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cahnMerry Christmas and/or Happy Yuletide, if you celebrate either :D
We are having a lovely one. I survived music week and it was actually really wonderful. (My ward is crazy talented right now and I spent a whole week having various conversations with various people about how we were doing Too Much and it was all Too Much and then we had this set of two amaaaazing music programs and everyone was like "okay, it's still probably too much but we still have to do crazy music because it's soooooo good!")
D got remote control cars "for the kids" (seriously, one of the big pros of having kids is that you can get them all the toys you actually secretly want but would never actually buy for yourself -- several years back I got them Hungry Hungry Hippos, which I have wanted ever since I was a kid, and it was exactly as great as I'd thought it would be) and all of us had a blast with them. We are hanging out with D's dad for Christmas Day and I'm glad that worked out. He seems to be doing pretty well, only three months after D's mom's death, better I feel than we had any right to expect -- he seems pretty cheerful and functional. (And he did even when we saw him for the funeral. I wonder if for him it was a relief in some ways. It's hard to tell what he's feeling, though.) More Family and Friends to come, too.
Also, I kind of won Yuletide?!! I got 3 stories and they are all amazing.
Two of them were assignment and treat in my crazy awesome Frederician fandom eeeeeeee! <3 The assignment was written to what was honestly my favorite prompt (and which I was super not expecting to be written, so much so that when the tags went up I shook it and then was like "wow, what could this possibly be?"), "What would happen if Frederick the Great's abusive dad killed him as a young man instead of his boyfriend Katte, and his beloved sister Wilhelmine teamed up with Katte to avenge him?" It's got so much strong emotion and is so cathartic, it's so good! I don't think you need to know much more than I just described to read the fic, although it will make the fic more resonant to read the historical endnote first. (Don Carlo(s) fans, Fritz and Katte were a major model for Carlos and Rodrigo, and the fic has the strong relationships that I love DC for, so you might consider reading this if you are interested in the AU where Rodrigo lives and Elisabeth and Rodrigo bring Filippo to justice for killing Carlo :D)
Fiat Justitia (10924 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE Frederician RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Hans Hermann von Katte, Hans Herrmann Von Katte & Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia, Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758) & Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758) & Friedrich Wilhelm I von Preußen, Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia & Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Characters: Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758), Hans Hermann Von Katte, Friedrich Wilhelm I von Preußen | Frederick William I of Prussia, Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria, Franz Stephan von Lothringen | Francis I Holy Roman Emperor, Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, POV Female Character, Katte Lives, Brother Feels, Brother-Sister Relationships, Grief/Mourning, Justice, Survivor Guilt, Hurt/Comfort, Alternate History, Yuletide Treat, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:
The Frederician treat is a Five Ways (five!) that Frederick the Great and Maria Theresia never met, which, translated into cahn-speak, is Five Treats For Meeeeee :D Seriously, each of these is brilliant and could have been a treat all by itself. This one you proooobably need to know a little more canon to appreciate, although there are also helpful endnotes at the end of each chapter and again if you read those first it may be enough information to read the fic.
Five Ways in which Frederick the Great and Maria Theresia did not meet (10362 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: 18th Century CE Frederician RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia, Franz Stephan von Lothringen | Francis I Holy Roman Emperor/Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Hans Hermann von Katte, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Other(s), Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria & Joseph II, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria, Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria / Franz Stephan von Lothringen ×
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria (Frederician RPF), Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina, Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758), Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor, Franz Stephan von Lothringen | Francis I Holy Roman Emperor
Additional Tags: Rivalry, Enemies, Seven Years' War, Character Study, Developing Relationship, Alternate History, Keep Your Enemies Closer, My Best Enemy, Yuletide, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:
My other treat was in The Instrumentality of Mankind - Cordwainer Smith, which I adore so much and I'm always so thrilled to find out that anyone else has even read these stories, much less Written Me a Story! This one was tagged "Mass Death" and "Dubious Ethics" and it's the kind of thing where I am really glad they tagged but given that they tagged I was so looking forward to this and it did not disappoint! It's about how Santuna became the Lady Alice More but really it's about the weird crazy ethics (or lack thereof) of the Lords and Ladies of the Instrumentality and I love it! I think it can be read without knowing canon, although you might need to know going in that at this point in canon the underpeople (animal-derived people) are considered to be much less than "true" people.
The Girl Who Failed (5702 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Instrumentality of Mankind - Cordwainer Smith
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Santuna | Lady Alice More, Lord Jestocost
Additional Tags: Underperson, Dubious Ethics, Mass Death, Number-names, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
I have not had time to read anything else. Hopefully I can start browsing more tomorrow :D
We are having a lovely one. I survived music week and it was actually really wonderful. (My ward is crazy talented right now and I spent a whole week having various conversations with various people about how we were doing Too Much and it was all Too Much and then we had this set of two amaaaazing music programs and everyone was like "okay, it's still probably too much but we still have to do crazy music because it's soooooo good!")
