Historium Round up #9
Jun. 5th, 2019 08:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisbluespiritNew communities (new/newly imported):
Creative/Multifandom etc.
(Please check individual comms for rules on RPF & Hist RPF)
*![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
dwresources - "a community for sharing all kinds of resources related to RP."
*crossoverbingo - "a fandom bingo where participants sign up for a randomized bingo card of prompts, and then create new fanworks with the goal of getting "Bingo!"
For more, follow![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png)
dw_community_promo, fandom_on_dw, ipromo and icontalking & don't forget our Masterlist of Communities.
Multifandom Fests & Events
(Please check individual comms for rules on RPF & Hist RPF)
Open Collections & Ongoing Events:
*seasonofkink opens for another round. ("a fic- and art-based bingo challenge that accepts all types of pairings – the only requirement is that the resulting fanwork is kinky!")
Upcoming:
* Choose Your Own Adventure Fic Fest - sign-ups open till 23rd June. ("a fest for choose your own adventure style branching fan fic. Your story can be a traditional second person choose your own adventure story or a third person story with choices that branch out into different narratives.")
*rule63exchange is open for nominations until June 11; sign-ups June 14-28th. ("An exchange focusing on sexswapping characters, allowing you to offer or request both art and fic.")
*rarepairsexchange - nominations open until June 7th; sign-ups 11-17th June. ("a multifandom exchange for rare “/” (romantic and/or sexual) relationships. Fic, art, and vids will be allowed as mediums you can request and offer fanworks in. The exchange defines “rare” as “less than 200 completed works of 1000 words or greater, in English, on AO3, with otp:true applied to the search."")
*hetswap - nominations open until June 10; sign-ups June 12th-20th. ("a multifandom fanwork exchange for het relationships. Fanfiction, podfic, fanart, and fanvids are welcome!)
*parallelsfic - nominations open until June 12; sign-ups June 15-22. ("a fanworks exchange for rare Asian media fandoms - (anime, manga, manwha, Bollywood, k-pop, tokusatsu, jdramas, etc.)"
*fandomgiftbox - sign-ups open until June 21st. ("A summer fanworks gifting fest inspired by Fandom Stocking.")
*kidficexchange - nominations open until June 14th; sign-ups June 15th-28th. ("An exchange for all your kid fic needs! Biological adoptive, deaged, and canon compliment childhood fics, you can find them here.")
*multifandomdrabble - nominations open until 8th June; sign-ups June 9-15. ("an exchange for stories of exactly 100 words. All fandoms are welcome, no matter how small or large, including original works.")
*original_works_ex - nominations open until June 10th; sign-ups 13-22 June. ("a gift exchange dedicated to original works in fandom. In this exchange you will receive and write stories about original characters, pairings, and groups.")
For more, followfandomcalendar and fandom_on_dw.
Other Communities & Off-Dreamwidth Blogs
![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png)
historygirls_feed: Janie Hampton writes an Obituary for Judith Kerr and has a chance for UK readers to win The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear (comp closes 7th June) while Mary Hoffman thinks about the difficulties of portraying faith in historical fiction
newsmusings_feed reviews C J Sansom's Tombland, Julie Orringer's The Invisible Bridge, Margaret Verble's Cherokee America, and The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt Och Dag
frockflicks_feed looks at BBC Les Mis (2019) and Doctor Who: Human Nature & The Family of Blood, and recaps Gentleman Jack Part 6 & Part 7, and The Spanish Princess Ep4 & Ep 5
mag7daybook has a long holiday weekend prompt post and farad has thoughts about Lydia
indeedsir celebrates Fryday (and again here)
victorian221b wishes happy birthday to David Burke, looks at Arthur Conan Doyle: Memoirs & Letters Part 2 and Victorian Bee-keeping, discusses Mycroft and Victorian attitudes to weight and announces July writing prompts at watsons_woes
2016mag7 has a Q&A post on The Magnifient Seven (1960), asks for fics recs, asks what one change you would make to the 2016 movie, discusses headcanons, looks at ghost towns in America and links to an article on how Hollywood white-washed the Old West & another on Homos on the Range: How gay was the West?
