#vtmb 2024

[kbirbpods]

[Podfic Link] | Length: 22 minutes, 44 seconds

Original Work: diamonds are a bird's best friend by @suzukiblu [ao3: suzukiblu]

DC Comics: Tim/Kon | Rating: Teen & Up Audiences

Summary: 

Tim is pretty sure that this is not Superboy just trying to make friends.

Notes: Part 1 of a fake cryptid and a real romantic [podfics] & posted for Voiceteam Mystery Box 2024/a holiday gift for my dear friend hoebiwan!

cover art by @flowerparrish!

[flowerparrish]

[Podfic] You Put Your Arms Around Me (And I'm Home) | fic by @disillusioneddanny

DPxDC: Jason/Danny | Rated: T | Length: 19 mns

Jason Todd can't get over the fact that he has the life he does. Bruce Wayne reminds him that he's deserving of a good life.

A multi-voice podfic collaboration between me, CainPods, & @wanderingjedihistorian, made as a gift for @kbirbpods!

[kbirbpods]

[Podfic Link] | Length: 17 minutes

Original Work: another year has gone by by wraithspresso

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

Summary: 

Tim celebrates the New Year with Danny for the first time. He has to do some damage control for a viral video later, but he'll enjoy the moment for now.

Notes: podded as a "welcome to 2025" gift for @flowerparrish, as well as for the CRISS CROSS challenge during Voiceteam Mystery Box 2024. The author doesn't have a blanket permission statement but did allow me to podfic this and it was so so lovely and kind!

[kbirbpods]

[Podfic Link] | Length: approximately 35 minutes, 48 seconds

Original Work: there's no business like bat business by @suzukiblu [ao3: suzukiblu]

DC Comics: Tim/Kon, Batfam & Bruce | Rating: General Audiences

Summary: 

There's a new Robin flitting around Gotham. The Batman is a little puzzled about it, because this one isn't flitting around it; it's just following its other Robin around. Even more than the Spoiler does, in fact. The Batman is . . . puzzled. Yes.

Notes: Part 3 of a fake cryptid and a real romantic [podfics]

Recorded for a holiday gift for hoebiwan, edited for VTMB2024, and the (current) last installment in my series of podfics of this universe! cover art created by the incredible @flowerparrish <3

[kbirbpods]

[Podfic Link] | Length: 26 minutes, 59 seconds

Original Work: gentlemen prefer birds by @suzukiblu [ao3: suzukiblu]

DC Comics: Clark & Kon | Rating: Teen & Up Audiences

Summary: 

“Guess what?!” Superboy greets gleefully, pushing himself up on the edge. “What?” Clark asks, smiling wryly at him. The kid just gets so enthusiastic so easily. It’s kind of funny, to be honest. “I got a date!” Superboy says delightedly.

Notes: Part 2 of a fake cryptid and a real romantic [podfics]

Edited for Voiceteam Mystery Box 2024, podded for my lovely friend hoebiwan for the holidays, and one of my most favorite series EVER

gorgeous cover art by @flowerparrish

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[Podfic Link] | Length: 24 minutes, 36 seconds

Original Work: What Day Is It? by @finemealcreates [finemeal on ao3]

DPxDC: Danny & Teen Titans, Danny & Frostbite & OC | Rating: T+

Summary: 

Danny forgets that today is his Death Day until pain hits him during a fight with Killer Moth.

Notes: was supposed to be for @flowerparrish & @chaoskiro for ITPE but... alas... time played me for a fool. So instead it wound up going up before ITPE even posted as part of VTMB instead! Funny how that works ~

[kbirbpods]

2025 Stats Round Up!

I think every year my post is getting later and later. I can't even use VTMB as an excuse because there was actually a challenge to do this.

I recorded less this year than the past two years, as far as total length, though I posted more podfics altogether! Just plenty of drabbles for various events.

I continued my tracking of multivoice lines vs otherwise and then included some new tracking categories, which was fun!

My most kudosed solo podfic was Beat Him to It, which was also my longest podfic! My most kudosed collab was my @pod-together with Yuurei, which was trans!Jason Todd (I'm sorry, did I stutter when I said to shut up or?) My shortest podfic was for Pod-O-Ween, Seedless Watermelon, at 50 seconds. My first podfic posted in 2025 was a gift for @flowerparrish, another year has gone by. Somewhere in the middle (I went roughly based on my spreadsheet) was my recording of spirited back (whether you like it or not). And the final one I posted was a podfic collab between myself & Yuurei of a crack-y Fox/Quinlan fic, Once More for Emphasis!

This year, I recorded the most in May (10 hours, 44 minutes, 24 seconds) likely because of Voiceteam & preparing for @flowerparrish's birthday! I recorded the least in April (as in 0) which made sense. It was my 30th birthday and I had some complex things happening mental health wise as well.

