#peter iii of russia

[selquet]

THE GREAT | 3.01 "The Bullet or The Bear"    

[amilinak]

Elle Fanning as Catherine the Great & Nicholas Hoult as Peter III of Russia in THE GREAT (3x01)

[nadezhda-wexler]

The Great 3x04- Stag

- Requested by Anon

[darwinsfinchesx]

I forgave you much. It gives you all the power between us. I am powerless in my love for you. You tried to kill me, and I did nothing.

The Great | 3.02 'Choose Your Weapon'

[jennifersminds]

jennifersminds → favourite ships of all time THREE: CATHERINE & PETER

[crazykotyara12]

Best couple of the year

[petercathfilms]

The Great | season 3 episode 6

“when we did our last scene together, Elle and I, it was kind of a crazy feeling because I was like ‘I'm gonna miss this.’”

[hundredthousandtimes]

PERIODDRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK 2023

Day 2: Favorite period drama TV: The Great from Hulu

The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's history. A fictionalized, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl, who arrives in Russia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter. Hoping for love and sunshine, she finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court onside. A very modern story about the past which encompasses the many roles she played over her lifetime as lover, teacher, ruler, friend, and fighter. (source: hulu)

[kwistowee]

#aggressively or playfully? hard to say NICHOLAS HOULT & ELLE FANNING The Great | 3.06 'Ice'

[batwynn]

Reading about how random people on the streets picked up sticks and rocks to go after Peter III Fyodorovich ON SIGHT during the coup of Catherine the Great reminds me of all the little joys us peasants can have in life sometimes.

[selquet]

#energy

[bangs-coffee-fandoms-unite]

Quick essay that no one asked for on the ship of Seong Gi-hun and Hwang In-ho. I see this pairing being commonly compared to the likes of Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter, and while I definitely see the similarities, to me, the (oddly enough, heterosexual) couple they remind me the most of is Catherine the Great and Peter III of Russia.

These characters are from the television show The Great, and long story short, Catherine the Great begins as a naive and optimistic young woman who marries Peter III, and her optimism shatters upon realizing how cruel and spiteful her husband is, and she decides to overthrow him. However, despite everything they do to each other over the course of the series, including attempting to kill and overthrow each other and murdering one another's loved ones, they somehow fall in love.

Their love is so powerful and all-consuming that even those around them, closest to them, cannot fathom it after all that they have done to one another and to me that is how Seong Gi-hun and Hwang In-ho are. Often people argue that Gi-hun would never in actuality love In-ho after what he did to countless players and Jung-bae, but that is the point: like Peter and Catherine, their twisted love transcends the violence and betrayal, showing a deeper connection that defies logic and reason.

Specifically, there is one scene played out between Peter and Catherine that I could easily see happening between Gi-hun and In-ho. In a fit of rage, Catherine finally stabs Peter (who is actually a body double of him), and she thinks she has killed him, and upon realizing what she has done, she breaks down in sobs and falls to her knees. Then the real Peter appears, and Catherine, realizing he is alive and how she felt when she thought she had killed him, realizes her feelings, and he holds her while she cries. I can totally see Gi-hun somehow managing to shoot The Frontman (who is actually a double as well, let us say) only to similarly break down in tears and feel utter devastation over what he thought he had done. Then In-ho appears, revealing that the individual in the Frontman outfit was a double, and Gi-hun is overcome with a multitude of feelings like relief, shock, and love, and cries before going to the other man and embracing him.

[nadezhda-wexler]

The Great 2x05 | 3x08

[userkayjay]

THE GREAT 1.03

[xalonelydreamerx]

they returned home and lived happily ever after

[valyrianpoem]

Nicholas Hoult as EMPEROR PETER III The Great (2023) S03