Ferdinand's age during that Mantteufel by way of Seckendorf Jr. conversation is why I was stumped for a while to come up with an explanation causing Fritz to predict he'll be the vilest spawn FW ever sired once he's grown up. But him inadvertently hitting a dog would totally do it!
Hee! Babysitting five-year-olds is not for the faint of heart!
If I ever discover the semblance of a plot thread to hang this up on, I might make something of this crack fic and call it "Adventures in Babysitting", Rokoko style.
Yes! Who needs a plot, anyway? Also, I totally want to see him babysit Ulrike and Amalie and conclude that Amalie is the nice one (because she shares his passion for music) and music-hating Ulrike is a troublemaker you don't want as your queen, because she broke the cembalo so Amalie couldn't bang on it any more. :P
Fritz: The worst! The absolute worst! I'm not budging from this. Hand me my Voltaire volume, Lucchesini.
Heinrich: The worst. The absolute worst. I'm not budging from this. Now excuse me while I move some of my stuff to Wusterhausen and pretend the last twelve Fritzless years haven't happened.
Lol, and don't forget being inspired to reread the Fritzian correspondence in the throes of the dysfunctional nostalgia inspired by Wilhelmine's memoirs!
I love the other-self parallels here. THESE TWO.
Person and posterity: OMG. How low can you go, hating on the poor man even after death! Such hatred! How twisted, how warped! That obelisk is "the revolting portrait of a twisted personality"
There is a lot of Fritzian double standards. I enjoyed the "temerity" of asking Fritz to pay off your debts. FRITZ! Master collector of sugar daddies for the last twelve or so years! Debts sky high!
as Pangels, published in the 70s ilustrates, "more recent" really is the last 20 years or so.
MacDonogh, following Pangels closely: 1999!
It may just be no one before Ziebura bothered to check out the unplublished by Preuss Fritz-Heinrich correspondance in the state archive, but even so, Lehndorff's diaries were published from 1907 onwards, and they already contain the tale.
Selective reading has definitely been a thing. I am deeply grateful to have had you to share the latest German-language research with us. Who knows what I would still be believing if not for you!
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Date: 2020-02-29 01:58 pm (UTC)Hee! Babysitting five-year-olds is not for the faint of heart!
If I ever discover the semblance of a plot thread to hang this up on, I might make something of this crack fic and call it "Adventures in Babysitting", Rokoko style.
Yes! Who needs a plot, anyway? Also, I totally want to see him babysit Ulrike and Amalie and conclude that Amalie is the nice one (because she shares his passion for music) and music-hating Ulrike is a troublemaker you don't want as your queen, because she broke the cembalo so Amalie couldn't bang on it any more. :P
Fritz: The worst! The absolute worst! I'm not budging from this. Hand me my Voltaire volume, Lucchesini.
Heinrich: The worst. The absolute worst. I'm not budging from this. Now excuse me while I move some of my stuff to Wusterhausen and pretend the last twelve Fritzless years haven't happened.
Lol, and don't forget being inspired to reread the Fritzian correspondence in the throes of the dysfunctional nostalgia inspired by Wilhelmine's memoirs!
I love the other-self parallels here. THESE TWO.
Person and posterity: OMG. How low can you go, hating on the poor man even after death! Such hatred! How twisted, how warped! That obelisk is "the revolting portrait of a twisted personality"
There is a lot of Fritzian double standards. I enjoyed the "temerity" of asking Fritz to pay off your debts. FRITZ! Master collector of sugar daddies for the last twelve or so years! Debts sky high!
as Pangels, published in the 70s ilustrates, "more recent" really is the last 20 years or so.
MacDonogh, following Pangels closely: 1999!
It may just be no one before Ziebura bothered to check out the unplublished by Preuss Fritz-Heinrich correspondance in the state archive, but even so, Lehndorff's diaries were published from 1907 onwards, and they already contain the tale.
Selective reading has definitely been a thing. I am deeply grateful to have had you to share the latest German-language research with us. Who knows what I would still be believing if not for you!