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[Podfic] "Decompression" by jujubiest

Summary:

He turns to find John looking at him through eyes blurred with pain medication and exhaustion.

“Did the door do something wrong, Harold?” His voice is hoarse and even softer than usual, but still has that lilting satirical note that tells Finch he’s being laughed at. Finch shakes his head, disgusted and bewildered in nearly equal measure.

“A person who’s been through all you have in a single 24-hour period ought not to be able to crack jokes, Mr. Reese,” he says, his voice perhaps sharper than he meant it to be.

Notes:

My second podfic based on jujubiest's work! This has been in the works for a while, but it's hard to focus on a lengthy project for long, and anything where I'm splicing in in-character voices takes longer than the average podfic. Still, it's a lovely, emotive piece, set before the author had seen the full characterization, and I do love that sort of little snapshot of fandom history! May we all remember those times when we'd already fallen in love with the little we'd seen, long before the curtain was fully drawn back on the canon portrayal.

Note: Text has been updated slightly in a few places; see End Note for details.

kiranovember, this again goes out to you for a thoughtful and enthusiastic comment on the original fic, as well as thanks for many wonderful comments on my own fics. I hope you're doing well.

curious_hobbit, for your interest in podfics, here you go. Harold might be trying to avoid tying himself to this man through the bonds of love (of whatever sort), but he's clearly in too deep, one way or the other. Enjoy!

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Decompression by jujubiest

Notes:

Text Updates:
So, firstly, I cannot for the life of me whisper while doing a character voice, especially a male one. So I routinely turn "whispered" into "murmured" to match the form of quiet talking I can do.

Secondly, it's pretty natural to omit dialogue tags ("he said") if they don't merge into a fuller sentence. The character voices should be sufficient to convey that information without stating it directly.

Thirdly, there's a part in the original fic where the same info gets repeated three times:
Narration: Harold wanted to check John's stitches.
Harold: "I need to check your stitches."
Narration: Harold checked John's stitches and they were fine.

...so I toyed around with reducing the repetition and found it amusing to leave out the first version, because then you get in John's mindset for a split second: "Finch? What are you doing? (Why are you randomly unbuttoning my shirt??)"

In other news, my major recording for the dialogue was underscored with a booming bass beat from some nearby car -- possibly my brother's friend -- and I hope I managed to avoid having that sound in any of the clips I used. I can't do retakes for a while because the cold I had a couple weeks ago settled into my throat and I expect a lingering cough for a few weeks yet (I'm prone to them), and stressing my voice out is just gonna make it worse. But hey, maybe I'll actually get to working on more of the podfics I've got recorded but haven't cut yet! Stranger things have happened ~\^_^|~

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