#itpe

[flowerparrish]

[Podfic] A Fine Foxy Fellow | fic by @inexplicifics

The Witcher: Aiden/Lambert | Rated: T | Length: 16 mns

Jaskier finds a cursed fox. Luckily, he knows a professional curse-breaker!

An ITPE treat for @devilwithabirddress!

[kbirbpods]

[Podfic Link] | Length: 1 hour, 16 minutes, & 14 seconds

Original Work: Nail in the Coffin by @sendryl [ao3: Sendryl]

DPxDC: Danny/Jason, Dani Phantom | Rating: Teen & Up Audiences

Summary: 

De-aged Ellie gets into trouble in Crime Alley. Red Hood rescues her and she introduces herself as Princess Ellie. "Does that make you my knight?" "Sure does, princess." "Yay! My first knight!" A sudden magical binding circle appears. Well, Jason thinks a few minutes later, at least my king's a snack. He's really not happy when the coffin comes into play.

Notes: ITPE 2024 main gift #2 for @chaoskiro! Thank you to Sendryl for giving me permission to record it <3

[itpemod]

SIGN UP POST

It's late September and that means #ITPE sign-ups are OPEN 🎉🎉🎉 Links will be at the end, so please read through the post as we have a lot of new information/procedures this year!

This is the FOURTEENTH year of the exchange, but the FIRST year we will be hosting it on Tumblr, which was far and away the winner in our platform move survey. Happily, this means we get to keep our acronym and branding!

What is #ITPE?

#ITPE is a low-pressure, no-minimums podfic exchange that originated on Twitter. We are now on Tumblr because of Twitter’s…everything, since it was bought by the Muskrat. Everything–sign-ups, communication, assignment/gift distribution–used to be run entirely on Twitter, but as the exchange has grown, we’ve incorporated other platforms to help make our lives as mods easier. Consequently, sign-ups will be on AO3 and submissions of your finished gifts (when it comes time for them) will be via Google form. Otherwise all communication, including announcements, questions, assignment and gift delivery, will be conducted over Tumblr and instant messaging. 

Who are the mods?

Our mod line-up is @blackestglass (blackglass) & @knight-tracer, with flowersforgraves assisting on the backend with data management. 

What is the schedule?

The dates for #ITPE 2024 are:

Sign-ups: SEPTEMBER 21 - SEPTEMBER 29

Assignments go out: No later than OCTOBER 8

Projects due: DECEMBER 17

Distribution: DECEMBER 24

So long as it's still September 29 somewhere in the world, you can still sign-up.

How do I sign up?

We are continuing to run sign-ups through AO3 (without a nominations process, so just write in your fandoms). We are asking for a minimum of 3 unique fandoms and if you want to sign-up to give or receive more than 20 fandoms, pick your TOP 20 for the AO3 and put the rest in your Dear Podficcer Letter. If you have less than 20 fandoms, we encourage you to list all of your primary and secondary fandoms in the sign up form so we have options for matching!

Note: We consider certain RPF fandoms as “umbrella” fandoms. We know we have K-Pop podficcers and sports RPF podficcers who often sign up for our exchange. Individual K-Pop bands and individual sports/sports teams do not count as “unique” fandoms (so for instance, only listing SHINee, BTS, and A-Teez would not count as having 3 unique fandoms for sign-up purposes; for our purposes, they would all fall under the K-Pop umbrella). In addition to listing your favorite bands/sports/teams in the fandom field, we do ask you to help us out for matching by thinking of at least 2 other fandoms which you might be happy to give and receive in. The RPF podficcing pool is small and we try not to repeat matches within a 5-year period, so giving us more fandom options will help us find you a match. 

What is a Dear Podficcer letter?

Your Dear Podficcer letter should include stuff like squicks, triggers, ship and trope preferences, and anything else you think we & your gift giver should know regarding your fandom tastes. Letters are mandatory. They don't have to be long! But if you have extremely specific tastes, it’s better that you let us know upfront in your letter so that we can ensure that you receive a gift you’re happy with. Please don’t worry about seeming “difficult”! We want you to love the gift you receive! Also, do feel free to request your small, obscure fandoms! Just help us out by also including some more popular or “mainstream” fandoms among your options. 

If you’re still uncertain what a letter should look like, here are some examples from 2020: blackglass’s 2020 letter & knight_tracer’s 2020 letter. You can also check out linked letters in the “Requests Summary” on AO3 to see what other people’s letters look like!  

