Podfic: mmmm, written by kalliel, read by brightly_lit

[brightly_lit]

Title: mmmm
Author: kalliel
Podiccer: brightly_lit
Genre: gen, mostly pre-series (with pitstops in S3, S5, S9, and post-canon)
Characters: Dean, Sam
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1160
Duration: 6 min. 46 sec.
Summary: That one time Sam climbed on top of Carhenge, and that one time Dean waited to see him do it again.

Original fic here.

Streaming and download here.



This is a slightly early Christmas gift for kalliel. She really dug my first podfic, so it seemed like the perfect gift to give to podfic one of her fics.

This is an amazing fic, absolutely beautiful and indescribable, about Sam and Dean watching Carhenge go up as kids and revisiting it later. Here's my mini Reader's Note: I've actually been to Carhenge! While we were there, a class that was studying Stonehenge was there on a field trip because it was the closest they could get to Stonehenge. I'd always thought Carhenge was kind of a big joke, but seeing how remarkable it is, and listening to their teacher compare it to Stonehenge with such gravitas and respect, I realized it's a strange but amazing achievement.

Finally, I cannot more strongly recommend that you go read kalliel's author's notes for this fic, possibly before you actually read/listen to the fic; it gives real-world context for all the fic's events that makes it that much more intense.

I hope y'all enjoy! Especially you, kalliel! You were one of my first friends here, and your generous spirit is such a big part of making fandom what it is.

Comments

[elwarre.livejournal.com]

I've never listened to a podfic before. I'm so glad I listened to this one.

I don't even really know what to say, except that you have a perfect storyteller's voice, and that this story is unbelievable. kalliel: breathtaking and heartbreaking. Thank you both.

[brightly-lit.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for this comment! It really lifted my spirits, and I'm SOOO glad you enjoyed it!!

And yeah, what a fic, eh? Podficcing it, I really had to dig into every word, and it's just so perfect.

<3 <3

[kalliel]

Oh. My!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <33333333333333333333333333333 and ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ and <333333333333333333333333!!!!!

This is the first time anyone has ever podficced something of mine, and I cannot think of a single soul who'd be more desirable for the task than you, my love! I love everything about this. It may take my some time to get past the "I love the fact that this exists, period" portion of this comment, because that in itself is probably enough to occupy me for the rest of the year, but this is so, so lovely. As I said before, I love your voice, and your control of your reading voice, and what I love especially about the way you've done this recording is the way you work with whitespace--or I guess when it comes to audio, it's called dead air? Because you have this magical way of not only in the utilitarian sense of being able to read the section breaks where it makes it coherent and obvious even to an audio audience that doesn't have the benefit of little designatory dashes, haha, but also in the way that you let quiet occupy space, and move from part to part and sentence to sentence. It's so artful and confident and the end result is absolutely gorgeous. <33333333333 Looking back at the text of the fic I was just kind of like uh, okay self, that's... nice, I guess. XP But your recording of it really brings the words and scenes to life, and makes it something good, and I adore it completely completely completely. Thank you SO much for this, bb. You are the #1 bestest ever. <3333333!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also <33333333333 and <333333333333 and <333333333!!!!!!

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

No one has ever podficced your stuff before? O_O No. I don't believe that.