Ahoy, Terror fans! Have you been having fun trapping lieutenants in ice cubes? Do you long to do even more fun things to them? Then you might enjoy Lieutenantfest! A 7-day celebration of the 7 lieutenants from The Terror (2018), running from July 6th to July 12th.
Benjo Plans (About The Event)
Lieutenantfest is a fanwork event dedicated to Lts. Gore, Le Vesconte, Fairholme, Little, Hodgson, Irving, and Jopson from AMC's The Terror! This is a fun and casual celebration hosted on this blog and its accompanying AO3 collection. Stay tuned for a detailed schedule for the week, along with some optional prompts for each day!
The Articles (Event Guidelines)
Rules For Participating:
No AI-generated anything allowed.
With the above caveat, any fanwork medium is welcome! Fanart, fanfiction, fanvids, playlists, edits, GIFsets, moodboards, meta, memes, photosets, fiber arts, fansongs, a cake with Fairholme's face on it, anything. Especially the Fairholme cake.
No adult content restrictions! As long as everything is properly tagged, works of all ratings and topics are allowed.
Due to the rule above, all participants must be 18+. If you create or consume any fanworks for this event, you will be assumed to be following this rule.
Feel free to combine this event with any other concurrent fandom events, such as The Terror Whumpathon!
While this event is primarily geared towards the characters from The Terror (2018), fanworks for historical RPF or other fictional depictions of the Franklin Expedition lieutenants are also welcome! This event warmly accepts fans of William Malcolm, The Ministry of Time, and everything in between.
All event prompts are 100% optional. They're meant to be inspirations, not restrictions!
All fanworks must prominently feature at least one (1) of the lieuts, but to be clear, there is no requirement to feature their actual rank! Canon divergence, AUs, crossovers, etc. are all welcome. Draw Dundy as a midshipman a few years before canon, cosplay as Werewolf!Nedward, or write about Hodge captaining a trivia team in the 21st century. :3 Get creative!
How To Participate:
No sign up required! All you need in order to participate is a Tumblr and/or AO3 account.
In order for your fanworks to be reblogged here and included in our masterlist of works at the end of the event, make sure to use the tag #lieutenantfest and/or @ this blog in your post! (And if you believe your post was missed, shoot the blog an ask or message and that'll be rectified posthaste!) Posting dates for the event are July 6th through July 12th, but feel free to use the #lieutenantfest tag and/or @ the blog with your lieut-themed WIPs any time before that so we can all get super excited and build anticipation!
For fanworks posted to AO3, please add them to our AO3 collection!
If you don't finish your creation in time to post it during the event proper, no worries! Both the AO3 collection and this blog will remain active after the "official" event dates. Never too late to post more lieuts!
Most importantly of all, have fun!!! Don't let the epaulettes fool you; nobody is standing on ceremony here. This is a lighthearted celebration intended to inspire fan creations of all kinds!
Is there anything special you require, Sir? (Questions & Concerns)
Feel free to send this blog an ask or a message! This event has only one mod so a response may not be immediate, but that mod is very happy to help you with anything at all. Thank you so much for your interest in the event! 💙
Names and explanations under the cut for those interested!!!
(Feel free to use these for Whatever should you wish)
In order, left-right, top-bottom
John Franklin:
Two Chained Monkeys - Pieter Bruegel the Elder - he has Jacko.
HMS 'Erebus' passing through the chain of bergs, 1842 - Richard Brydges Beechey - He’s on Erebus. He’s Captain of Erebus. I don’t think I need to explain more (this goes for literally everyone, they all have either Terror or Erebus on, purely based on who’s on which ship)
Satan the Fallen Angel - Gustave Doré - Hubris. Just. Hubris
Pyramid of Skulls - Paul Cézanne - the whole Doomed To Die thing
The Death of Actaeon - Titian - He gets ripped apart like Actaeon, though not by his own hunting dogs. Also you will notice the mythology theme. (Also I saw it in the National Gallery which was very cool)
A Pair of Shoes - Vincent Van Gogh - “you’ll eat your own boots”. Yeah
Cutting the Stone/The Cure of Folly/Extraction of the Stone of Madness - Hieronymus Bosch - Well someone needs a stone of madness removing, cause how did they think this expedition was going to go?
