Why, soldiers, why?

hi everyone! it’s been a while since i’ve last written here; a lot’s happened these past few months. i’m not planning on abandoning this blog entirely, but i’ve been eyeing writing for a character related to frederick and thomas’ stories on another blog. it’s caroline. my favorite salon hostess, spy, noblewoman politicker. please lmk if you’d be interested in writing with me by liking this post. thank you :)

also since this is related to my last post, frederick’s son, william, does go off and fight with the british auxiliary legion on the liberals’ side during the first carlist war in the 1830s, regardless of if frederick survives past-1815 or not. william just really admires his father, and wants to be like him — especially in military matters, but europe was mostly at peace for the 19th century — not many chances for him to do that, so he jumps at the chance during the carlist war. unfortunately though, william does fall in battle, regardless of the verse, which messes up frederick (assuming he’s alive) and caroline horribly — frederick even more so because william went to war in the first place because he wanted to impress and emulate his father.

i’ve been looking over the british legions during the south american wars of independence during the late 1810s and early 1820s, and they were basically volunteer units under bolivar filled mostly with veterans of the napoleonic wars who fought because... well, that’s what they knew, but some did fight due to political motives. anyways, i would like to think that frederick, in the middle of his post-war life crisis because what even is he supposed to do now, maybe joins the british legions, which did have a few hanoverians, out of... some need to do something related to the one thing he knows. but i don’t think he’d like being called a mercenary much, so he probably does (at least outwardly for now) show enthusiasm for the cause that he’s fighting for. also one of the more notable figures during those wars was a nobleman so, not too out there. it might mess with my timeline but whatever, die or conquer in the name of a midlife crisis — or liberty too i guess.

if anyone’s looking for good period media recs, i’d totally give the prince regent (1979). it’s a mini-series about george iv before he became king and i have to say, the costuming is v good. you can see the progress of fashion from the 1790s to the 1820s and i was not expecting that level of accuracy from it. all 8 episodes are on youtube too

akjsjk i want to make a post about the real historical figures that thomas and frederick have canonically met, but the list just goes: insubordination, insubordination, confrontation, more insubordination, just being plain rude. why.

anyways so count münster, the real hanoverian minister in london during most of the napoleonic wars while hanover was busy... not really existing, was this really savvy politician right? making political moves left and right, trying to gain support for the restoration of hanover and all. meanwhile, there's frederick (a hanoverian, and a very high-profile one!) fucking shit up left and right. eloping with an english heiress. running around london with the worst of worst sets. dueling. covent garden. debts. just. really not helping raise esteem for them at all while the count has to do damage control behind him is a thing.