Podfic! and Supernatural redux

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electricmonk333 has done an wonderful podfic of “Two Boys from Kansas in King Uther’s Court”, my SPN/Merlin xover, for podficbigbang. At 36k, this is by far the longest thing I’ve ever written, and has more action scenes than the rest of my fics put together, but electricmonk333 has a beautiful voice and does a wonderful job of sustaining the pace of the fic over 3 hrs and 38 minutes (a better job than the pacing of the story actually deserves, tbh).

CLICK HERE to dl and to see the gorgeous cover art by helva2260.

As people always say, it is weird to listen to your own fic read by other people, but even though I sometimes wished I’d taken a red pencil to the fic before it was recorded (too many adverbs and epithets *facepalm*), I still laughed at an embarrassing number of my own jokes. Listening to the fic, which is set in SPN S1 and Merlin S1 (I even had to invent an extra knight for Camelot, as there were no knights in S1—can you believe it?), also reminded me of how much fun it had been to write SPN fic, which I haven’t thought about in a while.

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Inspired by that, I, perhaps foolishly, decided my sons were old enough to watch SPN—S1 at least.

Son #2 drifted away, but son #2 and I devoured the pilot and “Wendigo” in one sitting. Omigod the boys were cute in those days, weren’t they?


Unsurprisingly, son #2 was an instant Dean-girl. Here’s how it went.

About ten minutes into the pilot:
Him: I like that one.
Me: Which one?
Him: The one with the jacket.

Twenty minutes into “Wendigo”:
Him: Dean is awesome.

At the end of “Wendigo”:
Him: Who’s the main character of this show?
Me: The two of them—the brothers—Sam and Dean.
Him: I think Dean’s the main character.

And so it begins.

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In my own personal Lewis marathon: I have watched “Old Unhappy Far Off Things.” Feel free to share your views on
1) Your favorite lady guest star: Juliet Stevenson? Zoe Telford? Saskia Reeves?
2) Hathaway’s adorable devotion to his guv’nor
3) LFox’s S5 hair or
4) Other
In comments.

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I’ve run three times this week, and done two of my three 10k workouts (more on the other blog). Wondering when I’ll get the last one in, though, since the weather is supposed to be between 100-104F tomorrow through Tues. With a low of 75. Which means that if I run at 7am, it’ll already be 80. *wipes away anticipatory sweat*

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In conclusion: Why can’t I go see Magic Mike the minute it opens, people, why? I will be kid-free on Tues., though, and that is the first thing I’m gonna do, I tell you what. I need that movie like whoa.

Comments

[garryowen]

I love "Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things" so much that I ripped the audio out, and I listen to it on my iPod as I fall asleep. The backstory. Hathaway. Everything. Just. Everything. It is pretty much a perfect episode.

S5 hair is good, but S6 is better. Rowr!

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It is pretty great! The cast alone is wonderful, and Lewis's angst, of course. Hathaway's jealousy re: Ally is adorable. I actually found the Lewis-Ally interaction kind of intriguing.

I find the S5 hair perplexing--but I loved the bit where he's stayed up all night and it's all spiky and matted like a new-born chick's. Looking forward to S6.

In the middle of "The Mind Hath Mountains" atm--loving it--crazy psychiatrists and mysterious drug trials are bullet proof for me ;)

[garryowen]

I like how there's a May-December (or maybe May-September, haha) romance in "The Mind Has Mountains," and it's also a relationship that began with an imbalance of power, yet it turns out to be a loyal relationship (in its weird way).

Lewis's woodenness when Ali kisses him is...odd. I'm curious about their relationship, too. He didn't stay in touch with her... It seems a bit one-sided.

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That's a good point about the "The Mind has Mountains"! It's interesting how the episode doesn't (fully) support Lewis (and Hathaway's) opinion of psychiatrists in the end (creepy as that guy is).

Lewis and Hathaway are so judgey in that ep.: "you killed him," "I wouldn't be too quick to forgive yourself," etc. It' strangely...hot.

IKR? He seems to have liked Ali, but not at all the way he likes Hathaway. Just saying ;)

You were very right about S5--completely enjoyable set of episodes--I'd watch them all again, I think. But on to S6 now.

[garryowen]

Lewis's problems with psychiatrists are canon, but I suspect Hathaway has had his own run-ins with them. Thus the judginess. It is kind of hot. Maybe because of the unspoken belief in the human mind. L&H stand up for its weirdness and variety instead of thinking doctors should "fix" emotional issues. Or maybe I'm projecting!

At any rate, yes, S5. I'd actually abandoned the show by S4, and was persuaded to watch S5. Of course it won me over.

Enjoy S6. It's a bit clunky, but the character stuff is -- big ♥!

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I'm actually of Innocent's mind re: psychiatry in general, but there's nothing worse than bad therapy! Or crazier than a crazy psychiatrist.

Because of all that stuff about "curing" homosexuality in "Life Born of Fire," it's tempting to think Hathaway's experiences were along those lines. But maybe it goes farther back than that for him. He's obviously read his Freud, though in that episode along with his Hopkins *loves on Hathaway*