Age of Sail Fandom Despatches #108
Fanfic
Chelsea Hotel by la_balenne - Hornblower, R, Horatio/Archie.
Her by romanticalgirl - Hornblower, PG-13, Horatio, Marie, Maria, Barbara.
Our Crooked Anchors by lokei - Hornblower, PG, Horatio/Archie.
How Many Miles to Babylon by fabu - PotC/Sandman, PG, Hob Gadling, Jack.
Parenthood by shebeen - PotC, NC-17, Norrington/OFC, Groves/Gillette.
Pleading with Desire by tintedxstardust - PotC, NC-17, Elizabeth/Jack.
That Sanity Be Kept by bravenewcentury - PotC, PG-13, Jack/Elizabeth, Will/Elizabeth.
Chasing the Horizons by commodore_lydia - PotC, G, Norrington/Elizabeth.
My Name by desiringpirates - PotC, R, Will/Elizabeth.
A Lesson Well Learned by radical618 - PotC, PG, Elizabeth/Will.
Spine by writing_samsara - PotC, PG-13, Elizabeth/Jack.
A Case for Giving up on Women Altogether by pirateygoodness - PotC, PG-13, Will/Elizabeth.
Hearts Never Lie by captsparrow4evr - PotC, PG, Sparrow/Norrington.
Bacchanate by geek_mama_2 - PotC, PG, Elizabeth/Jack.
Exorcism - Part 1 by ladyofthesilent - PotC, PG-13, Elizabeth/Jack.
Isla de Muerta Quartet by teenybuffalo - PotC, PG-13, Pintel/Ragetti.
Unfathomable by ladydi75 - PotC, NC-17, Elizabeth/Jack.
Lessons - Chapter One by jacksmermaid - PotC, NC-17, Elizabeth/Jack.
The Chosen - Prologue by spacebabie - PotC, PG-13, Norrington.
An Unexpected Gift by molassesturtle - PotC, PG-13, Norrington, Beckett, Sparrow.
Song by witing_samsara - PotC, R, Elizabeth/Jack.
Elegy by djarum99 - PotC, R, Elizabeth/Jack.
Bell, Book, and Pigtail (1/7) by joyful_molly - PotC, R, Norrington/Gillette.
The Briar and the Rose by whoreoftortuga - PotC, NC-17, Barbossa/OFC.
A Hard Man to Predict - Part 1 by swordsharp - PotC, PG-13, Sparrow/Norrington.
To Win Her Back by hereswith - PotC, PG, Jack/Pearl.
Truths 1: And the truth shall set you free by woolymonkey - PotC, PG-13, Jack/Will/Elizabeth.
No Way Out by manikaitwing - PotC, PG, Pintel/Ragetti.
Time and Tide by cymbeline - PotC, G, Will/Elizabeth.
Sixteen Ways by juniper200 and doolabug - PotC, PG-13 to NC-17, Jack/Norrington, Jack/Will, Jack/Elizabeth, Jack/Scarlett/Giselle.
Vexed by djarum99 - PotC, NC-17, Jack/Elizabeth.
Crying by desiringpirates - PotC, PG-13, Jack.
Scruffy and the Plastic Prisons by kayliemalinza - PotC, PG-13, Sparrow/Norrington.
Salt by penknife - PotC, NC-17, Jack/Will.
Priorities by woolymonkey - PotC, PG-13, Sparrow/Norrington.
Want by fid_gin - PotC, R, Elizabeth/Jack.
Paid in Blood - Part One and Part Two by fabu - PotC, NC-17, Jack/Will/Elizabeth.
Dalma's Revenge by social_morphine - PotC, G, Jack Sparrow/Tia Dalma.
Slave by crazyrocker311 - PotC, PG-13, Beckett, OFC.
Birth by fid_gin - PotC, PG-13, Elizabeth/Jack.
Promises to Keep by elspethdixon - PotC, PG, Elizabeth/Will.
The Wheel of Fortune by bravenewcentury - PotC, G, Gibbs, Norrington.
