Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 19

[cahn]

Yuletide nominations:

18th Century CE Federician RPF
Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Voltaire
Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehndorff
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787)
Catherine II of Russia
Hans Hermann von Katte
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith
Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)

Circle of Voltaire RPF
Emilie du Chatelet
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour)
John Hervey (1696-1743)
Marie Louise Mignot Denis
Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788)
Francesco Algarotti

Comments

Fritz-adjacent dynamics

[cahn]

IDK, I wonder if it's because you are so attached to Fritz? Like, part of the reason the dysfunctional sibling dynamics really grab me is that I'm really not particularly attached to Fritz, so the fact that a lot of these dynamics involve him behaving badly is a plus for me rather than a minus, and Heinrich (whom I do love) gets a bit of the woobie dynamic. Whereas it's probably not nearly as emotionally interesting to have one's fave being the one behaving awfully. (For similar reasons, I'm not really all that emotionally invested in the wives... at least not yet. Except possibly for Louise, because of that letter of Amalie's. But even so, my short-term attachment to Heinrich isn't at all to be compared to your long-term attachment to Fritz, so I think it would be very possible; selenak's fic got me invested in Voltaire, after all, which I didn't think was possible given my attachment to Emilie :P )

Re: Fritz-adjacent dynamics

[mildred_of_midgard]

Maybe? But for some reason, the feels about his relationship with Wilhelmine, even when they were young, won't come either, and that generally doesn't involve Fritz behaving badly (not until much later). And then again, I can't get the Fredersdorf feels either! Despite trying hard for both of them. And both those relationships are normally totally my jam! And then I'm into relationships that normally aren't, like Katte and Keith.

Idk, this is just a very topsy-turvy fandom for me. *shrug*