A Romantic Fangirl

Dear podficcer,

 

I am very excited to see what you record for me and I am going to try and make this as coherent as I possibly can. Obviously, the moment ITPE signups started, I forgot every single fandom I was in.

Know that the first tag I usually check for any new fandom is the Hurt/Comfort tag - that should tell you what you need. Feel free to smother me in fluff, or whump. However, I generally prefer things to have a happy ending, no matter how dark and painful they get along the way.

Yes: hurt/comfort, fluff, whump, non-sexual kink (especially bondage and D/s), polyamory, team fic, queerplatonic relationships, asexual characters, aromantic characters, non-traditional relationships, explorations of identity, explorations of gender, trans headcannons, lots of fluff, disturbing fluff, mutual dub-con, sex pollen (consensual and enthusiastic use of sex pollen is muchly appreciated, but the garden variety dub-conny kind is also welcome), tentacles, non-human biology, mind games, hypnosis, codependent characters, self-sacrificing idiots, sleep deprived characters who make bad decisions, naps, pining, loyalty, competence, soul bonds, time loops, character study - this is an incomplete and very incoherent list. I like a lot of things.

No: hopeless endings, pure angst, permanent character death (especially from cancer), things done to characters against their consent while they are unconscious, non-con, omegaverse, needles being inserted in eyes (eye trauma in general isn't an issue, just very specifically no scenes of needles being inserted in eyes. yes, i am aware of what fandoms i'm in), pregnancy as the focus of the fic (of any kind), daddy kink, OOC, soulmates, reincarnation

Repods are welcome (especially of stuff I've already podficced) and I'd be very happy if you podficced anything of mine (I am aware how small some of these fandoms are and I doubt more fic will miraculously appear in the meantime).


Fandoms

Jonny Quest (any media, but The Real Adventures and the new Dynamite comics in particular) (Dr Quest/Race, team fic, family shenanigans, adventures, Jonny, Jessie and Hadji in any combination, platonic or romantic, any of Race's or Benton’s past relationships, anything really ...just not the one where Jessie dies of cancer)
The Kingmaker Histories (podcast) (season 2 has just begun and I'm hoping for more fic to pop up - Eisen/Telesphore, the trio being either platonic, or romantic, shenanigans, Ariadne and Ninette - fingers crossed, there's going to be some fun fic to record)
The Fall Guy (2024) (all the whump!! Colt Seavers was my original blorbo - I want that man to suffer!)

Sunshine (2007) - whump and hurt/comfort preferred
Kane and Feels (gen fic, case fic, fluff, hurt/comfort, Kane/Feels, Feels/Jenny, KaneHana)
Down (podcast) (any combination of Team Virgil and the Entity is welcome, lots of tentacles and mind fuckary ahoy!) (yes, I already podficced everything in the tag. I don't mind repods!) (huge soft spot for MarionCharley, regardless of punctuation)
MarsCorp (team fic, gen, anything focused on Hob or David Knight)
The Infinite Bad (anything)
Lockwood&co (TV) (Lucy/Anthony or Lucy/Anthony/George, hurt/comfort or shenanigans)
The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself (TV) (ot3. none of the individual pairings, please. h/c preferred, maybe some light angst)
Rusty Quill Gaming (Zolf/Sasha, no modern AUs)
The Murderbot Diaries (all the found family feels! and grumpy SecUnits! ART!)
Leverage (THE OT3!!!! team fic! competence kink! Eliot's cooking!)
The Mummy (Rick/Evelyn/Ardeth Bay)
Venom (Eddie/Symbiote, Eddie/Symbiote/Anne/Dan - for the movie, Eddie/Symbiote, Eddie/Symbiote/Flash, Flash/Symbiote - for the comics)
Whyborne & Griffin (Whyborne/Griffin, Christine/Iskander, Maggie/Persephone, or gen + waffles)
Jurassic Park (the books and the original trilogy) (Alan Grant/Ian Malcolm/Ellie Sattler,)
The Exorcist (TV) (gimme that good, blasphemous whump and hurt/comfort!)
Guardian (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan and Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng)
White Collar (the other OT3)
The Flash (Harry/Cisco)
Port Saga (podcast) (the podcast has been over for two years and there's still no fic for it, but I’m still holding out hope something will come up eventually)
Supernatural (Sam/Gabriel, soul bonds, h/c, going back to my roots with this one, 2010s fic preferred)

Dear podficcer,

It is once again time to dust off last year's letter and try to remember what the hell do I like. I won't pretend I'm writing this from scratch, because, let's face it, I'd just freeze with indecision. (I love this exchange and I will love what you make for me, but I hate having to think about what I like and why)

I hope you already like some of the stuff on this list (or, at least, you're willing to join me in one of my many tiny fandoms).

