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#ITPE 2022

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 01:20:38 GMT

And my journals continue to only be a place for me to post exchange letters, sorry all!

It's ITPE time again! Every year as I make less and less podfic I ask myself if I'm going to sign up again but #ITPE is still so fun so here I am again!

I'm parakapodfic on twitter, and paraka just to keep things clear.

Now, onto ( my updated letter )

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Supper Podfic Swap

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:25:11 GMT

I kind of have to lol at the idea of anyone following my journals for information on me anymore when all it's been for a couple years now is a place to post fix exchange letters, and this post is no different!

( Dear Summer Podfic Swap podficcer )

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ITPE 2021

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:52:48 GMT

It's ITPE time again! Every year as I make less and less podfic I ask myself if I'm going to sign up again but #ITPE is still so fun so here I am again!

I'm parakapodfic on twitter, and paraka just to keep things clear.

Now, onto ( my updated letter )

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ITPE 2020

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:23 GMT

It's ITPE time again, so here's ( my updated letter )

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Terminator: A Dark Fate

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:55:39 GMT

I am back on my bullshit: Terminator Edition

I will forever lovingly curse paradisecity for making me care about this canon when there's not a very big fandom to support it, and here I am more than 10 years later, still caring too much about this franchise.

All this is to say that I have seen the new movie and I loved it. I loved it so much guys, I can't even.

( Spoilery Feels )

In conclusion, you should go see this movie and then share your feelings with me.

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ITPE 2019

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:44:17 GMT

It's ITPE time again, so here's ( my updated letter )

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Pod_Exchange 2019

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:25:53 GMT

( Dear podficcer )

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Endgame Thoughts on that storyline.

Mon, 06 May 2019 21:55:29 GMT

( Read more... )

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Personal Update: Health Edition

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:31:37 GMT

So, I'm one of those people who doesn't really have a TMI gauge and overshares as a result. The state of my health has also become such a long running ~thing~ that I casually talk about all the time that I'm sure there are a lot of people who know something's wrong with me but are too polite to ask for the details. So, if you've ever wondered what the heck is going on with me or this is the first you're hearing about it and are interested, here are ( the details. )

Anyway, that's what's up with my head, why I wear sunglasses all the time, and why I have headaches in weird places like my cheekbones.

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awkardly posts something other than an ITPE letter

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 01:19:43 GMT

So, it's been a while since I've used my journal to post anything other than ITPE letters or podfic announcement (and I even stopped crossposting those here in 2015). I've seen people talk about using Dreamwidth more since the tumblr ban on NSFW content was announced and while I'm not very convinced people will stay here, I have seen more activity and a few people friending me, so I thought I'd post to at least acknowledge that?

As someone who hasn't really used tumblr in years I'm not personally feeling the pain of the new announcement. In fact, I've kind of eagerly been looking forward to the next fannish platform, hoping I'd like it more than tumblr (and praying to anything that will listen that it will have some form of moderation controls, which tumblr sorely lacks). Unfortunately even with the tumblr news, with nothing standing by ready to take over as the new fandom home, I have a feeling this is going to be an LJ-like end where fandom slowly splinters in a bunch of directions for years before people settle in a couple different places, one of which will be the most successful at gathering new fans.

Anyway like I said: I'm skeptical that fandom will settle back on Dreamwidth, but while things are a little more hopping around here (though I know there have been people faithfully using it this whole time, I have been keeping track somewhat) I might use it as an excuse to write out some posts I've been thinking about that don't really work on twitter, which is where I live most often these days.

I'm making a bit more of an effort to leave comments too, so surprise, I guess, if I'm suddenly talking to your here (again?).

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ITPE 2018

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 01:31:52 GMT

It's ITPE time!

I'm completely between fandoms right now and keep sampling a bunch of different ones depending on how I feel, so let's see, ( what I'm down with at the moment. )

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#ITPE 2017

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:51:27 GMT

OMG, I can't believe it's ITPE time again. Anyway, hello lovely podficcer!

