I would be curious what you think, if you do watch it. I'm about halfway through the first season, mildly enjoying it so far. alley_skywalker, that Peter III fan who's always requesting Yuletide fic about him, has *opinions* about the show that are far more informed than my own.
Oh, I think when I very first heard about this show, although it didn't register with me at the time and it was only when I was looking for stuff about Peter that it registered on my radar, was in reference to Fritz's sexuality. Someone on tumblr had mentioned that Fritz showed up in two recent productions about Catherine, and someone else asked, "Being Russian productions, they probably ignore his sexuality?" "One does, the other has someone speculate that while Peter III was imitating his hero Fritz, maybe he picked up the sodomy vice as well." "...It's better when they ignore it."
Well, now that I've gotten to the episode where Elizabeth is concerned that Catherine is still a virgin and asked her advisors if maybe Fritz is indirectly to blame, I'm like, "Oh, *this* must be what that person was talking about, although those months ago."
I did remember Poniatowski's name flashing through the credits and wondered if the show (presumably in a later episode than I've gotten to) was what inspired someone to want fic about him, but why on earth he wasn't nominated in the already existing Ekaterina fandom, if not the 18th century Russian history fandom...we may never know. So far, you're the only one who's requested or offered (I assume) our Frederician fandom, although there's still several days to go.
Re: FW and Voltaire are the reason we can't have nice things
Oh, I think when I very first heard about this show, although it didn't register with me at the time and it was only when I was looking for stuff about Peter that it registered on my radar, was in reference to Fritz's sexuality. Someone on tumblr had mentioned that Fritz showed up in two recent productions about Catherine, and someone else asked, "Being Russian productions, they probably ignore his sexuality?" "One does, the other has someone speculate that while Peter III was imitating his hero Fritz, maybe he picked up the sodomy vice as well." "...It's better when they ignore it."
Well, now that I've gotten to the episode where Elizabeth is concerned that Catherine is still a virgin and asked her advisors if maybe Fritz is indirectly to blame, I'm like, "Oh, *this* must be what that person was talking about, although those months ago."
I did remember Poniatowski's name flashing through the credits and wondered if the show (presumably in a later episode than I've gotten to) was what inspired someone to want fic about him, but why on earth he wasn't nominated in the already existing Ekaterina fandom, if not the 18th century Russian history fandom...we may never know. So far, you're the only one who's requested or offered (I assume) our Frederician fandom, although there's still several days to go.