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: Early modern European fantasy

[mildred_of_midgard]

Hi and welcome and this is all awesome! I have emailed cahn requesting a locked post when she has time. No need to feel intimidated--it was my idea! Like I said: we plot fiction in salon, and sometimes we (or the two of us who are collaborating on exchange fic for the third member of our trio) have to do it locked.

I'm going to hold off on replying until we have the locked post, so we can keep discussion in one place, but I'm super looking forward to it!

Full disclosure: the Thirty Years' War is a little before my period, but I can talk somewhat about 17th and 18th century centralization, and selenak will know way more whenever she gets back from her travels. And hey, you picked Florence and the Ciompi Revolt, about which I know some things!

This should be educational and I predict cahn will be delighted as I am.

Also, I envy you your library access: I do not see why Brill's books have to be so goddamn expensive (salon has seen me complain about Brill specifically).

Re: Early modern European fantasy

[cahn]

I am also delighted! :D