I'm listing a lot of fandoms this year bc I've been slowly breaking up with Marvel for, like, 2+ years now and haven't found a replacement fandom, I just keep trying all the fandoms to see if one will stick. Here's what I've been into lately, in no particular order.

X-Men (First Class movie 'verse): My main pairing is Charles/Erik, though X-Men Apocalypse made me yearn for Charles/Erik/Raven. I specified First Class, not because it has to be based off that single movie, but because I don't actually enjoy rivals pairings normally, so the early 2000s Charles/Erik is less interesting to me, than the closer relationship we've seen in First Class/Days of Future Past/Apocalypse. I'm not opposed to stories that are set in the earlier (later, in canon) movies, just it's a bit more hit or miss how their relationship is portrayed. My favourite tag in the fandom is Alternate Universe - Still Have Powers because I love stories that explore how the world would react to mutants and the powers that they have but the actual canon is so intense, goes to such an extreme. These AUs generally have more of a middle ground.

Marvel Netflix (without a focus on Frank or Danny): Daredevil is the netflix show I've been the most fannish about in the past. Ugh, my stupid avocados, and the awesome women! I'm not really a Frank Castle fan though and the only spark of interest I felt around him was his relationship to Karen.

Jessica Jones and Luke Cage are also awesome, though I haven't delved into those fandoms as deeply. Iron Fist... well, I mostly don't understand why they felt the need to make that show. I didn't hate it but I didn't love it like the others. I won't object if you do a Defenders podfic that has Danny present, but I'm not going to enjoy a Danny-centric story.

Marvel comics 616: I'm mostly interested in Steve/Tony centric stories from comics, though Jan is my fav Avenger, so anything with her in it is amazing! I also have some recs on AO3.

MCU: My main pairings from MCU are Steve/Tony, Clint/Coulson, Clint/Coulson/Natasha, occasionally Tony/Bucky or Steve/Tony/Buck that isn't centered on Steve.
For Steve/Tony, I prefer the stories that build off the comics canon for their relationship (because I admit they are not the strongest pairing within the movie canon). I cannot deal with Civil War stories (from the movie 'verse, 616 is a different matter). My Steve/Tony MCU recs (these are pretty sparse)

For Clint/Coulson and Clint/Coulson/Natasha it's all about the competency porn for me. I love Strike Team Delta, I love them watching out for each other, I love them supporting each other, and I love them kicking ass together. My Clint/Coulson recs

Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
I've watched and love both of these cartoons, and would happily receive gifts from either of these shows. EMH has the same pairings as the rest of my Marvel preferences, but also includes Clint/Hulk. AA I ship basically Tony/Anyone. :P

Moving out of Marvel...
Sense8
My main pairing for this fandom is Kala/Wolfgang, though I love all the canon pairings (including Sun/Mun and Capheus/Zakia).

Beauty and the Beast (2017)
God I really wanted to throw myself into this fandom after I saw the movie, unfortunately the fandom is not that large. ;__; I ship Belle/Adam and have no interest in seeing Gaston redeemed, nor am I into Lefou pining after him (it's fine if it's present in the story like it was in canon, but I don't want Lefou pining to be the main point of the story)

Star Trek AOS
I blame Rjcreighton for this one. I've pretty much just done Kirk/Spock in this fandom. I have a few recs on AO3 but they're mostly really long stories so probably not useful here.

Merlin
Merlin/Arthur is my main pairing, but I'm also 100% there for canon-era slice-of-life gen, or stories of how awesome a queen Gwen was, post-show. Canon-era stories tend to be my fav, however I'm fine with AUs that take place in a different time so long as there's still magic (there are non-magical AUs that I like, but they can be more hit and miss for me, if you find a modern day non-magic AU that seems to really align with the likes I have listed below though, go for it). I tended to enjoy the potential of season 1 more than the reality of the later seasons, I'm totally there for redeemable Morgana. I have a bunch of (old) recs on my pinboard.