The Treachery of Images - René Magritte - He smokes a pipe. That’s the main reason. Also I could argue that he’s the type of bloke to deny something plainly obvious. The main reason is the fact he smokes though
Icarus - Galileo Chini - Hubris again. What’s a better hubris story than Icarus?
Argo - Konstantinos Volanakis - “we are the greatest Argonauts of our age!” (Or whatever he says. The argonauts is the relevant bit)
Anthony of Padua - Francisco de Zurbarán - He’s the patron saint of lost things. And what is the Franklin expedition but a whole lot of lost things.
Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - it’s of the Franklin expedition, plus Franklin actually gets semi-eaten by Tuunbaq
Francis Crozier:
Self Portrait (1973) - Francis Bacon - It looked like Crozier, he’s called Francis, he’s Irish and I love Francis Bacon
The Wrath of the Seas - Ivan Aivazovsky - have you seen this man’s seascapes??? If not look them up they’re all so so so yummy
Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - same again. Get used to seeing it
In the Wild North - Ivan Shishkin - Snowy, northern. Yeah
Cassandra - Evelyn De Morgan - Like Cassandra, he does not get listened to and he’s Right
Self-Portrait with Dr Arrietta - It reminded me of Jopson looking after him
Separation - Edvard Munch - Sophia Cracroft anyone?
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Caspar David Friedrich - looks a bit like Crozier and fit the Vibe
Water-lilies - Claude Monet - The red reminded me of the waistcoat he wears in the flashback with Sophia
Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - He’s on Terror innit.
Between the Waves - Ivan Aivazovsky - I want to eat it look at it it’s yummy
James Fitzjames:
Almond Blossoms - Vincent Van Gogh - it just vibes quite frankly
Still Life with Cherries and Peaches - Paul Cézanne - “musketball the size of a cherry 👌”
HMS 'Erebus' passing through the chain of bergs, 1842 - Richard Brydges Beechey - He’s on Erebus. Get used to seeing this a as well
Woman with a Cat - Edouard Manet - her dress looks like The Dress
The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Position - JMW Turner - him being shot “like Nelson at Trafalgar”
Peacocks - Melchior D’Hondecoeter - The vanity thing. Enough said
Pallas Athene - Gustave Klimt - She’s the goddess of war, it felt Right
The Lily Pond (maybe, why can’t this man name the water-lilies better) - Claude Monet - Just vibed honestly
Ecce Homo - Guido Reni - the Jesus imagery of him, “I’m not Christ” etc
Boadicea Haranguing the the Britons - John Opie - The Britannia costume. Just look at it
Caesar Crossing the Rubicon - Adolphe Yvon - that thing he says about Caesar crossing, you guessed it, the Rubicon
Edward Little:
At Eternity’s Gate - Vincent Van Gogh - That’s just Ned having a breakdown look at it
The Passion of Creation - Leonid Pasternak - See above comment
Atlas holding up the celestial globe - Guercino - Neddie has the weight of the world on his shoulders
The Dog - Francisco Goya - Pathetic and dog. Ned described in three words
Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - Do I need to say it?
You Flatter Me! - Louis Wain - look at that sad, fluffy cat. Neddie.
Storm at Sea off the Norwegian Coast - Andreas Achenbach - It’s a sea scape. It’s stormy. If that’s not Edward’s life I don’t know what is
A dog and her puppies - Henriette Ronner - Tired, dog. Ned!!
Male Nude - William Etty - MUTTONCHOPS (side note, if you want horny 1800s art look him up it’s great)
Hope - George Frederic Watts - Edward is the most hopeful about getting rescued
A woman does her hair in the mirror - Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg - Girlnavy Ned!!!!
