When I had to go to my mom's house, last time before we stopped talking, I was seriously scared. I listened to podfic. In my mind, I went in with fandom-Jensen, with his caring attitude and that empathic charm in his smiling eyes, holding my hand, and fandom-Jared - bouncy sweet and smart, protective and earnest and silly , holding the other. I made it through that.
I LOVE that you did this. It's so amazing how these fictionalized people have the abilities to support us and help us and be a part of our lives like they do. The depth of it is staggering to me. It's so impossible to explain to someone not in fandom what being submersed in a character like that is like. I'm kind of in awe about it. I took up running a few years ago and used to trail run in the woods behind my house (please don't let this make you think I am in any way physically fit) and I used to "run with Dean". He is most definitely what kept me going when I wanted to quit and walk back. I could not have achieved what I was trying to without his growly bossy voice in my head pushing me and running behind me.
As always you make me think the thinky thoughts as I'm now doing about podfic...and what kind of reader I prefer, and what kind am I? hmmmmm I might have to listen to one of my podfics today and see what I think about it now that I'm so much more removed from them. And I really love podficing, why am I not doing it? I know that I was on a tear last fall, I just started and never wanted to stop, I have a list of things I'd like to pod....this is my January resolution.
and I'm never sure whether people would want to hear how sexy I find their reading or voice, so mostly just I shut up about that. ...I guess we all have voices we're in love with. I once asked juice817 if she would be the sexy voice of my car. Of course I also have a good friend in podfic lavishsqualor who I feel like a dirty dirty woman listening to her now that we've met and have an outside fandom friendship. I'm like, I can't get off listening to you, that's just too wrong even for me, lol.
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Date: 2013-12-21 01:46 pm (UTC)I LOVE that you did this. It's so amazing how these fictionalized people have the abilities to support us and help us and be a part of our lives like they do. The depth of it is staggering to me. It's so impossible to explain to someone not in fandom what being submersed in a character like that is like. I'm kind of in awe about it. I took up running a few years ago and used to trail run in the woods behind my house (please don't let this make you think I am in any way physically fit) and I used to "run with Dean". He is most definitely what kept me going when I wanted to quit and walk back. I could not have achieved what I was trying to without his growly bossy voice in my head pushing me and running behind me.
As always you make me think the thinky thoughts as I'm now doing about podfic...and what kind of reader I prefer, and what kind am I? hmmmmm I might have to listen to one of my podfics today and see what I think about it now that I'm so much more removed from them. And I really love podficing, why am I not doing it? I know that I was on a tear last fall, I just started and never wanted to stop, I have a list of things I'd like to pod....this is my January resolution.
and I'm never sure whether people would want to hear how sexy I find their reading or voice, so mostly just I shut up about that. ...I guess we all have voices we're in love with. I once asked