The Martian
Oh Mark Watney you poor goober, look what Mars has done to you. I primarily read gen in this fandom and enjoy Mark trying to cope while everything goes wrong. I'm also ok in reading pairing fic in this fandom but don't have any particular ships, the fandom skews to Mark/Beck, which I'm fine with but don't feel any great love for either. If you go the way of shipping I'd probably prefer something where it's either background or actually puts some work into making me get behind the pairing.

Terminator
I fell in love with the franchise through Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and I adore Cameron. I also have a thing for people growing into heroes so love John Connor's characterization from SCC and T3. My ships are John/Cameron and John/Kate, though this fandom is the one I read the most gen in. I also adore crossovers with Terminator. If you can find good crossovers with this and any of the other fandoms I've listed, that would totally make my day. My Terminator recs are on my pinboard.

Things that I love (an incomplete list): Rule 63, identity porn, competence porn, trans characters, world exploration, found family, pretend dating (really, most harlequin-type storylines), angst, AUs, origin stories, power dynamics (including D/s and BDSM), emotional punches in the gut, and way more than I can think of at the moment.

I don't have many no go zones but cannibalism and killing people in a fetishized way are really hard stops for me. Related to the previous point, I mostly can't deal with zombies and am finding vampires harder to deal with too. Detailed gore on a large scale also makes me queasy and I'm not a fan of horror.

I don't enjoy stories whose plots are driven by homophobia.

As mentioned above, I'm mostly pretending that Captain America: Civil War never happened and tend to immediately back button out of anything that deals with it.

Note: Since these are things other people usually list as no gos, while I wouldn't necessarily say these as things I love, I don't mind unhappy endings and/or death fic. Related to my like of emotional punches in a gut, I like when a story can make me cry. I don't mind sad events or endings so long as the emotions ring true. So if you have a story that you think would work that has an unhappy ending or character death, go for it! I am well known as an angst muffin after all.

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#ITPE 2016

Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:39:14 GMT

Hey lovely person who was assigned me for #ITPE!

The fandoms I signed up for are:

X-Men (First Class movie 'verse): I appear to be doing the time warp or something, as 4-5 years after this fandom peaked, I've fallen into it. My main pairing is Charles/Erik, though X-Men Apocalypse made me yearn for Charles/Erik/Raven. I specified First Class, not because it has to be based off that single movie, but because I don't actually enjoy rivals pairings normally, so the early 2000s Charles/Erik is less interesting to me, than the closer relationship we've seen in First Class/Days of Future Past/Apocalypse. I'm not opposed to stories that are set in the earlier (later, in canon) movies, just it's a bit more hit or miss how their relationship is portrayed. My favourite tag in the fandom is Alternate Universe - Still Have Powers because I love stories that explore how the world would react to mutants and the powers that they have but the actual canon is so intense, goes to such an extreme. These AUs generally have more of a middle ground.

Daredevil (TV): Ugh, my stupid avocados. I've got some of my faves bookmarked on AO3 if you'd like some guidance. My favourite trope in this fandom is Matt and/or Foggy desperately in love with the other and not realizing that their feelings are returned. Matt/Foggy is my primary ship, though after seeing S2, I also believe Matt and Karen deserve each other. Claire is amazing.

Marvel comics 616: I'm mostly interested in Steve/Tony centric stories from comics. Though Jan is my fav Avenger, so anything with her in it is amazing! I also have some recs on AO3.

MCU: My main pairings from MCU are Steve/Tony, Clint/Coulson, Clint/Coulson/Natasha.
For Steve/Tony, I prefer the stories that build off the comics canon for their relationship (because I admit they are not the strongest pairing within the canon). I have spent most of the year in denial about Civil War (some of the actions in that movie feel like a violation of the characters), so you're probably better off avoiding stories related to that movie. I also hate fanon!Bucky, so you're better steering clear of stories where he has a bigger part. My Steve/Tony MCU recs (these are pretty sparse)
For Clint/Coulson and Clint/Coulson/Natasha it's all about the competency porn for me. I love team Delta, I love them watching out for each other, I love them supporting each other, and I love them kicking ass together. My Clint/Coulson recs