I got top surgery in June which impacted how much I wound up making for Summer Swap this year. As you can see, the further out from surgery in the summer, the more I was able to complete. I teach so September always has a dip but then I went ham for Pod-O-Ween. As always, ITPE & VTMB bump me up quite a bit.

My most podded fandom overall was DC (122) but once you break it down into sub-fandoms, it was Clone Wars at 45 podfics! Batfam was literally a close second with only one less. The surprising one was #5, Supernatural, with 21 podfics. Why? Well... I started recording SPN podfics in October so for it to bump up that high was a surprise! Hyperfixation does that to ya.

My top 5 authors were no surprise. Myself at number 2 was a bit but I wound up writing a lot of drabbles to record for different events! @wanderingjedihistorian & @blackkatmagic tend to flip flop in years for who reaches my #1 most podded. Having @flowerparrish tie with Wander was lovely! Yuurei and I collabed a lot this year. And, of course, I pod many Zia drabbles. Thank you, @theredshirtsarecoming, for being such a wonderful author.

This year General Audiences fics beat out Teen & Up fics by quite a bit! I recorded a lot of genfic, which often winds up being rated G, so it makes a lot of sense. I'm very happy with how many "Multi" fics I recorded!

Once again, I recorded the most fics without using music & then Taylor Swift was my top recorded artist. In fact, the artists for my top 5 did not shift positions at all from 2024!

I went quite ham this year for Pod-O-Ween making it my number one event podficced for and pushing Voiceteam down to #2.

For my miscellaneous stats, this was super fun to see! I recorded 174 unique authors and 133 of those were only podded once (76%). So many new people! I podded 72 total fandoms and 32 of them were podded only once (44%). Out of the 69 (nice) different musical artists/groups/types I used, 48 of those were only used once (70%).

Final graphic is my favorite podfic covers:

Picking these was once again so hard!! I make covers for everything I podfic, big or small, so to narrow that down is a feat. I love how different they all feel from one another in this graphic, though, and the creative decisions behind some of these were so fun to reflect on.

Changes from 2024 to 2025 in my tracking:

Started tracking the exact work I put into each podfic (in 2026, I am considering adding a 'written & recorded' in so I know how often I specifically sat down to write something to record it/post together).

Started breaking down Star Wars & DC even more. I was just tracking crossovers within DC but I pod within two sub-fandoms of crossovers (Danny Phantom, Marvel) that truly require their own spots. Also added a way to track specifically SWxDC!

Started tracking if something is posted to AO3 or not. This will hopefully help me to not miss out on posting things!

Started using a "not applicable" category for music to hopefully not skew my data too much towards artists others use! This is for multivoices I contribute to.

I really only met my 2025 resolution to pod more of @wanderingjedihistorian's "Here There Be Dragons" series. In 2025, I recorded/posted 5 more installments in the series! While I did record some chapters for multichapter things, I continued to let my anxiety about posting them hold me back.

So, this year, I stole an idea from @carcrash429 of making a resolution bingo! I included things that felt much easier to hit. Less specificity to some goals but more to others. A nebulous "no more anxiety about X" does not help.

Some of these are not podfic related (reading books, tattoos, visiting @flowerparrish, writing) but all are fandom related! I set a low number goal regarding series (all three are written by @wanderingjedihistorian of course). I actually have like 3 Destiel Hallmark podfics bookmarked. The spot was created with one in particular in mind but if I can't get to it, there's shorter ones!

Here is where 2025 stood in the stats (and where 2026 currently stands lol)

Thank you for coming along with me on this journey every year, friends! I am so excited to see where 2026 takes us with fandom.

As a fun random stats thing, I took a look at my podfic tags since I started podding in 2022. This is just on my solo podfic pseud (some of my podfics are not yet posted as they are for future events and obviously things recorded/posted in 2026 are shifting things on here already):

(Me and the cropping are going to fight) But my top-podded fandom is indeed Clone Wars (216). But then compared to that, my top podded character is Jason Todd (120). So... the majority of my Batfam podfics lol. And then Codywan (69, nice) matches my top podded fandom well!

I don’t track individual chapters for fandom/author/music stats. I don’t track based on when I post, I tracked based on when it was recorded! I have considered tracking individual chapters for fandom/author/music stats but then it would skew my numbers in my stats when I want to compare to previous years. And my autistic ass cannot handle that change.

Happy 2026, friends!

[flowerparrish]

[Podfic] Lingering Shadows | fic by @uncorrectgrammars

Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin | Rated: T | Length: 18 mns

“To the Hells with finding the Sith,” Obi-Wan said. He could hear his voice rising with each word. “Blast it, Anakin, ending the war is not worth your life!” “But the prophecy—” “It is not worth your life—” “What if it is?” Anakin demanded, his own voice a fierce whisper. “We could get killed every time we go into battle, but we do it anyway. Every mission we take is for the greater good of the Republic. You taught me that. How is this any different?”

Podded in collaboration with @kittonafoxgirl, for the Voiceteam Mystery Box challenge Good Talk!