Know that the first tag I usually check for any new fandom is the Hurt/Comfort tag - that should tell you what you need. Feel free to smother me in fluff, or whump. However, I generally prefer things to have a happy ending, no matter how dark and painful they get along the way.

Yes: hurt/comfort, fluff, whump, non-sexual kink (especially bondage and D/s), polyamory, team fic, queerplatonic relationships, asexual characters, aromantic characters, non-traditional relationships, explorations of identity, explorations of gender, trans headcannons, lots of fluff, disturbing fluff, mutual dub-con, sex pollen (consensual and enthusiastic use of sex pollen is muchly appreciated, but the garden variety dub-conny kind is also welcome), tentacles, non-human biology, mind games, hypnosis, codependent characters, self-sacrificing idiots, sleep deprived characters who make bad decisions, naps, pining, loyalty, competence, soul bonds, character study - this is an incomplete and very incoherent list. I like a lot of things.

No: hopeless endings, pure angst, permanent character death (especially from cancer), things done to characters against their consent while they are unconscious, non-con, omegaverse, needles being inserted in eyes (eye trauma in general isn't an issue, just very specifically no scenes of needles being inserted in eyes. yes, i am aware of what fandoms i'm in), pregnancy as the focus of the fic (of any kind), daddy kink, OOC

Repods are welcome (especially of stuff I've already podficced) and I'd be very happy if you podficced anything of mine (I am aware how small some of these fandoms are and I doubt more fic will miraculously appear in the meantime).


Fandoms

Kane and Feels (gen fic, case fic, fluff, hurt/comfort, Kane/Feels, Feels/Jenny, KaneHana)
The Kingmaker Histories (podcast) (season 2 has just begun and I'm hoping for more fic to pop up - Eisen/Telesphore, the trio being either platonic, or romantic, shenanigans, Ariadne and Ninette - fingers crossed, there's going to be some fun fic to record)
The Sandman (Dream/Hob, Dream/Hob/Calliope, Death and anyone, Lucienne and anyone, Dream being his sad cat self, hurt/comfort is very much preferred. Comics and TV show are welcome, but I am very picky about the characters being in character. Surreal dream imagery, dream logic, the power of stories.)
Down (podcast) (any combination of Team Virgil and the Entity is welcome, lots of tentacles and mind fuckary ahoy!) (yes, I already podficced almost everything in the tag. I don't mind repods!) (huge soft spot for MarionCharley, regardless of punctuation)
MarsCorp (team fic, gen, anything focused on Hob or David Knight)
The Infinite Bad (anything)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (Dr Quest/Race, team fic, family shenanigans, adventures, Jonny, Jessie and Hadji in any combination, platonic or romantic, any of Race's past relationships, anything really ...just not the one where Jessie dies of cancer)
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor among Thieves (Xenk/Edgin, Edgin&Holga)
Lockwood&co (TV) (Lucy/Anthony or Lucy/Anthony/George, hurt/comfort or shenanigans)
The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself (TV) (ot3. none of the individual pairings, please. h/c preferred, maybe some light angst)
Rusty Quill Gaming (Zolf/Sasha)
The Murderbot Diaries (all the found family feels! and grumpy SecUnits! ART!)
Leverage (THE OT3!!!! team fic! competence kink! Eliot's cooking!)
The Mummy (Rick/Evelyn/Ardeth Bay)
Good Omens (Ineffable Husbands! pining! cuddles! hot, steamy sex after 6000 years of slow burn! the good stuff :D )
Venom (Eddie/Symbiote, Eddie/Symbiote/Anne/Dan - for the movie, Eddie/Symbiote, Eddie/Symbiote/Flash, Flash/Symbiote for the comics)
Rivers of London (Peter/Nightingale, Peter/Beverly/Nightingale, or case fics, or fluff)
Whyborne & Griffin (Whyborne/Griffin, Christine/Iskander, Maggie/Persephone, or gen + waffles)
Jurassic Park (the books and the original trilogy) (Alan Grant/Ian Malcolm/Ellie Sattler,)
The Exorcist (TV) (gimme that good, blasphemous whump and hurt/comfort!)
Guardian (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan and Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng)
Moon Knight (TV show) (Mark/Layla, Steven/Layla, Mark/Steven/Layla, Mark and Steven character studies, lots of hurt/comfort and fluff)
White Collar (the other OT3)
The Flash (Harry/Cisco)
Port Saga (podcast) (Titus&Rebel, Titus/Father Frank - the podcast has been over for over a year and there's still no fic for it, but a girl can dream)
Supernatural (Sam/Gabriel, soul bonds, h/c, going back to my roots with this one)

Dear podficcer,

Once again, the time has come for the traditional exchange of podfic! It is lovely to have you here!

