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[bb-8]

The Charioteer unabridged 1988 audiobook, narrated by Davina Porter

I've finished recording the cassettes, cleaning up the audio, and stitching the whole thing together! I've had to split it into two parts (each around 7.5 hours).

The tape was corrupted in 2 places near the end of chapter 6 that I have cleaned up as best as possible, but if there are any other issues with the content or playing/downloading it, please let me know!

To download the audiobook directly, here is a link to a Google Drive folder containing both audio files.

And I've also uploaded it to the Internet Archive, just in case something happens to the Drive. You can find a link to it here.

[impishtubist]

I have listened to the Charioteer audiobook so often that now when I'm reading through the book to collect those lines, Joe Jameson's voices and inflections for the characters echo in my mind 😂

[christiwhitson]

As we ventured up another staircase to the top floor, we passed a portrait that made me stop in my tracks. Its occupant was a lovely young woman with black hair, Jamie’s blue eyes, and a smile much like Jenny’s. Her dress was modest but refined, and she’d been painted in a garden setting. There were other portraits on display, and to anyone else, this would have looked like a typical oil painting--just like the rest. But there was no denying the presence of ambient magic.

“Who is this?” I asked tremulously.

“My father’s mother. Her name was Davina Porter,” Jamie replied softly, studying the portrait with an expression that said he’d done a thousand times and didn’t expect to see anything new. “This must ha’ been painted when she was a lass. She was quite a bit older when she died.”

I hummed thoughtfully and continued to eye the woman’s painted face, drawing my wand to cast a quick diagnostic charm. Jamie made an inquisitive sound.

“There’s ambient magic. Not just a trace, like with your ring. This magic is strong. Magical portraits are interactive, even the landscapes. Images of people or other beings capable of speech can move and speak. They can even retain the same information the subject possessed when they died,” I explained, watching the woman’s face closely.

Not a twitch.

“I’ve never seen anything like that,” he replied, now scrutinizing the painting with mild alarm. I frowned and ended the charm.

“Well, it’s definitely a magical portrait. Odd, though. Most of the time, when they’re not active, the subjects appear to be sleeping. Though, I’ve seen some in muggle museums, in my time, that have perfected the art of holding still.”

Quite suddenly, the woman blinked, and her painted smile widened.

“I was beginning to think I’d never get to speak with another witch, lass. And I certainly didna expect a Sassenach.”

[hyperactivewhore]

The Mikaelson family’s relationships, especially their romantic relationships, are weird. Klaus and Elijah have a weird thing going on in which they share partners (Katherine, Tatia, Hayley - but probably more. I think it’s kinda gross being with someone who’s been with your brother but to each their own I guess). Freya fell in love with someone she kidnapped - which is never a great sign.

But the worst is probably Rebekah who is technically Marcel’s aunt - and yet they’re together romantically. Davina is like Marcel’s daughter - and yet she’s with Kol who is like Marcel’s uncle which would mean that Davina is like Marcel’s aunt. However, if Hope is the sister of Marcel, and Marcel is the father of Davina, would that make Hope her aunt? Or if Davina’s with Kol, does that make Hope her niece and Marcel her nephew?

Honestly I think the only Mikaelson sibling to have a normal (as normal as it can be given that they’re vampires and live through centuries) romantic relationship is Finn. I think he and Sage were a pretty normal, average couple compared to everyone else.

I don’t know… I’m trying not to analyze the Mikaelsons and their messed up relationships too much because it kinda grosses me out and makes my head hurt. Im trying to focus on the bright side - no one is actually related - so that’s good.

The Mikaelson are each so fucked up and their personal relationships are even more screwed.

It was implied in The Vampire Diaries the Mikaelson shared partners sexually, and there was this one girl called Mary Porter/Scary Mary, who was a "Original groupie". She was close to all of them, to the point none of them could "remember" by which sibling she had been turned. Knowing how fucked up they are, sharing partners isn't something weird, especially to Klaus and Elijah who loved fighting over the same girl.

Freya falling in love with Keelin was so fucked up. I like them, they're cute once you get past the whole kidnapping thing, but it's wrong regardless. After she finally got with Freya, her storyline was reduced to nothing: she just became her love interest and stopped being her own person. Not surprising, though, the writers of this shows love doing that.

