Firstly: Since I am curious about people leaving Kudos at my Frederician tales, I found out one of them has written a story about EC - in Italian. Inspired by reading Blanning‘s Fritz biography and being indignant about her treatment. (By Fritz, not Blanning.) This is probably the first EC centric story at the A03, and going by Google translate, not bad. It even has both Fredersdorf and Algarotti, and young Heinrich making out with Marwitz.
Secondly: reading the G3 biography which has a lot of Fritz of Wales early on before he dies reminds me that I‘m still plagued by one specifici plot bunny, to wit: the AU where Fritz of Wales makes a successful escape attempt to Prussia. I know we discussed this a bit before, but mostly whether FW would cling to „the father is always right in a father/son conflict“ and send the young man back or whether ill feeling towards G2 would win out and he‘d keep Fritz of Wales around for a while.
For maximum irony, when should this alternate ecape take place? (Obviously it can‘t take place before Fritz of Wales is in England and finds out his parents and siblings all are hostile towards him.)
A) 1729, so Fritz of Prussia hasn‘t escaped yet and can go WTF at the idea of someone escaping to Prussia
B) 1730, simultanous to Fritz of Prussia‘s actual escape attempt, which because everyone is distracted by the sensational Fritz of Wales news actually works, meaning both FW and G2 are landed with each other‘s escaped sons.
C) 1731, December, so Fritz of Wales can gatecrash Wilhelmine‘s wedding and Fritz of Prussia‘s extremely awkward reunion with her?
Oh, man, I can't choose! I laughed out loud at all of them.
Fritz: Escaping TO Prussia???! D:
Lol.
But 1730 has the potential to be combined with the G2-FW duel where they kill each other! I mean, G2's not going to hand over Fritz, and FW's not going to hand over Fritz of Wales, and it's only been a year (August 1729) since the near-duel/near-war, and voila!
But then the Wilhelmine one is probably the one you would do best, with your sibling interests.
All good options!
I found out one of them has written a story about EC - in Italian.
I saw that it existed, but my fiction reading has been very very limited. Good to know it was well written!
Inspired by reading Blanning‘s Fritz biography and being indignant about her treatment. (By Fritz, not Blanning.)
Thank you for clarifying, I was starting to rack my brains to remember what Blanning had done that was so objectionable.
oh these would all be GREAT. I feel like FW and G2 being landed with each other's escaped sons that they don't want (I meant their own dads don't want them, but I suppose the other one wouldn't want them either) would be COMEDY GOLD for me though. (Tragicomedy gold?) But then of course it's awesome to think about what Fritz of Wales would think of Fritz of Prussia's extremely awkward reunion with Wilhelmine...
Inspired by reading Blanning‘s Fritz biography and being indignant about her treatment. (By Fritz, not Blanning.)
ahahahaha like mildred I am also glad that you clarified. I guess I have been exposed to too many bios now where the women don't necessarily get treated very well...
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Date: 2025-01-09 02:44 pm (UTC)Secondly: reading the G3 biography which has a lot of Fritz of Wales early on before he dies reminds me that I‘m still plagued by one specifici plot bunny, to wit: the AU where Fritz of Wales makes a successful escape attempt to Prussia. I know we discussed this a bit before, but mostly whether FW would cling to „the father is always right in a father/son conflict“ and send the young man back or whether ill feeling towards G2 would win out and he‘d keep Fritz of Wales around for a while.
For maximum irony, when should this alternate ecape take place? (Obviously it can‘t take place before Fritz of Wales is in England and finds out his parents and siblings all are hostile towards him.)
A) 1729, so Fritz of Prussia hasn‘t escaped yet and can go WTF at the idea of someone escaping to Prussia
B) 1730, simultanous to Fritz of Prussia‘s actual escape attempt, which because everyone is distracted by the sensational Fritz of Wales news actually works, meaning both FW and G2 are landed with each other‘s escaped sons.
C) 1731, December, so Fritz of Wales can gatecrash Wilhelmine‘s wedding and Fritz of Prussia‘s extremely awkward reunion with her?
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Date: 2025-01-09 10:18 pm (UTC)Fritz: Escaping TO Prussia???! D:
Lol.
But 1730 has the potential to be combined with the G2-FW duel where they kill each other! I mean, G2's not going to hand over Fritz, and FW's not going to hand over Fritz of Wales, and it's only been a year (August 1729) since the near-duel/near-war, and voila!
But then the Wilhelmine one is probably the one you would do best, with your sibling interests.
All good options!
I found out one of them has written a story about EC - in Italian.
I saw that it existed, but my fiction reading has been very very limited. Good to know it was well written!
Inspired by reading Blanning‘s Fritz biography and being indignant about her treatment. (By Fritz, not Blanning.)
Thank you for clarifying, I was starting to rack my brains to remember what Blanning had done that was so objectionable.
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Date: 2025-01-11 11:44 pm (UTC)Inspired by reading Blanning‘s Fritz biography and being indignant about her treatment. (By Fritz, not Blanning.)
ahahahaha like mildred I am also glad that you clarified. I guess I have been exposed to too many bios now where the women don't necessarily get treated very well...
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Date: 2025-01-12 01:10 pm (UTC)