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I'm going to try and commit to posting at least one thing a week and Wednesday seems as good a day as any.
This week has felt overwhelmingly busy, but looking back on it, I'm not entirely sure why.
Things I have been enjoying include:
Sadly, the quality of the story didn't overcome my inner editor. For whatever reason, I was feeling particularly picky each time.
All of that has dropped away, however, in the podfic. The things that look awkward on the page are no longer awkward when spoken aloud. This means I've finally been able to focus on the story. I'm only six chapters in but excited for more. This has the potential to shape up into something great.
In other news, I've also been watching Carnival Row on Amazon Prime. And... wow. It's like someone in the writer's room took a look at everything I've ever wanted from a Steampunk/Fantasy fusion and threw it in a blender.
It hasn't been entirely perfect, but it has been enjoyable - and whoever is in charge of the costuming and set design deserves a round of applause. I have never seen such a complex fantasy world so compellingly realised. It has all the grit and reality of a period drama, with layers of urban legend and fantasy.
Overall, I can't recommend it enough.
This week has felt overwhelmingly busy, but looking back on it, I'm not entirely sure why.
Things I have been enjoying include:
[Podfic] Bend Around the Wind (880 words) by Aerielle
Chapters: 44/100
Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Loki/Tony Stark
Characters: Loki (Marvel), Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Happy Hogan, Steve Rogers, Thor (Marvel), Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Space Pirates, Explicit Sexual Content, Hurt/Comfort, Dubious Morality, Podfic & Podficced Works, Podfic, Audio Format: MP3, Podfic Length: 10-15 Hours
Summary:A few months after the battle of New York the God Loki appears back on Stark Tower under chaotic circumstances. This time however he is on the run. Tony Stark gets caught up in the crossfire and is taken along with the Aesir. Can the two of them ever make truce in order to get away? And even if they do, how does one escape from such a dark corner of the universe, when they are so very far away from the Nine Realms, that not even Loki knows the way back home. But first, they need to survive.
I won't lie. This is a fic that I've tried (and struggled) to read multiple times. Every time I started it, I'd get a few chapters in and be thrown by a minor grammatical error or change in tense. Chapters: 44/100
Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Loki/Tony Stark
Characters: Loki (Marvel), Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Happy Hogan, Steve Rogers, Thor (Marvel), Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Space Pirates, Explicit Sexual Content, Hurt/Comfort, Dubious Morality, Podfic & Podficced Works, Podfic, Audio Format: MP3, Podfic Length: 10-15 Hours
Summary:A few months after the battle of New York the God Loki appears back on Stark Tower under chaotic circumstances. This time however he is on the run. Tony Stark gets caught up in the crossfire and is taken along with the Aesir. Can the two of them ever make truce in order to get away? And even if they do, how does one escape from such a dark corner of the universe, when they are so very far away from the Nine Realms, that not even Loki knows the way back home. But first, they need to survive.
Sadly, the quality of the story didn't overcome my inner editor. For whatever reason, I was feeling particularly picky each time.
All of that has dropped away, however, in the podfic. The things that look awkward on the page are no longer awkward when spoken aloud. This means I've finally been able to focus on the story. I'm only six chapters in but excited for more. This has the potential to shape up into something great.
In other news, I've also been watching Carnival Row on Amazon Prime. And... wow. It's like someone in the writer's room took a look at everything I've ever wanted from a Steampunk/Fantasy fusion and threw it in a blender.
It hasn't been entirely perfect, but it has been enjoyable - and whoever is in charge of the costuming and set design deserves a round of applause. I have never seen such a complex fantasy world so compellingly realised. It has all the grit and reality of a period drama, with layers of urban legend and fantasy.
Overall, I can't recommend it enough.
