Even Hervey doesn't open that masterpiece of bitchiness, his memoirs, with: "Attend, everyone! When Fritz of Wales broke up with me, I swore I would ruin his reputation forever. When G2 didn't keep me hin his goddam cabinet, I felt likewise inclined. And here I am, keeping my word!"
LOLOL
I doubt the real Eugene cared about Madame de Maintenon one way or the other. But she was a lightning rod for both long distant Louis haters and Louis admirers
Right? I was looking at Wikipedia to see if he'd had a run-in with her, because that seemed rather unlike him. This makes so much sense as fanfic.
ETA: Henri de Catt: See, I wasn't doing anything unusual! It's not like I published my RPF memoirs within my life time, either. Why are you Salonierres all down on me and keep quoting Boswell and Mitchell on how silly I was?
ROTFL!!
I was thinking of Catt's unpublished memoirs, actually!
Well, the real reason we're mad at you, Catt, is because you had us fooled for so long, and no one else reads Koser's preface! (Duffy writes in a footnote that he's not above rearranging his memories for dramatic effect, but then repeatedly quotes Catt unquestioningly throughout the text. NO mention of plagiarizing texts or attributing things to Fritz that Catt didn't get from Fritz.)
Which I realize is unfair. I suppose I need more evidence that 1) you never intended to publish, 2) you fully expected everyone would recognize that it was fanfic, which, considering one of your sources was your diary, is a bit much.
Re: War of the Spanish Succession: French, Dutch, and Bavarian Backstories: Fictional annotations
LOLOL
I doubt the real Eugene cared about Madame de Maintenon one way or the other. But she was a lightning rod for both long distant Louis haters and Louis admirers
Right? I was looking at Wikipedia to see if he'd had a run-in with her, because that seemed rather unlike him. This makes so much sense as fanfic.
ETA: Henri de Catt: See, I wasn't doing anything unusual! It's not like I published my RPF memoirs within my life time, either. Why are you Salonierres all down on me and keep quoting Boswell and Mitchell on how silly I was?
ROTFL!!
I was thinking of Catt's unpublished memoirs, actually!
Well, the real reason we're mad at you, Catt, is because you had us fooled for so long, and no one else reads Koser's preface! (Duffy writes in a footnote that he's not above rearranging his memories for dramatic effect, but then repeatedly quotes Catt unquestioningly throughout the text. NO mention of plagiarizing texts or attributing things to Fritz that Catt didn't get from Fritz.)
Which I realize is unfair. I suppose I need more evidence that 1) you never intended to publish, 2) you fully expected everyone would recognize that it was fanfic, which, considering one of your sources was your diary, is a bit much.