cahn | 18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 37

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January 18th: Blessed be thou to me! Under your light, my Prince Heinrich was born!

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From:

selenak

Saint-Mars needing to be invited by his prisoners since they outranked him is the most Ancient Regime thing ever. (And one of many reasons why I found the s1 of Versailles tv show scene where the Chevalier de Lorraine is temporarily in prison because Louis is upset with his brother’s fave so involuntarily funny, what with the Chevalier sharing his cell with other (common) prisoners. Louis would never.

Cahn, Louis XI’s Dad whom he’s running away from because they have such a bad relationship is none other than the former Dauphin crowned by Jeanne d’Arc. In Shaw’s St. Joan, when Joan persuades Charles to give her what she wants and let her relieve the siege of Orleans, one of the early arguments she uses is asking him whether he doesn’t want to restore France for his son, and Charles immediately replies: “No: he’s a horrid little boy”. Given Charles ends up starving to death and aware his nobility is already with the Rising Sun, one can see where that’s coming from, I guess.

From:

mildred_of_midgard

the Chevalier sharing his cell with other (common) prisoners. Louis would never.

Lol no.

Cahn, Louis XI’s Dad whom he’s running away from because they have such a bad relationship is none other than the former Dauphin crowned by Jeanne d’Arc.

Aaaand, the Duke of Burgundy whose court he runs away to, Philip the Good, favors him so much (in hopes of rewards from the future King of France) that *his* son, future Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold, resents feeling sidelined, and he ends up with such a bad relationship with his father that he considers going to France to seek refuge at the court of Charles VII! Though this does not come to pass, which is a pity for gossipy sensationalists. But it's dysfunctional families all the way down.

(Am now imagining the AU where Fritz goes to London and Frederick of Wales to Potsdam.)

From:

selenak

Do request it for Yuletide and I'll write it! It would have to be a mutual switch, though, because FW is so married to the "fathers are always in the right in a father/son struggle" concept that even when the father is hated Cousin George, methinks he'd grudgingly expell Fritz of Wales.... UNLESS his own Wretched Son has simultanously found shown up in London. In this case, Fritz of Wales gets a slap on the back and the offer/order to instantly join a Prussian regiment (since Fritz of Wales hadn't been in a British regiment, he's not a deserter, after all! It's totally different!), complete with Prussian army drilling.

FW: Look, kid, I'm not financing you a court in exile without you working for a living. Who do you think I am, Louis XIV? If you're doing okay in the army, I'll even invite you at my next Tobacco College session.

Meanwhile in Albion:

G2 & Caroline: At last we have a reason to disinherit Fritz of Wales and make Billy the next King! Hooray!

Fritz of Prussia: Katte, Peter, have you ever seen such a dysfunctional royal family?

From:

cahn

Heeee. I don't know if I'd request it, but I'd certainly read the heck out of that :D

From:

mildred_of_midgard

LOLOLOL!

Maybe I'll request it for some exchange, but alas, I can't do Yuletide this year, because I'm planning for sleep loss in November/December while I take another stab at tackling my back pain.

Fritz of Prussia: Katte, Peter, have you ever seen such a dysfunctional royal family?

*dead*

From:

cahn

OK, well, perhaps I'll have to put in my letter that treats are fair game for non-requested characters... :)

From:

mildred_of_midgard

Or you could bail me out a third time! :'D

More seriously, since I know I'm going to be mentally incapacitated, it would be unfair to sign up. Even if having you bail me out is a lot of fun for me. :DDDDD