Despatches

Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Poem: The Rainbow of Jack by rifleman_lincoln; Aubreyad; U; Jack, Stephen

Son et Lumière:
hmsacasta_feed: The reading of the mail
hmsacasta_feedLord Nelson's mail

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Of Lobsters and Jenny Haviners
hmsacasta_feed: A letter to Hollybrass
hmsacasta_feed: A letter from Williamsburg
auroracloud posts Reccing Thursday, er, Friday, with a few historical f/f fics

Communities and challenges:

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Note from the Editor: Hope you've all had a great week! It's a short one this week. I don't generally include a Rec of the Week any more (it was getting harder and harder to find anything) but it came to my attention the yesterday was the fourth anniversary of my announcement here of sid's passing, so it felt appropriate to post something of hers. If you have any AoS links, or comms I don't know about, or you post fic (unlocked) in your journal and want me to link it, please let me know!

Fanfic:
Idle Hands by potentiality26; JSMN; PG-13; John Childermass/John Segundus, Mr. Honeyfoot, Vinculus; Childermass' plan to keep himself occupied at Starecross may not be quite perfect.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Part I
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Prt II
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Part III
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge, Part IV

Communities and challenges:

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

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Note from the Editor: To new subscribers: Welcome! And to our old friends: Welcome back! Please tell your friends about despatches - and despatches about your Age of Sail fandom friends! The more the merrier, after all!

We had meant to post over the weekend but ended up trying to get a new battery for the car (it had to be jump-started three times in two days! Yippee!) How's your week been?

Fanfic:
ohveda posts A Warm Bed on a Cold Winter's Night; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (JS&MN); NC-17; John Segundus, John Childermass, Vinculus, original characters
rosefox posts Making Arrangements; Original Regency fic; PG; Original characters

Son et Lumière:
Poetry! rifleman_s: The Rainbow of Jack at perfect_duet
Fic recs: ohveda at friendsofenglishmagic: Childermass/Secundus
bookhobbit: Norell headcanons at friendsofenglishmagic
wolfinthethorns: Norrell headcanons at friendsofmagic
ohveda Segundus headcanons"> at friendsofenglishmagic

Of historical interest:
austenblog_feed: Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
hmsacasta_feed: Shirts!
hmsacasta_feed: Meet the REAL Acasta!
hmsacasta_feed: How to paint a bosun's hat

Miscellany and meta:
bookhobbit in friendsofenglishmagic: An Enquiry on the Nature of Eternal Darkness
bookhobbit in friendsofenglishmagic: On magic as a language
scripsi in historium: Fanfiction I have written (includes JS&MN, POTC and Sleepy Hollow 1999)
Book review: Slaver Captain on hmsacasta_feed
Picspam: Asleep on the job at hmsacasta_feed
Picspam: Images for nightwatch by hmsacasta_feed

Communities and challenges:
fukurodani: Any hopes that this community can be reignited? at temeraire (a Temeraire fanfic community)


Rec of the Week:

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Note from the Editor: I am so sorry; I could have sworn I'd updated this last week. :(

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
anything_aos: sharpiefan: Ten things you may not know about the War of 1812

Miscellany and meta:
age_of_sail: sharpiefan: Show the Colours is looking for new members
ingreatwaters: lines of poetry meme

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read are currently reading Chpater Six of The Nutmeg of Consolation

Rec of the Week: A rec from heather_mist: The Importance of Bees by afrai; Aubreyad; K; Jack and Stephen; Whatever his thoughts on the issue later, Jack Aubrey did not begin the term with the intention of quarrelling with Stephen Maturin. An AU school story pastiche.

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Note from the Editor: I'm sorry; I've almost missed this weekend. I hope you've all had a good week? The next edition of Despatches is very likely to also be late as I will be moving across country on Friday, and may or may not yet have internet in the new place. I hope there will be more than one entry to link to when I do get to post, too.

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read are reading Chapter Nine of The Thirteen-Gun Salute this weekend.

