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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Re: Chronicle of an undercover visit

[cahn]

...okay, you guys, tell me about the Field of Cloth of Gold :P I looked it up on wikipedia but there was only one line about the wrestling.

Re: Chronicle of an undercover visit

[selenak]

There's a great Horrible Histories song about it, but YouTube only has the start, so I can't link you. Anyway, the gist of it:

Henry VIII, at his prime, i.e. not yet fat and an active sportsman but most certainly already his macho self: So, Francis, this summit may be to foster peace but hey, want to get beaten by me, err, I mean, wrestle a bit?

Henry's courtiers: Agincourt, Agincourt! Show that French guy what's what!

Francis I *sophisticated Renaissance guy, Leonardo da Vinci fan and fans of all things Italy, future father-in-law to Catherine de Medici*: Sure, why not. You people never remember who actually won the 100 Years War, do you?

Henry & Francis: *wrestle*

Henry: Agin - Hang on. Are you - why are you winning? How can you win? At wrestling? AGAINST ME? What about Agincourt?

Francis: It's called tactics and gravity, mon ami.

Henry: *never ever gets over being beaten in public, tries to have his own Agincourt periodically for the rest of his life, fails miserably at it*

If you want the more sober version, it's here.

Field of Cloth of Gold

[cahn]

Do you know what the song is called or what year it was? It looks like I can get into Horrible Histories on amazon prime.

Ahahaha, thank you for the link. Wikipedia was not very helpful on this point :)

Re: Field of Cloth of Gold

[selenak]

It's in series 2, episode 12.