Fritz's penchant for high-handedly keeping people away from SOs who turned out to be no damn good for them
This must have been endlessly frustrating afterwards. :) Am imagining Heinrich in some nice Parisian salon during his second Paris visit, in a Corner with Gertrud Mara Schmeling and Barbarina (on holidays from Silesia) going "how did he know?!?"
(And then Barbarina makes a toast to Fritz, the bastard. He did pay handsomely, and damn but he had an eye for the bad 'uns.)
More seriously, yes, I'm always a fan of layers. Fritz on one level thinking that Marwitz might be fun but is Up To No Good and hence not a suitable love interest for Younger Brother, who is after all Fritz' responsibility (SD won't notice, that's for sure, and also Sainted Mom SHOULD not be bothered with such things), on another level makiing a power play because what the helll, Heinrich, poaching my pages? (How come this particular page is even interested in Heinrich instead of being solely devoted to his King, in whatever fashion?) And on a third level, there's the King who' ll write later that Princes of the Blood need to be put in their place every now and then, starting early on, so they don't get ideas. - All this in combination is way more interesting than Fritz simply being mean. Ditto for Heinrich one level simply being in love/lust with Marwitz, sure, whether or not this is his first love, but on another also making an powerplay (see earlier comment on Fritz not being the only one to come out of S2 with a case of "yay me!", especially at age 19, when wanting to rebell against the authority figure in your life or at least tweaking it a bit is practically a norm, and then dumping Marwitz (the first time around) because Fritz was right as much as because Heinrich feels betrayed is way more interesting than wide eyed victim H.
Here's to layers and ambiguity and messed upness on all levels with everyone involved, say I.
(Now I just have to figure out what Marwitz thinks he's getting out of all this.)
Re: Toppings of all types, continued - the Curious Case of the Recurring Favourite
This must have been endlessly frustrating afterwards. :) Am imagining Heinrich in some nice Parisian salon during his second Paris visit, in a Corner with Gertrud Mara Schmeling and Barbarina (on holidays from Silesia) going "how did he know?!?"
(And then Barbarina makes a toast to Fritz, the bastard. He did pay handsomely, and damn but he had an eye for the bad 'uns.)
More seriously, yes, I'm always a fan of layers. Fritz on one level thinking that Marwitz might be fun but is Up To No Good and hence not a suitable love interest for Younger Brother, who is after all Fritz' responsibility (SD won't notice, that's for sure, and also Sainted Mom SHOULD not be bothered with such things), on another level makiing a power play because what the helll, Heinrich, poaching my pages? (How come this particular page is even interested in Heinrich instead of being solely devoted to his King, in whatever fashion?) And on a third level, there's the King who' ll write later that Princes of the Blood need to be put in their place every now and then, starting early on, so they don't get ideas. - All this in combination is way more interesting than Fritz simply being mean. Ditto for Heinrich one level simply being in love/lust with Marwitz, sure, whether or not this is his first love, but on another also making an powerplay (see earlier comment on Fritz not being the only one to come out of S2 with a case of "yay me!", especially at age 19, when wanting to rebell against the authority figure in your life or at least tweaking it a bit is practically a norm, and then dumping Marwitz (the first time around) because Fritz was right as much as because Heinrich feels betrayed is way more interesting than wide eyed victim H.
Here's to layers and ambiguity and messed upness on all levels with everyone involved, say I.
(Now I just have to figure out what Marwitz thinks he's getting out of all this.)