Historium Round Up #6
Apr. 24th, 2019 05:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisbluespiritMultifandom Fests & Events
(Please check individual comms for rules on RPF & Hist RPF)
Open Collections & Ongoing Events:
*![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
smutswap's collection is open.
*equinox_exchange's Spring round is now live (featuring 1990s fandoms).
* Also live: Be the First 2019
* Victorian Holmes Kinkmeme - Round 1 is running on AO3 until June 30th 2019. ("an AO3-hosted prompt meme for all Victorian-era Sherlock Holmes canons: ACD, film adaptations such as the Downey, Rathbone, and Peter Cushing films, the Granada series starring Jeremy Brett, and so on!")
*dick_or_treat: "a multi-fandom fanfic/fanart fest that runs from April 1 to April 30. Participation is open to anyone, no sign-up required! Participation is open to anyone, no sign-up required! Dick-or-Treat is akin to Kinktober in April. Kinktober is an event where participants have a list of kinks they're free to mix and match as they choose. Rather than kinks, however, participants of Dick-or-Treat can choose from any Pokemon move in existence."
Upcoming:
*springfest - posting April 2-April 30. ("A month-long, once-a-year promptfest run in a manner similar to the prior kinkfest community.")
*npt_admin: Not For Prime Time - sign-ups open till April 30. ("a gen, het, femslash, and slash multifandom secret fiction exchange for medium sized fandoms.")
For more, followfandomcalendar and fandom_on_dw.
Other Communities & Off-Dreamwidth Blogs
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historygirls_feed highlights the online (free access in the UK) Journals of Queen Victoria, Sue Perkiss reviews Village of Secrets by Caroline Moorhead
frockflicks_feed looks at Miss Austen Regrets (2008), The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010), The Assassination Bureau (1969), & Wild Nights with Emily (2019), and lists Top 5 nostalgic interwar British series
genealogy discuss Genetic genealogy and privacy
vicomte_de_chagny links to a theory that Love Never Dies was an intentional badfic parody
fanart_recs is looking for reccers for the upcoming months
Fanworks
Posted to Historium since the last round-up, and farmed from other general comms. Recs are included within the relevant categories.
Art, Icons & Graphics
myrmidon - Robin Hood (2018) icons
supermanda - 88 Road to El Dorado icons & 80 Anastasia icons
alwaysbeenasmiler - anime icons (including Rose of Versailles)
thesadchicken - Jeeves & Wooster moodboards
Fic
earthspirits - & Dreaming of You (American Gods)
dreamlittleyo - The Art of the Compromise (WIP) (Hamilton)
cuddyclothes - The Mating Call of the North Eastern Screech Owl (WIP) (Jeeves & Wooster)
thesadchicken - Two short Jooster stories (Jeeves & Wooster)
Anon - Another Wonderful Idea (WIP) (Jeeves & Wooster)
scandalinbohemia - Swap Snow For Leaves & The Earth Below (Band of Brothers)
cuddyclothes recs some Jeeves & Wooster fic that deserve more attention
ohveda recs This Side of the Rain (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
earthspirits - Of Wings Shining in Darkness (Penny Dreadful/Granada Sherlock Holmes)
Podfic
kalakirya - The Abduction of Hades by bardsley (Greek mythology)
Some recently canonised historical fandoms on AO3: The King of Legend (TV), Les Miserables (TV 1964), A Saint She Ain't, Kalank (2019), The Island (2006), The Promised Land (1975), Concordia facta inter regem et cives Londonie - Richard Maidstone, Amor de Perdição - Camilo Castelo Branco, & Manhã Submersa - Vergílio Ferreira
Random Links
Open Domesday - free online copy of the Domesday Book.
Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England - site that is trying to collect all recorded inhabitants of England from the late 6th C to 11th C.
Other historical/historical fandom newsletters:
despatches - Age of Sail newsletter. See the most recent edition for all AoS comms & fandoms related fic, links, discussion etc.)
Disclaimer: This in no way comprehensive even for history & fandom on Dreamwidth, let alone on other sites and I am not aware of all fictional historical fandoms by name. All posts are taken from public community posts or via the wider web, but if there is anything you would prefer not to be linked here just let me know. To bring something of interest tohistorium, please post directly to the comm. But if you do want anything included in the round-up or know of comms/sites we should be watching, comment here or PM a mod to let us know.
