kaixo

Your own worst enemies.

The amount of fanfic writers I’ve come across who moan at how their fic isn’t loved, how no one isn’t doing remixes, translations, transformative works to their fics only to turn around and shoot down the option of podfic as one of the said options deserve nothing but scorn, tbh (it's fine if you don't like podfic, but respect the producers).

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I’d like to recommend the podfic Loose Ends by ItsADrizzit and in the same breath, make the case for fanfic writers to allow a Blanket Permission statement if they are moved to, because the process can be enriching.

On the face of it, I’d feel weird recommending a story I wrote to anyone, but really, after what ItsADrizzit did to and for the story, it isn’t mine anymore, and I’ll freely admit it.

In the podfic, they actually took the words on the screen, and created a world. In their hands (or voice), the fic comes alive in the best ways. The characters exist in terms of being in places, answering phones and bumping into things. They stack crockery, are poured into taxis; they answer phones, take showers, play instruments, and make things.

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