cahn | 18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 33

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And, I mean, it doesn't have to be just 18th century characters, either!

(also, waiting for Yuletide!)

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From:

mildred_of_midgard

Like, would Fritz ever have written It is cruel that we should love each other and mutually torment each other without doing any good

I don't know, because Fritz is full of contradictions. He has his moments of "I console myself that I'm a much nicer person than Voltaire, even if he is the greater genius," and then he has his odd moments of self-awareness that catch you off guard. It is not out of the question that Fritz could say something like this. Although most of the time, yes, he is by definition right and the fault must be the other person's.

From:

selenak

An example of the odd moment of Fritzian self awareness: after writing an entire letter about how modern Italy sucks in reply to Wilhelmine's "I love it here, yay Italy!" letter, he finishes by confessing it might just be that he's like the fox with the sour grapes, and the galley slave bitching about the unchained people. (And also, you're coming back, RIGHT?)