Letters should be hosted on a publicly viewable platform, such as on Dreamwidth, tumblr, carrd, GDrive, Dropbox, etc. 

Please put your Tumblr and AO3 handles (if they don’t already match) in your Dear Podficcer letter. For our sake, ideally somewhere in the title field. Toss a coin to your mod team. 

Also please be kind to your mods & avoid using smushnames or cute fandom ship names in your letter. We're not always in your fandom & sometimes people will use different names to refer to the same pairing & we mistakenly believe you're requesting different pairings (see: the Zimbits/JackBitty/etc. debacle of 2020). Using Char A/Char B(/Char C) would help us out a lot! You don't have to use AO3 levels of disambiguation – just provide us with enough information to figure out who the characters involved in the ship are. 

If you have specific tastes in what you want to RECEIVE in a fandom, but you’re willing to CREATE outside of those preferences (for instance, wanting to receive podfic about a specific pairing, but willing to podfic for other pairings in a fandom), please indicate that in your letter! If you want to offer or receive fandoms that aren’t currently on the AO3, or you’re one of those gutsy people that is willing to offer and create in “any fandom”, message this account and we’ll make sure it’s all recorded. 

In addition, if you’re an adventurous listener who is open to RECEIVING podfic for “any fandom” please ALSO message us so that we’re aware! We still need a minimum of 3 fandoms for your sign up so that it can go through.

If you have any DNWs (“do not wants”)  that you don’t want to post publicly in a letter, concerns about matching, or anything else you’d like to privately let the mods know, there’s a section in the sign up this year that you can fill out. Or you can send us a message!

How should we be communicating with you over Tumblr? We will primarily be using the instant messaging function. Therefore you will need a Tumblr account to sign up, because that’s where all communication and assignment/gift delivery will take place. It’s totally fine to use a placeholder account you only use for this exchange. (We do recommend adding a userpic, filling out your bio, and maybe reblogging a few posts so that you don’t seem like a bot.) All participants should be following the mod account, especially if you have restricted settings so that only people you follow can message you. The instant messaging system, unlike the ask system, allows us to maintain a record of our communications, and is the best way to share information you want to keep private between us or have extended conversations. You may use asks if you have a one-off question or questions you don’t mind getting public answers to. 

(Notifications for new Tumblr messages can be finicky so try to check out the messaging tab semi-regularly throughout the duration of the exchange instead of relying on the blue dot to let you know there’s a new message.) 

In an attempt to avoid tripping spam filters and hitting the Tumblr limit on sending messages to new people, we are asking you to help us out by sending us an instant message to let us know you’ve signed up, rather than us trying to reach out to dozens upon dozens of people (prime spambot behavior)! 

What happens if you get marked as spam?

If we get shadowbanned/tossed in potential spambot purgatory, the mods will reach out to you from our personal accounts/mod sideblogs or via email. During the sign up period, we will reach out to you via messaging to ask you for a reliable email address to reach you at in case all of our attempts to not get flagged as spam fail.

If we are marked as spam, we’ll still be able to post on our own blog and we should still appear on your dash, but we won’t be appearing in the tags most likely, which is another reason why it’s important for you to be following us!

How does matching work? How will I get my assignment?

The mods do hand-matching, meaning rather than just letting the AO3 algorithm run and make arbitrary matches based on fandom, we read all your letters and try to match you with someone with similar tastes and interests. We’ll only be relying on the AO3 algorithm to help us spot tricky matches. 

Another of the ways Tumblr combats spam is to shadowban anyone sending multiple similarly worded messages. We’re going to make an attempt to deliver extremely pared down assignment messages so that we’re mostly sending unique information. If we do get marked as spam, as mentioned earlier, we may reach out to you on sideblogs or via email. 

What kind and how many gifts should I make? Do you really mean “no minimums”? 

Yes, ITPE gifts have NO LENGTH MINIMUMS. Make something as big or as small as you want to commit to! We truly do mean it. This is meant to be a low pressure exchange! Accordingly, please set your expectations that you may receive a short gift. In the past, we have had participants who’ve been extremely generous and made a prolific amount of gifts for their giftee, but they are outliers and there is certainly no expectation that anyone else should strive to those heights. 

I have more questions about making gifts!

We’re sure you do, but we’re not there yet! We will update this FAQ with more information about submitting gifts and treats once assignments go out, so check back!

I’m ready to sign up! What are the next steps? 1. Fill out the sign up form on AO3 here.

