Fanfic

Bliss by eglantine_br - Hornblower, R, Hornblower/Kennedy.

Red Rose Hall, 2/3 by life_of_amesu - PotC, PG, Norrington, Beckett, Mercer, Barbossa, Elizabeth, and Gov. Swann.

Son et Lumière

Horatio Hornblower fanart: I will have none other... by katriona_s, Hornblower, Bush.
Horatio Hornblower fanart: Kennedy, Hornblower, Bush by katriona_s.

PotC fanart (manip.): Cutler Beckett pouts by cassiopaya.

Of historical interest

latin_cat: The Cutty Sark: Reopened.
anteros_lmc posts about SS Great Britain going to be floated on a sea of 55,000 litres of lime green jelly. 0___o
aletheiafelinea posts about Age of Sail Housekeeping.

Miscellany and meta

anteros_lmc posts about Amanda Vickery winning funds for PHD bet on Masculinity and Material Culture in the Navy.
jadedalexiel is looking for PotC fic recs (long stories with character development and good plot).
kinky_carter recommends links: Jack/Angelica, Jack/Will, Will/Elizabeth.
aletheiafelineaaletheiafelinea: PotC Recs Weekly #1.
rpowell posts a review of Northanger Abbey (2007).

Communities and challenges

mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Interchapter and Chapter Tent his weekend.
perfect_duet:renaiya880727 posts A Poetic Tribute, from Stephen to Jack (maybe).
potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: Waiting.
blackpearlsails: this week's challenge invitation: Unanswered.
potc100: this week's challenge: Love.
following_sea: Caption Competition #38.
following_sea: nodbear posts Archie and the Tyger a sonnet.

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Fanfic

Diminished by eglantine_br - Hornblower, PG, Hornblower/Kennedy.

Mad Dash by danglingdingle - PotC, NC-17, Jack/Will.
Money by cassiopaya - PotC, R, Mercer/Beckett.

Son et Lumière

Emma (2009): Wallpapers by aravisautarkeia.

Of historical interest

anteros_lmc links to pictures of the Shackleton-expedition.
anteros_lmc posts about the Boat Project.
anteros_lmc posts about Pascale Risbourg's Toile de Jouy.
aletheiafelinea posts uniform patterns.
anteros_lmc posts about the bombardment of Algiers toile.

Miscellany and meta

aletheiafelinea posts PotC Fanart Recs. Part 15, Wallpapers.

Communities and challenges

potc100: this week's challenge: Footwork.
mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Chapter Nine this weekend.
potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: Carpe diem.
blackpearlsails: this week's drabble invitation: Argument.
comeholdmyheart: Challenge 40: Voting.
sharpe_thinking: govi20 posts Sharpe Sunday pic spam.
following_sea: Quotes Quiz XI.

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Fanfic

Frippery, Gimcrack and Seamanship by bornof_sorrow - Aubrey-Maturin, PG-13, Jack, brief mention Jack/OFC, mention of Stephen.

On the Riverbank by eglantine_br - Hornblower, G, Hornblower, Kennedy, Edrington.
Dog-watch by eglantine_br - Hornblower, G, Matthews.

We Have Our Heading by danglingdingle - PotC, PG, Jack/Will.
All Your Nights Belong to Me, Chapter 32 by cassiopaya - PotC, R, Beckett/Norrington.

Son et Lumière

PotC fanart: Sending Him Off by nautilusl2, Jack Sparrow/James Norrington.

Aubrey-Maturin fanart: Doodles by pollyandr3.
Aubrey-Maturin fanart: Stephen Maturin by pollyandr3.

Of historical interest

anteros_lmc posts a painting of a ship (1817).

Miscellany and meta

vespican informs that his Age of Sail novel Beyond the Ocean's Edge: A Stone Island Sea Story has been published.
pollyandr3 posts a picture of their Aubrey-Maturin bookmark.
pollyandr3 posts HMS Surprise cake and my BOOKS!
pollyandr3 posts Stuffed Friends named Jack and Stephen!
aletheiafelinea posts PotC Fanart Recs. Part 14, Adorable.
anteros_lmc posts about the Boat Project.

