Wow, you are the LITERAL BEST. I might do the silent-to-me film thing, this actually sounds like it follows canon reasonably closely.
Except for the "God's will" thing, way to cut out the part where he's dying FOR LOVE OF FRITZ. *frowny face*
F: *gets totally drunk, calls the Prussian uniform he wears a Sterbekittel (deathbed shroud), then declares he loves his father the tyrant anyway, really, DAD I LOVE YOU! *passes out*
Ugh, I hate that this basically happened irl. The version of the story that I've encountered is that FW forced him to drink, which seems in character, but I don't have it from a reliable source. Either way, poor Fritz. It pretty much tells you at this age he was going around repressing the urge to do just this when sober, which you could almost guess even without this episode.
Keith: *exists after all, but only in this second part*
Just Robert Keith, or are they conflating the two? Speaking of all the "Hans"ing going on, how *did* someone of Fritz's rank distinguish between Peter Keith and his brother Robert Keith in the 18th century?
Re: Alternate universes where everyone is at least incrementally more happy
Except for the "God's will" thing, way to cut out the part where he's dying FOR LOVE OF FRITZ. *frowny face*
F: *gets totally drunk, calls the Prussian uniform he wears a Sterbekittel (deathbed shroud), then declares he loves his father the tyrant anyway, really, DAD I LOVE YOU! *passes out*
Ugh, I hate that this basically happened irl. The version of the story that I've encountered is that FW forced him to drink, which seems in character, but I don't have it from a reliable source. Either way, poor Fritz. It pretty much tells you at this age he was going around repressing the urge to do just this when sober, which you could almost guess even without this episode.
Keith: *exists after all, but only in this second part*
Just Robert Keith, or are they conflating the two? Speaking of all the "Hans"ing going on, how *did* someone of Fritz's rank distinguish between Peter Keith and his brother Robert Keith in the 18th century?
Once again, thank you for your write-ups!