*looks at what dog lovers Fritz, MT, Catherine and the Marquise have in common*
*thinks of cats*
*agreeds with Rousseau's point*
Hahaha. What about Wilhelmine?
Fritz' dogs: but what would they make of Up To No Good types like Glasow who nonethless spend a lot of time in Fritz' proximity for as long as they're in favour?
Well, no one ever said the dogs were a good judge of character! This test was *only* meant to be a barometer of time spent in proximity. Now if you spend time in proximity of a puppy-kicker, you might get a different result.
What on earth would they make of Voltaire? (Now if there was someone born to be a cat person...)
Hahaha. Yes, I can see Voltaire as a cat person. Fritz only liked Catts/Katts in human form. ;)
Charlotte: You better believe Wilhelmine was a bossy older sister. Hogging the covers and kicking me out of bed the one time we had to share one! Canonical proof, from her memoirs, during the family holiday from hell when there had been a fire in the palace which robbed me, Amalie and Ulrike of our bedrooms:
My sisters burst into my apartment greatly terrified, crying for mercy, not knowing where to lie down. I offered to share my bed with my sister Charlotte, and the two others were accommodated in that of the hereditary prince. La Montbail was obliged to put up with a couch, at which she grumbled mightily, not between the teeth, for she had had none for many a day, with the exception of one with which she played on the spinet. I expected every moment that we should be assailed hy this worn-out dental relic, for she could hy no means be consoled for the want of a feather-hcd to cherish her old hones on. My sister fell asleep immediately, but from being unaccustomed to sleep two in a bed she made me start up half asleep from the blows she gave me in making room. I returned them, which set us both a laughing, and we scarcely closed our eyes before the battle was renewed; my two youngest sisters carried on the same game. When we saw that it was impossible for us to sleep, we called the servants and ordered breakfast.
Meanwhile, all this talk of animals made me decide we need to hash out another AU, this one the Disney cartoon one where everyone is an animal. (You know, like the Disney Robin Hood where Robin is a fox.) Voltaire is definitely a cat, a stray one from the gutter who never stays anywhere for long. Fritz, FW & Heinrich as terriers are canon, while AW is a Golden Retriever. MT is a lioness, ruling the Pride after the old Lion King is dead despite everyone saying it couldn't be done. If not for his name and family coat of arms, I'd make Katte a greyhound but I suspect every Disney scenarist would jump on the pun. Speaking of puns, Federsdorf then has to be a Pomeranian. Lehndorff is one of those adorable Bolognese dogs. Algarotti, otoh, is another cat, a British shorthair (which is why he ultimately can't stay and has the urge to leave). Émilie is a Bengal cat. Suhm is neither dog nor cat: he's an owl. Grumbkow & Seckendorff are foxes. Peter Keith is a dachshund.
A Dackel, as we call the Dachshund in German, which I think sounds cuter, has to have something of an independent mind, since they were originally bread for hunting, and has to make quick decisions while running. That's my sole reason. Well, that and the fact that a Dackel named Waldi was the official mascot at the Olympian Games in Munich in 1972, and thus was around a lot when I was a small child. Hence toddler!me considering Dackel cute:
This is all gold. I don't know that I have anything to say about this as it is all completely Right. AW is, yes, completely a Golden Retriever <3 And of course Algarotti is a cat, that explains everything! MT YES!
Fredersdorf as a Pomeranian, lol!
Is Voltaire a cat who was born into a reasonably posh home but who fairly early on decided he liked the gutter rather better?
re: Voltaire - could be, but whatever place he was born to, he's a three color cat! How do you call them in English? Tortoise? Something else? In Germany, such cats are (in)famous for their aggressive temper, but they're also considered a sign of good fortune and hence called "Glückskatze". We had one once, and while it was pretty affectionate and eager to purr and get stroked, it also could easily scratch, without any seeming cause, that's true.
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Re: How (Not) To Conduct A Very Secret Affair
Date: 2020-03-21 10:19 pm (UTC)*thinks of cats*
*agreeds with Rousseau's point*
Hahaha. What about Wilhelmine?
