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.

Comments

Re: Katte and blame

[selenak]

Oh, he escaped, alright, and hung out in Austria with MT's Dad for a while. This was kind of awkward for non political reasons as well as political ones because their connection was through Alexei's late unwanted wife, who had been MT's aunt, and whom Alexei had treated as badly as Peter had treated Alexei's mother. (Meanwhile, Peter got on very well with his daughter-in-law, who was the first of many, many German princesses to marry a Romanov. Seriously, this match started the tradition of the Romanovs (minus Peter the Great himself, whose second wife was his low born mistress) getting married German princesses right until the last Czar who married Alix of Hesse-Kassel.

Anyway, MT's Dad did feel very sorry for Alexei regardless, and there's a letter from him to G1 which shows he suspected Peter of having bad plans for his son, but having him in Austria was also politically tricky, so he sent Alexei to Naples. Where eventually Alexei was persuaded to come back to Russia on the promise he wouldn't be punished and would be allowed to live out his life on his estates and marry Afrosina, his mistress. (Remember, at this point, Peter the Great's sons from his second marriage were still alive, so it wasn't like there weren't any alternative successors around.) Alexei made literally the mistake of his life and did return. Tragedy ensues which is the main reason why no one can call FW the worst royal Dad of the 18th century.

Re: Katte and blame

[cahn]

Oh nooooo. I would say therapy for everyone, but also um NOT KILLING YOUR KID seems like a good move here too... but yes, I should also read Massie :)