Age of Sail Fandom Despatches # 288
Fanfic
No Hope at All by 42footprints - Temeraire, NC-17, Laurence/Granby/Tharkay.
Flotsam by anteros_lmc - Hornblower, NC-17, Kennedy.
All Our Sons by anteros_lmc - Hornblower, G, Kennedy.
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the pudding-race! by esmerelda_t - Hornblower, G, Horatio/Archie.
Stolen Kisses by gayalondiel - Hornblower, PG, Hornblower/Kennedy.
M is for Markers by romanticalgirl - Hornblower.
D is for Divided, U is for Unified by sharpiefan - Hornblower, PG, Hornblower, Kennedy.
C is for Coffee by ioanite - Hornblower, G.
C is for Cologne by ioanite - Hornblower, G.
C is for Cat by ioanite - Hornblower, G.
A is for American by ioanite - Hornblower, PG-13.
I is for Intertwined by ioanite - Hornblower, G.
Hornblower Alphabet Soup Masterlist
Uniform by splix - Sharpe, PG, Sharpe/Harper, Sharpe/Lucille.
Not an Average Day by immortal_jedi - PotC, PG, Will, Bootstrap, crew of the Dutchman.
At Day's End by romankate - PotC, R, Jack/Norrington.
Networking by florencia7 - PotC, G, Jack/Elizabeth, Blaxton.
Together We'll Sink by shytan - PotC, PG, Beckett, Jack, Black Pearl, Endeavour.
A Lady for His Lordship: Ch 6 - Voyage by lady_elizabeth2 - PotC, R, Beckett, Mercer, Elizabeth, Norrington, Weatherby Swann, Will.
Pirate King by zeroambi - PotC, PG, James/Elizabeth, James/Elizabeth/Will.
Pretty by zeroambi - PotC, R, Jack/Norrington.
Eye, Pirate by lazaefair - PotC, PG, Ragetti, Tia Dalma, Pintel.
Mission Improbable: Ch 5 by sharklady35 - PotC, G, Jack, Norrington.
Bootstrap's Bootstraps by the_redjay - PotC, PG, Bootstrap Bill, OC, Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, Black Pearl crew.
My Boy Builds Coffins by life_of_amesu - PotC, PG, Mercer/Beckett.
The Christmas Stranger: Ch 1-4/5 by luvvycat - PotC, PG, young Will/young Elizabeth.
of Using and Being Used by icarus_chained - PotC, R, Norrington/Anamaria.
A Good Night's Sleep by shytan - PotC, PG, Beckett, Groves, Greitzer, Governor Swann, Mercer.
Son et Lumière
Pride and Prejudice 1995: 61 icons by purplesuitcorny.
Bloody Jack: icons by theoceansblue.
Pride and Prejudice 2005: 22 icons by colorization.
Pride and Prejudice 2005: 23 icons by escapetherain.
Pride and Prejudice 2005: 43 icons by bellacreations.
PotC fanvid: He Lives In You (Jack/Norrington) linked to by be_a_clover.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell fanmix: By Bird and Book by the_sly_wink.
PotC fanart: Lord Cutler Beckett by shytan.
PotC fanart: Pudgeby loses his innocence (G, OC's) by lolitalockhart.
PotC fanart: Mercer/Beckett sketch by life_of_amesu.
Hornblower fanart: B is for Bush (G) by black_hound.
Of historical interest
anteros_lmc shares an exerpt about homosexuality from 'White-Jacket or the World in a Man-of-War' by H. Melville.
anteros_lmc shares a poem by diarist James Boswell about 10th Earrh of Cassillis, David Kennedy's notorious bachelor status.
joyful_molly: TV Tip: "Empire of the Seas", BBC2, Fridays on 9pm.
Miscellany and meta
joyful_molly links us to rumours of a second series of 'Garrow's Law' and reminds us the contest to win a DVD of the series is still ongoing.
veronica_rich asks Do you think there will be a cameo by Orlando Bloom in PotC4 or beyond?.
fbajet asks what American viewers thought of the latest Emma adaptation and links to her own review.
jill_rg post a poll: What's your attitude towards the new Jane Austen Monster Adaptation genre?.
10littlebullets encourages discussion about Les Misérables' Éponine.
jill_rg posts in defense of Mansfield Park.
lookes is selling paperback Bernard Cornwell novels.
naominovik has donated a Tuckerization (a chance to have a character named after you) for Haiti.
almostjulie shares a Master and Commander reference in the New York Times Science Times.
austen_blog: The League of Austen’s Extraordinary Gentlemen: Part the First.
austen_blog: In Defense of Miss Jane Austen.
austen_blog: Everybody Loves Emma.
austen_blog: It worked so well for Charlotte Lucas.
Communities and challenges
cutler_beckett Friday/Wekend theme: Fiction.
blackpearlsails drabble challenge: Handkerchief.
cutler_beckett Wednesday prompt: New World.
cutler_beckett Wednesday/Thursday theme: Fire.
potc100 drabble challenge: Wizardry.
cutler_beckett Monday/Tuesday theme: Threesomes.
cutler_beckett Week 6 & 7: comment-fic report.
cutler_beckett Week 5: comment-fic report (pt 2).
cutler_beckett Weekend chat.
look_sharp poll: Gauging interest in a 1776 alphabet soup.
cutler_beckett Friday/Weekend theme: rare pairings.
mandc_read will be reading the first chapter of The Far Side of the World.
Got a link for the next issue?
