Agency

[geek_chronicles]

Title: Agency
Character(s): Prussia, Liechtenstein, Hungary, Germany
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: EFFI BRIEST.
Summary: Meanwhile, while History is happening, one or two other things keep nagging at Prussia. Small principalities should be seen and not heard.

Comments

[kainoliero]

Brünhild Hungary is a scary, scary thought. (:O

This was amazing. :D I almost had fits over Prussia's way of speaking, you write him so perfectly. And I do believe I'm growing a soft spot for him somewhere.

Looking forward to reading more of your fics, as always! <3

[geek_chronicles]

A scary thought indeed. But clearly marriage didn't take anything away from her, so I think we're good. :)

Teehee, thank you! I think I write far too much of him, honestly, but he's fun to go back to and until several months ago I had basically no idea what Prussia actually was, so it's kind of like a treasure hunt.

I'll keep writing as long as lovely people like you keep reading. :D

[fyretoppaaa]

FFFFFffff, this is fascinating, as fics involving Prussia and his take and role in history always are, and I love the way you tied everything together with the references to literature etc. et al. And Liechtensteeein. There really isn't enough of her anywhere. XD

And have I said this yet? I love your prose, especially on Prussia. It's just such fun to read, one of those narratives that just carries you along. Hee. ♥

And all the little aspects of this fic that make it about change and staying the same, when one looks back--I'll probably be rereading this one. So much stuff to put together. Also, the art history geek in me lols at the mentions of Romanticism. XD At least it wasn't Rococo, Prussia.

[geek_chronicles]

Hahaha. A lot of stuff, yes, but I'm glad it's still entertaining stuff. I try not to go all "wheee lookit me I know more than you" in a fic that's already got a rather limited target audience. :'D

(My prose definitely tends to be on the simple side, which is probably why I like writing Prussia so much because yay profanity. There aren't a whole lot of tricks up this sleeve just now, unfortunately.)

Lichtensteeeeein. Poor little forgotten waif. People must just not see her down there.

[mithrigil]

The slip in comparing Hungary to Brunnhild is really striking. And his constant uncomfortableness with Liechtenstein, also fascinating. It's hard to measure Prussia the character and Prussia the land and their mutual emphasis on virility and viricentrism, but not quite chauvinism. It's more weakness that he doesn't understand (even when France fucks his shit up) and I really like how you present that here.

[geek_chronicles]

Especially difficult with Prussia the character, what with Miss Hungary setting a staggering precedence for him and all. I see it something like a general disinterest in anything that can't swing a sword, possibly with a bit of prodding and shaking to see if anything awesome is rattling around inside. Yet another tick mark in his list of grievances with Austria, too, I think.

(--You know, it's funny, we talked just a little while ago about the problematic side of balancing the academia with the squee and then I turn around and do the exact same thing. Derp derp. At some point around 2 this morning I just said screw it and started going as overt as I dared on some things for my own self-preservation. But then I seem to be speaking to a rather small group this time around, so perhaps it's not such an issue.)

I feel cooler by proximity to this.

[insomniel]

This is incredible.
You know, I really really love how you write Prussia.
(Yep... I'm very eloquent today.)

[geek_chronicles]

Prussia needs to leave me alone. There are so many other people I've been meaning to write and he keeps interrupting, the scoundrel.

(Eloquence is overrated. My half-finished papers can attest to this.)

[madhatterarashi]

Late comment is late, sorry.

I really really liked this. Seeing Prussia dealing with women, being them humans or countries, is a nice and new sight, that you don't get to see very often (or should I say almost never?). And I really liked how he came out in this.
Also, being hopelessly in love with any sort of crossover between art, literature, history and Nations, this made me melt in a puddle of joy. The parallel between Hungary and Kriemhild, the references to Faust (I KNEW that someday my reading of the whole Faust would have helped me somehow) and to Romanticism...Incredible.
As usual, I lack any meaningful things to say. However, I really wanted to say that I liked this A LOT.

[geek_chronicles]

Late reply is late, no worries! :D

And I am really really glad you liked it. It just kind of happened thanks to me overthinking my lessons again and I do like playing around with him as a character any which way I can.

Good lord, did you really read all of Faust? I still go blank when I think of getting through Part II and all its craziness. Hats off, for real.