I'm super proud of this Voltaire/Fritz fic, not least because it's the only fic I've written in this fandom where I did most of the actual writing without major input (that is to say, Mildred was invaluable and had a bunch of great ideas too, like FW's exchange being static in nature, Fritz's email handle, and the big one being Voltaire changing his tumblr name to orangepeel, which YES HE SO WOULD -- I'm just saying that usually she would also contribute large portions of the plot and characterization, and she didn't have to this time). In large part this was because I had access to Voltaire's letters (thank you felis for introducing me to that database!) and because mildred was SO great about finding me letter references, pamphlets, etc. :D
But really I wanted to share a couple of outtakes with you that never made it into the fic :)
(1) As you noticed, Fredersdorf was Very Carefully Not Saying Anything, but he wasn't... very happy about it. When Selena and Mildred were talking about Fredersdorf getting engaged Right Around This Time, I couldn't help but write this, but it didn't make it into the fic because I felt I'd already surpassed the number of characters people who weren't in this fandom had to keep track of...
Henry (MarshalGessler@gmail.com) wrote: > Mike, do you know what's going on with Fritz? Does he talk to you about it? > Henry
Hello there! Apologies that I haven't gotten your email and in fact probably won't get it for a while. My fiance Caroline and I are on a well-deserved backpacking trip, and we'll be gone for a couple of months, maybe more depending on how it goes. We won't be reachable by email or phone during this time, so don't even try. If you've emailed me about RWFE with a question or comment or ways to improve it in the future or comments about the tagging, you're probably better off contacting one of the other mods.
Mike
(2) I... might actually put this back in (at the very end of the Tumblr-Pile-On bit) :D I wasn't sure if it was too much (along the same lines as (1) )
wrhamilton reblogged this from academypresident and added: IDK why all you people are making such a big deal about this. Everyone knows that @VariationalLagrange took this idea and ran with it and wrote THE epic fic with this trope, who cares who was the first.
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RMSE Voltaire/Fritz AU - outtakes!
Date: 2021-08-17 05:18 am (UTC)But really I wanted to share a couple of outtakes with you that never made it into the fic :)
(1) As you noticed, Fredersdorf was Very Carefully Not Saying Anything, but he wasn't... very happy about it. When Selena and Mildred were talking about Fredersdorf getting engaged Right Around This Time, I couldn't help but write this, but it didn't make it into the fic because I felt I'd already surpassed the number of characters people who weren't in this fandom had to keep track of...
Subject: Automatic reply: Re: what's going on??
To: MarshalGessler@gmail.com
From: FredersdorfFlute@gmail.com
Henry (MarshalGessler@gmail.com) wrote:
> Mike, do you know what's going on with Fritz? Does he talk to you about it?
> Henry
Hello there! Apologies that I haven't gotten your email and in fact probably won't get it for a while. My fiance Caroline and I are on a well-deserved backpacking trip, and we'll be gone for a couple of months, maybe more depending on how it goes. We won't be reachable by email or phone during this time, so don't even try. If you've emailed me about RWFE with a question or comment or ways to improve it in the future or comments about the tagging, you're probably better off contacting one of the other mods.
Mike
(2) I... might actually put this back in (at the very end of the Tumblr-Pile-On bit) :D I wasn't sure if it was too much (along the same lines as (1) )
wrhamilton reblogged this from
IDK why all you people are making such a big deal about this. Everyone knows that @VariationalLagrange took this idea and ran with it and wrote THE epic fic with this trope, who cares who was the first.