Marcel falling for Rebekah is just straight up grooming, and it's crazy how it was never addressed or how the fandom denies it. You're gonna tell me she saw him grow up, saw his brother love and care for him as his own son, and still managed to be attracted to him? To even marry him and want children with him? It's a miracle he never called her aunt at least once, even if it was sarcastically. I really don't like how the show kept painting Marcel as the bad guy and Rebekah as the victim because he refused to be/couldn't be with her, like why?

I can overlook Kol and Davina because he never saw Marcel as family and she never saw the Mikaelson as her family either, didn't even like them. Still wrong tho, because Davina was like fifteen/sixteen by the time they met and Kol/Kaleb looked around his twenties.

Finn and Sage were absolutely adorable. I truly like Finn and I wished he had at least a chance at a happy ending, but sadly he died twice and he couldn't even mourn the woman he loved.

At least they're not related, but fucked up anyway. I try not to analyze the Mikaelson relationships either because they're clearly problematic and fucked up even for an universe such as The Vampire Diaries, but oh well.

Thanks for the ask! I had fun answering it.

[brian-in-finance]

Names and FACES we know.

Murtagh, Dougal, Colum… ???

Thanks for the message, Anon. You’re referring to The Herald’s story, Outlander 'Blood of My Blood': Prequel to begin filming in Glasgow, where Matthew B Roberts says:

The title is a nod to Jamie Fraser’s marriage vow to Claire and there will be several names and faces that Outlander fans will know and recognise.

Many names will be familiar, but I think it’s misleading to say we’ll recognise faces. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Brian and Ellen married in 1716, which means everyone who still lives in 1743 when Claire first arrives through the stones is 27 years younger than when we meet them on TV. And… the story of Brian and Ellen’s romance begins before 1716, so the 1743ers are more than 27 years younger, BOMB time.

Which names might we recognise? You mention three obvious ones, representing the two principal clans. Will we see (young) faces to match my list of names? 🍿

Castle Leoch: Clan MacKenzie (Photo: Starz)

The MacKenzies are here!

Patriarch/Matriarch

Jacob (Seamus Ruadh) / Anne Grant

Children

Ellen (marries Brian Fraser)

Colum (marries Leticia Chisholm)

Dougal (marries Maura Grant)

Janet

Flora

Jocasta (marries John Cameron… future husbands, Hugh and Hector Cameron)

Groupies

Old Alec

Mrs Fitz

Ned Gowan

Marcus MacRannoch

Malcolm Grant

Rupert (not much younger than Jocasta

Angus (probably close to Rupert’s age)

Beaufort Castle: Clan Fraser (Photo: Starz, of Dean, the stunt castle)

Je suis prest!

Patriarch/Mistress (Brian’s mother)

Simon, Lord Lovat (The Old Fox) / Davina Porter

Children

Brian (Brian Dubh)

4 half-brothers, including Simon, Master of Lovat

3 half sisters

Groupies

Murtagh

John Murray

Mrs Murray

I’m hesitant to use dates here because discrepancies exist between sources he says mildly, but if BOMB continues into the early years of Brian and Ellen’s marriage…

Lallybroch: Fraser-MacKenzie home (Photo: Starz)

Children (in birth order)

Ian Murray

Willie Fraser

Jenny Fraser

Jamie Fraser

Robert Fraser (dies with Ellen during childbirth)

So, there are 32 familiar names whose not-so-familiar faces we might see in BOMB. 😃 Can anyone think of other names? Comment away…

Remember… in keeping with unpopular opinions, such as enjoying The Search and Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone, Brian is looking forward to Outlander: Blood of My Blood. Some people might suggest all Brian’s taste is in his mouth. 😂

[buffyfan145]

And in even more casting news today the "Outlander" prequel "Blood of my Blood" has casted 4 more roles. First is Brian McCardie as Issac Grant. Then Jhon Lumsden as his son Malcolm Grant, who is also a suitor of Jamie's mom Ellen's. Then Sara Vickers, who I loved on "Endeavour", has been cast as Brian's mother and Jamie's paternal grandmother Davina Porter, who is named after the "Outlander" book series' actual narrator. Finally, Peter Mullan from many shows/movies is Red Jacob MacKenzie, Jamie's maternal grandfather and the head of Clan MacKenzie.

[undrcssed]

MASTERLIST

A masterlist of muses that I have played throughout the years, that I am always willing to play. I do need to go over some of the FC's and probably make some changes since this list is YEARS old. But I will do that and update it!!

