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: Hohenzollern Family Reunion

[mildred_of_midgard]

Thank you! What I ended up doing with the Lady Mary/Algarotti letters was holding the book open with one hand, so one side of the book is lying flat and the other sticking straight into the air, at a 90 degree angle, and taking a picture of the flat bit with my phoe. It resulted in some wavy and slanted text, but readable, and didn't bend the spine, compared to pressing it flat in a scanner.

Re: Hohenzollern Family Reunion

[selenak]

Success! I managed a decent jpeg scan and afterwards marked the particularly relevant passages for you:









ETA: incidentally, if anyone is wondering, Amalie and Heinrich made up, they did see each other (and talked to each other) again. Also, by now I know Amalie had an argument with SD just a day before SD's death which ended with SD refusing to let Amalie kiss her hand when parting (which apparantly was how you said goodbye to Mom even in old age) and did not talk to her, so, really bad feelings.

Re: Hohenzollern Family Reunion

[mildred_of_midgard]

Thank you so much!

Re: Hohenzollern Family Reunion

[cahn]

When you run this through google translate, I want access to it too :P

Re: Hohenzollern Family Reunion

[mildred_of_midgard]

I haven't yet, but will keep that in mind!

Re: Hohenzollern Family Reunion

[cahn]

incidentally, if anyone is wondering, Amalie and Heinrich made up

I was. So thank you for letting me know :)