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: Lehndorff - the inheritence business

[selenak]

Oh, the theme is very noticable indeed. (See also his big LIFE IS UNFAIR outburst of 1787. In fairness, though, whatever his true attitude to Cousin du Rosey before she was married, by the end of the decade he's writing very friendly (and compassionately, when she loses her child) about her, see also here, and if it was "she (and her money) and I could have been happy", it's worth recalling that at this point not only is the first Mrs. Lehndorff still alive, and their children, but he expects their inheritance as well.

I mean, Elizabeth Bennet didn't just change her opinion of Mr. Darcy when he changed his manners and revealed the truth about Wickham, she also changed it at the sight of his considerable estate. :) Lehndorff definitely had both made sensible matches for an aristocrat of his era (i.e. he was looking for a wealthy wife), and conversely, while he hated most of Heinrich's faves for being Heinrich's faves, the fact that he had it in for Kaphengst in particular certainly is related to the fact Heinrich spent all that money on him. Money matters, either way.