Historium Round Up #18

[thisbluespirit]

Apologies for this one, because first it's late - I was 100% sure last week that it was not the week for doing it while being in fact 100% wrong about that - and secondly because after I'd got the main bit of it completed, I managed to lose it all & so the general comm posts section has been glossed over in order to save my sanity and still get it done this week!


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

rheinsberg with a bunch of informative entries (Frederick the Great RPF etc)

kjc_fans (for KJ Charles fans)

marchmetamatterschallenge - a challenge for March "focused on not just new meta, but making sure older meta gets a chance to be read and remain a part of fandom history."

fandomforoz - "A fandom auction helping raise donations for those affected by the Australian Bushfires." Sign-ups open now; bidding from 23rd Feb.


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:

festivids is live! Check out the collection here.

Here at historium please continue with the current challenge to promote your fandoms until Feb 10th! (An extension due to my not-at-all-evident current state of disarray. *coughs*)


Upcoming:

halfamoon - 14 Days of celebrating women will run again from 1-15th February. See the Prompt List here

waybackexchange - "a multifandom fanwork exchange (fanfiction, fanvids, podfic, and fanart all accepted) for canons that are more than 10 years old." Nominations open until February 11th.

elasticella is hosting Femslash February Frenzy

smallfandombang "the big bang for small fandoms" is open for Artist Sign-ups now, with claiming from February 7th. (Familiarity with the fandoms not necessarily required).


For more, follow fandomcalendar and fandom_on_dw.

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Other Communities & Off-Dreamwidth Blogs

All the below saw relevant activity in the last two weeks. Click on the comms to see more!

frockflicks_feed (Sanditon)
janeaustenworld_feed (Maria Theresia, Braveheart)

heavyartillery
victorian221b
indeedsir
rheinsberg
yuletide
ssrconfidential
kjc_fans

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Fanworks
Farmed from other comms on the watchlist. Recs are included within the relevant categories.

Art, Icons & Graphics
olivermoss recs Fanart on Pillowfort
chacusha - 1134 Disney icons 2008-2012 (various, inc. Pocahontas, Home on the Range)
piplupcommander - 200 Deadwood: The Movie icons

Fic
muccamukk - All the Shadows Now Will Lose Us & An Evening of Fire and Ice (Band of Brothers)
tarlanx - Moving on in Spring (Magnificent 7 TV)
Via yuletide NYR fic for various fandoms, including Green Knowe & Singin in the Rain and A Fireside Tale (Barbarians Rising)
chantefable recs Yuletide history fandoms fic with an SFF twist & seven historical-themed crossovers

Podfic
Via amplificathon - the Informal Twitter Podfic Exchange collection and treats

Fanvids
lilly_the_kid - Gasoline (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
promethia_tenk - Helsing (Dracula 2020)


Some recently canonised historical fandoms on AO3: The Lucky Mill - Ioan Slavici, Flag and Frontier Series, La grande noirceur | The Great Darkened Days (2018), Shanghai Express (1932), 1917, Biggles (1986), Mulan (2020), Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969), Under Milk Wood, The Men Who Built America, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, Le Bazar de la Charité | The Bonfire of Destiny (TV), Vienna Blood & Dolly Parton's Heartstrings.

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Other historical/historical fandom newsletters:

despatches (Everything Age of Sail related)
looselipssinkships (HBO War Fandoms)

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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 next round-up or would like us to add any comms/blogs/your journal to the watchlist, comment here or PM a mod to let us know.