I have seen the "FW as repressed homosexual/bisexual" theory, have countered with his resentment of Fritz showing any heterosexual interests either, and in short agree with you about the generalized sexual hang-ups that we really can't untangle from this distance. It can be incredibly hard to tell apart homophobia, misogyny, and general sexual repression due to Christianity, and I think FW is one of those cases where I don't feel comfortable drawing conclusions more specific than "not a happy man." His Kinsey score will have to remain a mystery as far as I'm concerned.
I wouldn't be surprised that the sight of his son in love with anyone, especially (but not exclusively) a man, was just rubbing it in and additionally made him furious.
Wouldn't surprise me at all.
(Have also encountered the FW as woobie take, albeit not in fiction. I am torn between trying not to be a total hypocrite on the "Fritz was an abuser because he was abused and so we sympathize with him, but FW was just an abuser and so we hate him!" front, but also the many reasons it's complicated and their situations and reactions are not exactly equivalent, and also this is just my fandom and I can be wildly unfair if I want. I'm not condoning any behavior, voting anyone into power, or supporting anyone who harmed anyone living today. I'm just writing fic that no one will read about my lifelong problematic fave. :P)
Related: I think it's impossible to untangle "Fritz had an inherently low sex drive because some people do" from "Fritz had sexual repression traumatized into him" from this distance. It can be hard enough for people actively working on the question in therapy to arrive at a definitive answer for themselves, and a lot of people go back and forth! I just find myself hoping it was the former. We also don't know how much of the sex that was attributed to him he actually had, of course, so there's that.
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I wouldn't be surprised that the sight of his son in love with anyone, especially (but not exclusively) a man, was just rubbing it in and additionally made him furious.
Wouldn't surprise me at all.
(Have also encountered the FW as woobie take, albeit not in fiction. I am torn between trying not to be a total hypocrite on the "Fritz was an abuser because he was abused and so we sympathize with him, but FW was just an abuser and so we hate him!" front, but also the many reasons it's complicated and their situations and reactions are not exactly equivalent, and also this is just my fandom and I can be wildly unfair if I want. I'm not condoning any behavior, voting anyone into power, or supporting anyone who harmed anyone living today. I'm just writing fic that no one will read about my lifelong problematic fave. :P)
Related: I think it's impossible to untangle "Fritz had an inherently low sex drive because some people do" from "Fritz had sexual repression traumatized into him" from this distance. It can be hard enough for people actively working on the question in therapy to arrive at a definitive answer for themselves, and a lot of people go back and forth! I just find myself hoping it was the former. We also don't know how much of the sex that was attributed to him he actually had, of course, so there's that.