Germany - Germany 1-0 (footnotes)
anonymous
July 3 2009, 16:22:44 UTC
Footnotes for your pleasure: This fic takes place in 1974. West Germany lost against East Germany in the football World Cup that year. Of course, then they won the entire cup...
Western marks = The Deutsche Mark. It and the dollar were stronger currencies than the east bloc money and often used on the black market.
Re: Germany - Germany 1-0 (footnotes)
anonymous
July 3 2009, 17:28:57 UTC
(not op) Oh my goodness. This is like new favorite fic. You made me fall in love with Prussia all over again, the voice was absolutely perfect for Gilbert, and the interaction between East and West (heartbreaking and awww)... I love the details about the bedroom and West's taste in literature and just the cakes and the worry and.... *loves* ^^ Thank you!
Re: Germany - Germany 1-0 (footnotes)
anonymous
July 4 2009, 06:53:44 UTC
(Still not OP) Like the other anon said, it's fills like these that make me remember why I loved Prussia in the first place. Wonderful interaction and I loved how you managed to keep the mix of funny and melancholy so well balanced. Really, beautifully handled. There's not nearly enough (well-written)GDR!Gilbert around.
New Economic Measures for Increased Productivity and Its Application On the Automobile Industry - I think I saw this one on the anon meme a couple of days ago. Or it might just be my memory playing around. Somehow that bit looked very familiar when I read it
This fic takes place in 1974. West Germany lost against East Germany in the football World Cup that year. Of course, then they won the entire cup...
Western marks = The Deutsche Mark. It and the dollar were stronger currencies than the east bloc money and often used on the black market.
Victims of the Berlin wall:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maueropfer
(one of the) Prussian national anthems which Gilbert hums to himself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preu%C3%9Fenlied
Ludwig has prepared loads of cakes, among them
Berliner - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_(pastry)
Streuselkuchen - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streuselkuchen
Not traditionally done with pineapple, but since those were near impossible to get in East Germany, I figured Ludwig would make one for Gilbert's sake
He probably made something like Sachertorte as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachertorte
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New Economic Measures for Increased Productivity and Its Application On the Automobile Industry - I think I saw this one on the anon meme a couple of days ago. Or it might just be my memory playing around. Somehow that bit looked very familiar when I read it
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thanks, glad you liked my characterization!
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