D got remote control cars "for the kids" (seriously, one of the big pros of having kids is that you can get them all the toys you actually secretly want but would never actually buy for yourself -- several years back I got them Hungry Hungry Hippos, which I have wanted ever since I was a kid, and it was exactly as great as I'd thought it would be) and all of us had a blast with them. We are hanging out with D's dad for Christmas Day and I'm glad that worked out. He seems to be doing pretty well, only three months after D's mom's death, better I feel than we had any right to expect -- he seems pretty cheerful and functional. (And he did even when we saw him for the funeral. I wonder if for him it was a relief in some ways. It's hard to tell what he's feeling, though.) More Family and Friends to come, too.
Also, I kind of won Yuletide?!! I got 3 stories and they are all amazing.
Two of them were assignment and treat in my crazy awesome Frederician fandom eeeeeeee! <3 The assignment was written to what was honestly my favorite prompt (and which I was super not expecting to be written, so much so that when the tags went up I shook it and then was like "wow, what could this possibly be?"), "What would happen if Frederick the Great's abusive dad killed him as a young man instead of his boyfriend Katte, and his beloved sister Wilhelmine teamed up with Katte to avenge him?" It's got so much strong emotion and is so cathartic, it's so good! I don't think you need to know much more than I just described to read the fic, although it will make the fic more resonant to read the historical endnote first. (Don Carlo(s) fans, Fritz and Katte were a major model for Carlos and Rodrigo, and the fic has the strong relationships that I love DC for, so you might consider reading this if you are interested in the AU where Rodrigo lives and Elisabeth and Rodrigo bring Filippo to justice for killing Carlo :D)
Fiat Justitia (10924 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE Frederician RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Hans Hermann von Katte, Hans Herrmann Von Katte & Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia, Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758) & Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758) & Friedrich Wilhelm I von Preußen, Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia & Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Characters: Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758), Hans Hermann Von Katte, Friedrich Wilhelm I von Preußen | Frederick William I of Prussia, Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria, Franz Stephan von Lothringen | Francis I Holy Roman Emperor, Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, POV Female Character, Katte Lives, Brother Feels, Brother-Sister Relationships, Grief/Mourning, Justice, Survivor Guilt, Hurt/Comfort, Alternate History, Yuletide Treat, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:
August 1730: Crown Prince Friedrich attempts to flee his abusive father and dies. His lover, Hans Hermann von Katte, escapes with Friedrich's sister Wilhelmine. Come what may, Wilhelmine is determined to avenge her brother...
The Frederician treat is a Five Ways (five!) that Frederick the Great and Maria Theresia never met, which, translated into cahn-speak, is Five Treats For Meeeeee :D Seriously, each of these is brilliant and could have been a treat all by itself. This one you proooobably need to know a little more canon to appreciate, although there are also helpful endnotes at the end of each chapter and again if you read those first it may be enough information to read the fic.
Five Ways in which Frederick the Great and Maria Theresia did not meet (10362 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: 18th Century CE Frederician RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia, Franz Stephan von Lothringen | Francis I Holy Roman Emperor/Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Hans Hermann von Katte, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Other(s), Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria & Joseph II, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria, Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria / Franz Stephan von Lothringen ×
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria (Frederician RPF), Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina, Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758), Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor, Franz Stephan von Lothringen | Francis I Holy Roman Emperor
Additional Tags: Rivalry, Enemies, Seven Years' War, Character Study, Developing Relationship, Alternate History, Keep Your Enemies Closer, My Best Enemy, Yuletide, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:
1740: Two young monarchs ascend to the throne: Frederick II of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria. Over the next few decades, the rivalry between them will change Europe forever. Yet they never meet face to face. But there were five times in their lives when they might have done...
My other treat was in The Instrumentality of Mankind - Cordwainer Smith, which I adore so much and I'm always so thrilled to find out that anyone else has even read these stories, much less Written Me a Story! This one was tagged "Mass Death" and "Dubious Ethics" and it's the kind of thing where I am really glad they tagged but given that they tagged I was so looking forward to this and it did not disappoint! It's about how Santuna became the Lady Alice More but really it's about the weird crazy ethics (or lack thereof) of the Lords and Ladies of the Instrumentality and I love it! I think it can be read without knowing canon, although you might need to know going in that at this point in canon the underpeople (animal-derived people) are considered to be much less than "true" people.
The Girl Who Failed (5702 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Instrumentality of Mankind - Cordwainer Smith
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Santuna | Lady Alice More, Lord Jestocost
Additional Tags: Underperson, Dubious Ethics, Mass Death, Number-names, Yuletide Treat
Summary:
The expedition succeeded: on that, all the witnesses agree. Even Lady Mmona, who warned so direly at the outset. Even Lord Jestocost, who was personally responsible for the cleanup...
“It went wrong,” said the girl Santuna at the inquest. “And it was my fault it went wrong. If that was a success, I want no more successes.”
I have not had time to read anything else. Hopefully I can start browsing more tomorrow :D
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Date: 2019-12-26 05:35 am (UTC)Aren't you impressed you know so much canon now?! I am!
I'm glad you were delighted by your gifts. I too was delighted by your gifts and am considering them my gifts by extension! (Yuletide is great like that. All the gifts for everybody.)
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Date: 2019-12-29 01:21 am (UTC)Hee, it is impressive! Considering I came in only knowing that Frederick the Great was King of Prussia, which even that was not quite correct :PP