Frederick the Great, discussion post 6

[cahn]

...I think we need another one (seriously, you guys, this is THE BEST) and I'd better make it now before I disappear into the wilds of music performance.

(also, as of this week there are two Frederician fics in the yuletide archive and eeeeeeeeeee)
(huh, only one of them is actually tagged with Frederick the Great even though two with Maria Theresia and Wilhelmine, eeeeeee this is awesome I CAN'T WAIT)

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Re: Lehndorff: The Bitter Years

[mildred_of_midgard]

OMG. Welp. Was this before that epic "who was worse??" family battle? Cause if this was before I can totally see why Amalie dug in her heels. (I seem to remember you saying it was after. In which case I can see why Heinrich made up with her. :P )

It was before, because SD died in 1757, and the family reunion, complete with "who was worse?" battle, was in the 1770s.

...I am never going to get tired of Lehndorff being super over the top, am I.

He and his sparkly hearts never cease to endear.

Oh FRITZ. Mildred, was this the fat-shaming you referred to earlier? I didn't realize it also was the only thing he said to her after not seeing her for seven years! I feel like that gives it a whole new level of WTF.

Yes, it was, and yes, it was the only thing he said to her, and sorry, if I didn't mention that, I totally should have! Because yes, that's what makes it so over-the-top. Simply commenting that someone has put on weight in a fat-shaming way, while not ideal, is not exactly something I would have criticized 18C Fritz for. Showing up after seven years and saying that publicly, as the *only* thing you say...Fritz, I'll excuse you a lot when it comes to your unwanted marriage, but this really was gratuitous cruelty (unlike most of what people consider your cruelty to her that I don't). Please go back to ignoring her.

Re: Lehndorff: The Bitter Years

[cahn]

You may well have mentioned that at some point and I just forgot! At any rate I only registered the fat-shaming part, and I was like, well, OK, that's not great, but I wonder why mildred thought it was so awful. ...I guess I know now!

Re: Lehndorff: The Bitter Years

[mildred_of_midgard]

No, I looked up the comment where I shared that tidbit, and sure enough, I did not at all mention the part where it was the only thing he said to her after 7 years, and it was public, and people noticed and took notes. So you were absolutely right to wonder.