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
olivermoss - untitled NSFW Jeeves art (Jeeves & Wooster)
northstarfan recs Sheriff Faraday art by Lytta
Fic
sylvaine recs Of a Linear Circle Part V - Ravenclaw & Gryffindor by flamethrower (Harry Potter)
fhionnuisce recs Back Home by roguefaerie (Black Sails)
auroracloud recs a selection of historical f/f fic by el_staplador, Alona, frausorge, penna_nomen (Origfic, Jane Austen)
thesadchicken - Like the Tick, Tick, Tock of the Stately Clock (Jeeves & Wooster)
dreamlittleyo - Always By Your Side (Hamilton)
luthienberen - As One (Granada Sherlock Holmes)
give_satisfaction has a selection of new fills here and here (Jeeves & Wooster)
yuletide announces NYR fills, including Courtney Milan
earthspirits - The Woods on a Spring Evening (WIP) (American Gods)
cuddyclothes - The Mating Cry of the Northeastern Screech Owl (WIP) (Jeeves & Wooster)
theseatheseatheopensea - To bear me like a thunderbolt (Henry IV - Shakespeare), via the Historium Commentfest.
Some recently canonised historical fandoms on AO3: Bill Bolton Series, Dorothy Dixon Series, Kay Tracey Series, Ken Holt Series, Bret King Mysteries, Rick Brant Adventure Stories, Vicki Barr Series, Absalom! Absalom! - William Faulkner, Desperado's Caress - Carla Simpson, The Tale of All Tales - Ion Creanga, Le Coup de Grace - Marguerite Yourcenar, The Story of a Noble Family, & For the Sake of the Republic (2003).
Random Links
Beyond the Name - general site for finding out about name meanings & history.
Other historical/historical fandom newsletters:
despatches (Age of Sail - see this newsletter for 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.
Creative/Multifandom etc.
(Please check individual comms for rules on RPF & Hist RPF)
*
dwresources - "a community for sharing all kinds of resources related to RP."*
crossoverbingo - "a fandom bingo where participants sign up for a randomized bingo card of prompts, and then create new fanworks with the goal of getting "Bingo!"For more, follow
dw_community_promo, fandom_on_dw, ipromo and icontalking & don't forget our Masterlist of Communities.Multifandom Fests & Events
(Please check individual comms for rules on RPF & Hist RPF)
Open Collections & Ongoing Events:
*
seasonofkink opens for another round. ("a fic- and art-based bingo challenge that accepts all types of pairings – the only requirement is that the resulting fanwork is kinky!")Upcoming:
* Choose Your Own Adventure Fic Fest - sign-ups open till 23rd June. ("a fest for choose your own adventure style branching fan fic. Your story can be a traditional second person choose your own adventure story or a third person story with choices that branch out into different narratives.")
