Despatches

Note from the Editor: Well, with the perfect_duet Advent Calendar now in full swing, among other challenges, it's been a busy week. Hope you have a good week, and that it's as productive as this one has been! I would like to remind people that their fics must carry a rating in order for me to include them here. There have been a couple of works I could not include because there was no rating visible.

Fanfic:
Epistolary Fanfic: Sherlock in the Age of Sail by alltoseek; Sherlock (with references to Aubreyad); G; Sherlock Holmes/St John Watson; In the summer of the year 1812, a Lieutenant S. Holmes of His Majesty's Royal Navy, banished to Upper Canada for insubordination, wrote a personal letter to his friend and companion Doctor St-J. H. Watson. He enclosed this letter in a package with several other objects intended to be sent to the Doctor via the next packet ship.
Advent Calendar Day 4: Warships of Letters by heather_mist; Aubreyad; G; HMS Sophie/French ship Desaix; The following is a packet of extraordinary love letters between the Sloop Sophie (14 guns) of His Majesty’s Royal Navy and the Desaix (74 guns) a Ship of the Line of Napoleon’s French Navy
Sea-monster! by sharpiefan; PG; Jack, Stephen, Captain Howard, OMCs; It's OK to be scared of ghosties and ghoulies and things that go bump in the night... but at sea?!
Sequelae by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Jack/Stephen; Stephen’s struggles after returning from Gibraltar to England
The Father Sam Manual by alltoseek; Aubreyad; G; Sam Panda; Continuing a tradition of announcing new models just in time for the Christmas holiday, POB Enterprises presents The FATHER SAM Manual.
Signify by gogollescent; Temeraire/Jonathan Strange & Mister Norrell; PG; John Childermass, Tenzing Tharkay, Vinculus, and Gherni.; Mysterious social outcasts talk about talking. Takes place post-series.
Ajax by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Babbington, Jack, Stephen; What happened to Babbington's Newfoundland dog and why he finally stopped going to bawdy houses.
Molly's Bed by heather_mist; Aubreyad; PG; Jack Aubrey, Molly Harte; Molly Harte muses on her life and the choices she made.
Midsummer 1803 by feroxargentea; M&C; PG; Sophie and Diana; Post Captain: the book in which our heroines’ lives and friendship are disrupted by a couple of pesky men. This ficlet is set around the time of Chapter 4 and is more of a ‘what if’ than a true missing scene.
Mrs Broad and the Case of the Sneezing Badger by feroxargentea; M&C; PG; Mrs Broad, Stephen Maturin; ; Mrs Broad tells it like it is

Son et Lumière:
Fanart: Advent Calendar Day 5: Jack and Stephen as furries by dreamboatdreamer70; Jack, Stephen; G
Fanvid: Musket, Fife and Drum by sharpiefan
Fanvid: Advent Calendar Day 2: Movie - Jack and Stephen: Adventures at Sea by amaraal
Fanart: Anniversary piece - Coloured by latin_cat
Fanvid: Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate by sharpiefan; Hornblower, M&C; The minor characters

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan posts the writing on the wall

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf informs us that Hornblower makes port in Germany - Ioan Gruffudd will attend Galaxy Con

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is reading Chapter Nine of Post Captain this weekend
vanilla_elf is holding a Yuletide Contest: Garrow's Law or Goethe! 18th Century Chocolate, Spooky Goodness!
latin_cat posts Advent Calendar 2012: Opening the Ball

Rec of the Week: Not the fic I wanted to include, but that's not available on the AO3 or DW, to my knowledge. This is one by the same author, though, and just as good. Veritas by idler/idler_1814; Hornblower; PG; Bush, OC;Kronstadt, May 31, 1812. Through another's eyes...

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Note from the Editor:
This week's edition is long on research, short on fic, unlike our usual offerings. Enjoy!

Fanfic:
Khat's Cradle by esteven; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen

Son et Lumière:
ilthit posts an Aubreyad Art Dump

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts Is This the Watch of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood?
vanilla_elf posts Research: Collingwood watch: More information
vanilla_elf posts In the 18th Century, even the shoes were naughty...
hm_jollies: wayward_shadows posts Marines in action
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Serjeants
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Disciplining young Soldiers for Land-Service (Part 1)
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Disciplining young Soldiers for Land-Service (Part 2)
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Questions to try to find Answers to
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Sea Duty
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Sentries
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Corporals
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Of Soldiers
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Short instructions for Soldiers sent to attack on Shore (Part 1)
From ageofsail_feed: Lieutenant Robert Pigot on the St Mary's River

Miscellany and meta:
sharpiefan posts Get the kids started young: Yoho Ahoy
latin_cat posts Book Sale and Commssions

Communities and challenges:
showthecolours is holding an anon kink meme
temeraire is holding a Temeraire Kink Meme
mandc_read will begin reading Blue at the Mizzen this weekend.
mandc_read: esteven posts Aubreyad Food Read

Rec of the Week:
Waiting by barefoot_bard; M&C; Surprise's crew just before the action aboard Acheron.

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Note from the Editor:
Ulp. My bad! I must beg pardon for the delay in bringing out Issue 31. I don't actually have any sort of excuse. At all. *hides under the bed* (Also, since popping off some of my laptop keys the other day, my spacebar is annoyingly clicky and doesn't always work first go. I apologise if I manage to run words together in the course of this edition.)

Fanfic:
Darcy's Surprise by beatrice_otter; Temeraire/Pride and Prejudice, PG, Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jane Bennet Bingley, Admiral Portland, stigating Mrs Bingley’s secret, Mr Darcy receives an unwelcome shock.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts an Update on the Fate of the Amazing Eighteenth Century Doll
vanilla_elf posts Resource: Watch the Birdie - Early 19th Century 'Singing Bird' Pistols
wandererriha posts Ingles Ferry - Memorial Day

Miscellany and meta:
From austenblog_feed: More information about New York performance of Pride and Prejudice: A Musical
w_i_r: wandererriha posts Pics of her New Toy
From austenblog_feed: Janeite Times Number 5
From austenblog_feed: Call for papers: Sense and Sensibility Conference at University of St Andrews
vanilla_elf posts Something for the Grovites: An Interview with Greg Ellis

Communities and challenges:
sharpiefan pimps out aninfamousarmy, a community for and about the British army during the Duke of Wellington's military career.

Rec of the Week:
Fanart this week. A friend drew these for a pin-up calendar (think Calendar Girls) - they're all RPG characters. It currently only goes up to July. The Marines' Pin-Up Charity Calendar, 1751. January - Corporal Davenport; February - Colour-Sergeant Crawford; March - Private Gray; April - Private Springfield; May - Private Thompson; June - Corporal McIntyre; July - Private Oxley

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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!