after ten years, they had an indispensable relationship
cahn, that's the ten (really nine) years between when they met in 1731 and when Fritz became king in 1740 and they stopped having to be so careful. They *might* have been able to pull off sex at Rheinsberg, true, but that's five years later, there are spies, they have to play music in the woods to avoid the spies, and they might both be super careful after Keith and Katte.
Katte was executed for treason, true, not for sex, but Keith was banished for something inappropriately sexual, and all of us think FW's suspicions about the Fritz/Katte relationship played a role in his decision to come down so hard on Katte. I mean, except for the ones who think it's because he's the only one in the country who had a conscience omfg.
At any rate, Fritz had just been burned badly when they met, and Fredersdorf's a commoner who might go along with sex if Fritz asked, but probably isn't going to jump headlong into the fire.
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Re: The Suhm Letters: Shipping Mode
Date: 2020-01-13 10:35 pm (UTC)Katte was executed for treason, true, not for sex, but Keith was banished for something inappropriately sexual, and all of us think FW's suspicions about the Fritz/Katte relationship played a role in his decision to come down so hard on Katte. I mean, except for the ones who think it's because he's the only one in the country who had a conscience omfg.
At any rate, Fritz had just been burned badly when they met, and Fredersdorf's a commoner who might go along with sex if Fritz asked, but probably isn't going to jump headlong into the fire.