Historium Round Up #26

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

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:

story_works is having a Comfort Challenge - "A multifandom and multimedia challenge that is all about comfort, hurt/comfort included" open for posting until May 31st.

Here at historium our current challenge is to pick up a new fandom from those promoted at the comm using the fandom promo tag. It's never too late to post promos/manifestos for your fandoms and we also have a lower-level option of the fandom promo post.

dick_or_treat - "a multi-fandom fanfic/fanart fest [open to May 31]. Participation is open to anyone, no sign-up required!"



Upcoming:

littleblackdressex - "a ship-based multifandom exchange premised on creating fanworks for "Little Black Dress" characters, which is to say characters that "go" with anything." Sign-ups open until 24th, plus they have a Madness prompt round running simultaneously where anyone can leave prompts with no exchange pressures.

justmarriedexchange - "a marriage-themed multifandom exchange for marriage tropes of all kinds" Sign-ups open until May 26th.

rule63exchange - "an exchange for fanfiction and fanart featuring genderswapped characters" Nominations open until June 1st; sign-ups 4th-18th June.

multifandomhorrorexchange - "A gift exchange in which participants create and receive fic or art focused on elements of horror." Sign-ups open until May 31st.

unconventionalfanworkex - "an event focussed on content not usually seen in the exchange circuit, including (but not limited to) poetry, interactive fiction, podfic, vids, audio not!fic, meta, in-universe texts, and multimedia fanwork." Sign-ups open until 23rd May.

For more, follow fandomcalendar and fandom_on_dw.

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Other Communities & Off-Dreamwidth Blogs
frockflicks_feed have a podcast on Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), and review The Aeronauts (2019), John Adams Episode 1, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels and take an in-depth look at The Duchess (2008)
historygirls_feed have compiled an Ancient Guide to Coping with Lock-down

victorian221b has a 'Time Machine' Victorian playlist
fictional_fans continue with daily topics, including a discussion on fandoms with 0 works that should have some plus much more.
hamiltunes are looking forward to HamilFilm on Disney+
historicalyafen are discussing Karen Cushman
give_satisfaction have a TV Show vs. Books comparison masterlist and another look at the differences here.
kjc_fans are celebrating the release of a new book
sutcliff_swap's collection is open with nine stories in six Sutcliff fandoms!

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

Art, Icons & Graphics
wunderkind_lucy - 20+ Period Drama Icons (Pride & Prejudice, Cranford, Emma 2009, The Young Victoria)
magicrubbish - #ICON UPDATE 45 (inc. The Crown, Penny Dreadful)

Fic
ohveda - The Legacy of Starecross Hall (WIP) (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
mightymads - The adventure of the very cold room (ACD Sherlock Holmes)
saki101 - The Apothecaries' Garden & He's Not Here (ACD Holmes)
0ftgx - A Bird in Hand (Magnifcent Seven TV)
saki101 - Penumbra (Sherlock/Dark Shadows)
luthienberen - Aunt Agatha's Astonishing Adventure & Freshly Brewed Hope (Jeeves & Wooster)



Some recently canonised historical fandoms on AO3: Demons - Feodor Dostoyevsky, Malpertuis - Jean Ray, The Glass Key - Dashiell Hammett, The Man Who Laughs - Victor Hugo, The Sinclair's Mysteries, Dracul - J. D. Barker, Century Rain - Alistair Reynolds, The Paternoster Gang (Big Finish), Dr Christian (Radio 1937), Pete Kelly's Blues (1955), Appointment in London (1953), Frankenstein's Army (2013), Guillaume Tell - Rossini etc., The French Chef (1963), The Plot Against America (TV 2020), Serenade of Peaceful Joy (TV), Cleopatra (1999), When Hope Calls (TV), Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and The War of the Worlds (UK TV 2019)

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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.