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selenakÉmilie du Chatelet (see icon) was one of the most fascinating women (and scientists) of the Enlightenment. Now when I wrote my Voltaire and Frederick the Great story a couple of years ago, I could only give her a supporting part there, because of the different focus, but I always wanted to put her center stage in a story as well, and this Exchange afforded me the opportunity to:
She blinded me with science (1848 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Émilie du Châtelet/Voltaire (Writer), Émilie du du Châtelet/ Florent-Claude du Chastellet-Lomont, Émilie du Châtelet/Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Émilie du Châtelet/Science
Characters: Émilie du Châtelet, Voltaire (Writer), Florent-Claude du Chastellet-Lomont, Jean François de Saint-Lambert
Additional Tags: Romance, POV Female Character, Falling In Love, Established Relationship, Developing Relationship, Break Up, Reconciliation
Summary:
If Émilie/Voltaire is such a well documented relationship that it was tricky to distill its essence into a short story, the relationship between Sheridan and Elizabeth Lochley has to be one of the most underwritten on Babylon 5, and not just because Lochley only shows up in the last season. However, we did get fragments of backstory, and it's been my pleasure trying to flesh them out into a coherent whole:
Someone like you (1953 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms, Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elizabeth Lochley/John Sheridan, Elizabeth Lochley & John Sheridan
Characters: Elizabeth Lochley, John Sheridan
Additional Tags: Exes, Relationship Study, Character Study, Trust, Friendship, Missing Scene
Summary:
She blinded me with science (1848 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Émilie du Châtelet/Voltaire (Writer), Émilie du du Châtelet/ Florent-Claude du Chastellet-Lomont, Émilie du Châtelet/Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Émilie du Châtelet/Science
Characters: Émilie du Châtelet, Voltaire (Writer), Florent-Claude du Chastellet-Lomont, Jean François de Saint-Lambert
Additional Tags: Romance, POV Female Character, Falling In Love, Established Relationship, Developing Relationship, Break Up, Reconciliation
Summary:
The first time she kisses him, it’s partly to shut Voltaire up. How two people of genius fell in love and tried to live with each other for two decades.
If Émilie/Voltaire is such a well documented relationship that it was tricky to distill its essence into a short story, the relationship between Sheridan and Elizabeth Lochley has to be one of the most underwritten on Babylon 5, and not just because Lochley only shows up in the last season. However, we did get fragments of backstory, and it's been my pleasure trying to flesh them out into a coherent whole:
Someone like you (1953 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms, Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elizabeth Lochley/John Sheridan, Elizabeth Lochley & John Sheridan
Characters: Elizabeth Lochley, John Sheridan
Additional Tags: Exes, Relationship Study, Character Study, Trust, Friendship, Missing Scene
Summary:
John Sheridan and Elizabeth Lochley have history. More importantly, they know they can trust each other.
