choosetolive: (Adam Centerfold)
choosetolive ([personal profile] choosetolive) wrote in [community profile] podficmeta 2011-04-08 07:59 am (UTC)

I agree with all the items on your list, and would like to add sex noises and the like. I don't mind reading porn aloud, but definitely feel awkward/uncomfortable when the gasps, moans, pleas and other noises are actually verbalized. Mainly, I feel those things are hot in the text where we have the choice of imagining the character in our heads, but as a reader I find it problematic: reading it straight is awkward and potentially silly, as often they're sounds and half-formed words. Performing it, however, is also problematic, as it makes me feel self-conscious and I'm sure that bleeds out into the fic, making the listener self-conscious, and hello to un-sexy.

This can also be applied, of course, to other instances of noise - screaming, for example.

I also agree with [personal profile] podcath's comment on experimental stories - some of those styles can be exquisite in text form, but I doubt much of it would translate well to spoken word. (however, now that I think on it some more, some of it might translate *very* well, since some of the stories I'm thinking of rely heavily on pacing and emphasis to get the feel across. Hmm. There's one for [community profile] podfic_bingo...)

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