My shots in case anyone has problems linking to flickr:
Btw, Asprey says Fritz also abstained from meat for Lent, in deference to Austrian feelings; is that attested in either of these versions?
I haven't seen it, though it's possible I overlooked it or either Unger or Nicolai cut it.
He has to know all of his readers are going to take that as a sign of cowardice. And exaggerating for comic effect on how long Fritz kept fleeing, and saying he had almost made it back into Prussia/Brandenburg, is just emphasizing that
Okay, point taken, but given that at the point where he publishes this, Fritz has been in dozens more battles and has firmly established his macho warrior reputation, it's still not the same as accusing someone of cowardice for whom behavior in one particular battle makes or breaks a reputation.
Oh, god, this is hilarious.
Isn't it just? Those poor Tall Musicians, though! Fredersdorf so lucked out, clearly. If FW had known he could play the oboe (!!!!), he'd have been drafted to serve in FW's personal orchestra.
Thanks for embedding the pics; I tried, but it wouldn't let me, because I am not you.
Fredersdorf so lucked out, clearly. If FW had known he could play the oboe (!!!!), he'd have been drafted to serve in FW's personal orchestra.
Omg, you're right! I hadn't made the connection.
Fritz: Whey do you think I said we're leaving ALL the instruments at home in Ruppin?
Okay, cahn, we need this in the sequel, FW falling asleep (or pretending to fall asleep to music), and FW's painting hobby!
it's still not the same as accusing someone of cowardice for whom behavior in one particular battle makes or breaks a reputation.
No, but even in more modern, totally posthumous treatments, Fritz takes heat for his behavior here. It's not really either-or.
Speaking of which, though, I meant to report some time ago that MacDonogh, citing Duffy, says:
The horse that bore him to safety, the 'Mollwitz Grey', was granted honorary retirement in Potsdam. For the rest of its life it would occasionally take part, unbidden, in the trooping of the colours.
:D I feel like I must have said this before (maybe I didn't?) but I love that Antinous shot in particular, it's so nicely framed <3
Isn't it just? Those poor Tall Musicians, though! Fredersdorf so lucked out, clearly. If FW had known he could play the oboe (!!!!), he'd have been drafted to serve in FW's personal orchestra.
:D I feel like I must have said this before (maybe I didn't?) but I love that Antinous shot in particular, it's so nicely framed <3
I've definitely said it before! The same shot as taken by someone else and turned up by me on the internet, before the great Selena Brandenburg tour, has been the background on my desktop for almost a year now. It's *gorgeous*. It was the first shot that made me not see the trellis as ugly and understand why Fritz wanted it that way. It's all about lighting. I was delighted to see Selena had gotten the same shot!
The pictures... <333 I mean, it's not like I haven't seen them before, but they got me again. Because gorgeous and travel and Sanssouci, but also because the Antinous part of your comment and the reading of Fritz' various funeral instructions, including the way he referred to Sanssouci as "my garden" where he wanted to be buried (which made me realize that even the Flora statue on top of his grave makes a lot of sense in that nature context), just gave this impression of yearning to be at peace, somehow, somewhere.
If FW had known he could play the oboe (!!!!), he'd have been drafted to serve in FW's personal orchestra.
(which made me realize that even the Flora statue on top of his grave makes a lot of sense in that nature context)
I hadn't made that connection, so yes! You're right! Well spotted. :)
just gave this impression of yearning to be at peace, somehow, somewhere.
I knoooow. When I found out that he not only named his palace Sanssouci but then, of his grave, said he would be sans souci when he was there, my heart broke. He wanted to, but he didn't know how.
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Btw, Asprey says Fritz also abstained from meat for Lent, in deference to Austrian feelings; is that attested in either of these versions?
I haven't seen it, though it's possible I overlooked it or either Unger or Nicolai cut it.
He has to know all of his readers are going to take that as a sign of cowardice. And exaggerating for comic effect on how long Fritz kept fleeing, and saying he had almost made it back into Prussia/Brandenburg, is just emphasizing that
Okay, point taken, but given that at the point where he publishes this, Fritz has been in dozens more battles and has firmly established his macho warrior reputation, it's still not the same as accusing someone of cowardice for whom behavior in one particular battle makes or breaks a reputation.
Oh, god, this is hilarious.
Isn't it just? Those poor Tall Musicians, though! Fredersdorf so lucked out, clearly. If FW had known he could play the oboe (!!!!), he'd have been drafted to serve in FW's personal orchestra.
Re: Nicolai Volume 2: It's Antinous Time! (Also: FW, Music lover)
Fredersdorf so lucked out, clearly. If FW had known he could play the oboe (!!!!), he'd have been drafted to serve in FW's personal orchestra.
Omg, you're right! I hadn't made the connection.
Fritz: Whey do you think I said we're leaving ALL the instruments at home in Ruppin?
Okay,
it's still not the same as accusing someone of cowardice for whom behavior in one particular battle makes or breaks a reputation.
No, but even in more modern, totally posthumous treatments, Fritz takes heat for his behavior here. It's not really either-or.
Speaking of which, though, I meant to report some time ago that MacDonogh, citing Duffy, says:
The horse that bore him to safety, the 'Mollwitz Grey', was granted honorary retirement in Potsdam. For the rest of its life it would occasionally take part, unbidden, in the trooping of the colours.
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Clearly there does need to be an outtake, at least :)
omg, can you imagine the AU where Fredersdorf gets conscripted by FW??
Re: Nicolai Volume 2: It's Antinous Time! (Also: FW, Music lover)
But yes, outtake! Your fans demand an outtake! But not yet because I have no time to beta. :P
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Isn't it just? Those poor Tall Musicians, though! Fredersdorf so lucked out, clearly. If FW had known he could play the oboe (!!!!), he'd have been drafted to serve in FW's personal orchestra.
OMG.
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I've definitely said it before! The same shot as taken by someone else and turned up by me on the internet, before the great Selena Brandenburg tour, has been the background on my desktop for almost a year now. It's *gorgeous*. It was the first shot that made me not see the trellis as ugly and understand why Fritz wanted it that way. It's all about lighting. I was delighted to see Selena had gotten the same shot!
And envious; I must go back so I can get it too!
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If FW had known he could play the oboe (!!!!), he'd have been drafted to serve in FW's personal orchestra.
!!!! indeed. Oh, man.
Re: Nicolai Volume 2: It's Antinous Time! (Also: FW, Music lover)
I hadn't made that connection, so yes! You're right! Well spotted. :)
just gave this impression of yearning to be at peace, somehow, somewhere.
I knoooow. When I found out that he not only named his palace Sanssouci but then, of his grave, said he would be sans souci when he was there, my heart broke. He wanted to, but he didn't know how.
(THERAPEEEE. THERAPEEE FOR EEEEVERYOOOOONE.)