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Frederick the Great discussion post 9
...I leave you guys alone for one weekend and it's time for a new Fritz post, lol!
I'm gonna reply to the previous post comments but I guess new letter-reading, etc. should go in this one :)
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I'm gonna reply to the previous post comments but I guess new letter-reading, etc. should go in this one :)
Frederick the Great links
Re: Mr. and Mrs. King: Fritz - Elisabeth Christine: The Correspondance
and that I will contribute in all that will depend on me to her happiness, and that by my friendship I will try to soften the heaviness of her loss, as much as such losses can be softened; that I look to her children as my own, and that she can count on me to take the greatest care of them,
This is downright nice, really! Especially for Fritz. Especially for AW's death, omg. Not a single "He really sucked and I was so great for putting up with him!!" in there.
Prince Karl-Emil is is, the only one of the Hohenzollern to be called that.
...was Fritz just trolling EC? It is exactly the kind of thing he would do :P "Don't bother me, just name him, uh --" *sees two soldiers, one of whom is named Karl and the other of whom is named Emil -- "Charles-Emile, OK?"
She was old and sickly; now, she is sheltered from all the misfortunes that plagues humanity, and however long we live, we take the same path, one a little earlier, the other a little more later.
Honestly, I think this is pretty great, for Fritz. EC being religious, she could potentially read into it some nice comforting things. (I mean, which he doesn't actually mean! But still.)
Mr. Micromanagement thinking through which rooms are most suitable for a child is oddly...nice.
Yes! I thought it was rather touching too <3
Re: Mr. and Mrs. King: Fritz - Elisabeth Christine: The Correspondance
Says something about Fritz that we regard this as a standard to meet in condolence letters. :) More seriously, what also impresses me is that these reassurances which EC is supposed to give Louise are in fact what Louise needs to hear in this situation. Because her future really entirely depends on Fritz. For all she knows, he could plan on sending her back to Braunschweig (just to save expenses) and just keep future FW2 because he needs an heir. (And that's leaving aside something EC doesn't know about yet, the altered last will in which AW includes the "I want Mina to raise my kids, Louise can get a pension and move elsewhere" stunner.) So Fritz instead of writing one of his usual "woe is me" letters and instead focusing on reassurances to Louise about her and her children is really impressive.
Consideration for little Friederike: including the detail that the upper rooms - which they use as guest quarters for people of rank - are cold (since they're currently unused). As anyone who's ever visited a palace or mansion in months other than the height of summer can tell, "cold" means really cold. (Hence all those big fireplaces.) It's a neat detail showing Fritz' human side, since the only one who is affected by this consideration is really little Friederike. (Who is a girl of questionable parentage, given the state of affairs between FW2 and Elisabeth, and utterly unimportant to the succession.) (Also, great contrast to FW's Spartan way of raising kids.)
Re: Mr. and Mrs. King: Fritz - Elisabeth Christine: The Correspondance
Ah, I... don't think I have visited a palace in months other than summer :) That's really nice. And I hadn't thought to make the contrast to FW, but YES.
Re: Mr. and Mrs. King: Fritz - Elisabeth Christine: The Correspondance
It is! Well done, Fritz.
(Also, great contrast to FW's Spartan way of raising kids.)
Good job doing the opposite of what was done to you! For once. There's hope for you, Fritz. You just need some therapy! *hugs*