Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 47

[cahn]

We haven't had a new post since before December 25, so obligatory Yuletide link to this hilarious story of Frederick the Great babysitting his bratty little brother, with bonus Fritz/Fredersdorf!

Comments

Re: Polar explorers

[mildred_of_midgard]

Well, this shows my own spotty knowledge, since I've only read two of Amundsen's own books (the Northwest Passage one, and the South Pole one)!

Yeah, those were much greater accomplishments on his part, but you still have to watch out, because he's a great spin doctor and skips right over his most major mistakes, at least on the South Pole expedition (I know less about the Northwest Passage one).

Re: Polar explorers

[luzula]

Good to know, if I ever venture into reading about polar exploration again!

(By the way, it's obvious that there is somewhere a polar exploration fandom which has pet names for pairings, and who fill each other's requests for Yuletide etc. It's kind of weird to see those fics from outside, because they've obviously developed a lot of fanon around it.)

Re: Polar explorers

[mildred_of_midgard]

Oh, interesting. I see these fics come up in Yuletide and occasionally browse one of them, but due to my difficulty reading fiction (see also Too Like the Lightning), I haven't really read them, so I didn't realize they had a fandom with lots of fanon. Good for them!