18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 38

[cahn]

Gonna go ahead and make this post even though Yuletide is coming...

But in the meantime, there has been some fic in the fandom posted!

Holding His Space (2503 words) by felisnocturna
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF, 18th Century CE Frederician RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf/Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Characters: Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Additional Tags: Protectiveness, Domestic, Character Study
Summary:

Five times Fredersdorf has to stay behind - and one time Friedrich doesn't leave.

Using People (3392 words) by prinzsorgenfrei
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Hans Hermann von Katte
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Hans Hermann von Katte
Additional Tags: Fluff, Idiots in Love, reading plays aloud while gazing into each others eyes
Summary:

Friedrich had started to talk to him because he had thought of him as a bit of a ditz.
And now here he was. Here he was months later, bundled up in this very same man’s blankets with a cup of hot coffee in front of him, its scent mixing with that of Katte’s French perfume.
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Fluffy One Shot about one traitorous Crown Prince and the sycophant he accidentally fell for.

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[cahn]

You may recall they were getting a degree in neuroscience at Oxford. ;)

I mean... it wasn't because they were getting a degree in neuroscience at Oxford, though! It was because they were also operating at that level in this particular field :) (Also, aww man, I'm sad they aren't coming back and hope they are okay!)

I'll be extra nice to you as long as this alliance lasts!"

Heeeeee!

when VA was persecuting Protestants against his will, he tried to at least get money from the Pope (the one he had previously been arguing with) on the grounds that he was being such a good Catholic monarch!

I am not as much of a fan of the relentless opportunism as you are, but that is pretty amazing.

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[mildred_of_midgard]

I mean... it wasn't because they were getting a degree in neuroscience at Oxford, though!

Well, no, I don't think it was either necessary or sufficient, but I also suspect it might not have been totally irrelevant, either.

I am not as much of a fan of the relentless opportunism as you are

Few people are. ;)

but that is pretty amazing.

It takes some chutzpah to try that with a straight face! (If I'm remembering correctly, the pope didn't buy it, understandably so.)

ETA: When we do our classics salon someday, I'll tell you all about chutzpah, relentless opportunism, and this guy named Alcibiades. ;)

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[selenak]

When we do our classics salon, cahn will be able to surprise you by now knowing about the Flavian Emperors and Flavius Josephus!

Also, speaking of extremely competent opportunists, I can reccommend Robert Caro's biographies of Lyndon Johnson, reviewed by yours truly here and here. To quote myself: in between being appalled at LBJ, horrible human being, it's impossible not to be awfully impressed by LBJ, Ultimate Answer To Political Competence Kink, especially when it just so happens his interests and the public interests coincide. Mind you, Caro's multivolume series has not reached Vietnam yet!

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[mildred_of_midgard]

I will not be surprised, because Cahn has already told me that you taught her about the Flavians when you were in LA! :D

We have agreed that if she and I are in LA at the same time, we would like to visit the Getty Villa (I've been, she hasn't), and if you can come too, that would be amazingly educational all around.