Guernica - Pablo Picasso - it’s chaotic and I imagine that’s what the inside of Edward’s mind looks like
The Creation of Adam - Michelangelo- It just Vibes honestly
George Hodgson:
David and Saul - Julius Kronberg - the “that Babylonian twink is King David” post lives rent free in my mind and feels very Hodge. Also it’s a musical instrument and he’s very musical
Saturn Devouring his Son - Francisco Goya - He suggests cannibalism before Hickey does.
Harpy - Edvard Munch - Creepy and mythological. Felt sort of Hodge
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X - Francis Bacon - creepy, my love of Francis Bacon persists, and the whole Catholic Guilt Speech Thing
Sailing Ship with Dinghy - Egon Schiele - Boat innit.
Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - Yeah.
Marie Antoinette with a Rose - Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Carnivale costume!!!
Apollo and the Muses (The Parnassus) (but just Apollo) - Michel Dorigny - Apollo is the god of music and Hodge is very musical. Also gay.
Impression, Sunrise - Claude Monet - It’s a seascape and I have a weakness for Monet.
Still Life: Vase With Pink Roses - Vincent Van Gogh - I have a weakness for Van Gogh as well and it Vibed
Geese in the Creek - Claude Monet - See above about weakness and vibes
John Irving:
The Wounded Angel - Hugo Simberg - Religious imagery!!!!
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas - Caravaggio - religious imagery again, plus Jirv gets stabbed and someone should have fingered those wounds
Bracing the Waves - Ivan Aivazovsky - we’ve established how yummy I think these paintings are
Irises - Vincent Van Gogh - Once an again, my weakness for Van Gogh. Also irises are navy and his uniform is navy I guess
The Church At Auvers - Vincent Van Gogh - It’s a church. It’s Jirv. Enough said really
John of Arc - Albert Lynch - Religious imagery again, and there’s only so many Jesus paintings I’m willing to look at
They forged the last link with their lives: HMS Erebus and Terror, 1849-50 - William Thomas Smith - LOOK A DIFFERENT TERROR PAINTING
Agnus Dei - Francisco De Zurbarán - More religious imagery but a sheep this time!!
The Dead Christ - Philippe de Champaigne - It’s Christ again.
The Dog - Francisco Goya - It’s the pathetic dog again. I really like Goya
Henry Le Vesconte:
Bacchus - Caravaggio - Once again my mythology thing shines through. I just Know Dundy Parties
Winter - Vilhelms Purvītis - It’s wintry and grey
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear - Vincent Van Gogh - Dundy loses toes. Van Gogh loses an ear. Fits to me
HMS Clio - Unknown - it’s the boat he was on Pre-Expedition. Also quite grey
Edward III - Unknown - Carnivale costume!!! (As much as I want it to be Richard III I know it is not. Plus Richard stuck out like a sore thumb 😔)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso - grey. That’s kind of it really
Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - it’s the Franklin expedition.
Girl with a Mandolin - Pablo Picasso - once again. Grey.
Egrets in Flight - Ohara Koson - grey again.
Surprise!/Tiger in a Tropical Storm - the Dundy/James cheetah thing, but there’s no good paintings of cheetahs
Still Life: Apples and Biscuits - John F. Francis - thank youuuu @fitzloser for reminding me of the biscuit thing
HMS Erebus in the Ice, 1846 - François Musin - A DIFFERENT WREBUS PAINTING SHOCK HORROR
On the Steamer Bremen, Off Nova Scotia, 1880 - Seascape, Canada, grey
Thomas Jopson:
Self-Portrait with Dr Arrietta - It reminded me of him looking after Crozier so they match
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow - Piet Mondrian - it’s very neat and that feels very Jop
HMS 'Erebus' and 'Terror' in the Antarctic - John Wilson Carmichael - LOOK DIFFERENT TERROR PAINTING ARE YOU IMPRESSED
Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise humanity - Jean-Léon Gérôme - she looks like Girlnavy Jopson and also the whip? Jopflogging. It compels me.
