Prinzessin

Prinzessin by edwardandbella4evah is an English Courtney/Duncan World War II-era Historical AU fic for Total Drama. The fanfiction is infamous on all platforms where Total Drama fandom lives, though may not be mentioned by name. When referenced, Prinzessin may be called something to the tune of, "that Duncney Holocaust fic, posted to real-total-drama-takes on 04 Feb 2023 posted to r/TotalDrama on 21 Jun 2022."
Although Prinzessin was once loved by the larger Courtney/Duncan community, as it's one of the most favorited works for the pairing on FanFiction.Net and inspired a notable amount of recursive fanwork, its premise and contents are polarizing. As of 2014, most discussion surrounding the story is negative, including from its author herself.
In Prinzessin, Courtney is a Polish Jew interned at Auschwitz during the Holocaust while Duncan is a German officer of the SS stationed at Auschwitz. Duncan is a bigot whose attraction to Courtney causes him great anguish, while Courtney is a romantic whose someone victim of circumstance, though she does chose to be with Duncan out of what little leverage she does have.
Near Prinzessin's end, Courtney is promised by Duncan that he would help her escape, him having a change in heart, though this was only after he had raped her earlier in the story. In the final chapter, Courtney dies in Auschwitz shortly after childbirth. In the story's two endings, one implies Duncan rejoins with Courtney and their daughter in Heaven after proving himself worthy, even though he himself does not believe that should be the case, while Monstrum has him kill himself four years after World War II ended out of untreated PTSD, blaming himself for the death of Courtney and their daughter.
Prinzessin's premise alone is what causes most of its infamy, though its contents are also often referenced in discussion. Readers who enjoyed Prinzessin may claim the story taught them more about the horrors of the Holocaust than they otherwise would have known through an engaging love story which humanized both sides of the conflict without promoting any pro-Nazi sentiment. Critics of the work may claim Prinzessin bit off more than it could chew, and lacks the research and nuance required for a plot of this scope. Although this work does not encourage pro-Nazi sentiment, it calls upon Nazisploitation, seen especially in fanart for the story, to humanize Duncan.
Regarding the story's contents, edwardandbella4evah, a Jewish (05 October 2018) fanwriter, has this as a foreword.
And has the following on her FanFiction.Net profile.
Regarding the contents of a potential novelization of the story:
The novel is at least 50,000 words long as of 2018, when it was worked on for Nanowrimo (04 December 2018). A short excerpt has been posted online (19 December 2018), though no other news about it is known at this time.
In 2018, the author spoke about the story.
==Reviews/Fan Opinion==
, a review on DeviantArt.
, appreciation post on Tumblr. 
==Example/Notable Recursive Fanac==
 is a group on DeviantArt specifically for Prinzessin. It has over 120 members and was a gift to the fanfiction's author. It hosts much of Prinzessin's remaining fanworks online, though is practically dead as of the 2020s. 
=== Fan Fiction ===
* , an English abandoned future fic recursive fanfiction taking place post-Chapter 19. "Politzer" references Courtney's Fanon Personal Name from Prinzessin. Duncan's is Ehrlichmann.
=== Meta ===
* Prinzessin was mentioned in Things I remember from the total drama fandom a long time ago (2017) and Heres my total drama fandom iceberg lol (2021)
== References/Further Reading ==
Category:Het Fanfiction
Category:2009 Fanfiction
Category:2010 Fanfiction