Age of Sail Despatches #54

[sharpiefan]

Note from the Editor:
Sorry I'm a couple of days late with this update. Hope you've had a good week! And if anyone notices that one of the links doesn't work (as I've just done!) please let me know - I have a new laptop and I'm still getting used the fact that CTRL and Fn have swapped positions compared to my old one (so I end up typing 'v' instead of an actual URL).

Fanfic:
Dogwatches Chapter 10 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
Dogwatches Chapter 11 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
Dogwatches Chapter 12 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
Dogwatches Chapter 13 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
Dogwatches Chapter 14 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
Of All the Islands in the World by feroxargentea; Master and Commander; Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin; Desert Island fic. Because sometimes it just has to be done.
Nothing to do with Love by mmejavert; Les Miserables; NC-17; Grantaire/Combeferre; Combeferre happens upon a drunk Grantaire waiting outside Enjolras' door. He doesn't like this very much, so he takes him to his own apartment to recuperate. They have hatesex instead.
For King and Country by feroxargentea; Master and Commander; G; Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin; Bad news reaches the Surprise
Someone Else Tonight by mmejavert; Les Miserables; NC-17; Grantaire/Prouvaire, implied Prouvaire/Bahorel; Jehan is VERY drunk and hits on Grantaire -- who Jehan thinks is Bahorel, with whom he's been carrying on an on/off affair. Grantaire tries to shake him off, but Jehan is persistent, so Grantaire takes him home and they have sex.

Son et Lumière:
Fanvid: Ship of Fools by cienna
Fanvid: Regarding the Moonlight in Eastbourne by heuradys
Icons: Aubreyad fanart icons here by alltoseek
astolat posts Awesomeness

Of historical interest:
wayward_shadows posts Assorted Navy goodies

Miscellany and meta:
sharpiefan posts The long arm of the fandom
sharpiefan posts the Sharpe page on TV Tropes
vanilla_elf informs us of "The curse of the Buxom Strumpet" - The period comedy with a bit more bite
vanilla_elf informs us that Emma Collingwood is now on DW

Communities and challenges:
esteven reminds us that mandc_read will be reading Chapter Five of the Hundred Days this weekend
where_away: esteven posts Quotes we find instantly
where_away: esteven posts Stephen dancing
where_away: esteven posts Wanting in penetration
where_away: esteven posts throwing a towel over his nakedness
where_away: esteven posts A flowered silk dressing gown
where_away: feroxargentea posts "Frankly, sir..."
where_away: heather_mist posts "An uncommon genteel figgar
where_away: esteven posts Elsinore, eider ducks, goths and Hamlet's mother who is nearly a strumpet
where_away: heather_mist posts the infamous brown knitted garment
where_away: heather_mist posts Stephen sans breeches
where_away: esteven posts spreading himself comfortably along the locker
where_away: esteven posts he now had a companion, and audible companion
where_away: esteven posts Stephen said "Have you ever contemplated upon sex, my dear?"
where_away: esteven posts Jack, the albatross
where_away: esteven posts Buttercup yellow hair
perfect_duet; esteven posts The Oakum Meme
perfect_duet: esteven posts The Oakum Meme II

Rec of the Week:
Coming Home by Close_Hauled; Hornblower; NC-17; Hornblower/Kennedy, Kitty Cobham; Fic begins at the end of "Retribution." AU - live Kennedy 'verse.

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Comments

[esteven]

In comm Where Away, dear ferox is spelt 'feroxargentea not feroz

*g* ;D

Thank goodness you were able to include the vids.

[sharpiefan]

Of course she is. That's a typo I end up making so often. Poor Ferox. Oops.

And I posted Despatches, went to my reading page and noticed that Ferox had posted the links to those vids right before Despatches went up. So it was only fair to include 'em this issue. :D