The Science of Phonaesthetics

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New Podfic!

thescienceofobsession:

Stringplay by PrettyArbitrary

[Sherlock BBC/Johnlock/straight up violin porn goodness]

John secretly plays fiddle. Sherlock and his violin seduce him into a threesome.

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26:16, 12.1MB

Stick around for the reader’s notes after! (par-tay!)

I have loved this fic for ages and am so excited to have finally gotten good enough (read, roughly adequate in the most limited sense) with Garageband to be able to tackle the music insertion. Huge thank you to PA for her permission and encouragement!

Woohoo! And there’s reader’s notes :)

Can’t wait to listen to this one.

xo Cellar Door

prettyarbitrary:

“Spock and Kirk…They’re two halves of almost the same person in many ways.Kirk is the heart and the gut and the soul and the passion and the impulsiveness. And Spock is that kind of cold logic and reason. (…) And I think both Spock and Kirk have something to learn from one another.” - Chris Pine

See, everybody says stuff like this and they totally forget how logical and calculating and ruthless Kirk can be when he wants to be. And how Spock’s got that wicked sense of humor and the inclination to do wild things like head out into outer space and set foot on planets no one in his civilization has ever seen.

It’s not just that they complete each other. It’s that can they see themselves IN each other. It’s just that one runs hot and the other runs cold.

Oh, but when Spock heats up, he goes volcanic. And when Kirk goes cold, even the Klingons take cover.

So, what they can learn from each other is not how to access those other parts of themselves; it’s how to control them.

Just…ARUGHH I LOVE GOOD CHARACTERIZATION.

And complex foils.

And meta.

thescienceofobsession:

Quickie podfic!

Exposed by Pretty Arbitrary

Original text

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, girl.

Great reading :)

While watching the closing credits of "Top Gun":

<afrogeekgoddess> TAKE ME ON YOUR MIGHTY WINGS JOHN
<Mazarin> Hahaha
<roane> *LAUGH*
<roane> Damn.
<roane> AGG beat me to it
<ardatli> There's a raging fire in my PANTS tonight
<Mazarin> A RAGING FIRE IN MY HEART TONIGHT
<Mazarin> Hee!
<afrogeekgoddess> IN MY SOOUULLLLLL
<roane> goes all flappy hands and giggly
<ardatli> MAAAAKE YOU
<CellarDoor> IN MY BOOONNNNEEESSSSS
<afrogeekgoddess> WHAT IS JOHN'S SILVER DOVE?
<ardatli> I think we know.
<afrogeekgoddess> *DYING*
<roane> I love you guys. Seriously.
<afrogeekgoddess> *can't. breathe*
<CellarDoor> seconded
<roane> I'm going to be sitting at work tomorrow, and I'm going to think of AGG yelling, "TAKE ME ON YOUR MIGHTY WINGS JOHN" and I will start CRYING.
<Mazarin> And I"m so glad you liked the story and my insanity.
<ardatli> *dying*
<Mazarin> Hahaha, roane
<afrogeekgoddess> Glad to be of service, Roane!
<Mazarin> Me too!
<prettyarbitrary> AH hahahahahahaha!
<afrogeekgoddess> But imagine it in Sherlock's voice!
<Mazarin> Oh god.
<roane> Oh god I'm gonna pee
<prettyarbitrary> Oh dear god.
<CellarDoor> Yep, I def needed this before another gueling week at work
<Mazarin> I can't.
<Mazarin> Whew.
<@roane> Now I can't NOT HEAR IT
<CellarDoor> Oh wow
<CellarDoor> nope
<Mazarin> Is this a thing you guys usually do?
<prettyarbitrary> Insanity?
<Mazarin> the watchalong chat thing
<afrogeekgoddess> What, flail around like wild people? Yes!