Ahaha, at the time of my initial post, the deluge did seem to have died down somewhat, though I now realise this is what you meant by “eye of the storm”!
HAHAHA. When I said 17,000 words were imminent, that wasn't a typo for 170. :P
In sum: are we going to suddenly become sane? Not any time soon! Will there be a break in the crazy? From time to time. :P
my adoration of Carlos/Posa/ah, je meurs, l’ame joyeuse
That's how we got here! Thank goodness cahn made an uninformed comment about Schiller and selenak was checking her network page that day. ;)
having betaed one of last Yuletide’s Fritz/Katte fics
Oh, I loved that fic! I agree with selenak's take that last year's YT Fritz/Katte fics were lovely qua fiction, despite departing from historical fact. (I know other people differ, but I would rather read a well-written inaccurate story, than a boring and strictly accurate one.)
Also, I too would have made any number of errors a year ago, or even 6 months ago. My knowledge has progressed in leaps and bounds these last few months. (With eternal gratitude toward cahn for asking questions and selenak for answering questions.) :D
I'm *still* afraid I got something horribly wrong in "Counterpoint."
visiting Sanssouci this March
OMGOMGOMGOMG! I wanna go back! I've been dying to go back for the last several months, I know SO MANY things now that I didn't know then, and my list of things to see is much longer. Also, I didn't pay the extra fee for photography, and as soon as I got inside, I regretted it. It's only a few euros, it's totally worth it!
Okay, so we're going to have to get you a list of things to check out and why you should care. Okay, it's on my Trello list. First things first, though, the Antinous statue. I'll share with you some things that cahn and selenak have read. First, at least the first and third scenes and end notes of one of my own fics: it'll tell you about the Antinous statue.
Then, this comment, especially that slideshow where I made an annotated panoramic view of the Antinous statue and things related to it. Once you've read the relevant parts of my fic, you'll know why you care about the statue and its location. Then you'll "aha" at the pictures.
And finally, this post, which only has a handful of images, but has some commentary.
But first, the death record textual criticisms!
Textual criticisms are posted! I'll get to work on the images pronto. Only one of that flood is Sanssouci (it is in fact a mindblowingly gorgeous picture of that Antinous statue), but don't worry, we'll get you more deets on what to see at Sanssouci. (If nothing else, my upcoming flood of images is so detailed that actually traveling to these other places will become superfluous. ;) )
Okay, so tell me more about this trip to Sanssouci. How far are you having to travel to get there, where else are you going on this trip, how much time do you have (at Sanssouci and on the trip in general), do you speak German or will you have a German speaker with you, will you have a car, how likely are you to end up with time to make unplanned day trips vs. having everything scheduled in advance and no free days? My recommendations and info-dumping will depend on your answers.
Sanssouci
HAHAHA. When I said 17,000 words were imminent, that wasn't a typo for 170. :P
In sum: are we going to suddenly become sane? Not any time soon! Will there be a break in the crazy? From time to time. :P
my adoration of Carlos/Posa/ah, je meurs, l’ame joyeuse
That's how we got here! Thank goodness
having betaed one of last Yuletide’s Fritz/Katte fics
Oh, I loved that fic! I agree with selenak's take that last year's YT Fritz/Katte fics were lovely qua fiction, despite departing from historical fact. (I know other people differ, but I would rather read a well-written inaccurate story, than a boring and strictly accurate one.)
Also, I too would have made any number of errors a year ago, or even 6 months ago. My knowledge has progressed in leaps and bounds these last few months. (With eternal gratitude toward
I'm *still* afraid I got something horribly wrong in "Counterpoint."
visiting Sanssouci this March
OMGOMGOMGOMG! I wanna go back! I've been dying to go back for the last several months, I know SO MANY things now that I didn't know then, and my list of things to see is much longer. Also, I didn't pay the extra fee for photography, and as soon as I got inside, I regretted it. It's only a few euros, it's totally worth it!
Okay, so we're going to have to get you a list of things to check out and why you should care. Okay, it's on my Trello list. First things first, though, the Antinous statue. I'll share with you some things that cahn and selenak have read. First, at least the first and third scenes and end notes of one of my own fics: it'll tell you about the Antinous statue.
Then, this comment, especially that slideshow where I made an annotated panoramic view of the Antinous statue and things related to it. Once you've read the relevant parts of my fic, you'll know why you care about the statue and its location. Then you'll "aha" at the pictures.
And finally, this post, which only has a handful of images, but has some commentary.
But first, the death record textual criticisms!
Textual criticisms are posted! I'll get to work on the images pronto. Only one of that flood is Sanssouci (it is in fact a mindblowingly gorgeous picture of that Antinous statue), but don't worry, we'll get you more deets on what to see at Sanssouci. (If nothing else, my upcoming flood of images is so detailed that actually traveling to these other places will become superfluous. ;) )
Okay, so tell me more about this trip to Sanssouci. How far are you having to travel to get there, where else are you going on this trip, how much time do you have (at Sanssouci and on the trip in general), do you speak German or will you have a German speaker with you, will you have a car, how likely are you to end up with time to make unplanned day trips vs. having everything scheduled in advance and no free days? My recommendations and info-dumping will depend on your answers.