#whereas there's still interpretation in podfics but it's your own words lobbed straight back at your face at 100 mph

[nostalgicatsea]

A few years ago, @cathalinaheart recorded two podfics of my fics, and I encourage everyone to give them a listen.

Podfics are so cool once you get over your embarrassment and shyness of being seen, especially in a way that you're not used to lol. It's magical to hear your words come to life, in the voice of someone who enjoyed your writing enough to read it aloud to others and back to you.

Somehow, it makes it even realer that there's another person out there who opened my fic on their phone or computer and spent time with it. It feels more intimate like it's just that reader and me and the words I excavated from someplace deep inside existing in the space between us.

All this is to say, these podfics are special to me and even more so because they're the first two I ever received! For some reason, I never imagined someone podficcing any of my fics.

WOW, I'M DIGRESSING. WHAT ARE THE FICS AND WHERE ARE THE LINKS TO CAT'S PODFICS, YOU ASK? Here they are:

"The Burning of Flowers" - 616 Hickmanvengers Steve/Tony Hanahaki AU

"In My Hands and Gone Again" - post-Endgame Steve/Tony amnesia AU

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE, CAT!<3

#stevetony #superhusbands #stony #steve/tony #my fics #podfic #gifts #oh...maybe the way that your words come back to you like that is where the embarrassment comes in for me #there's a degree of separation with other gifts because they're an interpretation of your work #whereas there's still interpretation in podfics but it's your own words lobbed straight back at your face at 100 mph #so you can't hide fdksfjaj #if you must know i'm that person who gets embarrassed when people sing happy birthday to me #and while that's different that probably won't come as a surprise to people reading this although this is 10 times nicer #it's not people staring at you and singing #and the only appropriate thing to do is stare back smiling and standing/sitting in place #wow that makes me sound like i hate people doing that. i don't! i feel awkward but it's wonderful that people care #that you exist in the world! that you were born into it #okay back to podfics #it's really cool to hear where emotions come in for podficcers! it's a novel experience and one that i deeply appreciate #and i get to respond to and interact with those emotions too