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?

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[thisbluespirit]

Periods/areas of interest: I'm interested in a lot of periods, probably most knowledgeable about modern English social history, thanks to a long standing family history obsession & not very widely spread ancestors! I've also been reading up a lot more on the early Tudors and Wars of the Roses these last few years, thanks to falling into the tumblr fandoms for both via fictional fandoms. I'm very Anglo-centric, sadly, but I didn't exactly mean to be. And I've been watching a lot of old Brit TV & film lately, which also sort of slides into being a mid-late 20th C fandom in itself.

Historical Fandoms: I really love ancient BBC historical dramas! I know I should work on this, but I love their Tudor trilogy Shadow of the Tower (my favourite, even though it is not the best), Elizabeth R, & The Six WIves of Henry VIII and a whole lot of others like Enemy at the Door (WWII, Occupation of the Channel Islands), Tenko (WWII, female prisoners of war in Japan), The Duchess of Duke Street (early 20th C hotel running) and The Onedin Line (19th C Liverpool shipping line shenanigans). My main fandom is Doctor Who, so I blame those Hartnell historicals for a lot.

I do watch some modern ones, though - I loved Ripper Street, and I stuck all the way through Downton Abbey, despite the ridiculous. I prefer 1970s Poldark and the books to the new one, though. I'm also a long time reader of classic lit and Georgette Heyer and golden age crime and probably many other things. I was a librarian, but I studied history at uni *mumble* years ago, and it's always been one of my main passions.

Got any more historical comms we've missed? As I made the list, no! I'll keep searching, though...

Any other comms/events/ideas you'd like to see here? As mod, you will hear about them when & if I do. I think a comment or promptfest or some sort of event like that might be fun at some point.

[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?

[sharpiefan]

Periods/areas of interest: Regency/Napoleonic Wars
Historical Fandoms:Sharpe, Hornblower, Master& Commander/Aubreyad
Got any more historical comms we've missed?Oh boy! perfect_duet, rambling_soldier; corsets_and_carriages, georgette_heyer, friendsofenglishmagic. (Note: napoleonic_era isn't specifically an RPG; it's a general comm focussed on the Napoleonic Wars.)
Any other comms/events/ideas you'd like to see here?

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! I'm sorry, I had glanced at napoleonic_era and misread the first post (for Show the Colours) as the sub-title. I have all the rest, though, save JSMN, which I initially left off because I was unsure exactly where to draw the line with the more fantastical stuff, but I don't think you really can, can you? So I've added that, too, now, & thank you!

[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?

[sharpiefan]

That's understandable; the comm doesn't have a header banner or anything, so I totally see how the mistake got made!

[thisbluespirit]

I was looking at a lot of comms very quickly! /o\

[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.

[sharpiefan]

No worries! Happens when you start a new comm; I've been there myself! *hugs*

[isabellerecs]

Periods/areas of interest: I would have to say I have a pretty general interest in history, probably with a little too much emphasis on American and British history. I have a definite interest in the World Wars and the Regency/Age of Sail though.

Historical Fandoms: Without Supernatural Elements: The Alienist, Band of Brothers, Black Sails, Downton Abbey, Dunkirk, Fury, The Great Gatsby, Hornblower, Jeeves & Wooster, King Arthur, Les Misérables, The Magnificent Seven, Master and Commander, The Pacific, Psmith, Vikings
With Supernatural Elements: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Agent Carter, Beauty and the Beast, Fantastic Beasts, The Mummy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Victor Frankenstein

Got any more historical comms we've missed? I learned about all the comms I know about from you so, I really couldn't say.

Any other comms/events/ideas you'd like to see here? I'm new at comms in general, so I am willing to follow your lead. :D

[fucktheg0ds]

Periods/areas of interest: Ancient Greece and Rome, Renaissance Italy, Medieval Mongolia, 18th Century Europe/Age of Sail/Georgian Era/Napoleonic Wars, Russia.
Historical Fandoms: My main current ones are Spartacus, Marco Polo, and Harlots. I also love Xena but that probably doesn't count for this comm. Have previously been really into Jane Austen, Hornblower, and War and Peace.
Got any more historical comms we've missed? No, I'm new to DW!
Any other comms/events/ideas you'd like to see here? I don't know what content is usually found in comms so I don't know yet.

[22degreehalo]

Sooo hey there! *waves*

Periods/areas of interest: Though I'm generally interested in a number of periods, my absolute love is Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens. I've written quite a number of fic involving them (separately or together) on AO3 at FallacyFallacy, plus a very long fic focusing on John reuniting with Francis Kinloch during 1780 which I've been working on for several years?, and I have a history blog over at ADHD-AHamilton! As a result I'm mainly really interested in the American Revolution and the 18th century in general and I mayyy believe the Victorian era to be extremely overrated as a period :P I'm also just really interested in queer history in general!
Historical Fandoms: I like Hamilton, obviously, but I don't really write for it other than by drawing from the actors for modern AU fic (which I rarely write) and I basically don't read for it. I've just started watching through Black Sails, too! Fandoms I enjoy but am not really currently active in: Pirate of the Caribbean, Jeeves and Wooster, War and Peace, The Great Gatsby, Beauty and the Beast, Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, and Game of Thrones if that counts!
Got any more historical comms we've missed? Don't think so - I only just came back to DW and the historical RPF is new to me!
Any other comms/events/ideas you'd like to see here? Not so far!

[thisbluespirit]

Welcome to DW and to the comm, then! I hope both will work out, and that's a cool list of interests!

[thisbluespirit]

Welcome to the comm! The 18th is indeed a cool century, although I like lots of them. ;-)

[fucktheg0ds]

Thanks! It's great to be here.

[thisbluespirit]

Welcome! I see you've friended me too, so friending you back - we do seem to overlap a bit here, don't we?

[isabellerecs]

Oh, you bet. I even work in a library too. ;) I feel like I've inadvertently left of something out, but for the life of me, I can't think of what. *shrugs* It's probably just the head cold talking.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, well, leaving things out is the inevitable drawback of making lists! It's usually something really obvious, too. And I hope the cold improves soon!

[isabellerecs]

Why thank you. :) Me too.

[opus72]

Periods/areas of interest: Music history/musicology, primarily Beethoven (The Man Who Cannot Decide How He Really Feels About Napoleon.) That can take me anywhere, but generally, I poke around most between 1750 and 1840. Currently trying to get better at parsing through the more nitty gritty French Revolutionary politics. I ramble about fashion history a lot as well.

Historical Fandoms: I am an Old Fandom Lurking Presence w.r.t. Les Mis and Phantom of the Opera. I like Victor Hugo a lot. Also a fan of Elisabeth, Notre Dame de Paris, and archiving all those obscure Phantom adaptations.


I'm new to Dreamwidth following the tumblr exodus, so I'm combing through comms and figuring out how it works. Excited to meet new people and check out some new discussions!

[scripsi]

Periods/areas of interest: I don’t find any periods uninteresting, but I have a special soft spot for the 17th century.

Historical Fandoms: Versailles. Jeeves & Wooster. Jane Austen. Jane Eyre. A lot of fandom which mix history with more fantastical elements like Penny Dreadful, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Agent Carter.

[scripsi]

Yay, another Jeeves & Wooster fan! And The Mummy. How could I forget The Mummy!

[isabellerecs]

Yay!! And don't feel bad, I looked at your list and realized I didn't put Jane Austen! O_o 'Cause that is totally on the list! >_