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I actually find Coulson kind of boring in AoS, and watch it mostly for Daisy (Skye) and Fitz these days. Anything about Daisy growing into the person she is today, femslash with Daisy/Anyone, are amazing. The only pairing I refuse to touch is Skye/Ward. And pretty much anything with an apologetic Ward is a no-go for me.
For Fitz stories, I love his friendship with Jemma. I prefer them as friends, but his desperation to save Jemma last season did a pretty good job of getting me on board the Fitz/Simmons train. I also like Fitz and Mack (and Fitz/Mack).
And if you wanted to combine my favourites, stories about Daisy and Fitz would be amazing. I especially would love a follow up story to their interaction in 402 where they spew feelings at each other.

Luke Cage: It's probably too soon for there to be much Luke Cage fic, but I would adore stories about Mariah. She was the character that stood out to me most. How she grew up to this life of crime, but what she really wants is to make Harlem a better place, but she keeps falling into the criminal underground. I love how Shades is so into her. My dream fic from this fandom would be a Mariah-centric story where she takes over Harlem and has femdom sex with Shades on the side. :P

Since I'm listing older fandoms, I always want more Terminator stories. I fell in love with the franchise through Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and I adore Cameron. I also have a thing for people growing into heroes so love John Connor's characterization from SCC and T3. My ships are John/Cameron and John/Kate, though this fandom is the one I read the most gen in. I also adore crossovers with Terminator. If you can find good crossovers with this and any of the other fandoms I've listed, that would totally make my day. My Terminator recs are on my pinboard.

Things that I love (an incomplete list): Rule 63, identity porn, trans characters, world exploration, found family, pretend dating (really, most harlequin-type storylines), angst, AUs, origin stories, power dynamics (including D/s and BDSM), emotional punches in the gut, and way more than I can think of at the moment.

I don't have many no go zones but cannibalism and killing people in a fetishized way are really hard stops for me. Related to the previous point, I mostly can't deal with zombies and am finding vampires harder to deal with too. Detailed gore on a large scale also makes me queasy and I'm not a fan of horror.
I don't enjoy stories whose plots are driven by homophobia, and I've been finding talk of conversion programs kind of triggery lately.
I'm also kind of hesitant about stores with cheating? If the cheating is actually addressed in the story, I'm generally ok with it, but if it's handwaved or something, that tends to make me sad.

Character-wise, I have no interest in Ward-apologists and find that even stories that feature Ward very much, that are set before the reveal, don't do it for me. I'm also really wary of Loki-apologists and, as mentioned above, don't enjoy fanon!Bucky very much.

Note: While I wouldn't necessarily list these as things I love, but since I see a lot of other people listing these as things to avoid, I will say, I don't mind unhappy endings and/or death fic. Related to my like of emotional punches in a gut, I like when a story can make me cry. I don't mind sad events or endings so long as the emotions ring true. So if you have a story that you think would work that has an unhappy ending or character death, go for it! I am well known as an angst muffin after all.

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CA: Civil War Thoughts

Mon, 09 May 2016 18:47:46 GMT

*dusts off journal*

So I saw Civil War last week and have been stewing over it ever since, so ( some spoilery thoughts )

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Marvel Adventures Podfic: Some Assembly Required, written by valtyr, read by paraka

Sun, 29 Nov 2015 14:37:06 GMT

Fic: Some Assembly Required by valtyr (text link)
Fandom: Marvel Adventures
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Length: 7:25:48
Links: MP3 (zipped) (427.9 MBs) ||| M4B (217.8 MBs)

Summary: Tony Stark is trying to set up a new superhero team when he's given a sex change, courtesy of Victor von Doom. He copes with that about as well as you'd expect.
Notes: This was recorded both as part of Marvel Big Bang 2015 and for #3DNPodfic. Thank you to RsCreighton who has been a wonderful cheerleader, beta, and partner in crime. You should check out her podfic of this story too!

