Gratituous Prussian Icon Post (co-starring one Austrian)

I'm no icon maker, but I did feel the urge to create some icons for my latest mini fandom, depicting some of its dramatis personae. Meaning cahn and mildred_of_midgard, but if anyone else wants to have them, you're very welcome, as long as you credit.

Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia and Margravine of Bayreuth:



As you can see, the first one is from what is probably the most famous of her portraits, with her spaniel Folichon and a book. The last one is from the mid 1750s, i.e. France and Italian journey time, just a few years before her death.

( More Rococo Prussians and an Austrian under the cut )

Three more stories before Christmas

The Hobbit:

Green Lord of Dol Guldur: both hilarious and touching story two parter, in which Bilbo and Gandalf, en route back post Battle of the Five Armies, stop by at Dol Guldur, and... unexpected and very Hobbit-ish things happen. (Which deal also with one of my pet peeves about Tolkien's universe per se, see also: entire races born evil.)

In the second story, Tauriel arrives at Dol Guldur as well, and it's a wonderful growth and healing story for her. It's a such a great mixture of crack premise and straight forward execution, I can't tell you.

Blake's 7:

Rumours of Immortality: Avon and Orac consider alternatives, not too long before Gauda Prime. It makes for a great character portrait.