Abigail ‘Abbi’ Abrams FC: Victoria Justice 

Addison Smollen FC: Kendall Jenner 

Allison ‘Alli’ Ortiz FC: Madison Beer 

Amelia ‘Mia’ Abrams FC: Torrey Devitto

Ana Flores FC: Camila Mendes

Angelina Rose FC: Clemence Posey

Apollo Kona FC: Roman Reigns

Augusta ‘Gwen’ Porter FC: Hailey Baldwin

Avery Smollen FC: Kylie Jenner

Bailey Allwood FC: Katherine Langford

Bethany DuPont-Hunter FC: Rachel Bilson / FC: Crystal Reed

Benjamin DuPont FC: Theo James

Blaise Zabini FC: Keith Powers

Bleau St. Claire FC: Val Mercado

Braelyn Carter FC: Alycia Debnam Carey 

Caleb Kyriakos FC: Tom Austen

Callie Haverford FC: Gigi Hadid

Cameron Bartell FC: Natalia Dyer

Cathleen ‘Rey’ Murphy FC: Paige / Saraya Jade Bevis

Chasity Dean FC: Troian Bellisario

Clara Spencer FC: Alexis Ren

Connor O’Brien FC: Cody Saintgnue

Cooper Brozene FC: Joel Kinnaman

Cyrus Morgan FC: Scott Speedman

Daphne Greengrass FC: Pia Mia

Darya Smirnov FC: Taylor Hill

Davina Pace FC: Carmella Rose

Dawson St. James FC: Finn Wittrock

Dean Munroe FC: Jake Gyllenhaal

Demi O’Connor FC: Jessica Lowndes

Destiny Savvin FC: Eiza Gonzalez / FC: Salma Hayek

Dev Ambrogino FC: Nathan Parsons

Diya Gupta FC: Naomi Scott

Dorian Porter FC: Justin Hartley

Dylan Boyer FC: Olivia Wilde / FC: Odeya Rush

Eden Hunter FC: Danielle Campbell

Elizabeth Rush FC: Hayley Atwell

Evelyn Perez FC:  Bruna Marquezine

Genivive ‘Ginny’ Kennedy FC:  Alicia Vikander

Gracie Abernathy FC: Nicola Peltz

Harleen Quinzel FC: Margot Robbie

Hudson O’Connor FC: Charlie Hunnam

Hunter Munroe FC: Kit Harington

Irina Savvin FC: Claire Holt

Isabella Martinez FC: Naya Rivera  Christian Serratos

Isobel Garcia FC: Jackie Cruz

Ivy Hartley FC: Maggie Duran

Jack Collins FC: Tom Holland

Jalessa Myers FC: Jade Thirlwall

Jayden Munroe FC: Leigh Anne Pinnock

Jayson Hunter FC: Dominic Sherwood

Jennifer Martinez FC: Diane Guerrero 

Joanna ‘Joey’ Martell FC: Marie Avgeropoulos

Judith Grimes FC: Daisy Ridley 

Karina Smirnov FC: Irina Shayk / FC: India Eisley

Katherine ‘Katy’ Abernathy FC: Katie Stevens

Katya Ambrogino FC: Ariel Winter

Keith Newman FC: Travis Mills

Kimber Rhodes FC: Karla Souza

Layla Abernathy FC: Emily Kinney / FC: Candice Swanepoel

Leah Douglas FC: Nathalie Emmanuel / FC: Amandla Stenberg

Lee McBride FC: Dan Stevens

Lilliana ‘Lily’ Rey FC: Bella Thorne Luca Hollestelle

Lorelei Ambrose FC: Imogen Poots

Maddox Young FC: Amadeus Sarafini

Madison Nolan FC: Ashley Greene

Makenna Dean FC: Shelley Hennig

Mateo Fiore FC: Theo Rossi

Matheus Silva FC: Chay Suede

Matty Dodson FC: Cody Christian

Maximus ‘Mac’ Porter FC: Austin Butler

Melanie Rhee FC: Lauren Cohan

Mickey Wolfe FC: Troye Sivan

Natalia ‘Talia’ Smallwood FC: Emily Ratajkowski

Nate Ballard FC: Randy Orton

Nikolai Savvin FC: Joseph Morgan

Paige Stabler FC: Madison Davenport

Pansy Parkinson FC: Nona Komatsu

Parker Mercer FC: Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Phoenix Dattolo FC: Avan Jogia

