OMG. OMG. I CAN'T EVEN. This is like the crackfic of crackfics. Thank you for telling us about the glorious insanity that is Zimmerman.
WELP, Zimmerman has sure set things STRAIGHT.
I'm still just goggling here at the, um, manliness of Zimmerman!Fritz.
He even kept her portrait in his bedroom. Shed a tear for all the Fritz/Barbarina action that didn’t happen, readers.
So... I must admit that I am definitely leaning towards Fritz trolling posterity with portraits in his bedroom, though. Trolling Zimmerman, as it turns out :P
I'm still just goggling here at the, um, manliness of Zimmerman!Fritz.
It is! I updated the "no homo crackfic" post on rheinsberg earlier today to include it.
I'm still just goggling here at the, um, manliness of Zimmerman!Fritz.
Right? Also, what does it say, about Zimmermann and society in general, that being a womanizer who frequently visits sex workers, gets infected with an STD, has sex with his wife while asymptomatic, and ends up with a disfigured (but still functional!) penis is SO MUCH BETTER than just being a happy and healthy gay with a few meaningful relationships and maybe some casual sex with poorly chosen charismatic bastards? Sigh.
Well, in all fairness, the Barbarina portrait was actually behind Fritz' desk in his study, as detailed here. It was one of Pesne's more famous paintings, all the more so since unlike his paintings of royalty, the depicted subject didn't pay for it herself. But why would such a detail stop Zimmermann in his defense of the utter straight manliness of his hero?
(Incidentally, I wonder whether Barbarina was the Barbara Streisand/Judy Garland of her day in how gay men might have related to her...)
(MT: definitely not the Judy Garland of her day. Otoh, Graf von Sacher-Masoch, he after whom a certain sexual tendency got named, did have fantasies of her dominating him.)
Anyway, all credit to Mildred for making Zimmermann's hilarious musings available. I did but provide a summary, I swear!
In the far, far future where I have endless amounts of time, I might take a look at the late 19th century novella Sacher-Masoch wrote about MT which is in digital form at the Bayrische Staatsbibliothek, but for now there are too many other things to read! Now one would think that if you fantasize about an 18th century female ruler dominating you, Catherine is a more likely candidate to pick, but maybe Sacher-Masoch wanted his fantasies more exclusive and/or patriotic...
Now one would think that if you fantasize about an 18th century female ruler dominating you, Catherine is a more likely candidate to pick, but maybe Sacher-Masoch wanted his fantasies more exclusive and/or patriotic...
Haha. I too think I would fantasize about Catherine over MT, if I were inclined toward 18th century female rulers (as opposed to madly shipping my gay/bi boys and leaving myself out of it), but maybe familiarity played a role? Maybe MT just took up more space in his brain and he knew more about her because he was Austrian?
Oh, lol, Wikipedia. "The term masochism is derived from his name, invented by his contemporary, the Austrian psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing. Masoch did not approve of this use of his name."
I can only imagine the letters that got written around *that*!
Sorry, Masoch, we're still using it. We needed a word for this, and you were right there. :P
but for now there are too many other things to read!
Heee. I am nothing if not enthusiastic in my librarian duties, I confess. :D I just keep dropping things in the library, and you keep pace surprisingly well with the constant inundation. All hail selenak!
Masoch: this is another case where German and English wiki are quite different.
English wiki: his wife wouldn‘t go for his kink, he found homelife dull and eventually divorced her to marry his assistant.
German wiki: his wife‘s lover was put on trial for debts, which S-M had to pay for, he went broke because of that, and subsequently divorced his wife. His second marriage later was to his assistant.
Also, German wiki reveals the Austrian National Library put some of his stuff online, including, wait for it, a play titled „The Verses of Frederick the Great“. (In German.) I just had a look at the cast list, and it doesn‘t include Fritz. It‘s set at Versailles, starring Louis XV., Madame de Pompadour and various ambassadors and courtiers, so I assume it‘s about the Diplomatic Revolution happening due to Fritz‘ satiric poetry. But I could be wrong. Back to non-rpf I go.
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Zimmerman setting the record Straight
WELP, Zimmerman has sure set things STRAIGHT.
I'm still just goggling here at the, um, manliness of Zimmerman!Fritz.
He even kept her portrait in his bedroom. Shed a tear for all the Fritz/Barbarina action that didn’t happen, readers.
So... I must admit that I am definitely leaning towards Fritz trolling posterity with portraits in his bedroom, though. Trolling Zimmerman, as it turns out :P
Re: Zimmerman setting the record Straight
It is! I updated the "no homo crackfic" post on
I'm still just goggling here at the, um, manliness of Zimmerman!Fritz.
Right? Also, what does it say, about Zimmermann and society in general, that being a womanizer who frequently visits sex workers, gets infected with an STD, has sex with his wife while asymptomatic, and ends up with a disfigured (but still functional!) penis is SO MUCH BETTER than just being a happy and healthy gay with a few meaningful relationships and maybe some casual sex with poorly chosen charismatic bastards? Sigh.
But also LOL FOREVER.
Re: Zimmerman setting the record Straight
(Incidentally, I wonder whether Barbarina was the Barbara Streisand/Judy Garland of her day in how gay men might have related to her...)
(MT: definitely not the Judy Garland of her day. Otoh, Graf von Sacher-Masoch, he after whom a certain sexual tendency got named, did have fantasies of her dominating him.)
Anyway, all credit to Mildred for making Zimmermann's hilarious musings available. I did but provide a summary, I swear!
Re: Zimmerman setting the record Straight
Otoh, Graf von Sacher-Masoch, he after whom a certain sexual tendency got named, did have fantasies of her dominating him.)
Ahahaha, wow.
Anyway, all credit to Mildred for making Zimmermann's hilarious musings available. I did but provide a summary, I swear!
We make such a perfect team!
Re: Zimmerman setting the record Straight
Re: Zimmerman setting the record Straight
Now one would think that if you fantasize about an 18th century female ruler dominating you, Catherine is a more likely candidate to pick, but maybe Sacher-Masoch wanted his fantasies more exclusive and/or patriotic...
Haha. I too think I would fantasize about Catherine over MT, if I were inclined toward 18th century female rulers (as opposed to madly shipping my gay/bi boys and leaving myself out of it), but maybe familiarity played a role? Maybe MT just took up more space in his brain and he knew more about her because he was Austrian?
Oh, lol, Wikipedia. "The term masochism is derived from his name, invented by his contemporary, the Austrian psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing. Masoch did not approve of this use of his name."
I can only imagine the letters that got written around *that*!
Sorry, Masoch, we're still using it. We needed a word for this, and you were right there. :P
but for now there are too many other things to read!
Heee. I am nothing if not enthusiastic in my librarian duties, I confess. :D I just keep dropping things in the library, and you keep pace surprisingly well with the constant inundation. All hail
Re: Zimmerman setting the record Straight
English wiki: his wife wouldn‘t go for his kink, he found homelife dull and eventually divorced her to marry his assistant.
German wiki: his wife‘s lover was put on trial for debts, which S-M had to pay for, he went broke because of that, and subsequently divorced his wife. His second marriage later was to his assistant.
Also, German wiki reveals the Austrian National Library put some of his stuff online, including, wait for it, a play titled „The Verses of Frederick the Great“. (In German.) I just had a look at the cast list, and it doesn‘t include Fritz. It‘s set at Versailles, starring Louis XV., Madame de Pompadour and various ambassadors and courtiers, so I assume it‘s about the Diplomatic Revolution happening due to Fritz‘ satiric poetry. But I could be wrong. Back to non-rpf I go.