Fritz only gets two "on page" scenes but as he's very much in Catherine's and Heinrich's thoughts all the time, I thought he still qualifies as an important character.
I was rather impressed by how present he was in the fic even though he didn't get so many on page scenes!
Destroying your ex lover's life and world - not motivated by personal malice towards him at all - is a tragedy. It also works as a counterpoint for Catherine's relationship with Heinrich and for his decision not to stay in Russia at the end, and her realisation about why this is ultimately a good thing.
Yessss I really thought this worked very well.
So one question I had after reading the fic: what historically is known about why Catherine decided to promote Poniatowski to King of Poland? In the fic the reason given is personal, but I assume that's the personal tip of an iceberg of political machinations that of course you weren't going to show in an "only" 10k fic :)
I'm glad you put Orlov in! I know that he showed up in a couple of Lehndorff entries (because I was browsing through your writeups earlier :) ) All this fic is filling in gaps in my knowledge :D (But maybe Potemkin for another time! :D )
Re: You should see me an a crown
I was rather impressed by how present he was in the fic even though he didn't get so many on page scenes!
Destroying your ex lover's life and world - not motivated by personal malice towards him at all - is a tragedy. It also works as a counterpoint for Catherine's relationship with Heinrich and for his decision not to stay in Russia at the end, and her realisation about why this is ultimately a good thing.
Yessss I really thought this worked very well.
So one question I had after reading the fic: what historically is known about why Catherine decided to promote Poniatowski to King of Poland? In the fic the reason given is personal, but I assume that's the personal tip of an iceberg of political machinations that of course you weren't going to show in an "only" 10k fic :)
I'm glad you put Orlov in! I know that he showed up in a couple of Lehndorff entries (because I was browsing through your writeups earlier :) ) All this fic is filling in gaps in my knowledge :D (But maybe Potemkin for another time! :D )