selenak: (James Boswell)
selenak ([personal profile] selenak) wrote in [personal profile] cahn 2019-08-21 04:26 am (UTC)

Re: Our Insane Family

Well, I'm with them on FW 4, not least because that jerk played a big role in the 1848 revolution and first attempt at a unified Germany - but not thanks to military conquest or a dynasty but due to chosen parliamentary representatives from all states coming together - ending in failure.

However, while I understand the sentiment of fighting FW 1, I would point out that this relies on fighting him during the last years of his life when he was ill if you imagine winning or surviving that fight. I mean, we're talking about someone who won physical fights as a kid against a five years older kid (ask George II), who created the army his son would later use for his conquests and who has a track record of physical brutality through his adult life. Sorry, but I think I'd lose such a fight, any day, and so would most people not into martial arts. (Now, why Sophia Dorothea didn't just commission someone to poison him is another question.)

Also, what's F3 ever done to the poster? He was a devoted, mild-mannered husband to Vicky and would have been a progressive ruler, if he hadn't had cancer. Why would you want to fight him?

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