Piper Romero FC: Maia Mitchell / FC: Giza Lagarce

Priyah Jacobs FC: Alysha Nett

Psyche FC: Sophie Turner

Rami Armand FC: Zayn Malik

Reagan Powers FC: Allison Williams

Rhea Lockhart FC: Julianne Hough

Richard Thorne FC: Jon Hamm

Rose Granger-Weasley FC: Madelaine Petsch

Ryan O'Brien FC: Cam Gigandet

Samantha ‘Sammie’ Barker FC: Arden Cho

Sergei Savvin FC: Max Riemelt

Sierra Tsu FC: Dichen Lachman

Stella La’ei Kona FC: Nikki Reed

Sunshine ‘Sunny’ Jacobs FC: Dove Cameron 

Sydney Pearson FC: Zendaya 

Tanya Dash FC: Khole Kardashian Bree Kish

Teegan O'Brien FC: Lili Reinhart

Titus Kona FC: Jason Momoa

Tobias Graves FC: Travis Fimmel

Trent Lancaster FC: Andrew Lincoln

Valentino De Luca FC: Dominic Cooper

Veda Patil FC: Priyanka Chopra

Wyatt Cahill FC: Ryan Guzman

Xavier Waters FC: Don Benjamin

Zion Waters FC: Ricky Whittle

Zoe DiMarco FC: Bex Taylor-Klaus / FC: Ruby Rose / FC: Ash Stymest

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ Casts Peter Mullan as Red Jacob MacKenzie, Sara Vickers & 2 More

Kelli Boyle, TV Insider Apr 3, 2024

The Outlander spinoff, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, has added four more actors to the clan. TV Insider can exclusively announce that Peter Mullan, Sara Vickers, Brian McCardie, and Jhon Lumsden have joined the cast of the Starz series, currently in production in Scotland, and they’ll bring to life characters fans have already heard of in the flagship series.

Mullan will be playing Red Jacob MacKenzie, laird of Clan MacKenzie, father to Ellen (Harriet Slater), Dougal (Sam Retford), and Colum (Séamus McLean Ross), and maternal grandfather to Sam Heughan‘s Jamie Fraser.

Mullan, a veteran Scottish actor and filmmaker, can currently be seen in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and recently starred in the series The Northwater with Colin Farrell and Jack O’Connell, as well as in Barry Jenkins’ critically acclaimed The Underground Railroad. He earned an Emmy nomination for Top of the Lake and has also been seen in Ozark, Westworld, Cursed, and Mum.

Brian McCardie

McCardie will be playing Isaac Grant, laird of Clan Grant. And Lumsden will be playing Malcolm Grant, Isaac’s son and a potential suitor for Ellen.

McCardie has been seen in Outlander before, in a Season 1 cameo as Sir Marcus MacRannoch. He’s also known for Rob Boy, Line of Duty, Low Winter Sun, Snatch, and more.

Jhon Lumsden

Lumsden is a relative newcomer, with roles in Karen Pirie, Blood, Sex & Royalty, and Pancake. He’ll next be seen in The Famous Five, coming out later this year.

Sara Vickers

Vickers will be playing Davina Porter, a housekeeper in the Lovat household, mother to Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), and Jamie’s paternal grandmother. As previously announced, Brian’s father, Lord Lovat, will be played by Mary & George‘s Tony Curran.

Vickers is a stage and screen actor best known for her role as Joan Thursday in the Inspector Morse prequel, Endeavour from 2013-2023, as well as Sunshine on Leith and Shetland. Vickers played Ms. Crookshanks in Watchmen alongside Regina King and Jeremy Irons. She recently starred in Guilt.

Outlander: Blood of My Blood tells the love stories of Jamie (Heughan) and Claire’s (Caitríona Balfe) parents. Slater and Roy play Jamie’s parents in the 1700s Scottish Highlands, with Hermione Corfield and Jeremy Irvine as Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp, in the 1900s England during World War I.