Rec of the Week:
Sharpe's Shilling by sharpiefan; Sharpe; U; Richard Sharpe, Obadiah Hakeswill; The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Ties That Bind by barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; K+; Paol Kerjean, Mathilde Benveniste, Montreuil, Dominic Charcot, Jérémie Blanchard; Comrades are reunited after an eventful separation. Talavera, August 1809.
Safe by barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; M; Paol Kerjean, Jérémie Blanchard; After being wounded in the midst of the fighting at Talavera, a French soldier tries to get back to his lines. Talavera, July 1809.
No Glad Tidings by barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; K+; Cross Johnson; A Marine receives only bad news when his ship calls at Gibraltar for stores and liberty runs. Gibraltar, August 1809.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
anything_aos: ozfille: The Voyages of Rose de Freycinet

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read are reading Chapter Four of The Thirteen=Gun Salute this weekend

Rec of the Week:
Ex Libris by latin_cat; Sharpe; G; Harris, Wellington, Dan Hagman; Harris’ search for literature gets him into trouble.

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Note from the Editor: As previously mentioned, I don't link to the Acasta blog any more as a regular thing, but I am including a link to this year's request for letters for their mail-bag project, which I think will be of interest to anyone who writes in this period.

Fanfic:
Wedding Night in Camp by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; U; Maggie/Cotton; 'wedding night' - does exactly what it says on the tin.

Son et Lumière:
Pics: dreamboatdreamer70 posts Something for Myself

Of historical interest:
austenblog: Plotting Lady Susan

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
hmsacasta_feed: Calling All Writers
mandc_read will be reading The Thirteen-Gun Salute Chapter One this weekend

Rec of the Week:
Together At Sea by Makioka; Persuasion;PG-13; Admiral Croft, Sophia Croft; Mrs Croft knows her place aboard ship and so does her husband.

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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.

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Note from the Editor: Slightly late edition this week, peeps. Sorry! (I've basically come in from work and gone straight to bed for the last two or three days.)

Fanfic:
On Land and At Sea by neveralarch; Hornblower; NC-17; William Bush/Horatio Hornblower/Barbara Wellesley; Hornblower introduces his captain to his wife. (A missing chapter from the beginning of Commodore Hornblower.)

Son et Lumière:
sharpiefan: 10/10 on the 'weird things people do' scale
vanilla_elf: 2015 goes 18th and 19th Century, telly-wise – what can we look forward to?

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan: A Court-martial Transcript and a photo
sharpiefan: Restorers face last chance to preserve HMS Victory

Miscellany and meta:
austenblog: Assumptions are stupid things made by stupid people
sharpiefan: Wonders will never cease

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read are reading Reverse of the Medal Chapter Seven this weekend
sharpiefan: Show the Colours is looking for new players

Rec of the Week:
A POTC ficlet: Sabre by AletheiaFelinea; POTC; G; Jack Sparrow, Anamaria, Marty; Are you familiar with the popular amongst people living in constant battle conditions custom of auctioning the deceased’s property for the benefit of their families?

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Note from the Editor:
A very brief reminder of Despatches' purpose here: To promote the Age of Sail fandom on Dreamwidth by linking to communities, fannish creations and other items of interest primarily on Dreamwidth. The major exceptions to this are blogs on platforms such as Blogger or Wordpress, and the annual Perfect Duet Christmas calendar, where entries may be on LJ rather than DW. If you know anyone who produces Age of Sail entries on Dreamwidth, or if you're a member of any AoS community not watched by despatch_reader, please let me know!

Fanfic:
A Dunking by justincase; Aubreyad; PG; Jack, Stephen; Based on Jack telling Sophie that Hen had saved Jack from drowning early in their careers.

Son et Lumière:
dreamboatdreamer70 links to Aubrey-Crowe artwork by Irkanay

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf: For Sale: “The Cockpit / Pit Ticket” – William Hogarth, original print, hand colouring, 1759

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is reading The Reverse of the Medal, Chapter 2 this weekend
esteven: perfect_duet: Rushes in two days late
le_russe_satan: perfect_duet: Advent Calendar help?
latin_cat: perfect_duet: Advent Calendar 2014
latin_cat: perfect_duet Advent Calendar Sign-up List

Rec of the Week:
Kind of a twofer! Upon a Midnight Clear by latin_cat is a remix of Snow by bella_luugosi; Hornblower; G; Hornblower/Kennedy, Bush

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