Frederick the Great, discussion post 16

[cahn]

We have slowed down a lot, but are still (sporadically) going! And somehow filled up the last post while I wasn't looking!

...I was asked to start a new thread so that STDs could be discussed. Really! :D

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Re: With You, There's a Heaven

[cahn]

OH! OK, I had the English bowdlerized quote in "Survived" but now I am totally going to amend it to put the vomiting in. And maybe the fistulas too? (With your permission, of course, but I would assume you'd rather have the actual quote...)

This now makes WAY more sense that Wilhelmine was all "but there are servants here listening!!" which as mildred remarked in response to the V. Secret Diary, of course usually servants would be around to listen to things, it seemed with the bowderlized version that it was a sort of mild thing to object to. I thought at the time that maybe it was not the Done Thing to complain about one's future relations in front of the servants? But now I can totally see why she would be all !! about it.

Yeah, poor EC :( I would be terrified of saying anything but yes or no either :(

Re: With You, There's a Heaven

[selenak]

No kidding, and yes, of course, edit by all means. <3

Re: With You, There's a Heaven

[mildred_of_midgard]

RIGHT? This makes so much more sense now! I don't think I would have raised an eyebrow at Wilhelmine silently protesting about the vomiting and fistula discussion taking place in front of the servants. Yeah, I guess I went with "don't let the servants hear you dissing the future queen," and now it's all clear!

now I am totally going to amend it to put the vomiting in. And maybe the fistulas too?

Hee! I deliberately avoided using the quote in mine and kept it to indirect discourse, to reduce overlap between our fics. So if anyone reads both of ours, it would be cool if they got to see the complete quote in yours.

Yeah, poor EC :( I would be terrified of saying anything but yes or no either :(

MacDonogh quote of unknown veracity, from the first meeting of Fritz and EC:

Elisabeth Christine was now informed of the identity of her future husband for the first time. She was asked if she liked him. She turned red and said, ‘Ja’.

Who was it who speculated that Fritz had prepared a bunch of witty one-liners beforehand to see if she could keep up, and then immediately wrote her off when she wasn't prepared for a pop quiz? I thought, "Ooh, that would be just like him," but I can't remember who it was.