Podfic: "An Ever-Fixed Mark" (Pride and Prejudice)

[luzula]

[Podfic] An Ever-Fixed Mark (65 words) by Luzula
Fandom: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Length: 19 h 56 min (dammit, almost 20 hours...)
Relationships: Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet/Colonel Fitzwilliam
Characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Colonel Fitzwilliam (Pride and Prejudice), Georgiana Darcy, Catherine de Bourgh, Anne de Bourgh, Jane Bennet, Charles Bingley, Charlotte Lucas, Kitty Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Mr. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Mrs. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Mary Crawford, Duke of Wellington, Ensemble
Additional Tags: Podfic Length: 15-20 Hours, Podfic, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Slow Burn, War, Marriage, Regency Romance, Grief/Mourning
Summary: One would think that having the name of one's soulmate appear on one's wrist on one's sixteenth birthday would make matrimony much less complicated. It mostly does not. And not at all for Miss Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourne. (A deconstruction of the soulmark trope.)

Ta da, behold my longest podfic ever! \o/ I really enjoyed recording this. Most fun thing about the reading: Lady Catherine's dialogue.

Comments

[petra]

Oh my goodness, I love this story! I look forward to your rendition of it immensely.

[luzula]

I love this story, too, and it was such fun to read! Hope you enjoy the podfic. : D

ETA: Oops, I put the wrong link in, but it should work now.

[garonne]

19 h 56 min

Wow, congratulations!

I read and enjoyed the first few chapters of this fic, but then decided to wait for your podfic instead :D

[luzula]

Thanks!

And aww, that is flattering! Well, I hope you enjoy it. : D

[isis]

Wow, good on you for doing this!

(I read the fic on your recommendation a year or so ago!)

[luzula]

Thanks! I do feel accomplished. And yes, I remember that. : )

[desireearmfeldt]

Wow, that's an undertaking! (And a great fic.)

[luzula]

This podfic partly brought to you by the pandemic! It's good for being able to have a consistent recording habit, if little else...

And yeah, I'm very fond of this fic.

[chestnut_pod]

19 h 56 min -- hot damn!

I am so impressed, and I think this is the push that will finally get me to read the original fic, so I can listen to this!

[luzula]

Time just flows oddly during the pandemic, so it doesn't feel like it took that long!

And I hope you enjoy the story. : )

[mergatrude]

You are awesome! I don't know if I'll listen to it unless you record the alternate ending (see your poll for my pick!!!) because I still haven't finished the text version because Darcy is aaarghh! *g*

Sorry. My issues with Darcy continue to interfere with my ability to be polite. What I meant was that I am so glad you've recorded this and YAY!

[luzula]

Don't worry, I will definitely record the alternate ending! I just might not do it immediately. : )

Hee, that's fine--I don't mind the Darcy ending, but I do actually also prefer the Colonel Fitzwilliam one. I have yet to read the one where she ends up with the Duke of Wellington.

[petra]

I have started this and the highest compliment I can give is that it kept me awake wondering what would happen next despite this being a comfort reread of mine. I love your sense of timing.

[luzula]

Oh, what a lovely compliment! <3 I did very much enjoy reading this--or I wouldn't have recorded 25 hours of it.