Fritz' dogs: but what would they make of Up To No Good types like Glasow who nonethless spend a lot of time in Fritz' proximity for as long as they're in favour?
Well, no one ever said the dogs were a good judge of character! This test was *only* meant to be a barometer of time spent in proximity. Now if you spend time in proximity of a puppy-kicker, you might get a different result.
What on earth would they make of Voltaire? (Now if there was someone born to be a cat person...)
Hahaha. Yes, I can see Voltaire as a cat person. Fritz only liked Catts/Katts in human form. ;)
Wust (Katte family seat) coat of arms.
Re: How (Not) To Conduct A Very Secret Affair
Date: 2020-03-22 01:46 pm (UTC)Charlotte: You better believe Wilhelmine was a bossy older sister. Hogging the covers and kicking me out of bed the one time we had to share one! Canonical proof, from her memoirs, during the family holiday from hell when there had been a fire in the palace which robbed me, Amalie and Ulrike of our bedrooms:
My sisters burst into my apartment greatly terrified, crying for mercy, not knowing where to lie down. I offered to share my bed with my sister Charlotte, and the two others were accommodated in that of the hereditary prince. La Montbail was obliged
to put up with a couch, at which she grumbled mightily, not between the teeth, for she had had none for many a day, with the exception of one with which she played
on the spinet. I expected every moment that we should be assailed hy this worn-out dental relic, for she could hy no means be consoled for the want of a feather-hcd to cherish her old hones on. My sister fell asleep immediately, but from being unaccustomed to sleep two in a bed she made me start up half asleep from the blows she gave me in making room. I returned them, which set us both a laughing, and we
scarcely closed our eyes before the battle was renewed; my two youngest sisters carried on the same game. When we saw that it was impossible for us to sleep, we
called the servants and ordered breakfast.
Meanwhile, all this talk of animals made me decide we need to hash out another AU, this one the Disney cartoon one where everyone is an animal. (You know, like the Disney Robin Hood where Robin is a fox.) Voltaire is definitely a cat, a stray one from the gutter who never stays anywhere for long. Fritz, FW & Heinrich as terriers are canon, while AW is a Golden Retriever. MT is a lioness, ruling the Pride after the old Lion King is dead despite everyone saying it couldn't be done. If not for his name and family coat of arms, I'd make Katte a greyhound but I suspect every Disney scenarist would jump on the pun. Speaking of puns, Federsdorf then has to be a Pomeranian. Lehndorff is one of those adorable Bolognese dogs. Algarotti, otoh, is another cat, a British shorthair (which is why he ultimately can't stay and has the urge to leave). Émilie is a Bengal cat. Suhm is neither dog nor cat: he's an owl. Grumbkow & Seckendorff are foxes. Peter Keith is a dachshund.
Re: How (Not) To Conduct A Very Secret Affair
Date: 2020-03-23 01:36 am (UTC)I'd make Katte a greyhound but I suspect every Disney scenarist would jump on the pun.
Indeed.
Speaking of puns, Federsdorf then has to be a Pomeranian.
YES!
Suhm is neither dog nor cat: he's an owl.
<3 Btw, Blanning refers to him not as "the Saxon envoy" but "the Saxon academic" in the Wolff-translating context. Ravenclaw indeed!
Émilie is *awesome*. As is MT, but Émilie rules my heart. Stray cat Voltaire, LOOL.
Peter Keith is a dachshund.
Elaborate, please?
Re: How (Not) To Conduct A Very Secret Affair
Date: 2020-03-23 06:17 am (UTC)Re: How (Not) To Conduct A Very Secret Affair
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Date: 2020-03-25 05:07 am (UTC)Re: How (Not) To Conduct A Very Secret Affair
Date: 2020-03-23 04:14 am (UTC)Fredersdorf as a Pomeranian, lol!
Is Voltaire a cat who was born into a reasonably posh home but who fairly early on decided he liked the gutter rather better?
Re: How (Not) To Conduct A Very Secret Affair
Date: 2020-03-23 06:00 am (UTC)Re: How (Not) To Conduct A Very Secret Affair
Date: 2020-03-23 08:01 pm (UTC)There are also calico cats, again not a breed but a coloration pattern.