Thank you also to reena_jenkins for coverart advice, even though I ended up going with something different.

To follow up on the reader's notes at the end of the podfic, surprise, I didn't make my original deadline for Marvel Big Bang, and my cat did destroy my computer's monitor, but luckily I got it replaced under warranty so all is good now. :)

( Streaming )

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#ITPE Letter

Mon, 05 Oct 2015 21:54:53 GMT

( Hey lovely person who was assigned me for #ITPE )

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2 Avenger Copodfics

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:54:11 GMT

Fic: Clint Barton's Home for Wayward Mind Wiped Assassins Series by roguewrld
Readers: dapatty, paraka
Fandom: Avengers (Captain America and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. too)
Pairing: Gen
Length: 0:39:12 (0:44:47 for the complete series)
Links: MP3 (54.2 MBs) ||| M4B (complete series) (61.7 MBs)

Summary: "Where ever you were, whatever you did and whoever you did it for, it's over. You need to pretend to be a person now, okay?"

( Streaming )

Unedited
Length: 0:59:17
Download: MP3 (81.8 MBs)

( Streaming )

Notes: This was recorded when paraka visited dapatty and we spent the weekend hanging out and having fandom feels. We kept interrupting our recording of this to have feels at each other, or to ramble, so we decided to release the unedited version too in case anyone else wanted to listen in on that.

Fic: Reputation by copperbadge
Readers: miss_marina95, paraka
Fandom: Avengers
Pairing: Steve/Tony
Length: 0:13:01 (0:14:39 with bloopers)
Links: MP3 (13.2 MBs) (+Bloopers) ||| M4B (10.5 MBs Bloopers included)

Summary: Steve thinks Iron Man is trading sexual favors to Tony Stark for perks for the Avengers, and he's determined to protect his teammate.

( Streaming )

Notes: This podfic was recorded during Avengers Age of Ultron opening weekend in N. America. I (paraka) few down to California for the weekend (from Canada) so that the two of us could see the move together. There was much clutching at each other while we exploded from feels, we recorded this between viewings. :P

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Podfic: You Are Home (Steve/Tony)

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:44:29 GMT

Fic: You Are Home by nightwalker
Fandom: Avengers
Pairing: Steve/Tony
Length: 0:09:56
Links: MP3 (13.9 MBs) ||| M4B (11.1 MBs

Summary: It was Steve who’d wanted to go out and choose the house themselves. Tony hadn’t even thought about it - sure, people did that, he watched the home improvement channel sometimes when Peter got to the remote before anyone else so he knew how it worked. But it had never occurred to him that he should do it.

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Notes: This was recorded back in January for miss_marina95's birthday, but I was so sick at the time that I barely got through the recording let alone editing, then I started a new job... and now it's almost May and way late for a birthday present, but there you go. :)

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Podfic: Loved Long Since, and Lost Awhile (Clint/Coulson) (co-pod)

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:03:28 GMT

Fic: Loved Long Since, and Lost Awhile by DevilDoll
Readers: miss_marina95, paraka
Fandom: Avengers (MCU)
Pairing: Clint/Coulson, Clint/Natasha
Length: 0:55:47
Links: MP3 (76.8 MBs) ||| M4B (61.4 MBs)

Summary: "It's the small stuff that hurts the most, he finds." Post-movie Clint/Coulson fix-it.

( Streaming )

Notes:This was recorded when miss_marina95 (a Cali girl) decided that February would be the perfect time to visit me in Canada. This is also when I dragged miss_marina95 into Avengers fandom and made her record this really sad story. For all that, though, we managed giggle our way through the recording.

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Podfic Catch Up

Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:11:19 GMT

Apparently I've been horrible at crossposting my podfic here. The last think I crossposted was in September, and I've posted a number of podfics since then.

