It is, and even more in French, because it's "Castor", and yes, that was meant as a mythological pun, Sartre and Beaouvoir seeing themselves as twin souls as well as lovers. (Which is why you could borrow it for surviving Katte, I suppose?)
I guess that works out a lot better when the one playing Fritz is about 10000000x more chill than the original.
In fairness, Carl August had the opposite of Fritz' childhood. His father died when he was still a baby. His mother, Anna Amalie (a niece of Fritz, btw, she was the daughter of sister Charlotte, the one whom FW imagined running his household thriftily in his retirement fantasy), became regent (as in, real regent, that abhorrence to Prussian monarchs, a woman with actual political power - over a small duchy, true, but still, she was boss), and being a lady fond of culture and patronage made his main teacher Wieland, one of the most famous German poets in the generation pre Goethe. (Anna Amalia: not sharing the tastes of Uncle Fritz. When he published his anti German literature pamphlet, she founded a journal devoted to German literature, and contributed essays herself. The big library in Weimar, one of the most beautiful in Germany, is named after her. When it burned some years ago, there was great distress, and instant pledges of renovation.) It's easier to be chill with that background. :)
Goethe/Carl August: has potential, as they were really partners through the decades, and all kididng aside, I think it's quite possible something might have happened in those early "we fell asleep in the same bed" (old Goethe to Eckermann about his early days in Weimar) days. My primary Goethe m/m ship of choice is still Goethe/Schiller, though, as it has a enemies to bffs arc, as I explain here, and there are some very juicy quotes.
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Date: 2019-09-06 07:19 am (UTC)I guess that works out a lot better when the one playing Fritz is about 10000000x more chill than the original.
In fairness, Carl August had the opposite of Fritz' childhood. His father died when he was still a baby. His mother, Anna Amalie (a niece of Fritz, btw, she was the daughter of sister Charlotte, the one whom FW imagined running his household thriftily in his retirement fantasy), became regent (as in, real regent, that abhorrence to Prussian monarchs, a woman with actual political power - over a small duchy, true, but still, she was boss), and being a lady fond of culture and patronage made his main teacher Wieland, one of the most famous German poets in the generation pre Goethe. (Anna Amalia: not sharing the tastes of Uncle Fritz. When he published his anti German literature pamphlet, she founded a journal devoted to German literature, and contributed essays herself. The big library in Weimar, one of the most beautiful in Germany, is named after her. When it burned some years ago, there was great distress, and instant pledges of renovation.) It's easier to be chill with that background. :)
Goethe/Carl August: has potential, as they were really partners through the decades, and all kididng aside, I think it's quite possible something might have happened in those early "we fell asleep in the same bed" (old Goethe to Eckermann about his early days in Weimar) days. My primary Goethe m/m ship of choice is still Goethe/Schiller, though, as it has a enemies to bffs arc, as I explain here, and there are some very juicy quotes.