I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I've stopped being monofannish this year and I'm back to sampling a variety of fandoms! The bad news is that it's mostly small and nearly extinct fandoms. I'm so sorry!

As always, feel free to smother me in fluff, or whump. A good dose of hurt/comfort doesn't go amiss, if you want to keep things balanced. I generally prefer things to have a happy ending, no matter how dark and painful they get along the way.

Yes: hurt/comfort, fluff, whump, non-sexual kink (especially bondage and D/s), polyamory, team fic, queerplatonic relationships, asexual characters, aromantic characters, non-traditional relationships, explorations of identity, explorations of gender, trans headcannons, lots of fluff, disturbing fluff, mutual dub-con, sex pollen (consensual and enthusiastic use of sex pollen is muchly appreciated, but the garden variety dub-conny kind is also welcome), tentacles, non-human biology, mind games, hypnosis, codependent characters, self-sacrificing idiots, sleep deprived characters who make bad decisions, naps, pining, loyalty, competence, soul bonds, character study - this is an incomplete and very incoherent list. I like a lot of things.

No: hopeless endings, pure angst, permanent character death (especially from cancer), things done to characters against their consent while they are unconscious, non-con, omegaverse, needles being inserted in eyes (eye trauma in general isn't an issue, just very specifically no scenes of needles being inserted in eyes. yes, i am aware of my fandoms), pregnancy as the focus of the fic (of any kind), daddy kink.

Repods are welcome (especially of stuff I've already podficced) and I'd be very happy if you podficced anything of mine (I am aware how small some of these fandoms are and I doubt more fic will miraculously appear in the meantime).

Fandoms

Kane and Feels (gen fic, fluff, Kane/Feels, Hana being badass, Jenny being awesome, case fic)
Hello from the Hallowoods (Percy/Diggory! Polly/Yaretzy! Jonah/Hector! basically, any of the canon ships, but also Olivier/Percy/Diggory, Olivier/Riot, stuff exploring Nikignik's nature, fluff, character studies etc)
Down (podcast) (any combination of Team Virgil and the Entity is welcome, lots of tentacles and mind fuckary ahoy!) (yes, I already podficced everything in the tag. I don't mind repods!)
MarsCorp (team fic, gen, anything focused on Hob or David Knight)
The Silt Verses
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (Dr Quest/Race, team fic, family shenanigans, adventures, Jonny, Jessie and Hadji in any combination, platonic or romantic, any of Race's past relationships, anything really ...just not the one where Jessie dies of cancer)
The Six Disappearances of Ella McCray
Rusty Quill Gaming (Zolf/Sasha)
The Magnus Archives (Jon/Martin, Jon/Gerry, Gerry/Michael (Shelly)... anything with Melanie... consensual mind control, accidental mutual mind control.... disturbing fluff etc)
The Murderbot Diaries (all the found family feels! and grumpy SecUnits! anything!)
The Tarot Sequence (Brandon/Rune/Addam, please!)
Leverage (THE OT3!!!! team fic! competence kink! Eliot's cooking!)
The Mummy (Rick/Evelyn/Ardeth Bay)
Good Omens (Ineffable Husbands! pining! cuddles! hot, steamy sex after 6000 years of slow burn! the good stuff :D )
Venom (Eddie/Symbiote, Eddie/Symbiote/Anne/Dan - for the movie, Eddie/Symbiote, Eddie/Symbiote/Flash, Flash/Symbiote for the comics)
Rivers of London (Peter/Nightingale, Peter/Beverly/Nightingale, or case fics, or fluff)
Whyborne & Griffin (Whyborne/Griffin, Christine/Iskander, Maggie/Persephone, or gen + waffles)
Jurassic Park (the books and the original trilogy) (Alan Grant/Ian Malcolm/Ellie Sattler,)
Camp Cretaceous (let the kids be badass! give Stumpy more love!)
The Tick (2017)  (something soft and fun is preferred)
The Exorcist (TV) (gimme that good, blasphemous whump and hurt/comfort!)
Guardian (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan and Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng)
White Collar (the other OT3)
The Flash (Harry/Cisco)

cover by bessyboo

After sitting out last year, I settled on one of my own fics for this year's Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology

Title: It was a living...
Author: kdheart
Reader: kdheart
Fandom: The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Characters: Julia
Rating: T
Summary: Between a kiss on the cheek and a 2am phone call, Julia had a lot to wait and a lot to think about. She wasn't good at either.
Length: 4:56min
Right-click > save as: MP3 || 4.5MB

Title: Hearts
Author: kitausuret
Reader: kdheart
Fandom: Venom (comics)
Characters/Pairings: Eddie Brock/Flash Thompson/Venom
Rating: T
Warning: Amazing Spider-Man #800 fix-it
Summary: On a rainy, cursed night when the Red Goblin tore through New York City, he left carnage in his wake. In a moment of impulse, Eddie Brock allowed his symbiote to go with Spider-Man to try and defeat Osborn as one, teaming up with Agent Anti-Venom, Flash Thompson. And so he waited on the Stark Industries rooftop with Mary Jane Watson, but the one who returned with Venom... was not who he expected.

