Age of Sail Despatches #176

[sharpiefan]

Note from the Editor:
Christmas is drawing ever nearer and we're now over halfway through the annual Perfect Duet Advent Calender. There's been a lot of variety of entries in this year's calendar, from fics to vids to craft to essays!

Fanfic:
Advent Calendar Day 15: Instruments by amaraal; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/StephenHandling delicate things is Stephen's second nature.

Son et Lumière:
Vid: New Show the Colours video ad by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; U
Picspam: Advent Calendar Day 14: A Menorcan Adventure by ylla
Fanart/Picspam: Advent Calendar Day 13: An Aubreyad Calendar by zilah
Photo-essay: A Marine photo essay by sharpiefan
Vid and Artwork: Advent Calendar Day 11: 'Christmas Wishes' Video and Artwork by dreamboatdreamer70
Picspam: Advent Calendar Day 10: Bears in Pompey by esteven

Of historical interest:
Photo-essay: Advent Calendar day 12: The Marines: Who They Are and What They Do by sharpiefan

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:

Rec of the Week:
Spoke Felucca by Diane_C; Aubreyad; Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin; Based on a specific scene from the book Master and Commander, this is an early quarrel between Jack and Stephen, who are quite new to each other as friends and as shipmates.

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