To Do or Not To Do,, That Is The Question: Panic

[tsukinofaerii]

WTF how did I get so busy? At the start of the week, I had one long-term commitment in the Cap/Iron Man bang. Now I have three. :| Fail at keeping the summer uncluttered, self.

What would the world think of a Podfic-ish Big Bang? The whole idea is to merge the art and the story/audio into one file, along with subtitles for PWD and people who just need something to keep their eyes busy. It's kind of entirely an experiment. Apparently there's been some wank about a podfic fest where the trasncript wasn't released with the podfic. It'll be available in a month, but PWD with hearing trouble and people who just don't like audio stories are out of luck.

Of course, the problem is that if you simultaneously release them, a lot of people (outside SPN fandom, which apparently is weird) will just ignore the podfic and head straight for the text. So to make it work, you have to make the podfic experience more interesting, and also resolve the various problems people have with podfic. (Can you add subtitles to EBooks? Must look into that...)

Anyways, first step is learning WTF this is going to entail. Second step is doing it, and third is guilting people into helping me run a beta. :D Guiltguilt. If this works, no doubt I will be posting more on it. If anyone can think of suggestions though, I'm open to them.

In other (more important) news... I need a non-valtyr beta. D: See, a long long time ago (back in August) in a galaxy (not so) far away, I put myself up on the auction block to help_pakistan. 5,000 words, starting bid $25. Let's just say that she is evil and selfishly bid $100 to charity, effectively buying me outright. And then, unlike almost every other person on the internet would do, encouraged me to write everything but her fic. Almost immediately after winning me, the Blame Valtyr Culture produced Speaking in Code, kink meme fills (which I should post unanon one day...), NaNoWroMo... Yeah, she's the original Life Ruiner. (Or perhaps Life Maker, IDK.)

Anyway, I have the last laugh. Her fic is finally done, but it needs a beta. A beta which isn't her. It's Ults, but it only takes a quick glance at the current Ult Canon before zooming off on its own. Knowing Steve & Tony's characterizations is about all you'd need. It's ~9k long, and fairly lighthearted. (I like fluffy Ults, hush.)

Takers?

Comments

[muccamukk]

I think there already is a pod fic big bang over on the LJ pod fic comm.

I tend to see pod fic as for people who like pod fic, and not as a thing on it's own. Like I don't worry about people reading the story, because I'm not making pod fic for them. I'm making it for people who want to listen to it read by me. So release everything at the same time for maximum accessibility, says I.

[penumbren]

The amplificathon people are sorta kinda doing (did? thinking about? something?) a podbang. I didn't follow, as I hate my voice and have no decent recording area anyway or I would totally try this stuff out.

If you still need a beta, I'm open. I mean, I have three bangs for this summer (which are ALL DUE AT THE SAME TIME, OMG), but otherwise, totally not occupied. XD

[popsongnation]

Wow, a podfic Bang sounds awesome. I love podfic ridiculously much. =D

To be fair

[jazzypom]

I like reading fic. I can d/l on my phone, and the rest of it. With audio fic, I find that after a while, I zone out. It takes a different type of concentration to listen, especially when I'm knitting or doing an intense rambling session (walking). Music can be background, but not audio fic.

But I do like the idea though. I honestly do.