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

[cahn]

At a guess, it's the dawning realisation that he and Heinrich will never be exclusive, Heinrich won't be monogamous, and not only that, but while he's Heinrich's friend, he's not even his Big Favourite/Best Friend. In short, that Heinrich doesn't and won't feel for him what Lehndorff feels for Heinrich. Now if Heinrich had simply rejected him, that realisation might have come sooner, but Heinrich being on board with friends with benefits with a nature such as Lehndorff's was bound to awaken unrealistic hopes.

<3 Like I said below, it's totally understandable from Heinrich's side! But sad for Lehndorff in any case.

(Also, I wouldn't be surprised if his unevenness of their respective emotions became blindingly obvious to Heinrich at this point, what with Lehndorff's adoration radiating to the skies, and if he didn't deliberately try some distance now and then to signal "so far and not further, I like you, especially in this rotten first year of my unwanted marriage, sex now and then is fine, but my Chevalier de Lorraine, you're not".)

That... makes a lot of sense. Ugh, unrequited love is hard.

Re: Lehndorff

[selenak]

Ugh, unrequited love is hard.

Marcus Cole & Lennier: You're telling us!

Re: Lehndorff

[cahn]

Aw, those two!