Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 40

[cahn]

I'm trying to use my other account at least occasionally so I posted about my Yuletide gifts there, including the salon-relevant 12k fic that features Fritz, Heinrich, Voltaire, Fredersdorf, Saint Germain, Caroline Daum (Fredersdorf's wife), and Groundhog Day tropes! (Don't need to know canon.)

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Re: Frat Boys of Versailles: The Actual Quotes

[selenak]

The French refered to m/m as the Italian vice, which actual Italians took offense to

I laughed!y

I‘ll also remind you of Harold Acton saying „the Bourbon has intruded“ as an explanation of why the last bunch of Medici were decadent sex maniacs. There‘s nothing like blaming your neighbour for the kind of sex you disapprove of. (See also the Brits calling syphilis „the French sickness“.)

Good point about the symbolic shock value of the frat boys trying to set a crucifix on fire for the faithful in these days. Next question: if they hadn‘t done this but would have still mutilated the poor woman (I note the description doesn‘t say whether or not she survived this, that‘s why I‘m phrasing it thusly), would Louis also have banished them, or would he have let it slide or left it at a stern talking to, as with the case of the bakery vendor.

Lol! After reading your excerpts, I can imagine the relief of contemporaries and historians alike

Sophie of Hannover wasn‘t a fan of his, considering him extremely phlegmatic and boring. (Not least because one of the reasons for the Versailles visit had been to get a match for Sophie Charlotte, and the Dauphin of course would have been an excellent candidate, status wise.) But I bet his father was extremly grateful that at least there was one son where he didn‘t have to fear awful reports from, and that this was the heir of the crown. (Even if he would never rule, but Louis couldn‘t know that.)