#BloodofMyBlood# PeterMullan #SaraVickers #BrianMcCardie #JhonLumsden #BOMB💥#TVinsider #KelliBoyle #ScottishHighlands

Posted 3rd April 2024

[dkehoe]

Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is brought in to investigate the murder of the son of the Earl of Seaford. Long thought dead, after sent off to Botany Bay after being tried for murder, Nicholas Hayes turns up alive in London where he looks up Sebastian’s valet, Jules Calhoun. With Calhoun’s help, Sebastian starts to piece together his last days as well as the days 18 years before when he was accused and found guilty of murder. Narrated by the estimable Davina Porter, the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries is one of my favorite series when I know I’ll have time to really listen to the details this very talented writer builds into her novels. All of the characters in this world are fully developed and each book releases another mystery about one of our main characters that keeps me coming back. The mystery in Who Speaks for the Damned centers around a man who had been though dead for years, but when he shows back up in London with a small child Sebastian unearths a handful of villainous characters who may or may not be the murderer. At the heart of the story is the search for the child who is now all alone on the mean streets of 18th century London. A small child can easily come to harm and the way the author created tension through the emotions the females in this novel felt regarding this lost child really helped to amp up the need to find the killer. As usual, the author really gives a multi-layered view of society during the 18th century in London. From street sweepers to the Prince Regent you can see the different ways each layer of society lived and how privileged the nobility were during this time. That is another reason why I love these books because our hero, despite being a Viscount, believes that every person deserves recognition and their loves should be honored. This is why he investigates their murders. A very noble Noble! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❣️ Click this link to purchase this audiobook!* Who Speaks for the Damned Copyright 2024 The Reading Chick All Rights Reserved *Amazon Associate- if you purchase this book through the above link I’ll receive a small stipend.

[kaetrinsmusings]

Review at AudioGals

Review at AudioGals: What Cannot Be Said by CS Harris, narrated by Amy Scanlon.

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of What Cannot Be Said by CS Harris, narrated by Amy Scanlon. I still miss Davina Porter’s narration but Amy Scanlon did pretty well.

[bb-8]

So I found the cassettes for the 1988 audiobook and made an impulse purchase! Would anyone be interested in me digitising these and uploading them?

[impishtubist]

davina porter's the charioteer

So I've actually been meaning to ask this for a while, but a discussion with @carrotcakecrumble has finally motivated me to do so.

Is anyone here around from the maryrenaultfics LiveJournal days, and do any of those people happen to have Davina Porter's The Charioteer audiobook lurking on a hard drive somewhere?

Because I downloaded mine from the LJ community back in the day and it's been sitting on a 20-year-old iPod ever since, and after some extensive Googling, it sounds like this might be a piece of lost media? Since the cassette version isn't available anywhere and WorldCat is LYING to me about the libraries it supposedly exists in. I am hoping someone else out there has this 1988 audiobook in digital format, because I don't trust this ancient iPod of mine 😬

Anyone?

[kittywildegrrl]

MamaCat Answers a LinkedIn Question

And now for the actual answer to the question that Jupiter F. Stone ☄️ asked in the first place: What are you currently reading?

I love audiobooks, & I'm currently re-listening to the "Outlander" series of books, because Davina Porter on my ears is like brandy and satin and velvet for the mind.

In the reading-as-in-reading realm, I am Yes!, reading many brilliant posts, articles, and essays which are Black History Month oriented this month. The explosion of information and history currently available, and currently authored by persons of color, is wealth and must not be squandered.

My reading has also been taken up with studying on #ageism. Ageism is the only "Othering" that anyone can grow into, simply by existing.

I read white older people writing that ageism is the last remaining prejudice. I read #LGBTQ+ and #BIPOC persons saying that no, not quite, do try a mile in our shoes, you may be white-centering your ageism concerns.

I hear one old white man after another trying SO HARD to show all of us why we are exactly wrong about our own lived experiences. I occasionally find these fellows busting into women-centered spaces to mansplain our lives.

And I am also reading and consuming video content regarding the #ClimateCrisis and #ExtinctionRebellion because nothing else matters.

Meow, darlings.

[brotherhoodoftheblade]

So true about Jeff Woodman! <3

His narration is so good that I found myself cringing trying to listen Davina Porter's version of John and Percy -- ugh, especially Percy (why the f*ck did she give Percy a French accent even when he was alone with John and, logically, wouldn't have been using a fake accent?! so dumb)!

Jeff's Percy is so beautifully soft-spoken and gentle that I can't fathom how anyone could hate him. I mean, seriously, Percy-haters, do y'all enjoy kicking puppies, too??

"And became aware, very much too late, that he did _ LOVE _ Percy Wainwright."

It's always too late, isn't it?

Jeff is the Best narrator ever 👏 if you haven't listened to Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade yet, you should.

[slayervendread]

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