Prince August Wilhelm was particularly fond of her and told his brother Ferdinand that anyone who stayed in her room would come out rejuvenated.
AW, I'm blaming you that I sniggered at this line. :P
With his wise choice Heinrich had achieved that he and his wife, flanked by their two charming ladies-in-waiting, only ever met in company, which was often joined by his sister Amalie and his brothers. In this way he was able to avoid any intimate togetherness, apparently quite casually.
Aw man, Heinrich, you put the "problematic" in "problematic fave."
she was far too clever to hide her insecure position at court
That makes a lot of sense!
Google translate translated "Gnadenbeweise" as "mercy-clones," lol. Maybe I should ask for a SF-inflected Frederician AU for Yuletide after all :P
Karoline had been married to the younger brother of Tsarina Catherine the Great, Prince Friedrich August von Anhalt-Zerbst, who was completely under the thumb of his mother, who treated her daughter-in-law very badly.
Wait... having read ahead to Caroline's death which was apparently of abuse... her mother-in-law was the instigator of the abuse that killed her?? Geesh.
I like how everyone uses Cothenius as this way of getting news to Fritz :P
I like that Mina had girlfriends! I hope some of them stuck by her later :( (I've read far enough to know that many don't.)
She was much more sensitive that her husband did not approve of her loving, tender way of bringing up children.
Louise: So I thought I'd, you know, love my kids -- AW: What kind of family do you think you married into, anyway? Love your kids? That makes no sense to me, unless by "love" you mean "abuse."
(I know, AW was the one who actually got affection! But even for him it was highly dysfunctional.)
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Re: No Pity for the Wives readthrough - Mina
Date: 2020-09-14 05:29 am (UTC)Mm. Gonna guess you regretted that one, Heinrich.
Prince August Wilhelm was particularly fond of her and told his brother Ferdinand that anyone who stayed in her room would come out rejuvenated.
AW, I'm blaming you that I sniggered at this line. :P
With his wise choice Heinrich had achieved that he and his wife, flanked by their two charming ladies-in-waiting, only ever met in company, which was often joined by his sister Amalie and his brothers. In this way he was able to avoid any intimate togetherness, apparently quite casually.
Aw man, Heinrich, you put the "problematic" in "problematic fave."
she was far too clever to hide her insecure position at court
That makes a lot of sense!
Google translate translated "Gnadenbeweise" as "mercy-clones," lol. Maybe I should ask for a SF-inflected Frederician AU for Yuletide after all :P
Karoline had been married to the younger brother of Tsarina Catherine the Great, Prince Friedrich August von Anhalt-Zerbst, who was completely under the thumb of his mother, who treated her daughter-in-law very badly.
Wait... having read ahead to Caroline's death which was apparently of abuse... her mother-in-law was the instigator of the abuse that killed her?? Geesh.
I like how everyone uses Cothenius as this way of getting news to Fritz :P
I like that Mina had girlfriends! I hope some of them stuck by her later :( (I've read far enough to know that many don't.)
She was much more sensitive that her husband did not approve of her loving, tender way of bringing up children.
Louise: So I thought I'd, you know, love my kids --
AW: What kind of family do you think you married into, anyway? Love your kids? That makes no sense to me, unless by "love" you mean "abuse."
(I know, AW was the one who actually got affection! But even for him it was highly dysfunctional.)