Despatches

Note from the Editor: Ooops. So sorry it's been so long since posting Despatches!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
From hmsacasta_feed: Sailor's Kit
From hmsacasta_feed: Ill tidings from the North American Station

Of historical interest:
justincase posts Interesting Stuff
justincase posts To Lord Nelson
From hmsacasta_feed: Trafalgar and the Death of Nelson 1805
From hmsacasta_feed: A review of The Adventures of John Wetherell
From hmsacasta_feed: Surgery on the High Seas

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is reading Blue at the Mizzen"> Chapter One

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Note from the Editor: Belated entry this week, for which I beg your several pardons, and I hope you have had a good week?

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
oldcuddy_feed: To That Noble Fellow, Collingwood
hmsacasta_feed: Know your Nelson 5
hmsacasta_feed: Acasta's Captains

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf posts The Great Fire of London now with added Andrew Buchan
hmsacasta_feed: A letter smuggled home
hmsacasta_feed: From Acasta's new Sailing Master
hmsacasta_feed: A Note to the Captain
sharpiefan: Here's the Tender Coming

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read are reading Chapter Ten of The Surgeon's Mate this weekend

Rec of the Week:
From the Despatches Archive: An Overdue Interview by latin_cat; Hornblower; PG; Hornblower/Barbara, Wellington, Richard Hornblower; 1815: After Waterloo, Hornblower is reunited with his family.

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Note from the Editor: I would like to wish a very special Happy Birthday to our own dear esteven who is responsible for keeping a good deal of the AoS fandom going, and especially with starting mandc_read. I would also like to remind you all that if you want a link to your ficcage to be included in Despatches, you need to include a title and rating as well as what fandom it is for.

Fanfic:
Phobos and Deimos by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Sophie/Jack; Sophie considers the realities of motherhood in Ashgrove Cottage
Artem Armatorium by josbanks; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen; : Stephen invites Jack to the Crown for dinner and some long-awaited privacy

Son et Lumière:
Video: Battle Stations: HMS Victory posted by hmsacasta_feed
Video: Myths of Nelson's Navy posted by hmsacasta_feed

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts Extraordinary 18th Century Sewing Box. Sew cute

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed posts A campsite
From hmsacasta_feed: Lt. Ramsey's Summer Project
josbanks posts Blast from the Past: Quizilla: Which Aubrey-Maturin bookverse character are you?
vanilla_elf posts Audiobook: Damien O'Hare narrates 'Facts of Fiction' by Norman Collins

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Three of The Mauritius Command this weekend.
feroxargentea posts All the Erudition in the World
esteven posts FFA to M&C Chapter 10 - Edited - Breaking News

Rec of the Week:
I try not to blow my own trumpet in this section and link to works by other people. Having said that, however, I would like to recommend one of my own works, which I linked to in the earliest issues of this newsletter. Sharpe's Marines by sharpiefan; Sharpe; PG; Sharpe, OCs; What did Sharpe and the Marines of HMS Pucelle really make of each other? (This is a multi-part fic and each part contains a link to the next.)

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Note from the Editor:
I must pass on the sad news that gryphons_lair has died. She was in a hospice and passed away peacefully on the afternoon of the 9th of February 2012. Rest in peace.

Fanfic:
On the Diet of Seamen by S.E. Maturin by feroxargentea; Aubreyad; R; Jack/Stephen; Jack/Stephen; there's no excuse for this sort of thing
Responsibilities by barefoot_bard; original; K+; original characters; Show the Colours/Dogwatches AU. A Marine corporal looks out for a boy and his mother. Chatham, 1789.
Author's Note: This is a mostly pointless nonsense ramble.
Red and Gold by mmejavert; Les Miserables; NC-17; Grantaire/Enjolras; This was a request. Prompt: "The Writing Desk was ridiculously hot. So, not entirely related, I think you should write E/R porn where E's wearing only that red waistcoat from the musical.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
austenblog posts Jane Austen: The unseen portrait
austenblog posts A review of Expectations of Happiness by Rebecca Ann Collins
austenblog posts The many lovers of Miss Jane Austen
sharpiefan posts about Royal Marines
sharpiefan posts about Prize money in Nelson's Navy

Miscellany and meta:
sharpiefan: Show the Colours is looking for new members to RP in the Age of Sail

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading The Hundred Days Chapter Seven this weekend
where_away: esteven posts Testudo aubreii for all eternity
where_away: esteven posts tortoises are having it away and Jack gives them room to manoeuvre
where_away: heather_mist posts A teratoma but no pistols
where_away: ,lj user="esteven"> posts about Steaks, bread, egg and lying between sheets
where_away: esteven posts about Silk stockings, snakes and a commander on a chair
mandc_read will be reading The Hundred Days Chapter Seven this weekend
perfect_duet: esteven posts Oakum meme update one

Rec of the Week:
Light in the Dark by anteros; Hornblower; R; Archie Kennedy, Horatio Hornblower; Nothing, but nothing, could have prepared Hornblower for Justinian.