Please comment and let us know.
No Hope at All by 42footprints - Temeraire, NC-17, Laurence/Granby/Tharkay.
Flotsam by anteros_lmc - Hornblower, NC-17, Kennedy.
All Our Sons by anteros_lmc - Hornblower, G, Kennedy.
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the pudding-race! by esmerelda_t - Hornblower, G, Horatio/Archie.
Stolen Kisses by gayalondiel - Hornblower, PG, Hornblower/Kennedy.
M is for Markers by romanticalgirl - Hornblower.
D is for Divided, U is for Unified by sharpiefan - Hornblower, PG, Hornblower, Kennedy.
C is for Coffee by ioanite - Hornblower, G.
C is for Cologne by ioanite - Hornblower, G.
C is for Cat by ioanite - Hornblower, G.
A is for American by ioanite - Hornblower, PG-13.
I is for Intertwined by ioanite - Hornblower, G.
Hornblower Alphabet Soup Masterlist
Uniform by splix - Sharpe, PG, Sharpe/Harper, Sharpe/Lucille.
Not an Average Day by immortal_jedi - PotC, PG, Will, Bootstrap, crew of the Dutchman.
At Day's End by romankate - PotC, R, Jack/Norrington.
Networking by florencia7 - PotC, G, Jack/Elizabeth, Blaxton.
Together We'll Sink by shytan - PotC, PG, Beckett, Jack, Black Pearl, Endeavour.
A Lady for His Lordship: Ch 6 - Voyage by lady_elizabeth2 - PotC, R, Beckett, Mercer, Elizabeth, Norrington, Weatherby Swann, Will.
Pirate King by zeroambi - PotC, PG, James/Elizabeth, James/Elizabeth/Will.
Pretty by zeroambi - PotC, R, Jack/Norrington.
Eye, Pirate by lazaefair - PotC, PG, Ragetti, Tia Dalma, Pintel.
Mission Improbable: Ch 5 by sharklady35 - PotC, G, Jack, Norrington.
Bootstrap's Bootstraps by the_redjay - PotC, PG, Bootstrap Bill, OC, Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, Black Pearl crew.
My Boy Builds Coffins by life_of_amesu - PotC, PG, Mercer/Beckett.
The Christmas Stranger: Ch 1-4/5 by luvvycat - PotC, PG, young Will/young Elizabeth.
of Using and Being Used by icarus_chained - PotC, R, Norrington/Anamaria.
A Good Night's Sleep by shytan - PotC, PG, Beckett, Groves, Greitzer, Governor Swann, Mercer.
Son et Lumière
Pride and Prejudice 1995: 61 icons by purplesuitcorny.
Bloody Jack: icons by theoceansblue.
Pride and Prejudice 2005: 22 icons by colorization.
Pride and Prejudice 2005: 23 icons by escapetherain.
Pride and Prejudice 2005: 43 icons by bellacreations.
PotC fanvid: He Lives In You (Jack/Norrington) linked to by be_a_clover.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell fanmix: By Bird and Book by the_sly_wink.
PotC fanart: Lord Cutler Beckett by shytan.
PotC fanart: Pudgeby loses his innocence (G, OC's) by lolitalockhart.
PotC fanart: Mercer/Beckett sketch by life_of_amesu.
Hornblower fanart: B is for Bush (G) by black_hound.
Of historical interest
anteros_lmc shares an exerpt about homosexuality from 'White-Jacket or the World in a Man-of-War' by H. Melville.
anteros_lmc shares a poem by diarist James Boswell about 10th Earrh of Cassillis, David Kennedy's notorious bachelor status.
joyful_molly: TV Tip: "Empire of the Seas", BBC2, Fridays on 9pm.
Miscellany and meta
joyful_molly links us to rumours of a second series of 'Garrow's Law' and reminds us the contest to win a DVD of the series is still ongoing.
veronica_rich asks Do you think there will be a cameo by Orlando Bloom in PotC4 or beyond?.
fbajet asks what American viewers thought of the latest Emma adaptation and links to her own review.
jill_rg post a poll: What's your attitude towards the new Jane Austen Monster Adaptation genre?.
10littlebullets encourages discussion about Les Misérables' Éponine.
jill_rg posts in defense of Mansfield Park.
lookes is selling paperback Bernard Cornwell novels.
naominovik has donated a Tuckerization (a chance to have a character named after you) for Haiti.
almostjulie shares a Master and Commander reference in the New York Times Science Times.
austen_blog: The League of Austen’s Extraordinary Gentlemen: Part the First.
austen_blog: In Defense of Miss Jane Austen.
austen_blog: Everybody Loves Emma.
austen_blog: It worked so well for Charlotte Lucas.
Communities and challenges
cutler_beckett Friday/Wekend theme: Fiction.
blackpearlsails drabble challenge: Handkerchief.
cutler_beckett Wednesday prompt: New World.
cutler_beckett Wednesday/Thursday theme: Fire.
potc100 drabble challenge: Wizardry.
cutler_beckett Monday/Tuesday theme: Threesomes.
cutler_beckett Week 6 & 7: comment-fic report.
cutler_beckett Week 5: comment-fic report (pt 2).
cutler_beckett Weekend chat.
look_sharp poll: Gauging interest in a 1776 alphabet soup.
cutler_beckett Friday/Weekend theme: rare pairings.
mandc_read will be reading the first chapter of The Far Side of the World.
Got a link for the next issue?
Please comment and let us know.