reason, I don't get e-mail alerts whenever you specifically leave a comment! *weird* Sorry again

[emilianadarling]

Thank you so, so very much!! Oh my gosh, I'm so delighted that this chapter was effective and compelling to listen to as someone experiencing the story for the first time. <3 This comment just made my entire day, bb! I hope you weren't TOO much of a wreck, but at the same time I'm over the moon that it was such an intense listen

[emilianadarling]

Lol! :) This chapter took a bit longer because it was a bit lengthy. I recorded it, edited it, and had in posted in under eight hours, I think? But I had a few editing mistakes, so it all evens out. XD

Have you had a chance to try out the clapping method yet, bb?

[podklb]

I have been trying to roll this out slowly for myself, only a few minutes here and there, so it would last until the final chapter was out. (No time-pressure from me, though. I know well how it is with podfic WIPs and not having time. Take as much time as you need!) Anyway, so last night I got to the yelling confrontation part and it was just SO GOOD that I needed to come tell you. You really are just a pull-out-all-the-stops reader, you go for line readings 100%, and it is so impressive and so enjoyable to listen to. Your Dave, especially, is just such a raw and damaged person, and I can't get over how much color your reading adds to his character. He's kind of the star of the podfic version, to me. Poor dude. He just was not strong enough to handle the temptation of the power he was given without completely losing his mind. And it's already far, far too late for him to return to being a reasonable person without realizing what he did and basically self-destructing, so there's no path back (except maybe with the help of intensive

[emilianadarling]

Oh, thank you so much! :) I'm so sorry you've had to resort to rationing! It's actually not been a time issue, I'm afraid: I've had a terrible cold for two weeks now that won't let me say more than a few words without bursting into rounds of coughing, so recording anything has been out of the question. :( But I'm mostly better now -- only a few coughing fits every few minutes! So I'm hoping to get the final chapter done this weekend. :

But I'm SO happy you were compelled to comment after the yelling confrontation! That section truly was wonderful fun to record; I love getting into the emotions of the scene. And, oh, Dave. I'm so happy Dave is coming across well; the way I read him aloud is the way I hear him in my head when I write the scenes. He's just a weak person, and he's gone too far to go back now. SO happy that he's coming across well, thank you!

Thank you so much! I'm so happy you're still loving it, and that you're eager to hear the rest. ^^;; I'm so sorry for the long wait! Stupid sickness!

[wowbright]

I am REALLY enjoying this story. Just wanted to let you know that Chapters 4b and 5 cut out for me before they were over. It's all working out - I switched to the m4b. I'm not sure if it's an issue with the files on Mediafire, or the way I downloaded them.

Anyway - your reading is excellent. I'm not done yet and will leave you another note when I am, but I seriously had to stop the recording and message one of my friends to handhold me through the gardener's shed scene. It was so intense - masterful writing and performance.

Also, in the scene where Blaine walked in on Karofsky and Kurt - I hid my face on the kitchen counter until it was over, just to keep myself calm. Yeah, I don't know why hiding my face helps me when I'm listening to an audiobook, but it does. Oh, and then I had to remind myself to breathe.

Which just means, you make real worlds with your words.