*
rule63exchange is open for nominations until June 11; sign-ups June 14-28th. ("An exchange focusing on sexswapping characters, allowing you to offer or request both art and fic.")*
rarepairsexchange - nominations open until June 7th; sign-ups 11-17th June. ("a multifandom exchange for rare “/” (romantic and/or sexual) relationships. Fic, art, and vids will be allowed as mediums you can request and offer fanworks in. The exchange defines “rare” as “less than 200 completed works of 1000 words or greater, in English, on AO3, with otp:true applied to the search."")*
hetswap - nominations open until June 10; sign-ups June 12th-20th. ("a multifandom fanwork exchange for het relationships. Fanfiction, podfic, fanart, and fanvids are welcome!)*
parallelsfic - nominations open until June 12; sign-ups June 15-22. ("a fanworks exchange for rare Asian media fandoms - (anime, manga, manwha, Bollywood, k-pop, tokusatsu, jdramas, etc.)"*
fandomgiftbox - sign-ups open until June 21st. ("A summer fanworks gifting fest inspired by Fandom Stocking.")*
kidficexchange - nominations open until June 14th; sign-ups June 15th-28th. ("An exchange for all your kid fic needs! Biological adoptive, deaged, and canon compliment childhood fics, you can find them here.")*
multifandomdrabble - nominations open until 8th June; sign-ups June 9-15. ("an exchange for stories of exactly 100 words. All fandoms are welcome, no matter how small or large, including original works.")*
original_works_ex - nominations open until June 10th; sign-ups 13-22 June. ("a gift exchange dedicated to original works in fandom. In this exchange you will receive and write stories about original characters, pairings, and groups.")For more, follow
fandomcalendar and fandom_on_dw.Other Communities & Off-Dreamwidth Blogs
historygirls_feed: Janie Hampton writes an Obituary for Judith Kerr and has a chance for UK readers to win The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear (comp closes 7th June) while Mary Hoffman thinks about the difficulties of portraying faith in historical fictionnewsmusings_feed reviews C J Sansom's Tombland, Julie Orringer's The Invisible Bridge, Margaret Verble's Cherokee America, and The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt Och Dagfrockflicks_feed looks at BBC Les Mis (2019) and Doctor Who: Human Nature & The Family of Blood, and recaps Gentleman Jack Part 6 & Part 7, and The Spanish Princess Ep4 & Ep 5mag7daybook has a long holiday weekend prompt post and farad has thoughts about Lydiaindeedsir celebrates Fryday (and again here)victorian221b wishes happy birthday to David Burke, looks at Arthur Conan Doyle: Memoirs & Letters Part 2 and Victorian Bee-keeping, discusses Mycroft and Victorian attitudes to weight and announces July writing prompts at watsons_woes2016mag7 has a Q&A post on The Magnifient Seven (1960), asks for fics recs, asks what one change you would make to the 2016 movie, discusses headcanons, looks at ghost towns in America and links to an article on how Hollywood white-washed the Old West & another on Homos on the Range: How gay was the West?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
olivermoss - untitled NSFW Jeeves art (Jeeves & Wooster)northstarfan recs Sheriff Faraday art by LyttaFic
sylvaine recs Of a Linear Circle Part V - Ravenclaw & Gryffindor by flamethrower (Harry Potter)fhionnuisce recs Back Home by roguefaerie (Black Sails)auroracloud recs a selection of historical f/f fic by el_staplador, Alona, frausorge, penna_nomen (Origfic, Jane Austen)thesadchicken - Like the Tick, Tick, Tock of the Stately Clock (Jeeves & Wooster)dreamlittleyo - Always By Your Side (Hamilton)luthienberen - As One (Granada Sherlock Holmes)give_satisfaction has a selection of new fills here and here (Jeeves & Wooster)yuletide announces NYR fills, including Courtney Milanearthspirits - The Woods on a Spring Evening (WIP) (American Gods)cuddyclothes - The Mating Cry of the Northeastern Screech Owl (WIP) (Jeeves & Wooster)theseatheseatheopensea - To bear me like a thunderbolt (Henry IV - Shakespeare), via the Historium Commentfest.
Some recently canonised historical fandoms on AO3: Bill Bolton Series, Dorothy Dixon Series, Kay Tracey Series, Ken Holt Series, Bret King Mysteries, Rick Brant Adventure Stories, Vicki Barr Series, Absalom! Absalom! - William Faulkner, Desperado's Caress - Carla Simpson, The Tale of All Tales - Ion Creanga, Le Coup de Grace - Marguerite Yourcenar, The Story of a Noble Family, & For the Sake of the Republic (2003).
Random Links
Beyond the Name - general site for finding out about name meanings & history.
Other historical/historical fandom newsletters:
despatches (Age of Sail - see this newsletter for 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.
