"I Bet Nureyev Never Had to Deal With This Shit," The Ballet AU, Inception

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

Kaloo, kalay! I have podfic today!

Title: I Bet Nureyev Never Had to Deal With This Shit (The Ballet AU)
Author: cobweb_diamond 
Reader: emilianadarling 
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Time: 02:15:52
Intro/Outro Song: Segments of Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture
Permanant Link: Mp3 (Here!) and Podbook (Here!)
Summary: Arthur has managed to achieve a principal role in the Royal Ballet Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, having just returned to dancing after a serious injury. However, his co-star Eames might just drive him insane before Opening Night.

One of the best-characterized AUs I have ever had the joy to read. :)  Apologies for any mis-pronounced ballet terms.  Drop me a line if you enjoy!

Comments

[torra.livejournal.com]

Oh, perfect timeing! I was just considering re-reading that fic last night but ended up not having time! Now I can "read" it while makeing one of this week's three 4hour drives! \o/

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

Aha! Oh, how delightful! What a wonderful coincidence. :D I'm so pleased I pushed it out tonight instead of waiting for tomorrow, then! <3

And oh, good lord. Three four hour drives?! :O You poor dear! At least podfic should ease the pain: it's my favourite cure for a long commute or travel. :D

Let me know what you think! :D

[torra.livejournal.com]

I qued this one up to the be first one on the first drive, and I LOVED it! I absolutly loved your inflections to each of their voices, and the subelties you put into each of them in the difrent situations. VERY beautifuly done! One of the best Inception podfics yet! Please tell me you're doing more?

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

Oh, bless you! <3 I am SO happy you liked it! Voice acting is so much fun for me: it's like acting, but I get ALL THE PARTS. And I don't have to audition! Winning situation. :D I'm so pleased that the character voices worked for you; despite having tonnes of fun doing them, character voices always make me nervous and worried that people will find them laughable or overly silly or something. It is wonderful to get such lovely feedback like this! <3 <3 Makes me feel super confident about it!

*blushes forever* Thank you so much! What a huge compliment; Inception fandom is full of so many wonderful podfics. :) I will continue for sure, once school stops slapping me in the face for the year. I've already done a few Inception podfics, though; they live on my livejournal, if you're interested! <3

[torra.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I already have at laest two of those. I think the others hit my angst or unhappyness limuts, because I don't have them, and I save all podfics I listen to. I love your Inception readings! Hurry up with more, please! ^_^

[stillthestars.livejournal.com]

Definitely going to check this one out... thanks for posting!

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

You're so welcome. :) I really hope you enjoy!

Also: I love you icon!

[daraq.livejournal.com]

How exciting! I love this story and can't wait to hear it read!

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

^----^ I love this story, too! It's such a fun premise, and handled so utterly well! I hope it lives up to expectations. <3 Enjoy!

[deliranteverse.livejournal.com]

Thank you! <3 Downloading

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! :D You are very welcome. Podfic is made for sharing. <3

I hope you enjoy!

[cybel]

I posted a podbook for you. :-)

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

Ohmygosh!! *runs to check it out*

[cybel]

http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/i-bet-nureyev-never-had-to-deal-with-this-shit
http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/i-bet-nureyev-never-had-to-deal-with-this-shit-audiobook

The mp3 is still uploading: about 50 minutes to go.

:-)

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, my love! Links = amended. <3

[cybel]

You did a great job on this. I enjoyed it immensely!

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :D I am very glad that you enjoyed! :D It was great fun to record, as well!

[fishpatrol]

I agree with the above commenter that you did a brilliant job with the inflections of all the characters' voices (it was listening to a one-person performance)! :DDD

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

Why thank you so very much, my dear! <3 I'm so glad that you enjoyed the character voices! Audiobooks, in my experience, are very much a one person performance -- so I'm very glad that I was able to convey that kindof story-telling here! Again, thank you ever so much! :D :D :D :D :D

[crinklysolution.livejournal.com]

Hey, just wanted to let you know that I listened to your lovely podfic and enjoyed it tremendously. Such an excellent and interesting choice of story - I love the freedom of AUs to do something different, and I loved the little details of the lives of the dancers that the author chose to include. I also thought your reading was delightful - especially your Ariadne voice (eating around food - very funny.) And I thought that the way you voiced Eames' gentle way of talking to Arthur when they were dancing was a nice counterpoint to the cheeky way you voiced him in other parts. So, great job, and I'm loving all the great Inception podfic including yours right now...

[emilianadarling.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you ever so much! :D I'm really pleased you enjoyed it. It's a wonderful, fun fic, and a great AU. I was delighted to be able to record it.

Haha! Thank you for the compliment to my Ariadne. <3 In my head, she is so tiny and little and soft. (And of course, secretly badass. But most people don't get to see that bit.) Heehee! I nommed some chocolate for that line. Was delicious.

I do rather love voicing Eames, but in this story he's slightly cheeky almost the entire way through. It was nice to be able to change his tone a bit for the dancing scene. (And juxtapose it with drunk!Arthur. :D)

Thanks so much, Crinkly! :) So glad you're enjoying!

[podcath.livejournal.com]

This was gorgeous! An amazing story and a really marvelous reading (and I've already listened to it more than once :)

thank you!!!

[keitorin.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed every second of this podfic. I listened to it every other day when I exercised on my elliptical machine, and I didn't want to stop every time because it was just too interesting! So I just kept listening during my cool down stretches although I never did before this podfic.

I really like how you did the voices, although I must admit I was a bit confused during the interview at the end, but that was no big loss as I got the gist of it, and I'll be reading the fic later on.

Thanks for sharing!