Evening Light in Wintertime - Bror Lindh - Winter. Also the same colour as Jopson’s eyes. The eyes are a theme.
Wheatfield with Cypresses - Vincent Van Gogh - It’s my favourite Van Gogh and also the same colour as his eyes
Lucifer - Franz Von Stuck - It’s got really piercing eyes, you can’t see it that well. Trust me
Blue Nude - Pablo Picasso - it’s blue like his eyes. Also if you imagine scars there it’s girlnavy joplogging. I’ve got jopflogging on the mind okay
The Bat Woman - Alfred Pénot - Once again, girlnavy Jop. Also once again, Weird Eyes that you can’t see in this image
Black Backed Gull - Ken Currie - The bird Jopson sees while Peglar is dying behind him. I also really like Ken Currie his art is so creepy it’s great
The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci - The whole hallucinating a feast thing
Man Proposes, God Disposes -Edwin Landseer - yeah. Just. Yeah.
Waterlilies - Claude Monet - they matched Crozier.
Thomas Blanky:
Bacchus - Sergey Solomko - It’s Blanky’s Carnivale costume (also I prefer this Bacchus to the Caravaggio one)
Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - He’s on Terror too innit.
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Caspar David Friedrich - it matched Crozier, and also the thing of the expedition never stopping being an adventure for him
Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - he literally gets eaten by Tuunbaq it couldn’t not be here
Figure in Sea - Francis Bacon - My thing for Francis Bacon strikes again. That’s kind of it honestly
The Northern Lights - Sydney Laurence - It’s the northern lights and him and Francis watch them from the boat and just. Yeah.
Winter - Alphonse Mucha - he’s the ice master and I Adore Mucha and if I could have fitted more of his paintings into these I would
Cassandra - Evelyne De Morgan - He also doesn’t get listened to, like Francis
In a Roman Osteria - Carl Bloch - do you have any idea how hard it is to find a painting with forks in it???? Cause I do. Also I feel like he’d judge like that if given an adequate gossiping partner
Between the waves - Ivan Aivazovsky - Again, I want to eat it. Again, it matches Crozier although I admit it wasn’t on purpose this time
Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs - Possibly Anthony van Dyck - That’s so Blanky. Drunk old man who’s friends with Bacchus? Yeah. Blanky.
Winter Night - Bror Lindh - again. It’s winter. And pretty colours
Silna:
Cassandra - Evelyn De Morgan - there’s a line in the song Cassandra by Florence and the Machine that’s “they cut out my tongue” and I thought it fit so well (it’s arguably my favourite song)
Three Walrus - Sheouak Petaulassie - I wanted to include some Inuit art for Silna and I really liked this one
Northern Light - Bror Lindh - Pretty and snowy
The Icebergs - Frederic Edwin Church - It’s icebergs around Canada, essentially
Illustration from Charles Francis Hall's Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux, 1865 - I really liked it, and the (unfortunately titled) book it’s from is primarily about the Franklin Expedition
While and Polar Bear (no that’s not a typo, it doesn’t come up if you search “whale”. I don’t know) - Kestutis Kasparavicius - It’s just so sweet and I thought it was quite her
Diana - Auguste Renoir - I am a fiend for Greek/Roman mythology, and Diana being the goddess of the hunt felt quite fitting
Sunrise after a long winter night - David Abbey Paige - so pretty and snowy
The Sea of Ice - Caspar David Friedrich - Again, icy, of the Arctic
The Enchanted Owl - Kenojuak Ashevak - another print by an Inuit artist that I really liked (it was also on Canadian stamps in the 70s which I think is so neat)
Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - yes it’s here again, there are like only two famous paintings of polar bears and the other is Nelson beating one to death and that was not a vibe. So Snarfin on them ribs it is.
If you’ve read this far I love you so so so much I hope you found this at least semi-interesting
