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: Austrian Succession tidbits

[cahn]

but otoh would prevent a total takeover as it would be in his own interests not to have Big Bro run the show.

lolololol! okay now I want someone to write the diplomatic maneuverings of Fritz and Stadtholder Heinrich :D

Richelieu or Voltaire?

Hee, I was thinking Voltaire! (And meaning "got around" in the literary/figurative sense.) But I guess it could also apply to Richelieu!

Re: Austrian Succession tidbits

[mildred_of_midgard]

okay now I want someone to write the diplomatic maneuverings of Fritz and Stadtholder Heinrich :D

And for dysfunctional siblings this premise is great, but I'm thinking: Heinrich and the Patriots. Heinrich and the French Revolution. Heinrich and Napoleon. That's where it gets really juicy!

But if I can make myself learn French, I can read a lot more of the Fritz political correspondence (complete with my newfound German), and then discover many interesting things to report back.

Richelieu or Voltaire?

Lol, I was wondering the same thing! Richelieu got around in many senses of the word. :P

I'm sure there's much interesting Richelieu and Voltaire material waiting for us in French too...With my German slacking lately, maybe I should switch my focus and just try to maintain German until I get inspired again. Hmmm.