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

[cahn]

More diaries of our favorite 18th-century Prussian diary-keeper have been unearthed and have been synopsized!

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

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Re: Heinrich

[mildred_of_midgard]

I can't imagine why not. :P

Re: Heinrich

[selenak]

re: Koser, I seem to recall the remark about Heinrich's coldness is in a context where he says that Wilhelmine and Heinrich were the people closest to Fritz during the 7 Years War (until her death, obviously) and that Heinrich was dutiful, if made of "coarser" material than the other two and in his cold automaton way not able to have passionate sibling feelings. This irresistably reminds me of Fritz working himself into a frenzy of anxiety before Wilhelmine's death and pleading to Heinrich to give him good news about her because no one is as close as siblings who grew up with each other and he needs to hear she's fine... which is all very touching until you recall Heinrich gets that letter a few months after AW's death and the "take it like a stoic" consolation letter from Fritz on the subject.

Aaanyway. Frederician fandom really is like any other fandom, where only the emotions of your character(s) of choice are real.

Re: Heinrich

[mildred_of_midgard]

Let's not forgot when Voltaire was devastated over Émilie's death, and Fritz wrote that he was being so over-the-top that he must be exaggerating. Fast forward almost ten years, and it's all, "All Europe must grieve Wilhelmine with me!"