2. Follow us @itpemod if you haven’t yet!

3. Send us a message over the chat letting us know you’ve signed up!

4. Optional (but encouraged if you want to talk to people!): join the Tumblr Podfic Community to participate in the friending/following meme!

5. Optional: Track/follow the #itpe or #informal tumblr podfic exchange tags! 

[mistpodfics]

The Great Leon Draisaitl Lookalike Competition written by Linsky | @linskywords

A Hockey RPF Podfic read by mistbornhero as a ITPE gift for @tkaptains

“You’re offering guys fifty thousand dollars to show up here and look like Draisaitl,” Ryan says. “Of course not,” Dylan says. “They only get the money if they actually manage to date Connor.��

Podfic Length: 20:57 minutes

[kaisicle-podfics]

Off Duty [Podfic], written by @thosenearandfarwars read by @kaisicle-podfics

Star Wars | Rated: T | Length: 28 min

Summary:

Amendment 3546 to the Charter of the Republic regarding the Expansion of the Definition of Sentient Rights, later called the Clones' Amendment, passes on the same day as The Wider Force Church and Temple Great Reconciliation, later known as the Kenobi Reconciliation. (In which organizational reform and parliamentary procedure is a metaphor.)

Part 1 of the <When Duty is Done> series

Produced as a gift for @ShadowSpires for ITPE 2024

[korechthonia]

[podfic] We were (not) meant to be together

Cody is certain that Obi-Wan is not his soulmate. But that doesn't stop him from taking a chance anyway.

Written by @nook-of-fanfic, recorded by me, as a gift for @bluegeekem for ITPE 2024!

[opalsong]

Title: Untitled Goose Game: Hateno Village DLC Writer: Opalsong Reader: Opalsong Fandom: Zelda:Tears of the Kingdom/Untitled Goose Game Relationships: Gen Rating: General Audiences Length: 00:17:04 Size: 11.8MB Music: Hateno Village - The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Tears of the Kingdom Piano Cover by Ryan Z 'Piano Guy' Inspired by: Link can’t seem to find the master sword by smallandfragile Cover: Opalsong Summary: It's a lovely day in Hateno village and you are a horrible goose. Link: mp3 This was created as a gift for @kitsuneheart Thanks to Paraka for hosting!! cross posted at AO3

[deepestbluesky]

and my second ITPE work for @gavilansblog! HUGE thank you to @rainsfalling for helping me out when i went 'help someone who is more familiar with guardian give me suggestions for podfic!!!' since i've actually only read it and not watched it, and thus have not dived very much into the fics for it. this fic was delightful and very very fun to record!

[koontyme]

Here's my ITPE gift for my giftee! Go give a listen to a story by the fantastic @veliseraptor exploring just what might've been going through Knives' head as a kid before the Big Fall in Tristamp.

🔗Link! Rated T. ~14 min.

[kd-heart]

Fandom: Venom (Marvel Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Eddie Brock/Venom Symbiote Characters: Eddie Brock, Venom Symbiote, Anne Weying, Dan Lewis (Venom 2018) Additional Tags: Podfic, Podfic Length: 30-45 Minutes, ITPE 2024, Sound Effects, Depression, Self-Loathing, Suicidal Ideation, losers in love, live lobster eating, self-care is taking your meds for the sake of your symbiote, Tentacle Porn Summary:

Eddie doesn’t do well when he thinks the symbiote died in the fire. He doesn’t tell Dan that suicide is the reason he’s in this mess in the first place. He didn’t go to the Golden Gate Bridge to throw Anne’s engagement ring into the water, he went there to throw himself but got distracted by Dr. Skirth’s messages and justice against Drake instead.

[A recording of a fic by xzombiexkittenx for Sophie]

[film-in-my-soul]

I'm so excited to listen to my #ITPE gift from @mayonnaisetoffees. I know the quality of their work already and could not be more jazzed that they made something for me. For my first time participating, I couldn't have asked for a better experience!

[flowerparrish]

[Podfic] Cold Brew | fic by @sendryl

DPxDC: Tim Drake/Danny Fenton | Rated: T | Length: 25 mns

There's a heatwave in Gotham and Tim is suffering. Danny's there to lend a helping hand, but uh. Tim grabs hold. And won't let go. This could be a problem, but Danny's just gonna roll with it and see what happens. Maybe he'll even get a very hot guy's number at the end of the day.

Part 1 of [Podfic of] Iced Cold Brew; Podded as an ITPE treat for @kbirbpods and @lordsmeldingtonthethird!

