Yuletide Reveals: Catherine and the boys
This was my assignment, and it was an absolute joy to write. Catherine II., aka the Great, is God's gift of a shady antiheroine on the throne, and I have a soft spot for childhood friendships that survive into adulthood, and are tested when the respective parties are, if not quite on opposite sides, then on contending sides.
You should see me in a crown (10901 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE Frederician RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Yekatarina II Alekseyevna | Catherine II. of Russia & Heinrich von Preußen | Henry of Prussia, Yekatarina II Alekseyevna | Catherine II of Russia/Stanisław August Poniatowski, Friedrich II von Preußen & Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802), Yekatarina II Alekseyevna | Catherine II. of Russia & Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Characters: Yekatarina II Alekseyevna | Catherine the Great of Russia, Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802), Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787), Luise Ulrike von Preußen | Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720-1782), Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Additional Tags: Tide of History Challenge, Male-Female Friendship, Politics, Power Dynamics, Partitions of Poland, Childhood Friends, Negotiations, Dysfunctional Family, Power Play, Lost Love, POV Female Character, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:
1770: Politics is the most dangerous of games, and Catherine II. of Russia a top player. When she gets contacted by a man who knows her longer and better than most, the stakes couldn't be higher: war or peace between four European powers - and the survival or destruction of a country....
I had been planning to write this treat for
mildred_of_midgard, but then rl got really busy, so I wasn't sure if I could. Otoh, ever since we had a discussion about the events the story is based on, and concluded it would make so much sense if time travel was involved, I wanted to write it, and so after a mighty struggle, Darth Real Life stepped back enough for me to write this tale of true love and time travel by alchemy:
The Adventure of the Time-Travelling Valet (11187 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE Frederician RPF, 18th Century CE 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, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great /Georgii (Frederician RPF), Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf & Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Characters: Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Le Comte de Saint-Germain, Georgii (Frederician RPF), Alexander von Münchow, Ernst von Suhm, Hedwig von Suhm
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Established Relationship, Alchemy, Grief/Mourning, Time Travel Fix-It, Jealousy, Master/Servant, Character Study, whydunit, Tide of History Challenge, Loyalty
Summary:
Travelling back in time to prevent the death of the King he loves is just the beginning of Fredersdorf's mission: he has a mystery to solve, and time might be working against him in more than one sense...
This, otoh, was a last minute trifle dashed off to amuse
cahn and therefore put in Yuletide Madness. As it's basically me making fun of Anti-Stratfordians (aka the crowd who insists that Shakespeare wasn't Shakespeare) by giving their theories a Voltairean spin, I figured no one but the recipient, Mildred and yours truly would read it. As it turned out, far more people read it than my other two works, go figure. (Well, it is admittedly shorter.)
Anonymous (2141 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Circle of Voltaire RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Émilie du Châtelet/Voltaire (Writer), Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Voltaire (Writer), Voltaire (Writer) & Other(s)
Characters: Voltaire (Writer), Émilie du Châtelet, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788), Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Parody, Metafiction, I'm Sorry William Shakespeare, Academia
Summary:
Who really wrote the works of Voltaire? In a highly controversial panel, three major candidates emerge.
This entry was originally posted at https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1425913.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.
You should see me in a crown (10901 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE Frederician RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Yekatarina II Alekseyevna | Catherine II. of Russia & Heinrich von Preußen | Henry of Prussia, Yekatarina II Alekseyevna | Catherine II of Russia/Stanisław August Poniatowski, Friedrich II von Preußen & Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802), Yekatarina II Alekseyevna | Catherine II. of Russia & Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Characters: Yekatarina II Alekseyevna | Catherine the Great of Russia, Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802), Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787), Luise Ulrike von Preußen | Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720-1782), Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Additional Tags: Tide of History Challenge, Male-Female Friendship, Politics, Power Dynamics, Partitions of Poland, Childhood Friends, Negotiations, Dysfunctional Family, Power Play, Lost Love, POV Female Character, Misses Clause Challenge
Summary:
1770: Politics is the most dangerous of games, and Catherine II. of Russia a top player. When she gets contacted by a man who knows her longer and better than most, the stakes couldn't be higher: war or peace between four European powers - and the survival or destruction of a country....
I had been planning to write this treat for
mildred_of_midgard, but then rl got really busy, so I wasn't sure if I could. Otoh, ever since we had a discussion about the events the story is based on, and concluded it would make so much sense if time travel was involved, I wanted to write it, and so after a mighty struggle, Darth Real Life stepped back enough for me to write this tale of true love and time travel by alchemy:
The Adventure of the Time-Travelling Valet (11187 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE Frederician RPF, 18th Century CE 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, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great /Georgii (Frederician RPF), Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf & Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Characters: Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Le Comte de Saint-Germain, Georgii (Frederician RPF), Alexander von Münchow, Ernst von Suhm, Hedwig von Suhm
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Established Relationship, Alchemy, Grief/Mourning, Time Travel Fix-It, Jealousy, Master/Servant, Character Study, whydunit, Tide of History Challenge, Loyalty
Summary:
Travelling back in time to prevent the death of the King he loves is just the beginning of Fredersdorf's mission: he has a mystery to solve, and time might be working against him in more than one sense...
This, otoh, was a last minute trifle dashed off to amuse
cahn and therefore put in Yuletide Madness. As it's basically me making fun of Anti-Stratfordians (aka the crowd who insists that Shakespeare wasn't Shakespeare) by giving their theories a Voltairean spin, I figured no one but the recipient, Mildred and yours truly would read it. As it turned out, far more people read it than my other two works, go figure. (Well, it is admittedly shorter.)
Anonymous (2141 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Circle of Voltaire RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Émilie du Châtelet/Voltaire (Writer), Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great/Voltaire (Writer), Voltaire (Writer) & Other(s)
Characters: Voltaire (Writer), Émilie du Châtelet, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788), Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Parody, Metafiction, I'm Sorry William Shakespeare, Academia
Summary:
Who really wrote the works of Voltaire? In a highly controversial panel, three major candidates emerge.
This entry was originally posted at https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1425913.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.