Ho, Ho, Ho by empress_izzy - PotC, NC-17, Sparrow/Norrington.
Art, music, videos, icons
black_hound posts studio shots from the 1950 Captain Hornblower movie.
Hornblower icons by nimrodel_river.
10 Hornblower icons by crymeariver_.
12 Hornblower icons by erinelassie.
1776 fanvid: Take Me Out by kazokuhouou.
1776 fanart: Rutledge by ink_n_imp.
P&P icons by shewhoweeps.
12 P&P (2005) icons by kiwistrawberry7.
PotC fanvid: Yo Ho! (A Pirate's Life for Me) by s24dangergirl.
PotC fanvid: Keep Holding On - An Adventure at World's End by emthiessen.
PotC fanart: Giving and Receiving (Jack/Elizabeth/Will) by pseudoblu.
PotC art and ficlets by earthenwing.
PotC fanart: Pintel/Ragetti by rags_pint_love.
PotC fanart: Mapping Uncharted Territory (Jack/Elizabeth) by lizardspots.
PotC fanart: Pintel/Ragetti by rags_pint_love.
PotC fanart: Let Me Show You My Gratitude, Miladies (Jack) by siriuslypeeved.
PotC fanart: Pintel/Ragetti by manikaitwing.
PotC fanart: Sickbed (Sparrow/Norrington) by justawench.
PotC fanart: Sparrow/Norrington by 07jefferson07.
PotC fanart: Merry Christmas, Jack (Elizabeth/Jack) by desiringpirates.
Of historical interest
penknife on anachronistic word use in PotC fic.
artaxastra on bathrooms, birth control, and underwear, and on periods and privacy during the Age of Sail.
hangingfire recommends City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London.
Miscellany and meta
grace_poppy on Stephen Maturin's self-performed surgery.
ladyofthesilent posts some possible PotC: AWE spoilers.
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Chelsea Hotel by la_balenne - Hornblower, R, Horatio/Archie.
Her by romanticalgirl - Hornblower, PG-13, Horatio, Marie, Maria, Barbara.
Our Crooked Anchors by lokei - Hornblower, PG, Horatio/Archie.
How Many Miles to Babylon by fabu - PotC/Sandman, PG, Hob Gadling, Jack.
Parenthood by shebeen - PotC, NC-17, Norrington/OFC, Groves/Gillette.
Pleading with Desire by tintedxstardust - PotC, NC-17, Elizabeth/Jack.
That Sanity Be Kept by bravenewcentury - PotC, PG-13, Jack/Elizabeth, Will/Elizabeth.
Chasing the Horizons by commodore_lydia - PotC, G, Norrington/Elizabeth.
My Name by desiringpirates - PotC, R, Will/Elizabeth.
A Lesson Well Learned by radical618 - PotC, PG, Elizabeth/Will.
Spine by writing_samsara - PotC, PG-13, Elizabeth/Jack.
A Case for Giving up on Women Altogether by pirateygoodness - PotC, PG-13, Will/Elizabeth.
Hearts Never Lie by captsparrow4evr - PotC, PG, Sparrow/Norrington.
Bacchanate by geek_mama_2 - PotC, PG, Elizabeth/Jack.
Exorcism - Part 1 by ladyofthesilent - PotC, PG-13, Elizabeth/Jack.
Isla de Muerta Quartet by teenybuffalo - PotC, PG-13, Pintel/Ragetti.
Unfathomable by ladydi75 - PotC, NC-17, Elizabeth/Jack.
Lessons - Chapter One by jacksmermaid - PotC, NC-17, Elizabeth/Jack.
The Chosen - Prologue by spacebabie - PotC, PG-13, Norrington.
An Unexpected Gift by molassesturtle - PotC, PG-13, Norrington, Beckett, Sparrow.
Song by witing_samsara - PotC, R, Elizabeth/Jack.
Elegy by djarum99 - PotC, R, Elizabeth/Jack.
