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Mama Bear and the Three Immortals (1393 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lucifer (TV), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV), Loki (Marvel), Mazikeen (Lucifer TV), Chloe Decker, Nick Fury
Additional Tags: Crossover, Alternate Universe - Fusion
Series: Part 1 of Maze's Mischief, Lucifer's Crucible
Summary:

Chloe Decker checks in on Nick Fury's new team prior to their mission. She finds Loki, Lucifer, & Mazikeen in full agreement—that they hate each other.

Lead-in to planned additional works, but can stand alone.

( preening )

Thoughts on Andy Serkis's livestream of The Hobbit

Andy Serkis is livestreaming himself reading The Hobbit for charity.

The GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/thehobbitathoncovid19appeal

The livestream (as of Friday 8 May, 1:30 pm PDT):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOF_r_Y5-A

I often read aloud to myself. I also listen to audiobooks, and I think my reading skills are much poorer than those of the audiobook narrators I like.

I still think that's probably true, but I feel better about my reading, listening to Serkis's livestream. He's doing a great job but it's full of stutters and errors the same way my reading is. (OK he's 11 hours into his marathon, but he sounded similar at the beginning.)

And I have more respect for audiobook engineers and narrators, who probably have to work harder than I realized to put together a seamless, dramatic performance (the kind where the narrator uses a different voice for each character).