Communities and challenges

cutler_beckett: Beckett's and Mercer's favorite (or most hated) places (discussion).
mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Chapter Eight this weekend.
potc100: this week's challenge: Course.
potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: Full Moon.
blackpearlsails: this week's invite to drabble, as it were: Pursuit.
following_sea: latin_cat: Mr. Bush's Bookends?
perfect_duet: Oh, that man...more of RC and JA.

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Fanfic

Raveled Sleeve (With Some Ink) by eglantine_br - Hornblower, G.
World Turned Upside Down by ioanite - Hornblower, G, Horatio Hornblower, Archie Kennedy.

Sharpe's Last Return by bluegerl - Sharpe, G, Richard Sharpe, Antoine Ducros.

A Broken Silence, Mended (The Tide Calls Remix) by vialethe - PotC, PG, Norrington & Elizabeth.

Son et Lumière

Horatio Hornblower fanart: Life on half pay by katriona_s, William Bush.
Horatio Hornblower fanart: Blunderbuss by katriona_s, William Bush.

Of historical interest

anteros_lmc: James Anthony Gardner describing a shipmate's attempts at courtship.
latin_cat: Preventative Measures in the 1700s (medical, STD).
anteros_lmc: HMS Victory Owners' Workshop Manual.
anteros_lmc posts about the Cutty Sark.

Miscellany and meta

rpowell posts about the making of 1995's "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" called "Lasting Impressions".
aletheiafelinea posts PotC Fanart Recs. Part 13, Sketchdumps.

Communities and challenges

potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest.
mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Chapter Seven this weekend.
potc100: this week's challenge: Sword.
blackpearlsails: this week's challenge: Rigging.
heyer_haven: kassia06: Please, tell me all your thoughts on Heyer's romances.
following_sea: Hornblower Scripts Online.
following_sea: The Snark Thread.

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Fanfic

To Save the World Entire by eglantine_br - Hornblower, G.
First Time For Everything by stylissimo - Hornblower, R, Horatio/Bush.

Metal and Words, 2/? by aletheiafelinea - PotC, PG-13, Jack Sparrow, Gibbs, OCs.

Son et Lumière

Master and Commander fanart: Various by artist Tealin.
Horatio Hornblower fanart: What happend to Horatio? by katriona_s.
Horatio Hornblower fanart: On melancholy by katriona_s.

Of historical interest

esmerelda_t posts Horrible Histories: Join the Royal Navy (video).

Miscellany and meta

esmerelda_t informs that the NMM Secures Shonibare's Ship in a Bottle.
aletheiafelinea posts PotC Fanart Recs. Part 12, Cosplay.

austen_blog: REVIEW: Persuade Me by Juliet Archer.
austen_blog: Jane Austen’s Regency World Issue 57, May/June 2012 Published.
austen_blog: REVIEW: A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz.
austen_blog: What Would Elinor Do?
austen_blog: Naomi Novik to write Temeraire-universe short story about Elizabeth Bennet as a dragon captain.

Communities and challenges

mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Chapter Six this weekend.
blackpearlsails: this week's challenge: Wrinkle.
potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: If at first you don't succeed...
potc100: this week's challenge: Yearns.
following_sea: Caption Competition #37 Winner!
perfect_duet: renaiya880727 asks: What got you started with POB?

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Fanfic

Death with Turtle Soup by eglantine_br - Hornblower, PG, Edrington, Horatio Hornblower.
Flowery Undergarments Challenge:Property by ioanite - Hornblower, PG-13, Horatio Hornblower/Captain Amelia.

This Is How I Heard It by danglingdingle - PotC, G, Jack/Will, Mr. Gibbs.
Hello Jack, Chapter 2: You missed me by cassiopaya - PotC, R, Will/Elizabeth, Unrequited Norribeth.
Shooting Lessons by amerally - PotC, NC-17, Norrington/Elizabeth.
The Morning After by danglingdingle - PotC, PG, Jack/Will.

Son et Lumière

Horatio Hornblower fanart: Spring wind by katriona_s, Archie Kennedy.

