Frederick the Great, discussion post 5: or: Yuletide requests are out!

[cahn]

All Yuletide requests are out!

Yuletide related:
-it is sad that I can't watch opera quickly enough these days to have offered any of them, these requests are delightful!

-That is... sure a lot of prompts for MCS/Jingyan. But happily some that are not :D (I like MCS/Jingyan! But there are So Many Other characters!)

Frederician-specific:
-I am so excited someone requested Fritz/Voltaire, please someone write it!!

-I also really want someone to write that request for Poniatowski, although that is... definitely a niche request, even for this niche fandom. But he has memoirs?? apparently they are translated from Polish into French

-But while we are waiting/writing/etc., check out this crack commentfic where Heinrich and Franz Stefan are drinking together while Maria Theresia and Frederick the Great have their secret summit, which turns into a plot to marry the future Emperor Joseph to Fritz...

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Comments

Re: What the Prussian Ambassador Wrote

[selenak]

Although, lol, I can see how "no, you still can't have Silesia" might come across as "unforgiving" to Fritz partisans.

Indeed; this is the same ambassador who wrote "she does not deny your majesty's abilities, but she cannot forgive Silesia" in another dispatch. Basic attitude: why does she keep making a fuss about what we've rightfully stolen, and anyway, it's unwomanly! Why she doesn't spend three hours a day on her make-up and hair style (this was the non-MT avarage for a noble lady in Vienna at that time) is beyond me, unless she really wants to be a man, amirite?

Re: What the Prussian Ambassador Wrote

[mildred_of_midgard]

His ambassadors may have, but Fritz didn't want women spending 3 hours a day on their makeup and hair! He wanted them to read books and discuss music with him (which is why I find it less surprising that he was all over writing to MT's pen pal). It's also a reason their marriage AU is so interesting, in that it's not straight-out hatred or indifference, but something way, way more many-layered. (And they should definitely get annulled asap so she can marry FS.)

But I'm sure Fritz would like her to spend less time managing her country and army so effectively, and more time playing music. :P Much more appropriate for women.

Re: What the Prussian Ambassador Wrote

[cahn]

Yes, exactly! I think they would have bonded on a certain level, with the music and books. Just... they would also have clashed a lot too. this is why I want someone to write it