Smallville Podfic: Wilde Like by Thamiris

[dodificus]

Title: Wilde Like
Author: thamiris
Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Clark Kent/Lex Luthor
Summary: This is a coda to "Prodigal." Sometimes the walls are too thin.
Read by: dodificus
Format: mp3
Length: 31:45
Download: Right click and save

This is an author that I had wanted to record from almost the very beginning of my podficcing career, she's written some of my very favourite Smallville stories.

She died quite a few years ago and so I don't have permission to record this fic and that's a huge part of the reason I waited so long to record anything by her. But I feel a bit different about permission now than I did then. I hope you enjoy it and if you do then you can go and (re)discover her beautiful writing.

Comments

[anatsuno]

Thamiris lives in us! <3

[dodificus]

God, she was amazing.

[podcath]

I am so glad you recorded this. I've been thinking a lot about what to do with really old stories where people have gafiated or passed away and...I feel like there should be a sense that they may have entered the public commons so to speak...but that may be because I'm thinking a lot about CC and BP at the moment...

Also, Thamiris fic <3<3<3

[dodificus]

I think a lot of us have been thinking about those situations and I think the world of podficcers has changed (for me at least) where I feel comfortable doing this when I wouldn't have 3 or 4 years ago.

[helens78]

This was a totally brave thing to do, and I'm so glad you did it. ♥

[dodificus]

There's always the possibility that I'll piss some people off that think this is disrespectful but, I'd disagree. I'm not trying to capitalise on her death or popularity, I've loved her work since it first began appearing and I love it still.

[helens78]

I don't see anything disrespectful about it (I mean, not that you would think I would, but just to put that out there). ♥ I know it can be awkward to make that sort of decision, and I think the only person whose work I'd be looking to podfic who has passed away is someone I was close to, so I can say for sure that she would have loved podfic of her work. But I think the idea of keeping someone's work alive, especially through podfic, is wonderful. ♥

[clairshadows]

I believe she would have been thrilled for people to record her stories. I miss her. Before livejournal really took off and you could suddenly see how everyone else expresses their joy and love to authors I used to have terrible anxiety over sending 'Letter of comments' to the authors I loved. Thamiris helped get me over this. She used to send back funny detailed replies that made you want to keep writing just to see what she'd say next. I wasn't close to her, but I did love her. I for one will be happy to see new people introduced to her wonderful work.

[dodificus]

Unfortunately, I was still in my nervous-lurker stage and never got the chance to interact with her properly, this makes me doubly sorry about that:/

I really do hope that this will mean a whole new audience for her writing. It doesn't deserve to be forgotten or to fade away<3