Despatches

Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
A Happy Birthday by tgarnsl; Hornblower; G; Bush, Hornblower

Son et Lumière:
Icons: 14 multifandom icons by thisbluespirit

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
hmsloop_hotspur: July Prompts
historium: Historium AO3 Collection
historium: The first Historium Bingo

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Note from the Editor: Back on my own computer and I can't tell you how good that is!

Fanfic:
From the Vickery Family Papers, Letter 14 by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; G; John Vickery; Continuing the correspondence from the papers of the Vickery family, between Captain John Vickery of the 5/60th and members of his family.
Jetsam by justincase; Aubreyad; PG-13; HMS Surprise (personification); She had known for some time she was to be broken; she’d felt it from her captain’s actions. He was sad, and he could tell no one. She wanted to comfort him, as she always had when he and she were younger.
Flotsam by justincase; Aubreyad; PG-13; Jack, Stephen, Sophie; Heneage Dundas, Pullings, Babington, Richardson; so many others in the street. Stephen had stood close to him there in the stock; Jack knew he was speaking to him, but it all seemed dreamlike; he’d distanced himself from that reality. That ordeal was now behind him and yet Jack still felt something ominous, not unlike a lee shore in the darkness of the moon.
Interludes in the Dark by muccamukk; Aubreyad; PG-13; Jack and Stephen; Jack didn't remember falling.

Son et Lumière:
Icons: Death Comes to Pemberley icons by meganbmoore

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is on hiatus this weekend and will begin The Letter of Marque next weekend
showthecolours is running the fifth StC anon fic meme
where_away: alycone301 posts A different world
esteven posts Sid's works

Rec of the Week: Time for a fanvid: Friends by latin_cat; Aubreyad; PG; Jack/Stephen

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Note from the Editor: Hi, all!

Fanfic:
A Friend In Need by ozfille; Aubreyad; G; Jack, Stephen

Son et Lumière:
Icons: thisbluespirit posts 31 text-based Georgette Heyer icons

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts Shake it, Baby! For the 18th Century Bairn who has everything
From hmsacasta_feed: History of the Royal Navy - Wooden Walls 1600-1805

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: Tall Ships Brockville
From hmsacasta_feed: Lady Washington v Hawaiian Chieftain
From hmsacasta_feed: Mail for Jane Austen Festival: Last Call
From hmsacasta_feed: Two Royal Navy Surgeons
dreamboatdreamer70 posts Tiger!Stephen loves Jack!bear

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Four of The Mauritius Command this weekend

Rec of the Week:
That We Should Take This Road Again by Argendriel; Hornblower; G; Hornblower, Bush; An old Admiral Hornblower takes a walk down to the shore and watches the sea, reminiscing.

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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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Note from the Editor: Wow, our half-century!! Hope you've had a good week, guys!

Fanfic:
Divided we Fall, United we Stand by sharpiefan; Hornblower; PG; Hornblower, Bush, Kennedy, Sawyer, Wellard, OMCs; The events aboard His Majesty's Ship Renown, as seen by one of the Marines.
Tigers at Night Part Ia by marashar; StC/Torchwood crossover, Gen; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness
Tigers at Night Part Ib by marashar, StC/torchwood crossover; gen; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness
Tigers at Night Part Ic by marashar; StC/Torchwood crossover; Gen; Vickery; Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness
Tigers at Night Part Id by marashar; StC/Torchwood crossover; Gen; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness
Tigers at Night Part IIa by marashar; StC/Torchwood crossover; Gen; Vickery, Torrington, Cotton, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness
Discordancy by rosedark; Jane Austen's Emma; PG-13; Emma Woodhouse/Jane Fairfax/George Knightley; It’s like a broken clock she cannot set aright, somehow both too fast and too slow; or the draft from a carelessly opened door that she cannot place, sighing its sobering chill into even the gayest of parlours. And it is at its strongest, perhaps, whenever she chances to hear Miss Fairfax play.

Son et Lumière:
mswyrr: Garrow's Law icons

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan posts Those Forgotten Heroes: The Royal Marines in the Age of Nelson
sharpiefan posts about Timekeeping at Sea
wayward_shadows posts about a Navy officers' book

Miscellany and meta:
feroxarengtea posts The True Story of Master and Commander on telly
esteven posts HMS Surprise radio play on repeat
tree_and_leaf reminds us about the Cochrane Exhibition in Edinburgh

Communities and challenges:
anything_aos is a new DW version of anything_aos, with posts imported from the LJ original
esteven: mandc_read will be beginning Hundred Days this weekend

Rec of the Week:
Rock and Tempest, Fire and Foe by idler_1814; Hornblower; Gen; Bush; Morning, October 21, 1805, off Cape Trafalgar. Aboard Temeraire, William Bush and his men can only wait as they inch toward the Combined Fleet.

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