Honestly I always imagine them with cowboy hats saying dramatically, "I wish I knew how to quit you!"
"To God, from Voltaire"
:D Yes! This I've read! (Though I haven't gotten to his deathbed yet.) “The church I have built is the only one in the entire world dedicated to God alone. All the others are dedicated to saints. I for my part would rather build a church for the Master than for the servants."
man, Orieux and Voltaire are THE BEST. If reading Orieux has taught me anything, it was that Voltaire was the biggest troll of religion and religious people imaginable :D
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
ZOMG, I was laughing so hard, you have no idea. This is awesome!
Émilie's face when she's putting the Pucelle under lock and key! Voltaire's shrug! Fritz's Face of Disappointment!
OMG, the juxtaposition of Voltaire's grief and Fritz's "OMG does this mean we can finally be together! Woot!" is just...something else. Fritz at his most self-centered.
TYING THE KNOT AND THE RING OOOOMMMGGGG
The Academy shenanigans! Voltaire's Pinocchio nose when he swears to be good!
Fritz burning books and Voltaire leaving :(
Was Madame Denis a redhead? (I know you're limited as to emojis, so I don't expect hair-color to be historically accurate (Fritz's certainly isn't), but I just realized I don't know.)
I love how the crossed swords and map manage to convey world war so concisely.
Voltaire's snarky cat face when he writes the "Reasons you suck and should not commit suicide" letter to Fritz! The emotional rollercoasters within the same letters! Everyone else going WTAF at them!!
Fritz and Voltaire going "We're too cool for you to understand." :DDDD (Or at least that's my interpretation. :P)
This was truly an epic emoji fic of an epic crackship! I bow to your creative genius.
Your interpretation is utterly correct. :) As for Madame Denis, I don't know, either, but I needed her to be visually distinct from Émilie and Wilhelmine.
OMG, the juxtaposition of Voltaire's grief and Fritz's "OMG does this mean we can finally be together! Woot!" is just...something else. Fritz at his most self-centered.
LOLOLOLOL
Voltaire's snarky cat face when he writes the "Reasons you suck and should not commit suicide" letter to Fritz! The emotional rollercoasters within the same letters! Everyone else going WTAF at them!!
Act 1: lol Voltaire's shrug! Also, this is probably the only thing that is going to get me to snicker at Emilie's death :P :) Voltaire and Fritz putting a ring on it, HEE!
Act 2: I love Maupertuis' icon! omg I laughed so hard at Voltaire being like "sure I'll sign the document saying I'm not going to write any pamphlets but PSYCH"
Act 3: heeeee!
Act 4: Aw, that's my completely and hilariously nonsensical-and-yet-weirdly-not-completely-dysfunctional Voltaire/Fritz relationship <3
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"To God, from Voltaire"
:D Yes! This I've read! (Though I haven't gotten to his deathbed yet.) “The church I have built is the only one in the entire world dedicated to God alone. All the others are dedicated to saints. I for my part would rather build a church for the Master than for the servants."
man, Orieux and Voltaire are THE BEST. If reading Orieux has taught me anything, it was that Voltaire was the biggest troll of religion and religious people imaginable :D
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🤴🏻 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:
🤴🏻: ⚔️🗺😰
👩🏻🦱: ✉️ 👨🏻💻👐
👨🏻💻: ✉️ 😼🤴🏻
🤴🏻: ❗️😍😡📩
👨🏻💻: 😍😡📩
👨🏻💻🤴🏻: 💌👅💌👅⏳
👥: 🤯
🤴🏻👨🏻💻: 😎
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Émilie's face when she's putting the Pucelle under lock and key! Voltaire's shrug! Fritz's Face of Disappointment!
OMG, the juxtaposition of Voltaire's grief and Fritz's "OMG does this mean we can finally be together! Woot!" is just...something else. Fritz at his most self-centered.
TYING THE KNOT AND THE RING OOOOMMMGGGG
The Academy shenanigans! Voltaire's Pinocchio nose when he swears to be good!
Fritz burning books and Voltaire leaving :(
Was Madame Denis a redhead? (I know you're limited as to emojis, so I don't expect hair-color to be historically accurate (Fritz's certainly isn't), but I just realized I don't know.)
I love how the crossed swords and map manage to convey world war so concisely.
Voltaire's snarky cat face when he writes the "Reasons you suck and should not commit suicide" letter to Fritz! The emotional rollercoasters within the same letters! Everyone else going WTAF at them!!
Fritz and Voltaire going "We're too cool for you to understand." :DDDD (Or at least that's my interpretation. :P)
This was truly an epic emoji fic of an epic crackship! I bow to your creative genius.
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LOLOLOLOL
Voltaire's snarky cat face when he writes the "Reasons you suck and should not commit suicide" letter to Fritz! The emotional rollercoasters within the same letters! Everyone else going WTAF at them!!
Yesssss
This was just soooo awesome!
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Act 1: lol Voltaire's shrug! Also, this is probably the only thing that is going to get me to snicker at Emilie's death :P :) Voltaire and Fritz putting a ring on it, HEE!
Act 2: I love Maupertuis' icon! omg I laughed so hard at Voltaire being like "sure I'll sign the document saying I'm not going to write any pamphlets but PSYCH"
Act 3: heeeee!
Act 4: Aw, that's my completely and hilariously nonsensical-and-yet-weirdly-not-completely-dysfunctional Voltaire/Fritz relationship <3
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Well, since Voltaire himself gifted us with descriptions where his heart is beating nervously on the way to the altar, I just had to. :)
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I laughed! I always imagine them singing a duet of that song I put in our playlist, "That's All", especially these bits:
I could leave but I won't go
It'd be easier I know.
Truth is, I love you
More than I wanted to
There's been no-one who
Makes me feel like you do
Say we'll be together till the end
Always the same, it's just a shame, that's all.