Non-Obligatory Introductions Post

[thisbluespirit]

Hello and welcome to historium! Your mods are thisbluespirit and auroracloud.

This post is for us to introduce ourselves (for those who want to - it's in no way obligatory).

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Periods/areas of interest:
Historical Fandoms:
Got any more historical comms we've missed?
Any other comms/events/ideas you'd like to see here?

<b>Periods/areas of interest:</b> <b>Historical Fandoms:</b> <b>Got any more historical comms we've missed?</b> <b>Any other comms/events/ideas you'd like to see here?</b>


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[muccamukk]

Periods/areas of interest: General interest, but a fair bit of early modern like late Valois/early Bourbon courts in France and Late Stuarts in England especially Queen Anne, was in Age of Sail fandom for a long time, American Civil War and Reconstruction, Gilded Age New York, Jazz Age/interwar, World War II, Space race era NASA.
Historical Fandoms: Sinbad (2012), The Musketeers, Jane Austen (especially Northanger Abbey and Persuasion) Master and Commander, Hornblower, Band of Brothers, Agent Carter, Hidden Figures. I hope fandoms A LOT.
Got any more historical comms we've missed? easycotroopers for HBO War fandoms (Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation Kill) ETA: NM, you found that one. sinbadthesailor for the Sinbad 2012 show, but it's pretty much dead, like the fandom. Woe. ssrconfidential is an Agent Carter exchange.
Any other comms/events/ideas you'd like to see here? Some kind of weekly resource links, themed weeks, chat posts?

[thisbluespirit]

Yay, thank you, more comms! (I hadn't been sure whether to include things with fantastical elements on the initial list, because Agent Carter occurred to me, but on reflection, as long as the historical element is recognisable and central, I think that's fine. *adds stuff with abandon*)

Your ideas are noted! And I have a friend actively looking for French History people...

[muccamukk]

Probably count out Sinbad then. It's very much a historical fantasy show that was light on the history (think Xena on a boat). I do think AC is more history than superhero though.

I forgot to add a bunch of WWII movies that I'm in a fandom of one for. Oh, well.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, no, it's fine! I think it's a very blurry line, and for this comm, I'd rather err on the side of including it & helping people find it than the reverse.

I forgot to add a bunch of WWII movies that I'm in a fandom of one for. Oh, well.

I doubt we'll get to the point of threads collapsing, so you could just add them as a reply to your entry?

[muccamukk]

Forgot to add for fandoms: Guns of Navarone (1961), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), and a variety of other Gregory Peck movies. I like classic Hollywood generally.