Historium Round Up #10

[thisbluespirit]

... and we're back! Let me know if anything started up during the summer that we should be adding to the watch list.


New communities (new/newly imported):
Creative/Multifandom etc.
(Please check individual comms for rules on RPF & Hist RPF)

51pluscrossoverfandoms: "a new dreamwidth com to host a crossover multiple fandoms challenge."

For more, follow dw_community_promo, fandom_on_dw, ipromo and icontalking & don't forget our Masterlist of Communities.

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Multifandom Fests & Events
(Please check individual comms for rules on RPF & Hist RPF)

Open Collections & Ongoing Events:

corsetsandlemons are having a round for 16th-18th century Literature prompts & fills

horrorfanworkschallenge are running a horror challenge for fic and art for October.

octobercest - incest fic fest running in October.

spooktoberchallenge - "a multi-fandom Halloween challenge with two set of 31 prompts." Running in October.


Upcoming:

It's the big one (for the tiniest fandoms)! yuletide_admin Yuletide nominations are open from now until 11th October. Also check out yuletide for the nominations co-ordination post and Fandom Promo post.

peakyblindersficexchange - nominations open 4 October.

holmstice - "a Sherlock Holmes Fandom(s) gift exchange with winter and summer rounds now in its 9th year. All 'verses and all types of digital fanwork (meaning anything that can be shared through the internet) are eligible." Sign-ups open until Oct 6th.

For more, follow fandomcalendar and fandom_on_dw.

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Other Communities & Off-Dreamwidth Blogs
frockflicks_feed review Daniel Deronda (2002) Ep4 & Episode 3 & have a podcast up on Downton Abbey the Movie
janeaustenworld_feed reviews Pride and Prejudice: The Opera

mag7daybook looks at Mary Doria Russell's Tombstone Books and discusses Mary and her motivations
indeedsir have a Beta and britpickers etc post
victorian221b discusses Watson's revolver and Beekeeping and WWI Veterans
easycotroopers have been reviewing the comm and making some changes
friendsofenglishmagic are excited about the news of a new book by Susanna Clarke in 2020
genealogy have links to two Dreamwidths feeds for UK family history blogs
sutcliff_space links to Sutcliff discussion on Fail Fandom Anon
vicomte_de_chagny discusses marriage legality in 19th C French law

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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
magicalsid - Multifandom icon post inc. The Crown.
sallymn - Multifandom icon post including Magnificent Seven, Jeeves & Wooster & Old Hollywood actors
paynesgrey - Multifandom post (including Marilyn Monroe & the moon landing)

Fic
ohveda - The Legacy of Starecross Hall (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, WIP)
kunstarloch - Pain au Chocolat, Fold; Morning Dew, Love is kind, love is patient; A Promise Kept (Band of Brothers)
tgarnsl - A Good Life (Hornblower)
beatrice_otter - Kitty and Georgy (the Healing Old Hurts Remix (Pride & Prejudice)
Latest fills at give_satisfaction (Jeeves & Wooster)
mekare recs Plants grow beneath the skin (so breathe in, breathe out, let the human in) by convenientalias (Nirvana in Fire, WIP)
arwen88 - Heaven Out of Hell; Need You & How Could I Know; Building Up (band of Brothers)
likealeafonthewind - Love and Shenanigans (Nirvana in Fire)

Some recently canonised historical fandoms on AO3: Gimlet Series - WE Johns, Chudleigh Hold series - Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, Cosette - Francoise Ceresa, Hannah's Law (2012), A Countess From Hong Kong, Hiroshima mon amour, Emma (1932), The Dolly Sisters (1945), Manon - Massenet/Meilhac & Gille, Show Boat - Kern/Hammerstein II/Ferber, Lawman (TV 1958), Janosik (TV), & Hetty Feather (TV).

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Random Links
As the Past - a blog full of advice from old books. Want to know how to increase your energy, 15th C style, or cure your cough in the 16thC? This blog is for you. (Also available as a Dreamwidth feed here.)

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Other historical/historical fandom newsletters:

despatches (Age of Sail - see this newsletter for AoS comms & fandoms related fic, links, discussion etc.)

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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.

Things to Do With an AO3 Collection

[thisbluespirit]

Since we have an AO3 Collection now, I thought it'd be worth highlighting the Bookmarks function it gives us.

If any comm members who use bookmarks on AO3 want to add relevant historical works to the Historium bookmarks collection, please do so. Together we can hopefully make a really useful resource for finding good historical fanworks on the archive.

If you follow the link, you can see I've added a random handful of works as an example. All you need to do to share existing bookmarks is to click on "Add to Collection" then type in "Historium" and the thing is done! If you're making a new bookmark to add, do so as usual, but again, type "Historium" in the space for collections. You can also add external bookmarks.

Our usual (loose) definitions of historical apply and works of all ratings/ship types etc are fine.

Add reccing blurbs and useful tags & mark it as a rec or not as you please (although obviously those things are good). But if it's been bookmarked in the collection here we'll take it that a Historium member thought it was well worth a look.

Have fun!