[kbirbpods]

[Podfic Link] | Length: 10 minutes, 51 seconds

Original Work: i'll drink to that by @halfagone [ao3 pseud here]

DPxDC: Tim Drake/Danny Fenton | Rating: Teen & Up Audiences

Summary: 

Tim isn't allowed to get his usual highly caffeinated drink by this new guy behind the counter. He wants to be angry about it, but the guy is just too cute. He's sure he'll be angry about it later.

Notes: ITPE '24 treat for @chaoskiro & @flowerparrish <3

[itpemod]

#ITPE 2024 MASTERLIST!

(This has also been crossposted to the Amplificathon DW community)

(If you'd like to see previous years' master lists, 2011 is here, 2012 is here, 2013 is here, 2014 is here, 2015 is here, 2016 is here, 2017 is here, 2018 is here, 2019 is here, 2020 is here, 2021 is here, 2022 is here, and 2023 is here.)

Happy 14th annual #ITPE/technically 1st Informal Tumblr Podfic Exchange!!!! Thank you for bearing with us in our switch to a new platform! We’ve had a few hiccups but now that we know where those are, future years will hopefully run much more smoothly!

Here’s some stats and highlights from this year’s #ITPE!

We had 81 participants this year, and you made 313 podfics (including some ~sekrit~ gifts not available on the masterlist) for a total run time of 140 hours, 59 minutes, and 4 seconds–that’s over FIVE DAYS of audio!

We have 4 simulpods this year! Which is less than we expected, given some of the niche fandoms and crossovers we matched y’all on, so congratulations on finding a diversity of fics to record! @sunshineprincejeremyknox | @flowerparrish and @jeremyknox | @kbirbpods were responsible for two of those simulpods, one which they gifted to each other and the other which they both gifted to the same person. @eafay70 and @tinybluebirdcloak both gifted the same fic to @read-by-silverandblue. Finally, @alliaskisthepossibilityoflove and @rhea314 both recorded the same fic for different participants!

While #ITPE encourages participants to embrace the no-minimums, low-stress vibe, some of y’all do like to Do the Most, and we like to recognize extraordinary effort when we see it!

@opalsong, usually a notorious podfic robot, has had a lot going on this year in terms of school and was worried she would not be able to hit the productivity highs of previous years. So we, as mods, thought, “Great! We know what to do! We’ll match her with someone on one very specific OT3 that this recipient has been requesting for years, in a fandom not especially known for blanket permission, and that way Opal won’t feel compelled to make a bajillion podfics because the pool will be so small! We are solving so many problems with this match!” And we thought we were so clever! Only for Opalsong to find a 90k fanfic and turn in a 12 hour podfic. Well. We tried! But clearly Opalsong is going to Opalsong. <3

By far our most prolific gifter this year was @sunshineprincejeremyknox | @flowerparrish, who not only made 6 gifts for zir recipient (including a 4 hour podfic), but also 31 treats. Not far behind was @mistbornhero who made 7 main gifts and 23 treats! @jeremyknox | @kbirbpods made 4 main gifts and 18 treats! We also had generous treaters in @wanderingjedihistorian, @reena-jenkins, @blackestglass, @pezzax, and @wilfriede! Plus, honorable mentions to @daisydiversions and @annabelle-myrtille for the 10 and 6 hour (respectively) podfics they made for their recipients!

Finally, we'd like to extend some thank you’s to:

-Data mod flowersforgraves for converting all the sign up data to airtable which makes matching so much easier. -Asymptotical and Dragonflies_and_Katydids for creating the coding we used to generate distribution day templates. -Everyone who offered to pinch hit, especially sunshineprincejeremyknox | flowerparrish and @jetainia, though thankfully we did not end up needing them to fulfill those pinch hits! -And as always, @exmanhater for ITPE’s permanent hosting

Now let’s get on to what you’re really here for…..the masterlist!! Here’s the masterlist spreadsheet for this year’s exchange!

Happy listening!!!

[mistpodfics]

Dented Armour written by Bluebellstar | @crownprincecody

A Star Wars: Clone Wars Podfic read by mistbornhero as a ITPE gift for @wanderingjedihistorian

Anakin has ruined his jousting armour, despite outranking him Obi-Wan gets to take it to the blacksmith. Cody is probably regretting some of his life choices

Podfic Length: 15:51 minutes

[esbielle]

Podfic of i'm the one for your fire written by @microcomets

Rating: E

Length: 4:56:33

Versions with and without music and effects available. Also available as one sinle file or divided into chapters.

An ITPE gift for @revolutionaryjo