Well, I just had to, sooner or later - here’s the Fritz and Voltaire saga in emojii form:

🤴🏻 Fritz, a King
👨🏻‍💻 Voltaire, a writer
👩🏻‍🎓 Émilie, a lady of science
👨🏻‍🎓 König, a gentleman of science
👨🏻‍🚀 Maupertuis, an explorer, later head of the Academy
👨‍🦱 Fredersdorf, a Consigliere
👩🏻‍🦰 Madame Denis, a niece
👮🏻‍♂️ Freytag, a Prussian resident in Frankfurt
👥 Academy members; later, the rest of Europe
👩🏻‍🦱: Wilhelmine, a sister



🤴🏻: 💌 👨🏻‍💻
👨🏻‍💻: 💌 🤴🏻
🤴🏻: 📖📝👐😇❓
👩🏻‍🎓: 🤨🗝❗️
👨🏻‍💻: 🤷🏻‍♂️
🤴🏻: 😣
🤴🏻: 💌🧳🏰❓
👨🏻‍💻: 👩🏻‍🎓❤️👨🏻‍💻🧳❓
🤴🏻: 👨🏻‍💻❗️👩🏻‍🎓❌
👨🏻‍💻: 😶
👩🏻‍🎓: 🤔
👩🏻‍🎓: ⚰️
👨🏻‍💻: 😭
🤴🏻: 🤩🧳🏰❓
👨🏻‍💻: 👣🏰
🤴🏻👨🏻‍💻: 🪢💍

Act 2:
👨🏻‍🚀: 🥸👥
👨🏻‍🎓: 🖕
👨🏻‍🚀: 💪🏻🦶🏻👥
👨🏻‍💻: 😈👅👨🏻‍🚀
🤴🏻: ❗️🤐❗️
👨🏻‍💻: 🤥😇; 📝😈
🤴🏻: ⁉️📝🗞
👨🏻‍💻: 🖕🗞📕📗📘👅
👥: 😯
🤴🏻: 💥🔥📚
👨🏻‍💻: 🧳

Act 3:

🤴🏻: 📖⁉️🤫
👨‍🦱: ✉️👮🏻‍♂️
👨🏻‍💻👩🏻‍🦰: 🧳🏤
👮🏻‍♂️: ⛓👩🏻‍🦰👨🏻‍💻
👥: 😱
👨🏻‍💻: 🤬📖🔙👮🏻‍♂️
🏤: 💶❗️
👨🏻‍💻: 😤💶✔️
👨🏻‍💻👩🏻‍🦰: 🧳
👨🏻‍💻: 😡💔
🤴🏻: 😡💔

Act 4:

🤴🏻: ⚔️🗺😰
👩🏻‍🦱: ✉️ 👨🏻‍💻👐
👨🏻‍💻: ✉️ 😼🤴🏻
🤴🏻: ❗️😍😡📩
👨🏻‍💻: 😍😡📩
👨🏻‍💻🤴🏻: 💌👅💌👅⏳
👥: 🤯
🤴🏻👨🏻‍💻: 😎