Frederick the Great, discussion post 14

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Check out the opera clips at Rheinsberg!

(both the real-life place, which selenak found out hosts a festival for young opera singers! and the community rheinsberg)

Also! our fandom has been producing lovely fic at a rapid clip (okay, well, selenak has):

Sibling dysfunction: Promises to Keep and My Brother Narcissus

Sibling dysfunction PLUS sibling M/M love triangle: The moon flies face to face with me

VOLTAIRE! Between the hour and the age

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Crack modern AU: if they had your job

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So I read the community fictional_fans and the other day it was asked, "What would the characters in your fandom be like if they had your job?" And I got to thinking. I do technical work and (some) program management with a bunch of engineers --

Fritz: Program manager, has the reputation for his programs getting amazing results, though those in the know know that a couple of times that has happened through his sheer stubbornness. Also has the reputation of trying to steal engineers, projects, and credit from all the other program managers at hte company. Especially from Maria Theresia.

Maria Theresia: Program manager and vice president, was the target of a lot of bigotry when she took the job as a lot of people didn't think a WOMAN could handle it. Has proved them all wrong. Is freezingly polite to Fritz in public but has been known to complain about his attempted poaching in private.

Heinrich: One of Fritz's chief engineers, extremely competent, and quite frankly a lot of the success of his group is due to Heinrich's work. Not that you'd ever know it from talking to Fritz.

Voltaire: Chief Scientist and doesn't ever let anyone forget it. Is superlative in his area of study and never lets anyone forget it. Thinks he knows best in all other areas of study as well. Doesn't always.

(okay, fine, you can tell who my favorites are :D )

Re: Crack modern AU: if they had your job

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Heinrich: One of Fritz's chief engineers, extremely competent, and quite frankly a lot of the success of his group is due to Heinrich's work. Not that you'd ever know it from talking to Fritz.

TO BE FAIR TO MY FRITZ :P, he was known for talking up Heinrich as second-in-command. Remember, after the war was over, he toasted Heinrich in front of everyone as "the only general, including myself, who never made a mistake."

But yes to the rest. Fritz poaching, yes, but I think he *gets* poached more often than he poaches! Then again, he presumably wouldn't be controlling salary in this scenario, so on second thought, I'm not so sure.

The micromanaging, though, omg. *facepalm*

ETA: So what I'm thinking is Fritz worked for MT, signed an NDA, then broke off and joined or founded (depending on how close to your job we want to keep this) a different startup, bringing intellectual property he wasn't allowed to use. MT goes after him in a court of law multiple times, but never manages to prove it, and he keeps his company afloat, even if sometimes just barely.

...Any resemblance to actual living persons is purely coincidental. :P

"Thinks he knows best in all other areas of study as well. Doesn't always."

Applies equally well to Voltaire's other-self Fritz. ;)

ETA: Émilie: Chief Scientist OF MY HEART