Despatches

Note from the Editor:
Wow!! The longest issue of Despatches in what seems like forever! Well done, all of you! As always, if I've missed anything, please, as always, let me know in a comment to this post.

Fanfic:
The Strange Case of the Vanished Mr Norrell by brideoffrankenstein/OfShoesandShips; JSMN; Gen; John Childermass & Gilbert Norrell; There are many ways that John Childermass might have met Mr Gilbert Norrell. This isn't one of them.
On Trust (9/9) by ohveda; JSMN; NC-17; John Segundus, John Childermass, Mr Honeyfoot, Mrs Honeyfoot, Miss Honeyfoot, Vinculus, Charles; John Childermass unexpectedly finds himself in possession of one of Mr Segundus’ most important belongings.
Common as a Winter Cold by leahclaire/darksylvia; JSMN; Mature; John Childermass/John Segundus; Segundus and Childermass perform magic that has unexpected personal consequences of a marital nature.

Son et Lumière:
thisbluespirit: Upcoming Trailer: Peterloo
Fanvid: Archie in the Rain by sanguinity; Major character death; canon death
hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 14
hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 3
sharpiefan: The Royal Marines: Who They Are and What They Do (Photo-essay; 1/2)
sharpiefan: The Royal Marines: Who They Are and What They Do (Photo-essay; 2/2)

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan posts an AoS Linkspam
janeaustenblog_feed: The Telephone Game
sharpiefan posts Numbers of Marines to Rates of Ships

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: February List
comfortable_courtesan: We are happy to inform our readers
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Part VIII
sharpiefan: Useful screencap links

Communities and challenges:
hmsloop_hostpur: copperfyre posts Hello!
thisbluespirit: Historium Commentfest 2019
tgarnsl: Hello!
sharpiefan: Hi there!
hmsloop_hostpur: colebaltblue: Introduce yourself

Rec of the Week:

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Note from the Editor: Another short one! Hope you've all had a good week!

Fanfic:
Perigee by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Stephen/Diana; Babbington, Jack, Stephen and Diana; The happiest morning of Stephen Maturin’s entire life comes to pass.

Son et Lumière:
sharpiefan links to an Age of Sail ad for HSBC Bank

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan posts Headlines from 1811

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: Royal Navy Fun on Friday

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is reading Mauritius Command, Chapter Two this weekend
patches_the_shipcat's historical journal has closed
thisbluespirit is promoting the Obscure & British Comment Fest

Rec of the Week: The Shadow on the King's Roads by Quasar; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; G; The arrival of the Misses Enderwhild in London caused a great stir in Society, for they were to be chaperoned by Mrs Arabella Strange.

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Note from the Editor: Happy New Year! I hope you've had a good week, everyone?

Fanfic:
Cura Te Ipsum by josbanks; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen; Stephen returns to Surprise in the squadron after Diana's death.
Missed the Most by vanilla_elf; POTC; G; James Norrington, his mother, the House of Lancaster (of sorts); My contribution to the blackpearlsails "Twelve Days of Christmas" challenge.

Son et Lumière:
Fanvid: Die Young by mctabby - George Osborn, Vanity Fair (1998)
From garrowslaw_feed: A bit of Garrow's Law on BBC Radio 4

Of historical interest:
From hmsacasta_feed: Plans for HMS Acasta
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts On a recruit's reception aboard the guardship
From hmsacasta_feed: A winter storm on the North Atlantic station
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Complements of Marines to rates of ship
From hmsacasta_feed: To take Ink or Wine out of Woollen or Linen Cloth
From hmsacasta_feed: The Keeping of Christmas, or Carols aboard Ship

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: Happy New Year, 1813!
jadelennox posts You know nothing of Javert (thoughts on the new Les Mis film - contains spoilers)

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter 11 of Post Captain this weekend

Rec of the Week:
This has been really difficult: So many AoS people are taking part in the Snowflake Fandom Challenge, and one of the challenges is to rec three fanworks. So I've picked from those recs one in part of the AoS fandom that we don't see much of these days, the Sharpe fandom. The rec is from latin_cat who had this to say: Why I'm recommending this: This had the honour of being the first ever fanvid created for this pairing; there still aren't that many. It's a brilliant vid, very clever in its use of the song lyrics and the footage, and suits the tone of this series perfectly.

Fanvid: Jolene by le_russe_satan; Sharpe; PG-13; Sharpe/Wellington, Sharpe/Teresa; Wellington is afraid how easily he could lose a hold on Sharpe's affections.

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