Fic: We'll Burn That Barn When We Come to It

[thisbluespirit]

Another Yuletide treat I wrote:

We'll Burn That Barn When We Come To It (3511 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 11th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Harold II of England/William the Conqueror
Characters: Harold II of England, William the Conqueror, Edith of Wessex (c. 1025-1075), Matilda of Flanders
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, Crack, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Epistolary, Humor, Angry exes, Swearing, Arson, Bees
Summary: from: h.godwinson@homespuntwaddle.com
to: brn@norman.org.fr
Hi Bill

Look, can we just talk this over like adults?

And the fact that I’m saying this despite the WIRE FENCE you’ve now erected round the perimeter of my farm ought to show you that I mean it. Please reply!

Harry.

Admin Updates etc.

[thisbluespirit]

Happy New Year! Apologies that I haven't been properly around as mod for the past few weeks, but I'm back now. (And also that, to add to the confusion, I changed my name in the meantime, but this is still lost_spook, your original mod of this comm and not an impostor. Er. Honest!)

Anyway, some updates etc.:

* I have set the community default to "is suitable for everyone", which should solve the problem for people who were seeing every entry as cut when logged out. This does mean that if you do post NSFW material here (which is welcome!), you'll need to alter the Age restriction box on your individual post to whatever you deem most appropriate. (As most fanworks tend to be linked from here rather than posted directly, I shouldn't think this will affect many posts in any case).

* On a similar note, I originally chose the layout 'Mobility' as it was said to be good for mobile users, but it was unfortunately minus the navigation bar making it hard for people to post to and join the comm, which is pretty fundamental, so I changed it to this one. If any of the other free layouts work better for mobile users and still have the grey navigation bar at the top, let me know, and I'll see if we can use that instead.

* We now have a third mod, dimity_blue as well as myself and auroracloud.

* I've been adding fandom tags etc as we go - please let me know if I have missed any or tagged anything incorrectly & I will do my best to fix it. I have been trying to keep everything other than fandom tags to a minimum so that we avoid hitting the Dreamwidth max tags limit too soon, but again, let me know if there's something important I've missed or messed up.


* Suggestions for the community (from the introductory post) are:

- commentfest/promptfest/fic exchange/ficathon
- Resources post(s)
- themed challenges
- fandom manifestos/pimping
- linkspams/round up posts/newsletters

The good news is that most of these are not only great ideas, but will definitely happen here! A resources post will follow presently. The challenges idea could combine well with the other suggestions in any case.

It wouldn't be realistic to try and do a regular linkspam/newsletter for such a wide topic as 'all history' but any relevant linkspams, recs and individual links posts from members are very welcome here - and if anybody sets up any further speciifc newsletters or regular round ups on a topic, do please pimp there here, or use this as a base.

Plus, if you're into the Age of Sail era, there is already despatches, the newsletter for that period & fandoms. There's also archaeology_weekly, too, on the non-fannish side.


Other than that - please continue to use the community for fanwork announcements, pimping events, sharing news & links, promoting your historical fandoms, discussion posts, gauging interest on more specific comms or anything else you can think of that's on topic for historium. A community, essentially, is its members, so this is your space - please feel free to use it!

Of Wings Shining in Darkness - Chapter 12 - Mature 18+ Penny Dreadful Story NWS/NKS

[earthspirits]

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Fic: Ancient Greece

[senmut]

A Spartan Courtship (2069 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Odyssey - Homer, Greek and Roman Mythology
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ὀδυσσεύς | Odysseus (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), Πηνελόπη | Penelope (Hellenistic Religion & Lore), καστωρ | Castor ( Hellenistic Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon
Summary:

One view of how two of Athena's favored might have found the right match.