So a fellow governess might pick up on abuse first.
That is, of course, true. BTW, one of the reasons why the Fritz Crime Boss AU you linked a while ago doesn't really work for me despite being in many regards well written is that AU!Wilhelmine was not abused in any way (other than having to witness what was done to Fritz) and otherwise has a good life, yet they still have their intense sibling bond. Honestly, I think that they were both abused, though not always in the same ways and by the same people, was a key ingredient to this you can't just remove without significantly altering the relationship itself. Leaving aside the question of how much of Fritz' feelings about AW carried resentment that AW was getting treated comparatively affectionate and lenient by FW:I don't think you can form an "us against the world" bond of that nature if the early life experience is so markedly different instead of "we're both in this hell together, but at least we have each other".
Re: Wilhelmine
That is, of course, true. BTW, one of the reasons why the Fritz Crime Boss AU you linked a while ago doesn't really work for me despite being in many regards well written is that AU!Wilhelmine was not abused in any way (other than having to witness what was done to Fritz) and otherwise has a good life, yet they still have their intense sibling bond. Honestly, I think that they were both abused, though not always in the same ways and by the same people, was a key ingredient to this you can't just remove without significantly altering the relationship itself. Leaving aside the question of how much of Fritz' feelings about AW carried resentment that AW was getting treated comparatively affectionate and lenient by FW:I don't think you can form an "us against the world" bond of that nature if the early life experience is so markedly different instead of "we're both in this hell together, but at least we have each other".