Hockey rps: Not a Heart of Gold

[anna_unfolding]

Title: Not a Heart of Gold
Author: queeniegalore
Reader: anna_unfolding
Fandom: hockey rpf
Pairing: Jonathon Toews/Patrick Kane
Rating: Adult, for graphic sex
Length: 1:28:48
Author’s tags: slight d/s, kind of not really prostitution, boys being idiots
Author’s summary: For the longest time this fic was unofficially titled 'Kaner's not a hooker but Tazer probably wants him to be', and I really can't think of a better way to summarize it than that. Many words of Tazer fantasizing, pining, jerking off, and paying for sex, because that's apparently how he rolls.

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Comments

[dodificus]

Your archive pages are here: m4b | mp3

[anna_unfolding]

Thank you!

[dodificus]

I have no idea who these guys are but I was super intrigued by the summary, so I gave it a go.

It was an amazing story and I loved your reading of it<3

[anna_unfolding]

ah ha ha that was how it was when I first read the fic. I even was like NO DON'T SEND ME A PRIMER, I'M GOOD; JUST SEND THE HOTTT D/S ish FIC OVER, STAT.

Now, staring a few months later, I am floundering in a free fall into hockey rpf fandom. WHAT.

But no, thanks for listening and for letting me know you liked it! It's a great fic and the author has a lot of fun stuff. <3

[luzula]

Hey, I really enjoyed this! I am kind of mystified by my occasional enjoyment of hockey RPF--I don't care about hockey and have no idea who these people are, but sometimes I find myself surfacing from some sort of trance going "hey, I apparently just read 30,000 words of hockey soulbond fic!" That fandom sure loves its tropes, and I love how it just goes for the tropes gleefully and without shame. So anyway, your reading was great! I'm going to look for more of your podfic. And the bloopers were a lot of fun, too. Apparently I'm not the only one who mutters "fuck" after screwing up a line. *g*

After I finished this, I started listening to Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own", which actually felt weirdly apt.

(Also, I remember you from Bitching Party! Hi. : ) )

[anna_unfolding]

Hi!!! Yes, I loved meeting you at BP! <3 <3 <3

Ok ok ok so yes, occasional enjoyment of hockey rpf, exactly; it's like this easy little id-ficcy fandom where you can know their stories or not, know what they look like or not, and lots of these fics still work. I've recently spiraled out of control and I fixate on a new random hockey pairing every few days and IDEK LUZ.

But when I began recording this, it was the only hockey fic I'd ever read and it took me months to be like, hmm, what else does hockey rpf do? OHHHHHHHHH

It's not a particularly artistic fandom, writing-style wise, which I think suits the canon characters. But man does it ever go for the id fic money shot, as halfeatenmoon said to me once.

ANYWAYYYYYY

I am so glad you listened and liked it and returned to let me know!!! I don't have a ton of posted podfic, partly because I am fairly new to it and partly because my first Big Project was a 68k fic. I'm working on a few things now, though. Yay!!!! :) Thanks again.

[hanet]

I, being a Canadian girl raised in a hockey-centric environment and now married to a hockey expert, had never before read hockey rpf. It felt a little like stealing my husband's fandom (lol, he's all "what's a fandom?") and I couldn't see the appeal. ("honey, it's like fantasy drafts. except instead of keeping stats, they just bang.")

And then I listened to your reading of this story and just -- wow. Amazing job. First of all, excellent story choice, as this is still the best hockey fic I've read (I'm slowly and cautiously making my way through the hockey rpf tag on ao3). The plot and pacing were delicious.

Secondly, I loved your reading of it! You have such a great voice, especially for the sex dialogue, even though I'm sure it's awkward to read aloud (lol the bloopers though).

Basically, I'm reviewing in hopes that you'll be encouraged to record more, because I thought it was excellent!! I really enjoyed it. Keep choosing great fics and readin' 'em like a boss.

[anna_unfolding]

oh my god, your description of hockey rpf fandom vs. being a hockey fan is so perfect!!!!!! lololol

You know what, I, too, am a hockey fan from my college days when hockey was everything, and I stayed away from hockey rpf for a long time because of that. AND THEN I READ THIS FIC.

I am so glad you liked listening to the podfic; I loved making it and had a blast. For all its humor and crackiness, there are so many parts that ring emotionally true for me about desire and pursuing desire. And wow, thank you for telling me I have a great voice for sex dialogue; that is like an explicit podficcer's dream compliment!! <3 Yes, parts were awkward but also just... the chars endeared themselves to me and I loved reading their hot ridiculousness.

I may have... a few hockey podfics about to be released in the next couple weeks... STAY TUNED. <3

[fishpatrol]

I enjoyed your reading of this fic so much that I listened to it twice in one week! :> (once when I first started poking around the hockey fandom, and once more after I read about a bajillion Kane/Toews fics and figured out who was who) You have such a lovely voice -- and I totally had to suppress my giggles during your bloopers section because I was on a bus and didn't want to alarm the other passengers. ;)

[anna_unfolding]

Oh, that is so great!!!! Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed it. I'm super flattered it was worth your time twice over.

MY VOICE IS LOVELY!!!! THANK YOU, what a nice thing to hear.

Oh god, that blooper section. FUCK YOUR MOMENT, JOHNNY. Also: BIG GAY HOOKER SEX EXPERIENCE.

[idella]

This is SO good. SO GOOD. I felt like you were Jonathan Toews when I was listening to this, like, I don't know, like you were performing a whole person rather than just the text. IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. IDK. Your performance is that nuanced. This is glorious. Re-listens are definitely ahead. And I'm so happy you included the bloopers: they are hilarious.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, so this is such an amazing comment for you to give me. Performing the whole person rather than just the text is WHY I podfic. It's because I believe I have something to offer people's experience of the story beyond what the words are. And also because I enjoy and sometimes am opened up by inhabiting these stories. So thank you. Wow. <3 <3 <3

[anna_unfolding]

this is me, btw. :)