(Please check individual comms for rules on RPF & Hist RPF)
Open Collections & Ongoing Events:
*
smutswap's collection is open.*
equinox_exchange's Spring round is now live (featuring 1990s fandoms).* Also live: Be the First 2019
* Victorian Holmes Kinkmeme - Round 1 is running on AO3 until June 30th 2019. ("an AO3-hosted prompt meme for all Victorian-era Sherlock Holmes canons: ACD, film adaptations such as the Downey, Rathbone, and Peter Cushing films, the Granada series starring Jeremy Brett, and so on!")
*
dick_or_treat: "a multi-fandom fanfic/fanart fest that runs from April 1 to April 30. Participation is open to anyone, no sign-up required! Participation is open to anyone, no sign-up required! Dick-or-Treat is akin to Kinktober in April. Kinktober is an event where participants have a list of kinks they're free to mix and match as they choose. Rather than kinks, however, participants of Dick-or-Treat can choose from any Pokemon move in existence."Upcoming:
*
springfest - posting April 2-April 30. ("A month-long, once-a-year promptfest run in a manner similar to the prior kinkfest community.")*
npt_admin: Not For Prime Time - sign-ups open till April 30. ("a gen, het, femslash, and slash multifandom secret fiction exchange for medium sized fandoms.")For more, follow
fandomcalendar and fandom_on_dw.Other Communities & Off-Dreamwidth Blogs
historygirls_feed highlights the online (free access in the UK) Journals of Queen Victoria, Sue Perkiss reviews Village of Secrets by Caroline Moorheadfrockflicks_feed looks at Miss Austen Regrets (2008), The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010), The Assassination Bureau (1969), & Wild Nights with Emily (2019), and lists Top 5 nostalgic interwar British seriesgenealogy discuss Genetic genealogy and privacyvicomte_de_chagny links to a theory that Love Never Dies was an intentional badfic parodyfanart_recs is looking for reccers for the upcoming monthsFanworks
Posted to Historium since the last round-up, and farmed from other general comms. Recs are included within the relevant categories.
Art, Icons & Graphics
myrmidon - Robin Hood (2018) iconssupermanda - 88 Road to El Dorado icons & 80 Anastasia iconsalwaysbeenasmiler - anime icons (including Rose of Versailles)thesadchicken - Jeeves & Wooster moodboardsFic
earthspirits - & Dreaming of You (American Gods)dreamlittleyo - The Art of the Compromise (WIP) (Hamilton)cuddyclothes - The Mating Call of the North Eastern Screech Owl (WIP) (Jeeves & Wooster)thesadchicken - Two short Jooster stories (Jeeves & Wooster)Anon - Another Wonderful Idea (WIP) (Jeeves & Wooster)
scandalinbohemia - Swap Snow For Leaves & The Earth Below (Band of Brothers)cuddyclothes recs some Jeeves & Wooster fic that deserve more attentionohveda recs This Side of the Rain (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)earthspirits - Of Wings Shining in Darkness (Penny Dreadful/Granada Sherlock Holmes)Podfic
kalakirya - The Abduction of Hades by bardsley (Greek mythology)Some recently canonised historical fandoms on AO3: The King of Legend (TV), Les Miserables (TV 1964), A Saint She Ain't, Kalank (2019), The Island (2006), The Promised Land (1975), Concordia facta inter regem et cives Londonie - Richard Maidstone, Amor de Perdição - Camilo Castelo Branco, & Manhã Submersa - Vergílio Ferreira
Random Links
Open Domesday - free online copy of the Domesday Book.
Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England - site that is trying to collect all recorded inhabitants of England from the late 6th C to 11th C.
Other historical/historical fandom newsletters:
despatches - Age of Sail newsletter. See the most recent edition for all AoS comms & fandoms related fic, links, discussion etc.)Disclaimer: This in no way comprehensive even for history & fandom on Dreamwidth, let alone on other sites and I am not aware of all fictional historical fandoms by name. All posts are taken from public community posts or via the wider web, but if there is anything you would prefer not to be linked here just let me know. To bring something of interest to
historium, please post directly to the comm. But if you do want anything included in the round-up or know of comms/sites we should be watching, comment here or PM a mod to let us know.
