"Be Here Now" by Todesfuge [Sherlock BBC] [Podfic]

[lauramcewan]

Title: Be Here Now (first in series, includes Interlude)
Author: Todesfuge
Reader: Laura McEwan
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Rating: Mature
Pairings: Sherlock/John
Length: 10:52:06 (25 chapters, plus Epilogue and Interlude to sequel)
Author's Summary: John Watson was already fighting demons when he and Sherlock met. With Sherlock's suicide, it all comes flooding back, forcing Sherlock to intervene before he's solved the persistent riddles of Jim Moriarty and his game. Together they find that something darker lurks behind Moriarty, forcing Sherlock, John, and Irene Adler into an even deadlier game with a much more dangerous foe. Begins six months after the events of The Reichenbach Fall.

Permanent download links:
Part One mp3 [right-click, save-as, 80.6 MB]
Part Two mp3 [right-click, save-as, 95.0 MB]
Part Three mp3 [right-click, save-as, 63.3 MB]
Part Four mp3 [right-click, save-as, 97.0 MB]
Part Five mp3 [right-click, save-as, 94.5 MB]
Part Six mp3 [right-click, save-as, 89.8 MB]
Part Seven mp3 [right-click, save-as, 76.8 MB]

Audiobook: m4b [right-click, save-as, 77.1 MB]


*Crossposted to LiveJournal Amplificathon

Comments

[cybel]

Welcome to amplificathon! What an ambitious project!

I've made you a reader tag and also added your fandom tag (and the !not archived tag so your podfic will be archived at the Audiofic Archive).

As you continue (we hope!) to post, we do ask that you add your fandom and reader tags. If you ever need any new tags or need one corrected, I'm here to help. :-)

[lauramcewan]

oh I thought I had! thank you.

[cybel]

Ah, that's because only a mod can create new tags. No doubt you added them but they were not accepted. :-)

[lauramcewan]

ahhh!! *blush* Of course. :) Thank you so much!!

[dark_dreymer]

Ooh, yay, new Sherlock podfic! Downloading now, thanks for posting :D

[hardboiledbaby]

Thanks for posting, and congratulations on your first podfic! Your archive page is here.

[snailbones]

I'm enjoying your reading so much, thank you. It's a fabulous long story which must have taken you forever to do, so I wanted to let you know all your hard work and patience is much appreciated.

[lauramcewan]

Oh, thank you so much! I'm very glad you're enjoying it. It did take me a long while - about three months of grabbing time when I could. It was an absolute labor of love, for I fell for this story from the first chapter and I KNEW I had to podfic it, though I'd never podficced anything before. You've made my day. Thank you. :)

[dancinbutterfly]

JFC this was beautiful. No, seriously, amazing. I cant deal with how great this was. Everyone was so distinct and your read was lovely. And your accents! American, Irish, British, Deep South - which one are you? Because if you're British than I've got to say as an American that you got the SEALs accents dead the fuck on, even the southern one! AMAZING! <333333 Are you going to do Killswitch? Please say you are. Please? Also - what was the musical piece you used for the intro and outro for the interlude? It was beautiful and familiar but I cant place it.

[lauramcewan]

You have just made me cry. *sniffle*

Thank you so much. I am so grateful for everyone who's taken the time to leave feedback on such a long, long story, and to be patient enough to listen to me speak for nearly eleven hours.

I am American - Portland, Oregon. I have family from Oklahoma so used that accent for Quince. I couldn't reconcile reading a Sherlock fic out loud in my West Coast/PNW accent when they're British, so I did my best to approximate the accents. (I'm afraid my Irish sounds far more Scottish!)

I have recorded the first two chapters of Kill Switch and maybe will put it up in four-chapter chunks as I go, but todesfuge has to also finish writing the whole thing, too! :) Since the fic isn't finished I'm unsure about putting up podfic yet.

This is the playlist she set up for BHN (though the Sendspace file is long dead): todesfuge.livejournal.com/8096.html

The music for the Interlude is Max Richter's "On the Nature of Daylight". Isn't it stunning?

Again, thank you. I'm amazed people are listening to this crazy-long thing, and I'm so very grateful for your comments. :)

[lauramcewan]

I missed saying thank you! So... THANK YOU!

[lauramcewan]

Oh thank you!

Awesome, really awesome

[(Anonymous)]

Be Here Now is one of my all time favorite fics and your audio production of it was trulyfantastic. Thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait for Kill Switch :-)

Re: Awesome, really awesome

[lauramcewan]

Oh, thank you. Thank you!

[luzula]

Hey, I've just listened to the first part of this, and I'm enjoying it a lot! I like how your reading is low-key most of the time, but you're not afraid of raising the intensity and volume when the text calls for it. Will definitely go on to listen to the rest of it. : )

[lauramcewan]

Hey thanks! Hope you enjoy the rest!

[jeshyr]

Wow!

I just finished listening to this GORGEOUS podfic last night believe it or not! I tend to download a few months' worth of stories all at once and then listen while I'm lying in bed over months and months and then come back and download some more so I'm very VERY bad at leaving responses usually, but I had to come and comment on this.

Must say that I'm really amazed to see by the comments here that it's your first podfic - it's very polished and has none of the usual "beginner's mistakes" at all! Are you secretly a really experienced podficcer in disguise?? I loved your "See recipe for details" podfic too, which I happened to hear before this one because my fic was in random order.

Your voices are really excellent, distinct and with great accents! I have zero critique or useful feedback actually because I just loved everything :) Now I just need the author to hurry up so you can podfic Kill Switch!!

<3 You rock. Thank you!!

[lauramcewan]

*gigantic grin* Oh!! Thank you so much! I completely understand what you mean by being bad at leaving responses; I do the same as I tend to listen while I'm out walking and once I'm home, *POOF* it's gone.

It is my first effort and I am so chuffed by the responses I've received. I'm so very grateful for such kind words. I'm very excited by it all! The author has told me she'll be getting back to it hopefully soon! I'm glad you enjoyed "Recipe" as well. That one was really fun to do. I enjoy trying for accents. I tend to pick them up when I'm around people speaking in them so here was my chance to have a lot of fun with it!

Thank you again. You made my whole Memorial Day weekend. :D