Historium Round Up #20

[thisbluespirit]

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

bethefirst - "the annual challenge to write for a fandom that has no fic". Open for sign-ups until the challenge finishes on 20th April.

100fandomicons - "Challenge yourself to make 100 icons in 100 fandoms!"

villainous_big_bang - "a big bang-style event for fictional villains, evil-doers, criminal masterminds, etc. from all over the fandom spectrum. Writers are responsible for a 15k fic, and artists are responsible for two pieces of art (fanmixes, digital/traditional artwork, podfics, videos, etc. are all accepted.)" Eligibility 'roasting' open until 28th Feb; sign-ups open March 1st-March 15th.

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:

Here at historium please continue with the current challenge to promote your fandoms. (I will sort out the next challenge very soon, I promise! In the meantime, the more manifestos, the merrier.)

Via rthstewart - The 2020 Three Sentence Ficathon is still live for prompts and fills

elasticella is hosting Femslash February Frenzy

ruuger is hosting the 8th annual Friendship fic 9and art) fest (commentfest) - "A multifandom comment fest focused on friendships."


Upcoming:

Via amplificathon - Out of the Auditory 2020 "a fest for podficcing works that don't fit into the "standard" fiction format, such as meta, not!fic, epistolary and chatfic, video game codes entries, fake scientific articles, poetry, and many more!"

unsent_letters_exchange - "an epistolary fic exchange." Nominations open until 27th Feb; sign-ups open Feb 29th-March 8th.

genfreeformexchange - "A multi-fandom exchange focused on gen fanworks, with freeform tag matching so that you can request and offer all your favorite gen tropes and scenarios. Both solo characters and gen character combos can be requested, and fic, art, vids, and podfic are all welcome!" Sign-ups open until Mar 5th.

hurtcomfortex - "a pairing and freeform matching multifandom gift exchange run on AO3 with a hurt/comfort theme." Nominations open till 28th Feb; sign-ups open 4th-13th March.

waybackexchange - "a multifandom fanwork exchange (fanfiction, fanvids, podfic, and fanart all accepted) for canons that are more than 10 years old." Sign-ups open until March 1st.

marchmetamatterschallenge - "focused on not just new meta, but making sure older meta gets a chance to be read and remain a part of fandom history." Running March 1st-April 1st.


For more, follow fandomcalendar and fandom_on_dw.

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Other Communities & Off-Dreamwidth Blogs
frockflicks_feed reviews All's Faire in Love (2009), The Vikings (1958), Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954), & Sanditon Episode 1
janeaustenworld_feed finishes off reviewing Sandition episode 7 and Episode 8
englishhistoryauthor_feed - Mark Patton looks at Beowulf: The Mound and the Dragon and Maria Grace has tips on what makes An acomplished young lady

heavyartillery has collated HBO War offerings in fandom auctions and is planning a Generation Kill rewatch
victorian221b looks at Bohemian Bachelors
sutcliff_space posts the essay Combined Ops (1960)
sutcliff_swap - sign-ups open 29th February!
give_satisfaction has an Art and video post
thetudors is looking to identify the maker of this icon
fanart_recs is looking for more reccers
fictional_fans want to know about 1943 published Non fiction
2016mag7 imagines the seven as runway models
looselipssinkships asks members to write one prompt and save three more at the prompt meme.

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

Art, Icons & Graphics
magicrubbish - Icon Update #38 (Multifandom inc. Downton Abbey, Aladdin, & Breakfast at Tiffany's)
myrmidon - Robin Hood [2018] (Robin Hood 2018)
lirazel - 78 Multifandom Icons (inc. Black Sails, Man From UNCLE, The Favourite) & 46 Multi-Fandom Icons (inc. Anne of Green Gables, The Borgias, Bright Star, Emily of New Moon, Jane Eyre, Little Women, Marie Antoinette, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Secret Garden, The Mummy, & To Walk Invisible.)
lazaefair - Mobile Wallpaper (Magnificent 7 2016)
wunderkind_lucy - Period Drama, Fantasy, and Other Fandom Icons (MUltifandom, includes various period dramas)

Fic
ohveda recs Handmade Heaven by somepallings (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
mightymads - Quid Pro Quo (Ritchie Sherlock Holmes)
lt_aldo_raine - Stuck in the Middle With You (Band of Brothers)

Fanvids
aurumcalendula - Crowded Table (Bletchley Circle: San Francisco)


Some recently canonised historical fandoms on AO3: Legend of the Ice People Series, Exeter Book, Psycho - Robert Bloch, Vida Privada - Josep Maria de Sagarra i Castellarnau, Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen, The Wrecker - Robert Louis Stevenson, Selected Letters of James Joyce, To His Coy Mistress, Invictus - William Ernest Henley, Belle et Sebastien - Cecile Aubry, Dr Kildare (TV 1961), The Shadow of Empress Wu, Ming Dynasty (TV), The Glory of Tang Dynasty, Jack the Ripper (TV 1988), Anna und Elisabeth (1933), The Three Musketeers (2013), Treasure Island (1982), Two Soldiers (1943), Truth and Justice (2019), Servants (TV 2003), Diary of a Country Priest (1951), Madame Sata (2002), & Geronimo (1993).

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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.

Comments

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Thank you for sharing this, as usual!

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks!