Age of Sail Despatches #181

[sharpiefan]

Note from the Editor: It is with great sadness that I have to announce that sid has passed away. She was a lovely friend and will be very much missed by all who knew her (on or offline). May you rest in peace.

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
justincase links to the earliest known photo

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read are reading The Reverse of the Medal, Chapter Ten this weekend.

Rec of the Week:
Sophie's Secret by sid; Aubreyad; NC-17; Sophie, Jack, Stephen.

Got a link for the next issue? Please comment and let us know. Remember to please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all! And if you would like to include a particular favourite of yours in Rec of the Week, please leave a comment with a link.

Comments

Sid

[heather_mist]

I find myself at something of a loss for words to express how sad I feel about Sid - thank you for letting us know, although it was news that I know no-one wanted to hear. She was always so cheerful and witty, a post from Sid was always a joy to read and entirely apropos (even if it all it was was a sly winky-face!)and her writing - Oh! Her writing!! Sid could write full on graphic slash and yet do it is in such as was as to make it feel utterly canon, and it is a testament to her skill as a writer that I never once had to suspend my disbelief in the world she created - it was always entirely believable, and always so beautifully expressed too. I can't actually get my head around the fact that she is no longer here to comment.

Rest in Peace Sid: you are Safe in the Harbor at last, and so very, very, much missed here...

Sharpie - if you are looking for a Rec of the Week, anything by Sid would do, but she is perhaps most famous for her Advent Calendar's 'Sophie's Sekrit Slasher' serial - it is so very Sid: slashy, funny and yet so very tender and loving too

Re: Sid

[sharpiefan]

No more 'Sophie's Sekrit Slasher'. :( I hadn't even realised I hadn't put in a Rec this week, and I will most certainly correct that.

Every time I realise 'no more this/that' it gets me all over again that Sid is just... gone. And her last journal entry was so hopeful and positive too, looking to the future.

Re: Sid

[heather_mist]

Oh I know... I feel the same way... just - gutted really. :(

Re: Sid

[feroxargentea]

I can't actually get my head around the fact that she is no longer here to comment.

*nods*
I have been avoiding replying to the news for days and days, as if not commenting would somehow make it not true. She was such fun, and such a sweet kind person too, and part of the Read for so many years -- what is the point of a double entendre with no Sid to laugh at it and fling a better one back?

Re: Sid

[heather_mist]

Exactly.

[derien]

I just... sid? Damn. :(

[sharpiefan]

I know. I only heard about it 'cause I happen to be subscribed to LJ p_d's RSS feed.

:(

[esteven]

Thank you for the news, unwelcome as it is. I just cannot... She had been so positive after surgery and was planning her excercises to get better use of her shoulder. I'd seen the post on lj some time ago, but I had always hoped it would go away.

My she sail in ever-pleasant waters.