Of historical interest

nodbear: How it all began: the commissioning of the Indefatigable 1794.
esteven posts about Reviving Surprise.

Miscellany and meta

aletheiafelinea posts PotC Fanart Recs. Part 11, Comics.

austen_blog: Review: Sass and Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler.
austen_blog: Monday Multimedia: Modern Stuff Edition.
austen_blog: Monday Ebooks: Glowlights and Lawsuits Edition.

Communities and challenges

mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Chapter Five this weekend.
following_sea: Caption Competition #37 Vote!
potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: The affluence of incohol.
potc100: this week's challenge: Beginning.
following_sea: eglantine_br wonders if anyone else is confused by Frogs and Lobsters.
blackpearlsails : this week's challenge: Notice.

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Fanfic

Afternoon Delight by ashley_pitt - Aubrey-Maturin, R, Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin.
The Tardy Post by ashley_pitt - Aubrey-Maturin, PG-13, Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin, Preserved Killick.

The Morning and the Evening by eglantine_br - Hornblower, G, Archie Kennedy.

A dangerous beast by adelaide_rain - Temeraire, PG.
A little piece of homeby adelaide_rain - Temeraire, PG.

A Different Magic by latin_cat - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, G, Jonathan Strange, Captain Whyte, Wellington.

Eternity by whensheflies - PotC, G, Jack/Elizabeth, Jack/Pearl.
For Bounded Worlds by icarus_chained - PotC, PG-13, James Norrington, mention of Jack and Beckett.

Son et Lumière

Northanger Abbey (2007): Photo Gallery by rpowell.
Northanger Abbey (2007): Icons by lon_gina.

Horatio Hornblower fanart: Sleepy Afternoon by katriona_s, William Bush..

PotC fanart: Jack Sparrow icons by lady_turner.

Of historical interest

joyful_molly posts about the Double Captain Manley, with additional Pegleg.

Miscellany and meta

neverwantedtobe posts deleted scenes from Dead Man's Chest.
aletheiafelinea posts PotC Fanart Recs. Part 10, Angsty.

Communities and challenges

blackpearlsails: this week's challenge: Hunger.
potc100: this week's challenge: Rum.
comeholdmyheart: Challenge 38: Winners & Banners!
mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Chapter Four this weekend.
potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: Birthday.
following_sea: Caption Competition #37!
following_sea: nodbear posts Flowery Knickers Challenge: an epilogue from Susan and Hannah (fashion plate from 1797).

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Fanfic

A Place for the Cactus by eglantine_br - Aubrey-Maturin, G, Tom and Nell Pullings.

Flowery Knickers challenge: A short contribution by nodbear - Hornblower, G, Edward P and Jacques B.
Flowery Knickers challenge: Pray You, Love, Remember by rikibeth - Hornblower, PG, Horatio Hornblower, Captain James Sawyer, Matthews.
Flowery Knickers challenge: The Topman's Talent by anteros_lmc - Hornblower, PG, Hornblower, Kennedy, Bracegirdle, O'Connor, James.
Flowery Knickers challenge: A Poem by mylodon - Hornblower.
Windfalls, Epilogue by ioanite - Hornblower, PG-13, Horatio Hornblower/Captain Amelia.
Writing Home by eglantine_br - Hornblower, G, Edrington.

Non Incantatio by secret_rage - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, R, Thistledown/Stephen Black.

A Mother's Worries by angie_white - Temeraire, PG.

Molten Gold by orlidepp - PotC, G, Jack/Will.
Metal and Words, Chapter 1/? by aletheiafelinea - PotC, PG-13, Jack Sparrow in a crowd of OCs.
A Practice in Patience, Chapter 3 by roughdrafthero - PotC, PG-13, Sparrow/Norrington.


Son et Lumière

Hornblower/Sharpe fanart: April Fool's Day by katriona_s.
Horatio Hornblower fanart: Sentimental Spring (William Bush) by katriona_s.

Of historical interest

anteros_lmc posts a preparatory sketch by J T Serres for a series of engravings of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Miscellany and meta

aletheiafelinea posts PotC Fanart Recs. Part 9, Minimalism.
esteven posts that Mr. Crowe has not forgotten a certain captain.

