Pod_Together Spotlight: New Perspective

[glitteryv]

New Perspective (Bandom) written by girlpearl and performed by melusina | 4,214 words | 0:24:19

Summary:

Spencer’s not proud of this, but it took him a while to accept Brendon’s sexuality.

girlpearl and melusina's collaboration is a truly fascinating one. They wrote the same fic from two different perspectives and then, podficced each other's story. I'll talk about Brendon's side of the story in my next Spotlight post.

girlpearl's prose is clever yet tenderhearted. She gives us a story about Spencer trying to accept his feelings for Brendon while being unable to stop pining for him. He thinks he's done a good job of 'moving on'...until a new band member shows him that's not quite the case.

melusina's reading of this story is nothing short of brilliant. Her tone of voice is a perfect fit for Spencer's confusion about Brendon's sexual orientation (and how that affects him.) She has a conversational podficcing style that enhances the funnier aspects of the story.

This is one collaborative fanwork that is most deffo worth checking out whether or not you're not in the fandom. Don't forget that feedback is love. :D!

Comments

[jelazakazone]

I'm not in the fandom at all, but I've known melusina for a long time, so I listened to both. It was really interesting and they did a great job!

[glitteryv]

It's really awesome to hear that you gave it a try (despite not being your fandom.) :)

Their collabo was really cool.

[jelazakazone]

I keep meaning to listen to more of the podtogether projects, but, um, I haven't gotten around to it. I listened to the one other Merlin project and that's been it. I've not been listening to much of anything lately. September is just ridiculously busy.

[xojemmaxo]

Ooh, sounds interesting! Downloading :)

[glitteryv]

It's very cool (and funnier than I made it sound like in the rec. /o\)

[andeincascade]

So much YES to this. I want them to do all the collaborations ever. They each have a way of reading that puts them right next to you. I love that.

[glitteryv]

This is a kicky project indeed. :)

[melusina]

This made me smile and smile - we had so much fun with this project and it's really cool to get your perspective (ha!) on it.

I really appreciate you and Aka doing these spotlights - I know I missed some stuff because it was a busy time for me and there was so much wonderful fic and podfic posted in such a short span. I'm glad to have a chance to catch anything I missed! <3

[glitteryv]

You're welcome, Mel! Both you and Pearl ended up with a superb project. :)

There were enough entries this year for us to keep doing the spotlights all the way to Spring 2013. \o/! I did check out all of the Bandom posts but not the other fandoms. /o\

So, in a way, this is giving all of us the chance to check new fanworks out together. Woot!