Yuletide tags are out: Frederician version

[cahn]

Come join us in this crazy Frederick the Great fandom and learn more about all these crazy associated people, like the star-crossed and heartbreaking romance between Maria Theresia's daughter Maria Christina and her daughter-in-law Isabella, wow.

OK, so, there are FOURTEEN characters nominated:
Anna Karolina Orzelska (Frederician RPF)
Elisabeth Christine von Preußen | Elisabeth Christine Queen of Prussia (Frederician RPF)
Francesco Algarotti (Frederician RPF)
François-Marie Arouet | Voltaire (Frederician RPF)
Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great (Frederician RPF)
Hans Hermann Von Katte (Frederician RPF)
Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor (Frederician RPF)
Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria (Frederician RPF)
Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf (Frederician RPF)
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith (Frederician RPF)
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (Frederician RPF)
Stanisław August Poniatowski (Frederician RPF)
Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758) (Frederician RPF)
Yekatarina II Alekseyevna | Catherine the Great of Russia (Frederician RPF)

This means some fourth person kindly nominated Algarotti and -- I think? -- Stanislaw August Poniatowski! YAY! Thank you fourth person! Come be our friend! :D Yuletide is so great!

I am definitely requesting Maria Theresia, Wilhelmine, and Fritz (Put them in a room together. Shake. How big is the explosion?), and thinking about Elisabeth Christine, but maybe not this year.

I am also declaring this post another Frederician post, as the last one was getting out of hand. I think I'll still use that one as the overall index to these, though, to keep all the links in one place.

(seriously, every time I think the wild stories are done there is ANOTHER one)

Comments

Re: MT marriage AU

[mildred_of_midgard]

Well, see, that's my sticking point too, and a large part of why the RP has stalled on Fritz's reaction. Fritz would personally do a nominal conversion in a heartbeat if it meant moving out of Prussia and getting away from Dad and give up a kingdom that's not even his yet, but ~1761 (when I imagine this summit taking place) he's not a private figure any more, and he's too good at realpolitik to throw away his kingdom once it's his.

...Maybe he trolls MT for a while but keeps his options open with other fanboy too (per my joke at the end of that first letter to Peter)? On the grounds that:

1) Irrational fanboy can be expected to be a lot more pliable than rational fanboy.
2) Irrational fanboy is a Protestant turned really-bad-Orthodox.

(Seriously, one of the reasons Catherine was more popular than her husband was that she was willing to play along with being a sincere convert as long as it was in her interests to do so, whereas Peter made it clear he didn't take his Orthodoxy very seriously. Note that she was also much more committed to and successful at becoming fluent in Russian.)

What do you think, guys? How long can Fritz drag out the fight for his hand in marriage? What does Catherine think of all this? (What does EC think of all this?)

Re: MT marriage AU

[selenak]

Well, having written further on the crack fic, let me add that there would be this precedent: Secret or promised conversion a la Charles II (Stuart) ("I'll make it public on my death bed, or any minute now; meanwhile, Louis, keep sending over money"). In practical terms, no one would convert, but MT would have an embarrasment weapon if Fritz ever invades her territory again - Charles had to promise in writing; mind you, Fritz could cry forgery and invade anyway, which she knows he's capable of, but still, it would be something.

Anyway, she's now done her best to troll Fritz into wanting to troll her back by having designs on her son.