Well, see, that's my sticking point too, and a large part of why the RP has stalled on Fritz's reaction. Fritz would personally do a nominal conversion in a heartbeat if it meant moving out of Prussia and getting away from Dad and give up a kingdom that's not even his yet, but ~1761 (when I imagine this summit taking place) he's not a private figure any more, and he's too good at realpolitik to throw away his kingdom once it's his.
...Maybe he trolls MT for a while but keeps his options open with other fanboy too (per my joke at the end of that first letter to Peter)? On the grounds that:
1) Irrational fanboy can be expected to be a lot more pliable than rational fanboy. 2) Irrational fanboy is a Protestant turned really-bad-Orthodox.
(Seriously, one of the reasons Catherine was more popular than her husband was that she was willing to play along with being a sincere convert as long as it was in her interests to do so, whereas Peter made it clear he didn't take his Orthodoxy very seriously. Note that she was also much more committed to and successful at becoming fluent in Russian.)
What do you think, guys? How long can Fritz drag out the fight for his hand in marriage? What does Catherine think of all this? (What does EC think of all this?)
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Re: MT marriage AU
Date: 2019-11-01 10:53 pm (UTC)...Maybe he trolls MT for a while but keeps his options open with other fanboy too (per my joke at the end of that first letter to Peter)? On the grounds that:
1) Irrational fanboy can be expected to be a lot more pliable than rational fanboy.
2) Irrational fanboy is a Protestant turned really-bad-Orthodox.
(Seriously, one of the reasons Catherine was more popular than her husband was that she was willing to play along with being a sincere convert as long as it was in her interests to do so, whereas Peter made it clear he didn't take his Orthodoxy very seriously. Note that she was also much more committed to and successful at becoming fluent in Russian.)
What do you think, guys? How long can Fritz drag out the fight for his hand in marriage? What does Catherine think of all this? (What does EC think of all this?)