Go! Tell it on the mountain!

[zvi]

fandomfan asks what's so great about podfic?. I'm not sure that it's particularly useful to have that discussion with someone for whom the mere concept hits her embarrassment squick, but, in the more general case, why do you like podfic? Why do you like listening to it, why do you like making it, why do you like manipulating it (if you make covers or podbooks or work on one of the archives), why do you like teaching other people to do it, why do you like discussing it here?

And, even more so, what do you say when someone who doesn't already get it asks these questions?

Comments

[dodificus]

The thing is, if you listen to podfic, you just get used to it. Just like reading fanfic for the first time can be a bit jarring

A hundred times yes to this comment. I can remember how weirded out I was the first time I read fanfic...and then the first time I read m/m fanfic...and then the first time I listened to podfic...and I'm sure there'll be something new coming along any time now that I'll have to get over my preconceptions in order to enjoy.