18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 36

[cahn]

Starting a couple of comments earlier than usual to mention there are a couple of new salon fics! These probably both need canon knowledge.

felis ficlets on siblings!

Siblings (541 words) by felisnocturna
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758), Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Summary:

Three Fills for the 2022 Three Sentence Ficathon.

Chapter One: Protective Action / Babysitting at Rheinsberg (Frederick/Fredersdorf, William+Henry+Ferdinand)
Chapter Two: Here Be Lions (Wilhelmine)

Unsent Letters fic by me:

Letters for a Dead King (1981 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen (1726-1802)
Characters: Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Love/Hate, Talking To Dead People, Canonical Character Death, Dysfunctional Family
Summary:

Just because one's king and brother is dead doesn't mean one has to stop writing to him.

Comments

Re: Mary Ann Costello

[cahn]

Which was probably yet another reason why George was her favourite - he was super competent! (And even if not providing just what she wanted from him, did help her for a change.)

I mean -- yeah! I'm not a fan of parents playing favorites, but when one of your kids is super competent and helps you out, and the others are all dependent on you, then, uh, i can hardly blame you.

That's true, and it's to the biographer's credit that she doesn't take the easy route of, say, vilifying Stratty and Merihabel but lays out their reasons for acting as they did as well.

Yay! I'm glad to hear that.

did get a commission and then managed to piss off a lot of people, and when he expected George to bail him out of this, George refused, which makes it sound like Frederick's fault to me.

Ooooof. Yeah. *facepalm*