with FW2 pointedly not being allowed near his dying uncle
Right, right, I'd forgotten that. Well, I'm with Fritz on his right to decide who's with him in his last hours, politics be damned, but not everything that preceded it, especially the not training the heir part. In general, Fritz was what in the corporate world we would call a really good IC (individual contributor) and a really bad manager. Also should not be allowed to be in charge of children. Dogs, yes.
If I were to make stuff up, I'd go for the irony of Heinrich ending up with the dogs. Or Wilhelmine the mistress does, who is depicted with dogs (though little ones) in some of her portraits and definitely liked them.
If I were going to make something up, I'd go with EC ending up with them. It seems like the kind of thing she would do regardless of whether she was a dog or a cat person (do we know?), and that might bring her some comfort.
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Re: Fritz's death
Date: 2019-11-04 01:26 pm (UTC)Right, right, I'd forgotten that. Well, I'm with Fritz on his right to decide who's with him in his last hours, politics be damned, but not everything that preceded it, especially the not training the heir part. In general, Fritz was what in the corporate world we would call a really good IC (individual contributor) and a really bad manager. Also should not be allowed to be in charge of children. Dogs, yes.
If I were to make stuff up, I'd go for the irony of Heinrich ending up with the dogs. Or Wilhelmine the mistress does, who is depicted with dogs (though little ones) in some of her portraits and definitely liked them.
If I were going to make something up, I'd go with EC ending up with them. It seems like the kind of thing she would do regardless of whether she was a dog or a cat person (do we know?), and that might bring her some comfort.