For what it's worth, I think you did the right thing by answering like you did and writing this on your own journal instead of putting it into the answer. I'm sure it's hard to see it as anything but mean, but the comment surely isn't actually meant that way.
To be honest, I don't understand why someone would leave a comment like that, either. Maybe what they wanted to say is that they would prefer your comments-voice to your performance voice, but like the other commenter said, this is a personal preference, and if the listener hasn't realised that, it's their loss. Or maybe this was their unwieldy, weird way of saying "please, please, read the fics in your normal voice, I like that much better" - which is something that is hardly ever articulated in podfic fandom because everyone is so focussed on only leaving positive feedback. I dunno.
The only thing that actually made me podfic instead of just listen to it was when the n'th story was read by a reader whose reading style I cannot stand. I realised that I would give anything for someone, anyone, to repod this fic. That is not to say I don't like them personally, or that they make mistakes in readin - I don't actually think I've ever observed mistakes. It's just that listening to their podfic makes me want to rip my hair out and throw things. So I thought, maybe other people feel this way, too, about a variety of readers. And adding one more voice that is different, one more style, one more accent that I might loathe but that others might like - that that would be a good idea.
I think it's utterly clear that a podficcer can never please every listener. So, while I understand that the comment hurts, it's probably best to just shrug and count this person as someone who just didn't like your choices, just like you might no like other people's choices but still accept/tolerate/maybe even like them, anyway.
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Date: 2014-01-21 10:31 am (UTC)To be honest, I don't understand why someone would leave a comment like that, either. Maybe what they wanted to say is that they would prefer your comments-voice to your performance voice, but like the other commenter said, this is a personal preference, and if the listener hasn't realised that, it's their loss. Or maybe this was their unwieldy, weird way of saying "please, please, read the fics in your normal voice, I like that much better" - which is something that is hardly ever articulated in podfic fandom because everyone is so focussed on only leaving positive feedback. I dunno.
The only thing that actually made me podfic instead of just listen to it was when the n'th story was read by a reader whose reading style I cannot stand. I realised that I would give anything for someone, anyone, to repod this fic. That is not to say I don't like them personally, or that they make mistakes in readin - I don't actually think I've ever observed mistakes. It's just that listening to their podfic makes me want to rip my hair out and throw things. So I thought, maybe other people feel this way, too, about a variety of readers. And adding one more voice that is different, one more style, one more accent that I might loathe but that others might like - that that would be a good idea.
I think it's utterly clear that a podficcer can never please every listener. So, while I understand that the comment hurts, it's probably best to just shrug and count this person as someone who just didn't like your choices, just like you might no like other people's choices but still accept/tolerate/maybe even like them, anyway.