Adventures in Podficcing / Fandom Tr*mps Hate
This last round of holmestice wrapped a while ago, but I am still catching up.
First off, my lovely ST:TNG!Moriarty gift was made by
graycardinal, thank you kindly!
As for my own contributions, I began the round writing a fic for my recipient, phoenixfalls, but then the election happened, my brain became a good deal less stable overnight, and my ability to produce new words... stopped. And yet I kept slogging at the story, hoping it'd all come together somehow. (I have about 10K of trunked words for that story, sigh. Maybe someday?) With deadlines looming, I finally decided to stop beating my head on it and instead gave myself a crash-course in podficcing.
If you've ever wanted to know what my (measured, performative) voice sounds like:
[podfic] A Heap of Sun and Shadow
A recording of A Heap of Sun and Shadow by
PhoenixFalls
Elementary
Sherlock/Joan
Retirement, First Kiss, Friends to lovers, always-a-girl!Sherlock
General audiences, no archive warnings apply
9 minutes; 1152 words
Twenty-five years on, Joan and Sherlock retire to upstate New York together.
[podfic] The Glass Half Full
A recording of The Glass Half Full by
Garonne
ACD Canon
Watson/Mary, unrequited Holmes/Watson
General audiences, no archive warnings apply
18 minutes; 2524 words
Nothing but unspoken words and unspent passions, declarations never made and caresses never given.
Holmes and Mary Watson have an after-dinner conversation about Watson.
I was long fond of both stories, but I fell outright in love with them both via the act of recording them. I hope I did them both the credit they deserve. As I said before, I am brand-new at podficcing; if anyone has tips or advice, I will happily take them.
Late in the exchange, phoenixfalls and I were chatting about her own contribution (an Elementary adaptation of a Coules Further Adventures story, yay!), and how frustrating it was that she was still the only person to have contributed to the AO3 Joantes tag. And I thought, fuck it, I KNOW someone who wasn't me requested Joantes this round; went searching and saw that one of venusinthenight's requests could be filled with some straightforward one-shot smut; decided that although smut is not my strong suit, fic-that-exists is always de facto better than fic-that-doesn't; and hammered out some Joantes smut for her.
Sucker Punch
Elementary
Joan Watson/Gina Cortes
Explicit, No archive warnings apply
Boxing, Hatesex, First time, Missing scene, Blood
3409 words
Joan figures she can battle Cortes to a respectable draw, and then they can both walk away, tempers spent and faces saved. Joan is wrong.
By the way, Gina's broken nose in that story? That was my own first broken nose: I was gleefully pursuing a less-experienced fighter who was fleeing me, when she spun and gave me the opportunity to run face-first into her fist. *tight displeased smile* For the record, broken noses are not fun. They hurt then and they hurt later, but the most not-fun thing about them, in my opinion, is that they bleed everywhere, which gives me exactly four seconds to get my revenge before someone calls the fight for bloodborne-safety reasons. I have never once managed to get my revenge in those four seconds, damnit hiss spit.
* * *
In other news, I have signed up as a creator for the charity auction Fandom Tr*mps Hate. (FAQ) I am offering podfic, because I figure I'm less likely to disappoint someone with one of my strange, sideways interpretations of an assignment/commission that way. Full details of my offer are here (as well as links for bidding on it), but in short: max 5K words, no explicit sex or graphic violence, please inquire about fandoms. That is, all the fandoms you'd usually expect from me, plus a couple dozen more.
Of course, I'm not the only one who offered something! Full listings are at @fandomtrumpshateofferings. More info here about how the offers are organized and how to bid.
This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth, where there are
comments. You may comment there (using OpenID) or here.
First off, my lovely ST:TNG!Moriarty gift was made by
graycardinal, thank you kindly!
As for my own contributions, I began the round writing a fic for my recipient, phoenixfalls, but then the election happened, my brain became a good deal less stable overnight, and my ability to produce new words... stopped. And yet I kept slogging at the story, hoping it'd all come together somehow. (I have about 10K of trunked words for that story, sigh. Maybe someday?) With deadlines looming, I finally decided to stop beating my head on it and instead gave myself a crash-course in podficcing.
If you've ever wanted to know what my (measured, performative) voice sounds like:
[podfic] A Heap of Sun and Shadow
A recording of A Heap of Sun and Shadow by
PhoenixFalls
Elementary
Sherlock/Joan
Retirement, First Kiss, Friends to lovers, always-a-girl!Sherlock
General audiences, no archive warnings apply
9 minutes; 1152 words
Twenty-five years on, Joan and Sherlock retire to upstate New York together.
[podfic] The Glass Half Full
A recording of The Glass Half Full by
Garonne
ACD Canon
Watson/Mary, unrequited Holmes/Watson
General audiences, no archive warnings apply
18 minutes; 2524 words
Nothing but unspoken words and unspent passions, declarations never made and caresses never given.
Holmes and Mary Watson have an after-dinner conversation about Watson.
I was long fond of both stories, but I fell outright in love with them both via the act of recording them. I hope I did them both the credit they deserve. As I said before, I am brand-new at podficcing; if anyone has tips or advice, I will happily take them.
Late in the exchange, phoenixfalls and I were chatting about her own contribution (an Elementary adaptation of a Coules Further Adventures story, yay!), and how frustrating it was that she was still the only person to have contributed to the AO3 Joantes tag. And I thought, fuck it, I KNOW someone who wasn't me requested Joantes this round; went searching and saw that one of venusinthenight's requests could be filled with some straightforward one-shot smut; decided that although smut is not my strong suit, fic-that-exists is always de facto better than fic-that-doesn't; and hammered out some Joantes smut for her.
Sucker Punch
Elementary
Joan Watson/Gina Cortes
Explicit, No archive warnings apply
Boxing, Hatesex, First time, Missing scene, Blood
3409 words
Joan figures she can battle Cortes to a respectable draw, and then they can both walk away, tempers spent and faces saved. Joan is wrong.
By the way, Gina's broken nose in that story? That was my own first broken nose: I was gleefully pursuing a less-experienced fighter who was fleeing me, when she spun and gave me the opportunity to run face-first into her fist. *tight displeased smile* For the record, broken noses are not fun. They hurt then and they hurt later, but the most not-fun thing about them, in my opinion, is that they bleed everywhere, which gives me exactly four seconds to get my revenge before someone calls the fight for bloodborne-safety reasons. I have never once managed to get my revenge in those four seconds, damnit hiss spit.
* * *
In other news, I have signed up as a creator for the charity auction Fandom Tr*mps Hate. (FAQ) I am offering podfic, because I figure I'm less likely to disappoint someone with one of my strange, sideways interpretations of an assignment/commission that way. Full details of my offer are here (as well as links for bidding on it), but in short: max 5K words, no explicit sex or graphic violence, please inquire about fandoms. That is, all the fandoms you'd usually expect from me, plus a couple dozen more.
Of course, I'm not the only one who offered something! Full listings are at @fandomtrumpshateofferings. More info here about how the offers are organized and how to bid.
This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth, where there are
comments. You may comment there (using OpenID) or here.