Communities and challenges

potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: Eavesdrop.
potc100: this week's challenge: Home.
mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Chapter Three this weekend.
perfect_duet: esteven posts about a Master and Commander movie commentary podcast.
following_sea: Sailors flowery unmentionables and unauthorised trousers.
following_sea: The Official Following Sea Flowery Knickers Challenge.

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Fanfic

Stung by anteros_lmc - Hornblower, R, Hornblower, Kennedy.

Put to Mind by t_lyrical - Temeraire, PG, Chenery, Little.

Valentine's Day Massacre by cassiopaya - PotC, R, Norrington/Anamaria, Beckett/Norrington.
Untitled by megmarie54 - PotC, G, Norrington/Elizabeth.
Sabre by aletheiafelinea - PotC, G, Jack Sparrow & The Black Pearl's crew.

Of historical interest

anteros_lmc posts about Unauthorised Trousers and Flowery Drawers (Lord Cochrane).
anteros_lmc posts about Laughton Naval History Lecture.
leyosura is looking for research help regarding the Azores and their role in the trans-atlantic routes.
anteros_lmc posts about HMS Impregnable.
anteros_lmc posts about A Flagship Store (HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan).
anteros_lmc posts about Clippers and Figureheads.

Miscellany and meta

joyful_molly: Movies: the Buxom Strumpet is a ship!
aletheiafelinea: HMS Victory carved from oak!
aletheiafelinea posts PotC Fanart Recs. Part 8, Caricature.
mylodon: Some silly age-of-sailery.

Communities and challenges

potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: Heart.
potc100: this week's challenge: Gold.
blackpearlsails: Mod note: Challenge - Invitation, Friends.
following_sea: rikibeth: Edrington's childhood revealed?
following_sea: Caption Competition #36 Winner!
potc_fic: applea is looking for Norrington tentacle fic.
historicalyafen is holding a commentfic fest.
mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Chapter Two this weekend (I assume).


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Fanfic

Dr Snarky by alltoseek - Aubrey-Maturin, PG.
Oakum meme: Khat (TH)- Khat's Cradle by esteven - Aubrey-Maturin, NC-17.

Grit by eglantine_br - Hornblower, G, Archie Kennedy.
Windfalls, Chapter 15 by ioanite - Hornblower, PG, Horatio Hornblower/Captain Amelia.

What Does Not Signify by ar - Temeraire, G, Granby/Little (spoilers for Crucible of Gold)
The Neckcloth Problem by angie_white - Temeraire, PG.

The Green Jacket, 5/5 by splix - Sharpe/To the Ends of the Earth, NC-17, Richard Sharpe and Edmund Talbot.

Hello Jack, Chapter 1: Patience is a Virtue by cassiopaya - PotC, R, James Norrington, Jack Sparrow, Gibbs, Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner, Anamaria, Cutler Beckett, Mercer, etc.
Joshamee Gibbs of the Royal Navy by ericadawn16 - PotC, PG-13, Joshamee Gibbs, Theodore Groves, Gillette.

Son et Lumière

North and South: Icons by kolibrichen.

Horatio Hornblower fanart: Horatio Hornblower, Archie Kennedy, William Bush by katriona_s.

Of historical interest

joyful_molly: In the 18th century, even the shoes were naughty (NSFW).
joyful_molly: Is this the watch of Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood?

Miscellany and meta

following_sea: donnaimmaculata posts first impressions of The Even Chance.
aletheiafelinea posts PotC Fanart Recs. Part 7, Crossovers.

Communities and challenges

potc100: this week's challenge: Sail.
the_hold: PotC Ships.
potc_drabbles: this week's prompt: Surprisingly hard.
mandc_read will be reading Blue at the Mizzen, Chapter One this weekend.
following_sea: Caption Competition #36 Vote!
temeraire_fans: Temeraire Kinkmeme!
perfect_duet: Aubreyad artwork by Ilthit.
following_sea: eglantine_br asks: What would Horatio and Archie want to eat from your fridge?
mandc_read: Aubreyad Food Read.

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