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Note from the Editor:
Hello there! No fic this week, it appears. *sadface* (Though I'm not producing anything either, so it's as much my fault as anyone else's.) And I just closed the tab without making sure Despatches had posted. Thank God for autosave! *wipes brow in relief*

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
commodorified posts The universe has been reading my mail

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts Nutty Nelsonian , Part 8908009

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf posts Need a flatmate? Mr Garrow is looking for a comfortable home
From austenblog: Mr Darcy brings all the ladies to the yard
From austenblog: The Janeite Times No. 6
From austenblog: July/August Issue of Jane Austen's Regency World is published
perfect_duet: esteven posts Musings on Jack Aubrey's Weight
vanilla_elf posts: Warning: Yet Another Fandom Locust has Landed
vanilla_elf informs us that filming for Series Three of Garrow's Law has begun
redcoat_feed is a new feed for the new blog Diary of a Redcoat

Communities and challenges:
Poll: showthecolours: sharpiefan posts Time for another challenge

Rec of the Week:
Sharpe's Training by sharpiefan; Sharpe; PG; Sharpe, Hakeswill, Bowaters; The first time Sharpe had fired a musket, he hadn’t known what to expect.

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Note from the Editor
This is the first issue of Despatches in this new year of 2011, and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year. I hope that you all have a very good year this year, and I do hope that you will keep on writing - and drawing, vidding and making icons.

It is with great sadness that I heard of the death of the actor Pete Postlethwaite this week. As many of you know, he played Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill in Sharpe. May you rest in peace, Mr Postlethwaite.

Fanfic:
Lieutenant Bennet's Visit by beatrice_otter. (PG) Elizabeth’s reality is far different from her sisters’. Elizabeth Bennet. Pride and Prejudice/Temeraire crossover.
Thin Ice 4/9 by vanilla_elf. (PG-13 to very mild R) Garrow asks Norrington to give a testimony of character for a sailor on trial at the Old Bailey. Norrington/Gillette, Garrow/Sarah, Jones/Jasker, Mr. Southouse, Mr. Silvester, Sir Arthur Hill, Mary, Mr. Farmer, Judge Buller and many more. This chapter with a Jack Aubrey cameo. Garrow's Law, POTC
Sharpe's Marines, Part 3: View Halloo! by sharpiefan (PG) “What did Sharpe and the Marines of HMS Pucelle really make of each other?” Sharpe, Llewellyn, Chase, OCs Sharpe
Coincidences, Part 4 by latin_cat (PG) The Doctor has landed in the 1800s, and his latest quarry has gone to ground aboard an RN frigate - but he also finds a familiar face. Eight, Charley Pollard, Bolitho, Deveral, Bush, OCs StC/Old Who crossover
The Night Before Chirstmas by latin_cat (PG) A traditional Festive Favourite, retold by Dr. S. E. Maturin. Stephen/Jack, Killick, Bonden, Davis Aubreyad

Of historical interest:
From Austenblog: Celebrating 200 years of Sense and Sensibility
sharpiefan posts about the division of prize money in Nelson's Navy
vanilla_elf posts the snuffbox, the French Admiral and the Lieutenant's Wife

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf lets us know that Pete Postlethwaite has died
vanilla_elf tells us that The Radiant Boy is now available from Amazon
vanilla_elfhas spotted a historical blooper in POTC 4
From Austenblog: The Janeite Times #2
From Austenblog: Monday Ebooks: Shiny Edition
sharpiefan posts about AoS books and Literature on the Age of Napoleon
From Austenblog: Happy Holidays
From Austenblog: Wearing her Janeite Heart on her Sleeve
From Austenblog: Christmas, Austen-style, Day 2

Communities and challenges:
lieutenant_bennet is a new community for Jane Austen/Temeraire crossovers

Rec of the Week:
A Different Magic by latin_cat (U) Strange finds a different magic at work in the Peninsula. Wellington, Strange, Whyte Jonathan Norrell & Mr Norrell

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Please comment and let us know. And please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all!