Bell, Book, and Pigtail (1/7) by joyful_molly - PotC, R, Norrington/Gillette.
The Briar and the Rose by whoreoftortuga - PotC, NC-17, Barbossa/OFC.
A Hard Man to Predict - Part 1 by swordsharp - PotC, PG-13, Sparrow/Norrington.
To Win Her Back by hereswith - PotC, PG, Jack/Pearl.
Truths 1: And the truth shall set you free by woolymonkey - PotC, PG-13, Jack/Will/Elizabeth.
No Way Out by manikaitwing - PotC, PG, Pintel/Ragetti.
Time and Tide by cymbeline - PotC, G, Will/Elizabeth.
Sixteen Ways by juniper200 and doolabug - PotC, PG-13 to NC-17, Jack/Norrington, Jack/Will, Jack/Elizabeth, Jack/Scarlett/Giselle.
Vexed by djarum99 - PotC, NC-17, Jack/Elizabeth.
Crying by desiringpirates - PotC, PG-13, Jack.
Scruffy and the Plastic Prisons by kayliemalinza - PotC, PG-13, Sparrow/Norrington.
Salt by penknife - PotC, NC-17, Jack/Will.
Priorities by woolymonkey - PotC, PG-13, Sparrow/Norrington.
Want by fid_gin - PotC, R, Elizabeth/Jack.
Paid in Blood - Part One and Part Two by fabu - PotC, NC-17, Jack/Will/Elizabeth.
Dalma's Revenge by social_morphine - PotC, G, Jack Sparrow/Tia Dalma.
Slave by crazyrocker311 - PotC, PG-13, Beckett, OFC.
Birth by fid_gin - PotC, PG-13, Elizabeth/Jack.
Promises to Keep by elspethdixon - PotC, PG, Elizabeth/Will.
The Wheel of Fortune by bravenewcentury - PotC, G, Gibbs, Norrington.
Ho, Ho, Ho by empress_izzy - PotC, NC-17, Sparrow/Norrington.
Art, music, videos, icons
black_hound posts studio shots from the 1950 Captain Hornblower movie.
Hornblower icons by nimrodel_river.
10 Hornblower icons by crymeariver_.
12 Hornblower icons by erinelassie.
1776 fanvid: Take Me Out by kazokuhouou.
1776 fanart: Rutledge by ink_n_imp.
P&P icons by shewhoweeps.
12 P&P (2005) icons by kiwistrawberry7.
PotC fanvid: Yo Ho! (A Pirate's Life for Me) by s24dangergirl.
PotC fanvid: Keep Holding On - An Adventure at World's End by emthiessen.
PotC fanart: Giving and Receiving (Jack/Elizabeth/Will) by pseudoblu.
PotC art and ficlets by earthenwing.
PotC fanart: Pintel/Ragetti by rags_pint_love.
PotC fanart: Mapping Uncharted Territory (Jack/Elizabeth) by lizardspots.
PotC fanart: Pintel/Ragetti by rags_pint_love.
PotC fanart: Let Me Show You My Gratitude, Miladies (Jack) by siriuslypeeved.
PotC fanart: Pintel/Ragetti by manikaitwing.
PotC fanart: Sickbed (Sparrow/Norrington) by justawench.
PotC fanart: Sparrow/Norrington by 07jefferson07.
PotC fanart: Merry Christmas, Jack (Elizabeth/Jack) by desiringpirates.
Of historical interest
penknife on anachronistic word use in PotC fic.
artaxastra on bathrooms, birth control, and underwear, and on periods and privacy during the Age of Sail.
hangingfire recommends City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London.
Miscellany and meta
grace_poppy on Stephen Maturin's self-performed surgery.
ladyofthesilent posts some possible PotC: AWE spoilers.
Got a link for the next issue?
Please comment and let us know.
And a reminder that despatch-reader is the reading LJ for this newsletter. If you would like to be added to or removed from its friendslist, or you have a community we should be watching, comment here or over there.