Or: There's a lot of air to clear, but almost dying can certainly give a man some perspective.

A companion piece to No Free Ride to Valhalla
Length: 15:23min
Right-click > save as: MP3 || 70.3MB

Title: Like Glass
Author: entanglednow
Reader: kdheart
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters/Pairings: Sam/Gabriel
Rating: M
Warning: dark themes, blood
Summary: Sam wakes up on the bathroom floor.
Length: 1:42h
Right-click > save as: MP3 || 70.3MB

Title: Quest System Logs
Author: Mendeia
Reader: kdheart
Fandom: The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Rating: Gen
Summary: In a family of computer scientists, hackers, and gamers, certain hilarity is inevitable. This is just one collection of the notes/emails, hacks to IRIS's verbal command protocols, requisition requests, and QuestWorld cheat codes that can be found on the Quest system.
Length: 11:42min
Right-click > save as, or left-click to play: MP3 || 8.12MB

Quick post, bc it's come up and it's something that took me a few weeks to figure out: How to manage sibilants without a de-esser plug-in in Audacity.

The short answer: use Plot Spectrum to find the loudest frequency and then tone it down using Notch Filter. Set Q to around 5-7 for best results.
Slightly longer answer with pictures:

Select the portion of audio that you want to de-ess. Go to Analyze and click on Plot Spectrum (I suggest adding a shortcut for this function if you need it often - which is how I managed to completely forget what it was called or where exactly in the menu to find it before I made these screencaps)

Hover your mouse over it and it will show you the peak frequency


then use that in Notch Filter (love of my editing life!)

Considering how hard it is to find stuff on Tumblr even on a good day and how everything is going to shit over there, the only thing I posted on there that I hadn't crossposted anywhere sensible were the plotbunnies/not!fics

I'll start with the Thor/Welcome to Night Vale crossover not!fic that I threw at 

sarshi  after The Dark World came out. I'm probably never going to write this, but if anyone wants to, be my guest :D

 

Basically, Darcy is the voice of Night Vale, completely unfazed by the weirdness of the town. She’s survived her internship at the station and is now going through interns at the usual rate… except one. He turned up one day - literally fell out of the sky, but it’s Night Vale, so it didn’t really surprise anyone - and they haven’t lost him since. His name is Loki and he is tall, dark and handsome, with a surprisingly British accent for someone who claims to be not of this world, but who is Darcy to argue? Also, he might have some plans to take over the world, but haven’t we all gone through this phase at one point in our lives? 

So, yeah… Loki is that one intern that doesn’t die, and Darcy’s cool with it. They’ve lost enough already and it’s nice to have some eye candy around the station :D

Also, there’s a new scientist in town. Her name is Jane, she’s an astrophysicist and she is perfect from her hair, tied in a simple and practical pony tail (I mean, someone that smart shouldn’t really concern herself with such lowly things as fancy hairdos!), to the tip of her tows, wearing very sensible sports shoes (all the better to run from the municipally mandated yeti invasion on Saturday). And Darcy wants to ask her out, but she just turns into a puddle of inarticulate mush when she’s around her, so she just goes on and on about her perfection over the radio, certain that Jane is too busy to listen anyway.

And Darcy is definitely *not* taking advice from Loki on this. The last time she did, she ended up accidentally going out with STEVE CARLSBURG (yes, I’m keeping him and I have no idea how his name is supposed to be spelled) and no one wants a repeat of that. No one. 

There’s also a new man wondering aimlessly around town. A tall, blond man. Very well built. *Very*. Apparently he’s the reason Jane came into town, before she got distracted by Night Vale’s Night Vale-niess. And Loki’s been acting strange since he wondered into town as well. 

You know what? Darcy’s had enough of this. She’s asking Jane out for coffee and whatever happens, happens. And she’s setting Loki up with this Thor guy. He’s kind of cute, once you get past the ‘everyone around her is obsessing over him’ part and she’d rather lose an intern because he eloped, than because Station Management ate him.

And now, the weather :)

Oh! Oh! Listeners! Jane is even cuter once you get to talk actual words to her! And she loves coffee and much as Darcy! And she’s agreed to a second date! (well, a first one, since this wasn’t technically a *date* date)