( 7 Podfics: 3 Avengers, 2 Teen Wolf, 1 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and 1 Merlin BBC )

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#ITPE Letter

Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:39:04 GMT

( Hey lovely person who was assigned me for #ITPE )

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Podfic Mail

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 01:03:45 GMT

While on a quest for an awesome iPhone case, I ended up deciding to just design my own through one of those made to order sites. And, since I'm the biggest sucker for the whole "might as well make the shipping worth while" mentality, I ended up searching through their other products. They mostly cater to small businesses and make business cards, letterheads, promo swag, etc and I somehow found myself designing a podfic header and getting cards made.

So, if you would like to get a podfic card from me, leave me your address in an (screened) comment, or email it to me at parakaproductions at gmail dot com. I'll mail internationally. :)

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Avengers: Track This Thread, written by rageprufrock (Completed!)

Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:43:13 GMT

Fic: Track This Thread by rageprufrock (text link)
Fandom: Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Pairing: Clint/Coulson
Length: 0:53:09 (chapter 6) / 0:08:36 (chapter 7) / 3:47:25 (total)
Chapter MP3 Links: Chapter 6 ||| Chapter 7
Completed Work Links: MP3 ||| M4B

Summary: Even when Phil Coulson was doing something ridiculously, embarrassingly, crushingly human, he was still a flawless, seamless black box of a spook.

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Notes: I can't believe this is finally done! It only took me 10 months!

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Avengers Podfic: What If We Love Like Fools

Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:35:42 GMT

Fic: What If We Love Like Fools by IndigoNight (text link)
Fandom: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers
Pairing: Sam/Bucky, Sam/Steve, Sam/Steve/Bucky, Steve/Bucky
Length: 3:24:40
Links: MP3 (285 MBs) ||| M4B (251 MBs)

Summary: When Sam had said he went where Cap did, he had meant it. Steve, apparently, had not. Steve leaves Sam behind when he goes to look for Bucky, which is just as well, because Bucky comes looking for Sam.

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Reader's Notes: This was recorded for the 2014 Pod Together Challenge. Thank you to IndigoNight for your patience and diurnal_lee for the beta

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2 Melinda May Podfics

Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:09:53 GMT

Fic: Melinda May's Weekend Off by dapatty (text link)
Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers
Pairing: Gen
Length: 0:10:03
Links: MP3 (14.4 MBs) ||| M4B (8.1 MBs)

Summary: or alternatively titled, That Time Clint Followed Her Home and Ate Her Food

( Streaming )

Reader's Notes: Recorded for the Marvel POC Characters Fanworks Exchange for Dunderklumpen. Thank you to dapatty for being an awesome friend and writing this fic for me when I was having trouble finding one to record. *glomps*

Fic: Spies Like Us by dapatty (text link)
Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers
Pairing: Melinda/Natasha
Length: 0:16:38
Links: MP3 (23.2 MBs) ||| M4B (18.4 MBs)

Summary: Two Times Natasha and Melinda Met for Work and One Time They Met Up Just Because

( Streaming )

Reader's Notes: This was recorded for the 2014 Pod Together Challenge. dapatty was, as always, completely awesome to work with. She also made the coverart.

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paraka

#ITPE 2022

Supper Podfic Swap

ITPE 2021

ITPE 2020

Terminator: A Dark Fate

ITPE 2019

Pod_Exchange 2019

Endgame Thoughts on *that* storyline.

Personal Update: Health Edition

*awkardly posts something other than an ITPE letter*

ITPE 2018

#ITPE 2017

#ITPE 2016

CA: Civil War Thoughts

Marvel Adventures Podfic: Some Assembly Required, written by valtyr, read by paraka

#ITPE Letter

2 Avenger Copodfics

Podfic: You Are Home (Steve/Tony)

Podfic: Loved Long Since, and Lost Awhile (Clint/Coulson) (co-pod)

Podfic Catch Up

#ITPE Letter

Podfic Mail

Avengers: Track This Thread, written by rageprufrock (Completed!)

Avengers Podfic: What If We Love Like Fools

2 Melinda May Podfics

Endgame Thoughts on that storyline.

awkardly posts something other than an ITPE letter