Clearly! I guess at some point I'll have to read Jürgen Luh's big new biography of the Elector to find out why he did in the first place, given it's such a non-Hohenzollerian name...
Ooh, yes, do! For many reasons, not just Karl Emil.
The Severus Snape method of teaching: only entertaining to read about in fiction.
Right? Snape is one of my (predicatably) problematic faves in fiction, but I would never let him around a child in real life!
(If he was a prodigy able to defend a thesis at university level at 12, undoubtedly little F1 appeared slow to him by comparison.)
Oh, yeah, that makes total sense. I *cough* have not always been the most patient teacher either, though I'm trying to get better.
The Three Georges of Britain and Hanover: Why? This was certainly the most normal thing ever to state about a son. We all said this about our eldest!
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Re: Once Upon A Time in Brandenburg: Portrait of F1 as a Young Woobie
Date: 2021-08-08 06:13 pm (UTC)Ooh, yes, do! For many reasons, not just Karl Emil.
The Severus Snape method of teaching: only entertaining to read about in fiction.
Right? Snape is one of my (predicatably) problematic faves in fiction, but I would never let him around a child in real life!
(If he was a prodigy able to defend a thesis at university level at 12, undoubtedly little F1 appeared slow to him by comparison.)
Oh, yeah, that makes total sense. I *cough* have not always been the most patient teacher either, though I'm trying to get better.
The Three Georges of Britain and Hanover: Why? This was certainly the most normal thing ever to state about a son. We all said this about our eldest!
*spittake*
HANOVER DADS OMG WTF