Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 30

[cahn]

In which, despite the title, I would like to be told about the English Revolution, which is yet another casualty of my extremely poor history education :P :)

Also, this is probably the place to say that RMSE opened with three Fritz-fics, all of which I think are readable with minimum canon knowledge:

The Boy Who Lived - if you knew about the doomed escape-from-Prussia-that-didn't happen and tragic death of Fritz's boyfriend Hans Hermann von Katte, you may not have known about Peter Keith, the third young man who conspired to escape Prussia -- and the only one who actually did. This is his story. I think readable without canon knowledge except what I just said here.

Challenge Yourself to Relax - My gift, I posted about this before! Corporate AU with my problematic fave, Fritz' brother Heinrich, who's still Fritz's l'autre moi-meme even in corporate AU. Readable without canon knowledge if one has familiarity with the corporate world and the dysfunctions thereof.

The Rise and Fall of the RendezvousWithFame Exchange - Fandom AU with BNF fanfic writer Voltaire, exchange mod Fritz, and the inevitable meltdown. (I wrote this one and am quite proud of the terrible physics-adjacent pun contained within.) Readable without canon knowledge if one has familiarity with fandom and the dysfunctions thereof :P

Comments

Re: Pamela

[cahn]

Lololol I loved this part too! L'autre moi-meme, but more seductive ;)

...hmm, should I also be shipping Heinrich and Voltaire! It's just hard to do when Fritz/Voltaire is sucking all the air out of the room :D

Re: Pamela

[selenak]

That, and I don't see it myself. By which I mean: Heinrich undoubtedly was into Voltaire the author as not just Fritz but a great many of that generation were (bff Catherine included). And I bet he got a kick out of Voltaire the man because most people not attacked by Voltaire did if he was sparkling and in a good mood. But I'm also sure that he wasn't romantically or erotically attracted to him in the least. Heinrich's guys were all good looking and when he started the relationship in their early 20s, plus minus, no matter whether he himself was young or middle aged or old. (As we've seen with Kaphengst who lasted 15 years, this doesn't mean he fell out of love as soon as they started to leave the Adonis stage behind, but there isn't a case where he fell for someone who didn't start out this way.) And also, he had a front row seat to the Fritz/Voltaire drama. He had his own constant Fritz drama. He did not need another triangle, or even a Voltaire solo drama!

Re: Pamela

[cahn]

Heeeee. Good points all!

He had his own constant Fritz drama. He did not need another triangle, or even a Voltaire solo drama!

This totally made me laugh :D

Re: Pamela

[mildred_of_midgard]

This whole thread was amaaazing. :D